The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-27
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Laborers in VisaIia, Cal, are being
paid $4 day.
Japanese labOrerS receive only %
cents a day for ten hours work.
The government labor survey shows
that there Is practically no labor sur
plus.
London bakers are demanding a min
imum wage of SIS per week for As
hours.
The major portion of the population
at Tampa. Fla. are employed in the
cigar factories there.
A Canadian association OF British
manufacturers has been established
with branches at Toronto and Mon
treal.
Boston contractors have signed an
agreement with $500 c>rpentcrs which
| gives the men 81 an hour for their
labor.
The National Woman's Trade Onion
League of America maintains school
at which: women arc trained In organ
ization.
The Boston Central Labor nalon has
started a college where workers may
secure an education or any subject
they desire.
yermont's army Of female workers
In Industrial establishments Increased
S3.S per cent during the last six
months of 1913.
The strikes in Santos and st. Paul
Erazil, have been settled by agreement
between employers and workers. The
strike situation in Rio Janeiro remains
unchanged, however.
The manufacture OF clothing in al
forms has developed into quite an i'm
portant industry I'm recent years
throughout Australia.
Governor Coolidge OK Massachusetts
signed the bill requiring textile manu-
facturers TO furnish wage spccieca
tons to their weavers.
Mexico has j, GOO, 900 Inhabitants. o
which there practically is no middle
class. and all her citizens are composed
mainly of wage earncrS-
Employment in Michigan ships an'
factories was given TO 693, eSS persons
last year, an increase OF 6I.631 owe
1917, according 10 the report of tn,
; state labor commissioner.
In state workshops. railways, agri
cultural and Industrial establishment
in Peru days work Is fixed at eigh
hours. with no reduction in pay.
During .ne period OF the war the al
tificial dye industry in Japan has gon
forward very rapidly. and now ther
ar. moro shan 10000 factories in OF
GRAFTON.
Although factory products in tn
year ending June 30, 1917, We're va
ues: at approximately $S4,500,OO'
South Australia Is not an industrii
state, for tae sawmills, smelling indus
rrics, -four and oatmeal mills and tn
refining Of sugar account for abou
one-half of .he amount
A federation of all Of the labt
| unions ic the maritime industry on til
Pacific coast is being formed. The ne
Q organization win include the Sailor
, union Of the Pacific, the master
mstcs. and pilots of the Pacific coas
| the marine engineers. the marine fir
: men, oilers and watertenders. and tt
marine cooks and stewards, all togetl
er including about 10000 members.
s AZ meeting members of the Chic
go Bakery and Confectionery Worker
!. anion ratified the agreement made |
Their officials with the heads of Il
$ big sIakeries Of the city. thereby en-
i Ing he strike which had been in pro
D ress since late in April. The men a
In receive 81 week Increase in wag
q aud an additional 20 cents an hour +
: Night work.
Al There ~ great Unemployment In q
: British isles, present figures shown
thct there were ON March Ia. 1856
a re; sons receiving employment dc
f-cri the Isri.ish government, includil
444.o..7 mon. 4S0,045 women. 26.3
q boys ard 81. 0T0 girls.
a The American Wringer eompan,
plaai 1T Wconsocket. Il T., employs
700 startctl IN "A 4S-hour week, wi
P 4 scrcdnle nude up for five days. tn
n allowing Saturday holidays. The !
an7a GOTTEN yarn MN, employing 8
: has posted Kaiiccs Of an eight-hour q
nnJ q IS Ess ecnf raise. effcrtiUe
once