Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-10-01
IN OTHER FIELDS OF LABOR

DlONS IIlOlC llldl IOOJOOO lllOIl.
Finland now has the universal eight
hour day for workers in industries.
Great Britain has authorized the eX-
penditure of $50,000,0O0 for the devel-
Opment of its telephone system.
More than so per cent of the popu-
lation of Canada depends upon agri-
culture as a means of livelihood.
In the volume of business handled,
the automotive industry is the lead
ing industry in the United States.
For every 235,9 900 tons of coal mined
in this country last year one miner
lost his life.
It is estimated that over 25,OOO,-
600 worth of silver has been lost as
a result of the II months suspension
of work by the miners in Australia.
Originating in a clock bought at
the international exhibition in vienna
in 1873, the clock industry in Japan
has grown until now its export trade
amounts to more than 100000
year.
Outside of Detroit, Pontiac leads all
other cities in Michigan in the aver
age daily wages paid industrial en-
ployees. During last year Pontiac add-
ed 439 per cent to its employed pop
ulatiOn.
The coal miners under the new
regime in Germany have a seven-hOur
day, but in view of the present crisis
they have agreed to work two hall
shifts extra each week at double pay,
thus making 40 hours a week.
According to a report of n. {. Mil
Ter of the Pennsylvania State college,
the state ranks first in college IN
structional work among ShOpmen ana
workingmen generally. During the
past year the enrolment was about 20
per cent greater than ever before.
Trade unionists in Detroit, Mich,
are circulating petitions for the enact
ment of an ordinance to license pri-
vate detective agencies. The city is
said to be overrun with these gangs
| that place themselves at the service
of employers in industrial disputes.
The WHY'S Overland plant at TO
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week as long as present handicaps IN
the automobile industry continue wee
| President Clarence A. Earl announced.
Production will be maintained at 0oO
| cars daily. Transportation hlfhcul-
ties are proving a serious handlcap,
| officials said.
The weekly wages of various classes
of workers in the north of Ireland, cal
culated on a basis Of $4.S6 to the
pound sterling, is as follows: Glrls'
S7.36 to SS.15; men, $14.6O to $l6'Uo ;
carpenters, S2O.97 to $2204; mechan-
les, $21. 40 and up; laborers, $1O.95 to
S13.3S: women in hosiery factories,
$7.3O to $17.03.
Renewal until August 81, 1921, of
the agreement between employees and
producers in the California Oil telds
was announced by the department or
labor. The $4,000 oil workers affect
ed will receive an increase of 70 cents
a day and employees in all other
branches of the industry will get an
increase of 25 cents a day.
Fifteen steel mills in the Mahoning
valley, including Youngstown, East
YOUNGSTOWN. Girard, Niles, Warren,
Struthers and Mcdonald, are working
about 60 per cent of their normal ca
pacity, with approximately 10000 men
idle as a result of the coal shortage
and the inability to market the nm
ished product or to receive raw mate
rial, due to lack of cars.
One of the greatest industries OF
ITALY, and especially of Piedmont Is
the automobile industry, which now
sends it's product to all parts of the
world. In 1913 there were nine auto
mobile companies in Piedmont, with
S3.5OO.OOO capital, while in 1918, there
were seven companies with $3O'OOO,-
600 capital, which produced 3O,OoC
chassis and gave employment to o.,
600 men.
The Antwerp diamond cutting In
dustry is passing through a period OF
depression such as it has not known
since the days of the American finan-
cial crisis of 1907. The industry
| which Is OF Ine greatest llupoi tohNe
to the foreign trade Of Antwerp. nor
mally employs about 1900 men. OF
this number some $500 are now with
out employment, and the figure is ex-
pected to increase during the present
month. The industry is working at
only about so per cent of its normal
capacity.
Lindley NJ. Garrison, federal receiv-
er of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit com
pany refused to grant demands of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees OF
America for wage increases, shorter
hours and better working conditions
Labor is about 80 per cent as eff
cient as it was in former times, ac-
cording to the annual report OF John
A. Griffin, city engineer of Los An
geles, filed recently. This comment
appeared in the report in explanation
of the high costs of inspections OF
public improvements.