The Jones County news., 1920-12-23
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

All logging camps and mills In north
western Wisconsin and the Upper
Michigan Peninsula have cut wages
20 per cent.
The University of Missouri Teach
ers' union, which was affiIiated with
the American Federation Of Labor, has
disbanded, 1t was announced.
Il is expected that the 1920 census
will show that one-thIrd OF all per
sons In the United States who are
gainfuIly employed are women.
The pudding of iron by machinery,
hitherto unaccomplIshed In the steel
Industry, will be realized In $4,000
900 plant to be erected near Warren,
o.
A national railroad strike has. begun
In Norway. 1t isi reported that the
other trade unions plan TO strike In
sympathy. Food is being distributed
by coastwise steamers and motor
trucks.
Bradford, England, is TO start at
once the erection of 200 dwellings in
an effort to revive the housing situa-
tlon. The city Itself is to build the
houses, under the supervision of the
city surveyor Bricks will be fur
nished by the municipal brickyard.
BY the use Of airplanes mining ma
chlnery is to be taken to a mine in
Utah, and the output of the mine is
to he taken out, reducing the time for
the round trip to a few hours whereas
II requires six weeks for mule teams
now.
The Book Bearing company, manu-
facturers Of automobile parts, Toledo,
Ohio, announced that the plant, en-
ploying LOO men In normal times, had |
been closed down until "after the first |
of the year" The sales force was re-
tanned, however, and sent out on the |
road, the announcement said. Unstable |
conditions was given as the |
cause Of suspension.
Two cooperative tailor shops have |
been opened at ST. Louis, under the
direction Of the Merchant Tailors' as
ISOLATION. on a plan that win result
in a material reduction in clothing
prices. The work to be done In these
shops IS at present performed by "con-
tractors who make up suits after they
have been cut by the merchant tail
ors
Cancellations OF large eastern or
ers, coupled with business conditions
In general. was given as the reason
for the closing Of the garment plant
Of the Cohen. Friedlander & Martin
Toledo, Ohio. An announce
nent from A. NJ Sreicher, secretary,
said the suspension of the Industry
win be indefinite and the 100 men and
women employees were thrown out Of
employment as the result.
Some OF the New York clothing
whose shops have been
shut down pending negotiations with
he Amalgainsted Clothing Workers Of
america. will attempt to reopen upon
IN open-shop basis, It is said. A CON
'erted open-shop movement by the
will follow, II was
pointed out. unless demands made by
he Clothing Manufacturers Associa-
ion OF New York, upon the Amalgn-
mated are speedily adjusted
Increases OF 20 per cent In rates
md 10 per cent In salaries TO em-
lloyees, effective December ], were
announced by the Postal Telegraph
md Cable company through its sec
etary. William J. peegsn.
Pennsylvania production Of bitum-
nous coal In 1919 fell from l5I .05o. 300
ons TO l3705S,5O0, 'Nh0ugh the num-
'er Of persons employed In mining was
53.207 last year. against I5l .455 the
ear before. The wages paid last year
pproximafed Si98.O24.7OO against
26055,600 In 1918. and the average
lumber Of days worked was l03.