The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
STATISTICS GATHERED BY U.
 S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR GIVE INTERESTING SIDE LIGHTS ON DOINGS ABROAD.

LIGHTS ON DOINGS ABROAD. Conditions of labor in other coun- tries of the world as reported this week by the U. $. Department of Labor arc as follows:
 Alberta.-ln order to relieve the condition of the farmers in this prov inCc due to severe drouth the public works department has ordered 20 road undertakings with a view to giv- ing each farmer work to the amount of $Ioo.
 Antofag agasta.-Strikes, High Wages. The "Redondlla" system is the fundament of a lockout among dock workers, employers refusing to ac- ccpt the indiscriminate turn of labor CTS that the system eNacts. It is in tcresting to note that the wages of day laborers here have averaged $22.18 per day; while those of stevedores av- eragcd $42.64 per day during the past 10 months.
 
 prevails here and this district is en- tircly isolated from civilization. Pun ta Arenas has long been an asylum for migrant outcasts, often criminal in disposition, and this element con- trols the situation.
 Talcahuano.-While the I. w. w., which organization has been conduct ing strike of port workers here for three months, signihed willingness to terminate it, the employers refused to reopen work under normal conditions until the "Redondilla" system was abolished. The "Redondlla" means the enrolling of workers by the cap tain of the port, and each employe takes his turn when jobs are open, leaving employers no initiative in se- lecting labor The latter declare that plfering, laziness and incompetencv result
 ENGLAND
 Bradford.-An agreement made through the National Wool and Tex tile Council that the hours of "pro- tcCtcd workers" (females and males under IS) should be only 48 each week under ordinary conditions, and overtime privilege granted only by the approval of the Council, is a sub jcct of controversy. Textile plants contending for overtime, while the workers hold that the number of un- ho time work should be distributed among the involuntary idle London.-Unenploy - While official figures on unemployment indi cate a decrease of I,38o,ooo since the climactic number of June 30, the out look for the coming winter is not en- couraging. In the meantime, pro- sessions of the unemployed are ire qucnt in London but 1t is said that these are largely dominated by fore igners of communist proclivities. Women Workers.-By order of the | Minister of Labor, the minimum wage of female workers on metal wares | (stampers, japanners, braziers, lac
 
 per cent. with a variant scale based on length of service The same re- | duction prevails in wages of workers in carbonated waters.
 Shipyard Wages.-The board of arbitration having under considera- tion reduction of war wages i'll the | shipbuilding industry, submitted find | lngs that rlVeters, which class had re- cclved a 45 per cent. increase during the war, should have this reduced 35 | per cent. in three installments of I2H, 10, and I2A, all to be concluded | by February, 1922. The same applies in proportion and time limit to ship workers, caulkers, platers ,ironsmiths drillers and boilermakers
 EGYPT
 1 Machine Made Cigarettes. - AL though cigarette manufacture by ma chinery is common in other countries. it is an innovation in Egypt, where the first group of I5o cigarette-rolling machines has been installed since | January I. The quality of the Egvp- tian cigarette had for years created a worldwide demand before the war, but in the last three years competition from other countries has grown SO ! keen that the manufacturers found it l necessary to reduce the selling price and consequently the cost of produc- ton. The adoption of machines nas driven large numbers of hand rollers into unemployment
 FRANCE
 l Meurthe- -et-Moselle.-Of 48o5 in dustrial establishments damaged Or destroyed during the war, 3,824 have