Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-04-01
OTHER LABOR NOTES

The Cadillac company, Detroit, took
on 1000 more employees.
The Grand Trunk shops at Battle
Creek, Mich, reopened with a force
of 525 men.
Further reductions in shopmen's
forces on the Union Pacific, at Omaha,
have been made.
The locomotive shops of the New
York Genital Railway company at
Avis, Pa, which were closed on Feb
ruary 10, resumed full operations.
The Chevrolet Motor company of
Texas resumed production at It's
southwestern factory on a steady
daily basis.
Work has been resumed In almost
every place in Florence, Italy, without
further untoWard incidents in conse-
quence of labor officials calling off the
strike. !
The Reading Iron company, operat-
ing five plants In Reading and four
in other Pennsylvania towns, an
nounced a cut in prices Of So to $40
per ton in tubular products.
The working force Of the central
region of the Pennsylvania railroad
system will be further reduced. Op-
Grafton of the Pittsburgh terminal as
a separate organization is to be dis
continued.
Notices were posted announcing the
reopening Of the New York Central
locomotive repair shops at CollinWood,
O., which have been closed since Feb
ruary 81 More than 1900 men will
resume work.
Brewery workers of the HaZleton
Pa) district served notice on the
owners of the plants that they will
not stand for any reduction of wages
at the expiration Of their present
agreement, April l.
The Chilean chamber Of deputies
has passed bill for the expenditure
of 100000 pesos In roadbuilding and
public works, in order to aid in solv-
ing the unemployment problem. This
sum would be obtained from the pro
ceeds of a $24,OOO,OOO loan placed in
the United States.
At Hopedale, Mass, the Draper
corporation, employing 2,3OO in the
manufacture Of cotton machinery,
posted notices Of general reduction
In wages an hour and for piece work,
with an adjustment at the same time
to give the more skillful employees
recognition.
There is no unemployment In Fin
land, says NJ Vilpanef, chief Of the
trade and industry department Of the
Finnish government. He attributed
Fmland's good fortune In this re-
spect, as compared to most other
countries, to the prohibition Of i'm
ports.
With a view to meeting open COM
petition, officials of the Walworth
Bros mill, Lawrence, Mass, manu-
facturers Of fancy wOrsted, announced
a wage reduction of 71a per cent.
This, added to a previous 10 per cent
cut, brings the total to that made in
other local mills lately.
A strong point was made at recent
congress of natives at Maitland, South
Africa, when they pointed out that the
native pays exactly the same price for
all the necessities of life as is paid by
the richest white man, while the wages
of a native are not even half those OF
the white laborerS.
The Thomas Oakes woolen mills in
Bloomfield, n. j., resumed operations
on a 58-hours a week basis, with ~
per cent reduction in wages. The
plant has been closed Saturdays since
December. The decrease In pay was
announced three weeks ago and 300
workers went on strike. 1t Is said the
extra working hours will enable the
men to make up part Of the loss, and
most Of them returned to work.
At Fresno, Cal, formation of "48-
Hour Per Week League" was an
nounced, following the annual meet
ing of the Pacific Coast Employing
Printers and Allied Trades council.
Announcement was made that the
league will launch an "open shop"
campaign in the printing industry after
May l if the unions continue to make
demands for 44-hour week.
The General Fireproofng company
and the Truscon Steel company an
nounced reductions of 20 per cent in
the hourly wage scale at their plants
at Youngstown, o. The new scale is
from SO to 80 cents an hour.
A measure in the Massachusetts
legislature which proposes the ap-
pointment of commission by the
governor to make study of the In
dustrial court plan, as now in opera
ton in Kansas, was vigorously OPP
posed by organized labor when it was
the subject Of a hearing before the
committee ON labor and induStriAR