Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-31
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bW CUNDIlIUNS
 AUSTRALIA-Forty-four Hour Weel The Full Commonwealth Arbitration
 Court has denied the introduction o1
 a working week of A hours, as sought
 by the labor unions.
 CANADA-Irrigation Employment
 The unemployment situation ir
 South Alberta will be somewhat re,
 lieved by an important masonry con-
 tract calling for large number of
 men to work on the Lethbridge North
 ern irrigation project.
 CZECHO-SLOVAKIA: Sample C
 Fairs-,Sample fairs have. recently
 been held at Prague, Liberec and Bra tislava, by which, it is said, great i'm petus has been given to home indus tries. In general, it may be said that there is gradual increase in produc- ton.
 Sickness Insurance Lawt-The Sick ness Insurance Law, which expired on December 31, 1921, has been renewed, with slight notifications, until the end of 1922. The maximum amount of insurance has been raised from 6,000 to 12,000 crowns, and the law providing pensions for old and invalid persons in the employ of the State has been amended to include Slovakia and Russinia.
 Strikes.-There are approximately 150,000 coal, mineral and salt miners on strike. Practically the whole ceun- try is affected in some way, and many factories have closed because of coal shortage.
 DENMARK: Emigration Decrease.
 About 5,400 people emigrated from Denmark in 1921, most of them going to the United States. This decrease of $500 under the average of pre- vious years.
 Labor Lockout.-A general labor lockout is forecast, affecting 10000 workers in the margarine, iron, textile, boot and shoe, brick, cement, china, chocolate and paper industries.
 Municipal Relief.-The puget for Copenhagen's Municipality for 1922-23 sets aside about three million crowns for extra allowances for pensions and relief for unemployment.
 FRANCE: Glass Factories Reopen. Owners have considered that the time is now favorable for the reopen ing of glass plants of the Departments of the North and the Aisne, in which, since the early part of 1921, most of the factories have been closed. A wage reduction will be made, upon the reopening, in order to meet for eign competition in the glass market.
 GERMANY: Czecho-Slovak Coal The coal strike in Czecho-S -Slovakia has brought about such high coal prices that many German factories in Saxony and Bavaria are now at standstill.
 Effects of Railway Strike It is estimated that it will take months to recover from the effects of the rail way strike, the participants in which have just resumed work. The delivery of goods has been delayed, postal ser vice has been suspended, and railway equipment has been damaged.
 Increased Insurance Payments.- The Reichstag has amended the Feder- al Insurance Law by passing legisla- tion which makes it possible to grant additional payments to injured work men who are holders of accident poli- cies. The rapid depreciation of the mark was factor in causing the 
 Medical Inspection.-Granting a re- quest of the labor unions, the Prus- sian Ministry has created a board of five inspecting physicians, to be class ed as state officials, whose duty shall be to cooperate with factory inspec- tors in matters of factory hygiene, and to study the prevention and cure of illnesses peculiar to certain trades. They are authorized to inspect, with out notice to the owner any factory within their jurisdiction.
 NORWA Arbitration Law Changes have been pro- posed in the Compulsory Arbitration Law, increasing the membership of the Arbitration Court from to 2 of whom are to be appointed by the King, and one each by the national la DOT organizations and the Employers Association.
 RUSSIA: Unemployment Among Youth.-The growing unemployment among young people of Petrograd is there being 1,732 cases at the beginning of this month. Sup