Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-12-01
IN OTHER FIELDS OF LABOR

The Federated Bank and Trust COM
pany of Birmingham, Ala, the second
bank in the United States directly gn-
der the control Of organized labor, has
opened its doors for business.
Trade unions are playing an impor-
tant role In the current drive for funds
Of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid society,
the chief sheltering and protective
agency Of American Jewry. OF the
$50O,0OO which is the goal Of the pres
ent campaign, labor organizations have
already pledged almost 100000.
Paper mills Of Monroe, Mich, are
again running day and night, six days
during the week, and with big vol
ume of business booked for the fu-
ture. These mills employ about 3,7OO
men. There are IL mammoth paper
box and container machines which pro-
duce about 1000 tons of paper daily.
According to information received
by the National Industrial Conference
board In connection with its studies Of
the labor movement abroad, provisional
figures on the membership Of trade
unions in Great Britain at the end Of
1921 show a total of '6,792, ,729, de-
crease of 20 per cent from the 1920
figure of S,492,9 ,99S.
1t is estimated that the factories in
Japan have discharged some 100000
workers since the business depression,
yoor baPoro Lost Tolyipor Q6e 0O0 n @
the number of Industrial workers Of
the country, the discharged amount to
almost one-third. 1t Is reported that
about 20 per cent of the discharged
went to the farms, from whence work
ers had been recruited.
At least $15,0O0OO0 has been lost
during the past three years, principal
ly by the workers, through the or
ganization and exploitation of fake CO.
operative schemes, Andrew P. Bower,
vice president Of the Cooperative
league and vice president of the Penn
sylvania Federation Of Labor, said in
an address at the third annual con-
gress of the cooperative organization,
at Chicago.
A return of prosperity is being ex-
perienced by the building trades. Since
wages have been stabilized building
contracts, which were held up since
the war, have been released to the
amount of $75,0OOOOO throughout the
British Isles $25,OOO,OOO of which re-
late to London alone. Unemployment
in the building trades has been re-
duced by rs per cent. Business should
be brisk for another five years
The Railroad Labor board has
finally approved decision some time
ago finding that the Erie railroad had
violated the transportation act, and
contemplating reimbursement of en-
ployees from whose wages the road
had deducted one days pay, and other
employees required to stop work for
one day or more week in the months
of January, February and March, 1921.
Such reimbursements, according to
statements made in hearings some
months ago, would approximate
81 100000.
An increase Of 10 per cent In wages
went into effect at the plant of the
Fort Wayne Corrugated Paper COM
pany, Hartford City, Ind. The In
crease affects all employees except
office workers.
Elimination of waste in mining,
more regular employment, better dis
tribution facilities and system of
coal storage were recommendation
made by the United Mine Workers Of
America for putting the bituminous
coal industry on a sound economic
basis and to make strikes less prob
able In the future.