Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-16

a margin OF many millions or doiaFs..
More than 10000 members of the
United Textile Workers are holding
either strike or unemployment cards,
The anticipated move of about 10 Sill
manufacturers in the Paterson IN. j.
district to put into effect the 4S-hour
work week will he fought by the work
ers. who are holding out for the A.
hour week.
Approximately 1870 tons of tin. or
20 per cent of the total production
was used in this country last year for
the manufacture of motor vehicles.
The amount of wages lost in Penn
'sylvania in 1921 because of accidents
was S9.a24.959, while 2,OS1. 733 days
were lost by workers due TO disability.
The wool manufacturing industry IN
the United States is now operating at
slightly over 80 per cent Of capacity
although the proportion varies in diff
ferent branches of the industry.
Annually the forests of the United
States yield n billion and a half dol
lars worth of products to American
citizens. They supply $4,000 people
with work and pay out S44N.Ooo. 900 in
wages for the labor performed in their
exploitation.
A survey Of personnel departments
in industrial plants of Pennsylvanis
employing women is to be undertaken
by the advisory council on women and
children in industry.
Nearly two-thirds of the persons m
jured in accidents reported 10 the
Pennsylvania workmen's compensation
bureau for 1921 were citizens Of the
United States.
Out of 81 industrial cripples in
Pennsylvania reported to the state bu-
reau of rehabilitation during May. "
had injuries severe enough 10 be regis
tered for attention.
Automobile manufacturers in the
United States last year consumed 81
i65. 900 square feet of genuine uphol-
STEERING leather. This is enough leather
TO nearly cover the entire state Of
Rhode Island. There was enough inn.
tation used to cover the states OF
Idaho and Illinois.
Labor organizations showing huge
losses of membership are the lnterna-
tional Association of Machinists. with
$50! 800 members, as against oI3.6Op a
year ago, and the Boilermakers and
Iron Shipbuilders. which lost over ~
per cent of its members during the
last year.
Over in Japan. the laps. when load.
ing a ship with bunker coal. use hand
baskets. To put aboard 1900 tons by
this method requires $50 stesedores
and operators working 20 hours Each
'lahorer handles 314 pounds per hour.
Two thousand feet below the surface
of the earth. and 5000 feet long, will
be the longest tunnel of its kind in the
world, 10Y being run in the Star mine,
in the Occur d'Alene district in Idaho.
The tunnel has been advanced a little
more than 5000 feet.
The Canadian labor department has
received returns showing that the per
centage of unemployment among trade
unions for the month of May WAS lot.
as compared with 9.6 in April and lb.3
in May. 1921. Many unions reported
members working on short time.
Report Of the A. +. of l.. shows a
loss of 71O,s93 members during the
year ending April 80. 1922. it's present
raid-up membership being 3.i9o.63o. as
against 3.9O6,5oS reported at last
years convention. The peak Of fed
Grafton membership was reached IT
1920. when LOIS 4O were on the
rolls.
A f~ar-reaching agreement that is OK
pected to make for harmony in thf
clothing industry in Toronto. Can. has
just been effected by the C1othlns
Manufacturer association and thu
Amalgamated Clothing Workers after
many weeks Of negotiation. The agree
ment regulates the rate Of wages hour'
of work and all other matters atIectini
the trade. and IL TO remain in etfec.
for q period Of three years f>,m May
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