The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
Age-Heralds Weekly Labor Calendar
WORLD OF INDUSTRY

| WORLD OF INDUSTRY l
 Crucibles of gold and silver melt at 1000 degrees less than platinum.
 Limestone Is one of the most com mon of rock formations.
 Railway freight weighing nearly billion and a half tons is hauled over United States highways each year.
 Ninety per cent of the motor ve- hicles Of the world are manufactured in the United States.
 In the Groden valley, in the Dol omites, nearly every man, woman and child is a wood carver.
 Dyeing plants in England shut pioyes working nine and one-half hours the other five days of the week.
 Jute mills have become so success full in India that they have caused the closing of many of those long established in Scotland.<
 Restaurants in England must close ali day Sunday and a half day dur ing the week to comply with the 60-hour- a-week labor laws.
 Minimum wage scales for mems coat makers, to be gradually applied in the New York clothing market range from $40 to s51 a week for men.
 Mems clothing workers earnings dropped from $25 to s24.46 and wom- ems garment workers rose from S21.05 to s21.9S.
 The national congress of Honduras has been petitioned for exclusive concessions for silk culture for a period of 25 years, the government to furnish free use of 5000 acres.
 Immigrants from eastern and southern Europe to the United States in the last 20 years have been nearly double those from northern Europe and the British Isles.
 saving of from 12 to Is per cent in power and better control of the car is expected from the new noise less troHeys which are equipped with roller bearings.
 Bad lighting is the principal source of fatigue among workers, according to engineers who have processes in industry.
 The textile industry in Greece is rapidly gaining ground and promises to become of the utmost importance to the country within the next few years.
 About 150,0o0 persons were en- gagged in the manufacture of carpets in Asia Minor, of which it is stated that about 75 per cent are Greeks and Armenians, who are now in Greece.
 Average wages during March in the textile industry for the IA prin- cipal manufacturing districts of Ger many had increased 43,3 per cent for male and 44.s per cent for female skilled workers, as, compared with February. 1923.
 Platinum wire has been drawn so fine that 30,000 pieces of it placed side by side would not cover more than an inch, while 150 pieces bound together would be necessary to form a thread as thick as q filafnent of raw silk.
 Factory legislation in England was started in 1902 by Sir Robert Peel, an employer of 1000 children ap- his act prohibiting employment of children under g years of age, mak- ing their working day not over 12 hours and stopping their night work.
 ~Japan's electric power has been so weakened through an exceptionally dry winter that steam plants are be- ing installed to help out.
 Striking felt hat makers voted to reject the compromise offer Of the New York manufacturers to raise wages per cent, or 16 cents dozen The offer of one manufactures to in crease the price 20 cents was also rejected.
 Although no official statistics as to wool mills operating in Germany are availab ble, it is estimated there are 45 wooden mills and 70 worsted mills, employing about 50,000 operatives, in Saxony. Wool mills in Saxony re- Quire about 55 per cent of the Ger man imports of wool.
 Employment in the important man ufacturing industries during the month of May showed an increase of 0.3 per cent in comparison With the figures for April, while the total amount paid in wages rose to the eX- tent of All per cent and average weekly earnings gained S.S per cent.
 Establishments engaged in the manufacture of wooden goods were the only ones in the textile field to report increased employment in May. One hundred and sixty-five concerns reporting for both April and May showed that working staffs had in fA ct nf n vfo ant while pay roll amounts rose Ill per cent in May.
 Trade unions are conferring with employers and government officials in efforts to provide stabilized in comes which shall be 50 per cent of the pre-war. wages multiplied by the revaluation index. A general strike is threatened throughout the coun- try unless an early settlement is reached.
 Three New York clothing manufac- turers who operate their shops only chants association that they are satisfied with the arrangement. but four out of five textile manufacturers who tried the shorter schedule have returned to Saturday operation. The fifth has found it satisfactory.
 Industrial disputes in Canada caused greater loss of time in May than in the preceding month. During May there were in existence 34 dis putes, involving 4.707 employees and a time loss of s5,1Ss days, as com pared with 22 strikes in April, in- volving 2,263 employees and a time loss of 34.55s days. During May, 1922, there were recorded 3l disputes, in- night. 4 good attendance was re- ported and the usual routine dis posed of.
 MACHINISTS
 At. meetings of the machinists uniohs held during the mast waal,