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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02

to keep the world going and the laborer should share with the rest of the world the benefits which this machinery has conferred upon mankind
 The eight-hour day has resulted in better quality and larger quantity of work, has increased temperance, and has improved the general welfare.
 It IS not maintained that in all cases productivity will be as great in eight hours as III nine. Cases to the contrary could be cited. The point to be insisted upon is not that it is profitable to an employer to make the work day shorter, for often 1t Is not, but to show that 1t is profita- ble to the nation and the race Con- tinued fatigue is inimical to national vitality, and however 1t may effect the commercial value of the individual it will in the end deplete the vital resources on which national efficiency depends
 In the interest of this efficiency, a longer time at noon for lunch is usually necessary. The present economy of lunch time is short-sighted, tends to food bolting, indigestion, a drowsy and tired afteroon and inferior work This had been shown by actual experience Before the acceptance of the eight-hour day by the railroad companies the accidnt bulle- tins of the Interstate Commerce Com mission contained frequent reords of disasters caused by the long hours of railway employees
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02
THE PALACE

"The Pilgrim," latest of Charlie
 Chaplin's comedy classics, will be
 shown at the Palace on Sunday, Mon-
 day, Tuesday and Wednesday. This I IS the picture of which so much ad- vance information has come from the California picture fields, the gist of l the news being that Chaplin is at his
 best and that "The Pilgrim" is one laugh-noisy four reels of fast moving farce fun.
 America has seen Chaplin in al
 most every conceivable character
 and laughed at him in all of them, but
 it remains for The Pilgrim" to in
 troduce the famous Charlie in min
 isterial garb and the very heights of
 the most vivid imagination fails to
 visualize the fun that results. The great comedy star has been more than
 generous in dealing out film joy in The Pilgrim as the picture instead of running the usual 2,5oo feet re- quires over 4,ooo feet of celluloid to register it's screaming story.
 In The Pilgrim" Chaplin performs some of the best of his old stunts but 1t is so Eberally sprinkled with brand new ones that an observer will find himself wondering, between laughs, how and where the great comedian gets his ideas for creating pure, un- adulterated joy. Thousands will see this latest Chaplin farce at the Pal ace which means that host of faces | will be smile-dressed during perform ances on Sunday evening, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. i
 Accompanying "The Pilgrim" on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday is one of those vaudeville bills that makes the Palace the real amusement l center of New Haven. Six acts, and | every one of them hand picked from the choicest products of the vaude- vile crop, form the makeup of this | new show. Topping the bill is George Le Maire who comes with his scream ingly funny skit, At the Dentists" Followers of things theatrical will re- call MT. Le Maire when his star brightly among the notables of the Ziegfeld Follies and later with George Whites "Scandals"
 One of the new vaudeville afilia tions of the present season is that mirth, Sharkey, Roth and Hewitt. fectly delivered vaudeville diversion
 The. original Erich Phillip Com Dany, an aggregation rated as among the peers of hand balancers, is one of the bills attractions that is going to attract much more than passing at ;; ention. |;
 James Eadie and Anna Ramsden are the principals of comedy duo ?: :'Charlie's Visit" It affords he legitimate opportunity for he in -oducion of much comedy and great leal of catchy music. |:
 To be away from the conventional sto be odd and to do things differ .ntly Is to be/ odd and thus the trio making up Xhe personnel of the act 1nown as the Three Odd Chaps gets ts name. |:
 Johnny Reynolds is a human fly md he astonishes people everywhere y scaling the outside walls of high buildings. He is man of nerve and he exhibition he is offering vaude- lille Is certainly a thriller.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02
one-half days in Ioo4.

One-halt days m 1904
 The records of the International Typographical Union show that last year the average age of the members who died was 5 years, 53.17 to be exact. Reliable statistics give the av- craze. expectancy of 21-year-old American citizens as being a trife over fl years, indicating an age at death of more than 6 years. So there's a difference of nine years
 Let's look back little to see why trouble In the old days printers worked 12 hours day and died at the ripe old age of 28. Then the hours were reduced to II and the av- craze age at death soon jumped to 35 years. When the day was shortened to TO working hours, printers could expect to live to be 4I, and upon the institution of the nine-hour day the average became 45 years.
 The introduction of the eight-hour day brought the present figure of B years into being.
 Knowing from experience in this factory that we get better service and the workers are healthier and happier on eight hours work ''-E1kskin Shoe Store, Los Angeles, California.
 Considering physical conditions, we believe that 48 hour week is the most practical solution for factory or mechanical labor for women, and un- der such hours a better standard of health can be maintained. ."-Sweet, Orr & Co.,, Inc
 EIGHT-HOUR FOUR , We believe that the health of our wotnen has been and will be greatly and that as result, we shall have a lot of husky young shoe makers raised in that vicinity who will be of immense value in the fu- ture" I'll. B. Endicott, of Endicott, Johnson & Co.,, shoe manufacturers.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02
It Does Not Reduce Wages

''Whenever the legal regulation of women's working hours has been long enough establishd to show any effect on their wages, statistical evidence tends to show that wages are not decreased, but increased by the limitation of hours. In some cases there may be temporary de- crease for a short time, before industry adjusts itself to a change in hours, but after a short period the gain in the workers efficiency from shorter hours and their consequent increase in output completely balances curtailment of their working time Women's wages are uni versally higher in the industries subject to legal limitation of hours than they Josephine Goldmark, Fatigue and Eff gency, D. 3o5. ..
 MT. Harry Porter, consultant in fac town steel mill gave its workers the same pay per shift for each of three 8-hour shifts as for each of two 12-hour shifts The three shift output increased 125 per cent. in the case of the enamel workers. Wages have risen steadily since the change from two to three shifts
 At the Engis Chemical Works in Bel gium the founder and managing direc- tor, MT. Fremont. in 1906, after twelve years experience said:
 'The workmen were at first opposed to the new system, seeing the shorter hours a diminished output and consequently lowered wages. Patience and strict dis cip1ine were necessary to enforce ample trial. At first they began to.rea1ize the benefit to their health and vigor. AL most imperceptibly the daily output in creased, and in less than six months from the beginning of the new time-scale, the men had succeeded in producing in seven and half hours of actual work, as much as they had formerly turned out in ter"
 Labor saving machinery has so greatly increased production that. the same amount of labor is not longer required
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02

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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02
It Stabi1izes Industry

A short working day established by law tends automatically to regularize the work The interest of the em- ployer is to have all hands continu- ously active, and no one sitting idly waiting for needles, or thread, or ma terials, or for machines to be repaired. Every effort is bent toward having work ready for every hour of every working day in the year. In unregu- lated industry, on the contrary, there are cruel alternations of idleness and overwork
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02
Secretary Ornburn Makes Strong Argu- ment in Favor of AS
 Hour Week Bill (Cnntinned frnnn Pane Onel
(Continued from Page One.)

The majority of working women have home duties after the days work is done. Isn't this day long enough?
 An eight-hour working day, with time added for lunch and the trip to and from home, means actually a 10 or II hour day What time is there left, in a longer working day, for in tellectual, social and moral improve ment?
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02
It Reduces Accidents

Accidents have diminished con spicuously wherever working hours have been diminished Tagging out put, poor product, and frequent acci- dents appear to characterize the last hours of a long working shift The disadvantages of an overtime system are being increasingly recognized by employers Is it not significant that railroad engineers who have accidents have almost always been working overtime?
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02
It Improves the Health of the
 Workers

Where the working day is short, the workers are less predisposed to disease arising from fatigue. They are correspondingly less in danger of being out of work, for sickness is in turn one of the great causes of un- employment
 The American Journal of Public Health states that since the union cigarmakers adopted the eight-hour day in 1886, from 12 to IS years have been added to the average life of cigarmakers.
 The advocates of the shorter work day, especially the pioneer, were often scoffed at and ridiculed when they
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02
Where It Has Been Tried

The eight-hour day for women is , established by law in four states: Arizona, California, Colorado and Washington; the District of Colum- bia and Porto Rico.
 For men on public work for the National, State and Municipal Gov ernments in 2o states and in the Dis trict of Columbia.
 For men in private contract labor for the National, State and Municipal Governments in 2o states and the Dis trict of Columbia.
 For work in mines in A states.
 In certain specified industries in 10 states.
 In railroad, telegraph and telephone service in eight states.
 In France, a general eight-hour law covering both sexes has passed both houses and will, without doubt, soon become law.
 In Engalnd, the National Industrial Council recommended legal 48-hour work week for BOTH sexes. A bill which will carry out their recommen- dations is now being drafted.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02
It Tends to Increase Output

England, at the outbreak of the war, realizing the enormity of the task before her, urged her workers to work as they had never done be- fore-I2 \hours a day, and on holi- days, on Sundays and at night, The result was that production decreased instead of increased and the sickness rate rose alarmingly. Finally, Eng land, with her back to the wall, fight ing for her very life, was forced to maintain new industrial standards-a shorter working day, prohibition of night work, and a wage sufficient to insure healtAful living conditions to all her workers.
 Prohting by Eng1and's experience, when the United States Government entered the war, 1t established the eight-hour day in all government plants and issued recommendations to do likewise to all manufacturers of war necessities. It did this not from humanitarian considerations, but pure ly from the point of view of IN CREASED PRODUCTION. The order read in part as follows:
 "It might be expected that an in dividual working 10 hours a day in stead of eight would turn out more
 
 for the first few days. But exper- fence shows that in a few weeks or few months, the output will be the same or even less than 1t was with the shorter day. For younger work CTS, for won1en, and in heavy or ex- hausting processes for all workers the best results will be secured by short schedule The drift in industrial work IS toward an eight-hour day as an efficiency measure"
 The Ford Company is authority for the following statement:
 "A certain group of men working i nine hours under the old system assembled 75o radiators. The same l group working eight hours, under the l new plan assembled 1,3oo radiators. 1 A group of men working nine hours l under the old plan turned out 38 lenders Under the new, working ! eight hours, the same men turned out : so lenders. A group of 6 men work | ing nine hours under the old system | turned out 800 gas tanks. Under the l new, working eight hours, the Go men , turned out I,2oo. Hours were re- duced, wages increased and cost went l down."
 We have been in business for 12 years dllu nave dlWdN , OpeldlSd ulIuSl the eight-hour system and would not consider, so far as we are concerned, any other"-Char1es Trager, manu- facturer of Leather Gloves and Nit tens, Seattle, Wash.
 Tt has been proven conclusively ] that our production has not been de- l creased in any way, but on the con- trary it has been increased, because the girls in our employ seem to be in position to work harder during the | shorter work day than they did pre- viously on long hours, and @nstead of | waiting for the bell to ring at the end l of the day, they now work right up | to the very limit. ."-The Hamilton Garhartt Cotton Mills, Detroit. Mich igan.
 It Improves the Health of the
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-02
The Verdict of Experience

The eight-hour day is now gener- ally accepted as the standard working day. The change has come through legal process, through strikes, and through voluntary action by employ CTS, some of whom adopted it as long as 25 years ago. Thousands of men and women are now working on that basis. But there are still American employers who want to know about the effect of the eight-hour day upon output and workmen inquire if it low CTS wages. The general public, too, is nervous concerning the cost of liv- ing. The experience of years answers them. <,
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-27
P. A. F. PLANTS HAVE
 PACK 75,000 CASES

The two plants operated in South eastern Alaska by the Pacific Ameri- can Fisheries have put up total pack of 75,000 cases of salmon at the present time, according to F. H. Bailey, superintendent, who was in Juneau today on business. The plant at Excursion Inlet has pack of 10000 cases and the Gambler Bay cannery has put up 25.O00 cases.
 The pack at the. Excursion Inlet plant is larger than last year by about 15,000 cases MT. Bailey said, while that at Gambler is less than the pack at the same time when the cannery was last in operation two years ago.
 MT Bailey arrived in Juneau last night on the tender Forester from Gambler Bay and left this afternoon for Excursion Inlet to inspect oper. ations at the plant there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-27
CLEARANCE REFUSED CANADIAN :, BOAT FROM EAGLE TO DEEP SEA
 FOR DAWSON LIQUOR SHIPMENT

Permission has been refused by Col lector of Customs l C. Mcbride for Canadian steamer to clear from Eagle for deep sea to take on a cargo of liquor for Dawson, accord ing to an announcement made at the local Customs headquarters today. Negotiations covering the shipment of liquor through American , Territory from British Columbia to points in Yukon Territory are now pending between Ottawa and Washington and until these are concluded. the clear ance sought will not be granted, said MT. Mcbride.
 Asked By commissioner.
 he action of the Collector followed an official request made by Cimmis- sioner Mckenzie. of Yukon Territory, of Deputy Collector J. Hillard at Eagle, for clearance for the Cana dian river steamer Canadian from Eakle to deep sea. It was the pur- pose of the ship to take a cargo of liquor for Dawson and return via St. Michael and the Yukon river. It is understood that the Canadian would have met another British bot tom outside of Territorial waters from which it would obtain the Yukon liquor shipment now held up in Van couver.
 The Yukon Commissioners request was based on an old treaty between Great Britain and the United States, entered into in 1871. Article 26 of that treaty contains provisions rela- tive to traffic on rivers trayersinig both Alaska and the Yukon which declared: "The navigation of the riv- CTS, Yukon, Porcupine. and Stikine, ascending and descending, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and open for the purpose of commerce to the subjects of his Britannic Majesty and to the citizens of the United States, subject to the authority, laws and regulations of either country within it's own terri tory not inconsistent with such privi- ege of free navigation"
 Against New Regulation.
 While not expressing an opinion
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-27
FIELD NARROWS
 IN TOURNAMENT
Women Semi-Finals Tomor-
 row - Three Matches : Played Yesterday.

Three matches were played off in the Juneau Tennis Clubs tournament yesterday, two in the mems and one in the womens singles. J. E. Bar rager and c. E. Harland won their contests and Mrs. w. s. Pullen de feated Mrs. L. D. Henderson.
 Barrager eliminated R. E. Robert son in straight sets, 6-l and 6-2. liar land won easily from Pullen who play ed well under his usual form, the former winning 6-2 and 60. Mrs. Pull lens victory brings her into the semi finals in which she will meet Mrs. H. L. Faulkner. The winner of this match will then meet Miss Harriet BarragH in the finals. The Pullen- Faulkner match will be three out of five sets and is expected to take place tomorrow afternoon.
 The only first round game left in tue mems singles is between Capt. Agnew and John Mclaughlin, the winner of which will meet Fred Hen ming in the semi-finai event of that section. Harland and Barrager art the principals in the other semi final match. It is planned to pla! this off at p. m. tomorrow.
 The finals in the mems singles therefore, will be between either liar land or Barrager, and Agnew, Hen ming or Mclaughlin, and shouie bt reached early next week,
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-27
HUNGARIAN MINISTER
 AND FAMILY COMING
 TO ALASKA SHORTLY

Count Lazlo Szenehenyi, Hungarian Minister to the United States. has wired Governor Scott C. Bone that he will sail from Seattle with his wife and daughter on August 4th. accom- ranied by MT. Thomas Cardeza, for Alaska They will stop briefly at Juneau enroute to Cordova and will then go over thestrail to Fairbanks and then to Seward by railroad. The Countess and daughter will aen V turn to the States while Couls Szc,h .nyi and MT. Cardeza will go on . hunting expedition in the kersti coun- ny and possibly to Kodiak.
 Tn, countess Is a member of the noted Vanderbilt family. of New York City The Count is famous as a sportsman and big, game hunter and has hunted big game in virtually all secti ns of the globe. A
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-27
SlMONDS RETURNS ON
 CATHERINE D. SOUTH

H L. Simonds, Alaska manager Of The Pacific American Fisheries com pany. arrived at Gambler Bay yester- day morning on the companys steam. CT Catherine D., from the Boring Sea and Cook Inlet canneries under his control. He had previously visited Excursion Inlet, where the Pacific American Fisheries company owns a oannery The Catherine D. sailed from Gambler Bay yesterday after noon, and she will stop for day at Metlakahtla on the way south. MT Simonds will go south on the vessel.
 While the Pacific American Fisher ies company secured full packs at it's canneries at Squaw Harbor and Xxi tan, the packs at Port Moller and Kings Cove were failures. These can neries put up immense packs last year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-27

as to the rights of Canada to make liquor shipments up the rivers nam ed under the treaty provisions cited, Mr Mcbride said recent regulations of the Treasury Department express ly prohibit carrying oA liquor for bey- craze purposes in foreign as well as domestic vessel within the territorial waters of the United States. These were issued following the decision of the Supreme Court last June in the suit of the Cunard Steamship com pany against Secretary Mellon
 Regulation 8, under Treasury De- cision 3, S34, effective June 10, this year. provides: |
 "Na merchant vessel, domestic or foreign, may law6lly carry as cargo within the territorial waters Of the United States any liquor for use tor beverage purposes"
 Under this regulation, said MT. Nc Bride, the permission asked for rby the Yukon Commissioner could not be properly granted. MT. Hillard has been so advised, he added, and the matter also referred to the Treasury Department at Washington.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-27
WHO'S WHO
 AND WHERE


 William Freeburn, of the Chichagoff Gold Mining Company, left Juneau last night on the Estebeth for the mine
 H. B. Carbray, ,@ representative for the Seattle Hardware company, ar rived on the Northwestern from a business trip to the westward. Thomas Knudson and his son John, left on the steamer Northwestern for the states, where Mrs. Knudson is under medical care for her health. MT. and Mrs. Seth Orava, of Ten akee and their three children, left on the Northwestern on a trip to the states.
 Miss Marjorie McConahay sister of Mrs. E. V. Beaudin, left on the North western for the states. She has spent several weeks in Juneau visit ing with Mr. and Mrs. Beaudin. Miss McConahay will resume. her work at the Washington State college, where she Is student.
 Mrs. J. w. Pritchett, wife of the editor and publisher of the Wrangell Sentinel, left on the Northwestern for her home. She has been here for a short time for medical treatment
 c. w. Hawkesworth, superintendent of the government schools in South eastern Alaska, left on the North western for Ketchikan. From there he will go to Metlakahtla to confer with Theodore Houour, secretary to U. s. Commissioner Of Education ri. gert, on affairs at Metlakatla.
 At the Gastineau.
 c. F. Hooker, Frank Cook, Philip M. Elliot.
 At the Zynda.
 D. Yates, Mrs. J. c. Gichard.
 At the Alaskan.
 Peter Pedruni, J. Amone.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-27
LOVE WILL MEET
 JOHNSON AGAIN
Opponents In Recent Fast Bout Here Clash Again
 in Smoker Tomorrow.

Kid Love, the sailor cyclone, and Battling" Johnson, in all probabil- ity. will met tomorrow as the main event in the smoker being arranged for tomorrow evening at Elko' Hall by the lccal American Legion post, according to an announcement made today. Johnson is working aboard cannery tender of the Barron can ncry at Funter Bay and through the courtesy of J. T. Barron will be brought here in time for the smoker.
 MT. Barron left here last night for Funter Bay He said that he would land Johnson al Aux Bay this afternoon and arrangements have been made to bring him in from there by auto stage.
 Johnson and Love staged whirl- wind bout here early this month going six rounds to a draw in what local fans said was the fastest fight ever seen in local ring. At that time Love declared he wanted a return match when the Eagle boat No. 57 returned to this port.
 An effort to match Sailor Thomp- son with Stokes, a local boy, made last night failed. Stokes, who has to enter the main event in smoker planned by the Elks early next Fall, after, it is said, tentatively agreeing to the match with Thompson, later with drew for the reason that the $10C purse offered for the bout was not sufficiently attractive. The Legion was hopeful today of securing op ponents for both Thompson and Me- Ilhane, shipment of the former who scored kayo here in the inn promptn smoker on July s.