| Show M M i r THE l j j CONTINENT Queer Things in Ill Labor and anti Wages in ill the New Nell Australian Commonwealth 6 b bJ fw ill J O I V V b ilIK mo orl continent That U t how bow th hid Illi people down here I 1 ere e p ak o of ot t the lime New Nt A Thor They wy oar la they to makIt mike mak It I t e D ar a AI ee of ot 0 i the he laborer la borel They Y have hav hit v all ell ort Hort sore of ot now to U to the federal l the of ot which aceme to l b be e how to Rail Bell the least leat work l 1 moat Inot t The country for f ot r the mo money ready rea h Bee the Ibe hour law In This Is Ismon mon In every ver city elty and an town ton U It nl adopted by firm Arms more than n a K gen n rallon II n BRO ago f and 1111 IK Ile now n Moat tuition There her are all 11 aorta lorts ort of laws law asto aa as aIto to factories The Ill of ot till dis Ia between labor and an capital are ar null much the tame same amt all ae a thOle of ot New Nel yen lien land The rlou trade trades have hare rules as asto u uto uto to the employment of or r their members tile the hits has the right to ml to the hop hope at any time and anS It can l the employee to Tea ie phet tt the th laws law records n must bo ho kept 1 lIt eh h wIns wing Just JURt what each man mun tine lio how l loaf r ho ha work and what he ha fieta Pete The lawn Ian as n to Is le oh ob and there tiler are nit all sorts foil of ot te re by I cannot Iw he paid In III store alore or order der Children under thirteen cannot YOlk In the factories and the limita limitations n itS as to 10 the hours of ar their work worl are tro vary strict It li le tho same name ns as to in III ti lire stores although In some ROmo cases canes two lunar hours per Is III thoro there l l There Thero roust mint be e roe at nt lied od Intervals Interval lor or meals heals 1 In ninny many of or orthe the shops there are lire recesses for cor In Ing and In III tort fact such fuch Institutions nr ors run rim with quite quill ns nil much regard reg a to the laborer ns liS to the employer A TARIFF There Is quite n difference of ot opinion here hero ns os to the effect which the tho labor lows laws have on the country I boo 1110 met many employers who tell me It Is II nl 11 a most mont I impossible to 10 do du on the present basis that In hard l times S to they they the will have to shut down Thor Thoro lite others who say AllY till lime eight lay law lawIs Is to all nil right although a n protective tariff Is needed to keep korp the tho shops going ong Time The result will lie he that the com corn commonwealth will hot have 10 III r m adopt r such euch sm n 0 tariff us as will lit foster home inane and that Hint the tho raw row materials which Aus Aue Australia trolla sells In the tilt shape of nr t wool t nil mid midBrain J rata groin will hove have to toot foot the te national bills bills WHAT TIm THE Si TAnY SAYS BAYS YS I recently had hUll a clint with John Por Ier ry minister of ot labor lobor for tor New No South Houth Wales and a man who ubo Is 18 noted ns as be beIn ln In at ot the front of ot modern labor lobor movement We talked of ot the hour day do Said ald he heIt heIt heIt It Is hI generally thought that wo we have on nn law tau h here ie In ht Australia That Is not so en although custom has hns made It practically the fact The rhe eight hour h ur law would not suit Mull us so BO well as the th hour per week law Many tony of ot our trades are such Ilich that they the cannot he be restricted to a 1 fixed time Some Borne days a 0 man must mUll work more Inore than hours and less Take Talce the batters bakers They rhey set eel their sponge anti anil If It the time dough douch dou h rises they the can set get through their Ih lr work In III tees less than eight hours butt but If it not It takes es them nine or perhaps longer What wo we want Is a fixed tine time per week and nn extra rate for tor nil all over overtime time What rate would you charge for or overtime 1 sold said I J Je ie e have considered the matter mil very carefully co re I anti we e believe belleI that hint 50 per percent ler lerent rent cent extra Is not too much That Is If It Ifa n a man miln la is I getting 26 Ii cents nn un hour or 12 2 tar per jl r day he a should have t t e 37 cents r nh for tor overtime At that rate nn on duty would bring him tin In 2 and nUlt a tn tin hour day Iny We ve think that tho thu some proportion should be b awarded a a nl el nu ns asto to piecework where the employer wants extra York work done put But could you enforce laws lawa of oC that kind Sir Ir ferry lerr I asked lye e t propose to try It II was tho time to ro ply pl We are aie going to 10 fix Ix It so that employers cannot overwork ork their mon men We will make such regulations regulation r that tho the laborer cannot enter Into any an agree agreement meat ment which shall be fur for or the employers benefit It contrary contrA I to the law la We shall shull allow the men to tl sue for their over overtime overtime time with the 50 0 per lIe cent ent additional We lye will make time the th employers keep reo rec records orris Jill of ot nil nit such time 1010 and will see Boe that they tho make mako the payments under penal lelal penalty ty t AS A 1 INO ING COUNTRY Hut nut have you many III an factories In Australia shat Yes Yee said the tabor labor la or We are doing a n J greet great deal 1111 of or menu manu end and we shall alma d tin do more when WO we adopt doft the till protective tariff tart law We W Wha have ha all ail 11 ort aorta nC of rk tally In the of ot Victoria where vh re there the are Te boot and ald shoe factories B machine std mid lUll Iron w w 1 t TRiINA G CARPENTER I f I V works an and all ull Torts lort of ot mills In QU ih there re are auger mills and anil I v nil miG Th There f ti Is I some Mint cloth made madem In Qu lm ii l m I will compare fa fn ly II il h any In England J There Their aro live five ft I en n mills here In New South Smith SmithA A Valee lM V ire p have yard ure I t and machine Work Works wr hen lutu IIIi Ir east coal from Crom the Limo twines ef f Nety I I a lIl not Jill far from here het he anti ell II na hIl by hY b water ater a 1 t thas has dt Jep H lt of f Iron ron and th there ro Is III no reason wh 1111 why Industries Should not 1101 mow grow rOW up liP So tur the he freights C 1 A Chat With the tho Labor C Co of lC New South The Commonwealth h t the time Fort i hour Pay for tor Ote n At my of t nt Clerk If IC Undo Uncle fi f un Many It Would Cost Col 1 a Billion Dollars n a 1 How the tho nt rinds for or Unemployed H of or C Carpenters r M n amid anit of at tit Lit Five Cents Cente n Pound mid and k at Half Tl Great Cheat cst ost Ton Ten Drinkers of ot the tho LIquor BUI SomethIng About tho the Labor Lb r nail Other r Curious Curl us Schemes of ot the Island Continent q v Below the tho Equator I rt vW V W V V W WINy V W W V J d J will fled find that at least one on man In every cery forty to rt la Is n IL government enma I loYo If It Vc t c chad 1 had ice If II in tho the United States S tut es with our 1 m of ot 0 WO I O we would have havu ot orr f IuIs which at nt the low of ot S OO per yi year por ar Would cost us IS at atlen least t fi JI J a 0 year I 1 dont kno knuty hut but I should not bo be surprised tI tom hi hear that a careful count lount counting counting ing IlIg of ot nil all your om officials Including goy ROV eminent clerks school teachers police pollee nion nett vie etc tr would almost foot oot up that many holy T YO n YO p years ago One department of ot my bur ehu u Is hl to lc the r t nI The rho first year eti that timet tint tWi andl L was 18 es fG established eoe m w s e d u 1 r l is t w ur rr Lent In 10 lar borers horer In IntI th the dw fr r and Inthe In Inthe Inthe the fourth fur for w TI rims ihl f duty cluty of ot the bureau bure U wn was to ft rut limn mw to tIt the Whir vh ro in th the VH a liI as Wo e pave gave a rent winy many I and st t ni 1 ship 11 ulio th t the men to I tit lase KC 0 0 euro cure of as ns soon lIoon It ns they the the ranched reached their pluses of ut work vork When tho the times yero hard we organized re reo reit it works In lu which n a part of or the time wages P n n |
