| Show VICTIMS OF THE WAR calculations over the total lose loee ot of men to in the ibe greek army during the war with turkey have now been made a aad v d it seems to be established that the fatI KieB did not exceed 1700 while the wounded la in the ibe hospitals boap amounted to about the losses in the first fai ut engagements at the border line and the battle HI t matt mail are given as aa killed and w oun fied tibe abe lose loaa ot of the volunteer hOw however not being included in these theae fi figured figu gurov ref at men wre killed and wounded in the en at Vo volontine Vele atino lostine akile brigade lost loat killed and wounded and in the battles at domokos awl surat mon men were killed arld and woun wounded Colo caronel nall marine manoo in spirus lost in all killed and 1100 wounded the losses sustained by the volunteers are not wo but it is supposed that at least paid for their patriotism with their lineol the tae losses r ed ty by the greeks in their retreat irom from larissa Ij arisBa were not dot great erea and it Is ie supposed suppo eed the turks suffered buffered a great leal more than the greeks a fact act all the more remarkable because the latter were much better armed than the enemy it Is ie evident that the tactics of the greek crown prince the chief charac te ristle of which was wag sudden rei reata saved many valuable lives to the he country and the greek cause AND WAGES in view of the great coal miners strike now on in the fast bast over ft a question of wages the article by M emile Lovas levassour sour of the national in statute of france la in a recent bisue of revue bleue under the title ot the Atner american ican workers il has baa some int erestine suggestion As translated for the literary digest the three points referred to are the wailes wages american workers receive the machinery they operate and their standard of living on the matter of wages the preach writer says that while there are great differences to lo the earnings of workers in the various of the united states as a they are very high as compared to franse eranee and even to tf england where wages are higher than in any aner european aou try ary ou on the claim that trades leiona unions should be creal credited ted with securing the increase in wage M J the heads of the labor organizations pretend that the increase of 50 per cent in wages during the last thirty years IN due to the pressure which they have been able to bring to bear on employers employ era I 1 by means of strikes it is easy to snow show that t these hose organizations are not the sol sole nor even the principal cause of the advance in wages since the hagee of agricultural laborers who are not organized have increased nearly in the same proportion as those of most of the workers in other industries while the wages of domestic servants both in america and in franck france have risen more in proportion than those of the ox workers I 1 do not mean to 0 assert that the trades unions have no influence in the united states on the contrad contrary ry they are very strong in numbers and have taken an active part in the efforts of the workers to secure higher wages shorter hours etc he also insists that the idea that wages are regulated by the cost of living to is erroneous and argues mat the he reverse la is the case As an to the be mk mite chi ery used in the industrial 0 operations pe U he be holds that it is an aid to the improved condition of the working mat rather thau than otherwise as an some workingmen are now claiming on the point of standard of JiVIn living gf M levasseur says that with audieri caos can it is higher than in any other part of the worl i As to prices he make a careful estimate euti mate of those in france Fran osand and in the united biatek and aye toe average price of cf goods consumed omed by ar the working claress claf is but very little higher in america than in fv francc nee while provisions are slightly lower illustrative of the latter point be cites the fact that for steamship f od supplier where the same articles article were bought io in the inae quantities the average cott cot in new york was wae 17 francs v st 28 francs in havre Re returning to the causes which affect wage aagep M levae eur insists that productivity of tabor labor la Is chief and ana be up the principal reason fur for the higher rate of wages in this country as aa follows follo foll wf 1 in the first place the american worker is equipped the machinery which can make his labor most productive and employers are always disposed to perfect this machinery since though paying higher wages they realize larger profits than from handwork in the second place the workers are accustomed to work very rapidly and their democratic and individualistic education gives them an energy which is a characteristic of the american vv workman and finally there is a constant demand in america for a very large production of wealth to satisfy the needs ot of a population of more than which consumes each year an enormous quantity of goods of all kinds |
