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THE

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1901,

THE ASFLUENCE OF STRIKES

ON TRADE

It is quito clear from this statement that, having regard to population, more working time is lost by disputes in this The Loss by Holidays.

country, timu. in any other for whick statistics are available. If the figures As the principal Foreign Governments

published by the TAI

VARIOUS Governments now publish statistics of trade disputes,

are: further analysed; it will be found it is possible to ascertain to what extent

that,

on the average, the manual nup strikes and lock-quis are resorted to în

bar of workpeople directly affected by other countries as compared with our disputes, and the average duration of own. The following figures show, for disputes, is greater in the United certain European countries, the number Kingdom than in any other Europen of strikes and the number of work people country. Cutside Europe there re affected by them in the last year for mains the United States, with which it

No. 1 WELLINGTON ST,|which figures are available-vir, 1900 would be of great interest to be able to in the cases of the United Kingdon, France, Germany, and Austria. ⠀⠀

Under European Management.

HIGH-GLASS PROVISIONS. Germany

Country

United Kingdont. 648

No. of Dispatcs

No, of. Workpeople

Affected. 188,538

.1468

141,121

2219

France IRELA Austria

311 Italy. 268 Sweden Denmark.

ant

424760

104 98

60,137 53,276 10,290. 96,096

For Sale.

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JUHN GRAHAM'S Choice FIVE CROWN TORT. Well-known to

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SAM WING HING,

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1968

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1609

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IBE STEAM LAUNCH,

THE TUNO FAT,

It will be seen (says The Standard)

of

make an exact comparison. Unfor

tanately, this is not possible. The latest figares for the States relate to the periol 1881-94, and they are in- complete and unsatisfactory; & is not

with American › infrequently the ease

statistics.

The figures for Europe, however, con: firm the opinion that has been before expressed that the importance of trade dispater has been much exaggerated. that, although the three number Thors are other movements going ou in disputes took place in Germany, the the world of industry of far greater in- greatest number of workpeople involved port to employers and employed, and to G. C. ANDERSON,

20, Des Voeux Road. wns in France. Neither of these the world in general, than trade dis- Hongkong, September 14; 1801. 1909 tors, however, is very satisfactory as a

putes, but they encaps notice. "They Dieasure of the extent of strikes and

are not accompanied by friction and, look-outs.

What it is necessary to

publicity, and it is the existence of know before one country can be comfriction and publicity that necounts for pared with another is the aggregate the undue weight attached to strikes andTM number of working days lost in con- lockouts. It appears that in a period of sequence of disputes. This information dive years the time lost by trade dis can be given in the case of all the putes in five countries, with a total countries mentioned above, with the population of 141,103,000, was 52,794,- exception of Germany. Officialsta 000 working days. When this total is tistics of strikes and lock-outs were not compared with the total number of published in Berlin before 1899. Pre- available working days it will be found Tious to that year, the only particulars to form but a very insignificant fraction. LAUTS. WEGENER & Co.

2108 available with regard to strikes were In the United Kingdom alone the Hongkong, October 14, 1901.

those collected by the Gewerkschaften (a available number of working days in FOR SALE.

federation of Social Democratic Unions).each year for the industrial population

Built under foreign superintendence, thor oughly everhauled by Moss BAITEX & MURPHY, Engineers, etc., and certi- Condition. The Launch is fitted in European style, suitable for towing purposes and for harbour use, Length 63 ft. Beam 11 f. 6 fuches, Depth 6 ft. 3 inches in centre.

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Length, 110, Width 13/6"", Depth 8.6". Boiler, 9' 8'6",

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the Imperial Statistical Office in Berlin total population), is officially estimated are not very satisfactory. They not at about 2,500,000,000. If the average only fail to show the aggregato duration number of days lost in the United of trade disputes, but, unlike most ether Kingdom by reason of strikes is taken countries, they give figures only with at: 7,000,000 it will be seen that this reference to the disputes terminated in moans, roughly, one day out of every any given year.

350; ie, less than one working day per As regards the other countries, it head per annum. In other Europeans appears that the time lost by reason of countries it has been shown that the

COME AND LOOK HOUSES and LAND at the F. For trade disputes in the last year for which loss ia still less. There are other things,

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As for holidays, the time lost to the industrial classes in this country by the observance of the four Bank holidays alone for exceeds the time lost in any one year by industrial disputes. On the Continent, whers fele days and re-

statistics are available, amounted to about which, unfortunately, no exet 3,153,000 days in the United Kingdom, statisties: exist, which cause far greater 3,761,000 days in France, 287,000 days loss of time than trade disputes. These in Italy, 332,000 days in Sweden; include, for example, sickness, flue. .1,180,000 days in Austria, and 2,828,000 tuations in the state of employment, public holidays, and the use of inefficient days in Denmark. Measured by the industrial methods. Dumber of working days lost in a single year, it appears that France was the greatest sufferer from strikes and look outs. It is stated, however, in the official Report, that the disputes of 1000 surpassed those of any other year, forligious holidays are more common than in England, the loss of time from this which the French Labour Department cause is still greater. The serious has collected statistics. In England, feature in trade disputer is not the however 1000 was a year of com large number of small strikes and lock outs which from day to day break out purative industrial peace. The figures in all parts of the country and which for Deninark, which relate to the year are of purely local Interest, nor is it the total amount of time lost. The result 1896, are also of an altogether excepto be deplored is that dislocation of tional character. Daring. year &

trade, and industry which is caused by: disputó took place which shook the in the great disputes of almost national dustrial life of that little Kingdom to importance that occasionally take place. In the United Kingdom, during the ita centre. It con penced in the build last decade, there have been only eight:

that

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THE BACK DOOR.'

uployed, not only in the building trade, the cotton spinners dispute in Lan

cashire and Chesinire, in 1892, tlie.coar hat in many other industries. In minors' disputes in the Federated Dis several respects it resembled the on-triets and in South Wales, in 1893, gineering dispute: in England, the em the coal miners' dispute in Scotland, in 1894 4 the general dispute in the boot ployers contending that they were fight and chee trade in 1895; the engineering ing for the right to manage their own dispute in 1897, and the coal miners dispute in South Wales in 1898. These businesses in the way they thought it eight disputes between theat involved a without dictation by the workmen's loss which is estimated at 62,000,000 The lengthy treaty which days, whereas the times lost by the re- Unions concluded this important dispute, a maining 7880 disputes which took place translation of which appears in the during the ton years-1501-1900, amount- ed to, 43,000,000 days, that fe to say, Labour Gazette for October, 1899, may the eight principal disputes caused a well be compared by those interested in loss of time, greater by nearly 50 per this matter with the terms of settlement cent, than all the other disputes pus

together. of the engineering dispute, which TA printed in the issue of the same publica- tion for February of 1898.

It is clear, from the foregoing, that the question, What country is most. disturbed by trade disputes f cannot be answered from an examination of one year's figures only. We love to take a longer period. It is possible, from the statistics now available, to give for nuniber of European countries the average amount of time loss per, andum

··

by tride dieputes based upon the figures for five yesis. Dividing this Menge by the total population of each country, comparative figure, viz, the average Joss of time per head of the population, ́s ascertained.

WONKING DAYS ACST BY TRADE DISPUTES

PER ANNUM

Country.

United Kingdom

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