Labor Conditions
Growing Better
(Jnemployment Conditions
Throughout World Show Im
provement, Report Says.
London.—The unemployment situa
tion throughout tha world Is favorable
- compared with that of a year ago,
gays the current Issue of the Inter
national Labor Review, the monthly
publication of the International labor
office of the league of nations at
* (Geneva. The periodical has Just fin
ished a world wide survey on unem
’ ‘plbyment.
" In France and Belgium unemploy
ment Is almost nonexistent. In North
America employment was exceeding
ly-good toward the closo of 1922 aa
; compared with 1921, though In
1 Canada figures for October and No
; vember show a contraction aa com
1 pared with previous years.
In the United States employment
has been steadily Increasing during
the last year and business conditions
continue to improve. Production was
very good during January, 1923, and
apparently no cne a year ago ex
pected such a rapid recovery.
In the United Kingdom the general
unemployment Index numbera ahow
little change at the end of January,
1923, as compared with December,
1922. The activity In coal mining, in
steel-sheet manufacture, and In the
worsted Industry was satisfactory, but
most of the other principal Indus
tries are attll under the spell of de
pression.
In the Scandinavian countries and
In the Netherlands the situation
shows Improvement.
In Italy the great Immense of the
numbera unemployed recorded the
end of the year was due to unemploy
ment In the mining and outdoor In
dustries, as well as In agriculture.
Polish industries were compara
tively active during the laat three
months of 1922, and a comparison
with the corresponding month of last
year shows that unemployment has
greatly diminished. In Switzerland
unemployment Is still declining.
Austria and Germany are the only
two countries for which unemploy
ment figures show a substantial In
crease at the end of 1922 as compared
with 1921. It has.been estimated that
Austrian Industries were working at
10 per cent of their capacity at the
end of 1922. In Germany seasonable
unemployment In the building Indus
try Is especially acute this year. Em
ployment In the metal, electrical and
chemical industries is still good, the
decline being chjefly in the printing,
food and building trades.
Son of Armour Official
Is Killed by Gunshot
Chicago, Sept. 8.—Fred E. White
accidentally shot himself to death late
yesterday. He was the son of F. E.
White, president of Armour A Co.
Young White, who was only IB,
had been hunting on his father's Lake
Forest estate with Arthur Armour,
son of A. W. Armour, the vice presi
dent of Armour A Co.
A bull charged toward the boys
and White attempted to beat It off
with the stock of the gun. In some
manner the weapon was discharged,
tearing a hole In younjf White's side.
Mayor Hylan Better.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y„ Sept. 8.—
Mayor Hylan of New York, who is
suffering from pleuro pneumonia, was
somewhat better this morning. His
physicians issued the following bul
letin:
“Mayor Hylan was somewhat better
this morning. Pain less, breathing
better. Temperature, 99; pulse, 108;
respiration, 30.”
The physicians expect that he will
recover. His temperature last night
was 103.
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Mail Superintendent Raises Giant
Vegetables at Suburban Home
u
But His Phone Rings When
Friends Become Too
Inquisitive.
William J. Mettlen, superintendent
of malls, central postoffice, mined
from the Coronado apartments out to
a place In the suburbs last spring.
He expressed to his fellow employes
the philosophy of the great open
spaces, communing with nature and
particularly raising one's own garden
vegetables.
Now, "Mett" Is one of the hardest
workers In Uncle Sam’s mall depart
ment, having office hours (according
to Pat McGovern) from 1 a. m. till
1? midnight.
After he moved to his new place
at 4219 Mayberry avenue, he received
frequent queries as to how the garden
was coming along. His report was
always optimistic. He described his
early radishes and lettuce as the best
of their kind.
“I never .saw anything like them.
Radishes the size of a fist, heads of
lettuce the size of a bucket. It’s the
way I tend 'em that makes ’em
grow.**
And the unbelievers chuckled
sardonically.
The other day Mr. Mettlen ca^ne In
with an enormous tomato. It was red
and smooth faced and weighed Just
over two and a half pounds' on the
postofflce scales.
"Here's one I Just plckted off the
vines this morning,” he said. "Fair
sized one but If I'd had time to look
around I could have found some real
big ones.”
Pat McGovern fixed him with a gim
let eye.
"You could, could you?" he asked.
"Sure could," said the superintend
ent.
"I saw a tomato Just like that one
in a grocery window on Sixteenth
street Just yesterday morning,” said
Mr. McGovern.
Gardener Mettlen seemed to blush a
little.
"Listen,” he said, "I think that's
my phone ringing.”
And he hastily left the group, leav
ing his giant tomato behind.
Manufacturers of Country
Will Standardize Products
By Associated Press.
New Ydrk, Sept. 2.—The business
of life, at least that portion of it hav
ing to do with the manufacture, sale
and use of material things, has be
come so complicated in recent years
that more than 200 national Industrial
associations and government depart
ments are now engaged In a co-opera
tive effort to straighten out the tangle.
The straightening process has taken
the form of simplification, unification
and standardization of raw materials,
of manufacturing processes and of
finished products.
The far-reaching proportion this
work pssumed during 1922 Is revealed
in the year book of the American
engineering standards committee, a
federation of the industrial, technical,
social and governmental agencies en
gaged in national standardization
work. The projects under way range
from standardization of the propor
tions of bolts, nuts and rivets to the
standardization of the dimensions of
motion picture films; from the stand
ardization of the methods of testing
automobile headlights to standardiza
tion of methods of testing wood, steel
or Portland cement; from standardiza
tion of methods of sampling coal and
coke to the standardization of the
methods of testing cotton fabrics;
from the standardization of rules con
cerning electricity meters to standard
ization of the manner In which tele
graph, telephone and other electric
wires cross each other at overhead
Intersections on the streets and roads
of the United States. In all, more
than 20 such projects have been com
pleted or are now under way.
Even the language of Industrial and
technical men has become so compli
cated and confused in the rapid devel
opment of science and industry dur
ing recent years that it has become
necessary to simplify and standardize
words and their meanings and sym
bols.
The standards committee reports
that the national movement for indus
trial standardization accomplished
more during the last year than in any
preceding year, and the work has now
reached the stage of mass production.
Trade associations and general com
mercial bodies have shown decidedly
increased Interest in standardization
work, which, in its earliest stages,
was considered of Interest principally
to engineers. ,
German Student Must Die.
Dusseldorf, 8ept. 8.—Itiehard Raab.
a 20-year-old student, was sentenced
to death today by a French court
martial for throwing a hand grenade
into thes midst of a detachment of
French troops here on August 4. Two
of the soldiers and a German woman
and child were wounded by the ex
plosion.
Kitchen Ethics.
A pinch of salt will make cream
whip more readily.
Ad-Sell League Will
Start Fall Program
Ralph Partlette, vice president of
the PartlettePadget company, pub
Ushers, will address the opening fall
meeting of the Omaha Ad-Sell league
at Hotel Fontenelle, Monday night
at 6.
E. Elmo Martin of Cleveland, O.,
author, lecturer, and Industrial engi
neer, will address the league Septem
ber 24. Other speakers during the
fall will Include Lawrence W. Rog
ers, phsycologlsts. New York City.
Di;. Preston Bradley of Chicago; E.
St. Elmo Lewis, vice president of
the Campbell Ewald company; Ed
mund Vance Cook, poet; Samuel
Orathwell, Dr. S. Parkes Cadman,
Herbert Leon Cope and Robert C. I
Fay, sale* manager of the La Sail*
Extension university.
That the Order of DeMolay fot
Boys, an organization composed of
sons of Master Maons and their com
panions, between the ages of 1« and
21, Is a fast growing body Is shown
by the fact that they have estab- *
llshed, In addition to the many IMw
this country, councils In Milan, Rome,
-The Good
MAXWELL
Reduced to
forges so far ahead of anything
in its field that no room is left
for discussion* The one thing
remaining is to come, see, and ride*
Consider its remarkable reputation for standing up,
in connection with this complete equipment:
Cord tires, non-skid front and rear; disc steel wheels,
demountable at rim and athub;drum type lamps; pres
sure chassis lubrication; motor driven electric horn; un
usually long springs; new type water-tight windshield.
Touring Car - $795
Sport Touring • • • $960
Roadster' - ' - ' 795
Sport Roadster » - 895
Special Sport Touring 975
Club Coupe • • • $ 935
4-Passenger Coupe - 1195
Sedan •••••• 1295
Traveler - * * * * 1585
Prices r. U. D. Uetrou; nex'cnue i ax w w aaoca
PETERSON-MILLARD COMPANY
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Twenty-eighlh and Fafnam HArney 5066
Four-Wheel Brakes—New Engine—New Bodies!
Special Showing all Week—You are Invited!
'j Come In and see this True Blue Oakland—
f built to be the finest light-six! Study its
exclusive features and you will marvel at
the value built into this car at its new
low price.
Test its four-wheel brakes—an outstanding
safety achievement on a car of Oakland’s
price! Note how simple they are; learn why
they require so much lest attenfMKS -than
conventional two-wheel brakes.
Inspect the brand new engine—smoother,
quieter and more powerful than even its
highly successful predecessor, the Six-44.
See the new blue bodies, built by Fisher.
The top is permanent with new side curtains
comparing in snugness and utility to the
doors of a closed car. Controls are centralized
on the steering wheel. Disc steel wheels ar«
standard equipment, at no added cost.
See this new’ Oakland at our special show
ing this week! Don’t miss the first public
exhibition of this True Blue Car—the latest
and finest achievement of the Oakland
Division of General Motors!
RooiiHr
Touring Car
Sport Roadsttr
Sport Tour inf
Business i oupe
M.
Passenger coupe
Sedan
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the J
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It’s Brand New—and True Bluer
Embodying Exclusive Features of Engineering Design and Superior
Coachwork Never Before Associated With Cars of Moderate Price
This True Blue Oakland was deliber
ately planned to be the‘finest built
light'Six in the world.
Two years have been devoted to its
design, manufacture and test. Two
years—plus the wealth of Oakland
experience in light-six manufacture
and the limitless resources ofGmn^ >«
Motors.
From axle to axle—it's new! It
embodies features of mechanical
superiority—of beauty and comfort
and performance—heretofore un*
heard of in cars of its price! Every
single part was designed and built to
fit and function in perfect harmony
with every other part.
And because, it, has betan so soundly
built—Oakland places upon it the
samiftltitten 15,000 mile engine per*
formanc# guarantee and the same
Mileage«Basis gauge of value that have
proved the quality and the value and the
excellence of Oakland cars in the past
OAKLAND MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Pontiac. Mich.
OMiIm •/ Qnufil Matari Corporation
A Nation-Wide Demonstration/
"True Blue Traveler*”—of which die
1924 Oakland* are exact counterpart*
—have itartad on a remarkable tour I
They are part of Oaktand'e fleet of
test care, *ome of which have traveled
fifty thousand mile*. They are dem
onstrating tha remarkably efficient
performance buyers may expect from
their True Blue Oakland* after
months of the hardest service.
Oakland Motor Car Company
Oakland Bldg., 20th and Harney Street*
Tel. AT lantic 2929 Omaha, Nebraska
