A BIG LABOR BUREAU INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE, WITH HEADQUARTERS IN SWITZERLAND. A Man From Chlrao In Chargf, but the Scheme Una the BacklnK of Oroniturni Men In the Countries of Continental Hnropc. The international labor bureau open ed for business in Basel, Switzerland, May 1, In the same couutry where the central office of the Hed Cross society, the intermitlonul telegraph bureau, tlie bureau for the regulation of interna tional freight tariffs, the Latin Mone tary union and the International Post al union are in operation. Most of these institutions are the real organs of the associated governments of the world, the Hed (Toss society and the Postal union embracing all the civi lized nations of the four quarters of the globe. The director of the labor bureau is Professor Stephen Bauer of the Uni versity of Basel, once professor of political economy in tlie University of Chicago, who has Just compiled an ac count of-the origin and purpose of the bureau, from which George Gilford, American consul at Basel, has made a report to this government. It is al ready recognized by several govern ments. The scheme was first suggested In 1876 by Colonel Kind Frey, a Swiss statesman, knowu lu America as a vol unteer in our civil war, afterward as Swiss minister in Washington, aud finally as president of the Swiss repub lic. lis suggested that International con ventions establish uniform conditions of labor in all industrial communities, since the danger resultiug from foreigu competition Is a great obstacle in the way of Isolated Social reform. But when, five years later, the Swiss na tional council unuuimously voted to be gin negotiations with other countries for this purpose, the answers were all unfavorable. The Idea did not cease to make prog ress, however. It was a second time recommended in 1888, and in 1890 the German emperor cnflod uo internation al conference at Berlin. Here all the propositions in regard to regulating hours of labor, the work of women and children and Sunday labor were reject ed by the delegates of the different, countries. In 181*7 Switzerland again took up the question, and the answers, though not so distinctly adverse as on the first oc casion, were again unfavorable. Only four states gave the scheme some Pla tonic support. The workingmen. however, did not abaudon the idea of an international understanding. The Swiss working men's society called an internatioiinl congress nt Zurich In September, 1897, to which they Invited as guests govern ment labor officials, factory Inspectors and economists, and it was here that the project of an international labor bureau of a semiprlvate character took definite form. A congress held soon afterward at Brussels appointed a committee to make proposals for carrying out the plan. To this committee und to the parallel action of a meeting at Ber lin in 1899 Is due the foundation of the International Union For the Lcgul Pro tection of Workingmen. This associa tion Is designed to organize the efforts for social reform in every country as well as to serve as a financial basis for an international labor office. The Committees which pursued thlH aim met nt the International congress for the protection of workingmen. which was held nt Paris in July, 1990, where the statutes of the uew organization were approved. The Swiss national council, on mo tion of the government council, has voted an annual contribution of 8,000 francs ($1.544 i toward the foundation of the international labor office aud 1,000 francs to the Swiss section. The other governments are disposed to as sist lite office in a similar way. It will publish first a code of exist ing labor laws In the English, French and German languages; second, an In ternation bulletin, aud, third, an in ternational annual of labor. The international code will contain the texts as well as the motives und the interpretation of the existing legis intion. The international labor office hopes to enjoy the co-operation of ex perts or every country for this scien tific work, who will be appointed as correspondents. The work of transla tion will be done by the office Itself. The bulletin will contain current leg islative and administrative nintter, ex tracts from parliamentary debutes and from reports of commissions of inquiry concerning social reform, a survey of strikes and lockouts, a bibliography of official documents ooncernlug labor leg islation. The annual will contain the annual report of the association, the proceed ings of tlie congress for labor protec tion and the current supplement of the international code. Governments, industrial and labor or ganizations, as well as private mem bers of the association, will receive in formation concerning texts and mo tives of foreign labor legislation. This branch of the international labor office is already in full activity. The office, in order to fulfill this mission, relies on the liberality of governments, which, by sending their labor laws and fur nishing information through official au thorities, can do much to improve the service of information. it is not proposed to aim at a me chanical uniformity of labor legisla tion, which must adapt Itself to dif ferences of national character and ad ministration in the various industrial countries. Labor legislation will be promoted by the international labor office, first, by finding the most ade quate technical formulation of the regulations concerning certain protec ; J!ve purposes fe. g., the formulation of periods of rest); second, by iuquir , lug into industrial efficiency as far a9 jlt is affected by labor laws (e.g., short- I eulng tlie hours of labor); third, by es tablishing a statistical standard meas ure for the degree in which social poli tics makes Itself felt in each country. The international labor office will be able, by means of its correspondents, i to form an opinion in regard to ques tions of judicial, hygienic and tech nical Importance which arise in legis lating about labor. Committees con sisting of manufacturers, workingmen and economic experts will be convoked by each section and will report to the office on question* of industrial effi ciency. The director of the office will request the Inspectors of factories and directors of labor departments to give Information on these points. If these documents should not be considered sufficient, International statistical in vest igations will be set on foot. The whole material will be compiled for the congress by the director of the office. ALTRUISM IN FACTORIES. tflve Labor Fair WHBM and It Can Get A lonic Without 4 linrlty. | yThe wage scale having been fairly adjusted, the employer need not worry himself about what altruistic measures he will adopt for the benefit of his em ployees. Once the Interest of the latter in the success of the enterprise be comes established, suggestions regard ing methods which will be to the com mon Interest of employer and employee will come fast enough from the men. Conveniences which good men need to do their work well and keep them in prime condition, mentally und physical ly. are of advantage, and they are bound to come, but they have their time and place of coming, which are after more Importaut things are set , tied. It must be remembered that kind ! words and rest rooms and libraries and lectures aiul other so called al truistic measures, although excellent iti their proper time and place, do not in themselves bring happiness and con tentment, for they do not supply food and clotlies and house rent and home comforts, and the latter are what men work for. Of such tilings, therefore, until the proper time arrives the men I become suspicious, as they partake of the nature of charity, and honest work ! men resent anything of such a nature. 1 The men must be mentally happy and well advanced in modern thought and : methods before such things can be in . troduced. I Nor t should an employer allow the | announcement to become current that lie has a "model shop" when he has i made Ids business a success by adopt ing the methods outlined above and added such conveniences as he finds are of conimou advantage to his busi ness and Ids men. Intelligent work j men are sensitive to being referred to as adjuncts to anything "model." An attempt to advertise an enterprise by proclaiming that philanthropic prin ciples dominate its management may be effective for a time, but men lose re spect for such philanthropy and its projectors. There is no philanthropy about it; it is pure business. Nor should ! a manager onuounce to Ids men or to ! the public that he incorporates advnne ; ed ideas in ids system of management "because It pays." No advantage can U gained by such a course. It will, in fact, he found that it does not pay. lie should no more think of making such a statement than of saying that he keeps his own hands and face clean or changes Uis linen daily "because it pays."—ll. F. J. Porter In Cassier's Magazine. A Qnftr Strike In Flurldn. Six thousand cigar makers of Tampa, Fla., struck recently owing to an un usual cause. A bridge which connects Tampa with her western suburbs bad been broken for two days. The men had lo be ferried across the river, and this was slow and unsatisfactory. It was proposed that they strike to force the manufacturers to bring pressure to bear for the quick repair of the bridge. All men employed on the western side of the river struck and marched across the other bridges and held a mass meet ing lu the heart of the city. This body I of 2,000 in number then swarmed | throughout the remainder of the city | ami demanded that the men employed ;in other factories quit work. Every • man walked out. and as each factory I emptied they joined the crowd, which numbered 0,000 at noon. Several narrow escapes were made by boats being overloaded. Orders were given to place pontoons in posi tion. The strikers also boycotted the street cars because the management did not give them more ears. The strike was participated in by the In ternational and Hesistencla men alike. Falliuir W'nKci In (■real Britain. Wages are coming down with a run In the coal, iron and steel trades, where sliding scales rule the roost and where the employer has learned how to rule 1 the sliding scale. The decline has I beeu threatening long enough, and I now it is here In all its grim unpleas i antness. Take the figures for Febru ary. In iron and coal mining close up on 200,(XX) men had to submit to de creases against a solitary small ln- I crease in the wages of underground and surface workers in Somerset. In | the Iron, steel, engineering and sundry ; metal trades the break is not so big j yet, bur 15,000 men have had their Fri ; day pay sheet made out for smaller ! amounts. It is fortunate that in some ; things prices are coming down, as the j workman's wife would be in a pitiable plight indeed when she was doing her marketing. These drops are indicative of the trade depression which is piling up, and the current talk among em ! ployers Is that wages must come down I a lot more yet before business will re i vlve.—London Letter In American Fed ' erationist. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Virtues of a Milk Diet. | Milk is the latest and most approved I dietetic fad. The woman who is fair and with 40 staring her In the face and who is determined not to be fat makes I her breakfast and lunch of milk and fresh fruit. She dines on a quarter of a pound of lean roast meat, with enough fresh green vegetables to j "make bulk in her insldes," as Tommy I Atkins would say. J The fresh, wholesome beauty of the young queen of Holland is attributed to her frugal diet of the national milk and ! cheese, and the extraordinary vitality of tlie aged itoiuan pontiff is another j evidence of what a rigorous diet will do for even so delicate a man as Pope Leo | lias always been. The milk diet is of more value than many complexion washes, and as a means of adding to or diminishing j one's weight it lias no equal. The popular superstition that milk is j fattening arises -from the fact that | many misguided people, In addition to a heavy meal, drink milk sufficient for another meal and complain that It disa ' grees with them and increases their weight.. In order to derive benefit from ; the milk diet one should get hold of a | few fundamental facts. In the first place, Vfa pints of pure milk, or three glasses, contain besides water enough food in concentrated form and properly proportioned to make a meal for an adult human being. This quantity of milk, with the addition of a little fruit, is the regulation break fast and lunch of the dieter. For din ner a quarter of a pound of lean roast i meat, with some green vegetable, Is al j lowed. A pint of milk is the limit where loss of flesh is an object, and one glass, with fruit, for breakfast and the same for lunch may be regarded as ; rather rigorous treatment. Aa Outdoor I'Hiitry, j People with plenty of ground space, yet constricted houses, may profitably take a leaf from the book of south | country household economy. It Is com mon there for country, folk to have a sort of outdoor freab air closet, a small FKESU AIU FOOD SAFE. ; detached structure set in the shadiest place possible, standing upon four tall legs, with a flat shingle roof with bare ly enough pitch to shed rain. The floor is at least four feet from the ground and the whole structure only big enough to reach well across. There are shelves all around, and the weather | boarding up next the roof is full of tiny auger holes. The door fits tight and fastens with a lock. Around each of the four legs is commonly a tar band age applied six inches above the ground. This traps venturesome ants, spiders and their kidney, thus keeping the inside clear. The structure is whitewashed inside and out twice a year, in hot weather floor and shelves are washed every morning and scour ed twice a week. Such a fixture should not cost over sll or $4 even if oue hires it built, and it is certainly among the handiest things one can have about the house or yard. "Cheap and Nasty.*' There are a large number of house keepers who have a horror of anything cheap and who of two tilings precisely the same would instinctively choose the higher priced. "Cheap and nasty," they ; quote, and there, for them, ends the : matter. To be sure, some cheap foods , are nasty, and much food is eaten by tlie poor that is not only cheap and nasty, but unwholesome. And much food sold in the markets is sold too | cheaply—i. e., at n price that cannot pay the producers, whom it is nobody's in terest to starve. The fact is that this disagreement, like so many in the World, depends upon the use of the same word by different people with a different meaning. "Cheap" by one party is taken to mean merely low priced, and it Is a truism to say that low priced things are often not worth buying even at their price, while "cheap" is by other persons taken to ID : dieate the worth of a thing rather than its price. So the meaning attached to the epithet begs the whole question. Hints. Baked apples are tlie best healthful dessert that can be placed upon the j table. Good pastry can only be made when i the ingredients are absolutely cold. The colder eggs are the quicker they i will froth. A spoonful of vinegar added to the water in which flesh is boiled will I make It firm and tender. Pickles should never be kept in glas ed ware, as the vinegar forms a poison ous compound with the glazing. Always well heat a gridiron before , broiling meat, fish, bread or anything i else. Lemons will keep a long time if cov | ered with cold water. American ' Queen. Explanation. | "I hopes you'll 'scuse me fob axin any question dot soun's pus'nal," said Miss Miami Brown, "but I would like to know what makes you walk so kind o' loose in de j'lnts?" "It's my musical disposition," wns the reply. "Dey runs de bands so close together In a puhcesslon dat you's 11- 'ble to be listenin to a quickstep an a slowstep bof to once, an try in to keep step to 'em simultaneous kind o' results in makln your ankles limber."—Wash ington Star. The P.mlilem. The landlady wns helping her $lO | per week floek to Ransagc. "I hear that yon are an Odd Fellow, Mr. Batiks," she said, pausing In her work. "Proud to say that I nui," responded ! the new boarder. "Ah, then I shall Just give you three I links." ! And as his table mates received from four to si* links the new Ixmrder knew that he had spoken unwisely.—Chicago News. The kldrrly Caller and Johnny. "1 hope, Johnny, you are a good little boy and mind your parents. You must never forget how anxious they are that you shall grow up to be a good man. Never do anything to give them sor row, Johnny, and let your conduct al ways be such that they may be proud of their son, who" "Say, them new teeth of yourn don't match the other ones at all!" Chicago Tribune. The Acme of Comfort. Husband—Don't forget to wake me at 7 o'clock, as usual, tomorrow rnorn | ing. | Wife—Why, you don't have to go to j the office. It's a holiday, j Husband—l know, but wake me at 7. ! I want to have the satisfaction of roll- I ing over and going to sleep again.— | Philadelphia Press. I.nte Aploftlr.. j I.ady—Do you remember, professor, that 20 years ago when we took danc ing lessons together you stepped on my toe, almost causing me to faint? Professor—Ob, yes. I beg a thousand pardons.—Meggendorfer Blatter. A Hoprlr.. Cn.c, "After years of effort I have suc ceeded in learning how to pronounce 'Goethe.'" "Well, are you satlsfled now?" "No; every time I say it somebody corrects me."—Chicago Itecord. I'notr Alien. "The seven nges of man," Uncle A1 len Sparks was saying, "as I have ob served the creature, are these: 1. Crib bage. 2. Nonage. 3. Suffrage. 4. Mar riage. 5. Bondage. 0. Breakage. 7. Dotage."—Chicago Tribune. They All I,end In. Towne—Blugore's not very Interest ing himself, but there's a born leader of men In his family. Browne—You don't say? Towne—Yes; it's a girl; arrived last night.—Philadelphia I'ress. I'an-Aiunricnn Exposition. Low fares via the Lehigh Valley Hail road to the Pan-Atuerican Exposition. Five-day tickets, good only in day coaches, will be sold on Tuesdays anil j Saturdays, May 1 to October 31, from j Frecland at the rate of for the round trip. Ten-day tickets will be sold from Free- I land every day. May 1 to October 31, j good on any train, except the Black Diamond express, at the rats of $1(1 for the round trip. Mr. James Brown, of Putsmouth, Va., over IIP years of age, suffered for years with a bad sore on his face. Physicians I could not help him. DeWltt's Witch Ha/.el Salve cured hiin permanently. Grovor's City drug store. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the jjj? Z/S7J Signature of C-tLa^y/^CCCSu/U Low Tares to Detroit. 1 Via the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Ac ! count of the mooting of the National ICdueational Association. Tickets on | sale July *', 7 and 8. See ticket agents j for particulars. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and recon structlng the exhausted digestive or gam. It Is the latest discovered digest aut and tonic. No other preparation can approach It In efficiency. It In stantly relievesand permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Naußea, Sick Headache, Gastralgia.Crampsand all other results of imperfect digestion. Price3oc. and sl. Lflrgc sire contains 2Vt times small sise. Book all about dyspepsia malledfree Prepared by E. C. DtWITT A CO' Chicago. (Irover'g City Drug Shorn. Condy 0. Boyle, dealer in LIQUOR, WINE, BEER, PORTER, ETC. The finest brands of Domestic and Imported Whiskey on sale. Fresh Rochester and Shen andoah Beer and Yeunjrllne's Porter on tap. Centra street. ZPIRITSTTIIsrG}- j Promptly Done at the Tribune Ollioe. Summer Weather Under wear, Men's and Boys' Furnishings, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes of All Kinds. Large Stocks and Low Prices. Persons intending Our goods are to purchase all of this anything season's make in the above lines and are are requested guaranteed to be to call worth all we at our store. ask for them. McMenamin's Hat, Shoe and Gents' Furnishing Store, SS Soutli Centre Street. \The Cure that Cures/ Coughs, (s\ \ Colds, J ® Grippe, (k V, Whooping Cough, Asthma, J 4v Bronchitis and Incipient A Cwn, Hethlehera. East on, h rtd r, ,,hi ' Ncw *'°rk, Delano and Pottsville. 930 < H N ,n i!i ir Hazleton, Delano, Mahanoy 11 an i% • ,,,, doah mid >it. Carmel. 1 1 42 u in for VVeathiily, Maueli Chunk, Al lentowii, Hclhichem. Fusion, I'liila dolphin, New Voik. ila/.leton, Delano, CaiinH fehp,u,, nloali and Ml. 115 I it m lor White Haven, Wilkes-Burre, Scrunton and the* West. 4 14 o in for Weatherly, Maueh Chunk, Al len town, Hcthlrhoin, Eaaton, Philadel phia, New York, Ma/.ktoii, Delano, Mnlmnoy City, Shenandoah. Mt. Cnrniol # and Pottsvllie. 6 3,5 {{.„? lSun,, y Hn,, i w hite Haven, | West 8 I 6' Scr * nton 14,1,1 a! 1 points 7 29 p in tor Hazleton. AKIIIVK AT FKKKLAND. 734 a front Pottsville, Delano nnd lin/, h ton. 9 1 2 a in irora New York, Philadelphia. Ka t>n, itethlehein, Allontown, Maueh Chunk, Woaiherlj, Hazleton, Mahanoy ir> or* Mi'n*iidf.nh rt nd Mt. Carmel 9 30 w , n I , F ;V," L ; V^R N " M ' WII """"" ,R ' *" I 1151a in from Pottsville, Mt. Carmel, .Shen andoah, Mahanoy City, Delano and lliizlcton. 12 48 p in lroin New York, Philadelphia, huHton, Bethlehem, Allontown, Maueh Chunk and Woathcrly. ** P ri n ) from Surunton, Wilkes-Harre and white Haven. 6 35 J> in iroiu New York, Philadelphia, Las ton, Bethlehem Allontown, Maueh Chunk, Wourherly, Mt. Carmel,Shenan doah, Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazle ton. 7 29 p in from vScranton, Wilkes-Barre and " hi to Huven. For further information inquire of Ticket Merits. UDLLIN Il.WlLHUK,General Superintendent, 2tt Cortlandtstreef, New York City CM AS. S. LKK. General Passenger Agent 1 ' M Cortlandt Street. New York Otfcv G. J. GILDKOY, Division Superintendent, Hiizieton. P. LLKLAWARK, SUBQUKHANNA AKI) A BCITUYLKIIL RAILROAD. .r i . lno tubl< ' in effect March 10, 1001. •ro(?k !. d? Dri !, t<)n f°r .ledrto, Ecklcy, Hazle . i ii lon ' Denver Meadow Iload, ltoan 2!! \ 1 " zlet " , Junction at WOO a m, daily except Sunday; and 7 0? a m, 2 'di u m Sundar lom h'iek'?n V ° I) I rlt ,V >n . lor Harwood, Cranberry," I omhicken and Deringer at 600 a m, daily oxcopt Sunday; and 7 a in, 238 p in, Sun u^,'£iDßi'wave. f °r Oneida Junction, flarwood Iload, Humboldt lioad, Oneida and 000 * m d i ] r except Sim and 7 0i a m, 2 ilk p m, Sunday. I rains leave Hazleton Junction forllarwood. Lrauberry, lomhicken and Deringer at 835 a n, dully except Sunday; and 8 53 a m, 4 22 n m Sunday. ' Trains loave Hazleton Junction for Onoida Junction, Harwood Koad, Humiioldt llrmd, .? Hnd Bh PPton af ; i2.11 10 am,441 ■ m, -ai i'j' except Sunday; and 737 a m, 311 p m Sunday. 1 Trains leave Derlnror for Tomhleken, Cran. ..P,.\ ai lvoo< !> Hiizieton Junction wid Roan at 6 110 p m, daily except Huuday; and 337 a m, a 07 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Koad, Harwood Iload, Oneida Junction, Hazle ton Junction and Koan at 7 11 am, 12 40, p m, daily except Sunday; and 8 11 a m, 3 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for licaver Meadow iFhJ , AF ockto ii, Dazle Brook, lickley. Jcdds an< iFt 11 at 520 P m - dfl Dy, except Sunday; and 8 11am, 3 44 p m, Sunday. 1 rains leave Hazleton Juuction for Beaver Meadow Koad, Stockton, liazle Brook, Kckley. Joddo and Drifton at 54 p m, dally, except Sunday; and 10 10 a ra, 5 40 p m, Sunday. AH trains connoct at Hazleton Junction with electric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesville, Auden ricd and othor points on the Traction Com pany's line. Traiu leaving Drifton at SOO a m makes connection at Deringer with P. R. K. trains fer Wjlkesbarre, Sunbury, llarriaburg and points LUTUKK C. SMITH, Superintendent,