Word: labors
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...extensive traveller and a keen observer, Mr. Baker has contributed to English and American magazines many articles on the economic questions of the day, notably in reference to the labor difficulties involved in the great Chicago strike of 1893 and those of the meat packing industries. He is the author of "The Labor Boss," and "The Reign of Lawlessness...
...finally, the leader must be a man of faith. In every department the country needs strong and honest workers, scrupulous politicians, business men who can unite the great organizations of labor and capital, journalists who care more for truth than for subscribers, doctors who are regardless of fees won in practice--men, in short, who care more for principles than for victory, and who must have implicit faith in a hidden power which is constantly working for the ultimate victory of good...
During the years from 1891 to 1896 the production of commodities in this country was greater than the consumption; since then the reverse has been true, and the consequent revival of industrial trade has made the "American invasion" of foreign markets more feared abroad than Chinese cheap labor...
...initiative in social affairs, M. Leroy-Beaulieu said, comes more often from members of the Roman church than from its head, the Pope. During the reaction which followed the French Revolution all trade guilds and labor organizations were suppressed. The Count de Mun opposed the extinction of such unions and founded "cercles Catholiques" of mechanics and laborers...
...Elements of rational interest and enjoyment in daily labor are--the free play of the powers of observing, thinking and judging during labor, variety in work, the sense of rhythm and harmony in co-operation, and the artistic motive and method...