Abstract

The Week

This article gives an account of socio-political conditions of several nations. Conditions at the Bethlehem Steel Works, are bad. Conditions at South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, are no worse than they are elsewhere in the steel industry. The higher grade of workmen in Bethlehem, have a ten-and-a-hall-hour day, with a half-holiday on Saturday. But in the blast furnaces, the working day is twelve hours, seven days in the week, with a continuous stretch of twenty-four hours. The rapid development of northern Italian cities is one of the most interesting events of the time. Even romantic Venice, Italy, is awakening to new activity. The rebuilding of the Campanile may be regarded as emblematic of the determination of the Venetians to renovate their city and recover some of their old glory. Forests of Germany can no longer meet the home demand for wood pulp, and the trade depends largely on the supplies from Russia and Austria-Hungary.