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...Richard Sears '91 has offered $100 as a first prize and $25 as a second prize for meritorious work in the Division of History, Government, and Economics. The subject chosen for this year's essays is, "Are Trade Unions a Benefit or Detriment at the Present Time to Labor?" There is no definite limit, but it is expected that the substance of the dissertation may be delivered in 20 minutes...
...Hine's lecture tonight will be on "The Transportation Problem: Labor Policies". The last of his lectures will be on Friday...
...second problem is to develop industry under the factory system, while avoiding the evils of industrialism. Slowly but surely the mill and factory are taking the place of the village and household industries in China. But there are no labor laws, there are no restrictions of hours, there are no minimum wage guarantees, there is unblushing exploitation of the labor of children. The pace is set by foreign firms, closely followed by the Chinese employers themselves. One does not need to assert that there is only one side to this question in order to argue the point that herein lies...
...bankrupt, and by the Chinese themselves is constantly charged with dishonesty. The provision of universal education, the installation of research in technical fields, the building of levees for flood control, the reforestation of the hills and mountains, the colonization of unproductive lands, the construction of railways, the securing of labor laws, the ability to borrow money, the practicability of abolishing extraterritoriality, the proper management of post offices and customs, the establishment of just systems of taxation--all these things can be brought to fruition only as the government becomes more stable, more effective, more honest...
...markets for their manufactured goods., Solutions for the difficulty are almost as numerous as the delegations, but they agree broadly in emphasizing a strict regulation of the paper money issued by each country. Closely bound with this problem is that of free trade, but prejudices and difficulties of labor and transportation enter here so strongly that little progress may be expected. Aid to Russia will also be discussed, for England wants markets there, France wants her ancient debts paid, and Italy wants Russian wheat. Aid and recognition will probably be considered together, but each presupposes assumption by the Bolsheviki...