amount left as deposit with the bank will be supplemented by an addition from the firm, and the money will earn 5 per cent interest. It is thought that if this arrangement can be put into operation, the tendency of the worker will be to leave a little more money each week in the bank, and also that instead of the money lying home it will be earning interest.-[Commerce Reports, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Apr. 16, 1919, p. 356.] Formation of Bank to Handle Postwar Undertakings. A new bank for foreign trade, called the British Overseas Bank, has been formed by five British banks-the Anglo-South American Bank; Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co.; the Northern Banking Co. (of Ireland); Union Bank of Scotland; and Williams Deacon's Bank. The capital will consist of 1,000,000 pounds in ordinary shares, to be subscribed by the banks interested in the venture; and 1,000,000 pounds in preference shares, which carry participatory rights, will be offered to the general public. The primary purpose of this merger is to provide necessary size and strength for the financing of postwar undertakings.-[Commerce Reports, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Apr. 19, 1919, p. 436.] Proposed Industrial Parliament. At a recent conference of British employers' associations and trade-unions, approval was given to a plan for the formation of a national industrial council on the following lines: 1. To establish an industrial parliament to discuss all questions of difficulty and dispute which may arise in the future between employers and employed. 2. Mutually to agree as to a minimum rate of wage in all industries. 3. To fix the standard working hours and the conditions of service. 4. To act as the expert advisory body to the Government in all proposals for legislation affecting industry. It is anticipated that immediate Government action will be taken to give statutory power to this proposed new advisory body.-[Commerce Reports, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, May 5, 1919, p. 691.] Commercial Congress. URUGUAY. The Uruguayan Government has issued a decree providing for the first American Congress of Commercial Education and Economic Commercial Expansion, to be held at Montevideo. The object will be to study the manner in which commercial education is to be guided and developed in each country, and to study the means of accomplishing in an adequate manner the economic-commercial expansion of and between the nations of the American Continent.— [Commerce Reports, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Aug. 31, 1918, p. 845.] Price Fixing. According to a report from the United States consul at Montevideo. the Uruguayan subsistence board is continuing its activities in connection with price regulation and conservation of supplies. They have issued a decree fixing the wholesale price of meat and other foodstuffs. They have also established maximum prices for gasoline and kerosene. [Monthly Labor Review, U. S. Dept. of Labor, January, 1919, pp. 113-114.] INDEX. Adults, nonvocational education of, recommended by British committee_-_- Page. 124 10, 14 36, 39, 53 149, 155, 162 8 16 19 27 Canada. France Germany Hungary Italy 34, 40-43, 47, 48, 51 67, 68, 73-75, 77, 78 80, 81 34, 89, 92, 96, 97, 99 Allied Powers requested by Belgium to extend credit for manufacturing__ Alsace-Lorraine : 17 31 Digest of reconstruction activities in__. 7,8 Fund for restoration of northern France raised as testimony of grati- Germany, effect on, of loss of Mines, interests in, and port of Strasburg- Apprenticeship, rules for, in Great Britain; State aid where interrupted 139 American Federation of Labor, cooperation with labor of Mexico___ 109 Canada__ Hungary United Kingdom___ 135 Reconstruction work in, Canada to attempt to secure share in....... Bohemia: Page. To have Atlantic port provided by France_-. (See also Czecho-Slovakia.) 35 Bolshevism, discussion of, at international conference at Berne_____ 85 Canada 29 British Empire, economic cooperation of constituent parts of_ Austria-Hungary Canada 44 65 106 112 167 19 25 30 23, 24 125 25 16 29, 30 (See also Housing; Industry, rehabilitation of.) Canada: Digest of reconstruction activities in_ Steamship service with Great Britain, resumption of.. Cargo insurance in Great Britain__. Cereals, prices of, guaranteed for 1919 in England and Wales--- Child labor: International__ 19, 20 20-30 150 150 117 138 142 39, 83, 84, 86 United Kingdom---- 146, 147, 158, 159, 162 (See also Education, compulsory.) Children of deceased and disabled soldiers, scholarships for in Australia 10 30, 31 China, digest of reconstruction activities in___ 31 Clothing for demobilized British soliders, and use of uniforms not re- Coin, gold and silver, importation of into Great Britain authorized‒‒‒‒ Germany. Italy. United Kingdom_. (See also Industrial councils; Industrial relations.) 19 88 151 67-69, 76 101 126, 127 |