RUSSIAN FACTORIES.
In Russia the factory inspectors arc very arbitiary, and the factory laws and regulations to worded that the mill manager or director is made personaLy liable for any accident or damage to the work-people; and the mil.owners have not only to pay compensation to the person injured or to his relatives, but in the case of serious injury the manager is liable to imprisonment in addition no light punishment. Tne work-people in Russia, be.ng drawn mostly from the peasant class, taken from their occupations in husbandry or forestry, are generally ignorant and illiterate. It can be readily imagined that the responsible director of a factory will not hesitate in such circum tances ta incur considerab.e expense in piovid.ng safeguards to reduce his chances of impr.sonment and monetary lots. Cases are also of not uncommon occurrence where work-people are said to have deliberately put their fingers in the w'orking part of a machine, especially to injure the trigger finger, and thus render them unfit to be called upon for military service. Ihe factories in some districts of Russia are worked night and day with three or four sets of work-people ; therefore precautions are more generally necessary and advisable.
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Evening Star, Issue 11606, 17 June 1902, Page 5
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199RUSSIAN FACTORIES. Evening Star, Issue 11606, 17 June 1902, Page 5
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