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MATCHESMAKIMTHE INDUSTRY AS IT IS StEN INEUROPEAN COUNTRIES't%m Ovttfi mt Atm kmmpmll*4I# f mh• H*t*t Frmmnmtimmm tm Prmim+tttmpimfm* t rmm Fhmrnpbmrmmm F*i*m**~itf • Fhm*pUmrmm* Smrnrrn*ii« Ort»r«gtit rr«i|fl«i»!it in Pmm11 **««•tv* Ft#*#*.I© England tne lt;5ov^rnmwti himjugt iMiMMf a b!u*» hook **nta suingtins ropurui on the uhi* of phosphorous m the tiui ntifarmn* of lalt; if**rrota I. . . ...Narl all goV'»rmxu*ftts havt* Ihu**d for vant i!lt;« t ion a tida rHOsrifoaoo wppfh vr wohkwtitp can Ik* dangerous during manu-ftietUIV to tlw* health of the workpeople‘‘Tlu* mate lies made from it must be capable* of atriking on any surface, even clean cloth and when submitted to alternat tons of moUtur# and drj nm», h«*at and cold, withm limits, shall ftufftciett tly p r esv rv e their inflammability and not Inn liable To ijHuit a neons det'0mplt; is it ion.1 hiring the act of ignition the match must nut throw uft ftaytkltii capable of imrnirig any pt-rson or of setting fire to anything nor must.ll evolve poisonous fumes’I‘reference will Iks gi\**i\ tomatches the paste of which d«»» * notcontain any poisonous substance“The matches must also tie so in-sensitive to friction that t hvy can-not und»r ordinary conditions become ignited w hen earned in * he pocket* must lie ra|«aMc of transport, and of being stored without danger **The tolu* * J)m»k also gives a lt;ar**ful analysis of t he methods of manufacture in \arums countries* with numerous illustrations made from photograph*, and. l»t*Hide* this, minute ce-script ions of th% diseases matchmaker* are ittbject to. There are manycharts along with these descriptions.Professor Thomas Oliver, a f* Uowof the Royal I o|!* ge of phy^ifdans, fomiim. has l*vn studying the *bs«eases llUOrhrtnaki'O iir* stihj* m to, and has made a report to bir dat-th« w White liidSey the IPtn* . srns turylie \ mitod Eng I *t *id Scot land,Kr.trre IWfium, Sw eden and Mb-ioa,and wherever he went he talked w tth itianufitrtttrcra and employe and ex-aimm*) working people suffering imm the peculiar decay of the bem*** that often a Allots t hose who handle j*hos-phorus to mateh-makers use i\This th.vay t he d»*ctora chI ! phi»«-phorua neen mu* Prob-ssor Oliverbelievca that it is to avoida great deal of the suffering that has In*cu the lot of irta t ch-ii%mkersheretoforeHe refers to the two ku is of 11hosphorus manufacturers use, the while phosphorus or the sTrik?-anv-where' * mtdfes. and the redamorphic pfeo*ftartt$ . W'hic h 11 * y use for sa fei y mmt chvsThis red phosphorus is ra:o dangerous. hut so far makers ha * e no’ thought It .safe to use in the rr;e u-facture of *“str!k#H#nyw*l»«re matches.“If white phosphorus m to ro?~ tinue in use in England.,* says ihsprofe-sstvr. “it tm absolutely Bnclt;s-r\to modify the structure of the matchfactories so as to separate 'he *m\-iug dipping, drying and ?e \ -ng'There should b# Thorough fan \»-i-t da 11 on in Mitt rtw in ft par * I cuia rlyeach dipping tabic should baie *•), pTV I.* 11 A * l.hH 1 IU i'h srH* KOI - * I Mlu\ Tllk TiU TH proved way* of manufactureThere is no doubt, says th# pro-that as lung as the whitephosphorus is used in mutch worksit w*H not he possible to guarantee freedom from risk to worker*Pol a I prohibition of the use of white phosphorus m therefore thesafest way to avoid dangerTwo or three countries have adopted this methyl with completesuccess so far as the health of operatives is concerned.To-day England is lace to face with this question in a way she never was before How will she solve it? [* total prohibition nwcs-gary? Is it the only or best solutionof the problem and is it possibleto prrnluc** a »trike-any w herematch without white phosphorus?Ihe fact that work p»*ople in cote i mental countries have suffer**! fromphi^phorus necrosis even more than tloase in Ilritubi is pnuif That no matter where matrh-nmkiitg carried on iie.der difficult chiiMtis endvarying h\ giisiic and I^gislat i\ e core cl it ions it in an industry fmugrhtWith danger,Ehosf»hor*is necrlt;asis twanirs more frequently in small lac* orns with defective plants and imfierfeet methods of pro*iuctimi or m old buildings ?hat cannot be ventilated properly and where the working people!heiwselves^ar** not * leanlvfht* ofiinion is lt;t*n«ral at home a; d 8hrlt;»ad ;haf wh**r** *h.' manu-faciuro is carried on in uiodnrn and lofty buildings. with ih** nlt; \vlt; *t methods, with maehtn- rv rejdaring hand labor whrrtner j»os.sibl»-. withcomplete ventilation of the mixing, (iij bing. drying and boxing rooms,jtersonal cleanliness on the iart ofthe work fM'ojd.. and rejw»,t t«■• i medical ir tion, nocroKiis of the jawis practically unknownWhether an excessive f1 Teem age of l»hosj*horus in the |*ast^ itself constitutes a tlinger is a question in regard to which there is much difference of opinion.In Britain there is a growing demand for safety matches They are: early a# cheap as the strik.-uny-matches In time th«* red sulphur match will satisfy home Consumer*, but Britain must continue to make white sulphur match-e« f she i? to hold her ox port tradeSxcursiofl ticket* for dogs are cow is sued by two Kngiish rail read*.:
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Belmont Star
Belmont, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Dec 15, 1899
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