Evening star

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the habit of hereditary rulership is

not easily changed, and the Berlin government

makers look for an easy

transition. A ten-year presidential

term would he the longest allotment

of time to any national executive.

Presidents are now chosen for terms

ranging from one year in Switzerland

to seven years in France, Haiti and

Venezuela. In Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia,

Costa Rica, Cnba, Ecuador,

Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama,

Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Salvador,

United States and Uruguay the exccu

ire term is four years; in Chile and J

"liina it is five yeses and in Argentina,

Guatemala, Mexico and Santo Doininro

it is six years. Germany's proposed

ump to a ten-year term with privilege f

>f re-election looks as though some>ody

with a prospective pull has a n

^residential bee in his bonnet. b

La Dor Surplus and uernoomzanon.

A statement by the Department of i

-abor relative to unemployment shows I

hat while thece is an increase in the

lumber of unoccupied men, it has not

cached an alarming stage, and in some

itates and in a number of localities j

here is still a distinct labor shortage. j

That the tide trends toward unemploy- j

nent is shown by the fact that there j

I

s now a surplns in fifteen states as j

igair.st twelve the week previous. The

urplus is chiefly in the line of clerical

lelp and in the building trades. At

he sami! time boilermakcrs and rail-

oad machinists are in demand and the

hipyavds still need unskilled labor.

SI

The problem in this matter is to

[istribnte the labor supply as far as j

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How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1919). Washington, D.C., 1919-01-19. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1919-01-19/ed-1/?sp=24

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1919-01-19.