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flour, 99,500,000 francs; woolens, 38,500,000 

 francs; coal, 36,100,000 francs; chemical prod- 

 ucts, 29,300,000 francs ; cotton, 28,300,000 francs ; 

 animals, 27,600,000 francs. The principal ex- 

 ports were: Silk manufactures, 123.500,000 

 francs ; cotton manufactures, 114,600,000 francs ; 

 watches, 89,500,000 francs ; raw silk, 37,500,000 

 francs; cheese, 36,200,000 francs; silk thread, 

 35,500,000 francs; machines and vehicles, 24,- 

 700,000 francs ; chemicals, 19,500,000 francs. 



ers, already existing, to regulate factory labor 

 by prescriptions regarding the employment of 

 children, the duration of adult labor, tind the 

 protection of workmen against insalubrious and 

 dangerous employments. A section of the 

 National Council desired to go further than the 

 proposed amendment and to introduce obliga- 

 tory syndicates or trade unions. On April 6 

 the National Council ratified the bill punishing 

 anarchistic attempts, even those committed 



A CABIN OP THE ALPINE CLUB. 



Communications. The length of railroads 

 in operation on Jan. 1, 1893, was 3,415 kilo- 

 metres. The post office in 1893 carried 73,329,000 

 internal and 30,148.000 international letters, 14,- 

 766,000 internal and 7,934,000 international pos- 

 tal cards, and 28,723,000 internal and 18,516,000 

 international circulars and pamphlets, and sent 

 postal orders of the value of 434,000,000 francs. 



The Army. The army had an effective 

 strength, on Jan. 1, 1894, of 134,932 men, exclu- 

 sive of 80,298 in the Landwehr. 



Legislation. The Federal Assembly occu- 

 pied itself in 1894 once more with measures for 

 repressing the labor agitation and anarchistic 

 propaganda that have disturbed its tranquillity 

 and given occasion for representations from 

 foreign governments. A reaction against so- 

 cialistic legislation was shown in the rejection 

 by the people on March 4 of a constitutional 

 amendment submitted to a referendum declaring 

 that the confederation should have the right to 

 establish statutory prescriptions to govern the 

 trades, thus extending into a new field the pow- 



abroad. It gives the Federal Government power 

 to expel both foreign and native anarchists, and 

 enacts heavy penalties for the illicit fabrication 

 or the concealing of explosives, as well as for in- 

 citing or defending anarchist outrages in the 

 press or otherwise. On June 3 a referendum 

 was taken on the proposition to insure to every 

 male citizen by a constitutional provision the 

 right of employment at living wages. The So- 

 cialists and extreme Democrats, who believe that 

 the Government should undertake the duty of 

 providing with work able-bodied and willing 

 workingmen that are out of employment, ob- 

 tained more than the 50,000 signatures necessary 

 for the submission of a constitutional amend- 

 ment by popular initiative, albeit only 2 mem- 

 bers of the Assembly had voted for it. It was 

 rejected by the votes of 308,000 citizens against 

 75,000, about 56 per cent, of the electorate vot- 

 ing on the question. Another amendment pro- 

 posed by popular initiative for the distribution 

 of money by the Federal Government among 

 the cantons is to be voted upon in 1895. 



