New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-20

nc .,;tA s6splers and the various dIficults which
n. .,.e in the administration Of the law, which
are TO be found in the Factory acts. 1t provides, in
the ,sne manner a. in factories for the registration
Of the persons employed; for the examination by
certifying surgeons cf the younger hands prior to
their permanent employment; and for insuring reg
ularity in the observance Of the times Of beginning
and ending daily labor BY public clock. adopts
also the Dclature Of the Factory acs in the d.
vision OF the hands into classes, but differs widely
from those acts 10 the definition Of whist persons
shall constitute each class, and, consequently IN
the amount Of protection afforded by the restrlc-
tors upon labor.
The three classes under the Factory acts are: l.
Males over Ia years of age, whose labor is uhre-
stricted; 2. Males between Is and IL years Of sse
and females above - years Of sge, whose labor ls
restricted; 3. Children between sDd Is years OF
age. whose labor is restricted, and VINO are re-
CURED 10 attend school daily.
Tie corresponding classes in Printworks are;
|. Males above 10 years Of age, whose labor le un
restricted; 2. Females above l3years Of age whose
hours Of labor are restrcted 3. Children of both
texer between the ages of and -, whose labor is
restricted, and who are required to attend tcao)l
p,riodicahy The Print Works act differs e.sen-
italy fro IN the Factory acts, 10 containing 10 p'o
yisoLs of sDy hind for either Of the following pur-
poses: For setting apart times for meas; for the
Saturday holiday for The cessation from work on
Christmas day and Good Friday; for periodical
bali-bolGays; for the secure fencing OF dangerous
machinery; fer the reporting OF accidents, and
compensation of injured persons; for the period ,a
lime " hing of the premises. The hours Of labor
ID factories are now assimilated 70 the ordinary
hours of work Of mechanics and general laborers,
j. e., from a. m. 10 P. H., with intervals oil one
hour and half for meals. The hours of labor IN
print. works may practically be considered to be
Unrestricted, notwithstanding the existence of stat
utoIy limitation. The only restriction upon labor
s contained in l22 of the Print-Works act u and
Wet, 29) which enacts that 10 child between the
ages of and I3 years and no femse, shall be elm
ploy ed during the hight which is defined to be be-
tween 10 p. H. and a. Ill. Of the following morn
ing. Children therefore of the age of years, may
be and are lawfully ployed in labor analogous in
which the temperature ~ oppressive, continuously
and without any cessation from work for rest or
refIesbme ut from a m. till 10 p. m; and boy,
having attained the age of -, may AID is often,
lawfully employ ed day and Light for any number of
hours, without any restriction whatever. The
school attendance Of children employed in print
works is thus provided for: Every child, before be-
ing employed in print-worh, must have attended
school for at least thirty days aud not lees than one
hundred and fifty hours during the six months i'm
mediately preceding such first day of employment
and during the continuance of it's employ ment in
the print must attend for ike period Of thirty
days and one hundred aud fifty hours during every
successive period of six months. The attendance
at school must be between a. w. and p. IN. No
attendance of less than two hours and half nor
more than five hours, on any one day. shall be
YecAoned as part of the one hundred and fifty hours
The philanthropy of the master-printers shines
peculiarly in the method of executing these regula-
tions Sometimes a child would attend school for
the number of hours required by law at one period OF
the day. sometimes at anotherperod bat never regu'
larly; for instance, the attendance day might
be from q. N. 10 ii a. H., Oh duOlncI Jay iou y
m. to p. No. and the child might not appear at
school again for several days, when it would attend
perhaps from P. ID. to ?. M; then II might AZ
tel for three OF four days consecutively or for
week; then it would not appear in school for three
weeks or menth after that upon some odd days at
some odd hours when the employer chose to spare
it. Thus the child is as it were bufieted from
30 chonl tkn
tale of one hundred and fifty hours is told.