, 1879-03-02
Visit to a Number Of Manufac-
tories, Etc.
Listening to the Complaints of the
Representatives OF Many
Trades.
rha Evils of Convict Labor and
of the Employment Of
Children.
How to Remedy the Troubles Complained
of-SchilIing's Idea.
some Of the Committeeman Are Dubious
About It.
INSPECTION.
L TRIP AROUND TOWN.

INSPECTION.
i TRIP AIoUED TOWN. :"
Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock the specfa
Committee OF the State Legislature appointed
~ ;nnnfre into the condition and needs Of THE
1,horiur classes hustled themselves into three
.,r,rfsees at the Palmer House and started upon
.ber tour OF investigation. There are siz
mrmbers in the Committee: Ehrhardt, o1
Chicago; Trucsdeli of Amboy; Taylor, Of Chi
caqo: McFic, OF Randolph County; Savage, OF
v;rpinis; ind FoY, OF Rock Island. Accom-
r,nyinr the Committee were number OF
nrominent Socialists OF this city, among
,sbom we're Morgan. Goldwater, Streator, Eh-
mann, and List. They, with the representative
of TIE TRIBUNE, filed the carriages. The So
ralists volunteered to point out the objects OF
interest in the daily life of wage-worker, and
hpsded the procession for the establishment Of
Norton Bros, tin-box and iapanned-ware man
nfscturers, Il and IS River street. The Socialist
cuIoes e1ldentlY expected that the "bloated
fapitslists," the "hosses," would refuse to al
loT the Committee to go through the establish
,n1ents destined to be visited, The proprietors
of the several factories visited not only cheer
fuIl, admitted the visitors, but delegated men
70 soo" eem .itouuu allu va III sley Ane"'
AT NORTON BROS,
factory the legislators saw about 125 hands,
about half Of them women, engaged in the maxi
jug Of alt kinds OF tin boxes, large aud small,
te1 aud coffee cans, plain aud ornamental, etc.
The employees were questioned as to how much
they we're able to earn, aud one Of the women
said that the females averaged about Sc per
week. The presence OF a good many small
boys caused the inquiries as to how long those
boys had been to school. The youths said that
they knew how to read and write, though some
Of them acknowledged that they had enjoyed
educational advantages only three months in
the course OF their lives. The girls we're question
ed as to how much they knew and how much
they could earn in E week. There were no COM
plants. The members of the Committee were
prudent enough to refrain from expressing any
opinions upon what they saw and heard, but the
Socialist delegation took occasion to remark
that The building was dre-trap. and unsafe for
occupancy by SO many persons. There was but
one stairway BY which incrcss and egress was
possible, and that stairway Was narrow and the
building three stories high. The advantages Of
machinery in the work was asked about, with
the result that might be expccted-that the
machinery facilitated the work and increased
ihe usefulness Of man. The rules of theshop
Eere read with great deal Of interest By the
Socialists, but even they could ind no fault
VIA 20 them.
,ory Of
srAuLD1SG l. MnRR1cK.
.rha establishment w,z oona +h-o,,o3, f-o,n
to att;c and S56 hsrds were teen 4
Wost ~ thaT, rarc rnn,on rannfns n nrra Teo-.
. ~ N iudnInr fron snnrarsnce5 Thev - so;d os3
tSev ~ gnt ) cents ner MIND for strinn;.,y feaf
loharco OF the stems. A eir1 p veaTs oi3 said
he es1nod 81 cents dav. or ri 5f a woeis oA
Wh+n the house va T,,nninp on nj, t;me af
.en honrs 1T WAS now rnnn;nr e.bt honrs
ner day1. sfe couid earn corresnonfinc1v morc
fha olae,st woman in 1he OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES aarnsJ
lhonr = cents mr. dav she said 1;.s nin,h1e
1o,noeT wnma, rarncd ahont 4rv;ca ~. 11nos !n1,sh
i rnman,s earn;nrs dencnf1ed r,on ber nu.r 49,
tions Tie nsr,ni oncst;nns ahont schoo,;no
xere asked and the Tonno oils nf w1,om ti,nre
rere not many. said that thew had heen n
,foo} hnt shoIt time Tho woman eaiJ hot
hit boar1 eost Them sho,,t a neT Waei re
lYeraee Gaming Of the woman was 81 or s7 ,,er
hat eli could escape ether or he stars or out
spon the root and thence to adiofn-
os pnilolnGs: Inc ventilation OF The place
,nG ,I,e Ssrr strane - e.,,atI ~ ,ohaca @
II The members Of the % part7 retreat to tie open