The examiner., 1886-02-27
cAPlTOIISTIC NOTES.

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 The hearing on the Eight-hour and Con- vict labor bills before the Committee on Labor, Wednesday, did not bring together the throng seen at preceding hearings on Labor matters, and there was only one reporter present-the representative of the Morning News of New Haven. Evidently something has occurred to dampen the late interest manifested, or else it is on account of no special notice being issued of the hearing,
 It has leaked out that the Labor Com mittee is no longer such-one of those who was supposed to be sent there in that in terest, leaning more to party than to prin- ciple, and his vote determines the majority. There is little doubt but what this was we'll considered by the manipulators on the for nation of the committee, so that the meas ures might more easily suffer defeat when it was seen that Representative" Labor men themselves were opposed to their adoption.
 Rep. Lees bill to brand prison-made goods, together with Rep. Kehoe's bill which calls for the to al abolition of the contract system, were discussed together. Professor Wayland, prison director, ap peared on behalf of the State in opposition to change, and J. G. Britton, and Robert Pyne of Hartford, and Thomas l.. Me Caffrey of Taftsville and others spoke in | favor of the abolition of the present system, desiring the State to take general super vision and pay the same wages for goods manufactured in prison as is paid for similar work outside, and that portion of the results of the labor of the prisoners apply to the support of their families or depen- dent relatives, if having such.
 The arguments of Prof. Wayland were of the fossilized order, asking if the prison CTS were to be supported in idleness; and declaring that prison-nade goods must come in competition with the goods pro- duced by honest labor, so long as those goods were produced at all.
 MT. Pyne replied that it was not the competition that was complained of at all, only the result, emanating from the goods being produced so cheaply, and their con- sequent closing of the market to honest labor in the same line. Let this Oe reme- died by the State allowing the same com pensation for it's goods manufactured within the prison as is paid by employers without, and there would be no further strife in the matter. The Professor claimed that the point was worthy of consideration, but there was nothing in these bills which covered it. Clerk Kehoe read one of the bills over again which convinced the learn ed gentleman that he was mistaken. He then commenced another speech to the effect that theoretical reasoning was of little account; he wanted to hear some of the manufacturers who were affected by the competitor. MT. Pyne replied that he thought the gentleman could find none of them at present, as they had been about all killed off by the. competition some time ago. This caused much laughter, and the Professor seemed nonplussed.
 MT. Britt on made an elaborate argumen on the bill making eight hours days work for all employees of the Sta'e, and ending up by assuring the committee that if the legislators of Connecticut did not do their duty on behalf of the laboring people, or ganized labor would see to it that others would be soon sent who would. MT. Nc Caffrey and two other representatives ot labor organizations of Taftville, Baltic, and Jewett City, took the stand, but theii remarks were more especially directed to the ten-hour factory bill, for which they pleaded very ably, and with much intelli- gence and vigor. They were minutely questioned by Chairman Lee and others ot the committee, and was elicited the evi. dence that many children are now employed in those mills under ten years of age, and in violation of the statute law of the State, the agent of the school board of education F to the contrary notwithstanding, and draw ing his salary for seeing its enforcement.
 But all the time spent in pressing these matters on the attention of Connecticut lawmakers is time almost thrown away, so far as making these gentlemen responsive , to demands is concerned. They reason
 that if the workingmen were rsady to en- force their rights they would not be sending represen: atives thereto beg for them. And tn ey reason rightly. We would like to see the labor organizations, one and all, pass g resolution that henceforth no pore peti- . tions for the redress of Labor's wrongs shall be sent to any law-makiDg body in the State, but that they immediately set to work themselves and employ all their surplus time and resources in the work of sending men of their own, who know what to dc , and have the nerve of doing it. We believe , the time has come for resolution of this kind.
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