The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-15
MRS. L. N. BERRY,


of $46 with s. .6S7 due on unpaid bills.
MRS. L. N. BERRY,
the general investigator of the
woman's work, gave an interesting
resume of her labors, with suggestions
toward the amelioration of the woman's
lot. The report of the general execu-
tive board is voluminous document.
containing an account of all matters
acted upon by the board.
Mrs. Barry gives the price paid to
women and girls in the various parts of
the country visited, and describes the
disadvantages under which thew work.
She found much to criticize and con
denim. At Cincinnati, she saws, the
organization was
IN DEPLoRABLE DISREPUTE,
and after expressing her inability in the
short time allowed to detail the women
employing industries, she says: "There
are but one Or two of the causes of these
toilers on which would like to speak.
in the hopes that the Knights of Labor,
ere this convention closes, NAV devise
some way or means to overcome the
prohibitory restriction, by LEGISLATION
or the compulsory use of labels on fair
made goods, which in my Judgment, is
most practical. One of the most on
pfessive. pernicious and damaging to
the public good, sys:e that AFFECTS
our country to-day, is the plan of the
contract sweating middlemen or stop =
shop plan, which works
RUIN. MISERY, SIN AND SHAME
to the toilers and death or failure to the
legitimate or regularly established in :
dustry with whom it completes.
Instance the following: Mems pants,
that retail at prices from 81 to 81 per
pair are taken by contract at I5c. per
pair; operatives are employed and hud-
died together in close, sitting back
room, where machine operatives
furnish their own machines, and in
most cases thread, and do all tnc
machine work on pants without bast-
ing for Sc. pair. They are then passed
over to the finisher, who puts on the
buttons. makes button -boles. puts on
buckles for DC. pair, six pairs is
AN AVERAGE Days WORK.
Surprising five operatives to be en-
ployed, and there are often more than
this, the contractors make 80 cents q
head, which nets them $150 per day,
while their vic tim gets 30 cents per day.
This is only one of the many in
stances" After speaking of her trip
through Pennsylvania, Mrs. Barry
says: "a violation of every Law in re-
gard to the employment of women and
children, in Pennsylvania, is to be met
with on every hand There are many
evils attendant upon the employment
of children, particularly girls, which
leads to misery, ignorance and despair.
A custom is rapidly increasing in this
country which means
SHAME. DIsHoNoR AND HUMILITY,
and l here now appeal to every father
within the sound of my voice to be
watchful and wary of his little daugh-
ter, if she be employed in any large es-
Enlistment. or small either, where she
is made 10 understand that the price of
her position is that she stand in with
the boss Many ask why I don't give
the name and locality. First, because
those who resent to such pernlcious ap-
proaches shrink from giving publicity
to their humiliation, and those who do
submit will not make their misfortune
public until perhaps, they can no longer
hide their shame. In very many insti-
buttons facts were given
THAT WERE BLOOD cURDLIEG,
but no affidavit would be made, and
neither myself nor the order was in q
position to stand a libel suit with all
the power of wealth against us where
with to influence a decision against
honor and truth"
The report of the general executive
board consisted of q statement of the
action taken in various cases of appeals
and complaints, mostly of a local "a
ture, including the official actionfof the
board in the case of Local Assembly
No. 40 of New York, to sustain James
E. Quinn, in his actions. 1t is because
Of this conflict that there have been two
contesting delegations here this week
from Local Assembly 49,. Their
ACTION IN THE READING STRIKE
is given, it being stated that the genera
executive board did not have charge of
i, but all documents are at the disposal
IF the general assembly. The afternoon
session to-day was brief, and devoted to
The introduction of resolutions and
other matters for reference to commit
ices. No more reports were made, but