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| rs before, while he contributes less to the gem
cons cons idsrSSle portion ,of II must ialf te ne
EoTknSmSn Even th9 ,e%PlSSySrb SSrbt2 shtSutd 10
pay wages would very quickly AFFECT the work
inGman. I admit that come would get me more 9,
two hours, but with most think 4 would be-
number. Just what,tho right number isfT can;
t sGns %sp sSd ne rsa' On o or
less number for another. think the pro
| posed reduction would cause especial hardshlp
| to those whose wages are now lowest, for they
urgently need all and moro than they now re-
Congressman Richard T; Bland of Missouri
dashed of his answer In this style:
e m: that in .SDsiy ,S say O. s,'hSs9 hCsa
sy ought nRS 70 b or
But know that are now required 20 worh slEht
;SS. sSd ISs. SssTS
SSSSS. Io q our % oo. Ss Of SS '1 '' '
Senator John J. Ingalls, OF Kansas says: II
there. are any working people IN our country
day. think they should be permitted to do SO.
A general reduction Of the hours OF labor TO
eight per daE would in ny bnnd 0piDbSnd have iUsss
pendence. and citizenship Of the people, II
enough could be earned in that time to sup
Interval we're, spent In rational enjoyment or
intellectual Improvement. having oeeh LOT
twelve % 10 u sixteen hours a daY myself. / should
personally favor the reduction"
senator o6 6haRdSE q New Wwns HsTPSbAIFS PsbIbs
e he customary ry Working day should come to be
one OF eight hours. and that women and
SfR %orHnR more % in some on avocations, yet am not
prepared to say that adult males should be pro-
hibited BY lay from working as many hours
congressman Frank Lawler writes that II he
had his way the working people OF the country
in his opinion. they would work enough. The
effect. he says, Of reducing the hours 70 eight
Country mt SS more ar prosperous M % and Intelligent
class OF workmen and young America grow;
ing up would consider It an honor to be classed
ConSressman Charles 8 Baker Of Rochester
says he has always favored the propositlo9
not not be H reGEired 10 work more than eight hours
a day. He adds that 1t would tend to mar,
monte the relatons Of sapia and labor n9d
Congressman Patrick A. Collins says that q
early as 1867 he became satisfied that the man
est labor day did all that was needfpl and
& fan aiT FANNY books rest and recreaton
cannot but enormously help in health. morals,
and mipd those who would use them hen TMiselX
Theological Seminary saysin his reply:
Somewhat preudicod At the outset against the eight
hG .nS 1 RSRRd sn'
1d .%SIadd Ee
Tsn me Of %Ss. SS
opinion b tS The good o al tor s a ass
three large classes would suffer trom ihe ohGnEe--
s. St Sss and
comply Th The S % nIhR % S sI n
mum working day, am in favor of Complementary
law fixing the minimum of wages
Lyman Abbott. pastor OF Plymouth Church,
replies In this way:
While have made no careful statistical study Of tho
'AT Af S
and use Of ere Sse
SSsS SSFs S1s 70 sc
makes pcn haaG aSo
70 a Ssn@ s. in
ss S SS9s
work with greater enthusiasm and ohssrfnnssS and
iSl
sf nassT AIRY il n $
nG os and In
snbood.
Prof J. B. Clark Of Smith ColleGe North
SSs1sa SoSns TSe r ore Of rodustlon not
eompleI ssries ie oi maS
particular changes in the industrial system; It
is too much to hope that 1t may be attained IN
Senator George F. Edmu1ds replied hurried,
y 9 hs by sne axns 1i
tween employers and employed. l think the
matter depends 80 largely upon circumstances,
ture. OF occupation. &c. that no general rule
can be laid down I upon she ennnt esu6eGI, 1r,.s..
No %ssas Sf
also emPIoyed II 90 and answer in the Affirmative
%h az se othsr
s.s hG%5: S.
who work eight hours and tho brick ,mason., who
in9esoasy Geh % or socially than Serfmsn Who labor ten
Day Hd S not eoci aS h s
responsible positions and work even more hours.
sfPiiRss
V'' Fs% ya. eoua Sq os to 1s q
afford 70 lot them go have been mSn1tAotursr for
ssy Ii S ys:S sI
tSs o% o
eumbranees Il Is not much, think, question Of
q
supply and % demand ID viii make any other insecure
Congressman Clifton r Breckenridge Of Pine
Bluff, Ark. sent this reply:
4, as. aSy h Sr s saS SS as
farmer Or Froup q farmsr1 have 70 say wha. they
gl S as tSF is a'o
state Of trade; bat they can come much nearer
man now 10 getting thiA and they will know how
to advance the oO9sumption Of the product Of their
should be Required" 70 work more Or less than eight
IN nee and orderly country Which By far the best
things Of people not public charge and not convicted
OF crime
President @. K. Adams OF Cornell University
says:
wortingmen ought 70 work tpst As much and lust as
ereduction Of the hours Of labor % eight would bo
price OF the days work reduce the amount
to be In either It would tend to reduce tho
income OF the labOring man.
President Seth Low OF Columbia College
wrote: =" / am In sympathy with the desire Of
the working people for an eight hour day My
reasons, however, are sociological rather than
stance. that an eight hour day would result In
work for more men unless miles the ,eiGhtih9uEF
think the shortening Of the hours Of labor is q
direction in which the use Of machinery may
be expected to benefit the wage
worker quite as genuinely and quite as valua-
ply as In cheapeninR the prices OF cQmmodi-
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