The evening world., 1890-03-10
THE WORLD. MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 10. lsgo.

York, but he is harder TO reach than the
Governor. He has no headquarters, no
Office and no hours when a factory en-.
ployee could meet him IL she had q COM
plant.
" He has not made the Factory Depart
mont n factor in labor reform. and from
what I can find put neither he nor the
Department are In sympathy with the
Labor Bureau, although both are State
organizations that have for an object the
betterment Of the laborinR classes.
What's the matter, I'd like to know,
with his having desk DON in the Stewart
Building where the Bureau is quartored
and where il might be possible for a wage
worker to roach him in emergency cases ?
There is q factory building in this city
the obliauity Of which has caused
tho working girls employed there
considerable anxiety. A policeman
who thought 1t would fall over
some day and kill 'cm ALL advised the
anxious young women TO report the case
to the Factory Inspector. They came here
TO look for that servant Of the State. In
the interest Of the Society 1 offered Mr..
Connolly, chief Of inspectors, a desk
here, which no refused, saying IL ,oould
neUer do, as the reporters mould giue TOO much
publicity 10 the workings Of me Department.
Nov, isn't that preposterous, coming
from the State Inspector7 l tell you, you
can't get near the Department. They re-
sent az iinpertinent any criticism or in
quiry ON the part Of individuals or cor
porntions. Under the present manage
ment tho Department has been r~elogated
to insignifcance. 1t seems 10 be n law
unto itself, Independent and individual.
II has no connection with State organiza-
tons and no sympathy with the
local Health Board. l think that
with the friendly cooperation OF
the health inspectors some gross
errors might be rectifed That now dis
grace our shops, and that a large dose Of
shaking up would do the Department as
much good as q Spring tonic. Zeal,
energy. push and vim. whether for hu-
mainly or ambition, on the part Of the
inspectors, will give the Department a
prestige that it does not now possess.
There are 1900 factories in this city
whore 200, 900 workingwomen are IN
ployed, whose interests cannot be, and
are not looked after by one man.
1--WE want more inspectors-a lot more
and We want women. Fifteen hundred
dollars Is q very handsome salary for n
workingw oman-a salary that the one
appointed to the position will gladly work
for in storm as we'll as fine weather.
The woman inspector will not do more
work but better work than o man. More
will he expected of her because she is a
woman; that 10 the tribute the world
pays to her quick, keen sense. her nice
discrimination and better judgment. We
should have her appointed because two
thirds OF the working class il composed
Of women and children, and where there
is q child either in the church. the school,
the home. the shop or the street there is
q place for woman's work, woman's infu-
ence and woman's reason.
do l think women will make rs good
inspectors as men? think q good. faith.
full. conscientious woman inspector will
ASeOhipi'oh . hiuSh IA thAt Chphcity IN u
good, faithful, conscientious male inspec-
tor. Women arc good agitators; they
will make an outcry if tied and q
protest against the evils they may be
powerless to fight. That'b what we
want and that's what we are not
getting. There are no illusions in
the report to the multitude of h~indrances,
Inconvenience and disadvantages under
which women and girls work and starve
In our muslin factories, packing estab-
lishments and sweat shops. If they exist
the inspectors have been enjoying them
selves in slumbrous ignorance of the suf-
fering, hardship and abuses described by
The EVENING WORLD recently. II they
do not exist and the work accomplished
by the Department is q subject Of graft
ication to the Inspectors the paper is
deserving of censure for ~'distorting
facts"
In reference TO the Factory bill now
before the State Senate Miss Van Etten
stated that she had seen Mr.. Fassett the
last time no was in New York, and he had
given her every reason to believe that it
will be passed.