The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-08

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the office of attorney general and de-
timing the duties thereof.
SALE OF CIGARETTES AND
LIQUORS.
Breeder presented c. B. rs, for the
prevention of sale of intoxicating
liquors and cigarettes to students and
minors and to prevent said students
and minors from playing games of
chance at places where Intoxicating
liquors are sold.
Substitute for H. B. and H. B. 6,
by Allen. providing for the establish
ment and maintenance Of free public
libraries was read.
FROM THE CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE.
A communication from the chamber
of commerce protesting against the
proposed financial measure was read
Seaman moved that he communication
be referred to the committee on WAYS
and means. Carried.
Hart moved that c. c. Ia by James
kirkbride, be taken from the table.
Carried. Hart then moved that it be
recommitted to the committee on
claims. He explained that Mr. Kirk
bride was in the city and desired to
support his claim before the commit
tee. Motion prevailed
SECOND READING.
All new bills introduced to date
were read the second time and re-
ferred to the proper committees.
TO PUBLISH REPORTS.
Seaman asked unanimous consent to
present concurrent resolution proVid-
ing that 1000 copies of reports of the
Fish Commission and of all public in
stitutions- whose reports had not yet
l..
buted among the members of both
houses. Resolution adopted.
THIRD READING.
H. B. q, by Allen, concerning the es-
Enlistment of free employment offices.
Booth, of Provo moved to amend so
that cities of the first, second and third
classes are subject to the action of the
city councils in regard to establishing
such offices.
Booth, of Salt Lake. opposed the
amendment on the ground that it de-
stroyed the efficacy of the bill
Hart said he thought the amendment
did not materially change the bill. 1t
simply made clearer the fact that the
optional with the cities He was hear
tily in favor of the amendment.
Booth, of Proro, said the territorial
secretary should not have the right
to appoint a municipal officer and then
say to the city, pay him" He thought
the city council much the better judge
as to the need of the city for such Off
GERS. He had heard that there are now
1000 unemployed men in this city. 1t
certainly is not desirable that any
more unemployed laborers should be
added to that number. If offices were
established there would be advertiS-
ing for labor and an influx of the I'M
employed of other cities would follow.
Taylor said the law was intended to
have a future, as well as a, present,
application, but he believed it would
do much good now. He spoke in
Scathing terms of some of the private
employment agencies and characterized
them as being in a sense procurers for
houses of i'll fame. They are Swind-
ling concerns in most cases, taking as
they do fees from the laboring man
when there is no employment in sight.
Public offices will be bona fde. The
laboring man can communicate with
those offices with some assurance of
success He knows the territory is
behind them The expense attached
to the establishment of such officer
is very small He had had it brought
TO his notice that corporations made
ARRANGEMENTS with the offices whereby
large number of men would be en-
ployed and the offices would secure
a largo percentage. Such an arrange
ment is an unjustifiable drain upon
the laboring man.
pected the establishment of private
employment offices as result OF the
passage of the bill
Taylor replied that he did.
Williams-Then why not do it di-
rectly?
TAYLOR said that this is but one the
good results to follow. He cited the
statements of County Attorney Muir
phy and Captain Donovan as to the
number of swindles perpetrated by
private employment offices. He said
the wish Of laboring people in regard
to this measure should not be ignored
and it was unmistakable.
Seaman favored the amendment, for
the reason that $500 appropriated for
printing would only be drop in the
bucket Men would be employed for
then would return and have to be re-
listed. He thought the proposition to
appropriate so inadequate an amount
as $500 to be divided among the cities,
in itself would make the bill ValueleSS
After the secretary has recommend
ed the establishment of the office and
designated the person to take charge,
law would be nugatory. There is moth
ing in it to force cities to comply with
the recommendations. He was not in
favor of putting the secretary in the
unpleasant light of one whose sugges-
tons are set at naught
Williams thought some features of
the bill might be desirable, but he had
doubts as to its utility and practical
bility. He favored the amendment
He believed that the establishment of
the offices would better be left to the
councils than to the secretary He did
not believe that a public employment
bureau would help the Iaboring classes
in this city today. The cities are re-
quired to foot the bills The estab-
lishment Of such offices should be op-
tional with them. 1t is nearer in ac-
cordance with the principles Of our
government that a city should have
control of city affairs and a county of
county affairs. Let those who foot
the bill and are best qualified to de-
ternine the needs of the city, decide
upon the establishment of the office.
1t should be within the province of the
city councils.
Taylor said Mr.. Williams knew, as
they all did, what a: city council is
He knew that pressure could be
brought to bear on such body and
that employment offices have plenty
of money.
Williams suggested the adjustment
of city councils, according to the gem
tleman's argument, that they are not
to be trusted.
Booth, of Provo, said if the gentle
men who represented the only city of
the first class desired to have the law
forced upon them, he had no objection,
but he did not want it forced upon the
cities of the second and third classes,
which did not want it.
Williams said he thought the city
council of Salt Lake better able to de-
eide the question of the establishment
of such offices than are his hrethe1-l1