Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-11
LABOR LEGISLATION ASKED FOR.

LABOR LEGISLATION ASKED FOR
The proceedings at tho eighth an.
nual convention u the International
s.oeiation Of factory inspectors, held
at Philadelphia, l. an index TO tue
general sentiment Oft conservative
lsborilg Glasses as TO what reforms are
eufod In regard to hours Of labor an
other regulations Tor employees. These
IO not pafiaku Of the extremely rtdl.
cal views of many labor agitAlors
whose Idea seems q DO as little
WORK ~ possible Tor the molt
pay, but contain many tug.
geslions to employer aud omploye
which fairmindsd people Ia every
rank ondorc heartily.
o courso the association takoi the
ground that 10 order for the proposed
70 otms to DO Ell Give they mus, be
enforced by legislation. Ia some pisces
tho rules askeI 10 10 enacted already
are "a force, but Il o ufgri that In tue
crowded uislro.e, where they are
needed most, they ato paid least al,en.
lion to. The convention discussed
a. length employment In fac.
lofiea, particularly Of women And
children. There was % propo-
silion that the limll of factory work br
women and minors shoulu be placed
by Law a. nitg-nve hours per week
aud Inis was endorsed ty a majority Of
tho committee on resolutions. Its
meaning was that the exgromo rtqnir,-
mcnt which could be made o, a W..
mau or OF any pcrs9n under n years OF
ago was i've days WORK OF ten hours
eaon anu SIKH Jay Of i've Ii uIs.
When the report came before t.Ia e.l.
vunuoU, the ummendstign OF tue
minority, that legislation should be-
asked by tue working classes making
lorty.eight h,urs tho time Of employ
menl Tor womou and mlnors, was
adopted.
On the matter Of permitting children
to labor TOO convention iolk q de-
Glued s,and in iavos oi prohibiting by
law the ,mp 1ymeut Of all children
under fsutIeel years OF age in any
manufacturing or industrial establish.
mout Whatever Other recommends.
tons suggested The ouaoimsnt Of laws
Of this most sIfingont character pro.
vlding for the establishment OF a
thorough system OF inspection Of all
buillings wnere people arc employed
or otherwise congregalolj enforcing
tbs proper guarding OF machinery In
all faotorlys; making it compulsory
upon employers 20 provide such guards,
when deemed necessary by an inspsc.
tor; governing the construction Of
elevators and hoistway'; providing
for the Inspection OF boilers pro.
hiblung sweat shops iu tonements or
dwellings where others than members
VI the immediate family arc employed,
aud regulating the same In private
families, to the eud that disease may
not be- spread through the system, aud
reducing the hours Of labor ot employee
on railroad cars to not more than ton
hours a day, aud that national lyglsla.
ton be enacted compelling Inventors
to place suitable guards on all ma.
chine. before patents are granted for
this same.
Speaking generally Of the recon-
mendauons Of tne convention, they
are communicable Ia eyinclng desire
Tor ouly reasonable requirements, anu
n the industrial inIefes.S OF the cOun-
Try eau be conducted upon such a COM
servatiyo basis Of claims, there appeals
no just rvason why tue lanOring classes
should not have such Liquidation rs
that asked Tor In tue directions named.