The evening world., 1895-04-15
Vases PMO N SWEAT SHOPS.
Assembly Committee Compares
Profits with Expenses
According to Witnesses They Lose
Largely Every Week.

A delega tion Of sweatsho p-keepers. Of
| the east side. similar to those present
a. the session Saturday, were on hand
this morning when the sixth sitting Of
the Assembly Committee appointed to
investigate sweatshops in tenement
houses and other alleged violations Of
the factory laws was opened.
A delegation Of women friends OF the
store and factory girls were present.
among whom were Mrs. Edward Fried
enburg. Mrs. Corneiia s. Robinson. Miss
Tacy Marshall and Mrs. Sterling. The
first three are also members OF the
Harlem Auxiliary Republican Club. a
branch OF the regular Republican Club
Of Harlem
Chairman Reinhard and Assemblymen
Andrews and Sternberg were In the Com
mittees seats when the proceedings be-
gan.
Harris Skalky. sweatshop-keeper.
OF 9l-2 Essex street. was the nrst wit
ness.
Skalky swore that he did not keep q
sweat shop.
Nathan Vagler. who conducts a sweat
shop at IS Essex street and employs
four men and three girls, said that Eva
Lansky, one Of the witnesses before the
Committee, Saturday. had come to him
with q certifcat. showing that she was
not under age. and he paid her IS per
week Nagler said he boarded at II
Norfolk street and couldn't read Eng
lish.
He testified that he gave one OF his
girls nine cents for sewing the buttons
on dozen coats The girls can sew
buttons on ten dozen coats in a day.
He swore that the girls came to work
at A.. NJ. ard quit at =. NJ. and he
allowed an hour for dinner at noon
from ~ to - a week. One OF the three.
boy, ne paid s. a week. The boy. how
| ever. was an operator.
rooms out OF four on his side. Of the
"double-decker" tenement. which has
eight rooms on each of the four floors:
his. Four families live on every floor
of the tenement. aggregating In all
probably about 100 people who either
Mr.. Moyer gavet he witness a piece Of
paper and pencil and asked him to
den;ononstrate how much profit he made
| ir the business last week.
According to voglers figures his pay
roll last week amounted to SO.75. He
made sixty-eight dozen shirt waists at
S cents. making his receipts for the
|
$2.50-to pay. His income. therefore. of
3060. deducted from his actual expense.
s5S 81. showed loss to him for the week
vagler stated that he had started a
n, difference In his accounts. The ex-
p'anaion: tons IN no nyn way altered the facts
keepers. came before this Committee
with lies In their mouths" declared Mr..
Mayer.
"Thes contractors evidently pay less
wages to their help than they testify
Vagler was excused as hopeless
Louis Gordon. of / Essex street. came
next. He has a shop in three rooms.
He repairs ali A cio.hins s Vie" He once @ 'y SAW
factory inspectress, about year ago:
Nc factory inspector had ever called
Barnett Feinburg. a sweat-shor
keeper. Of 80 Monroe street, said he EN-
plcyed seven men and paid them an
average OF $40 week.
He said he employed four girls. The
girls together earned and got $3.50 for
the week. His salary roll amounted
last week to sls55Q.
All that he could account for in the
way Of his receipts was that he got
about SIP for the coats he manufactured
| every week. This showed that he was
running his shop at a loss of over ISL
"You haven't told me one truth in
five minutes" said the counsellor
| want you 10 come down here next Satur-
| day and be prepared to give the Com
| mlttee a complete and truthful account
| Of the conduct of your business"
| Abraham Rose. who said he was four
teen years old. and In the employ Of a
man named Levy. a. 81 Hester street.
a sweater, said that he earned 81 a
| week and gave 1t to his mother. He
pulled basting II reads.
she let's me have a cent, week to
spend for myself" said the boy.
| Nathan Levy, who runs a sweat shor
at II Norfolk street said factory in
spector never visited his place
| The arithmetical problem submitted to
the others was nut to Levy He said
he paid his help 3s7 per week and go,
profit of s6.75.
Deducting the rent of the shop and
house. where he said he lived. II showed
| a profit of 25 cents A week.
| Jacob Nedell, Secretary of the Cloak
makers Association. described the sys
tern OF sweating.
| Its where a contractor works. feed.
and allows his help to sleep in the same
| room the goods are made"
| Several other witnesses were examined
and then an adjournment was takeI
until Saturday.