The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24
FACTORY 1NsPEoroR,s REroRE.
starvation Prices Paid TO Clothing Workers
the Remedy II In Stopping lmmlGratiou.

RAC4OhI 1N0I EC1OIb hE6 OIfAs
starvation Prices Fnid 60 Clothing workers
the Remedy II In Stopping Immigration.
ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 23.-The unusual num-
ber Of fatal elevator accidents In the big build
ings Of New York city last year has decided
State Factory Inspector Daniel O'Leary, In his
annual report, to ask the Legislature to place
all elevators and their operators under his in
spection and supervision. This department
now has the power to inspect elevators in man.
ufactories only,
For the first time tho Inspector gives do.
tailed information concerning the 9s, 1916 peo-
pie In the State who are engaged in the manu-
facture Of clothing. or this number 53.291
are males, 1921 being under 10 years Of ago
and 423 under 10. There are 1904 women
employed in making clothing, those under 81
years of age numbering 1886 and those under
16 numbering 1,121. There were 81 ~illiterate
children found employed in this industry and
81 children under Ia years of age. Last yoar
7,49S places In which clothing was manufac-
tured were inspected by the departments off,
GERS. All of these places, however, are not
'sweat shops" though these were found to be
numerous. Outside the city Of Brooklyn, in
Kings, Queens, Richmond and Suffolk counties,
no 'sweat shops" arc found and very few
tailor shops. Brooklyn has three sections
OSANA tAS NASbAhiAb " NV 1hNA "SANs
In all there arc 973 shops in the city, employing
12,543 persona. The largest ''sweating' dis
triot !, in the Sixteenth and Twenty-seventh
wards, in what Is known as Dutch.
town" The workers there are Germans,
Lithuanians and Jews. Brownsville Is the next
''sweating" district of consequence in the city,
and the population is made up of Jews alone,
they having left the crowded east side of New
York city to take up their residence and yoca-
ton in this settlement. The third sweating"
district is on the old north side of Williams
burg in the Fourteenth ward. The clothing
workers here consist of Italians and Lithuan.
ians.
In New York city there are 5.O91 clothing
shops and $500 workers. rs per cent. of whom
are Jews, about Is per cent. Italians, and the
BALANCE Il made up of Hungarians, Russians,
district where the "sweating' system, so,calied,
is virtually confined is that section of the city
bounded sGnuun by ,I Eaig ihI E street 1.-THE the sa9pw S Gatha,
living within this territory is about $4,000.
THE clothing manufacturer up the state"
said the Factory INSPECTOR, even though he
employs the came method of production, can
not successfully compete with his New York
the Stats, who are mostly Germans, and Uonsep.
quently q more intelligent. better and more
f Iserse eoG elass OF % Df Tie east saa siSs w staPe the is
" aggravated BY the surplus numbers and con:
bCHhCht- poNVity anu obJOSb "
those miserable people who try TO drag a living
out Of the clothing. business.
articles of clothing seen. almost beyond belief.
The contractor receives for making a fine bea.
Se c ovfsc0 "a, S bss sp fqo for eop pe9 ss' t grade dso Of coat
80 to rs cents, according to quality or grade.
Pants are made up for as low as Z cents per
pairs pairs in a u b dsy; A Ar better E Erads wiz IL c Of fI9prse,
Who can turn out thirty-hve Jackets per day can
secure as high as $li per week. This is a trile
i frsm th ha to "! 8 cents cents e per h'I seeordin weI to g ranaEe
&c. Knee pants bring from 4 to 8 cents per
pair; these are the contractors prices; the
called school pants. with double seat and knees,
the contractor pays the workers for making
out the extra pieces they recsiyo 4 to
z, E.. cents cent nv ,b. Rp pair; W ThS contractor radsine froI pays
ali niS t nenp way 4y t ap to %o So. and Mo men f from a IRON to- ~ =
per week. These prices are a reduction from
those paid two years ago. The work is mostly
for shop PURPOSES; Very little work Is dons in
tenements or dwellings,.
The clothing cutters. who are supposed to be
skilled workmen, who work for the wholesale
trade on the east side fare but little better
tina than as The bIr fl9 as 10 T pe4 week AND Mp ss jS of s ss sSn
more often 50 than 500, A cutter who works
by the piece on ohildron's Jackets has to cut as
ems 'oioaks they receive q, cents for beaver
cloth and from 8 to 8 cents for plush eloaks."
Investigations of manufactures, bakeshops,
and mines were made by the department. The
total number of employees is 623,697, of whom
1873, 1853 are females and IL. IVA are children be-
tween IA and Ii years OF age. A marked de-
crease Is shown in the employment OF children
under 16. tho percentage last year being 1873
against 2.25 for 1896. There has been a notice.
children and Of children under ii years of age.
The Factory Inspector says authority should
be vested In his department o enforce the pro-
visions of law prohibiting children from working
about or operating dangerous machinery.
Referring to the law regarding the hours OF
employment Of females under 81 and males I'M
der 10 years of age, the report says there are no
Dor of minors and adds: In our opinion. there
seems to be no good reason why there should
be any age limit at all placed upon the hours of
labor of any working woman. The restrictive
clause limiting the hours of labor to sixty per
week should be applied to all females. ire
s~pective Of their age. Any woman employed at
manual labor for ten consecutive hours per day,
and constantly employed. Is performing n task
beyond her strength, whether she Is just over
or under II years of age.
There are 1880 bake shops in the State, of
which 1865 are in New York, Kings, Queens,
Richmond, and Suffolk counties. These eslab-
lishments arc reported to be IN IL vastly i'm
proved condition since coming under tho Fac
tory Inspectors supervision.
There are $50 mines and. quarries In tho
State, an increase OF 10 during the year, and
an increase of employees numbering 676. The
output OF The mines and quarrie5 also In
creased during the year to the extent of AGO.
O25 tons.
Court Calendars This bay.
Appellate DIyision-supreme ~Court-Recess.
GpnHaYn. Tp,rt pnaIafn n. RIM - Nations In