Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-06-15

olus the employment of any woman n,
minor IN any capacity for The purpose
OF manufacturing between the hours oi
ten o'clock at night and six o'clock in
me morning. The employment of 4
enid under Is years OF age is prohibited
at ANY time in any factory. workshop ~
mercantile establishment Napv ~
strict are the regulations regarding
ehidren over - years old. and they can
De employed only when having a certain
smount OF education. The 6istric; no.
nee has power 10 say at what work they
shall not he employed.
The law provides for ventilation
good sanitary conditions. fire escapes
seats FOR women and multitude a..
otFer safeguards to health ard life. 4,
Women and children constitute a larr,
part OF the help in the cotton mills. i,
can readily be seen that the mills can.
not ne operated more than IS hours in s
week
In the south there are few If any re.
striefious. and the manufacturer re-.
ferred TO yearued for the freedom OF nj.
southern competitor. The average da,',
work down there is II hours. and many
mills run night and day. The manu-.
facturer of Massachusetts spreads his
insurance. taxes. interest on investmen.
ard all general expenses over the prod
uct of - hours operation.
~ ia1-tricuons i'm the south.
The southern manufactures chr
spread his over 90 hours operation. ane
il makes a material difference i'm the me-,
cost per yard of cloth. But when N,
comes to spread il over the product o,
1872 hours operation il makes a wild,
difference, and the man OF the south 4,
at great advantages. 1t is like cuttins
the investment. interest and general eN
penses in two and then saving some be
sides.
OF course. in the south the machinery
wears out sooner. In the north il is !.
general practice of owners of mills &c
charge of five per cent. OF product for
improving plant. Experience has
taught them that This amount will keeI
the mill as good as new.
spoke TO Mr.. George \. Gray. OF Gas.
tonia. y. C., about it. He said that run.
ming his mill night and DAY was to hi.
advantage instead of disadvantage.
In week he charges oil five per cent
OF the product of 1872 hours work. while
his northern competitor charges Oft five
per cent. on the product OF but IS hours
work The effect is the same on the
relative cost per yard OF production in
both eases. In eight years Mr.. Gray's
machinery will have received about the
same amount OF wear that the northern
machinery would get in lG to 2C
years, but in the eight years he woulc
nave the same amount charged on that
the northerner would have i'm the long,
err time. and he would have n fund with
which TO take advantage OF any i'm.
provements in machinery by replacing
his old with new, while his northern
brother would have TO 90 on using the
old machinery for eight or twelve years
longer before he could buy new. This
Mr. Gray said, was grent advantage
10 him.
North Wants Greater Freedom
As the northern men learn of The con.
ditions in the south and weigh the diff.
ferences, il makes them want greater
freedom in employing labor and they
strive 10 have some of the laws repealed
But then there is that girl. Can she and
her sister workers stand il TO toll IL
hours day? Ought they 10 work
nights: Should The educational law.
he any less strict? As it is there are
now some very old small children. OF
some very small old children. in the
mills
But the south works them younger
works them longer. works Them in
many places day and night That f..
simply a condition that must he faced
in considering the difference. The
north ought not To- take backward
step. for the south will GO farward. The
southerners win pass through what The
north has already experienced. they
',it vclutionze. step by step. She 81.
vrrced condition Of labor will come
until the educational and other urivi.
leges equal those en- the north. Southern
mill owners seem deeply interested In
The welfare Of their employees. The
hands about the mills are an Americans
intelligent and have within their
breasts hope that the condition OF
their children may be better than their
cwn condition. The world g. looking
az the south. and the south ga return +.
looking az the world. With the ex-
amPles in the north the steps forward
viii be taken more rapidly bv the south
'han they were n New England. and
they viii surely be taken. But iu tho
meantime the effect on New ISzgland
wages is not for good.