The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

tttIon Of near. nv st,tss that have adj
vantage. over Fail River In Rhode Isl-
ana ana In otbor Nav Envlsnd STATE, the
labor ,Oitatora have been abie tn force the
Legislatures To mass aIxty.bour laws: that is.
lnvs forbiddinr the working of women and
minors in mills moro than sixty hours a week.
which "a two hours longer than Nassachusetts
permits the Fall River mills to operate. Two
hours wouldn't be SO bad. but there 10
this difference between Massachusetts and the
other New England States. Massachusetts
1fty eight .hour law IA epforced in Fall
River. and the sixty hour law in the
other states In not enforced, and, In fact, they
- ..m,a, -. -. -, ri ptror,.
1ftv-clgbt. The average reader might mot At n
glance sec how this was n very great advantage.
this being nblo to run more hours. when the
operators are maid by the niece system and
when the market is suffering from an over
stock of goods. At present cotton costs at the
mills a We and seyen.eishtbs cents n mound. There
ia a waste OF 10 per cent. which makes the cost
OF the cotton in a pound of finished goods six
and eiRhty.four one hundredths cents A pound.
In each pound of cotton goods there ia six and one.
quarter cents worth Of labor. The other OK.
penses Of manufacture-such AZ taxes, light,
salaries Of officers, interest charges, and tho
like, amount to 2a cents n pound. and the
charge for depreciation of plant is 1 cent n
pound. This last charge may seem high. but It
is really below the charge In most mills. Care.
fully computed in some mills 1t reaches one and
throe-quarters; in othors ono and a half, in
others one and a quarter, and the very lowest is
one cent. The market price Of the finished
product is l5a cents a pound. Here is a table
that will make 1t perfectly plain:
Cost OF cotton DER pound q. cen,s
Cost of labor per Mound a q, cen,s
Other expenses of manufacture ....."....e .75 cents
Depreciation, per pound .........-.......1.o 100 cent
ro,,, ,o.. u ,cS
s.,u,c ,r,c. n, ,o,sa a wound "a 20 .or,.
Loss per pound ........ LOB cents
Particular attention Il, called to the item.
.O,bcr exnenses of manufacture q "a centar
Al s,o,od h.,o-. ,no,,a,, 4, ,h;, ,,r ~
taxoa ana ,ss,ssmc,+s AVID ,ho ,,o,sond ava
~ ornan.os - 49, 60. ~. ,ai..,os =, ~.
a. - ..o.-...-s -
, - u 'n'
No "'0' 'Np'''o' ~ IL amy "ue'hoi ="
m'il rum siNtS-siN hours OF nit''eight hours.
SoiS u pain that inc HlIl thot runs the greater
number OF hours Is at a decided advantage. 10
put it in another way, the goods that arc manu-
featured during every hour that it runs after
the htty-c!ght are manufactured at 2.75 cents
O pound less than the goods manufactured DUR
ing the ffty-eight hours, and that difference
may be the difference between making n prodt
and mailing n loss
Tho o,Iv a-,-a, In tb;s tob,a that will ho d;s.
nrted oro ,bose TINT rcnres.nt tho co., ~ labor
s...., III -N
a,a..,
o"uu' aau
~ wv hikh IL IL o'neF
10 too io"'o'-o - u taiF ngure.
LAW FOR FALL RIVER.
Here Is the law that olnds the Fai River
manufacturer In the present situatiOQ.
M minor under ~ wears. Of q and M vou.,
shall be employed in laboring In any mandatory or
mechanical establishment more than ten hours In any
one day. except as hereinafter provided in this sec.
ton. or when a different; appor,ionment OF tho bopr,
of labor is made for the sole purpose O, making a
shorter DAYS work for one day in the week. and in
no case sh all the hours OF labor exceed nifty eight I'm
a week. Every employer shall nos, in n consnicuoua
place in every room where such persons are EN-.
Moved m printed notice at ,tino tho pumh,r n, ,oura'
work required of them on each dav OF the wcet the
hours OF commencing and s,onn'nr surh WORK and
the hour when the time or times allowed for dinner
or for other meaI, begins or ends or In the c,xe
of Embellishments e1emnted from the nrox,
.,ors OF this net. tbe time ~ n allowed
for dinner and for otber meaIs. ,ba nr,,,es
form of such no,,oe shall be furn,.hed nv tho
Chief Of the district polies and shall he annroved nv
the Attoruey-aeneral and the employment Of any
person for n longer time In any day than that so
stated shau be deemed a violation OF this section I'M
less u appears 'hA' sueh employment Is 10 MAKE up
o 'nne = : On ONE previous Gay o lhe same week
VI .o e'opptns y enhe up'n
.mn,arnnnnt n,, -, .,ann,a. " -.
shnr,o, oon,i,nors ,no ,has .h,-.n 49,, -
.u,bor,,e ,pch ovs,t,me emn,orn,on, nor .,,I ,nv
such stonn,nv apthnrl1e such overtime nnle,s ~
until the written report Of the dav and hour Of ,ts
occurrence, with its duration, ia sent 10 the Chief of
the district police or to the inspector of the factory
for the district.
If any minor under IS years of age or any woman
shall. without the orders, consent. or knowledge of
the employer. or OF any superintendent. overseer. or
other agent OF the employer. labor IN a mandatory
Q. "echAh'ca' eS'AniShinent curing any part OF any
'he anoNeu Q ainuer o + LOT o'her meas In such
go - -~SouHs " II no'Ne Aoo.e men
oon.n,.non. 80 :, ,sa ~ 40 49,
,ooL n,,co ,a.o,hor ,r,,h . nj ~ ,.a ar,..,,'.aoo
forb,dd,ng .ucb minor or wom., ~ ,,hor dnrtnr
such time. then neither the cmnlovcr or sur.-,rtend.
emit, oversecr. or other agent of the EMPLOYER shall be