New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-11
EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS.
Municipal League Endorses Bill to
License Them.

a hu for the licensing OF employment bureaus
was Endorsed yesterday morning by the Women S
Municipal League at its regular meeting in the
CITY Club. and il was decided TO address a note to
the Governor advising him that it would be pre-
seutsd al the next session OF the Legislature
This bill, under the name OF the Ford-KeIsey
bill has already been passed by the Assembly but
Vas tied up n the Senate. II was Endorsed that
tine by the Methodist and Baptist ministers asso-
Citations, the St Vincent de Paul Society. the
Catholic Total Abstinence Society, the Church
TemperanceSociety. the United Charities and other
religious and philanthropic bodies and has since
been revised by Bishop Potter. James B. Reynolds
and others. Il provides that al employment bu-
reaus IL cities OF the first and second class through
out the State shah take out licenses at a cost Of
800 f0r cities OF the first class and $50 for cities OF
the second class. and give bonds for 5000 and
100 for cities OF the drst and second classes re-
spectively- The bureaus so licensed viii be oper-
atsd under the law and subject 10 the inspection
Of me officers Of the Labor Commission. Teachers
agencies are excepted from the operation Of the
hill though il is thought by many OF those inter
este5 in the matter that they ought TO be included
Speaking Of The abuses Of The present employment
bureau system, M Reynolds said yesterday that
the existence Of 40 such agencies in New-York
showed that the business was much overdone and
could not be carried without irregularities He
stated that fraud practised all over the State
IN these bureaus, money being taken for services
not rendered both from employers and employees
ard that in the city The business was allied with
the rrafc wee. Within the last year keepers
OF employment bureaus were hned and imprisoned
Tor using their Offices for immoral purposes, and
LIZZIE over year ago Two others We're sent 10
State prison for violating the person Of a young
woman for whom they had promised TO secure en-
piOyme1L
John :. BezLn. Of ths State Labor Bureau. de-
sc-15ec the Australian system Of bringing the
worker and The employer into touch with each
other, and recommended Il for imitation
Ia Australia" SAID Mr- Bealin, the Department
OF Labor has stationed officials in each Of the chief
Towns, and officials have also been placed in the
rural districts 10 regulate the employment Of
d. engaged through these officials. and JranspOrJR-
Is provided when necessary the employee being
arrangedf as the railroads are owned by the gov
To Illustrate the volume Of the government sys-
TEN NJ. Bea-in told OF party Of Italians sent 10
West Virginia, and practically held in bondage
The Society for TIE Protection Of Italian Emigrants
IL order tc release them
Labor Bureau" said Mr.. BealIn, the terms Of the
contract would be fled IN the bureau, the com
missioner IL the other State and IL would be aScer-
tained before the men started whether conditions
me Rev. Dr.. Francis Clay Moran spoke in sup
port OF the proposed pill and said that he wished
Tor eovernesseg and teachers for " hie some were
doing gooc work, others were simply taking money
Miss Margaret I. Cnanler presided, and Mornay
Williams who has charge q the bill, present
The Women's Municipal League took up the en-
pl6yIneLt bureau question: IN -ApIll. when NJ
Reynolds asked ITS cooperation in the invesJiga-
rtCI OF Lce licensed bureaus OF me city Miss G.
II AIderson was asker 70 cooperate. and Miss
Keller representing the College Settlements also
co-operated. Almost four hundred bureaus were
visited. and the information was 'u-leG over to
Ar. Reynolds. who was enabled 1o the facts
obtained Certain ofttces We're clos others had
their licenses revoked, and 2 eonsids ale improve
Effected