Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-24
FAIR AT PUEBLO EIGHT HOUR DAY
WILL NOT LESSEN PRODUCTION
Statement Of National Civic Fedora
tien.-Shcrter Hours Have Given
Increased Profits. Wages Should
NJ. Ee LcvYered.

lh-.Eased Profits. Wages Sh Guild
Ne; Be Lowered.
New York sept 2o-The National
Civic Federation. which numbers
amoEE ifs membership such promi-
nent @a1 as Samuel Gompers. Oscar
$. st Henry Phipps. August Bel
mont Cornelius n. Bliss, John Mitch
ell, Grover Cleveland. Andrew Carne-
gle, .a>Lop John ireland, Bishop
HenFE e. Potter, Henry c. Davis and
Dan t Aauua. to-day ISSUED the fol
lo"lHe statements OF men prominent
in ih. -"rla Of organized labor which
show a- the demand for an eight
hour -lE s universal among workers
and ..H- they are anxious to quicken
its f Htlu 10y temporary redue-
ton ". wages or by the pledge Of uure-
str.gt output when restriction is ad.
mite
Fhs ..f is held Icy the majority Of
wage uar~ that fewer hours OF
work a neither lessen production
nor It's cost The experience
ot tE ling trades. where tine eight
hour aas prevailed almost uutvers-
ally ,.ral years is cited as proof
post this assertion
" Farley. member of tho ma
tiaHa- .a.#urEs board United Mine
Wor .s America SAYS
Il H. organized labor should be
Wilt .r remove any arbitrary re
STRIFE on output To secure the
saor -. day. that if ought To rem
der r- best service ot which it is cap
able raa. output should not be de-
Creas aI. thereby increase the pro-
duet. ann NOT i'm favor Uf lower
wag ul temporarily. TO secure
shQF work day
"A ..als 0f close observation and
cEr6 do not believe that a
shor aarE day lessons uroauat.nn.'
Jul H. FruEIr. editor of the Labor
Wor 1 Fitt-uurE. expressed himself
thus
Il certainly deem - right that or
ganizra labor should grant unro-
STRIFE. arIJt 10 return for a shorter
work ar Under present Industrial
euHL - restrictions are put upnn
prudu #a hy some of our labor unions
that a Injurious 20 trade and react
disaE tu both employer and en-
pi0yr
''EsaHr Iu rare cases shorter hours
Of have actually resulle1 in in.
cease. production, increased profits
and aasas and cheaper gammodities-
The history uf various trades proves
this
SAY william S. Carter secretary.
trea r.. nf the brotherhood Of Loco
mott FrHmg- I believe with the
iutru. r.au Of Improved methods a
shor aark day docs not lessen pro
duct OF increase the labor cost of
proc .aH ID Ike cause will pro
fr
expl the reduction from a ton hour
day -- am eishtboar day TO produce
the lmr result that the reduction
freu twelve hour day 10 a ten-hour
GaF produced ] believe that with a
shorter work day came Increased pro
EEetiou and decreased labor cost OF
production
The following expression comes from
J. F. NulEt. editor of the Advance
Advocate. Official organ AZ the Intrrua-
HauaI Brufh. hgoI ~ Maintenance of
Way Employ
Where the wages of labor arc suti-
cent to enable thg worker TO submit
70 q Temporary reduction Of wages
s. .Hout aepr ug bits family ct the or
binary comfort of iifr II the hours OF
al1r arc both that The worker does
rt have reasonable time for rest and
r. cation, it would be proper and ben-
al for him fu submit 10 reason
reduction uf wagcs u return fa. a
HElBortiouatr reduction of hours.
In regard tn output hat should be
limited only ru thr normal capacity or
fHE worker. and one workers capacity
sEluld never be- gauged by that Of an
A. er"
II. sexton. editor Of tho Mine
"rrkers' journal Ct Minneapolis.
a.s
shorter hours do not lessen produc-
aH: therefore II We accept lower
wages for the same or larger output. il
giving something for nothing, d prop
a-inn not based upon equity
When the coal miners worked
@alve or fifteen hours per day the aF-
.rz-5e tonnage for the day worked was
little oyeg three tons. To-day. in the
same mine same height Of coal. with
TIE same tools. the same men average
over four tons.
Under the loug-hour system the
miner had TO take his small sons TO
hip him Under the shorter hours he
does the work himself and sends his
sons to school
The short-hour mar is rested his
muscles and brain have become re-
frashed he is eager to begin his task.
and is able, from physiological reasons.
To give It better attention,
The overwhelming fact in favor OF
the short hour. the one that clears
away all doubt as to whether hours
essen production, is the fact that the
piece workers. like pick miners. print
ers. machinists and bricklayers, are tho
most urgent in the demand for shorter
hours If these men were rot
fully convinced they could earn more
uader tile short-hour system they
sr.erY3d r,t adv,gata IL