The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-11-15

LEAGUE
The Movement to Better the
Condition Of Clerks and
Operators.
MEETING AT MRS. NICOLI S

the lqcif3nnrn ar Mrs Rpn ia4aiN NilOil
last Thursday afternoon II tie inz
teTest Of INA Consumers League. At
larae number of ladies were present
"a hear of the work accomplished and
IL view. Mgs. Kellogg presided.
Both the president Of lie New
jersey League and tie New york
LEAGUE were present. MIS-. Freaers
iek Nathan az the New York League
tsl9 n,sicf, of tIe History ana scope IL
the league which now has branches
III France and Switzerland ana the
beginning If q branch il Germany be-
side tie many branches ii tic United
states. The league is not d charit-
able but i philanthropic movement.
lii We treated alI persons rightly there
IS little need of organizations. They
are needed because of defects III our
social fabric Free hospitals are
needed because eighty per cent. Of
tl3e workers cannot save enough from
their earnings to properly care for the
sick. The Prevention of Cruelty to.
Children Society would not BE needed
If there we're rot people cruel to their
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chlldfen, we are tpe m0nenu We az
low children to labor for long hours
or NIGHTS al they are compelled to do.
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espSss"i's ae s7'lil e 'iaas e1'1 & v'''1''esaA
Une e'bhoughpleSshsss oI consumers
The movement is ethical, it is civil
hecanse II. tends to increase the real
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society, ana bflng 90 each q CONSIDER
alton Of his part. Primarily educa
tional as III teaches rs to SO SIMPLY
nnr wants AZ to further those who
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The consumer Is really responsible 10r
all production as well as methods or
aietriha,tion There n never n s,lnnlvl
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ul'Vi' . a'iv . 2 es'neu' ~ ? 'i'eaee
Illustrated her point Win numoer
of cases of needs. We are not only
resnonsihle for the character of the
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sooas " ouy DuV u''S sH's'@' $500 1AtN''s'
when tney are maue.
How to know these conditions is
the province of the Consumers League
with its sixty branches in the United
States. Its primary object is to abol-
ish the sweat shop system. The label
of the league OF a garment is evidence
that it was not made in a sweat shop,
by child labor or night work. Sixty
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" ulie coiiuloiohs uolidiiueu w oho
league,
On the Pacific Coast the movement
is strong, but IN New YORK there Is
not as great interest because Of other
distractions, but Mrs. Nattlan asked
all the ladies present to ask the floor
walkers for the Labelled goods and so
produce a larger demand. Most women
don't Z know why garments are cheap,
but there is a great difference between
a moral and an immoral bargain.
Factory goods may be as cheap as
sweat shop goods, for modern methods
of business can make cheap articles.
The movement was started in May,
1890 by the report OF a working wo-
mems society, which showed thai con-
diti0nS were very bad IN some stores.
The report was published and mass
meeting called. People were amazed
at the revelations and 1t was decided
that the consumer alone could aid in
the matter.
The league does not boycott nor
blacklist. but publishes white list.
III did not create mercantile Utopja.
but went TO eight leading merchants
and got their standards and asked COM
petitors to come up TO those standards.
The store must have seats for the en-
ployees, reasonable hours Of labor and
luncheon time. The league Is opposed
to late deliveries and suggests that no
member receive goods after six, or
shop after five p. M, and asks that
Christmas shopping be done early IN
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