New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-23
PLEADS FOR CHILDREN.
Goyernor OdeH Asks for Enforce
ment Of Child Labor La5cs.
WORKERS MUST NOT ASK TOO MUCH

WORKERS MUST NOT ASK TOO MUCH
cz,ys-Do- oseu last rigat at the FIRST annual
dinner Of the state Department O. Labor. al TIE
circle H0-el. Fiftv-eisE-h-st and E-shth-aFe-
-1ade q strong plea for the enforcement OF me
laws which bear on the chile labor prooleHL
Referring TO arbitration. be SAID thar So.uoO'v'O
had been wasted by the laDoring men IN tn7
t,5U1fne trades In trying 10 get from the bulla-
.-s something thar they would not give
-ba dinner was attended by the o1hcials O.
she department and 10y factory inspectors ana
their wives from al parts Of the slale I-e
stare Ccmrlssioner Of labor, John AcMacAlI'
rresfsed At his right sat Governor oae-- 1l-7
r. 7,aDerv Comr-lssI0ner, JohE Williams the
49, s.s-f-+i0ian Adua T. Weber, and the First
.lss.e+a-- Deputy Commissioner, Thomas A
T7rar,~ Al the left were the Second Deputy
,~o----feet,-er John Lun6rigan. OF Buffalo AS
r.,-,,1,--,en lean /. Burnett OF Ontario county
zT7fuia-, HaIpin. chairman Of the executive com
,ri+-ee Of The Republican County CoH'nll1lee'
John J. Beslin. Alouzo Haven. factory inspector,
NJ rvnb~ook. and Or. Leonard w. HaJcn' OF
Albany. ,
charles II Murray chairman OF the Reproh-
car. County Committee. and Senator Thomas r
Grad who were % respond TO the coasts CII
Country" ana The Ladies'" respectively ana
vvmiarn barnes. 5r.. OF Albany. chairman OF the
executive committee o. the hel---i--I ~
Committee sent regrets.
- e7-,-asefrr regret from Senators Plat
ard Darew. Colonel George w. Dunn. Lieu-en-
mt Governor T. ". higgins Senators halnes
and Nslbv and Speaker Nixon were read
OTHERS WHO ATTENDED.
o.,,.-s --eeert besides those named were
,ei,bars cuelard. Henry C. sourhwick. Of Al
bsnv colonel Michael Regan. Of Albany;
Thomas 7 HamrI. OF Albany; William &
y7e+fst OF Binehamton; d. Webster OConnor
charles C. Rloethe. and Factory Inspectors
rol7 a Doratz and Ambrose OXEN CT AL
bauv: Frank s. Nash and Colonel Charles d.
Gilmore Of Bnehamton. Si-as owen. of Co
hoes: Charles Ash, o. Yonkers; Jacob s Sitter
Of EI-li-a: James s. Lyons. OF Albany. Miss
Bannon and Mrs Courley.
ln introducing the Governor Mr.. McNacdn
said that Governor Oielrs administration had
been very satisfactory 10 abor The veto OF the
Employers Liability bin by the Governor three
years ago. followed later by more equitable
measure. was praised by MI McMackin.
THE toastnasters reference TO The passage
O. e. fairly satisfactory employers liability
bin reminds me of the old saying thz- you can
fool an the people some OF the time and some
Of The people al che time. but you can't fool all
the people au lle time" said The Governor
THAT was true OF the first employers iab.lty
bL.. The courts aaa been passing on The acts Of
The lecI-lature ana there were various inter-
pretatioas OF The labor laws The law under
which this department ls working to-day is The
result Of the wisdom Of the legislature. have
no more sympathy WIKI those measures va 4
bear with unnecessary hardship on employers
than Z have with those which work hardship
on the emrIoy <. The lives Of American
v-orlluEmen and particularly % those ia this
State. are safeguarded as hardly anywhere else
A. the world. and "a no other country is labor
90 well paid as here. T-ese conditions should
secure from the labcrlng men respect and ODE
dsence 10 our laws. IN order &C. get this respect
and obedience much depends on the efficiency
q the State Department OF Labor our com
s,unftv is Ike great corporation. In our labor
department we have 20 CO with those forces
closely related 20 the commercial supremacy OF
our State we hope IN every mandatory OF
our state 20 10 safeguard the lives OF the en-
rloves that a violation of the labor laws VIII be
detected promptly. The record o. the last
twelve months has been gratifying with refer
ence 20 the number Of strikes
EXAMPLE TO OTHER STATES
with S20000o0OJ0 Of capital invested there
have been only eighty stribes- Some Of these
strikes have been disastrous however porticu-
larry IN The building trades of this city, whore
sc 900 600 was wasted in au attempt to set Ger
tain results that capital would not grant We
have been sble 70 show other States good ex-
amples !n labor legislation. take particular
pride Oh those measures which are intended 10
rnferuard The Interests 81 children and prevent
1he1a from being employed in a manner sub
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