New-York tribune., 1905-01-13
TOTS md INV4LIDS WORK
Pitiable Conditions of SToeatShop
Labor as Told by DR.. Daniel.

People who buy -ea6yrnade clothing and who at
the same time know something OF the evils Of
sreatshops are apt 70 consider themselves free
from the danger q germs, as We'll from moral
responsibility. when they pay good price for their
fEinCs- But one could retain that consolation
after hearing the tax oli Illegal sweatshop Work
Efven yesterday morning before the Woulan's Nh
nicipl League BY Dr. a. 5 Daniel. of the New
York Infr-nary for Women and Children
i don't suppose there IS a woman IN this room
VINO is not wearing some garment OF part OF
garment made n a tenement house" Dr. Daniel
said Some OF the white list stores take spch
garments from rniddlernen not caring TO incuire
perhaps where they came from. our best tailors
seho WORK 10 tenement house sweatshops TO be fin
isheo. and the common assurance OF merchants and
manufacturers that the work Is al 49, - -t,-
oEn premises VIII not always bar Investigation
! enoe FOUND a child lying III os smallpox among
lot O. hats asked the child's mother il the firm
TOY WHICH she worked would dlsinfect tbese ART
eies eao she said no. II was a Broadway house
and Broadway houses never dslnfect things. Now
some ot our SWEETEST hats come from, B-oad,,s,
houses. -
ne tenement house sweatshop IS the mos. ttd
eous variety Of this evil. IN It vorl, never s,s
e'fher for birth death From : o,olocl- : -.
- I Q clock p N the workers ply their needles
ne SICK work az long as they are abla "a to1z
- - Aesos ID. and : have known e trbe-c,,I,,,.
S--sL- 70 work on the very day that he dtss 7,l.
- = 0ssln as soon as they can guide a needle
- - 80 q '-ic-r strength endures ~ rt.
---L-1-- - nave known baby only eIgbtee,
-o---Is Oh 70 earn 70 cents q week s-'sN
- 1e'age income of one OF these fa-,u,.. .,
-t, - - q week and the average rent ts es =
,7-.5, : lAe taking OF boarders and lodges
- 40 -O- z shost OF decency is left.
- - absolutely impossible 10 regulate e.
f..-- --oei the present law. There - - -
n ~, : sl,7o1o4s tor the State Of Nevvy7g-l- -
- 80 DC insufficient 10 inspect rbeea +e-.
= W AIo9-ls When Eliza berb-sr ne. -
cIea-e5 -.y, ,-sy ne inspectors thought the, -
lrrC-.--s ~ al the wOrkrOOrns b,lf p ,--eg A1u
ite work vas hefre .e---i,S "a. certain
-~S- 7aa locked doors IA beSr1o-,S .I- - ~
ora~f- = r--lesQay the work hss-- -
of these l-Tf7@--s 80 ranger were 10 enrer arv
Il and sTT z---7 l-g would instantly 90 through
peo~Ie - - oLA would be concealed AZ al .trIsH
tonFrs 7--e-isl The cry would Be in @oreoI
re- ---liteigible 10 the Inspectors - "a 81 81
cish or siciIian "a l-l7lA VINO understand Yid-
srf -gle - + only one way 10 deal with the -r,l
1acr-1vf-- t--@ dlsClute Prohibition manu-
rrirL- - "a the tenement houses S1,cE -1L-- = -
- - e1rA hardship In some casas 49, - d Ian
plrI - - onset by the good II would accoT,,
If.s women must add TO the income ~ f6ei-
So - - factories. They viii earn 49, - - ~
- L-ey could al home. aud in the fac1o-I- ~,
d-e- 10y nave some assurance thar ,-0,5r- s,ts1
VII nor - @ s-ls m ne last stages Of consumption
u.1s We, pTeetlng was held at the CITY Club No =
MarEs-.-- = -.s5-iltl-st and the president Mis-
Tg-5- ne extension OF the subway through I2rC1
rrfels y IS passed, and Miss Helen X How vs. 80
te-- - r present the league Al the Rapid T~arsi+
T-ii--ie yesterday afternoon -'
Mss Catherine I.everiC1 stated +b,+ +b -.
&c. - e'--e De- carried on hereafter in c0oper-
srr,-L-55 re l5oard Of Education. and II Vas also
- 3---It- t-s,l arrangements had been made Tor
ees 'TTSsstlon Of public Iaundries by Miss Fran