Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-05

Vi SIA III tue eNetllIiB anu seNen iJ lHc
morning.
An act OF 1909 fixes responsibility
for making improvements required by
factory inspectors, and provides that
in case OF owners nonresident in
Michigan the tenant shall make the
improvement and charge the costs
against his rent. The reports Of in
spectors show a steady improvement
under the operation OF these laws and
a growing recognition of their wisdom
and justice on the part Of the interests
affected. Two Of the deputy in
spectors now employed are women, one
for Detroit and the other for the rest
of the state, who look more especially
after the interests Of the women and
children Among some classes OF the
population the idea that the children
should not be employed seems strange
and unreasonable, but by tact and
patience the inspectors are able to
lead them into an appreciation o. the
important considerations involved.
Even among the children themselves,
the prevailing passion for money gett-
ing seems TO have taken root, aud
some of them are eager on their own
account TO secure earnings. a ooV or
fifteen was demonstrated with by on"
of the women inspectors not long
since He belonged TO family com
fortably circumstdnced. and had no"
need to crowd his vacation with shop
work aS he was doing. She asked why
he would not have a vacation of rest
and recreation, after the confinement
Of the school year. why" he said,
"then | coud't earn any money!
Alas, that the children. should $50.
early imbbe the spirit Of ceaseless
strain add stress for money as the goal
Of effort. l,., ">
a lded to all the other features of
the states Labor supervision, there has
this year beenspgrafted new feature.
in law of the recent sessions progidl
ing for free employment bureaus in
cities of over fifty thousand people,
under which bureau is now in opera
tion in Detroit, and one in Grand
Rapids, the only cities at present
coming Within the definition Of the
law. Applications Of persons seeking
employment, and Of persons seeking to
employ, are received, and their desires
assisted by putting them in communi-
cation with each other, without fee or
and without distinction
of class Or locality. This is an insti
tuition that has proven Of great value
in Illinois. and here it has ALREADY
achieved such IA surprising success
that Doc" Smith of Adrian. IN
charge Of the Detroit bureau, finds
himself overwhelmed with business
and at his wits end how TO keep up
with its demands: while the neighbor-
ing business offices are in rebellion at
the interference which its thronging
patrons cause. The, com missioner Is
authorized TO advertise in newspapers
or otherwise for such situations as he
has applicants to fill, and in trade
journals for cooperation OF large en-
ployers. to an expense not to exceed
five hundred dollars per year. TO be
paid out of any appropriation for the
department: and the board of auditors
provide office and necessary furniture
and supplies. The appropriations for
the department are twenty-thousand
dollars for factory inspection, Two
thousand dollars for coal mine insprc-
tiOn. and eight thousand dollars for
the statistical work, per year.
If increasing exposure of graft and
boode in the public service are no
indication Of increasing corrpution in
human society, but rather the reverse,
then Ne are finding large occasion for
congratulation nowadays. In which
ever light that may be viewed, how
ever we in Michigan will be glad that
our state has not become conspicuous
in that particular. The investigation
into prison affairs at jackson seems so
far to bring Indictment against Gus
tom. rather than a showing of corrup-
tion on the part OF u particular officer
1t has often happened that practices
have grown up little by little, attract
ing no attention and not challenged
as prehensible, accepted by one
officer because inherited as the usage
from his predecessor, until something
calls IL into notice and puts it upon
trial. and then VIC are surprised and
shocked TO see what questionable
practices we have permitted, and re-
probation that may be quite unmerlt-
ed falls upon the luckless officer whose
fate IL was to be in control at that
time.
Jay Hubbell, ii may be remeS bered,