Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-16

day afternoon at the Paxton hotel.
Mrs. Reta Childe Door, chairman Of the
Industrial committee Of the General Fed
GRAFTON Of Women's Clubs, contributes the
following on the protection of women en-
ployes to the June Federation Bulletin:
The industrial committee in the General
Federation warmly indorses that PARA
graph in the letter from Mrs. Decker, pub
lished in the March Bulletin, in which she
says: I'm order to build the General Fed
GRAFTON solidly and vitality there must be
interest In the work of the standing COM
mlttees, and duplication of those standing
committees in the State Federations The
the State Federations be asked to create
their standing committees after the ex-
act pattern Of the General Federation
standing committees. Then there would
be harmonious action all along the line"
Il will be the task of the industrial COM
mlttee to encourage the establishment Of
Industrial committees in all State Fedora
lions and department clubs which are at
present without them, There has been Of
late general awakening Of interest in the
masses of women who have been forced
out Of domestic life into the ranks of
women feel this interest, but it must be
admitted that the majority of them feel
1t very unintelligently
The general impression seems ia be that
something ought to be done to check
the migration from home to factory shop
and office. It is not the object Of the in
Its sole object is to impress upon club
women the necessity of examining the
they can examine 1t, at first hand only
in its parts. But this much they can do:
first organize the strongest kind of in
mittees every chance to present the results
of their activities in the years program
and at district and state federation meet
ings. AS an important part of the pro-
gram on those occasions one or more
speakers from the ranks of working women
should be secured. These workers have
mines of information ready to be explored.
AS one one OF the speakers at a recent open
League held in New York significantly
said: THE way to find out Industrial con-
ditons is not to go to work in a factory
Tor three weeks ana then write book
who have worked for years in the factory,
worked there from necessity and know all
about It,"
Two things the club women can do; they
can encourage a movement which has
been set on. foot. mainly through the in
strumentality of the Woman's Trade Union
Leagues to secure an investigation of the
Industrial conditions which surround
women and children, by the United States
would be made with special reference to
| the economic and social effect of their en-
ployment, and the reactionary effect of
the change upon the home and domestic
life of the country. Miss Jane Adams,
Miss Mary E. Mcdowell of the University
| OF Chicago Settlement and Miss Lillian
Valid OF the Nurses settlement, New
York, visited Washington for the purpose
| Of consulting the president and others in
| partment OF Labor was willing to under
take the task, fully appreciating its ire
| mendous Importance, but that there were
/ no funds available for the purpose.
| 1t was agreed that the only way to Sc
| cure such an investigation was through
! pressure brought to bear on congress by
| organizations of women. The industrial
| committee therefore appeals to the club
| women OF the United States to petition
| congress behalf lie
/ the chairman of the industrial committee
IN every club; or the president Of the club
| II no Industrial committee exists, write "a
| her senators and her representatives, and
| have the letter signed by every member OF
| the club. There is not the least doubt in
| the world but that the petition would be
| granted. Point out that the last inyestiga-
| ton was made years ago, and that the
information gathered at that time is value
| The plan of work for the Industrial COM
| mittees of the clubs is more concrete. II
| is not a work which congress, or indeed
any body of men could ever engage in
| The problem of domestic service must be
solved by women. Within the last two
| scientific way has been made by groups OF
| women in three cities-New York, Boston
and Philadelphia. They are united under
| on Household Research. The object of the
| committee is to investigate existing phases
| of household work, to secure fair con
ditions for both employer and employed
| and to place domestic service on business
basis In many places the clubs have vol
unfairly taken up the work of cooper
ating with the committee, and the indus
/ trial committee hopes that the clubs
| throughout the United States will consen
to cooperate with body which is dealing
in a large way with the phase of indus
trialism which lies nearest the home
| The central office of the committee Il
located in New York, at the offices of the
New York Association for Household Re
search, III East Twenty-third street. Thii
office has kindly prepared manual TO ale
the clubs in their study of the domestic
! service problem. A course of study anC
directions for research work are given
! This manual has been sent to the clubs
| and the Industrial committee hopes tina
| the plan will so appeal to them that IL viii
hold a prominent place in the work dom
| next season.
! One of the most important achievement
| If the New York association was the in
! yestigation OF every intelligence office II
New York City, the results Of which wa
| a model employment agency law governing
the entire state A similar law is nov
before the Pennsylvania Legislature, will
every prospect OF passing. The ultimat
object OF the Industrial committees in tn
! ciHbs should be to secure a standard law
in All the states, making dishonest or i'm
I - aRanCieS imnOgSiDle.