New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-17
FAVOR STATE CONTROL
Many Interests Support Lee BlH ON
EmpIoyment agencies.

Two bills have been introduced IN the Lesl9i@'
concerning the regulation Of employment agencies
one known as the Prentiss bill. which has been
referred to the Cities Committee. for their super
vision under officers to be appointed in each city
The Lee bill introduced by Assembyman warren
L. Lee and Senator Cooper, both or Kings county
has for object state control or the employment
agencies in conformity with the recommendations
made by Governor Higgins in his message THIS
year. State control was also favored oy the
Women's Municipal League and its organization
doing East Side settlement work In Dill lhtlO-
duced by Senator Armstrong last year, and INC
passage of which was urged by its representatives
The hearing on the Prentiss and Lee bills mas
been announced for next Tuesday. The Lee Dill
has been referred to the Committee on Labor and
Industries as it contains provisions for enforcement
through the Commissioner OF Labor.
H B. Bradbury, Of No 90 Wall street, who rep
resents directly and indirectly large number OF
employment agencies and who will 90 TO Albany
on Tuesday to urge the passage OF the Dill giving
state control, made the following statement yester
day as to the position OF those who favor state
control:
A large number Of people who have been inter ,a,
eSted IN this matter for some time had under Way
plans for carrying out the recommendation OF 10y
ernor Higgins. The expense OF running Sae one Ta
for a sum not TO exceed and probably considerably
and EFFECTIVELY enforced in entire State. through
some state department. Also a large portion Of the
" to- the state. even before the money spent in
advance license fees when are n6 10 Of Confer
ences have been held with all those who are inter inter-
of the East Side settlement workers, and It was
supposed up within very short time NAT they
M Sad So Expressed themselves their there
the law in New-York City had been unsatisfactory
for many reasons and that 1t was practically IN
s sg53E9sd Of Ra arS o' With little or no whining they
broke away from the e0nTeTenee 9 aI t1ol Who had
heretofore been planning TO secure state eontro
s}tar again consulting with the Settlement work
ers and concedng TO them almost ever! INNS 'l f
they requested in the way OF provisions IN the Dill
In n Conference with P. T. Sherman. State Com
missioner OF Labor. relating 10 state control ne e1-
pressed the opinion that his department dLIestOS
had so much work to do that it would be impossible
10 So organize the department that he could TAKE
up the additional work even II extra HlsH 49,
appointed perform the active Work IN
the law Mr. sherman has also wTitten a tet'eTii va
men re stiS ~ employment agencies seems
NINA face 10 fall within the general scope OF the
0ePartmet on Character Of the duties now per
formed by the different bureaus OF TINS depart
mem ft vas then learned that the Department Of Agri
S SII.ie bicb had for its original object the
inp OF farm help. but which had expanded to such
cn oF employment agencies IN New-YOrN
City as well the conditions under Whlch IInnlI-
snitation with the federal authorities, and large
amount of practical information had been derived
as TO the condition of the lmmlgrants before Iney
started for this country wnEPS eITS f bii
The department has offices IN every city OF the
frst ana second classes, in which the law could be
enforced with little or no additional expense for
offices or clerk hire. The men in charge of this
bureau were thoroughly familiar with the employ
nent agency situation. especially in the city of
Wetv-y0TI J-pon learning this those who were in
favor ~ state control immediately consulted with
observation-disclosures Sherman, and asked him II he would
oHnoea nIacine the proposed new bureau in the
HgricultiIral Department rather than in his, and
he has replied that he would not oppose II, and
that he thought it ought 70 go 70 some other de
partment rather than TO MS
NICst DsODle VIII have discussed the subject
70 tbink thar the matter should be under state
troll so that the law could be administered hon
estly, effectively. economically ana WITH equality
throughout the state