The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-22
LABOR BUREAU
TRYING TO FIND
SOCIOL6GISTS
Civil Service Examinations
Will Be Held for
Applicants.
Cotton Mills of South to
Be Investigated by
Government.

Wanted, sociological experts at FROM
N,Oo0 TO $500 per annum. Must be real
socoiologists, and. in addition. able TO
read write, and spell English and pos
sess elemental general intelligence
Apply TO the Civil Service Commission.
1t is really d fearsome thing I'd think
Of the things the Civil Service Commits
sion has 20 do, Just now Il Is getting
ready to hold examinations for the Sc
lection Of corps Of Investigators into
the condition OF women and child work
ers in the United States The work is to
be carried on by the Bureau OF Labor.
under authority Of Congressional reso-
luton Of last session. After careful
consideration. 10 has been decided that
the Commissioner Of Labor can't go
out and hire people TO 90 this work:
they must be secured through civil ser
vice processt shielding examinations.
making register OF eligibles, and then
taking them from this register. exactly
Is l. they were 10 be craftsmen or coyp-
lists or bookkeepers.
Congress provided $4,000 to do this
inveStigating, and the women's clubs
Of the country were really responsible
for H.
ASSOCIATES have about completed the
outline upon which their investigations
viii be based. They are not going 10
undertake. With the limited amount OF
money at hand for present uses TO
make the inquiry so complete as il
might be. They are selecting q list Of
typical industries and occupations, and
viii aim TO ascertain the effect OF
women s participation, as related to the
industry, the women engaged in it. and
The men employed in Il. Likewise as to
children.
For instance: Very small children are
employed by thousands in the cotton
mills OF The South, Is it good or bad
Tor the children Is il good or bad for
the parents to whom they turn over
their money! Is IL good or bad for the
men and women working in the same
LllAls Does the cheapening OF the PRO
quot enable America more effectively
10 compete IN the world markets as
against Japan, Germany. and England
has the cotton manufacturing business
grown or lost in volume and general
prosperity with the Increase OF the
employment of children and women?
There are two sides even 20 this ores-
uon or child employment in the cotton
mills. The SOCIOLOGICAL inquiry viii de-
NelCp that many children are getting
educauons In night schools. whose PAR
tntS went without education because
the impoverished South. after the war.
had no schools worthy of the name. 1t
VIII be shown that industry has brought
comparative ease ard greater thrift TO
many communities where before nothing
but hopeless poverty was known
There is no doubt that the general
conclusions Of the inquiry will be adverse
70 child labor Il viii be made the basis
OF efforts to secure improved conditions
in the South, and will be seized upon
by Senator Beverage in his effort TO
pass his bill excluding products Of child
labor from interstate commerce. This
measure is going TO be pushed at the
TeXt session Of Congress, though there is
little chance that IL will pass before the
Presidential election.