The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-12-19
AIMS TO PROTECT
TIE WORKING CLASSES
Measure Drawn by Labor
Commissioner Doug herty
and introduced by Senator
Faulkner

Editor Leader That part Of the
reading public which is especially in
terested in such legislation as viii
guarantee sanitation Of public work
snops, greater degree of protection
to the life and limb of the working
masses insure a purer moral atmos
phere for our working girls and pro
note generally the public health as
well as conduce to higher ideals viii
be especially Interested in Senate Bill
No 81 which was introduced by Sen
ator Faulkner Monday for Mr. Charles
Daugherty first commissioner Of labor
in the new state which created his
department Espe tally win the
young womanhood of Oklahoma look
tc Mr. Daugherty in the future, as
their own champion of a great cause.
The bin referred TO is the one de-
fning tho labor commissioners duties
and was drawn by Mr.. Daugherty
himself together with the legislative
board OF the American Federation of
Labor
Protecting the Workers.
After declaring that belt shifters
M ST be attached TO dangerous ma
chimes. and watts. cogs and saws
guarded, elevator shafts enclosed and
automatic doors attached ;stairways
screened and rallied and fire escapes
attached all of which must be warm
ly approved by anyone who has read
of the frlghtful accidents where mems
hands are torn OF i'm crael saws and
workers have slipped into scalding
,ats in pa king houses; or been plung-
ed down six and seyen story elevator
shafts because there was no guard or
the door was left opan-after reading
this long list of humane measures for
the protection of Msrys father in or
der that he may return safely OF night
to his own beloved little girl, il is
still more interesting to see what pre-
caution this young labor commissioner
has taken to protect the life and
morals of Mary herself
Free Employment Bureaus.
He provides that the state Of Okla
hona shall provide free employment
bureaus under the supervision Of a
local superintendent and assistant
nd clerk, and that one of these must
be q woman That these employment
bureaus shall in no case charge a fee
and that they shall be ander the
sgparWsion of the labor commission
er's Office AS the labor commits
sioner win keep lists OF merchants,
companies, etc. who are in need of
lelp, the unemployed problem ia OK
. l8homa win be largely solved.
/ Supervision Of Private Agencies.
The bin further provides that no
private employment agency can pro-
coed 10 business without first having
secured ID ii sHse from the labor COM
missioner SUCH licensed agency
shall enter In q register the name and
addrss of every person who shall
make application for help OF servants.
and he name and nature of the EN-
ployment for which such help snail
be wanted such register shall at all
reasonable hours be open 10 inspec-
} ton and examination OF the com
missioner ol labor or his agent. The
( registration Zee shall in no case eX-
coed 32N0 for which receipt must be
given in which case shall be stated
tho nsme of the applicant the amount
/ Of the fee the date the name or
character of the work on situation 70
J De procured In case the said appli-
cant shall not obtain a situation or
+ employment through such licensed
agency within one month after regis
/ tfaNon as aforesaid. then said
/ licensed agency shall forthwith repay
and retarn sgch applicant, upon de-
mand the fan amount of the fee pGid
, or delivered TO such agency
A Democratic Square Deal"
No such licensed agency shall pub
/ fish or ca se 90 be published any
false or fraud lent notice or adyer
rsement. on 20 give any false inior
3 nation or TO make any false promise
c0ncerning or relating TO work or en-
, poymeut, nor make any false entries
/ in the register to be Kept as herein
provided.
Poor workingmen who have been
| fl he'd of their last penny and EN-
ployers who have been forced TO deal
with fraudulent and unscrupulous em-
nioyment bureaus win appreciate sgch
LEGISLATION as this. Il is 70 be hoped
that the day is al hand when en-.
pl0ym nt agents viii try TO adopt the
wiser plan of studying the man and
placing him "a the position his talents
Gt him FOR. then indeed viii both en-
ployor and employee have inst cause
10 rejoice and one Of our great social
; problems win DE happily solved. This
undoubtedly is the aim of Mr.
Daueherty hut his bin contains a
cla-- ~ mhLn. h. mnra % do with elo.