Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-07

lions in the processes carried on in such
shops are often subcontracted in turn to
home-workers. From this lowest form
the sweat shop grades up to its highest
stage where it merges into the decent
factory. But in all its stages il is de-
pendent. more OF less. upon cheap quar-
tiers and propinquity to the commercial
center. established factories. the homes
Of the cheap laborers and the homes of
the heme-wOrkers. These requisites are
round more abundantly in New York
county than in any other part of the
city. and. therefore, sweat shops flourish
in that county"
According to the plans of the wom-
ems League of the state of New York
work ought to be found for thousands
Of the women Of the state now unem-
ployed. The league was organized some
what over six months ago. with Mrs.
Belle de Rivers as president. Its object
is to locate the various channels of work
for unemployed women-that is to say,
to ascertain where they could go to OBJ
tain employment
The presidentshas addressed letters to
many concerns in that state which en-
ploy women. and to some outside the
state. to which replies have been made
promising. in some instances. employ
ment forthwith. and in other instances
that work could be furnished i'm a short
time. A firm at Akron, Ohio. inquired
how many women would leave the state
and come to Ohio. A department store
of New York replied that IT expected to
take on $50 In a short time. and several
other local firms said that they would
materially Increase their force early in
the month. So. according to President
de Rivers. several thousand Of the un-
employed women should be able to find
work presently.
In this state alone it is estimated that
there are at least 5000 women. embrac-
ing all trades and occupations. out OF
work. committee of the Women's
League Is planning to place the unem-
ployed In touch with those who have sig
nihed Willingness to employ them.
An experiment is being tried in Paris
looking to the abolition of the sweat shop
conditions surrounding many of the
French working people. The experiment
shop apartment building. where work
men may labor and live under the most
modern and hygienic conditions at a min
imum cost. The building contains forty
eight workshops and apartments. and the
price per year for these combinations Is
from 500 to $14S In the basement are
naths ana on the seventh floor arrange
ments for washing and drying the family
washF Electric power is supplied at
minimum cost from a central point ANY
workmen using the lights for machinery
can install themselves I'm the building In
fact. twelve families have already done
So hnding the new. clean workrooms a
most agreeable and healthful Substitutes
Tor their former dark and i'll ventilated
shops.
AS an argument against the proposed
abolition of the emergency hospital in the
government printing Office a local typo
calls attention TO the fact. as given in the
current issue of the Department of La
Dor bulletin for the state OF New York.
that In the Empire state during the
months of April and June. 1.Os. acct
dents to workingmen in factories quar-
ries. etc. numbered 3.2fS..
IF such a large number OF accidents oc-
CURED in two months I'm one state" he
asks. what must have been the total in
all the forty-six states of the Union dur
ing the same period?'