The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03

"a wev tbev have attempted to ameli- crate conditions. Great 5tle@n'' France and Germany have, Tor nulns her of years, legislated in IaVor ol more heaithful conditions los as,,A 1ahorfnx people, and have maae cuiIl- .s,,Isorv inc collection and publication SS certain information relative 10 the ss.,,n :, and working conditions of>wa&e asrners Tn this country the present Generation is seeing rapid sItide .on fha road toward the general oet.er- ment of working people. ManuIaceu.- s.synan.s clubs and the Department ct ~eynmerca and Labor are responsipie for the thoroughness and sarnes.ness with which the movement mas neen launched. .a,.., -of wage-workers with indoor occupa- tions is known to be unnecessarily
 raat and must be lessened. Certain eccmnations engender dust that IS de- satarioua to the health, and invention ;s irving to devise ways and means sor redrcing- the evil. Certain posi- lions and movements of the pooy sentiai in factory life have been Iounu ss to result in permanent in'uls v of fornnity. and the American Museum ol Safety Devices, in particular. ana tno snterssted public in general. are en
 aaurae egng inc invention or deVtcss that wtli make the work easier, anu leave the body normal ana neai.a. ne,,aI. sa, ..
 New occupations and mover cailans s.s 2 have arisen from this new in.ei ,..,s sss .s. industrial hygiene. one oI .ns ,aI sec nf these was that Of the socia, tha rstarv or welfare worker. who, n sno sas a.,sriov If progressives factory oWns.s S.. 5ensrtrnent store managers, saw ~ th. installation of seats, rest roo.s.s and lunch room for employees. Wnosu. ,ss.s . : ea inc need of emergency s,,s,,s and physicians in all iatss .st,i st,e got 4hano Tn her wake have come nun.
 A4sS. ,y needed reforms ana pei
 .ss,e irnnroyement in factory - ane sSsssrtment store life in some ceheess
 bIt the need is still great .,,va
 A particularly interesuns .s.ier ra 4tnn born of the modern tLene .,sr,,tne . nbvsicaI betterment of the W ,s phssled ,s that of W. H. Tolman. ., aya,v York City. He is an industllat archttect heinz commissioned .oy pros s.As.a,,o, h,ttIders to select healtnfui' Sai, es convenient localities TOT tne estahlishment of their plants anu
 tre homes that must house tno .,sS,ttv CTS. This entails great .Io,.I,ss s, on The architect, involving the paacins ,S h,,i1dinga so as to secure the pest 5fabt and air. and the securing oi sster aunpl4 free from typhoid anr Saction In inc interest of such WorK 6r ToIman is spending the summer in Germany studying the aoVahSsl s methods practiced by that natioh III the housing of it's factory "oEhess
 sEraetory and mining towns are Keen. ,.. sIiys to any movement that will 4ends to make happier and healthier rcr5ifions among their employees. Io- xuard tha end of bringing aoout such conditions, several Pennsylvanla ei..es s's have sent abroad a committee 70 n
 x,esfioate the home life or the alish ss.sis srom whom most of their mine workers are drawn. With packs on srsi, hacks. Prof Edward A. steiner, foe Iowa University. and ten volHntess students have gone to Vid Ho.lo -o,,ntrfes there to spend year SUI SUI dSyiner the people in their own hos.iss' uy9 cc,stonnAds environments. Then ssasa men will come back to America an5 70 to work as interpreters m r,tning fields under the supervision ol The ". MIG. A. Through them Nns nrceressivs employers who ialnsFsu su inc movement hope to come ciossr .o,,s h.t1 ~ snr ana SO be able to more intelh- s.a.. J.eYrtIef them in matters per" saatss to tffeir moral welfare. ana ,oara hygienic manner Of liVins.
 yr list of occupations tnat are .n
 Iroical to the health. the Gnaseo ssa,te r5nrSus C1fffce shows a hign peIcena4
 oS Seaths among -four ana srlse l-l,,,ara the rate being 26.6 per thous- Liliii ls s.,. all. diseases. with the greater ,u.ts. of deaths due to diseases ol sna nervous system. Coopers nsYS ,arcentage of 23. 8 per tnousanu; a ps,S.es out of every thousand or LR$Sss $ t,hercuIosis Tuberculosis cres . ae .t. havoc among marble anc stone
 .sorS according to the census nsures' 4o y,er thousand to the census nsures. S;n,es as great percentage as ainVns .,.'s hanlers ana brokers. Despiee great hue and cry raiseo .a.,, n xSs,r,r e 5the effects of cotton factory ..ls woln so y,taI statistics, this report snoWs 0n fS-a death rate of ernptoyes- III taXtiIe factories Is Ss per tnousas tst..
 tss lowest in a given hst. or twenss ..s
 three occupations known 10 DO
 heaithful. .,s. os factory S,.atane and the death rate. or enl- rinyeg. Chicago physician nas Pisred that domestic service ts Tar ',1tS ,Ss' .nIroicaI 10 health than factory iie ss This is Alexander M. wilson: heau W the Chicago Tuberculosis instasase sa.e +bs sno statement was made pefore .ne twe,,,sn.s xlte Trade Union League rev n,-s aSo He has carefully compiled N.o4tsttcs in proof of this assertion anu SaoIaras that the average nome
 s.,h1cb a domestic servant works nov. adava fN richer III ucatn I1ss "a :.
 aoays inc average factory. Ills ng- tiian .SoSv that the. death rate from tu- ures u,,Ins,s is vastly higher among ser per- eSris than among factory gIrts as noints out, as causes, tne t.aS ionS San',r. the low wages the almost ,..,.s.r .osat Inni- ~ outdoor life, the poor hFins a'ar+srs lseA usually given domestlcs' ana ers e-sa4 change of temperature rom tL ths s.,srbeated kitchens to the uhoeE. hastsdS sleeping rooms. Tnis ls q posns sns on which every one should renec.. ios s,a tha creater number of women "See asrnsra are domesties.
 The bighest rate of moroldlty ano
 rtel,tv among wage earners iS s mortalssy s,,one the bleachers, book bind cys hrass founders, compositots. MaIo9 nsne9 a fead workers, match woIksIS, pe. s.,eios SJ1s amnloyed in the nanufaStuLs It glars ana sivss> iiremen, potters' nle maAAeFs anu orsrstives fin rubber factories. Apso- S,stnI%S sccurate data in regard to tnese ac,IySa lions cannot be obtained m the yY"f+s5 States. Tn England reports on on nstsJ,. 0ccupations are compulsory py law The German Industrtal t HIS Sa = anca institutes afford even eetLer ia- aaiittias For gathering information. An Srsnrt is being made by the Depart- nent of Commerce ana LAoor 10 seSut0 lI s,,ch- statistics from all over the coun- try. and include with vital ngures sueh necessary relative information as the