The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-10-05

! force parts 81 the law under which
he is working that hc has not been
{ able 10 enforce up To this time, be-
cause OF having more important mat
tiers 20 attend 20, says the Mining
/. Journal Proprictors of department
stores wiz be required 20 provide
seats for girl clerks 10 be used when
they are not az work. and the working
n hours Tor. girls viii be limited 10 nine
Y hours a day. or hfty-four hours I'M
each week.
In all OF the larger cities of the dis
u trict most OF the clerks are girls. In
most OF the big stores the girls begin
/ work az o'clock ia the morning and
Quit az 6 I'm the evening. having one
nour for dinner. In some towns where
I the stores are open the evenings of
pay days, also on Saturdays. the law
IS violated, as the girls are then re-
quired 10 put In from one 10 three
hours e-.tra. Mr.. Fitzpatrick says
this condition Will have TO be changed.
as be Is under strict instructions from
the department Of labor 10 see that
this. as well as other provisions Of
the Jaw. are lived up 10.
Seats for Girl Clerks.
Section "a which requires seats for
the use OF the girls when not at work /
reads as follows. All persons who I
employ females IN stores, shops, Of /
fees OF manufactures, as clerks. as
sistants. operatives or helpers in any /
business, trade or occupation carried
on or operated by them. shall be re-
quircd 20 procure and provide proper
and suitable seats for all such fe-
males. and shall permit the use Of
such seats. rests or stools as may be
necessary, and shall not make any ar
bitrary rules regulations ar orders
preventing the use OF such stools or
seats al reasonable times. No en-
pIoyer OF female help shall neglect or
refuse 20 provide seats as provided i'm
this act nor shall make any rules, or
dcrs or regulations i'm their shops,
stores or other places of business re-
quring females To remain standing
Dor therein"
Tho provision regulating the en-
ployment OF females and minors and
the hours they are to work is as fol-
lows:
80 male under the age of IS years,
ana no female, shall be employed in !
amy factory. mill. warehouse. work. (
shop, clothing dressmaking or mini-
merry establishment, or any place
where the manufacture Of any kind OF
goods is carried on. or where any
goods are prepared for manufacturing, /
Of in any laundry store. shop or any
other mercantile establishment, for
period of longer than an average OF
nine hours in a day or ffty-four hours
n any week nor more than ten hours =
n any day. Provided, however that
ne provision of this section in relation r.
% tine hours of employment shall not
apply % nor affect any person engaged 4
n preserving perishable goods in fruit
md vegetable canning establishments.
so female under the age Of IS years
hail be employed in any manufacture
ng establishment between the hours
# 6 o'clock p. m. and o'clock "a. m.
so child under the age Of lG years
hall be- employed In any manufac-
urug establishment or workshop,
nine or messenger service in this state
.ctwcen tho hours Of o'clock p. m.
nd . O'Clock a. m, except as mcsscn-
GER for telegraph or telephone COM
amy or in the postal service of the
-nitcd States"
Tenement House Work.
Another provision OF the law that
1r Fitzpatrick intends to give atten-
ion % in section %, which refers to
york iu tenement houses. Under it no \
Dom or apartment in any tenement |
D. dwelling house shall be- used for the
OF coats, vests, trousers. II
nee pants, ovcralls. skirts. dresses
loaks. hats, caps, suspenders. jerseys q
louses, waists, Wristbands, UNDER
year neckwear furs. fur trimming X
mr. garments shirts. hosiery. purses. K
gathers, artificial flowers, cigarettes
W cigars and no person. firm or cor Il
Grafton shall hire or employ any
crsons 10 work In any room. apart
nont or in any building or parts Of II
at making IN whole or in
art any Of the articles mentioned in
his section without first obtaining a
Triton permit from the factory in
pector or one Of his deputies. stating y
ne maximum number of persons al
owed TO be employed therein ana Civ !
ng the facts concerning the sanitary
onditons of the room i'm which work r.,
+ being done In no ease shall per +
MT be granted until an inspection OF G.
he premises is made by the inspector #
The inspector has the right and III
lower To enter any mine. mill. fac Ia
ory' store or other place whore men e.,
n women are employed for tho pur-
'osc OF collecting data relating 10 the IL
'ours Of labor, wages. sanitation. IN
economical and Industrial conditions. IN
tie. II he finds incompetent persons ci
perating cages or hoist devices Of wi
ny kind he has tho power to compel &c
heir employers to replace them. IA
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