Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-30
THE HOUSE.

In the absence of Speaker Banks MT. Burnes of Greenwich called the house to order at 10.30. Chaplain Countryman offered prayer.
 Disaereeing Action.
 The bill concerning employers lia- billty had been passed by the house and rejected in the senate. MT. Hux- ford of Stamford moved to adhere and MT. Bishop of New Haven opposed. The motion was withdrawn. MT. Bishor moved that the house insist and ap- point a committee of conference This was done and MT. Lyon of Thomastor and MT. Bishop of New Haven were named.
 There came down from the senate under diagreeing action the bill raising committee of recall If a blll con- corning telephone rates. MT. Parker of Hartford moved to adhere and this course was pursued.
 Favorable Report.
 Finance - Authorizing the Fifth school district of Groton to issue bonds; calendar. Fixing time when the public acts of 1909. relating to taxa ton, shall take effect; calendar.
 Unfavorable Report.
 Appropriations = Concerning dining hall at Connecticut Agricultural col- lege bill rejected.
 Women's end Minors Hours.
 Mir. Buckley of Union as chairman of the committee on labor explained the committees favorable. report on a sub stitute for a senate bill concerning the hours of labor for women and minors. The senate had amended with three amendments, one dealing with the form of notice to be required and to 1. Al tA Fa afA fr1o n and correcting clerical errors. This was adopted. Another changed cer- tain employment forbidden to minors so as to forbid it to minors until IS years. It was adopted. The third amendment struck out a part of section 4, and it was rejected.
 MT. Chandler of Rocky Hill intro duced an amendment allowing an em- ployer who gives seven holidays with pay in a calendar year to employ for not more than eleven hours day from the 17th to the 25th of December. He said that the lines which he corrected were loosely drawn and open to mis- chievous construction. MT. Chandler said that in Pennsylvania labor of children in the holiday season was actually shortened, because the work was harder
 MT. Higgins said that if the matter stood between the interest of the mer- cantile establishments on the one side and the interests of growing boys and girls of Connecticut on the other, he stood squarely for the children as against money. MT. Humphrey of Oxford was in favor of this amend ment. He said that some children came out Christmas weeks wrecks. The exaction did nobody good except the men who made money out of young children.
 MT. Parker of Hartford opposed the amendment. The merchants of Hart ford employed help fewer hours than employers anywhere else did. They kept their stores open the week be- fore Christmas, not for themselves, but for working people that might buy at evening
 Mir. Chandler of Rocky Hill wanted to know if the merchants kept open st night only for working people and not for the profit From what MT. Parker said one would think that 1t was only for Humanitarian purposes This amendment was along the line of economic development. The first duty of the general assembly was to man. kind, not merchants.
 Mir. Magee of Watertown said that in most trades the hours were eight a day, and yet the general assembly was asked to force eleven hours a day on women and children.
 MT. Clark of Bridgeport said that trading at Christmas was for working people and children and that the only way to meet the demand was to keep open till late in the week before Christ mas.
 MT. Chamberlain of New Britain wes against the amendment. Mir. Tibbits of Norwich stated that in that city department stores paid employees who were away sick.
 MT. Bishop of New Haven said that in good department stores stools were furnished to employees. He figured that the time for the week before Christ mas should be twelve hours day in stead of eleven.
 MT. Dunn of Windham said that he always stood for labor and that he supposed it would go out today that anyone voting against the amend ment was against labor. It should be