The wageworker., 1910-01-15

mittee begs leave to report that 1t has
made its regular quarterly examina-
tlon of the retary-treasurer's ac-
counts and find the same correct. We
would also commend that official for
the efficiency and care with which he
has administered the affairs of his Of
flee.
JOHN c. TROUTON.
Chairman.
GEORGE STEPHENS.
JAMES KOTERA.
Mr.. President, your committee on
legislation beg leave to report as fol-
lows:
Proposition No. 1.-(By Delegate
Jonas) s)-"Resolyed, That the legisla-
tive committee be instructed to pre-
pare and have introduced in the next
session of the Nebraska legislature
a bill providing for state boiler in
spector who shall have practical
knowledge of boilers
Committee reports favorably.
Adopted.
Proposition No. 2-(By Delegate
Guye)-"Whereas. The sale of prison
made goods is a menace both to free
labor as we'll as to the resident en-
ployers, therefore be 1t
Resolved, That our legislative com.
mittee be and they are hereby in
structed to prepare and present to the
next session of the state legislature
a bill providing that all goods made
in the penal institutions of Nebraska
shall be marked or branded Prison
made.'"
Committee reports favorably.
Adopted.
Proposition No. 3.-(By Delegate
Guye)-"Whereas, one of the greatest
hindrances TO the progress of peaceful
assembly in times of strikes has been
the unwarranted interference of the
private detectives or So-called COM
pany watchmen or guards, and
Whereas, the exercise of the police
powers vests primarily in the legisla-
tive functions of our state, therefore
be it
Resolved, that the incoming legis-
lative committee be and they are here
by authorized and instructed to pre-
pare and present to the next session
of our state legislature a bill regulat-
ing the licensing and powers of de-
tectives, watchmen and guards, who
shall hereafter operate within the state
OF Nebraska.
Committee reports favorably.
Adopted.
Proposition No. 4.-(By Delegate
Ferron) Whereas the state of Ne
braska is engaged in the construction
and maintenance of public buildings
and bridges, and
Whereas, such buildings and
bridges should be constructed for the
safety of the public, therefore be it
Resolved, that the legislative COM
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prepare and present to the next ses-
sion of the state legislature bill Gre
ating building and bridge inspector
whose duties shall be to properly in
spect and supervise the construction of
all buildings and bridges throughout
the state of Nebraska"
Committee reports favorably
Adopted.
Proposition No 5.-(By Delegate
Chrisman)-"Where Those who Ia
Dor continuously more than eight
hours per day are thereby lncapaci-
tated both physically and mentally,
therefore be it
Resolved, That the legislative COM
mittee be and is hereby instructed to
prepare and present to the next ses-
sion of the state legislature bill pro-
viding that all occupations which he
quire continuous operations be placed
on the eight-hour basis"
Committee reports favorably.
Adopted
+ Proposition No. 6.-By Delegate
Guye)-"Whereas, There exists in the
state of Nebraska system OF so-called
trade schools, conducted by both prl-
vate and public instructors, and
Whereas, Such schools tend to
lower the standard of competency OF
both the student and the craft or
trade in which said student seeks en-
ployment, therefore be it
"Resloved, That this federation con-
denim such institutions and that the
legislative committee prepare and pre-
sent to the next session of the state
legislature bill, the purpose OF which
shall be to regulate, under state super
vision, all such institutions.
Committee reports favorably.
Adopted.
Proposition No. 7.-(By Delegate
Kinney Whereas, Nebraska's rapid
ly growing industrial institutions rem
der 1t imperative that the bodies ana
lives of the workers in mills, work
shops and factories be better safe
guarded, and
"Whereas, The interests of common
humanity demand rigid ana constant
supervision of the sanitary conditions
of workshops, mills, factories and
tenementS, and
Whereas, The state of Nebraska is
tagging far behind her sister states III
all of these matters, pursuing a policy
that is at once niggardly, unwise and
criminally negligent of the welfare OF
her producers, therefore be it
Resolved, That the Nebraska State
Federation of Labor demand that the
next legislature make adequate provl-
sion for the State Bureau of Labor and
Industrial Statistics to the end that
it may be in fact as well as in name
labor bureau, properly equipped to
AIRY on the work of inspection OF
mill, workshop, factory and tenement;
to enforce the laws prohibiting the
employment of women unnatural