Evening journal., 1911-04-17
FACTORY BILL BOTH
OPPOSED AND FAVORED

said New York has them at $1,000 and
$1,000 a year.
The Rev. Hubert W. Wells asked
whether the general provisions of the
pending bill were operative I'm a prao-
teal manner in some other States,
and Miss Shearman said in drafting
the bill particular attention had been
paid 10 the laws Of other States. es-
pecially New York, Massachusetts
and Ohio. She said It was the Ohio
law taken verbatim.
Mr.. Fels FaVors II.
Samuel Fels, of PHILADELPHIA, an
employer of 400 persons, said he re-
garded the pending bill as conserva-
tive and carefully drawn and he could
not see where It was going TO give
any great trouble There is nothing
In this bill an employer should not
put into effect without any law" he
said. II would like to call the atten-
tion OF employers to this bill that on
a money-making basis It is not a bad
one. Ny experience shows me that
IL pays to keep healthy workers. m
my own works l have found that Il
paid to reduce hours from ten to
nine, and then TO eight A majority
of accidents in industrial establish
ments are preventable and ought not
to be called accidents at all. One SER
ious accident will cost more I'm dam
ages than 1t would cost to fix up a
whole shop and protect every ma
chine, and why the manufacturers do
not see this / cannot understand.
Mr. Fels said the pending bill was
/ as perfect as the average bill turned
cut of the Legislative factory, aud he
/ thought If given a trial Il could be i'm
/ proved in time. "If this bill is not
/ passed now,' he said, "a more drastic
bill will be passed later, and believe
/ it is TO the interest OF the employer
10 help II along now" Mr.. Fels said
that as a manufacturer. he could OBJ
serve rising tide of feeling coming
over the country
Mr.. Bancroft, replying to Mr. Fels,
said his concern employed three times
as many persons as Mr.. Fels did. and
employed two factory inspectors. He
said the bill was full of Inconsistencies
Il viii be the first one in this town to
advocate properly drawn bill and
urge the Governor to sign IL, and will
help TO draw it up" he said He point
ed out that the law required certain
things to be done to protect machinery
within twenty days that could not be
done within three times that period
Irving Warner said that in his opin-
ion every one Of the requirements, with
the exception Of casing or boxing fric.
tion clutches could be met
Mr.. Reynolds View.
James B. Reynolds. assistant district
attorney of New York city, discussed
the bill. AS 10 this awful being the
woman factory inspector" he said, "l
have had something to do with official.
and my experience has been that the,
are not looking for trouble, and tha
Is the trouble. The average official en-
forces the law about as he thinks tn,
( average citizen wants It enforced an,
does not look for trouble" Mr.. Rey
b nolds thought the woman factory in
spector would start at the shops tha
b are in the worst condition. and tha
% she would study conditions before TAX
81 ing action, and will learn from expert
o. ence. He said manufacturers eventual
n ly would look upon the woman IN
2 spector as their best adviser and al
8 sOciate.
4 Mr.. Reynolds said manufacturer
e could have redress from unfair ruline
3 Of the woman factory inspector b
seeking an injunction, which he be
: lieved could be invoked. He did nc
. think the bill If made a law woul
drive manufacturers from the State.
II am well acquainted with one @
> the vice-presidents of the American
Tobacco Company. he said II know
that they are broadminded and intel
ligent men. kindly, alert and aware O
the foreign competition; and I an
very confident they would not hav
made the statement attributed TO th
manager of the tobacco company plan
in this city. They would recognize tha
a law to improve physical. condition.
would be an advantage and not dis
advantage