New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-22

Q.-Do you stand up? A.-Aiways sta,s
ing.
Q.-How much week do you mai
A.-As much as ] can make.
Q.-How much is that? A.-Seven Al
lars.
Rose Di Pasquale, another employe "a.
tilted AS follows:
BY Mr.. Elkus.-How old are your
Thirty-nine.
Q.-How much do YOU make each weet,
A.-The more L work the more | mata
six dollars, six twenty, six forty: son,e,
times less other times more "s'
Q.-Most Of the time. how much A..
dollars or six dollars? A.--Around ~. ss
forty.
as high as eight dollars week? A-.Nos
O.-What was the highest YOU svs.
made? A.-Seven dollars and forty.n,ra
cents.
William NJ. Greig, who was ne.,
called, testified. among other thin,,
that George W. Perkins is director !,
the Interna tional Harvester Compa,,
The following is a part Of his tss,I
mony:
Q-Mr. Greig. what position do 80,
hold In the International Harvester cesUW
pany? A.-Superintendent Of the tSi,'
mills.
Q.-How many men and how ma.
women? Al would have to dig into th..
we probably have three hundred woms.
Q.-YOu run night shift as well AZ.
day shift? Ayes. sir.
Q.-How many people do you employ :,
night? A.-About two hundred
Q-How many men and how man,
women? About 80 women on might,
Q.-Who carries the material from n.
heavy machine to the lighter mach,na,
A.-The operators themselves.
Q.-The men or women? A.-rhe ne,
and women.
Q.-How much do these piles we,5,
A.-On the first machine We endeayor "a
start that feed up to 10 pounds
Q.-And the second one? About IA
pounds.
Q.-And the third? About the sam.
Q-And those are the piles which ths
women and men carry. drag from ons
machine to the other? Ayes.
Q.-The reason your company employ,
these women to do this work that ius,
referred to is because II is cheaper lator
than the men. isn't It? A.-No; I don't
agree with you there at all.
Q.-Tsn't that one OF the reasons7 A
No: I know It is not, not so far as this
Irvine mill is concerned.
On your talk to me only an hour or
so ago. didn't you say TO me that was one
OF 1Ue Itd YOU bSfn NpiIieHs Al
don't know; I don't think ] did; maybe I
did.
Q.-My recollection is very clear Tia,
you did. A.-This ballng and this spin
ming and preparing that material N.
girls are better adapted to 1t than men
Q.-Better than men? Ayes.
Q.-Do you want TO go on record a
telling this commission that the reasoa
YOU employ women 10 do this very. in nv
Judgment, heavy work is because thsy
do IL better than men? Al do; YES, Sir;
most decidedly. It has been proved and
tried.
Q.-Why can they do II better? A.-Th.
woman IL quicker. She Is smarter.
BY Mr.. Elkins.-You admit you would
have TO pay men more for doing The
same work even though they did not d
Il as well? Ave would.
Q.-Is IL necessary 10 do night work.
Alt is absolutely necessary at the pres
ent time.
o. noticed a number ~ your rooms
are dark. There is nothing about the
manufacturing that requires them 10 be
dark is there? A.-No. sir.
Q.-Simply because there is no heht'
A-Simply because there is none thereI
] think you will find the cellar littls
dark. but we are working on that for ven
tilation.
Q.-Have YOU exhausts 10 take away
the dust from the machines? A.-Not At
present.
By Assemblyman Phillips. You know
the law requires it? Ayes.