Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-01

because ne, Perkins, has
children, he says.
lie says he wants to remedy all
human ailments. and especially care
for the women toilers.
In the mills OF the Osborne
Irvine company No. 3. at Auburn n
T., which is owned by the Jnterna.
tional Harvester company, of which
George w. Perkins is a director and
leading light, an Investigation on the
part OF Senator Robert F. Wagner
OF the state factory investigating
committee discloses the most inbu-
man and brutal treatment of women.
The Investigation started about a
week ago, and in these few DAYS the
inconsistency OF the third term car
didate's principal financial hacker has
been fully shown.
Toll all Night.
Women are made TO toll all night
long in the Perkins directed Harvest.
er trust factory.
Some of these women receive as
high as 81 a week. but many of them
only IS. They are given fifteen min
utes for their lunch.
And they work in dust laden rooms |
from twelve TO fourteen hours a day.
On August II Roosevelt said:
Mr.. Perkins is a rich man. He /
came into my movement on his own
Initiative. / have known him for
fourteen years. and when he joined |
me l asked him. Why are you sup
porting me?
He said the primary reason was /
because he had children. He had all
the money he wanted, he said, and
had come TO the conclusion that this
country won't be a good place to
live in when mis- children become the
age we are unless business and gov
enrnment are brought into proper re-
lations, unless the relations OF capt.
tai and the wage Garner are placed
on a better basis"
In his speech delivered on the
same day at Revere Beach, Mass., !,
Roosevelt said: /,
Il wish an eight hour day for wo-
men OF industry, l wish safety APP
pliances, and wish to secure health
full conditions for the wage work
ers."
Misery in His Workshop.
George w. Perkins in his confess
sion OF faith on August 2G-and this
date is fmportant-said: II
Money is not all in this life. The {
mere accumulation Of wealth will not {
bring an honorable heritage to my
only son. Is there not something ,
more than the incentive TO make I,
money which can leave him."
Four days before these statements ;
were made by Roosevelt and Perkins :
the New York state factory investi- !.
eating committee visited the Interna-
tional Harvester company's plant and
there examined working girls and
married women, and their testimony
is a long recital Of tears and misery
and enforced slavery. insanity condl-
ditions and starvation wages.
The pathetic story OF the girls and
women, as officially reported shows :
the monumental double dealing and 4
OF Perkins, the. fnan- ]
cial hacker of the third term party.
Read what Senator Wagner says:
'The appearance OF the women 4
in this plant was very dis c
They were worn and
pale, and their clothes, faces and :
hands were covered. with oil and n
hemp cloth. Many of these women,
so called, are only children in age. b
and they have TO lug huge piles OF v
hemp, weighing $50 pounds each. i
across the floor, the load in some "
,ases being bigger than the women =
In the spinning room, where wo-
men are employed alone, to the ex- II
,lusion OF men. who would have to 8
'eceive higher wages. the clatter OF
is so frightful that a voice q
below a shrek cannot be heard. The
ooms are dark. though for no neces-
AIRY cause, and no attempt is made
o remove the dust, which is kept +
n constant motion by the line shaft
ngs, despite the requirement OF the
aw. This dust is breathed con-
by the women, many OF
yhom complain Of chronic coughs
nd colds. The dust and dirt are so
hick upon the clothes OF the girls No
hat at the noon hour, which in II
lany cases consists Of but a few all
linutes. and at the close of the days 70
r nights labor. the girls have to ne
weep each other clean with -
rooms" ~
Low Wages. -.
The custom Of working the women !