New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-15
All Contracts Open.

spection by tho Industrial Commission and
the commission must publish annually at
least $50 pages Of Information on the con-
tracts.
In Massachusetts no hour worker I'm man
ufacturinR or mechanical establishments
may be locked for time lost while waiting
in the shop for machinery TO be repaired.
In contrast with our failure thus far TO
, enact such legislation, minimum wage
! boards were authorized In England I'm 1903
to cover chain making, machine made lace
finishing, wholesale tailoring and paper box
manufacture.
Minimum wage boards were established
In Victoria In 1896, and are now regulating
exist in New South Wales. West Australia.
South Australia, New Zealand and Tas-
mania. Germany has this year provided
for wage boards. and France. Belgium.
: Austria and Switzerland have similar bills
under consideration.
Practically all Continental countries
have systems OF industrial courts whore ag-
grieved workers may appeal for justice
The committee indorses the eight-hour
day for all men employed in continuous in
dustries and az a maximum for women and
children in all industries.
Tire six-day week Is also urged. night
work for minors condemned and sugges-
ton made that il bc minimizcd for men
wherever possible.
The committee believes the federal gov
eminent should make an investigation with
a view to establishing standards of santa
ton and safety I'm all Industries; that
wherever harmless substitutes are possible
the manufacture or sale OF poisonous arti-
cles dangerous 10 the life Of the worker
should be prohibited.
Specific information follows from several
/ sources:
On the railroads at the beginning of tho
present decade each year ! rainmap In
every lS7 was killed and in every II In
| jured: | employed in every 800 met his death
| In service, and | In every 20 was wounded
During the last ten years We have had
| two wars-the Spanish and the Philippine
and the aggregate loss OF killed and
| wounded I'm the two was less than six
thousand men; while the number killed aud
| wounded in our industrial army during the
same period was more than Ave
wounded in war. victories in peace"
have cost us SIS men killed and wounded.
Two Wars Loss Fatal.
Take the last estimate of our Industrial
| expense. the total number OF casualties
suffered by our industrial army Is sufficient
| to carry on perpetually two such wars at
| the same time az our Civil War and the
Russo-Japanese war;
Statistics show MS that more than fifteen
| thousand men are annually killed I'm Amer
lean work accidents, and some five hundred
| thousand injured--every male In a city OF
seysnty-fiv thousand slain every year. and
every male In state like Minnesota
| wounded or crippled.
The factories In which very much COM
nlaint was made with regard TO unsteadi
ness and improper conduct OF girls are pre-
cisely those where the hours Of work were
| the longest. sanitary conditions and wages
| unsatisfactory.
The right to home Is Insisted upon.
| Social welfare demands for every family
safe and sanitary home" Specific stand
| ards are given for housing and information
as TO existing conditions.
The term OF working life is restricted by
| n minimum age to protect against prema-
turo labor and maximum age beyond
which the worker should find himself eco
| nomically independent Of daily labor.
The report also deals at length with the
| problem Of insurance for accidents. trade
| diseases old age and unemployment