Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-04-12
WILSON 4 FRIEND,
SAYS UNION LABOR
New Jersey State Federation
Tells What Governor Has Done
for the Workers.
SOME NEW LAWS QUOTED
New Factory Act, Employers l'ab'''
ity Act and Child Labor lIm'ta-
ton Among Matters That Are
Commended.

UJ Tue NEW JCA SSg D'ASN
of Labor, at Trenton Feb -. 1912. the
wage earnerS OF tt"l state announce
70 the coun ~ Ttat Governor WOOD
row Wilson Las done for them at nome
and vhal tLey think Of his attitude TO
organized labor:
Whereas. Information has reached
the workers cl New Jersey that eHor's
are being made 10 place His Excel
lency Governor Wilson in false posi-
ton as to his attitude towards or
ganized labor: and
Whereas, So as to give semblance 10
this movement certain portions OF
baccalaureate address made oy GOV
ernor Wilson to the students oil Prince
ton College are being quoted; and
Whereas, Since his inauguration into
Office as Governor Of New Jersey MS
Excellency Woodrow Wilson has o!
his attitude and actions demonstrated
his friendship to the toilers OF our
state; and
Whereas, Organized labor would De
derelict in It's duty if 1t allowed 10
pass this opportunity to show appre-
citation for services rendered the WORK
ers of New Jersey; and
Whereas. During the 1911 session OF
the New Jersey Legislature His Elk
cellency Woodrow Wilson, Governor OF
New Jersey, not only affixed his sigma
ture to all measures favorable and
advocated by the organized workers OF
New Jersey, but used his good onces
TO have enacted into law measures OF
great benefit to labor, and
Whereas. Among the many bench
cial laws passed by the Legislature OF
1911 and signed by the Governor, six
| teen were OF vital interest to the
F! wage carriers Of New Jersey, and are
as follows:
CHAPTER 24.-Fire escape law,
! amending factory laws and placing
New Jersey in the vanguard of states
in the protection of workers In fac
tories and workshops.
Chapter 42-Regulating employment
agencies and licensing the same.
Chapter 94.-Making a mtsdemeanor
the improper influencing of labor rep
resentatives or foremen.
Chapter 95.-Employers' liability
and compensation act.
, Chapter 136-Prohibiting the en-
Payment of children in mercantile es.
Establishments during school hours; pro-
vitiing for a 5Shour week and prohibit
! irg children under 16 years to work
! between the hours of p. n. and 7
/ a. IN
Chapter 19S.-Appointment of COM
! missioners of old age pensions and old
old age insurance.
| Chapter 206-Providing for the safe
! t. and health of foundry workers by
minimizing drafts and doing away
with noxious gases, etc., BY exhaust
| fans in foundries in this state.
Chapter embarrassing factory in
spectors b. the number of six (makins
IN all a total of ~. for the better en-
foreemelt Of factory and workshop
Laws
CHAPTER 263.--Eight-hour day on
state, county and municipal work.
Chapter 273.--Providing for at least
one.half hour meal time after six
continuous hours of labor.
Chapter 3p7.-A plumbers license
act
Chapter 327.-Provding for santa
ton in bakeshops, etc, and also COM
pelling the licensing of same.
Chanter 363.-Prohibitng the en-
ploement Of persons under q years
In f,rst-class cities, and II years in
second-class cities as telephone or
telegraph messengers between the
hours of 10 p. m. and a. m.
| Chapter 271.-A semi-monthly pay
act for railroad employees.
Chapter discriminating contract
| labor IN penal institutions and provid-
ing for a state-use system. Therefore
be it
Resolved, That the Executive Board
| OF the New Jersey State Federation Of
| Labor, representing the organized
workers CT New Jersey. in regular ses
sion assembled this 18th day of Feb.
ruary. 1912, at Trenton, ~ j.. hereby
commend His Excellency Governor
Woodrow Wilson for his unremitting
and untiring efforts in assisting TO
bring about better conditions for the
wage earners of New Jersey: and be
it further
Resolved, That the administration
of Governor Wilson be endorsed by
the New Jersey State Federation Of
Labor and that copies of these pream-
bles and resolutions be forwarded to
Governor Woodrow Wilson. the public
press of New Jersey and the various
labor organizations throughout the
United States.
NEW JERSEY STATE FEDERATION
OF LABOR,