Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-31


propriety Of permitting the cat to
sleep in the dough was one OF the
things pointed out to the bakers OF
New York by the consumers League
during an inspection of the bake
shops Of that place, according to the
discourse on the work OF the league
given by Mrs. Frederick Nathan be-
fore the San Francisco Center OF the
California Civic League,
A large audience of representative
women was present TO hear Mrs. Ma
than explain the procedure by which
the Consumers League benefits the
public and benefits the workers
through Inspecting factories and in
sisting upon facilities for ordinary
human comfort in an environment
sufficiently sanitary for ordinary hui
nam health.
In the course OF her recital of the
inspection carried on by the league,
Mrs. Nathan told of the cellar bake.
shops in New York, where the rules
and regulations are so /Iformal that
they do not prohibit the cat from US.
ing the dough for hot water bag OH
cold night, nor require the bakers
10 find some other place than the
bread boards for their hats and coats
and trousers when such articles are
not In use -.
As a companion piece to this pic.
ture and that there might be no
strained relations between the East
and the West, Mrs. Nathan then told
of the places In California where peas
are shelled and peaches are peeled by
little boys opposed to washing their
hands. As no statistics could be
given, however, tracing death and
disease On the part of the public di-
rectly tosthe cat or the boys, 1t was
suggested by some present thai per-
haps 1t might have been better for
those OF active imaginations or with
a natural aversion to cats and boys II
such information was withheld and
shocks to the esthetic taste avoided.
Purchaser Responsible.
Eut no suggestion was made either
officially or unofficially that any use.
ful purpose could be served by sup
pressing Information concerning the
bitter conditions under which men.
women and little children are COM
PEELED to struggle for the mere es-
senttals OF existence. And the re-
eponsibility for such conditions Mrs.
Nathan made perfectly clear rests
finally upon the purchaser, In whose
power their readipstnsnte Lies, be-
cause unless readjustment is made
patronage can be withdrawn. To IL.
lusttAte this power Mrs Nathan gave
instances Of members Of the league
In New York refusing to continue ac-.
counts with the firms that did not
permit their clerks 10 have stools be-
hind the counters that they might
rest when not serving customers.
Mrs. Nathan then. adjured her audi
ence to look to 1t that employees In
stores are paid living wage, are
not overworked until heart, body and
mind are stunted, and are in an en-.
Tironment that will cause them no
physical suffering nor mental dis
tress. To look to these things and
TO place their patronage accordingly.
the speaker said, was the remedy for
some OF the greatest suffering human
0eings are called upon to bear. and
she pointed out that the application
Of the remedy should be the sacred
duty of all good citizens
Mrs. Nathan stated that the Con-
sunsers League had discovered that
not merely factories and large de-
partment stores subject their en-
ployes TO conditions that fill the hos
pitfalls. prisons and asylums, but that,
dressmakers and milliners establish.
Inents are responsible for much suf-I
fering to the girls and women en-
pioyed through the order rushing pro-
cess And for such process, she
pointed out. women customers are di.I
rectly responsible.
Concerning striking Inconsistencies
on the part of men at the head Of
large establishments and having de-
sire to scatter sunshine about the
world, Mrs. Nathan told of a multi