The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-02-22
LABOR MEASURES
TREATED FAIRLY
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bill is pending in the legislature
providing for a free state teachers
employment agency. The friends of
the bill figure that these free public
facilities should take the places of
all private agencies now established,
including those for domestic servants
and teachers.
The bill proposed by the Bureau
of Labor for the reorganization of
that department, known as II. F. No.
$50, has been recommended to pass
and is now on general orders in the
house.
Ideal Bureau of Labor.
Under the provisions of the bill the
department Of labor will consist of
four bureaus as follows: A bureau
of statistics, of factory inspection,
of women and children, and a bureau
of state free employment offices. The
officers shall consist of a commission
er of labor, an assistant commission
er, a chief statistician, chief factory
inspector, a woman superintendent Of
the bureau of women and children
and a superintendent of the state
free employment offices.
The bill provides for the appoint
ment Of one statistician, three deputy
labor commissioners, an elevator in
spector, Ia railroad Inspector, five
| male factory inspectors, four male
assistant factory inspectors, four fe-
! male inspectors, five local mana gers
! of employment offices, four assistant
| managers, three stenographers and
three clerks.
/ Put Under Civil Service.
| All employees in the department. are
! to be put under civil service. The
office of commissioner of labor will
be extended to four years, beginning
term.
No person shall be eligible to ap-
| pointnlent unless he can Qualify and
prove his ability to perform the du-
| ties Of his office. An examining
| board is provided for to make the
examinations. The department Of Ia
! Dor will be clothed with almost abso-
lutte powers in protecting the rights
and interests of the working classes
, law.
Representative O:Neill's bill, H. r.
No. IS, a bill for IAN act requiring
RAILROADS. to .proxMe suitable and
! proper headlights 81 81 certain locomo.
tives, which was defeated at the last
two sessions passed the house on Fri
| day last. 1t is now in the senate
Under this bill all passenger locomo.
tives in the state must be equipped
with electric headlights.
Representative H. II. Dunns anti
trust bill, which is on general orders
in the house, is to be amended sc
! that it will not apply to labor organ
izations.
Passes Tuberculosis Bill.
The senate passed during the week
! the bill recommended by the Mime.
| sofa Society for the Prevention and
Relief of Tuberculosis, which enables
counties to establish and maintain
tuberculosis sanitoria. This bill wa:
introduced by Senators Froshaug anc
Boyle.
1t is said that this bill will en-
counter strong opposition in the
house, where Representative Stone
has taken strong position agains
county sanitoria and favors a state
colony of tuberculosis patients.
The bill requiring physicians to re
port all occupational diseases to the
; Bureau of Labor has passed bott
houses, was signed by the governor
and is now law.
President Hall OF the Minnesota
State Federation of Labor, is con
stantly at the capitol and is keeping
in close touch with the progress O.
! all labor legislation.
Eight-Hour Bill in Jeopardy.
The eight-hour bill for women an(
children has been amended to nine
hours. Even this amendment il
bringing forth much opposition
! Country hotel keepers and countr.
! merchants are being used by the
women and child labor employers o
the large cities to defeat the bill.
! Senator Van Hoven has introduced
in the senate a bill providing for /;
constitutional amendment to permi
the legislature to pass a 1aw fixing
a minimum wage scale for womel
and children There is a bill for :
law on this subject in the house ant
senate, which has been amended a
the suggestion of the attorney ger.
eral and which, in all probability
will pass at this session.
Organized labor has Is bills pend
ing before the legislature. 1t is be-
lieved most of these will become
laws.