Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-03-18
Senate Passes 10 Hour
Law Without Amendments

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work 50 hours a week for six week Of
the year, but it was defeated even
more decisively than the others. IL
nays to yeas
All the amendments were offered
on the floor Of the Senate. the bill
having been reported favorably by the
committe as II came from the House
with the understanding that amend
ments could be offered on the open
floor and could be voted on separately.
Just as Reading Clerk McNabb
finished reading the bill. Senator
Pierce offered his amendment to limit
the application o; the proposed law
only to New Castle county Senator
Gormley Immediately objected
1T seems that every measure that
Is progressive in its tendencies is
looked upon as treason if its pro-
visions are Statewide" he said.
"Whilo conditions may differ some
what in Kent and Sussex from New
Castle, Kent and Sussex counties are
as much an integral part OF the State
as is New Castle county If q ten
hour-law IS good for women working
ia New Castle County why is il not
good for women working in Kent and
Sussex counties? Isn't human nature
the same the state over? Let it be
known that when Delaware adopts a
ten hour law it is adopted for the
entire state and not one little section
Of the state"
In support Of his amendment Mr..
Pierce submitted that conditions DIFF
fered in the lower counties from New
Castle county, particularly the city
Of Wilmington. He said that ten
hour law would work a hardship TO
the Caulk dental laboratory In Mil
ford where girls worked from Z 80 ~
the morning. with an hour for lunch
until in the afternoon and then after
an hour for supper they work until
nine at night u is impossible. ne
said, for this company to get enough
holp TO get out the work in the day
time. and the passage of the pending
bin might interfere with the company
/ filling some OF its contracts I'm hand
] Senator Pierce, in response TO Mr.
Gormlcy's question. said the girls
worked willingly and received extra
pay for their night work
81 do not propose to duck the maio
question OF a ten hour bill, and will
vote against this amendment an
nounced President pro tenn Marshall
! from the chair. ct is TO meet just
such conditions as these that we ncod
a law to limit the hours of employ
ment for women
The vote was 70 yeas to nays
Carter David Ellison. Ewing. Fur
Miss. Gormley. Harris. Relnhardt
I Walker, Walls, Williams and Mar.
shall voting against IT, and Anderson
Fooks, Hazel and Pierce voting for il
Some of the persons in the big
crowd remarked that the dental com.
pany referred TO is owned mostly Il
not all. by DR.. G.. Layton Grier anC
Dr. Frank Grier, who we're mos
active leaders in the Allee-LaytoT
Progressive party in the last cam
paign which pretended to stand foi
much progressive and reform legisla
ton. and that George 3. Hynson, whit
was the nominee for Governor OF tina
party is a business manager of tn
company.
Senator Reinhardt next offered hi
amendment to permit females In re
tail stores to work 70 hours a da
for the six working days preceding
Christmas. In moving the adoption
of the amendment Mr. Reinhard
said that while no one abhorred tn
Christmas rush more than he dil
still he believed that the retail mer
chants in Wilmington we're entities
to the amendment. He said that ate
considering it fully he had decided Z
support IT,
at looks as though amendment
we're being offered to the bill to xii
it," exclaimed Senator Furniss. II
said he had heard it explained an
thought It was one of the grandcs
bills before the assembly.
christmas for everybody but tn
tired shop girl exclaimed Senate
Gormley.
How can we expect the shop cir
to have any Christmas spirit left il
her after ~ hours work i'm ST.
days?" he asked? "Who is the inst
gator OF this amendment
Market street merchants" reptile
Mr.. Reinhardt He then read tele
grams from e. S. r. Butler, Il. +
Hanna, r. II. Steinle and d. B
Jones, Co.
"Who are the merchantsg' Nj
Gormley insisted. "They are only foul
small percentage of the Whining
ton merchants.
They are represented by Hhili
L. Garrett" was the answer of Mr.
Reinhardt
Mr.. Mooney, the author of the bi
was given the privilege OF the foo
and said that the pending amendmen