Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-15
HOW ABOUT
THEIR POLICY
(Nogales oasis.l


IN their subsection to the radical
demands Of certain elements in Ari-
zona the legislators Of the state are
paving the way to a condition o. ar
fairs which will throw out Of employ
men: many wage working women.
viii disorganize domestic HELM in All
paris Of the state, or force thousands
Of women and families to become OPP
en- breakers of the law
Bills aiming at regulation Of the
hours Of labor and remuneration II
working women, under pressure Of
the latOr unions, are being rushed to
enactment. and there is every prob
ability hat they viii be written in
the statues by the time this reaches
the eye OF the reader. The ain and
object Of the proposed laws is 20 make
au eight hour day for all women who
work, whether in stores, factories or
I IN homes at domestic service, and also
/ 20 establish minimum wage or vO-
men wEO work for their living. It is
proposed in one of the acts referred
! 70 that the minimum wage shall be
| t. euty-three cents an hour. In Co
nestle sGlyice such laws would be in
tolerate. No household can he con
ducUed with eight hours work. N o.
I CIR - I,r,I aIe and serve .ke reals 10
men Who work but ight hours per
1 day those who 90 that kind IF work
( have 60: TO have a longer WORK day.
/ or ii each household there must be
Two shifts of workwomen, which ad-
ditional expense but few households
| in the state can stand. And man o.
| those women who 90 into domestic
| service are not worth twenty three
| cents per hour in any household Ale
over Arizona and particularly In tie
| towns along the border, there are large
| number Of MeXicaus of what is known
| as the peOn class, the women Of which
accept domestic service OF limited
| intelligence, q very sligat disposition
/ 70 self eEertiOn. and no desire for self
! improvement, their services are net
It ell satisfactory, yet they are put
| p with for want Of any one better.
They are paid usually from three to
| three dollars and a half a week, and
| they are worth no more than that,
| even though they are in the house
and giving attention to the simple
d. ties they can master ten OF twelve
| hours daily. To compel their m,Ioy.
| ers to pay them twenty-thTee cents
/ per hour and then limit lhs day 10
| eight hours, would throw them or
Of employment. and subject 10 great
Il Inconvenience hundreds OF household
employing them.
Then the women Who are employ
ed in stores, Offices. etc. are not all
n employed under the conditions that
can stand such changes as are sure
H TO ensue from the radical legislation
|, proposed. That has been shown
II where such legislation has been en-
II forced. It has thrown womea ogt Oi
employment and substituted men in
IN their places.
II Widows and families to support
II daughters the sole support OF tgsd
parents, and many others VIII ira DO
II ing work at fair compensation, have
1 had TO give way 10 men, on account
Of such legislation, because the law
\ permits a man to work ten hours OF
II more if the eXigencies Of the business
u Co aul L., and the women whOse day
I is limited to eight hours has had 70
/ give way TO a man who is bound by
no such limitation In this connee
tion the working woman to the Pres
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