Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-04-17

4OPOhds nC OuOJOOI VI a
wage in Kansas for women employees
will be studied and investigated, and
classification of pay recommended
according to industry by Miss Lima
Bresette of Topeka, newly appointed
deputy state factory inspector. The
matter of maximum hours also will
be inquired into and specific recon-
mendations will be made.
The new labor bureau law passed
at the last session provides for the
appointment by the state labor com.
missioner of a woman deputy factory
inspector, whose duty it will be to in
spect the working conditions of wom-
en- employees. The labor bureau has
made reports annually upon the wage
and hour conditions of men employees.
Miss Bresette will now make a SINH
lar study of the wages paid to women
employed in the state and their work
ing hours. The results will appear
in the next annual report of the labor
commissioner. 1t will be for the bene-
fit of the next legislature, and for all
persons interested in the matter.
The scope of work of the woman
deputy is very wide. In all factories,
workshops, stores and other places
where women are employed, she is to
inspect these matters:
Safeguards on machinery and all
appliances.
Light, including everything from the
kind and quality of artificial lighting
to the washing of windows.
Whether the work places are suffi-
ciently heated
Whether there is sufficient ventila-
ton. She may compel the installa-
ton of artificial means of ventilation,
both as to bringing in and exhaust
ing air.
Sanitary conditions of working
places.
HYGIENE conditions. One of the
chief points this covers is the sweep
ing of floors properly and not when
IllO NOlubI are at WOTh.
To see that women employees are
provided with seats.
To prevent the employment of chill
dren under IA years of age, and to
see that those working between the
ages of IA and 16, have an hour off
between Z in the morning and in
the evening, and that their occupa-
ton is not dangerous to life or limb,
health or morals. This also includes
the enforcement of the law prevent
ing children from appearing upon the
stage.
Miss Bresette Is a graduate of the
Topeka high school and of the Kansas
State Normal at Emporia. She has
been teacher in the Topeka schools
ten years. She was a supervisor OF
junior chautauquas of lyceum cir.
cult last summer. She is affiliated
with the Stenographers, Typists,
Bookkeepers and Assistants union.
Governor Hodges has named the
Kansas delegation to the National
Good Roads convention. The conven-
tion will be held at Birmingham, Ala,
April "a and 25. The delegates are
expected to pay their own expenses
for the trip. The delegates are: o. NJ.
White, Emporia; F. G. Trigg, Kan
sas City, Dave Ely, Larned; c. f.
Pettijohn, Olathe; ]. b. Sheridan, Pa
ola; Herbert Lardner, Fort Scott; T.
j. O'Neill, Usage City; Charles Barnes,
Topeka; Frank Miller, Ottawa Ralph
Faxon, Wichita; Tom Sweeney, Law.
renee; George Harmon, Valley Falls;
Rich Hale, Edgerton; John II. Osborn,
Gardner; Burr Taylor, De Soto; j. d.
Waters, Bonner Springs; James Nc
Crumb, Atchison; j. e. Brogan, COT
feyville; G. w. Henderson, Coffey.
vile; Charles Scott, Hutchinson; H.
Fl. Taylor Hutchinson; John C. Mich.
olson, Newton; John G. Worthington,
Emporia; 10. H. Harmon, Cottonwood
Falls; C.. O'Neill, Waverly; Bert Lo-
gan, Quenemo; e. e. Frizell, Larned;
X. e. Torrance, Lebo; A. f. Battey,
Florence; C. |. McGregor, Olivet; w.
l.. Whiting, Council Grove; Webb
Ray, Delavan; Doctor Mott, Herring.
ton; f. e. Pringle, Burlingame: Doc.
tor Geary, Wilsey; Bert H. Rogers,
Olathe.
Governor Hodges is hunting for two
Kansas men, each with $1,000 who
want to take a trip to Europe, visit
numerous European countries and
study cooperative systems in use
there, attend big agricultural meet.
ing and be entertained by the king
and queen of Italy
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Fifty universities and colleges in
all corners of America have gradu.
ates and former students enrolled at
the University of Kansas. Registrar
George o. Foster gave out statistics
showing that one student out OF every
three enters X. U. with advanced
standing.
The governor appointed the follow