Evening journal., 1913-03-04
MISS CAREY ANSWERS
EDITORS CRITICISM

To the Editor OF THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
In reply to the editorial headed,
eNo Such Conditions Here" publish
cd IN the Every Evening of Saturday,
March lst. it may be of interest to the
Editor OF the Every Evening TO konw
that the writer. in an address made
Friday evening. February 2Sth, at the
New Century Club. made absolutely
no reference to local labor condi-
tions. She made the statement that
"if the bill now pending before the
Legislature were passed with the
amendments that the Chamber OF
Commerce has suggested, It would be
the worst law to limit the working
day of women ever enacted In this
country"
The problem that perpleXes the
mind OF the writer is what the editor
OF the Every Evening means. After
the quotation attributed TO the writ
er. that in case the law passed with
the amendments suggested by the
Chamber Of Commerce conditions
Tor working women in Delaware
would be worse than they are now
In any other state of the Union the
Editor continued. "Then let MS have
no law at all We know that con
ditions for working women I'm this
state are not at all bad To quote
again. 1--WE know that the enactment
al the pending measure would In
many cases Interfere with highly sat-
isfactory conditions of short hours
and make them harsh and unsatisfac-
tory Assuredly we do not want a
law which would make conditions
here worse than In any other States,
The editor must mean by the pend
ing measure the bill with the pro-
posed amendments, as the writer did
in her speech.
Again quoting from the editorial,
~And vet we should have a law In
this state defining ten hours as the
legal DAYS work for women" Splen-
did The Every Evening is with u.s.
The editorial continues, 'ln view
of the irrecOncilable controversy
that has arisen over the subject, let
the members of the Legislature con-
tent themselves with passing a brief
statute to this effect and leave other
matters onen to future consideration.
No harm could be done by pursuing
such a policy" The wrOter is quite
at sea. VIII the Editor of the Every
Evening kindly explain to one who
"essayed to dispute with prominent
and reputable citizens Of Wilmington,
members OF the Chamber Of Com
merce. i'm respect of the kind of leg
islation that Is needed in Delaware,
IN regulation of the working hours
of women" whether he is the fear.
less champion or the irreconcilable
opponent OF a maximum ten hour
day?
To return for a moment TO the
question OF conditions. The writer
has carefully refrained from making
any statement in regard to local
labor conditions, on account OF the
fact that she Is not a resident OF
Delaware and has not had an oppor-
tunity. to make a thorough study OF
the same She has, however, made
remarkable discovery. which
throws a good deal of light on the
question Delawares position Is uni.
que in that two contradictory facts
are true about the States industrial
conditions 1st. There is no over
work of women in Delaware I'd
"Such a drastic measure as a max.
imum ten hour day law would ser.
lously retard the industrial develop
ment of the State
Once again the writer falls 10 fol-
low the argument
(Signed) Margaret Townsend Cary.
: Wilmington, Del, March 3.