Evening journal., 1913-02-15

lids hNch oD VAbth pOiANSh ObNt IiieAihSilf ,
that it would affect only mercantile,
mechanical and manufacturing estab- |
laundries and bake shops,
printing offices and telefone and tele-
graph Offices and exchanges The law
would affect The Star printing plant,
but for the general good we would
submit to its requirements.
The basis Of the proposition is human
ity, and that is broad enough to fur
nish standing room for us all, no mat
ter what our various callings may be.
Last Sunday we quoted some of our
local physicians upon the subject. To-
day we add to those quotations. DR..
Owen c. Spear, in reply to the ques-
tion as to how often he has observed
sickness and lack of vitality among
his patients as a result of overwork
in factories and stores, tersely re-
plies: "See it every day." and he
adds that he thinks the working wo-
men in Wilmington should have the
protection of ten hour law.
DR.. S. c. Frederick also writes to
the same effect and declares emphat-
ically in favor of ten hour law.
Dr. Willard E. Smith writes that
in his opinion eight hours day
would be long enough for women be-
tween fifteen and forty-five years of
age to work in factories and stores,
and that it is certainly injurious for
them to work longer than ten hours.
He adds that he has frequently OBJ
served among his patients the bad eff
fects of industrial overwork.
Sir Thomas Oliver, the leading au-
thority Of the English-speaking world
on work and health, gives his impress
sions of American industries, in re-
spect to industrial overwork by wo-
men, and concludes:
"The American nation will have
lost considerably by having utilized in
the production of mere material
wealth the best years of a great part
of its available womanhood, when the
nation itself is so much in need OF
sons and daughters born under the
flag and reared in the traditions ol
all that has made the United State:
progressive, powerful and enduring.
The congregation Of Westminstel
Presbyterian Church has come ou
strong for the ten hour law, eighty
seven members having signed peti
tion for its passage.
The members of the Second Baptis
Church, to the number Of fifty-one
headed by the Rev. Thomas p Hollo
way, have signed a petition in favo
of the law; and the Delaware Division
Of the International Sunshine Societ
has passed resolutions to the same ei
feet.
Rev. DR.. William Temple writes
Legislation for the protection o
working women is much needed in ou
State. Your bill promises to secur
this, while not interfering undul
. with the needs Of our factories an
E shops"
: The Young Women's Christian A,
, sociation goes on record by resolutio
5 favoring the bill. Also the physician
, and nurses Of the Delaware Hospit;
z come strongly to the assistance Of tn
t measure.
S From the DUPONT Building comes
e. petition Of the same import signed b
+ sixty-six business men having Office
e in that structure.
e Union No. 634, Of the Painter
e Decorators and Paper Hangers ,
Delaware, has passed resolutions SUI
e porting the proposed ten hour lay
d and fifty-six individuals of the o
= ization have signed a petition to u
= Legislature asking that the law !
il passed.
j. The Plasterers' Union, No. 3S, hi
r put itself con record as favoring
e law limiting the work in Delaware
l. not more than ten hours in any ol
= day." and it requests the General A
10 sembly to enact such a law.
Ie The brewers are also lending assis
q ance, and Local Union No. 267, h
p passed resolution favoring the la
i while the United Brewery Workm
ct have forwarded petition with fort
ID eight signatures to the Ten Ho
l. Committee urging the proposed pi
m lection to working women.
er Ex-President Roosevelt has writ
Or to Miss Marian G. Durham, Of t
or Ten Hour Law Committee, as follow
r; only Dear Miss Dunham: c,
be daily hope that you will succeed
n passing that ten hour law for WON
be in the State Of Delaware. Persona
ne / should like to see an eight hour Il
e. passed. cannot understand h
t. there can be any opposition to I
u hour law. 1t will seem incredible
our descendants that we hesitated
To- put such law on the books"
he While this letter will be to some
es our good people here as a red rag
nd a bull, that fact does not in the lei
ed weaken its intrinsic force, and in +
SO, years we shall all be wondering
ic- the opposition to a measure in beh
'rt Of our women which even falls I
he hours short of the benefits in the W
Of protection from overwork that I
no already secured to our men. In 4
De- there is NOT a single valid object