Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-11
/ CHANCE FOR
APPRENTICES
Bill Befors Legislature ' ouId
Throw Down Union Bars
tFrom the NEWS Correspoadent)


Trenton, March 11.-There was q
lot of excitement yesterday after
noon at the hearing before the Re-
vision of Laws Committee OF the As
sembly on Assembly Bill 368, by
Fischer, of Essex county, prohibit
ing labor unions from limiting the
number of apprentices in any trade.
The object of the measure Is to
throw open all trades to unlimited
apprenticeships, which the labor
unions contend would lower wages.
/ The chief advocates Of the bill were
Mrs Harriet Fisher Andrew, of this
city, who has won world fame
through her success In conducting
the Eagle Anvil Works here and by
travelling around the world in an
automobile and J. William Foster,
head of the New Jersey Manufac-
turers' Association, and manager of
the Straus Woolen Mills In East
Trenton, where the children s
strike" is now in progress One of
the leading opponents of the meas
ure was William Hogan, an officer
of the Structural Iron Workers
Union.
AS Mr.. Hogan began his attack on
the bill he said he had no dynamite
In his pockets and no one present
need be fearful of being blown up.
He charged that Manager Foster
tried to coax the little girls on strike
back to work in his mill by offering
them candy. Hogan was particular
ly bitt sr in his remarks against Fos-
ter. In summing up his argument,
Hogan called attention to the two
sides as they were aligned on the
measure.
II call your attention." he said,
ITO the brazen afrontory of those
who advocate the passage of this
bill. On Thursday, Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday attended meetings
here in Trenton. Meetings of little
girls who ought either to be at home
with their mothers, or in school,
who were on strike against the man
whose mana ger offered them candy
to return to work, after they had
struck against the low wages they
are receiving"
Mr.. Foster was fin command o.
the advocates of the bill, so that he
drew fire from many OF the labor
men who spoke against the measure.
Anthony Spair. representing the
Potters' Union of this city, declared
that the interests that wanted this
bill would take the children from
the breasts of their mothers and put
them into factories for profit. "The
Manufacturers Association" con-
tinued Spair, referring to Mr.. Fos-
ter could do better than send rep
resentstiyes here who do not pay
wages"
Hugh Riley one of the arhitrat tors
In the recent Porcelain Strike here,
spoke against the bill.
Mrs. Andrews, whom Ii Hung
Chang the famous Chinese states
man characterized as the foremost
American woman, enthusiastically
urged the passage of the bill She
entered into controversy with sew
eral speakers and once, when asked
there were union machinists III
aser shops. she replied: "In lily shop?
Not on your sweet life"
James A. Emery, of Washing
ton, was introduced by Mr.. Foster to
speak for the bill. He appeared for
the Manufacturers Associat ton and
made strong plea TO the committee
to prevent what he claimed was the
strength that would prohibit boys
from learning trades. He likened
this labor situation relating to ap-
prentices to the Antitrust question
which caused the enaction of the
Seven Sisters" corporation laws.