The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-22
FOR The WOMEN
Have a Bill Regulating Hours
and Wages.
Must Receive at Least 50 per
Week.
YORK 8 HOURS A DAY
Bill Does Not Relate to Women
Working i'm Homes.
No Relief for Farmers Who
Lost Horses by Plague.

The women's clubs of Kansas are
behind the bill introduced in the house
today fixing the hours for women to
work and the least wages they shall
pe paid for certain labor The women
placed their o. K. on the measure
picked their friend to place it before
uhe legislature and will work for it
with all their influence of 25O,0OO new
votes to enter the next Kansas cam
palsn- 1t is a new and important lead
in the field of legislation. Mrs. Lila
Day Monroe, president of the women's
clubs of Kansas. said today: The bill
is primarily designed to protect the
working girl and to insure her a wage
that Will enable her to live a pure and
respectable and comfortable life"
The bill provides that it shall be I'M
ia"Iui Tor any corporation, firm or en-
ployer Whatever to employ girls or wo-
men TO work for less than 50 per week
or more han eight hours per day for
this wage. However. nothing in the
act shall be construed to relate to vyo-
men or girls who live and work in
private families where they have the
sheiter' board and protection of
home.
The bill provides further that for
each hour of overtime a woman shall
perform, Or hour of work on legal holt
days she shall be paid 1SK cents per
hour for such labor
Where the employee shall furnish
good room and board for women EN-
ployees he shall be required under this
Jaw 10 pay wages of not less than 81
week to such employees.
OF course the SO a week reouirepoent
is the minimum wage that NAV be
palo. A woman may receive as much
In excess of that sum as her skin and
capacity makes her worth to her en-
ployer.
The penalty for violation of the act
Is hne of from $25 to $1OO for the
nrst ofense or Imprisonment in the
county Jail of from 10 to 30 days. the
penalty to be doubled after the frst
oitense The procedure for violation of
the act Is the same as in criminal
cases, which is to say, the county at
torney shall prosecute the case upon
filing of complaint
stone, or Shawnee county n,inoritv
moor leader of the house introducad q
Dill today similar to the above in es-
sehIlal respects that he will champiou
Ior passage. Democrats and Republic
can leaders have expressed themseIye.
as favorable to such a bill and the
measure endorsed by the women is
pretty sure to pass with it's general
sections remaining unchanged.
erai different angles. the house Judiciary
committee has recommended the kfIIinp or
the Dill TO exempt the payment of taxes
on horses which died between tho davs OF
July and December l. 1872 This meas
.,it ure was offered to relieve farmers ~
western Kansas whose animals died IN
the recent horse epidemic But The
judiciary committee decided that the ac-
ton would be Illegal and reported with
that the bill be not
passed.
Perryman of Harvey county has offered
a bill calling for primaries for the noni-
nation of all candidates for city OFFICES
rms bill affects cities of all classes
The vicious dog bill has appeared again
Tyler OF Ftnney county is author of the
measure. He would provide that when
three days notice is given to the owner
or vicious dog, that in event the animal
is not properly chained and safeguarded
that any official shall not exceed MS
duty by killing the animal
Joe Satherwaite of Butler county intro
duced a bill which may create an inter
estfng fight before it finds a place on the
July and December /. 1912. This meas
which is marked introduced by re-
quest has teeth in it. The Butler coun-
ty man provides that 40 per cent of tie
taxpayers of any county. city, township
or district must sign petitions calling for
a bond election before any question of
bonded Indebtedness can be submitted to
the voters of the affected district.