Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-06
IMPROVED LABOR !
LAWS ARE SOUGHT
American Association for La
Dor Legislation Announces
Program for 1913.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.--Foilowing ne
success of its efforts, to have Congress
enact a law preventing the mannfae.-
ture of phossy jaw MATCHES the
American Association for Labor Leg
islation in It's quarterly Review, is-
sued today, proposes as a part of its
legislative program for 1913 the pro-
vention of lead poisoning in this eoun-
try. The Review shows the remedy
for lead poisoning to be as simple al
the evils it will combat are complex.
Cleanliness of workrooms and work.
ers, the use of hoods and exhausts to
eliminate fume and lead dust will do
here what they have done in England
and Europe and what they are now
doing in Illinois.
Results of investigations of COM
parable American and foreign fac
tories are set down in parallel col
umns A German whitehead factory
shows two cases Of plumbism
among $50 men. An American
whitehead factory shows 20 cases
among l42 men. An English
white and red-lead factory eTn-
ploying 90 men shows no cases OF
poisoning in five successive years;
similar American factory shows 30
men loaded in six months, among
force of So. Drawing upon the richer
experience of Europe and upon such
facts as are available here, q one
day-rest-in-seven law is also pro-
posed. The usual Sunday laws are
shown not to be effective in the pro-
hibition of even-day work in such in
dustries as must be carried on with
out interruption every day or the week.
A Encouragement of shifts under a six
day week is the remedy advocated.
/ Scientists, physicians, economists ana
employers are quoted, to the effect
that one day of rest in seven is essen
tial to hygienic living and advanta-
geous from an economic point of view,
and an investigation on behalf of the
shareholders of an English railroad Is
cited showing that the rule OF hftys
| two days of rest per year in the rail-
roads of Switzerland has helped more
than any other cause to reduce. accl-
dents due to fault of employees by os
per cent, and to prevent 70 per cent.
of bodily injuries.
Another plank in the years legs.
| lative program is a revision OF N
Federal employees compensation ae
The association is initiating legisla
ton and supplying standard bills re-
the four parts of its program re-
viewed above 1t offers to cooperate
with others and supplies the essen
| tial facts for securing effective legis-
llation on four other subjects of inn
portance. First of these is the ex-
tension of State compensation or in
| surance laws for industrial injuries.
! A fund of material is collected and
tabulated in relation to the protec-
| ton of women workers. AS graphi-
cally shown by map sixteen states
still have no limitation of hours, and
| in eighteen States the limits are only
| from sixty to seventy hours. =
Two striking colored and shaded
maps of the United States are used
to illustrate the fact that inefficient
| factory inspectors are the rule, and
| that in the awhole country there are
but 425 inspectors to take care of $685.
| 491 establishments spread over an
area Of 5O7 square miles and en-
| gaging an average of 6.616,046 wage-
earners Only in Illinois, Massachu-
| sets. New York, New Jersey and
Wisconsin are inspectors under civil
| service rules, while no such partial
Safeguard, or even any previous train
| ing is required in twenty-one States.