The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-07-17

discounts on their own coupons redeem
ed for cash as explained
Some one will say, why has this con-
dition been let exist SO long without an
outcry of protest from the labors and
citizens? will answer the question:
The saw mill laborers here and citizens
of this place are law abiding, long suf-
fering, and patient, and have waited
all OF this time for the company to vol
unfairly make right its wrong system
of doing business. and treatment of its
employees. but there seems to be no in
dication in sight that the company ever
intends doing so. Then, what remedy
can be applied that will change this
condition, and meet out justice to all?
| will show you. Mind you, the laws
of our State for the protection of the
rights of labor have been and are being
wilifully and persistently disregarded.
Back to the remedy: Let me quote
you the lazy from Act Is of the Gener-
al Assembly of Louisiana of the regu-
lar session of 1914.
Section L. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of Lou
isiana, That every corporation, COM
pany, association, partnership, or indi-
vidual person engaged in manufacture
ing of any kind in this State, employ
ing as many as ten (10) or more en-
ployees, and every public service cor
poration doing business in this State,
shall be required to make full payment
to employees for services performed as
often as once every two weeks, or
twice during each calendar month,
which pay days shall be two weeks
apart as near as practicable, and such
pay days or settlement shall include all
amounts due for labor or services per-
formed up to not more than seven DAYS
previous to the time of payment.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc., That any corporation, or member
of the board of directors of a corpora
ton, foreman, manager, overseer, or
paymaster of any company, corpora
ton, association or partnership or other
person having employees under his con-
troll. who violates the provisions of this
act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not more than two numbered and
fifty dollars, and may be imprisoned
for not less than ten day nor more than
sixty days, or both at the discretion
of the court, for each offence, and each
days violation.
.'Section 8. Be it further enacted,
etc., That all laws in conflict herewith.
be, and the same are hereby repealed. I"
This is very plain law. and beg re-
specially to call the attention of our
Honorable court and the grand jury to
the conditions that prevail here, and
the violation of the laws of our State
that have been permitted to go on un-
checked and UNPUBLISHED for many
months, working great hardships on
the many honest, law abiding laboring
men to swell the incomes of a greedy
few.
The several other lumber manufac-
turing companies of this parish have
been paying their employees bi-month-
ly every since last year soon after the
law became effective. and, so far as
have been able to find out, not another
lumber company in this State is violat-
ing this twice month pay day law.
Many of the mills are paying their en-
ployees every week and some few are
paying every day.
Will the violation of the law be long,
er permitted here? G. A. FOSTER.