The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-04
LABOR FAR[|D
RATHER WELL
INLEG|SLAT|0N
Ninety.Two Laws In Its In
terest Were Passed
This Year
Two NATIONAL Laws
Review Of the Work Done
BY Eleven Legisla-
lures
THO Q NATIONAL LAWS
ny Associated pressl

NEW Worry, Sept. 4.-Ninety two
iebof Iawp have been passed by Con.
Eregs and state legislatures during
me past legislative year, according to
q buryey which was made public to.
night BY the American Association for
Labor Legislation on the eve Of La
I Dor day. ssThe most significant items
~ this legislation," says the Secre.
RfE d.. John B. Andrews, ARE two
RATIONAL laws, one prohibiting the ship
'ment IN Interstate Of foreign com.
MERGE of certain products In the prep
1rstions of which the labor Of children
1a4 Neen employed, and the other pro-
@idinH Il model scale Of workmen's
compengatton Tor personal injuries
5nong federal employees which there
NJ now more than 100000.
Severed hundred labor bills were
introduced into Congress this year"
Be. andrews adds, while eleven state
legleietures In spite Of the reaction
kronnd ont their share OF the annual
The Associations summary of the
Uore important items of labor leg
8latiop IN various states follows:
Three states. Maryland. Massachu.
oetts and South Carolina concerned
>henselves with the legal regulation
o. collective bargaining. In Maryland
: stkte board is authorized to prescribe
xnes OF procedure for arbitration of
Industrial disputes including power to
conduct investigations and hold hear,
mgs TO summon witnesses and enforce
4heir attendance to require the produc.
ton OF books, documents and papers,
md hdminister oaths, exercising these
Powers to the same extent that such
ppWers are possessed by the civil
courts Of the state. South Carolina
created q board Of three members IT,
Investigate and TO prom te agreement
"a strikes and lockouts at the rate of
Ten dollars per day each. Massachu.
eetts amended her law regulating the
prsecurfng of strjketreakers
During the year seven OF the eleven
etates holding regular legislative sos.
1ions passed new or strengthened old
lAws AFFECTING child labor. Shorter
hours, a higher minimum age, prohibit.
Hon Of night work and exclusion from
hazardous employment are the main
ilendencies. South Cardinal raises the
minimum work age from twelve to
f6urteen, while Massachusetts, and
Rev Jersey make special provision for
pupils who study part.time in voca.
tion61 schools and work part time.
t'Impel1ed by recent accidents in
New Jersey, she has Joined the list Of
etates requiring passenger elevators
- have interlocking device automati.
caliy preventing movement Of elevator
gnM shaft door Is locked and secure.
~ fastened. z;
Following the limitation Of working
hours on public work to eight a day
"a the majority Of states. Massachu.
betts this year provides for her public
employees In the further limitation OF
me forty-eight hour week. In private
employment several states place add.
tinne1 safeguards around the employ.
meut OF women and children during
theN Christmas shopping season, and
MASSACHUSETTS Is to investigate the
1oesibinties OF one day Of rest in sew.
m tor employees in hotels and restau
Legislation authorizing public EN-
Daoyment bureaus in Maryland the reg
4iaton ofsprivate agencies in Virginia
ana the creation Of bureau of farm
eeettiement for immigrants in New
FORK g. supplemented by the Califor
nia legislatures endorsement of the
Emitted States department of Labor
Escommendation that the public land
cslnres be so regulated as to insure
me Eettled the entire product Of his
ScNth Carolina and Virginia patched
~ their employees liability laws while
Eentuky enacted the most progressive
Eorkmenss compensation law in any
southern state. Louisiana, Maryland
lassachusetts. New Jersey and New
York strengthened their compensation
ews without, however, equalling the
sew national law for injured federal
employees which Is termed the most
6cientific and most liberal workmen's
Sompensation law in the world Mary
3and enacted mothers pension Law
md Massachusetts created a commits
CionS on social insurance to study sick
1ess unemployment and old age and
20 recommend insurance legislation
1ext January.
The REORGANIZATION and unificatior
~ the administration Of labor laws
continues, the most noteworthy chang
90 this year being In Maryland and
Eew jersey where steps were taken
toward sconsolidatio OF factory and
1nspection Of workmen's compensation
1dministration."
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