The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04
NEW POOR MANS COURT SPURS
ON LAW IN PEOPLES BEHALF

appear TO be fresh. and it was only
after the inspector had patiently
watched her Cor several weeks that he
was able to catch her in the act. 1t
appeared that she had purchased SIS
worth of fish which had gone bad. and
conscious of the necessity Of providing
support for six fatherless children, she
disliked TO throw away the Ash. SO
she colored .hc gills.
Thursday Is q busy day and The work
liz OF an important nature. II is on
this day that the cases charging viola
tons of the labor law are heard. This
's n of the most far reaching laws
that We have In the State. Herein has
the State Of New York registered its
conscience with respect to child labor
and the conditions under which women
and children. to say nothing of men,
may lawfully work. Herein we find
the provision with respect to the pro-
lection against fires in factories. the
CONSTRUCTION and maintenance OF fac
tory buildings.
Laws of this sort arc not pcrma-
nent. Many factories In this State
erected prior TO 1913 in strict COM
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and state Of New York have been
found sadly wanting in costly require.
ments to comply with the new law of
that year. The man who has a net
loss from his building hesltatos long
before he spends five or six thousand
dollars or even n greater q for the
installation Of IA water sprinkler sys-
tenn or an expensive fire alarm system.
Many an owner who supposed he was
conducting an Office building il de-
cidedly surprised by the demand of the
Labor Department that he comply
with some factory regulation. After
consulting lawyers and the labor law
II appears that a few tenants under
long leases are really conducting fac
tories in the eye of the law and that
the building must he equipped with
extra means of fire escape or fire pro-
lection.
Then there are others who we'll
know that the factory buildings owned
by them arc not in condition to give
protection to the workers. Thev have
been Informed of the deficiencies and
have done nothing to remedy them.
and in man cases have transferred
title to some fake corporation to evade
thc Ith"r Jaw. They have little care
a. I" the couditi,GS under which the
iabor'rs work. Their sole idea being the
collection uf rent.
1t Is not always caey to- determine
~ which class a defendant belongs.
On the one hand Is the thought of
tho safety OF the WORKERS and on the
other TIA" desire 10 deal fairly and
Justly with the defendants. Tho laws
are constantly changed. IN tho ono
hand are recorded tho Efforts of tho
persons having the interests of the
'shoring classes at heart and on the
other hand the efforts IF the land
lords 10 prevent excessive and nm.
necessary demands bcin. made uuon
them. The Fire pc,nrtmon, and tho
Labor DnpartmuSt must taLo tho ,.u =
rs they MA them and enforce ,hem
and thi~ they arr doing with , zo,l
ana ability that few of our cit.zeus
realize.
l~ntcrspcrscd with these cases arc
the butchers. bakers aud grocer, VINO
have employed boys between II and
10 years OF age ON Saturday. and
after school. : me know VOL tina,
the boy should have his No-h.uu n.-
uers, but many iuuro wIu ar, lnr,-
cent Of any Enowlcdcc of In. r.puI.-
ton are greatly surprised maj A.,