Evening journal., 1916-02-16
TO ESTIMATE WAGES
FOR Girl TO LIVE ON
Consumers League TO Seek
Data OF Money Needs OF
Workingwomen
MISS TYING TELLS OF
PENNSYLVANIA WORK

\ meeting OF the Consumers League
Of Delaware was held yesterday after
noon in the New Century Club parlors
TO hear accounts of the work of the
league in this city and elsewhere. Miss
lying, field secretary Of the Consumers
League of Eastern Pennsylvania, was
the principal speaker to tell Of work in
other States.
Miss Margaret II. Shearman presided
and spoke briefly of various phases Of
league work, and called for volunteers
in any lines of work. She asked for
help in addressing envelopes and getting
out notices, and asked those who had
automobiles 10 offer 10 lend them occa-
sionally for an hour OF so.
Interesting reports were then given by
the chairman OF the standing commit
tees of the work of their committees.
Mrs. William Staniar told of the pre-
llminary investigation work that had
been done by her committee Ia prepara-
tion for a sanitary bill to be presented
at the next session of the Legisla ature
Many OF the Wilmington stores and fac
tories have been visited and conditions
have been found to vary from excellent
in some of the plants to some which
were mspcakablv bad II was reported
Miss Winifred Bach reported on
the activities of the Label Committee
and said that it had made a special
survey Of the label goods carried By
four Market street firms The mer-
chants are interested and willing TO
cooperate, she said.
Miss Spruance gave an interesting
account OF her visit to several fac
tories in New York which came up
to the standards set for label fac
'ories, Of the excellent conditions in
these factories and Of the fire drill
that was given for their benefit. As
chairman of the minimum wage com
mittee she asked for assistance in
gathering information that will hell
10 form an accurate estimate of tho
amount that a working girl. entirely
dependent on her own earnings, and
not subsidized by her own family OF
by charity, can live on. Miss SmythC
reported that the legislation commit
tee is a studying and receiving bu-
-eau this winter
Miss Blanche Swayne, Of the pub
lication committee said that the bul.
ietin, which had been sent 10 all the
members, spoke for itself Mrs. F. G
Tallman reported that a series oi
meetings had been held in the fall anC
that the next would be a drawingroon
meeting at the home OF Miss Heller
Garrett. on February %. in the inter
asts Of the National Child Labor Com
mittee, whose work would be pre-
sented by Miss Eschenbrenner, mem
bership secretary for the committee
Miss Bird gave brief review of tn
report Of the ten-hour law inspector
saying that because Of a delay in tn
publication OF the State Board %
Healths report, il was not circulate
and read as il deserved. Miss Bir
also told Of the session of the Ameri
ran Association for Labor Leglsla
ton that she had attended in Wash
ington during December and Of III
annual meeting of the National Con
sumers' League. in Cleveland, las
November.
Miss Tying told of the work of th
Pennsylvania League. particularly {
The fight that it had carried on IN tn
last Pennsylvania Legislature, whe
various attacks had been made on th
Woman's Labor Law that had bee
passed in 1913 The most Of the me-
laws or amendments would hav
nullifed the law and practically a
Of them were defeated but not witt
out strenuous efforts on the part {
the league and those interested
protecting the women workers. Mis-
Tyng told interestingly of her wor
i'm New York in connection with th
Women's Trade Union Leagu and wit
the Joint Board of Sanitary Contro
which inspects sanitary conditions
the clothing trades.