The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-04
wealth Insurance, Hours and
Minimum Wages Es-
tablished.

New York, Sept 4-Protective
standards for labor have been sue
cessfully upheld against attempts to.
suspend them during the war and
substantial gains have been made In
new legislation to safeguard still fur
Their the nations industrial army, ac-
cording to the summary of labor laws.
enactetf HdSffffHs fe1Fih ~ states and
in Congress, Just issued by the Ameri-
can Association for Labor Legisla-
ton.
srUpon the entrance of the United
States into the great world war, legal
projections for the workers were
threatened by an ill-advised rush for
results says the secretary, DR.. John
B. Andrews, "but the nation-wi
campaign in which leading civic and
Observation-Disclosures Joined forces to
maintain existing standards in the in
terest both of maximum production
and of human conservation, has re-
suited in notable success. Efforts to
set aside labor's hard-won standards
on the mistaken plea of war necessity
haxe been almost completely checked.
The years grist Of labor legislation
shows progress, and indicates that
protective laws for labor are regarded
by legislators not as a matter of SEN
timent but of sound economics. Wo-
IIl8n nOQIS nave DCCA 1OoASCa 80
: eight states, mems hours in mines in
two. One additional state enacted
minimum wage legislation, making
twelve in all. and two more have set
fnvesti eating commissions to work
on the problem. Eve new states
enacted workmen.sr compensation laws
3 In eight states official commissions
are studying universal health insur-
ance, the next big step in American
labor legislation"
Health Insurance
The movement for universal work
mems health insurance has made rap
i'd strides. The official commissions
u OF Massachusetts and California,
which made favorable reports early
IN 1917. have been continued for adj
ditinal study with q view to public
education and legislation New int
vestigating commissions were created
In Connecticut, Illinois, Ohio, Penn
syvania, and Wisconsin.
Hours
For women, Nevada and Montana
established an 8-hour esy in many
occupations and Ohio reduced daily
hours from 10 to 9. New York ex-
tended its 9-hour day and 54-hour
week to restaurants. i New Hamp-
shire cut one hour off the previous
55-hour maximum while Nevada set
a 56-hour limit, and Connecticut a
58-hour maximum In certain employ
ments- Both Delaware and Ohio re-
stricted women's work to 6 days a
week, and the New York statute to
this effect now applies also to restau-
rants The only state to permit a
general lengthening of legal working
time for women was Wyoming, which
- weekly maximum from
Sc TOGO hours War conditions, how
ever, led New Hampshire to except
from its women's hour law manufac-
turers Of munitions for the United
States during war times, and Oregon
and California excluded from their g.
hour laws women engaged in the pre-
paration of fruit, vegetables. and fish
For men, Kansas and Washington sci
up an 8-hour day in mines.
Labor Standards In War Time
-Misakenpsze at the entrance OF
the- limited. States fx1t0f the war led tc
the introdsictioh OF bills In some leg
islatures designed to break down la
Dor standards In addition to laws OF
this type described under Hours
Connecticut and New Hampshire gave
their governors power to suspend la
Dor regulations on request of the
Council of National Defense Yer.
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y.
w.. .ts,,sst4- .-.o..,.n1 1870 an.
$svs r,ar.se.s i, =. $50 o..sneo 1..ooaro =
t.s,~ss,.-,,e. 80. suspe . II
- go se-''s aAsof noearins-
Hmum wage
Arizona established minimum
wage OF 80 a week for women IL
stores ana 1actorles Illinois ant
Nortn Dakato established commits
sions to investigate wages and othe,
ccnolrlons OF women In industry.
Safety and Health
EIevan stata s+ran.+han.a ~.
child labor law. mainly hv
SO ,fn1its ertard,rg ax;st,,s $500 $50.
lions - 49, -, 49,, 49,.
eninv hours ryaxas - go 80
eraI stafI,ta aatti,,g 1E.~..~ =.
mum are for Factories .nd- Var-,on
provided for issuanca ~ -rao,,1a+;on
in Conformity wifi, those 81 ths~ fsde-
al child labor act which want int 81
feet Sent. with an anrronria+ion - =
$3.50 900 for its enforcey,,ent Ka-sa
and New Hamnabire IaJisra+a.5 =,
factory safepuards Taxas -, e. -,
capea. New Jer-ev ~, 80 eeaIs,ss
lMontana nm aiactric.1 s.,a,.s*,.~ IL ma5
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