Evening journal., 1919-03-05
TO KEEP UP fight
FOR NI.NIKUM wage
Committee of Hundred to
be Organized by Consum-/
ers League
ALL INTERESTS TO
BE INCLUDED IN III

Proposals for a committee OF one
/ hundred citizens OF the State, equally
representative OF employers. employees
land the general public, to organize the
movement for the new minimum wage
lblll FOR women which viii be intro
duced at the next Legislature, were out
( lined at the weekly legislative confer
cnce of the Consumers League OF Della
ware this morning The report in full
/ will be presented by the legislation
committee Of which Chas. l.. Candcc
is chairman, at the next meeting OF the
executive council Of the Consumers
League.
Referring 20 the Senate vote on the
minimum wage bill yesterday Dr. Can
dee said: Victory Is merely post
poned. The vote in The Senate repre-
scnts the temporary triumph OF in
ertla over what appears 10 be new
idea.
I'VE are well satisfied with the prog
ress made IN behalf Of The minimum
wage bill this session. We know that
the many friends we have made among
employers and the dislnterested public
Will not be lost. but that every month
VIII sec additions 10 the ranks Of those
who endorse the bill.
"Eycry day popular favor was in
creaslng with such splendid momentum
that we were not surprised that our
opponents had 10 make every effort 10
hasten action. One remarkable thing
about yesterdays discussion In the
Senate was The reference made by The
chairman Of the Senate labor committee
on the standard OF living OF certain for
clgn labor as compared with other
standards. ! thought that the mean
ing Of the recent Statewide campaign
for AmerlcanizatiOn was that American
standards were TO be advocated and
were 20 prevail; so 7 do not see what
cheap living on the part OF foreign
groups, imported or unimported, has 10
do with a living wage for American
women workers.
what greater enemy 10 industrial
and political stability can there be than
a body Of underpaid, socially sub-nor-
mai labor competing with workers
brought up In American schools where
American standards OF living are in
1.-THE Consumers League Of Delaware |
will not be alone IN Offering lmplacable |
TO such un-American argu-
ments.
"As for the special pleading OF the
canncrs-what IS the matter with our
state that Delaware cannot compete
with lndiana2 Is IL because toma-
growing methods will not compare
fayorably with other States2 The least
.sro rou do is 40 i'm nnrovo fha gveten,
whether IL be the lack Of modern ma
chinery for the soil, or for any other
reason. surely that would bo better
than obstructing a bill that would give
a living wage TO women and children.
"The recorded two votes in the Sen
ate and The unrecorded ten votes,
which in spite of opposition. wo are !
assured by competent legislative wit |
ness would have been accorded our bill |
IN the House had 1t come TO a vote |
here, are only the beginning Of the |
,r0wing public opinion which will |
AIRY this minimum wage bin TO Vie
ory on the tide Of popular consent
. The next Legislature.
AS was well expressed by President !,
Vilson-in almost these words the
ther day: He that would disregard /,
he incoming tide Of present events F.,
iii flnd himself thrown so far upon
he shore that he will feel himself
eparated forever from his human n
ind.
senator Robertson said yesterday: t,
rhe corpse has a kick in &C. Undoubt- :
dly the minimum wage bill Will be
card Of again"