El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-22
FL PASO WAGE
HEARING ENDS
Witnesses Assert Girls
Must Have SIS to SIS a
Week to Pay Expenses.

MluSb nave pLC W qAS 9,
Week to Pay Expenses.
"A girl Who works with reasonable
efficiency fun time six days q week
IN entitled to a fair and reasonable
rare 10 live decently and comforts
bIv. hut she must contribute in IN
creased wealth by her labor the worth
nj that wage before she Is entitled 70
get It. II she Is not contributing the
worth OF that wage she Is q burden
and society must train her In EN-
cheney"
The foregoing was a someWha< new
idea. brought out from r c Taylor OF
the FL Paso Scnool OF Mines, rom
Vvhat hsa been previously advanced a.
tts hearfnz before the Texas inQus-
trial welfare commission AZ l-s -
session Friday afternoon N e-I-
testimony regarding wages - -, 49,
ing and living conditions IN II Faso'
io5l-iDe- ~ the establishment OF min
imum wage for women ana minors - ~
fhs ssrvfce OF telephone companies
mercantile establishments, Iaclofles
and laundries.
Mutual Obligation
This view OF mutual oollEal,lon Pc
messed By 1Ir. Taylor was, as he saloi
"an economic principle" acknoVs leos-
10 -Tao the obliEaticn OF society 70
~ --r-1-er and OF the WORKER 70 SO
oietv re believes "the intention OF
me Teras minimum wage law ls 70
Try 70 help solve me senelIII ~ sub
BY trying TO lit the socalLeu ~
merged class 70 make them more e.
ficient and productive a..
7 hars prepared q budget OF the
cost Of living for young On ~
--o-l-arn continued Mt. Taylor VINO Is
ss--is- ~ Economics. ct Is based on
Ifv7Dr EXPENSES from an economics
basis and not from that OF a InlnlIl I'm
wage I made Il up from information
gained from young women stuoelts -
our classes IN economies ana ION
statements OF my wife az 70 purchases
-a5e n III Paso. II figures $3.50
: week. The items and figures for
this follow. 80,
Medical attention. ----.-..- -
Church and charity. 1890 -
Savings -..-..----.-...ss.. -
Pleasures ..---.....-s.ss--
board and room -u-.e
Laundry .-....--ssss sssss-
Cnrfure .-.....---s. .ss.ss.s 80
~, ~ -..1- $3.50
81 think the basis for minin I'm
vare for women should be that OF the
woman dependent entirely on her own
.ffortg for a living. This Is an eco
nomic principle. too. II a man
wages are based on his having Ge-
pendents Il IS because he has the
ability 70 earn that Married men
generally get higher wages ana ne
minimum Is generally paid 20 single
men. Men do not get higher vases
ordinarily because they have depend
euts, however
Must show Efficiency.
AS 20 a minimum wage Cor women
in certain Industries, n e can result
in the addition compensatlngly 70
wealth people could pay the price,
Those who could not earn T. wound
have to be Teeded out, RETAINED or
trained for something else
aAs to the relative efficiency OF
Mexican and American women. the
latter are much superior. do not
mean 70 say that the MeLicana have
no capacity for Improvement 1or Lney
have. But 70 attain the general eff
cheney Of the American they might
develop 70 IN 800 or 400 years
pnvius n EirI SIS n week VIII
not Increase her efficiency
doubt the ability Of some Of the
Mexican girls to earn that. There
f. a minimum which would SAT-
fsfv an American girl but u
would be too lavish for = Mexican
II the mimirnun1 a. placed high II
v-F1 reruIt IN driving the inferior
labor ont nf the Industry because
the labor must produce the wealth
before 81 a. entitled to i, ana II
81 e. produced society win pay IT."
Miss Z. DeTo, Of the employment
bureau Of the 7. ". G. A. testi1ied
40 folToz-E- "A girl can not live on
less than s15 week. I tried 10 out on
$3.50 a week for two months know
q girl Who gets SIS a month ana saves
a che y.
where she rooms with another girl
Their room costs $50, believe Sne
could not get a room that cheap else
where. A room alone costs $50 a
month She has TO pay FOR luncnes
and SUNDAY night dinners extra
"A v7oman's suit that viii wear two
winters viii cost at least $40. The
suits within range Of my purse are
shoddy."
Many Unframed
Miss ElTa Sly, general SECRETARY OF
the y ". C. A. said IN part. our
great problem that the = w 9. A IS
the girl without training They come
20 rs and viii say they can do any
thing. but as a matter Of fact do not
know how 10 DO anything. Opportu-
mites for American girls here are
less than many places because OF the
Mexican competition. along with the
latter's lower standard OF living.
"a factor IN FFnEeE paid IN huui-
ness TO girls has been the paying
Of higher prices BY the gov
eminent during the war. This has
created dissatisfaction, naturally.
Also we always have 2 class Of
girls working just efficiently
enough 70 get hvi-unfif they get
married. This r. a factor % com
petition-
Many Urls gay that e Sc necessary
20 spend SIS a month TO live. I think
that can be cut TO 265. 7 think He
give about the cheapest living at the
=. ". c. A We have changed rates
twice IN the last year the last on the
first OF this month. Girls who can
not meet the costs OF living alone
club together and keep hou6e in
apartments
WIN Help Employer.
Most OF the girls working DO get
the value OF their services. II a min
fuum wage IS established employers
viii get rid OF those who are worth
less"
Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock
the hearing was completed, although
60 had been planned 70 continue over
Saturday. The commission passed a
resolution thanking Judge z 2. Nc
Clintock for the use Of the county
court room, and the newspapers and
the PEOPLE OF FL Paso for the coopera-
ton shown during the session.
The hearing in Fl Paso was the
fourth held by tbs. commission. others
having been held in Dallas. Houston