The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-29
NINE LABOR CLAUSES
WE'RE INCORPORATED
Were Adopted at the Pie
nary Session of the Peace
Conference at Paris Along
With the Acceptance of
the League of Nations
Covenant.

Washington, D. c., April 29-The nine
clauses proposed by the commission on
international labor legislation, for in.
sertion in the peace treaty as adopted
by the peace conference>in in plenary ses-
sion at Paris yesterday, were made pub.
lie here to-day by the state department
Among the principles incorporated are
standard eight-hour day, weekly day
of rest, the abolition of child labor,
equality Of pay for men and women, and
workmen's right of association for all
lawful purposes"
The text OF the clauses as announced
follows.
The high contracting parties, recogniz-
ing that the wellbeing physical moral
and intellectual conditions of industrial
wage earners is of supreme Importance,
have framed permanent machinery as
sociated with that of the league of ma
tions to further this great end. They
recognize that difference of climate and
customs make strict uniformity in the
conditions of labor difficult of immediate
attainment. But, holding as they do
that labor remedies (probably error in
transmission) be regarded merely as an
article Of commerce. they think there
are methods and principles for the rati-
fication of labor conditions, which all in.
dustrial communities should endeavor to
apply so far as their special circum-
stances viii permit.
Among these methods and principles,
the following seem to the high contract
ing parties to be of special and urgent
Importance.
"First-The guiding principles above
enunciated that labor should not be re-
garded merely as commodity or arti-
Gle of commerce.
"Second-The right of association for
ell lawful purposes by the employed as
well as by the employers.
"Third-The payment to the employed
OF a wage adequate to maintain a rea-
sonable standard of life as this is un-
derstood in their time and country.
"Fourth-The adoption of an eight
hour day or 4s-hour week as the stand
erd to be aimed at where it has not al
ready been obtained.
fFifth-The adoption of weekly rest
of at least "a hours, which should include
Sunday whenever practicable
''Sixth--The abolition of child labor
and the imposition of such limitations
on the labor of young persons as shall
permit the continuation of their educa-
tion and assure their proper physical de-
relopment.
"SeyenthThe principle that men and
women should receive equal remunera,
tion for work of equal value.
'Eighth--The standard set by law in
each country with respect to the condi-
tion labor should have due regard to the
equitable economic treatment of all
workers lawfully resident therein.
"Ninth-Each state should make pro-
vision for system of inspection in
which women should take part in order
to insure the enforcement of the laws
and regulations for the protection of en-
ployes.
Without claiming that these meth
ods and principles are either complete or
final the high contracting parties are of
opinion that they are well fitted to guide
the policy of the league Of nations and
that if adopted by the industrial com
munities who are members of the league
and safeguarded in practice by an ade-
quate system of such inspection, they
win confer lasting benefits upon the
wage earners of the world"