The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-25

States Differ Widely III Regu|at.
ing Labor Of: 100000
Wage Farmers.
NO LIMIT: IN FIVE: STATES
Regulations on Night Employment
South Dakota Has 7o:Hour Week
Minimum Wage Laws in
Force In Some Statea


600 women '''gainfully occupied" in the
United. States, the legal. status Of
women as employees becomes matter
of increasing Importance to. industry,
according to a statement issued BY the
National Industrial Conference board,
According to the most recent Off.
cial summaries, daily working hours
for women in the United States are
limited" the statement says. ''as fol-
lows: :. 49,. ..-:.s..,.. -,
ITO eight hours in the. District Of
Columbia, Colorado, California. Wash.
ington, Montana Nevada, Utah, Arl-.
IONA and New Mexico; in Kansas there
is a lazy providing punitive overtime
for work over eight or nine, hours. &C.
cording to, the industry !; to eight and
one-half hours in North Dakota: to
nine hours in. Massachusetts,, New
York, Maine, Ohio, Michigan, Mime.
sofa, Missouri, y. Arkansas, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Texas. Idaho and Oregon.
to ten hours in Pennsylvania, Connecti.
cut, Rhode Island, New Jersey. Mary
lapd Virginia Kentucky EeOrgii. Mis-.
.,ssi,a, o,,;s,.na 1,1;no,s Wisconsin
S So,,th naIots and :wvcm,ng! to ton
nv ~ naIt hc,,rs ~ T,en1essee and
Vermont; to eleven hours In North
Carolina; to twelve hours in South
e~,st - 1owa Indi.na We.t vfrrinia
A,sS.n,a "a t,lor;da |'s'% =.
a. ! ;na;+.t;on - wtori;n 81 Heura -:
.m,nasa ,stsr 40 stata. have no a;
,,,,ita ~ ~ 10 wael,v worl,ng. ho,,r,
.a,'aa = M re 70 49, Vol Inn.
~ ;..t M : ,,asas,hsa ~ Hssss chuxett,
ro,t.as,,,,;a p' 0rdaDn ITtsM snd Norti'
49,. :, 1,,;no,s and so;,fh Datota
80 $500 80, ,,n,;t t;nn - ~ ham. week
ntn,,ta 5nhanrs: n Wiscon ain 5,on.
na,of,,.Mt "a naIs waIe & ho,,r..E IN
"; Iarss,; iyvME;ingF Kentucky Nil!
sis s 6,;IsispaH GeorgIa South
rsiraa,;n. Mi, .;sro,,ns V;ryfGia and
,Isryinpd az hours N Var,nont wash.
,n4an,s. ,ionts;1sss Eavad a,il Csolora, AZ
sri.o,,s:;,ads sNsw A,ie,ico s6 hours ]: III
IsSSs:5SHsss 81 I,a,irs AID fi,n 1 aIi the
81 IN sfafaa MINI ni5 Nav Hampshire
Naw WI Pennsylvai IA Mich gan,
M,nnasota Nebraska Kansas Mis-.
sonri OKLAHOMA. Arkansas and Texas
"a bo;,rs Tie yariatioin as to weekly
hours is therefore much p, greater than
the variation AS to daily 10 hours rs
"Niylt work, for, women i, prohib-
tied in more than one II occupation in
New York. CONNECTICUT, WISCONSIN, Ne.
braska, Kansas, Oregon and, Calffor-
mia in industry only in MASSACHUSETTS,
PENNSYLVANIA and Indiana; in mercan-
tile employment. only in South Caro-.
lina;. for railroad and street railway
ticket sellers only in. Ohio; in the Dis,
trict of Columbia the number Of hours
that maybe worked at night is limited
in the same manner as, day work.
>, az, Control Of NIGHT Work.
estate control of night work for
women exists. only in IA states; Della:
ware. Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska,
New Hampshire and Wisconsin limit
the night hours Of all, women wage
earners. Connecticut, Delaware, In.
diana. Kansas; Massachusetts,, Ne
braska. New York, Oregon, PennsyI.
yauia. South Carolina, Utah and Wis
consin prohibit women from night
worr in certain oc,crunationss Wiscon-
s,n%and Nebraskn Limit night work 10
o;,,,+, conservatives ,,ours Delawnra and,
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