The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-01-24
SIZES Differ Widely in ReguIat-
ING Labor of 100000
Wage Farmers.
70 LIMIT IN FIVE STATES
Negotiations on Night Employment
South Dakota Has 70-Hour Week
Minimum Wage Laws in
Force in Some States.


90 psnnen ''gainfuIly occupied" in the
Ds3fBd States, the legal status OF
wenAfn as employees becomes matter
Of sn1easing Importance to industry.
ss1nrding TO a statement issued by the
NetlnRal Industrial Conference board.
~Aceording TO the most recent Off
sisl summaries, daily working hours
Ter women in the United States are
lsn6ted," the statement says, "as fol-
Jews:
10 eight hours in the District of
Colombia, Colorado, California. Wash
inssan, Montana. Nevada, Utah, Ari-
zeaA and New Mexico; in Kansas there
is q law providing punitive overtime
fer work over eight or nine hours, ac-
csrdhe 20 the industry; to eight and
oseilalf hours In North Dakota; to
nsne heurs in Massachusetts, New
Yenk, Maine, Ohio. Michigan, Mime
sofa, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska.
Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho and Oregon.
10 ten hours in Pennsylvania, Connect
cpt, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Mary
lsBd, Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Mis-
sissAppi, Louisiana, Illinois, Wisconsin.
South Dakota and Wyoming; to ten
and ene-balf hours i'm Tennessee and
Vermont; to eleven hours in North
Carolina TO twelve hours i'm South
Carolina. while no legal limitations
exist In Iowa, Indiana, West Virginia,
Alabama and Florida.
NO Limitation in Working Hours.
These latter five states have no
Limitation in the weekly working hours
of women. The as hours q week linn
itstioD rs prescribed i'm Massachusetts,
Z California, Oregon, Utah and North
Dakota; in Illinois and South Dakota
the legal limitation is 20 hours a week.
IN 1bie 50 hours; in Wisconsin, Con-
s,ecVkut and Delaware 50 hours; in
New Jersey, Wyoming. Kentucky, Mis-
's,ssippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina. Virginia and
Maryland 90 hours in Vermont. Wash
sngton, Montana. Nevada, Colorado.
Arizona and New Mexico 56 hours in
Tennessee 81 hours, and in all the
ether states, Maine, New Hampshire,
New York, Pennsylvania. Michigan.
Minnesota, Nebraska. Kansas. Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas
h hours The variation as to weekly
hours is, therefore, much greater than
the variation as to daily hours.
might work for women is prohib-
I'd ira. fhGn A f.HrunQ finn i'm
New York, Connecticut, Wisconsin,. Ne
braska, Kansas. Oregon and Califor-
mia in industry only i'm Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and Indiana: i'm mercaif-
tile employment only in South Caro-
lima; for railroad and street railway
ticket sellers only in Ohio; in the Dis
trict of Columbia the number of hours
hat may be worked at night Is limited
IN the same manner as day work.
Control of Night Work
State control of night work for
wemen exists only i'm 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
hrsska, New York, Oregon. Pennsyl-
vsnia, South Carolina, Utah and Wis
consin prohibit women from night
work i'm certain occupations. WiScon-
sin and Nebraska limit night work To
eight consecutive hours. Delaware and
Maryland limit hours 10 eight and
further specify definite hours as night
hosrs. Kansas. New Hampshire and
Wisconsin limit night hours to eight
and weekly night work TO 4S hours.
The number of occupations covered is,
a. q rule, small. Indiana and Pennsyl-
wanna cover manufacturing establish
ments only.
Mandatory minimum wage laws for
women, with rates fixed by commits
siea are in force in Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, North Dakota, Kansas, Arkansas.
Colorado, Washington, Oregon and
California in Utah and Arizona there
10 q mandatory minimum wage law
with the wage fixed by law; i'm MaSSa-
chusetts there is minimum wage fixed
by q commission. hut not mandatory
I'm all of the other states there is nc
law"