Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-16
AMONG
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Labor Commission otslcsrs Re-
port Improvement In cond'-
tlous Last Year.

4 notable Improvement I'm employ
w,.ot conditions among women and
children during the year Just cnu""
n shown hv reports of &. a. HaHrcr,
state child laho, INSPECTION. ana he'cn
n ih,nton. tcn-hour law inspector
There were smaller number nj work
during the past year. oi course, pc
rnuno uf the Industrial depression, but
IN. environment and general condi-
,,uns uf those who had steady en-
pln>m,nt have bern greatly improved
m, aN,rsac number OF women ctn-
plu>,d during 1891 was about 6,IS2'
ae,u,ilng 20 Miss irinton's report. as
,omparrd with io.sss during the pre-
,,dlna wear. There were only sss es-
tehiishmonts employing women dur
ms 1871, as against i,sii for 1920
IN. mechanical industry showed the
u,,.tcst decrease of any In this city,
there being only bS girls engaged In
this limo of work IN 1921. as compared
with Spi IN 1920. There we're 2,lSs
Women and girls employed In manu-
featuring embellishments last year nj
against gSeo I'm 1890. There were
nlirht increases reported In the mum
hcra employed by bakeries and teie-
phone companies.
The number of hours worked pei
week hv the women and girls employ
od have been shortened In the ma
io,ity ct eases by about three, which
gives them moro time for rest ane
leisure. Offices and mercantile es
Establishments have generally agreed Il
~ and S-hour day for women. The
sanitary law, also, IN complied With II
n satisfactory manner. out OF l,os'
VISITS az inspection during the year
9ah violations OF the various clauses
Of tho trn.hour law were noted An
other good result of slow business con
ditons was tho combining Of work q
local women and girls which di'
away with tho imported labor ant
their mushroom colonies with In
adequate sanitary facilities.
While Wilmington industries seen
90 have been moro seriously Affects
than those Of rural New Castle, Ken
and sussex counties, the decrease II
those counties IL 80 per cent OF los
~ industries an operation OF eight pc
cent over that OF Wilmington.
Tho need FOR child labor durin
1874 WAS considerably less than Il
1890, according 10 tho report Of Nj
Nasncr. This was partly due 10 n
Federal child labor tax law. und'
which tax ~ 10 per cent IL levied c
the not proceeds OF establishment
employing children less than Is yea
cid tho rart-,ine echool law. whi'
require. four hours Of school sttei
dance weekly for children between
and a. and 90 the efficient work
school attendance officers.
General certificates we're issued du
inc 1891 20 ri children. u boys Al
"a nirls. General certificates were r
,.suci 90 ito, 60 boys and 81 cir
There were aes certificates OF age !
sued Provisional certificates VIC
given - ia7 children. l?A boys and
.ifi-. who wcrc between II and
Years ~ age. outside OF Wilmingt'
tho superintcnden's Of special ache
districts acted a. issuing officers A.
issuc~i employment certificates 10
children.
During me year IL employment ~
tIrca,es were issued % boys TAXI
tho cooperative course NJ tho III
school. These arc serving as nprre
ticc- IN various industrial cstablis
mentr and alternate every two wee
q, school md work.