The Jasper weekly courier., 1922-01-27
1eRKING HOURS
yM- WOkgEN VARY
States Differ Widely in heguIat.
INC Labcr Of 100000
Wage Earners.
10 LIMIT Fl FIVE STATES
Regulations on Night Employment
South Dakota Has 70-Hour Week
Minimum Wage Laws IN
Force in Some States.

New York.-With more than 5000
CoD women "gainf Ally occupied" i'm the
United States. the legal status of
women a3enp.oyees becomes matter
IF increasing Importance Ia industry.
according 10 a statement issued by the
National Industrial Conference board.
"ActSrdiIU 10 the most recent Off
cial Summaries. daily working hours
for woslen in the United States are
limited" the statement says. ''as fol-
lows:
ITO eight hours i'm the II strict Of
Columbia, Colorado. California, Wash
ington. Montana. Nevada. Utah, Ari-
zona and New Mexico; in Kansas there
is law providing punitive overtime
for work over eight OF nine hours. ac-
cording to the industry; to eight and
one-half hours in North Dakota; 10
nine hours in Massachusetts. New
York, Maine. Ohio. Michigan. Mime
sofa. Missouri. Arkansas. Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Texas. Idaho and Oregon.
TO ten hours in Pennsylvania, Connect
cut, Rhode Island. New Jersey. Mary
land. Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia. Mis-
siSsippi, Louisiana, Illinois. Wisconsin.
South Dakota and Wyoming; TO ten
and One-half hours i'm Tennessee and
Vermont; to eleven hours in North
Carolina; TO twelve hours in South
Carolina. while no legal limitat tions
exist in Iowa. In1iana, Wesi Virginia.
Alabama and Florida.
No Limitation IN Working Hours.
"These latter live states have no
limitation in the weekly working hours
of women The IS hours a week linn
itaHon is prescribed in Massachusetts.
California, Oregon. UTAH and North
Dakota; In Illinois and South Dakota
the legal lirita ion is 10 hours week.
In Ohio 90 hours; in Wisconsin, Con-
necticut and Delaware IS hours: in
New Jersey, Wyoming, Kentucky, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana. Georgia, Sourh
Carolina, North Carolina. Virginia and
Maryland 80 hours; In Vermont, Wash
ington, Montana, Nevada, Colorado.
Arizona and New Mexico 56 hours; in
Tennessee 81 l.ours, and in all the
other states, Maine, New Hampshire,
New York, Pennsylvania. Michigan.
Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas. Mis-
Souri, Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas
81 hours. The .ariation as Ia weekly
hours is. there.o ore. much greater than
the variation n TO daily hours.
Might work for women is prol:ib-
tied In more than one occupation in
New York, 'Ctnnect&ut. Wisconsin. Ne
braska, Kansas. Oregon and Caliior-
ria In industry ,'nly ip massachusetts,
rennsylvani: and, Indlara; in nefcan-
tile einployli"l:. only in South Caro-
lima; for r;,ilr.ad and street railway
ticke, seller, cI.!y In Oslo: in the Dis
trict M Columbia the number of hours
that may b. wo ked al night i li;ai;Pd
in the saln, Mi;il ner aS day work.
control It thigh. Work.
"Slate co..i.v o. high, work for
wemen exists OILY in II states; Della
ware. F:uSaS Marvla nj Nebraska
New Ha aps!.re anu Wisconsin limit
the night hours of ali wo,len WAGE
earners Co... .ecticut Delaware. In
diana. Kansas. Ma -Sachusetrs. Ne
brnska. New York. Oregon. Pennsyl-
yania. South Carolina. Utah and Wis
consin prohibit we, fen from night
work in certain Occr Dations. WiscOn-
sin ard Nebraska uait night work to
eight c3iisecUrive hours. Delaware and
Maryland limit hours TO eight and
further Specify definite honrs us night
hours Kansas, New Hampshire and
Wisconsin limit night hours TO eight
and weekly night work to 4S hours.
The number Of occupatiO covered is,
as a rule, small. Indiana and Pennsyl-
vania cover manufacturing establish
ments only
"AlaINT cry minimu,n wage laws for
womelfSNi.h rates fxed by commits
sion dfQefh force in Wisconsin. Mime
sofa. NHh Dakota, Kansas. Arkansas,
Color&sio. Washington. Oregon and
California; IN Utah and Arizona there
is mandatory minimum wnge law
with the wage fixed by lew; in Massa-
chusetts there is TninimIm wage fixed
by commission. but not mandatory ;
In all Of the other states there is nc
law