New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1923, Page 3

amount of net - Consumers’ League Broadside Hits State Labor Commission Miss Welles Attacks De- partment for Ignoring Demands of Women and Inefficiency of Men. (Epecisl to The IHerald). Hartford, July 9.—Through its sec- retary, Mary C. Welles, the Conneoti- cut Consumers’ League today scath- ingly attacked the administration of the state labor commissioner, accus- ing that department of throwing the burden of .the work onto the women deputy inspectors and charging that the league has been affronted by the decision of Commissioner Mackenzie to appoint ancther male deputy in place of a female. The statement calls attention to the fact that the male deputles made no report of restaurant inspections, leading to the conclusion that the work done in that direction was of such a small amount that it was not worth reporting. Miss Welles also says that part of the work assigned to male deputies has been done by the women inspect- ors, such as reporting needed repairs to floors and roofs, fire escapes and guards against machinery. In conclusion, she criticizes the in- tention of the department to assign men to work for which women are fitted by sex. The Statement. The statement follows: “The Consumers League of Con- nectiout introduced a bill in the re- cent legislature to increase the num- ber of women deputy factory inspec- tors. Until 1921, thers had been six male deputies and two female. The duty of the men had been to inspect factories, mills, bakeshops, restaurants and mercantile establishments in re- gard to fire protection, condition of the buildings, safeguards for ma- chinery, elevators, sanitation and hy- glene. The women deputies Inspected the factories, mills and stores where women are employed, looking into| their hours of employment, toilet conditions, seating accommodations, hygienic conditions, and doing wel- fare work for them. “In 1921, when boller inspection | was added to the duties of the men, a seventh male deputy was appointed No- Goods. charged.or: exchanged. THE JOHN BOYLE COMPANY THE CITY’S LEADING DECORATORS which orders are issued, there is no and detailed to this specific duty. In|Question but that the women depu- All Our Complete Stock of 507, DISCOUNT No one has ever questioned the reliability and superior quality of merchandise offered by The John Boyle Co. cash purchase. gave to the labor commlssioner the choice of either a man or a woman for the position. This substitute was of course given no hearing, and passed the legislature without a dissenting vote. The intent was clear. Every effort was made to induce the new labor commissioner to give the ap- pointment to a woman with no effect, The matter was brought to the at- tention of many individuals and wom- en’s organizations. . The time for ac- tion was short, yet conslderable pres- sure was brought upon the new com- missioner in favor of appointing a woman., League Tgnored. “Why an organizalon like the Con- sumers’ league, made up largely of good republicans, should be turned down in this summary fashion, it is hard to understand. Why the wishes of sd many women electors in the state most of whom belong to the re- publican party were disregarded by a republican appointes is also hard to understand. It does not lool like good politics. The governor had de- clared himself favorable to the ap- pointment of a woman, but his wishes were disregarded also. “The meaning so far as the work of enforcing the law is concerned s plain enough. It is only necessary to examine the last report of the labor commissioner, dated June 30, 1922, “Six male deputies report 3,085 factories inspected, 804 bakeshops, 797 mercantile elevators, 4,486 estab- lishments in all, or an average of 747 2.3 for each man. Two female deputies report 1,004 factories in- spected, 2,808 stores; 3,812 establish- ments in all or an average of 1,906 for each woman. Where {s the boasted physical superiority of the male if men who are not accomplish- ing half so much as women in a sim- flar line of work must have extra help? “The above statistics tell only half the story, however. On examining the orders issued by the deputies, we | find the six men issued 552 orders to factories, 155 to bakeshops, 130 for mercantile elevators, 837 in all, or an average of 139 for each man. The two women issued to factories 539 all or an average of 630% for each woman. If we judge of the thoroughness of the inspection by the care with ties have been more interested and| the same year the enforcement of the eight-hour law for child laborers was conscientious in their work. added to the duties of the women but | they received no additional help from | ©nd here. | on further study of the report. Of| the 539 orders issued by the woman anywhere Women Overburdened “Owing to the large number of es-| deputy who has inspected the em- | tories, 47 related to fire escapes, 87 ployed, the two female deputies were|t0 guarding dangerous machinery, 46, of | to repairing roofs and inspecting over 300 factories and over | These matters are what the men are It was a ghysical impos- | expected to take care of. sibility for them to get around to so|that the woman deputy was theq What the men had left undone or was | helping them out in “The labor committee of the legis- | Frailty, thy name is woman! tablishments where women aro unable to visit all but fell short 800 stores. many establishments all over state in a single year. lature ‘of 1923 thought best to in.| cre the number of deputies by ore, but reported in place of the | port. consumers’ bill a substitute which' Las been given to the men, and there “Our scrutiny, however, does not| Other facts come to light fac- floors, ete. | their Restaurants N eglected. “Another fact is revealed by the re- | machinery. composition, orders, to stores 722 orders, 1,261 in m“#t expect the men come to the front. tion to their other work. own card and file work. have simply turned over their slips, | spection,—to the has transcribed them to the cards and filed the cards for them. to be given only the stores to inspect in the future, that the work done with | the factory women for years by the women deputy is now to be given to the men. to enforce the child labor law, too, if It appears this is true, and no woman is to be| doing | detailed One order given by the woman deputy work. | was ‘to prohibit their hair hanging,’ to protect them from the danger of getting caught in| will sail July 11 on the George Wash-, park. ington for New York. The party con-|The first concert was heid Thursday|them oy the Germans under the Ver- veping with the Philharmonic band |sailles treaty are rapidly flying back | his condition remains about the NEW BRITAIN DAILY HER UR MIGHTY BIG ANNUAL WALL PAPER SALE the Finest WALL PAPERS AND BORDERS (OVER $15,000.00 WORTH) Will Be Offered, Nothing Reserved, In This WONDERFUL SALE AT DURING THIS SALE - is no inspection of these establish- ments at all reported for 1922. this omission can be read only one interpretation. These places inspect- ed by the men were so few in num- ber that a report on them would call attentlon to the inadequacy of the work. To omit reference to them was a protection, “Still another fact must be men- tioned to make our review of the re- port complete, Eleven prosecutions are reported for the year ending June 80, 1922. One was for employing & woman in excess of ten hours a day and after 10 o'clock at night in a laundry and was probably brought by the woman deputy; the other ten were for employing children under sixteen years of age in excess of eight hours a day in factories and were cer- tainly brought by the women deputy. Courage, brothers, courage for the fight. ‘“The greatest temptation to employ women after 10 o'clock at night is in the restaurants. Since there is no re- port on these establishments from the men and probably therefore no great amount of work done in them, it is quite natural that there should be no prosecution of any one of them. ““The extra duty laid upon the wom- en deputies in 1921 needs a little spe- cial attention; that is, the enforce- ment of the eight-hour law for chil- dren under sixteen. The woman dep- uty has done this work with special interest as might be expected of a woman. Her method has been as fol- lows: “First, every child has been inter- viewed in respect to age, hours of work, physical condition, etc.; second, his statements have been tallied with the employment and health certifi- the report are worth nothing, since they show the burden of work car-| ried by the two women deputies. The | bi-ennial report 1922 of the labor commissioner was prepared entire- | ly by the two women deputies with | the help of the stenographer, with the exception of the report of the boiler inspector. It took them over a month to accomplish this arduous plece of work. Accuracy, system, completeness all tax the power of the brain, and here we certainly to | But, no, this task | was assigned to the women in addi- | { “Also, the women have done their The men —for slips are filled out for every in- stenographer, who | “It is rumored that the women are | the last 16| They will have | to work in the factories. children wearing It will be up to the men The inspection of restaurants/now to notice details They will have to eaforce the law Into|en four weeks before and four weeks | :::-:::":R'— ?t;‘lr?i]q ::p;};:fl"::‘“""‘h;r;! Boston With Bruno Paplarski And |organization called the Rrockton dis- | made to the state board of aducation | Ignatz Kowalski of This City. :‘h‘p'r’nl']l(\m d‘zw-w:k:rrzr.'vri"::]‘ll\zf“l-r:v‘-w > ehar CHlIATen ERavaYbaAR S HRAR S| i e e e ployed without a certificata, All this Sergeant Michael J. Flynn s ex "h“_'t"fm' es were forced to ¢ f’"_’ ane Mkl [pected in New Britain at about g5 |0thers fo curtail bhecouse of lack of Women Prepare Report {o'clock this afternoon from Boston \'-”W""‘" recently all have been in “ {and will have with him Bruno Pap- |OPeration. | Other fact that do not appear in P 1" The city solicitor on Saturday an- Special Discounts Will Be Given on All of Our PAINT and VARNISH SUPPLIES To the purchaser who first guesses the correct number of single rolls of Wall Paper sold during this wonderful sale, or nearestto it, we will refund the full FREE DELIVERY OF ALL PURCHASES, in the City, Berlin, Kensington, Plainville, Forestville, Southington and Bristol. eSS S relating to the employment of wom- after childbirth, They must talk with the women on this subject. They will have to inspect women's toilets dur- ing factory hours, and do general wel- | 100 PIGKETS ARE g £ 7 1 d that X 1 1 H | depty o verenniren to o sieme. | BTOCKtOD. Police Station Filled graphic work part of her time. T’Ms) - < will mean, of course, that her work as| ¥ an inspector will rl'm crippled. ‘ wnh S[I‘lkels “Now the question arises in the | writer'’s mind whether, if these r | |mors be true, the labor commissioner | | Brockton, Mass, July §.—Ono hun- is within his powers in appointing no I’”"P‘f" 2 -:“_"f‘ f"”" o S ‘m ‘?‘7; |woman at all for factory inspection 'lC® before 8 oclock to SR nea of an opinion Saturday that picketing during the shoe strike now in progress |here was illegal. Among those arrest led were two strike leaders, Joseph Lacoutre of the Brickton district shoe when the law specifically provides for this appointment and specifically re- quires them to do welfare work for factory women. It is also said that |the woman investigator In the bureau of labor statistics will be required to |Workers union and Mrs. Nellie Me- do some of the work of a woman |HUgh deputy factory inspector. Again the Every cell in the police station was | | question arises whether the eommis- | 111ed ‘an'i the prisoners led by their | sioner is not exceeding his powers in ‘\flmvlvm sang America | No disorder attended the arresting | glving the work of one department to | a woman who has been given by law |the work of another. | “It would certainly be interesting if |Commissioner MacKenzie would give | reasons why he feels the need of an of the pickets. A large number of shoe workers in {the numerous factories in this city i\\‘nnv on strike in the middle of May. |They demanded abrogation of the |contract between the local shoe manu association and extra male deputy and why he is cut- | ting down inspection work of the |facture boot and el |shoe workers unions which calls for submission of disputes to the state “MARY C. WELLES," “Secretary Conn. Consumers’ League."” board of conciliation and arbitration. In its place they asked for arbitration fof disputes by a local board and de- manded an immediate wage increase. The charters of some of the craft locals which had voted to strike were revoked by the boot and ghoe workers union and'the strikers formed a new BRINGING PRISONERS BACK Sergeant Flynn on Way Home From larski and Ignatz Kowalski, each aged about 18 years who will be arraigned [Rounced the formal opinion that pick owned by John Smyko of Blake road, this city it known that he would enforce this | belonged to an automobile owned by e | As the transfer of those for two weekd LAST AMERICAN LEAVES, By The Associated Press Coblenz, July 9.—The last official;| party of Americans left Coblenz for| | Brewster, who has left { mlitary training BAND CONCERT WEDNESDAY, of occupation for Bremen today and evening at 8 o'clock at sists of Col. W. W, Harts, Major G of this kind. M. Peek, and Major H. J. Weeks. playing. General Henri J. E. Gouraud, “Lion of the Argonne” now visiting this country, pays his respects to one of his comrades at the Walter Reed hospital, Washington, D. C. ‘e 3-5 FRANKLIN SQUARE 4 Recalling Old War Days MORE OPERATORS BUSY | Phone Officials Today Re- in police’ court tomorrow morning on |¢1iN8 in this strike was illegal because | Lawrence the charge of a theft of an automobile |the strikers had violated a written | |contract and the city marshal made port That Service Up Gradually. With Joseph Dlonne and Joseph [PUIINE. Last night the strikers voted | 5 Tow oy |IN Mass meétings to ignore the ruling = oy . - : Kowalski also of New Britain they [In mass meatings to ignore Mass., July 8.—More op-| New York, July 9.—German marks were arrasted in Springfield on June |° » ¥ g v erators at the switchboards ipi, ..~ ted at .000% 13 on notification from the local po Additional arrests were made dur- | tpa telephone exchange foday |10d8Y Were quoted at .000% cents oF lice to be on the lookout for the |IN8 the forenoon Police dispers i‘,hm, previous day since the 266,666 to the American dollar. Bes stolen car. Dionne was driving the |CTOWAS “7"]' h F“'k"‘""’l in l""‘ 'hl” strike of opbrators for a seven hour| fore the war when the nominal rate car and the markers on the machine |S1Uare as the pickets were being tak- | gy wage increase went into|of exchange was 23.8 cents eac P | 3 s 23.8 ce ach th len to the police station effect pickets patrolled the| ¥ 9 street in front of the exchange Joseph Kowalskl The Thpn four men were taken to Boston |T°St 0 the courthouse for king operators arrived in ;mrmnnv};hasw_ g o"rfi:?“"‘r today MemIG by the redoral authoritioe o o oharon [was begun, new crowds jammed the | pitc wereeacoried lnto the| AT cost $e3dsE0. of violating the Dyer act for trany. |Streets in the neighborhood. patrol- | puliding by police ofcers, | Todays anotation, a new low rec- porting a stolen automobile from one |MeN and m®unted police kept them Cheney, local manager said | 4 for all time, followed publication state to another. Dionne and Joseph |MOViNg.e that girls were applying ’for|Of,'he Gérman bank statement SBOWS Kowalski are being held by the fed- | k = = s work that some operators were |\P8 &N increase of nearlx four trillioh eral men while Bruno Paplarski and| AMUSEMENTS BOARD MEETS. | ooming today from Boston ex-|tvo hundjed billlon marks Ing S Ienatz Kowalski have been turned| The public amusements commission | changes. A telegram to strike leaders CEDRIREIO N {NES Wosh. over to the New Britain authorities. |will hold a meeting tonight fo ap-! hera from Miss Julla 8. O'Connor of e It is known that the Unionville as|prove bills transacted in the ob- Boston who is heading the strike ac- . 4 - well as the Southington authorities | servance of Independence, Day. The|tivities in New England said that 126 AUTO HITS BICYCLIST. have also issued warrants for the ar. | commission has named Richard And-!operators from Boston exchanges had| J- M. Burdick of Grove Hill reports rest of the latter couple on charges of | €rson as acting supervisor of play-|left Lawrence. Mr. Cheney said ed to the police yesterday that his aus theft. |grounds in the absence of 8 M |this figure was exaggerated. tomobile, driven by his son, Harry German Bees Will Not | Stay en French Soi The second of a series of summer| Berlin, July 9.—German bees won't | Taviolli was taken to the New Britaln headquarters of the American army band concerts wiil be held Wednesday |stay in France, Walnut Hiil | complaining The TUniversal band will play. | newspapers that swarms delivered to [lives at 505 South Main street. g across the Rhine, MARKS STILL LOWER Today Purchaser May ;bum 266,666 here Is Picking of These German Souvenirs for Small Price of One Dollar, i | marks which could have been pur< Iurdick, figured in a collision with & | bieyelist named Andrew Taviolli, age | nine vears, at the foot of Sand Bank | hill on South Main street. As a result: French apiarists are | General hospital where he was ted | through the French | for slight cuts and bruises. The 23 the hospital today it was stated that and he rested comfortably last