Evening star. [volume], May 07, 1915, Page 9, Image 9

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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EXPLAINS ITS ATTITUDE
Tl
Consumers' League Also Announces 1
It Will Make Effort to Obtain ;
Such Legislation Here.
'Third Annual Report Makes Special
? Appeal for Membership and Ad
ditional Funds.
Th-? rnnsnmers' league of the L>is
11 i? i of Columbia today made public an j
anal} .-is of its third annual report. giv- |
ins an explanation as to its altitude:
toward nunim un wnffe legislation. It '
is announced that an effort to obtain j
s .; -h legislation in the I>istri' t of ? o- j
lumbja for the benefit of women will
l?e the next task to be undertaken by j
the i? ague.
A .'.irto-.n ia t lie report depicts a fir-;
cie representing sic!:ness. povert> and i
inertieicii1> being * it b. :i t?air of j
shea:s, o.ie blade of which represents
the i< 11 > enacted eigl-t-hour lav. i??'"
v en:-. n. a ad the oihi^ "a i.v.a-; waue.
The report notes sonic of the ndlow
ing ?' 'jec! ions to the proposed a:i;ii
ii n i ? 11 v. age legislation for women:
"What v. ill > ui! do with th? girls who
a - not worth a living wagv .
"Won l it throw the inefticunt out of
v <>rk V
Wom I it Sllill'iy raiff tile !>: !< R of lile
product. .?=<? tli.- v.olUrr S-/.S lis) Ucnctit
fro ii his lii^mr waives"
"Won ? 1| ltd c. fai! irc^ and
tl.iu' a lot tnuie jioople out of uvk as
a result V"
Objections Arc Answered.
Answering some of the objections to
the proposal for a minimum vrase. the
report states thai workers whs arc in- j
efficient when overworked ami ir:icier- ,
paid sain astonishingly in efficiency j
w hen their conditions :-.re readjusted to j
wholesome and normal standards, that |
for those who are oi>l or feeble or par- ,
tially disabled a minimum wage law;
makes provisions for employme:.; un- |
li*.: special permits: that fo. tlie oinei |
bis class of incompetent wotkers
those who have gone into indui'.r: too ;
youne?the lav. will force wholesome)
reaction toward the schoolroom.
? In answer to the arguments as to :
tl - increased price of products, the,
answer is siven in the figures of the
candv manufacturers secured l-y the
New York Stale factory investi^at.us !
i o:n*nission. whicli shows that to t. .se,
? wages of -.100 women emplojeu at
an average of a week to Is a
week would increase the price of Iff,
ponnd? of candy just IS cents.
"The inv does not," the lepo't ? o:;
t'uues "coi:tetculate bringing it'to ~
iJteiice :? tint "rate o' wa?e? for ail
v o j; -i s The law is destined to cieate
; .'oil.mission ill. de up of employers.
omploNes i. nd the general public? mis
n.ossioi,. m turn, to appol .t ooards. ;
oiie for earh industry, composed as me.
commission is composed, of represents- ,
tives of employing and employed
classes ami the general public !?.?"
of tliese hoards studies the cost o. In
iric and the conditions of pa> in mis
one induslrv and deciiies on ? hat the
lowest h gal ??( shall he. not foi die
untried woil.ei nut for the a.lull, ex
peiiemed mil and woman. Hoi twenty
j.;ii. mimniuio ?age legislation has
bfc. tried out in Australasia and found
boo.! in England for five years and
foi a shoiter term in several of out
states and Massachusetts The
results have l.een n. every case saf.s
fa.lorv 10 the en.plover and increased,
efficiency of business methods and
work
Increase in Membership.
The account of the committee on
meiM bership and school and college
leagues. Miss Elizabeth Bryan, chair
man. shows a steady increase
The report ends with a special ap
peal for membership because the league
need* next fall an experienced salaried
secretary. This, mean.? that the budget
must be increased from its present
Sl.fiOA to *3.10". , ,
The officeis of the league are as fol
Ad visor v board?Herman La Rue
Brown, lit Rev Alfred Harding. L>r
Henrv .1 Harris. Prof. William J
Kerbv, Charles E Kern. Judge Martin
A. Knapp. Judge .1 Wilmer Latimer.
Miss .tulia C. Lathrop. A. J. McKelway,
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey. Secretary
Wiliiam C. Redfleld, .ludge F. L. Sid
dons. Rev. Johr Van Schaick, jr.; Sec
retary William B Wilson.
Honorsrv vice presidents'?Mrs. Mil- i
ton K. Ailes. Miss Cornelia Aldis, Mrs.
Whitman Cross. Mrs. Ernest W
Roberts. Mrs. Richard Wainwright.
Mrs. Harver W. \Vile>. Executive com
mittee: President?Miss Contance D.
Leupp: vice president, Mrs. Walter
rffcrd: ;iiss Dorothy Mueller. Mrs.
Llovd R Wight, Miss Edith J. Goode;
recording secretary. Miss Elizabeth
Br van; assistant recording secretary,
Mrs D. F Hewitt: chairman label com
mittee. Mrs Wilbur C. Phillips; chair
man cost of living committee, Frank
O Ha ra.
LEADS TO DISMISSAL
i
Sum be r of Employes of Bureau of
Animal Industry Are
Ousted.
A number of the employes of tho
Bureau of Animal Industry of tha
Department of Agriculture have been
dismissed from the ser\'ice "on account
of pernicious political activity," ac
cording to a statement appearing 1n
the March number of the service and
regulatory announcements of the bu
reau, issued April 30.
Inquiry today at the bureau of ani
mal industry and at the office of the
Secretary of the department failed to
elicit any additional facts in the ca*?o.
The Secretary's office declared it had
nothing to give out in th?> matte an 1
that the arti'l- m question in the
service and regulatory announcements
was probably a warning," pure and
?imple.
Employes Are Warned.
"Under the rules of the civil service
commission, the announcement reads,
'a number of employes of this bureau
have been dismissed from the service
account of pernicious political ac
tivity. Bureau employes have the pro
t'<tion afforded b> the civil service,
which is non-politic al. but it must be
obvious to all that if the service is t?>
be kept out of polities it is equall>
necessary to keep politics out of th?
service.
All employe** are therefore warned
<'t the penalty of dismissal which foi
!"wn indulging in pernicious political
activity. If any one is in doubt as to
h??w far he i* permitted to go in suci
matters he should first communicate,
tri'-ough oitb :?l ? hannels. with the
Washington office. specifying j:jst
m oaf n< : ion is proposed, and receive
1 US! r ,J? t ,.?ns 1 herefrom
Gunboat Ordered to Boston.
Tlif gin:boat Marietta has been ordered
from 'lie New York navy yard to Boston
t?? relieve the cruiser Brooklyn on n#u
tr?11 ? dut> . The BrooUl. n w ill serve
temporarilx with the Atlantic fleet at New
^ orU during the assembly - and review
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