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Show IWOMHN AS PRINTERS. Miss Dclva M. Herron, Instructor in economics in tho University or Illinois, Illi-nois, is the author ot a monograph on "Labor Organizations Among Women," Wo-men," which has recently apearod. In this monograph Miss Herron discusses dis-cusses in an interesting way, tho 1 work of women in tho printing estau- j llshments ot the country, j She says that tho work of women in tho newspaper ofllces is small in I proportion to that of men. Thcro aro j a few women employed on nowspa- j pers in tho largo cities as machine I operators or proofreaders; In the j, smnller towns they sot up straight matter, but aro never employed as a makeup or In tho ad. room. In 11)00 there were in newspaper and periodi- cal ofllces 73.G53 men, earning nearly ?4G,000,000, and 14,851 women, earning earn-ing ?4,GOO,000, a ratio of something less than flvo to ono In favor of the s men. During tho docado 18U0-1DU0 thero was a much groator Increase among tho women than among men, suggesting suggest-ing that competition had led to a search for cheaper labor. Of tho 9,045 workers upon tho linotype machine ma-chine only 520 were women. A large proportion of these machines aro in newspaper ofllces nnd a partial explanation ex-planation of tho small number of female fe-male operators in this class of work is found In tho necessity for night , work on all morning papers. Tho efllcloncy of women as printers print-ers and their corresponding wage is generally less than that of tho men. Ono explanation of this is that they cannot stand tho strain of tho rapid work which tho nowspapor ofllces In particular demand. Another explanation explan-ation for tho inferior rolo played by women In tho trade is to bo found in thoir lack of preparation for it. It is tho unwritton law that women enter tho trado and rocolvo regular pay af- Iter- six weeks' tuition in typesetting, whllo mon servo an apprenticeship of four years. Thus the high grade work Is impossible for women, who ' aro employod mainly In sotting up 1 straight matter nnd distributing. In 1 proofreading, however, no distinction is made between men and women. ; Feeding tho press is' also largely j done by women, but pressmen have no competition from their sisters in j tho trado. Reading (Pa.) Telegram. |