| Show LABOR STATUTES ARE MULTIPLIED i two Ninety ty L Laws vs Enacted Emoted b by byCo y Co Con Congress gress and Legislatures During Duren Year SUl SUMMARY i T IS ISSUED Outstanding 1 l g Legislation Is That Affecting Child Labor La- La hor bor and Hour Eight-Hour Day New York lork Sept 3 two Ninety labor laws have havo be been n pas pasted passed d b by Congress and Mate legislatures during durin th the past legislative leg leg- year rear according to a a. sur e survey sur which was made public tonight b by the American an Asso Association n for tor Labor Ie I Legis- ls- ls 1 latton atlon on the e eve ego e of or Labor L. day The I most significant Items In this lc legisla- legisla I I says as a's the- the secretary ry Dr John B n. n Andrews are two national lo laws awe s ono one prohibiting th the shipment In Interstate or foreign commerce of ot certain prod prod- the preparation of ot which the labor Jabor of at children has hag b been en employed and tho the other providing pro a model scale of ot workmen's compensation l for fer personal personal per per- Injuries s among ng t federal deral employees of or which there are arc now more than Then too the hour eight dl day law Just enacted to prevent tho the railroad railroad rail rall- road rOl strike Several Sc hundred tabor labor bills were In Introduced Introduced In- In Into Con Congress ress this year ear car Dr Andre Andrews adds while eleven eJe state JegI fegl legislatures leg Jeg- l I In spite of or the reaction ground round out their full tun share of or the annual annual an an- J nual grist The associations association's summary of ot tho the j i more Important items of ot labor Jabor lc legislation legisla- legisla hJ- hJ I tion in various arlous states follows t Three states Maryland l f r and South Carolina concern concerned d dI I themselves with the tho legal regulation of ot collective bargaining In Maryland larland a 1 i state board is authorized to prescribe 1 I rules of or procedure for arbitration of or Industrial inI in- in I disputes Including power to conduct Investigations estimations and hold hearings hear hear- ings Ins t tc summon witnesses and enforce hear I I their attendance to require the production production j tion of ot hooks books documents and papers and administer oaths exercising these thee r I 1 powers to the samo same e extent that such i I powers hewers J are possessed b by the civil courts ot of the state South Carolina created R a beard board of or three members to Investigate est In gate ate and to promote agreements In strikes and lockouts at af t the U e rata of or 10 per 1411 day a each Massachusetts amended her law regulating the procuring of ot strIkebreakers During the year seven of ot the eleven cloven states Mates holding legislative c sessions passed new or strengthened old laws affecting child labor Shorter hours hour a a. hl higher her minimum age of or night work and exclusion from front hazardous hazardous haz haz- are the main tendencies tendencies ten ten- South Cu Carolina llna raises raiser the minImum minImum minimum min min- york work age from 1 12 to 14 HJ while Massachusetts and New Jersey make make special provision for pupils 8 who study stud time part-time In In- vocational schools anc and may t then work part time Impelled b by recent accidents Now No J Jersey h has s J joined d tho ho J list st of or states re requiring quiring passenger elevators to h have he e Interlocking device dc automatically preventing preventing pre pre- venting movement mo of ot elevator car until shaft dO door lr Is Is closed and securely fastened States State Fall Tall In la Line Following the limitation of or workIng work work- ing hours on public work to eight a aday aday aday day in the majority of the states alas Mas Massachusetts I s- s this year provides for tor her public employees the tho further limita limitation tion lion of at the hour forty week In private ate employment several states place additional safeguards around und the employment employment employment em em- of or women omen and children during dur dur- ing tho Christmas Christmas' maS' maS shopping season and Massachusetts is is to Investigate the pOll possibilities s of or one orie da day of ot rest in seven lor tor or employees In to hotels and md restaurants Legislation authorizing public employment em ent- bureaus in Maryland the tho regulation regulation regulation reg reg- of oC private ote agencies In Virginia and the creation of a bureau of farm settlement for Immigrants rants In New f NewYork NewYork York Is supplemented b by tho Califor nl I alft s 1 t I nd s a u are a UV 01 of Ine United States department of ot labor recommendation that the public land tenure be ap sy regulated as to insure t to the settler tho the entire product of or his labor Jabor p South Carolina and Virginia patched i up their employers employers' liability laws while Kentucky enacted tho the most eive sivo workmen's compensation law in I an any southern state Louisiana Mary Maryr- land Massachusetts New Jersey and 4 New York strengthened their compensation laws law without however equalling equalling equalling equal equal- ling the new national law Jaw for injured federal employees ees which is termed the most scientific and most liberal l workmen's workmen's work work- I mens men's compensation law In the world Maryland enacted a 1 mothers mother's pension I law and Massachusetts etts created a commission com com- mission on social Insurance to stud study sickness unemployment and And nd to recommend Insurance legislation next January The Tho and unification 1 lot of tho the administration of Cf labor laws continues the most mot noteworthy orth changes I this year b being in lit Maryland and New ew Jerle Jersey where steps were taken takers toward t consolidation of ot factory Inspection and i workmen's compensation I tion tien |
