Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-09 | Page 65 | Eight-Hour Day Law for Women Causes Debate

HOUR EIGHT HOUR DAY LAW FOR WOMEN CAUSES DEBATE Senate Ratifies Conference Amendments to Piercey Piercey Pier- Pier cey Measure It began to look as i if the disagreement disagreement disagree disagree- ment mont between the Utah Senate an anHouse and House would kill w another bill yesterday yesterday yester yester- day l- l ir II B B. 71 iI b by Hansen affecting the publication cf GC f the delinquent tax X list The Thc House sent back to tho the Senate Sen Sea ate ato II B. B 58 53 b by Mrs Irs PIerce Piercey whIch relates to tho the hours of or employment of or orI I women ha han n passed th the conferees conferees' report Tho The Senate then coul could either cither accept tho the report and pass th t bill or reject the report and id kill 11 tho the bill Tho fight ht came camo over tho the conferees conferee's striking the tho Senate amendment which would have exempted contract and piece work wont from tho the action of or tho laws Suggests t Senator KnIght objected He lIe did h hnot not want ho said to see the bill killed but It seemed TO fO him tha that certain in Iii In- ha had been pretty well tal taken cn care of b by the conf conference renco report while others ha had suffered Two 1 of at tho the conferees conferees con con- S Senators Parker and both Interested cJ In canning which is excepted from the action of or orthe the LIU till In emergency cases casca Senator Knight said saltI that there thero was no use use- legislating leg leg- to make maleo people d do da something they did dill not want to l do O aJl and Laid eald nl that at the Knight Woolen mill m the iiri Irl sometimes wanted to work moro more than eight hours a da day and at o other times dl did not want to work e eight ht hours The They are arc paid b by tho piece niece and have o a certain certain tam tain amount of or liberty They U usually ul ll take tho the Saturday afternoons ns for lor a holiday Senator Olson said that tho the girls would net want vant to work more than eight hours nor hours nor would woul it it be good for forth th them them them-is It if the they could mako a n fair living lI by eight hours hours' work at a r piece s scale ulc No woman ho said should be he compelled com corn polled to work more than eight hours a da day in factories like liko 0 tho time Knight Woolen mills or other factories of or that sort where tho work Is tedious Ho lie went on to argue arguo that a girl will do more work In au an hour eight 11 day ilay than she sho will working ten tell hours or orI I longer longor o ii f Ii Is Senator saM that the lloU House Conferees hat had been Joen reasonable when hen the other amendment w wore were r C ex explained e- e flamed to thc them n out that t the House feeling had bach been test tested d out Jut and that It woul would kill the Iao Mil to send scud ItLa it La tacK 1 tc tt confer conre juo I Senator Knight said thru iha hs his ration aid altI that of ft amiar nar w were l' l n not t wc vc el ely t. t Neither wanted o 0 r rak J w work r longer cr than the tIme themselves wanted to work Tho The conference report wan n adopted h by tho the Senate ever ver tho the o opposing votes otts of only Senators Jones and Kimball Senator Knight voting oUng with tho the majority ma ma- when Informed that thoro there was no hope ope of or passing passing- the bill otherwise