Show TELEGRAPHIC naaaaohnaettB aberera Washington 9The examination of Frank 3L Foster Massachusetts was continued this morning before theSenate committee on education and labor Foster Fos-ter laid most of the tenement houses in manufacturing cities of Massachusetts were owned by mill owner and the leg ices worn compelled tj famish to many operatves The homes were generally I mall illventilated and uncomfortable and tbo operatives were compelled to live in these houses or be dismissed The Sewerage and sanitary facilities are ter ibly bad and the summer nights stench prom cess pools is nearly overpowering rench Canadians are to Hew England what the Chinese are to California and the Pacific Coast Their morals are lower necessities fewer and their only aim seems to be to see how much money they can gel to take out of the country Theydo Trot with i their children to atend Echojh and when compelled to tend them often move to another place They seldom accept the light of franchise Out of a population ot 88253 in thirty two cities in New England only 59U6 are naturalized and 2859 property owners Foster poke strongly against the employment em-ployment of children of tender years Little cash loyj and girls were employed in large numbers in city stores not oln enough In many cases to be out from under the eyes of their mothers They work during the buey season ham eight to nine and ten hours I The weary look of these little ones towards to-wards the close of a days work is truly pitiful Grls employed as shop women are paid on an average 2 50 nor week Out of this they are expecttd to board themselves and proviJe for all tho uecot eities of life and clothe themselves well Society demaius that they should be TTirf tintia TTnt TO if Ji Via moo rn cMnnn4 ceived and the snares often thrown Around them by those over them it is no wonder that many fall There are some noble exceptions to the goner 1 rule concerning con-cerning the treatment of employees One firm in Boston provided a large ball the commercial rent value of which is 22000 per year in which the employees can meet in a social way and use it as a reading room or give dancing parties in it Over a year ago the firm established a fund to which each week each employee contributed avery a-very small cum Last summer they all drew lots and the lucky ones went to Europe under the direction of 8 member mem-ber of the firm The condition of the mill girl is to be deplored Away from home influences and restraint thrown otters among the depraved of both sexes in low tenement homes what wonder is i it that their morals are EO low I speak advisedly said Mr Foster when 1 assert that the city of Lowell Mass alone presents a wide field for philanthropic work There is more need there and a better object than in building build-ing places for gentle women or devoting devot-ing large turns to the Howard University Univer-sity Large strides have been made m Boston toward giving the working people peo-ple the benefit of art galleries and libraries by opening them on Sunday |