Show The hour wage law v threatens to throw many out of employment in inthe inthe i ithe the South These persons have ha been employed at tasks that did not require much skill but furnish a greatly needed income in in the home The wage hour law was designed de designed de- de designed signed for employees employed in industries equipped with modern machinery assembly lines and con con- conveyor conveyor conveyor belts bells and where a strict se se- selection selection selection lection of only expert operators is maintained In the south where high highly I j mechanized industry has not yet et come to the extent that it has come in the East and other sec see sections lions there is a considerable num nurn- ber of employees who are arc able to compete with ith specialized machine paced selected labor at a lower wage rate only Because of these conditions the wage-hour wage law Jaw is going to injure the south The mistake mis mistake mistake take is in attempting to cure an ill illin illin in one part of the country with a general law The practice is not un unlike unlike unlike like castor oil as a curative for all physical ailments ailment While an admirable admirable admirable able specific for the need for for- which it is most commonly prescribed it is of little value alue in the mending of ofa a broken leg or an ailing appendix |