Show MINIMUM WAGE LAW 10 J IS NOW IN EFFECT t the most important piece of legisla tion passed by the last session of the state legislature from a woman a standpoint Is the minimum wage bill which became a law during the pres ent week the new law compels emi emilo boyers of female workers to pay not less than 1 25 to women and seventy five cents a day to girls this new law v will ill J serve a good purpose in acing a mini mum wage at least approximating the cost 0 of f living no employer of labor can be injured because the law applies to all alike and competition must be based on this minimum standard of wages heretofore kalhe atio could obtain women at less than a dollar a day and had no sympathy for their employed emp loyes paid na more than was nee essary in procuring women workers the employer who desired to pay higher kageo was compelled to meet this competition and therefore was forced to the low scale of bompensa com pensa afon now ow all this will fill be changed and the law layr shall d chate a wage beaw be ow which the meanest employer dare not go at first this law may work a hard ship on the employers of female labor in some lines ot of bu inese but even dually as the consumers are made to bear this just proportion of the in creased cost of doing business no in ustice justice will be inflicted |