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Show SILENT AGENCIES FOR GOOD. HH Tho New York labor commissioner ll hns been Investigating tho welfare of, H labor, not confining himself .to tho H moro letter of the law, but looking H about to And establishments that arc HH doing better than tho law. H In Investigations covering 108 es- H tnbllshments, employing 69,291 per- J sons, ho wns surprised to And mnny f H establishments that not only fulfillod H tho requirements of tho laws for the H safety and protection of labor, but had H really distanced the laws in their nr- - -H liirgomcntfl for tho montal, moral and H .spiritual welfare of thoir employes. -IH To exceed the requirements of tho H factory laws to the extent of provld- H lng free lectures, evening classes, free H circulating libraries, musicnl lnstruc- tlon nnd manual training, is n sncrl- H flee that ought to ontltlo such employ- H crs to bo posted as public bouofac- Yet tho labor commissioner found H several Arms not only doing this, but . providing wash rooms, free rending H rooms, free lunches and various do- H vices for tho clovatlon of thoso whom v H thoy consider their charges. "- , ,j&l,H The most gratifying agencies for v'jH tho bottcrment ot employes are thoso iflH In tho direction of beneficiary funds, H caring for injured workmen nnd in- "l These and other ngcnclcs nro doing a good of which tho goncrnl public are too often kept hi Ignorance Char- H ity and Justlco nro good helpmates, H if each will only keep Its placo, Bog- H ton Globe. H |