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Show HUM WAGE LAW SUSTAINED i Utah and Other Western States Must Abide by Law for Women. WASHINGTON, April 9. Oregon's law fixing minimum wages for women, the first compulsory minimum wage statute ever before the supreme court, was today upheld as constitutional by an equally divided court. Similar compulsory com-pulsory laws of Washington, Colorado, Wisconsin, California. Utah, Minnesota Minneso-ta and Ohio were likewise sustained. The supreme court upheld as constitutional con-stitutional the Oregon law limiting labor la-bor of men in mills, factories and manufacturing man-ufacturing establishments to ten hours a day, but permitting thirteen hours' labor if paid time and a half for overtime. over-time. It was the first general hours of labor state law ever before the supreme su-preme court. |