Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-05-21 | Page 14 | Women Wage-Earners

WOMEN WAGE EARN RS I I T should not be difficult to circumvent those TillI Till Uli- I nois employers who threaten reprisals in caso case the tho working hours horns of their women are mo limited by i y statute A most effective answer to the threats of the manufacturers that they will reduce wages to starvation point if an nn hour eight-hour law is enacted would be a n. minimum wage statute also Modern thought is agreed that it is possible for the ilie people to fix rates of wages and the lawmakers of Illinois thus have a 3 weapon read ready to their hand As s one of tho the few commonwealths that t limit tho the number of hours women may bo employed wo we can afford to stare in disgusted amazement at the tue barbarism bar bar- of Illinois It scorns seems incomprehensible in in view view of the campaign that has been made mado in the tho interest interest in in- terest of women employed that n a certain type tYPO of business man lean should still endeavor to place obstacles in m In the way of this simple justice President Huerta promises action unction Which is unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary un un- necessary since ince Carranza and a few moro more generals will ll to it that see ho gets it an anyway WR Sec Secretary 4 y Bryan has l not ot o only l buried the tho hatchet b but u t the c corkscrew rk creY Ij S1 J. J r