Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 11, 22 November 1913 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, NOV. 22, 1913

WORK IN FACTORIES ATTRACTHHILDREN Fifty Per Cent of Boys and Girls Quitting Schools Go to Shops.

TRUANCY LAW STRICT

i Officer Bishop Believes!

Richmond Parents Violate School Statute.

Statistics show that just one-half the children between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, who have taken out permits to stop school, are doinx factory work. The number of permits issued in Wayne county outside of Cambridge City and Centerville, but inchnlinK the city of Richmond, is 134, according to the records of Attendance Officer George Bishop. While Mr. Bishop believes that the new law compeling children between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years to take out permits to work, is an ex

cellent one; he also believes that it is being disobeyed and is making an examination of the school enumera- j tion sheets to ascertain the number !

of pupils not attending school, and having no permits. He believes that he will find more than 100 in Richmond. Law Increases Work. The attendance laws passed by the 1913 legislature and effective with the beginning of the 1913 fall school sessions, has caused the work of the attendance officer to be increased four times over what it has been. Under this law, Richmond, with a school enrollment of more than 5.000 pupils. Is entitled to a city attendance officer, separate from the county officer. However, this was refused by the school board because of the extra expense and under the law, George Bishop, as county officer, must perform the duties of the Richmond truant and attendance officer. The figures which Mr. Bishop has just completed show that 132 of the 134 permits issued, were to pupils between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, who wanted to go to work. Two permits were issued to children in defective health. Both Sexes Work. The number of boys and girls receiving permits is equal, sixty-six having been issued to girls and the

same number to boys. All the children are either fourteen or fifteen years old, the law providing that a pupil can stop school at the age of sixteen if it has passed fifth grade. No child that has not passed fifth grade of school, and who is under the age of twenty-one and unmarried, can stop school under any circumstances except defective health. Almost one-half of the boys and girls who received permits, were given work in one of the two glove factories in the city. A number of girls stopped work to become domestics, while several boys became farmers. Other Children Out. Figures for Centerville and Cambridge City have not bf-en taken by the attendance officer, but the superintendents have notified Mr. Bishop as to the number of permits issued. At present there are fifteen children out of school in Cambridge City, while in Centerville there are seven who have permits to work. The folloving is a list of the different work into which the children have gone: Glove factories, 58; messenger boys, 9; farming, 10; domestics, 14; groceries, 4; meat market, 5; uuderwear factories, 5; returned to schol, 2; nurse girl, 1; book store, 1; tailor, 1; bakeries.7; office boy. 1; overall factories, 1; guide (for feeble man), 1; hardware store, 2; confectioneries, 3; milliners' apprentice girls, 3; miscellaneous, 4.

UNORGANIZED

LABOR

HERE CHECKS WAGE ( Continued from Page 1.)

"The last time I was here, I was on a mission to defeat Jim Watson for governor of this state. Why I was against him was clearly shown in the Mulhall investigation, which brought out his relations with the Manufacturers' Association and other big special interests," Flynn shouted. Flynn expressed the hope in the course of his address that: ine churches would soon "come out of cold storage" and lend a hand to the working classes in their fight.. He said he had noticed class stupidity and indifference since he has been in Richmond, and in a most emphatic manner urged the workers to get out of their "rut" and protect their interests. Attacks Cheap Labor. Flynn charged that many local women garment workers, glove workers and overall makers were receiving on an average from $4 to $6 a week for their hard work, and that a number of them were married to "half men," who wanted them not only to perform their

domestic duties, but to work in the factories to help swell the family in-c-r.rrty Such women, he said, provided unfair competition to their fellow

woiiaa MorKers whose faces were not j attractive enough to win for them-1 selves "half-men" husbands, for these j married women workers, to a great ! extent, kept down the age scale. j "The married garment workers or j glove makers can live rairly well with ; the assistance of her husband's pay ! envelope, but what about the single! girls? If they have no homes, no one j to help thera In their straggle for exist- j ence, they find their wages are only j

enough to pay for their board," Flynn remarked. Abjures Strikes. Flynn explained that the object of organizing the trades of Rlr iimond was not to take unfair advantage of employers; it was merely a recognition of an economic necessity. "We will not organize for the purpose of going out on strikes. There is nothing organized labor dislikes more than strikes, but they are, however, valued as convenient weapons to obtain our just deserts," he said. The speaker went on to say that he had heard men remark that the street car men did not use good judgment in going on strike when they did. "But what kind of judgment can you expect of men getting only 18 cents an hour?" added Mr. Flynn. He said these men would not be organized so that, they could get living wages." At the conclusion of his address Mr. Flynn was heartily applauded. Mr. Shea, of the Painters' Union, was then introduced, and he spoke briefly of the benefits of union labor. Following his address the meeting adjourned.

FLAMES INJURE THIRTY PERSONS

XEW YORK, Nov. 2:. Thirty men! and women were hurt today, two fatal-l-ly, in a fire which started in the dry- j ing room of the Atlantic Macaronj factory in lamg Island City. There were three hundred persons in the building when the fire started. The flames spread rapidly and a panic immediately followed. In terror the men and women rushed toward the exits and many were thrown to the floor and trampled upon.

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