Annual Report, Volumes 6-7

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1887-1892 include the Proceedings of the 1st-6th annual convention of the International Association of Factory Inspectors of North America.

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Page 336 - Never will I believe that what makes a population stronger, and healthier, and wiser, and better, can ultimately make it poorer. You try to frighten us by telling us that, in some German factories, the young work seventeen hours in the twenty-four, that they work so hard that among thousands there is not one who grows to such a stature that he can be admitted into the army ; and you ask whether, if we pass this bill, we can possibly hold our own against such competition as this ? Sir, I laugh at...
Page 23 - All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety- and happiness.
Page 367 - mill-gearing" comprehends every shaft, whether upright, oblique, or horizontal, and every wheel, drum, or pulley by which the motion of the first moving power is communicated to any machine appertaining to a manufacturing
Page 58 - ... days of the date of said payment ; provided, however, that if at any time of payment any employe shall be absent from his regular place of labor, he shall be entitled to said payment at any time thereafter...
Page 41 - Wilfully causes or permits such child to be placed in such a situation or to engage in such an occupation that its life or limb is endangered, or its health is likely to be injured, or its morals likely to be impaired, Is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Page 317 - ... city, incorporated village or town may designate, is hereby authorized and empowered to see* that sections one, two, three, four and five of this act are enforced, and to report in writing all violations thereof to the treasurer or chief...
Page 42 - ... they shall not operate or assist in operating, dough brakes, or cracker machinery of any description; wire or iron straightening machinery ; nor shall they operate or assist in operating rolling mill machinery punches or shears, washing, grinding or mixing...
Page 42 - ... any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used, and they shall not be employed in any capacity in the manufacture of paints, colors or white lead; nor shall they be employed in any capacity whatever in operating or assisting to operate any passenger or freight elevator...
Page 59 - The board of railroad commissioners, after a hearing, may exempt any railroad corporation from paying weekly any of its employees if it appears to the board that such employees prefer less frequent payments, and that their interests and the interests of the public will not suffer thereby.
Page 59 - Every manufacturing, mining or quarrying, mercantile, railroad, street railway, telegraph and telephone corporation, every incorporated express company and water company, shall pay weekly each and every employe engaged in its business, the wages earned by such employe to within six days of the date of said payment...

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