. The National Civic Federation review . rooms. In an-other, although the employer has been thoughtful insupplying soap, as usual towels are not furnished andthe operatives were observed using the manufacturedproduct in lieu of them. While the use of elevators to conserve the energyof employes has not become general in this countryits need is greater in the cotton mills than reason is that the spinning rooms, where childlabor is found in the main, are usually on the topfloors—frequently on the fifth. The employers claimthat they have more accidents in connection with theelevators
. The National Civic Federation review . rooms. In an-other, although the employer has been thoughtful insupplying soap, as usual towels are not furnished andthe operatives were observed using the manufacturedproduct in lieu of them. While the use of elevators to conserve the energyof employes has not become general in this countryits need is greater in the cotton mills than reason is that the spinning rooms, where childlabor is found in the main, are usually on the topfloors—frequently on the fifth. The employers claimthat they have more accidents in connection with theelevators than from the operation of the machinery,but the freight elevators could be guarded so that theemployes might be transported safely to the spinningrooms when going to work in the morning and at noon-time. The use of the elevator should be given to allemployes on the upper floors because the age limit doesnot exceed twelve years and no young girl betweentwelve and sixteen years should be obliged to climb sev •cral flights of Superintendent Who Began Work at Eight Yfars At the entrance of a mill located in a large town theimmense crowd of dinner toters, who carry lunchto the members of the family employed there, indicatesthe need of a lunch room. In a smaller way that needwas also evidenced at a mill in a large city where someof the weavers were observed eating their luncheonswhich were placed on the looms; and one boy was sit-ting in the wash sink next to the window eating hismidday meal and reading a newspaper. The desirabilityof introducing rest rooms in the mills was made plain
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