The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . been offered bymunition factories in order to obtain a sufficient labor consequences of good pay are seldom questioned, especiallyby the people who receive it; but in the case of the womenmunition workers of Bridgeport three serious issues have comeup along with the high rates of wages. their hours and their wages reflected in miniature the problems which loomlarge in the citys life today. After the field work was iri progress the com-pany was asked to cooperate, but declined, later taking the ground that suchan investigation on the part of a pri
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . been offered bymunition factories in order to obtain a sufficient labor consequences of good pay are seldom questioned, especiallyby the people who receive it; but in the case of the womenmunition workers of Bridgeport three serious issues have comeup along with the high rates of wages. their hours and their wages reflected in miniature the problems which loomlarge in the citys life today. After the field work was iri progress the com-pany was asked to cooperate, but declined, later taking the ground that suchan investigation on the part of a private agency was without legal or ethicalright. After this article was in first draft, conferences were held betweenthe investigators and representatives of the firm and certain misapprehensionswere cleared up; but the company refused detailed information on variouspoints under discussion, and refused permission for a plant investigation tosupplement the inquiries carried on in the girls homes. 379 380 THE SURVEY FOR JANUARY 6, igi7. NOON HOUR AT THE REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY Some workers patronize the lunch-cart; some have food brought by relatives and friends to the factory fence; others rush home for a bite In the first place, in order to satisfy the urgent need ofspeed and a large output from the factories, women have beeninduced to work long hours and at night. Second, they areput to work near or with explosives in ways which sometimesmean accident, industrial poisoning or other illness. In thethird place, the high price of labor has been paralleled by anexceptionally high cost of living, and the increase in the num-ber of laborers attracted by the high wages has caused aphenomenal rise in rents. So the question is, Does the boompay? What standards should the community enforce to pro-tect itself not only from hard times, but from emergent pros-perity—from the anti-social results of abnormally rapid ex-pansion in an industry? Night Work Night work was
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