The Survey October 1917-March 1918 . e on the Wagnerminimum wage bill and the Lockwoodeight-hour bill. Every seat in the Sen-ate chamber was taken as trade-union-ists, representatives of social and civic organizations and prominent suffragistsspoke in behalf of these measures. The New York City ConsumersLeague estimates that $ is theleast upon which a woman can live de-cently and healthfully in New Yorkcity, and yet it was brought out beforethe committee that thousands of girlsare trying to live in New York city onas little as $5, $6 and $7 a week. Who pays the difference? was thequestion
The Survey October 1917-March 1918 . e on the Wagnerminimum wage bill and the Lockwoodeight-hour bill. Every seat in the Sen-ate chamber was taken as trade-union-ists, representatives of social and civic organizations and prominent suffragistsspoke in behalf of these measures. The New York City ConsumersLeague estimates that $ is theleast upon which a woman can live de-cently and healthfully in New Yorkcity, and yet it was brought out beforethe committee that thousands of girlsare trying to live in New York city onas little as $5, $6 and $7 a week. Who pays the difference? was thequestion. It is paid for in decreasedhealth and efficiency, replied one spokes-man for the workers. Our charitablesocieties, said another. The Wagner minimum wage bill ismodeled after the Oregon law, whichwas upheld as constitutional in April,1917. It is an act creating a perma-nent wage commission composed of threemembers who would, in turn, appointwage boards for each occupation. Theboard would consist of representatives r I.—The II.—The Reaper.
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