Annual Convention of the International Association of Factory Inspectors, Volume 6, Parts 1892-1897The Association, 1893 - Factory inspection |
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... legislation of the present day . The beginning of some great reform movement which has finally become embodied in the law of the land has been as apparently insignificant as the obscure spring on the summit of the Alleghenies . It would ...
... legislation of the present day . The beginning of some great reform movement which has finally become embodied in the law of the land has been as apparently insignificant as the obscure spring on the summit of the Alleghenies . It would ...
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... legislation in the country at large has been marvelous . Speaking of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , one does not have to tax his recollection very severely to recall the period when the first statute was enacted on the subject of ...
... legislation in the country at large has been marvelous . Speaking of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , one does not have to tax his recollection very severely to recall the period when the first statute was enacted on the subject of ...
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... legislation of this general character which merely limited the hours of labor , nor have I even mentioned other subjects which come within the province of our Massachusetts factory inspectors and which are of like importance to those ...
... legislation of this general character which merely limited the hours of labor , nor have I even mentioned other subjects which come within the province of our Massachusetts factory inspectors and which are of like importance to those ...
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... legislation favorable for the protection of those who are compelled to labor daily in the workshops and factories of this great country . " I desire to convey my thanks to the chiefs of the various departments in appreciation of their ...
... legislation favorable for the protection of those who are compelled to labor daily in the workshops and factories of this great country . " I desire to convey my thanks to the chiefs of the various departments in appreciation of their ...
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... legislation . If the conditions of society remained unchanged from generation to generation the law makers might , in effect , take a holi- day . If what was sufficient for the grandsire were good enough for this generation , the laws ...
... legislation . If the conditions of society remained unchanged from generation to generation the law makers might , in effect , take a holi- day . If what was sufficient for the grandsire were good enough for this generation , the laws ...
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Page 1 - If a teacher, though a genins, would attempt to "prove all things and hold fast to that which is good," he would keep on all through life proving things and would have no time to "hold fast.
Page 4 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 98 - ... more than sixty hours in any one week, or more than ten hours in any one day, unless for the purpose of making a shorter work day on the last day of the week, nor more hours in...
Page 119 - Every person or corporation employing minors under sixteen years of age in any manufacturing establishment, shall post and keep posted, in a conspicuous place in every room where such help is employed, a printed notice stating the number of hours...
Page 32 - Every factory in which five or more persons are employed, and every factory, workshop, mercantile or other establishment or office in which two or more children, young persons or women are employed, shall be kept in a cleanly state and free from effluvia arising from any drain, privy or other nuisance...
Page 119 - Every person, firm, or corporation employing females in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment in this state, shall provide suitable seats for the use of the females so employed, and shall permit the use of such seats by them when they are not necessarily engaged in the active duties for which they are employed.
Page 72 - Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers, Ere the sorrow comes with years ? They are leaning their young heads against their mothers, And that cannot stop their tears. The young lambs are bleating in the meadows : The young birds are chirping in the nest ; The young fawns are playing with the shadows; The young flowers are blowing toward the west — But the young, young children, O my brothers, They are weeping bitterly...
Page 51 - That every Fly-wheel directly connected with the Steam Engine or Water-wheel or other mechanical Power, whether in the Engine House or not, and every Part of a Steam Engine and Water-wheel, and every Hoist or Teagle, near to which Children or young Persons are liable to pass or be employed...
Page 12 - ... or when a different apportionment of the hours of labor is made for the sole purpose of making a shorter day's work for one day of the week ; and in no case shall the hours of labor exceed sixty in a week.
Page 100 - Inspector the safety of persons in or about the premises should require it, such proper trap or automatic doors so fastened in or at all elevator ways as to form a substantial surface when closed, and so constructed as to open and close by the action of the elevator in its passage, either ascending or descending, but the requirements of this section shall not apply to passenger elevators that are closed on all sides.