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Excerpt from Wage Investigation Made by the New Orleans Chapter of the National Consumers League
The following report comprises the data obtained in 34 establishments employing women and children in the city of New Orleans. The total number of women and children employees found on the payrolls of these employers for the period studied was This is a little more than one-half of all the working women and children in New Orleans, according to the report of the Factory Inspector for the year ending September Had not the Lane Cotton Mills, the Alden Stocking Mills, and the American Can Company re fused their cooperation, and had they furnished the information asked for, the data of this report would have approached 'nearer the two-thirds mark than the one-half of all employees. But the firms mentioned seem to have had reasons of their own for not disclosing to the public the wages paid to their employees, and therefore, one may surmise that the conditions of wages in these establishments is not any better, if not any worse, than in all other places of employment, and content himself with the data obtained.
Not such was the attitude of the Bureau of Retail Merchants, who upon hearing of the efforts and aims of the Commission, have readily agreed and unanimously voted upon the fullest cooperation on their part.' This friendly attitude is hereby acknowledged and appreciated.
Nor were the merchants the only ones willing to cooperate with the Com mission. Many a manufacturer has lent every possible assistance in furnish ing the information desired, and above all, many ladies of the city have con tributed their services to the Commission gratis, and have helped in gathering the facts as well as in tabulating the results.
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