“This is a new extension of democracy into a field of industrial bargaining. It gives the moral and legal support of the State to its weakest economic elements, to the women and children. By thus turning on the light, it makes real, for the first time, that which has by the economists and the courts been assumed to exist, but has not yet existed: equality of the two contracting parties. It gives effect to the will of those who have in the past been mere pawns in the hands of masters who have played the game on terms laid down by themselves alone. It gives votes to women in a field in which women most sorely need them, in the determination of their wages. It tends, for the first time, to substitute justice through self-government in industry, for charity.” Respectfully submitted, FRANCES BLASCOER. SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. ═════════════╤════════╤══════╤═════╤════════════════════════╤═══════════════ OCCUPATION │ Number │Season│Hours│ WAGES │QUALIFICATIONS: │Employed│ │ Per │ │ │ │ │ Day │ │ ─────────────┼────────┼──────┼─────┼────┬─────┬──────┬──────┼─────────────── 〃 │ 〃 │ 〃 │ 〃 │Hour│ Day │ Week │Month │ 〃 ─────────────┼────────┼──────┼─────┼────┼─────┼──────┼──────┼─────────────── Teachers │ 163│ All│ 5½│ │ │ │ │ Public │ 40│ year│ │ │ │ │$50.00│Teachers School │ │ 10│ │ │ │ │ to│Certificate. Private │ │ mos.│ │ │ │ │$83.33│ School │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 37.50│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ to│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │125.00│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Nurses │ 75│ All│ │ │ │$25.00│ │Hospital │ │ year│ │ │ │ to│ │Diploma. │ │ │ │ │ │$30.00│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Stenographers│ 100│ All│ 7-8│ │ │ │ 35.00│English, │ │ year│ │ │ │ │ to│Stenography and │ │ │ │ │ │ │150.00│Typewriting. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Saleswomen │ 175│ All│ 8-14│ │ │ $2.50│ │English, good and │ │yr[13]│ │ │ │ to│ │appearance, Clerks[11] │ │ │ │ │ │$45.00│ │good manners. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Seamstresses │ 100│ All│ 8½-9│ │$1.00│ │ │ and Needle │ │ year│ │ │ to│ │ │