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THE SHORT HOURS' BILL. 807
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the t legal interest his name l hour aw of yer of , the , o his ne who weavers o in f formant th apprised e . weavers If a and the factory w the Inspector oul Inspector d wer go e p kep , bu v t t woul t open el wi y t d and beyond then t i g iving form the to
minutes that factory too late the the next owner evening ; would , and be fined if it were "bthe kept ma open istrates go five .
It appears to me , that by such an agency , a y moderat g e number London of Inspec in tor order s could . Milliners keep all th would e dressmakin be more g afraid establi of shments in
tions than manufactures , because the exposure would prosecu deprive be bu them t sub of o s cour f tituted their se a customers for rofessiona the lawyer . l If m to thoug an receive mus ht t desirable a the lwa g irl b , s ' em com lady loyed plaints might to ;
conduct the prosecu p tions . yp Swith reard to the names of the lainants would
be necessar ecresy y , as in g the case of the weavers , to comp protect them from di towns smissal to . A tec similar t the dressmakers agency would and be required much in in teres other t is large now
felt in th eir caseit would probab , ly be easy to form one every su where pport . . In The London Dressmakers , any practical -Aid Association plan would b woul e sure d very to recei likel v y
perh undertak aps do e the so . task One , or thing the appears Ladies' Sanitary but too certain Associa , and tion that mig is ht , that unless a law is made for the rotection of dressmakers
many of whom are young girls under p 21 , they will remain , afford unprotected the . loyer Ladies time by and giving opportunity long notice to for their fresh dresses hands
if she is emp so inclined , but they cannot compel engage her to do so . t It is surel t y to ab be surd overcome to say that an the Act difficulties of Parliament of the but case could are
be surmounted g by an Association y of Ladies . If an , Inspector armed with authority cannot compel milliners to close their
not work even -rooms the at ri a ht certain to visit hour the , houses how can at ladies niht to do ascertain so who have the truth of g laints that be made to g them ?
Associations any comp of Ladies , however may well managed , could never law be powerful . The Society enough for to effect the Prevention much good , of if Cruelty unsupported to Animal by the s
and could acts have of little barbarism effect , if could it received not be no punished support from but the being law ,
supported by the law , it has become perhaps the most ; effective ' of all our charitable societiesand the same rule would I
believe be found to hold good ; in the case of societies for the prevention The fact is of that cruelty public to human inion beings is not . powerful for good until
ifc finds expression in a law op . Did not public opinion for years
denounce the employment of children to sweep chimneys
The Short Hours' Bill. 807
THE SHORT HOURS' BILL . 807
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1864, page 307, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011864/page/19/
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