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O.P.M. COLE.
H. M.COLE.
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EDITOR
McCarthy,
Alaska,
Siturtsy, J muary 6 b, 1918
I
The Eight Hour
Law
&V\>-n TiidiJay, 113 first, the
Eight hour Law is in effect.
In the first pUc3, the law was
passe I tarough the vote of the
people, wno at the General Elect
ion in November 1916 carried it
with a great majority.
The Bill was prepared with
me regard to the conditions in
Alaska at that time,
Since then, conditions have
changed aavtsru,lly, hut it has
aot bd3i l^mrl wise to sus
pend the bill, except in the in
She fishing and canning indus
tries.
There are some features that
will be irksome, but early re
forms always carry those,
At first there will be some
difficulty in adjusting business
to this condition, for we have
been in the habit of making any
hour a business hour if we felt
do disposed.
The observance of the law at
this time however, is most opp
ortune, where conservation of
labor and more systematic act
ion is as urgent as food conser
vat on
Most of us have the 98 habit,
i.e. stopping our work t*v" visit
on the slightest prvocation when
in eight hours honost to good -
work we could aceomohsh ’ots
aud what is more important too
we will have more clear tim«
for national and com muni tv ques
tions, which it is our duty to
take up if we are to be good
citizens and aid our country to
•vi> r, e war.
Every one is compelled to ob
serve this law whether employ
er or emp’oyee.
The housekeeper can be an
important f ictor to aid in this
movement by planning her pur
h m/, so !! t item be done
it sti ed times, thus obvi itin :
he need of >xtra hours
The average employer! is‘=pla( -
ed under be'weeu ten a id thirt
y pereeutextrt expense thru
this, and the owners of &toc
are confronted with i serious
proolem.
Tiiost who conuact their ow
business must iv ilize it morally
applies to them Iso, then a ge
le.a.-ho rio, the opening and
closiug of business iiouses aiiu
restaurants can be determines.
in rigid obser*r nice of the la^i
some amusing situatious might
arise. A mrn sitting in a barber
chair migut oelefo with one side
of his face unshaven until the
next morning.
The writer disin^tlj remembers
arriving by tr un in a small
town whe ni 5 heur.^law
was first being enforced.
It was after b. p.m. and all
dining rooms and restaurants
were under Iocs: and-key. it
ibsolutely impossible to get a
meal before morning.
ThisjItemporarily -adjusted
itself,las travellersIbegarT carry
iagitheir^ownlsandwiches.
Straag i to s ty, the liquor
dealers had been far- sighted
enoughjto engage extra help, and
reaped the beeefit
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