THE INDUSTRIAL LAW COMMITTEE.
[TO THE EDITOR OP TIER "SPECTATOR."]
Sin,—In the Spectator of June 25th there is an appeal on behalf of the above Committee, and the statement is made that employers are constantly endeavouring to evade the detection of their illegalities, and are almost certain to dismiss any workgirl who speaks the truth in reply to the factory inspector's questions. Would it not be as well if Miss Gladstone were to qualify this reflection upon the average employer ? I am an employer of factory girls myself, and know dozens of others who employ women and girls, but I can- not imagine that a single one of them would be so mean as to act in the way described. Even were an employer in these parts inclined to treat his hands in a shabby manner, he would soon find himself without them, for we have here in Yorkshire a very robust and independent set of factory girls, who, as a rule, are good workers, can earn very good wages, and will
stand no nonsense.—I am, Sir, &c., ED. BECKER. Birst all.
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