per cent. Forty-one per cent, received $6.00 to $9.00, 8 per cent, 

 received less than $6.00. The percentage of those earn- 

 ing under $9.00 runs as follows, in the principal establishments 

 already given : Laundries, 66 per cent. ; clothing, retail, 20 per 

 cent. ; department stores, 64 per cent. ; restaurants, 61 per cent. ; 

 confectionery, 65 per cent. In other words, over 60 per cent, of 

 the women and girl employees of the respective totals for laun- 

 dries, department stores, restaurants and confectionery estab- 

 lishments received less than $9.00 per week. 



From the Woman and Child Labor Exhibit made in the city in 

 August, 1912, the following figures are given regarding cost of 

 living, per week, for working women in San Diego: Room rent 

 $2 ; meals 60 cents a day, $4.20 ; total $6.20. Additional items are 

 Expense for clothing, laundry, recreation, sickness, and inciden- 

 tals. According to this exhibit, 90 out of 163 working women 

 and girls reported were wholly dependent on wages. At Unity 

 House, an unsectarian home for working women and girls, from 

 8 to 16 girls are accommodated for $3.50 a week, board and room. 

 For from $3.50 to $5.00 a week the King's Daughters' Home, the 

 same class of institution, accommodates 20 girls. The Y. W. C. 

 A. also has accommodations for working girls. The above figures 

 taken from the State Bureau of Labor report and the Woman and 

 Child Labor Exhibit, illustrate farily accurately, it is believed, 

 present conditions. This is borne out by the testimony of well- 

 informed persons interviewed at the present time. From the 

 limited data at hand, nine dollars is apparently the lowest living 

 wage for working girls in this city. 



Child Labor 



From the State Bureau of Labor report of 1911-12, 171 

 minors under 18 years of age were at work in manufacturing, 

 wholesale and retail establishments. Working permits may now 

 be issued by school authorities to minors between the ages of 12 

 and 15, under certain conditions. While it is understood to be 

 the policy of the school authorities to issue such permits in but 

 few cases, the law as it stands does not come up to the standard 

 set by the National Child Labor Committee for the whole coun- 

 try. This standard excludes children under 14 years from "ordi- 

 nary gainful occupations." It is estimated that there are 400 

 newsboys in San Diego, but there is no state law regulating street 

 trades other than that boys shall not be at work between 10:00 

 p. m. and 5:00 a. m. The National Child Labor Committee rec- 

 ommends that boys under 16 shall not be permitted to work at 

 street trades between 8:00 p. m. and 6:00 a. m. Messenger boys 

 number about 25. It is stated on good authority that "they are 

 acquainted with almost every apartment that is questionable in 

 San Diego." According to the state law, no minors are to be sent 

 as messengers to houses of prostitution, or other questionable re- 

 sorts. The small private messenger companies are said to offend 

 in this regard rather than the well established companies. 



To summarize industrial conditions in San Diego, especially as 

 they relate to state laws, established for the protection of work- 



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