City Slave Girls: Views of a Member of the Firm of Marshall Field & Co. on Female and Child Labor

Legislation Can Improve the Surroundings but Supply and Demand Must Regulate Wages

Byline: Nell Nelson; 1888-08-25; Chicago Times; pages 1-2

Tags: Chicago, commentary, factories, labor, women

"I can say in a general way," said a member of the firm of Marshall Field & Co. "that from a mere humanitarian standpoint it pays to treat female employes humanely, show that we respect them and enable them to be self-respecting, and at the same time to pay them the highest market wages.

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