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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
1
Street car conductors and motormen claim they are paid far below a decent living standard. Magnates show little sympathy, while crooked editors and aldermen are blamed. Wives of employers describe the hardship they face keeping families fed and housed.
Wives of Chicago street car officials push for higher pay as living costs surge. Mothers describe groceries, butter, and meat prices rising beyond wages while union leaders warn of a looming strike. A list details street car related deaths and injuries, highlighting safety concerns and calls to remove risky platforms and graft.
Adolph Kraus Chicago lawyer and Bnai B'rith leader returns from Europe with data on charitable bureaus and emigration. He urges forming an international bureau of charities to coordinate relief, study deported immigrants, curb white slave traffic, and share information with European partners. He praises European orphanages and Berlin Vienna tonibey halls. He plans a detailed report by November and stresses emergency aid as the most effective cooperation.
Letter suggests handing health duties to Armour & Co as a method to cut red tape. The milk pasteurization dispute brings criticism of Frederick Pritchard, son of Health Secretary EB Pritchard, who recently left Union Stockyards, and denied involvement in water test examinations from Bubbly Creek.
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