MINIMUM WAGE FOR WOMEN SET

VOL XIX No 47 MINIMUM WAGE FOR WOMEN 1650 in District of Coliiiit bia Hotels and Res taurants WashingtonThe minimum wage HOT women employed in hotels restau rants apartment houses cafeterias tea rooms and hospitals in the Dis trict of Columbia according to the decision of the minimum wage board of the district just announced will be SI650 per week with a permitted de duction of not more than 30 cents per meal furnished by the employer and not more that 2 per week if room is furnished Employes who receive 18 meals per week for example will under this order receive at least 1110 per week in cash in addition to their meals About 65 per cent of the wo men are employed on this basis and about 63 per cent of them have been receiving less than this figure 32 per cent receiving 9 per week or less heretofore. The order takes no account of tips on the ground that the employer should pay a living wage exclusive of any additional pay the workers may receive from the public. This is the third industry covered by the minimum wage board of the District of Columbia which has just.