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198 [[margin - chlorine gassing and careless chemical factories]] I had to impress our engineers with the immediate necessity of bettering conditions in cell room. I know it can be done. Why not do it aggressively. I am just wondering what harm it would do if an industry like this one was suppressed. Here is undoubtedly a case where the labor inspector [[underlined]] should [[/underlined]] intervene and compel to obtain proper conditions or shut down. I shall report and put it as strongly as possible. What's the use of having cheap bleach and cheap caustic at such a price? What harm would it do [[end page]] [[start page]] 199 if bleach was somewhat more expensive so as to allow manufactures to observe proper sanitary conditions? Ten dollars a ton would accomplish great things and nobody would feel it. I admire the courage and good nature of our engineers who suffer about just as much as our [[strikethrough]] engineers [[/strikethrough]] workmen. Young Burnham who I am told is a Harvard graduate and a Cornell Civil Engineer and the son of the President of the Baldwin Locomotive works, has the afternoon shift from 2 P.M. to 10 P.M. Is dressed as a scarecrow caustic eaten garments, [[end page]]