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May 16 1890 Mrs Hubbard in regard to employment Offices

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Seattle May 15th To the Honorable City Council I see that you have passed on ordinance that all intelligence offices shall pay a license of $100.00. And give bonds to the amount of $2000. Will you allow me to call your attention to the fact that there are offices in the City that only find employment for women and do not do one half the business that those offices do that find employment for men and women. Where only women are employed, or, employment is found for them, hardly anything is made on account of the scarcity of help. I wonder that such a very small business should have to pay a license and if does such a very high one. Will you have the kindmenss to look into the matter? Looking and hoping for justice I remain Respectfully Yours Mrs Hubbard

Western Central Labor Union No 1 Offices corner Madison and Front Sts Up Stairs D O'Brien Secretary Seattle Wash may 23rd 1890 To the Honorable Mayor & City Council of Seatttle Gentlemen We wish to open a Free Employment Office and ask you Endorsement of the same. There will be no compensation asked of any one for finding a position Either Employer or Employee. The undersigned being made a permanent secty with an office fitted refs. could easily assist Employers in getting competent men and be of great advantage in letting mecanics & Laboring men where they could get work. Wishing your approval of the same. I am Respectfully yours D O'Brien Secty W C L U

R H Moss et al. M R [illegible] Offices L&R Filed May 23 1890 clerk

Seattle May 19 1898 To the Honorable the Mayor and Council of the City of Seattle Your petitioners the undersigned repectfully represent to your honorable body, that in the passage of ordinance No 1356 relating to the keeping of intelligence offices what they believe to be a great injustice has been done to the ladies who have but recently engaged in that calling. It is a well known fact that employers and employees among the ladies do not get but one tenth of those among men. To place that license fees at the same figures for both classes of agencies is practicaley to drive the ladies from the business and place it entirely in the hand of men against whom only have complaints of unfiar dealing been made and who are the only class that need of call for the regula