The eight-hour day will come.

• Author: La Follette, Robert M.
• Position: 1913 - Brief article

July 19, 1913

The wisdom of legislation providing for an eight-hour day, not only for women but for men as well, is no longer a debatable question. Shorter hours means stronger, sounder bodies, greater physical efficiency, a higher degree of mental alertness, keener and more intelligent concentration on the machinery and material handled by the wage earner, fewer accidents, added time for home life, rest...