The excerpt below is from Samuel Gompers' testimony before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor in 1883. I maintain that the hours of labor ought to be reduced. From every standpoint the hours are too long in modern industries, more especially where the individual worker is but a part of the machine and is compelled to keep in motion in accordance with the velocity with which the machine turns. What does this testimony demonstrate? O the desire of labor leaders to achieve a shorter workday for all workers O a lack of concern by some labor leaders for the conditions of unskilled labor O the belief that modern industry cannot succeed unless employees work long hours O the competition between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor

The excerpt below is from Samuel Gompers' testimony before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor in 1883. I maintain that the hours of labor ought to be reduced. From every standpoint the hours are too long in modern industries, more especially where the individual worker is but a part of the machine and is compelled to keep in motion in accordance with the velocity with which the machine turns. What does this testimony demonstrate? O the desire of labor leaders to achieve a shorter workday for all workers O a lack of concern by some labor leaders for the conditions of unskilled labor O the belief that modern industry cannot succeed unless employees work long hours O the competition between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor