The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was enacted in 1938 to provide minuik wage and over time protection for workers , to prevent unfair competition among businesses based on subminimum wages, and to spread employment by requiring employers whose employees work excessive hours to compensate employees at one and one half times the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40
Seen by the map, almost every railroad crosses into Fort Worth in Texas. It was also a major hub for cattle drives, which is why the railroads went there also.
