New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1922, Page 9

DAVIS ATTEMPTS T0 END CHILD LABOR ' Over Hflllon Children Engaged in ' Gaintl Work in Industries Washington, Dee. 18.—An amend- ment to the federal constitution to enable congress to fix standards that would take a million and a halt boys and girls of school age out of the field and factory is recommended by Secretary of Labor James-J, Davis, Secretary Davis declares that every fustinct of y humanity prompted the abolition of drudgery of mine and mill, child labor. He said: “Fhe subject of child economic factor. ‘“The reports of the bureau of the census would indicate that more than a milllon children’ between the ages Iabor has been given very careful attention in the last year and a number of im- portant surveys have been made to , Ascertain the extent of this unhealthy of 10 and 16 are engaged in gainful work in industry. The details reveal that children between 10 and 15 years to the number of approximately 660,- 000 are engaged in the sugar-beet|in fields, the cotton fields, and the onion |wi fields of the land. Apparently the ugual method is to employ whole fam- iiles by contractors to work in thesc fields. The children work with the adults usually from sunrise to sun-|o set, walking in a stopped position or crawling’ through the flelds, pulling up the weeds, pulling up lLeets and |ti onfons, cutting the tops from these, | o and also in picking cotton. There are & number of deflnite movements of that 1,600,000 American children are now the victims of premature toil in the mines and mills and factories and flelds and homes of this country, This s all wrong, The great problem of our childhood i1s of the utmost im- portance to the perpetuity of the na- tion. Our children are entitled to a lite that will conserve: their strength wbllo young and that will educate their minds and hearts so that they may be efficient when they grow to maturity, “Forty-two states out of the forty- eight have adopted so-called child-la- bor laws, some of which are highly developed and rigidly enforced, Oth- ers are rather rudimentary and indif- ferently enforced, The manufacturer In the state where children under the age of 16 years are not permitted to work at all and where those above 16 and below 18 are permitted only to work under cortaln restricted condi- tions and regulations complain that they are subject to unfair competition by competitors who manufacture in States where there are no laws on the subject of child labor or where the laws are not comprehensive and prac- tically not enforced. A remedy must be found to meet this condition, There are those who advocate uniform child.labor laws by the states, bellev- ing that it s a subject which should be dealt with only by the states. On the other hand, there are those who advocate the adoption of an amend- ment to the federal constitution giv- ng congress exclusive power to deal ith the subject, Regardless of which method may be adopted, it is urgent that some method should be adopted which will forever blot from the es- cutcheon of this nation the black spot f child labor which still exists in some form in some places. “Long continued hours of toil at a me when the bones and the muscles f the body of the child are unde- veloped bring about a condition which these families composed children from state to state “More than 50,000 children boys in textile factories. years old work nights. largely of where these agricultiral industries thrive, are employed as spinning girls and doffer Children in the cotton mills, it is reported, work 60 hours a week, and those over 141 Thousands do industrial home work stringing beads, retards its development. We are told that at times tn some places children of 12 years or thereabouts are com- pelled to labor 8 and 10 and 12 hours per day in employment which so ex- hausts them that their nerves are frazzled when night comes and they are unable to sleep. The destiny of such poor victims seems clear. When they reach the age of manhood or womanhood instead of heing able to POET WINS DIALOGUE PRIZE; WOMEN WRITERS 2nd AND 3rd Séveral hundred replies were ree colved this week by the “Dialogue Editor” and many of them were 8o well worded that it was an unusually difficult task to pick three prize win- ners. Someone once said that ‘“great minds run in the same channel.” It might also be sald that the minds of dialogue writers also run in the same channel. Several replies were quite similar although they were received from different towns or sections of New Britain. Before selecting those which he considered qualified to win prizes the “Dialogue Editor” went over the list three times, eliminating here and there and finally choosing twelve from which the lucky three .were picked. The winner of the first prize, $5, is a poet, A. Hubertus of Belvidere, this city. He submitted his suggestion in verse for which he is rewarded. His lines were as follows: “I caught you, naughty, James,"” The angry mother cried. .Tfi only trying out your jams,” e. mother’s child replied. Second prize, $3, goes to Mrs. Clar« naughty Newest College Sport SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL IS PLANNES Mayor 'Will Call Scssion to Act On Proposed Charter Amendments ‘When Committee is Ready Mayor A. M, Paonessa will call a Mason of Majden Farmington, Her contribution read Mother—"I thought = you we studying your music lou-mu What you doing in the pantr, Son—"The music bo ‘Finger exercises—sweet By chance, the thll énce A, Lane, | not he speclal meeting of the eommon coun- cil to act on proposed charter amend- ments as soon as the revison com- mittee complétes its work, he an- nounced this morning. The regular council meeting will take place next Wednesday evening. The weekly session of the revision committee will be held on the follow Ing night and it is likely that the bulk of the committee's work will be completed st that time, So that the submitting of proposed charter chinges to'the legislature will held up unnecessarily the or is planning the speclal session, ayor Paonessa has also 'signified i intention of calling for a publie aring on charthr amendments be- ore they go to the legislature, goes out of, town, to Mrs, K. M. Bor- don of Mountain View, Plainville, ller lines were: Mother—"“What are that jam?" Son—"I'm sampling it to see if it's sweet like you.” Winners of the prizes will receive their money by calling at the “Her- ald” office and asking for the “Dia- logue Editor.” The dialogue contest has proved to be one of the most interesting fea- tures the “Herald”’ has published in many months. These who don't win prizes right away should not be dis- couraged. Try again, and then again, Send in as many suggestions as you wish. ' Another dialogue will be printed beginning Mcnday. It will test your imagindtion, as the others have. Watch for it. you doing in Visits Harding sentencing to death of the high Greek offcials who were h This is tne nrsv picture to reach this country s dre- sponsible for the military debacle by the military committee of the new government. 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But beyond the instinct of humanlty, ordinary wisdom ] prudence of any government iy prompt it to conserve the physical, mental and moral fiber of its growing childhood merely from the standpoint of insuring the perpetuation of the government, fits exactly the needs Jmm i nflqltho adventures of long toursin addition to the daily routina of social and business motoring, Five grown persons find ampleroom én the finddy upe holstered body which is fitted with every convenience for restful riding and efiortiess dsiving. 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Major Mite is 28 inches tall, weighs 22 pounds and is 18 years old. Get portation of Mexican families for the purpose of working in cotton felds and sugar-beet fields, After carefully reviewing the whole situation I reach- “The decision rendered by the Unit- States Supreme Court on May 15 . in the case of Bailey & Bailey the Drexel Iturniture Co., to the *ffect that the child iabor tax was un- BULLDOG The Buick Lins for 1923 Cemprises Fourteen Modslss mflr—.w—;%» T%‘%’ ? fon, .hys- Al ed the conclusion that this was not only unauthprized by law but w: really encouraging the most fla, form of child labor. It is true that these industries are really suffering for help, but it seemed to me impro- per to permit the importation of so- called cheap labor in the form of th labor of women and children in“or- der to supply the market.. I feel that it is a practical aid toward climinat- ing child labor when we create condi- tions which will require that adults| or people above the age of 16 shall do this work. 4 “A complete survey would indicate BREAK CHEST " COLDS WITH RED PEPPER E-LSP your ught aching chest. Stop | til‘ pain. Break up the congestion. Yeel a bad cold loosen up in just a $hort time. | “Red Pepper Rub” is the cold rem-! edy that brings quickest relief. It can- not hurt you and it certainly seems to end the tightness and drive the con- gestion and soreness right out. Nothing has such concentrated, pen- etrating heat as red peppers and when ' heat penetrates right down into colds, | congestion, aching muselés and sore, utional, has provoked wid spread discussion as to what shall the next step in the control of ¢ labor. 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