In 1900, young men began work by 15. Higher wages, along with technological changes and an immense flow of immigrant labor, reduced the demand for child labor. People could afford leisure time and began working fewer hours. Safety and labor regulations that codified existing practices began to be enacted. They would have helped ensure that the demonstrators at the Hellems building would be living permanently in a real shanty town.
Poor people are poor because they lack enough productive work.
Unemployed Hondurans are far less important than raising the self-esteem of the wealthy Left and helping American unions protect their high cost jobs. The USAS shares a Washington, D.C. address and fax number with the United States Student Association. It, too, is probably underwritten by student fees. According to the USAS Popular Education Workshop script you should be prepared to overlook a few centuries of evidence and strive to make others, presumably the well-intentioned ignorant, believe that it is a myth that international trade benefits workers and local economies in poor countries. It is also a myth that international trade has increased prosperity and economic equality between countries.