The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-09
How Many Hours to Work.

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How Many Hours to Work. tn
One of the most perplexing as well as the it,
,ost ;mnortaut questions of the day Is, or
NV MANY hours should constitute days bt
abor. LABOR says eight, capital says ten u u
The ancient workmen laoored eient nou,s, G
OOH EIGHT hours for rest, and eight hours g,
~ s,ea1 This seems natural aud con. h
vanient division of the life of man, out 81
fntnre experience must prove whetner IL 10 A
practical for modern workmen. t
IF it is of questionable justice 10 eat 7
ten hours day from ANA an ada ear the Youth
Their systems are undeveloped, their bones
90 soft and Welding, and their muscles are
IN calculated to endure any great or iohe
continued strain. We say nothing OF .no
detriment to mind and morals y. s;nas
w work. if not as much, at least to WORK as
49, " &c The men. We speak Of the prooaole
rhysicai effects upon the boy, ana Tue pro
ha6le effects upon the future eeneaav onnn
nv too early and too long taxing sns rSsSs;o1
bodv. The deterioration, or progre ssnw
W oSr nyhvsical development Of race 10 SLOW,
INT none the less certain, accofoIng as W.
| oondit;ons are favorable or un!aVoraole'
Ernar;enca has shown that too early ana zoo
long continued exercise tor young ns; m and
the dsvei inSnense on the ospring
The Medical and Surgical Reporter says
upon this subject: b;,h o,ves so
g Undoubtedly, France, which owes ~
much wealth and prosperity 10 its m 4 III .
features, also owes to sne% Children Ide in the
Workrooms, her recent defeats. :,
:. Her statistics of military recruiting ID
Q form ma. that of 325, 900 young men con
}. sor;nted during one of the late years
q los, 600 were discharged for WanS o.
# a;seased spine, or constitutional weakness
v What IN this diseased and feeble contin
Of cent. are the respective proportions LUZ
66;ahs6 nv the manufacturing and agtlcul
p tnraI districtsq To every 10000 conscriPs
20 fit for service in ten agrlcnltaraA uSpn..
sn ments, there were 4oS9 5eJeSSeu, tb
d, nnmber rejected was $3.50 to each !o,U.
1t enantad Ia the departments OF the Marn
in Se;ue' Inferieure and Eure districts exclt
s;veiy devoted to manufactures, the pr
ne portion has risen as high as !4,4o' he1e'''
h to 10000 thought ut 1or setv1' d. not pr
the want ouite young children from pei
yer wnrkad in the mills twelve to toufGe
out %onrs daily, Indeed, the mistaken Pon !
or has been to foster rather than to ioro
UGH admission of children at ten saena aso
the iabors of the loom and the furnace.
'wn 'ne sOn the contrary, in Prussia, the leg
the ,.t;on On this subject since 1887 has pe
it dsfnite and strict. Quite recently, In - 10
avn # was extended over the whole Hortn "
he man Bund. 1t DEGREES that ehiioren uh'
new the age of twelve years cann sn pe We
t on Sonot work more than six hours,
den: mist attend school three hours daily II
ffonrteen to sixteen years the Gays W
Wer' cannot be more than ten hours the We
40 - mo hours must be between % A. NJ. au'
veler P. NJ q 60 &c W bour in the afternoon,
clear nbIieatory; and during this time the
o t. dren must take exercise in the opeaa ,
'io an3 the police areeveryWhere charSou
% VI the execution of the law.
spot. HOW important such provisions arc
from reaoly oo 4oIad little creatures are fo
anu 70 undergo. Some years since, Whe1
NOV! NO" subject was actively discussed IN Eos
VlShl1 Parliament ordered commission
, anu lasted four years. Grave facts We! t.a u
U Tin. ed. A pamphlet OF me ',me ei,a;neJ
ls and TWO niat;one The children were
came Iced fourteen hours a day, from
lower; rs p M. winter and summer; they
stoned 10 w. orrou space around
TIe machines more than twenty ~
we the uaJ oue Lara thew hreathed was
it'll fra tarinns. and engendered numerous DIS
ours VI of 26O children examined oy pns'
senses lie we're sickly, and had their cues
than, fected. no
Thus IN consequence Sl lanes Graham, by
Invalid, poSen ny Oh thirteen years are I
forming ShIluae ~. ~ more than six and
ID morn ,oMeo w 49, either morning or afte
and and three hours of school are niece
Deane, any uS ~ nIar eight wears cannot
in even cnl n 80 aII
lowliest P'12HMeu 80 az On no facts at hand to sho
of the any serious Us striking an example of
lesson ouE h;I;.otaS "a France by devO
School, 80 Sa,r;aI enternrise, without santa
cautions, we should be on our 81
Pittsburg (Pa.) Herald.
resided --
/ herself DREss PLA1NLY ON SUNDAT.-Se
le daugh- has given the following reasons W
her one ME should dress plainly on Sun9a
or lis i'll reasons are as valid any other da
l come to eek:
of great - vonld lesseu the burden of IN