Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-16
DAILY POSTIHTELLIGEKcER
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Within the Lass HfIy yssrs, % SINS
haDaatty bryan 20 BE- kuEraus. peiiAn-
thrsphims have tried IN vEriS,is ways 70
eoxbas tks evil NJ ehitS labor. 6zs snsir
efforts h&ss thas far sssn 10 vain % far
~ accomplishing the desired result h
eonesFned. Ag1szti0ns o. cgssidssaoas
naenituets have from sieBe 10 tisns b~sn
sasr.e 90 ae4inss tie evil. and Iass
inramerabls have bec1 passed ssaiSsi
Il. but tho evil stSn survives. IL VISA
koped that 10 the coonffsss vbsrs com
psIsory s6uc&tiou isvs ssre pssssd the
practice OF 8mploJinR ebiidnIn Of len
der years In factories. work shops. and
mines wouid Of necessity be slDsEoOns d.
hut even 10 Germany, tie hosae Of con-
pzssOgy sdae4tiOs, infants are still
forced 70 waste ibsiF young lives away
amid the CRIME and soos Of hsrRss and
faetsriss- A1@ost every State in The
Onion hsa hvs Of soDs kind to regard
10 this syfl, bot snea laws are every where
openly violated 10 PsnnsB ISania ihs
smDloymeat Of children und@f sbiFteen
yssrs Of aQs is prohibited andSr The
Eaoss severe penalties, both the en-
pIsJss aHd tue parents Of the child en-
ployed bsina- Liable 10 punishment, bot
one cannot visit the coal rsRbSus Of the
Lsbigs Valley or the naAnafs%urine
dissFsoss Of PsilsdsIphia OF Pistsb0rg
vithoas sesiRg the lsz vhsiAtsd on
every hand In the besskeifs Of the
ssrAntoa and wiIhe barre coal districts
il IL epssmon pu.esies 10 emsIoy iHGi
tsddI.rs of Hse asd 'ax ysas II sss.
keeping them hard ~ sork ffom morn
ina uutil night. A. almost any Of ste
great sollisries Hundreds Of them can be
seen working sssy As II their little
bodies vars made Of iren-
II 10 unnecessary 70 state the vrosG,
the absolute brutality OF tnpsJyinR
sueh labor. Il 10 beyond patare not to
pity tbs child whose early years are -
wasted, CT sos 20 pity the man Who u
compelled 10 look hack 70 . childhood,
no. Of light and Joy and Riadasss. bai
Of sorrow AID toil. Sach q life cannot
be good OF q great one. II 10 the day
without tBe wOrsing the yeilr without
the spripgthme. Not only 10 all light
shus out FROM life, bot The child b.
comes morally warped and lie istsllee-
.uaI growth IL situated. Tbs dense u.
noranss Of the Iab0ring children 10 re-
ferrsd 10 In resent re. Or, Of the Geo
missioner of Labor Statistics Of she
ssats Of Neg York. Tue CsumsssioneI
Questioned . number Of half fed and
lll.elad children who were working IN
the mills In Oohoss 70 sscsrtsia wheshtI
their msntal plight we're better than
their physical. A feS Of The question:
and answers we're 80 follows.
How old are you : Eleven.
How long hase you worked IN The
milia Five years.
Have yoa ever been 10 school YES
SIR, over year.
What state do yon live in : State Of
Col oes.
What county do you liys in 2 COunty
Of New York.
Who 10 tlls Governor Of New York
don't know.
What II the capital /? dotl't know.
Who 10 the President Of tas Unite d
States | Ban't tell.
What u the capital of tie United
statssr Idbn't know.
And tness poor, ignorant, nselsssed
mites are to DO The men Of the risinG
generation. They are 10 be the citiz,ti
10 vhose han IL the destlnies Of the Re
public MUS, DO placed. l. the danRsl
mot great Il she svl nos a slarirE
Que 2
One Of the worst features about the
smploysant Of child labor IA Its sbsc-
lase uselesssis.s. II childhoad we're Of
fsred 40 . sasriiise on The altar Of nsoss-
sity, the evil Nigh, not seem 30 great.
II any good we're derived from the labor
Of tina little ones, II might partially
eoun,sFaae the evil. Bat ahere are
bread winners enough in the world.
Thsss ara t,O many. The attsnpt To
add ehilahoed's pnny Efforts 10 the
mighty worE OF maokipd is as unjust 70
The man az u is 10 The child. Not only
are the children. who should not labor.
forosd 10 1t. bas the men. vho should
labor, ara forced 20 remain Idle. u IL
like forcing the weak and siek into the
fore fFopi Of battle while thousands Of
shle-bodisd troora ars lettering 10 the
rear, theft arms stacked and their cart
ridge baxss stnptv.