The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-06
CHILD LABOR BILL
kl;isd in ths House OF Last
7hussd2y.
nc MAJORITY AGAINST IT.
Strcrg Argum=n's Mads for
and Against the S'I, &
taos irc m Which
We P,jnt.

TIE clild labor bill was defeated in
ti,e House Of R 2prcsertatiVcs o1 Thurs.
cav by a vote Of 66 20 81. The bill
rroyideG thst children under twelve
years Of age should not work in "fscto-
ries. mines and textile manufacturing
establishments"
The fight on the bill began when Mr..
Weston called it up as special order
Thursday morning. Mr.. RuckeT NOV
cd to strike out the enactiDg words
4 motion to ccD'i7uc the bill was vo
ted dovo b. lsrse majority, aD5 the
CeA.te went CT.
Mr.. Guo;or OF Aiken said shat some
think We a-c trying to Introduce ne.
methods AID that we should stick to :he
cd But this IS q progressive age and
Seu,l. Carolina should keep her face
% he front, Forty years ago South
Carolina suf ,red uader negro slavery.
Today she is suffering as merciess q
slavery b. allowing 6 900 children un-
der y years Of age to be slaves in cos-
tor factories. The cotton mill presi-
dcnts VITO are here fighting the bill ad.
nit that the ignorance Of the cetton
~; lipcople exceed their expec a'ions.
lie rcad from Col ORR 5 circular letter to
sustain his position.
l. the scussicn before the COM
mittee on commerce and manufacturers.
who rsp7eeepreG the cotton mills O;
the riedmcn;? Il was he cotton mill
president or superintendent and one
ll,tie preacher. The operative was not
there represented. South Carolina is
behind other States. Sas is tagging be
lind Russia, England, France AID
States in this government.
One has ooly to 60 10 the Richlard
or the CRANKY mil! in Colum5is to see
Children working as vari'a5le slaves II
hours s6ay 10 put money ic.o the
CT frs Of the corporation. He appeal.
ca for the childreo TO be kept out Of
;ha n5isc and the g!esss aGd sitting at
10, ,phc7e of the mills.
II reply to M+. GsIluohst he faid
tia: SO SAFES IN the Union had Laws
trohibi.ing children from working il
The mills ualess they attcn led schools
.iz months 10 The year. In Massachu
set.s regular system Of registration
is employ cd.
A!r r B. A. Robinson of Anderson
opposed the bill he said his people
want to be let alone. Il is op;io aai
with he parents whether or not they
would work children in the mills.
There ere a number Of widows in cot
Ecu nil: districts 10 this vicinity who
dc;crd upon The labor Of their chll
drca. He you'd be CAD if the lis1le
to.s did rot h-72 20 90 out in th' fros-
1y mcrDiDg to pick co ton. Bat solnc
rtcy has - !aoor. Nobody has tho
II, ht,o tell hin what he must DO with
his ovn children unless be sh 1uld aboso
,ieu. Who is masiGg the ereatcee
strides OF lrosress, the old countries
mentioned by Mr Guater or the Uni
ted States ofAmerl,a.
Mr.. John MoMaster next secured TIE
f9ar. This question came up in Eog
lazd 10 years before the Aner:csa re7o-
luton. Whom Watts and others men
toned machinery to spin cotton, in the
.,3ryh Of England arose wonderful!
r.srufa,toIics. In the course Of time
women and children were leased to the
factories, aaG inc outrageous way 10
~h,ca they we're treated led to labor
a&!;ation AID labcr craction in 1900
|. .isa sDeclous argument TO ask Am L
ny brothers. keeper" Mr.. McMaster
;i.ar.ed thst Mr.. Ellison Smythe had
saio pefore the committee that when be
went to Anderson 20years $50 he found
The people TIE mast illiterate he bad
ever seen. Dr.. Curry in visiting the
shipyards at Norfolk had inquired who
wcre the skilled lsborers who received
the big rsy ard had found cut that
they were northern men. al the big
gay mGn in the mills cone from the
uorth pha1e they have laws of this
kid. He doesn't want class leslsls-
tlcn. He doesn't want a 1ich cotton
mill owner GLASS and poor rcople
class. He warts people of one kind,
eople who can read and write and
make good citizans.
Mr.. NJ L. Smith Of Camden favored
The bill. Every South Carolinian Is
proud of the States advancement. Bu:
we now have great problem to face, a
problem which every manufacturing
state has had to face and to solve. He
spoke particularly upon the political as
spect of the question The report OF
The State superintendent shows that al
though last year 500, 900 vas spent 10;
:hn ccuca;ioa ct white children a1G
500 0UU for the Negroes there wers
l5p, u0n Negroes il the schools and but
| l25, UUU whites. UaGe1 the leadership
., thoughtful Negroes, that race IS be
coming educated. The white chill
must be taught to thiak Of itself or
eventually lose its ci,izenshp. Tne ere:
Geucy Of the mills is toward connerlai
protection ant R: publicarism. These
people should be taught upon the pm
eip!,s OF Democracy. These children
are not at work by their Own will. They
are put there by in iolent parents Who
| leaf around through the week and on
| Sstuydsy draw their ohildron's pay and
spcrd it riotously. These peopie are to
be the future citizers The girls to
make the homes, the boys to cast the
ballots, and it is the duty Of this as
seu.bIy to legislate for future genera;
! t!ous As to the petitions which has
! been circulated mere, they amount to
1ut5iag. II would not require @uci
work 10 Get the operatives to sign them:
/ Mr. F. H. N Il .sser said ,hst he hsd
visited the mills OF the Piedmont. De-
oonS,.iSoc existing ID