The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-02-08
TC.HlLD LABOR RIl,I,


CHILD LABOR RIlI,
Killed t,Ig., ain / tho Houae on Last
NJ rhQssday.
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| 3ass- 8! s;5i n MAJORITY AGSS,Hsrgiif.l
's'tSorg Argumerts Made for
ND \, q y A'Agalaatt.ho eul, Ex
stttap,s 'ro5pcpS Fs'5 e |, Which !! ,,S,
% We Pt,ns. Il,
Tho child labor bill was defeated in
tho House ofKcpreson tatives on Thurs.
j day by q, vote Of &C to 80. Tho bill
provided that ohildron undcr twolvo
years Of ago should not work in ''facto-
rice, .mincs and textile manufacturing
establishments.
Tho fight on tho bill began when fidr.
Weston called itiapS as a /, ppociai, order
Thursday morning, Mr., Rueker NOV
ed to strike out tho enaoting words
a motion to icontiuuc the bill was 70
ted down by largo majority, and tho
| dcbato went on.
| Mr.. Guntor Of Aiken said that eomc
think wo arc trying to introduce now
methods and that wo should stick to the
old But this is q progressive age and
South Carolina should keep her face
10 the front. Forty years ago South
Carolina suffered uodor negro slavery.
Today she Sisi suffering as mor ciless a
slavery by allowing 6 600 child fen .un-
dor u years Of age to bo slaves in cot
ton factories. Tho cotton mill pres-
dopte who arc here fighting tho bill ad1
nit that tho ignorance Of tho cotton
| mi llpooplo exceed their expectations.
4 He read from Col. Orr's circular letter to
susiain his position.
In tho discussion before tho com.
mitteo on oommeroo and manufacturers.
who represented the cotton mills of
tho piedmont It was tho cotton mill
president or suporintenG ont and one
little Iprcachor. The operative was lot
/ there represented. South Carolina is
bohind other Statol. She ID tagging bn
hind Russia, England, Franco aud
States In this government
!! Ono haa only to 90 to tho Riohland
orithe CRANKY mill in Columbia to SEQ
obildren working as ysri'ablo slaves ii
hours a day 10 put money into the
ocffers Of tho corporation. Ho appeal.
ed for tho ohildren 10 be kept out of
tho noise and the grease aud sitting at
mosphore of tho mills.
| 4 In roply to Mr. Galluohat he said
that 80 States in tho Union had laws
prohibiting children from working in
the mills upless thoy attend lod schools
six months in tho year. In Masaaohu.
setts q regular system Of registration
is employed.
Nv r. b. A. Robinson Of Anderson
opposed tho bill. He said his people
want TO be- let alone. 1t is optional
with .heparonts whether or not they
would work children In the mills.
Thereare q number of widows in cot,
tol mill districts in this vicinity who
depend upon the labor Of their chill
! dren. Ho would be glad if tho little
tots did.not havo to go out in til /, fros.
ty morning to pick cotton. But somo
body has 10 labor, Nobody has the
| tight to tell him what ha must do with
his own children unless he should abuss.
them. Who is making the groatost
stiidos Of progress, tho old countrie
mentioned BY Mr., Guntcr or tho u II
i ted States ofAmerios. 4 ,lf1 5i5 sSlhi
/ Mr.. j ohm MoMaster next secured tH,5lsas
4 floor. This qinRtion oama up3in sN ID e s
land 10 years boforo the AmerioanreyD-
luton. When Watts and othors meil.
toned machinery to spintootton, In trio
North Of England aroso wonderful
manu- d stories. In the course sof time
women and ohildren were leased 20 tho
factories, and tho outrageous way lin
| which they were treated led to labor
agitation and labor eDaotiop in 1900
| It's o epecious argumentto ask AMI,
my brothers keeper" Mr.. McMaster
charged that Mr., Ellison. Smythe had
said before tho committee that when ho
went to Anderson 20years ago he found
tho people tho most illiterato he had
ever seen, DR.. Curry in visiting tho
shipyards at Norfolk had inquired who
/ wsro tho skilled laborors who received
tho big pay aud had found out that
they wore northern mon. All the big
pay nc in tho n ills como from. the
north where they have laws Of this
kind. c, He doesn't want: a class logisla-
tion. He doesn't want rich cotton
mill ownor GLASS and a poor people
GLASS. Ho wants peoplo Of ono kind,
apeoplo who can read and Wtlto and
mako good citizens Atf g
| Mr.. NJ. i. Smith Of Ca,ndon favored
tho bill. Every South Carolinian is
proud of the States advancement. But
40 now havo a groat problem to face, a
problem whish evesy manufacturing
State has had to lface and to aolye. He
spoke particularly upoD the political as
Bpcot Of tho question. Tho report Of
the State superintendent shows that al
thoughlas year 800, 900 was spent for
IthoS education tf white ohildran and
1920, 900 for the Negroes there wore
100, 900 Negroes in tho SCHOOLS and but
Ii125, 900 whites UG1er the leadership
Of thoughtful Negroes, that traoesis bo.
coming educated, The white fchild
must lbe taught to think Of itself or
ovontually lose it's citizenship. The crc-
donoy of tho mills ,is toward commercial
| protection and Ropdblioanism. Theso
people should bo taught upon the prin-