The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-15
THE RBpoRrs

| Aia N"tton mills, Opelika
~. among % employees, are under -
III, ne ooosa mills at Piedmont. Ala. EN-.
L.. "a "hom Ii are under
John scanlon. who operates a SINAI,
nun at Morrillton, Ark. reports er,'
p'oyes' Of them belonging to his family
| an none under T.
cotton mills Of Georgia, through
.'e georgia Industrial assocjat,o, bo,,a
w common consent practically serted
me chlid labor question in that stnta
"A large majority of the mills have
sisheu me following agreement or rules
Ahat one weeks work shall nor
exceed sixty-six hours. "''
Ia nat no child less than ~ wears
O w, shaI! work at night In any cotton az
and - iliI' uhuei any circurns lances
-, u,dt no enid less than IL years nid
shhIl De allowed to work thers nj, III III
uIHeSs such child has u widowed nnother
Ut physically disabled parents VINO arc
go Tor support upon the labor of
ana VIII VI uulesS such ch1id can read
nv IN write or unless such child attends
s-HooI lof four months of each calendor
year. and provided further. that no eh'i,t
tu iS 10 Years OF age snail be permit
i,nder woth IN any such mill or factory
"i ,nWer any circumstances.
Iutse rules We're sent by Nuuor, II
is,tilNIh' superintendent of Eagle and
neulA mlils, Columbus, Ga This mil
are ',S rs lg tS operatives. only Is OF whom
are under IL years of age
among rs employees OF the Monteor,-
ctS Cotton mas, montgQmery Ala
are under u years OF age
rs innlan Head mills, Cordova Ala.
employing 663 operatives, have 26 under
IL years of age. Ne'
The Columbus Manufacturing companv
,'.lI ous, Ga reports 800 operatives
"3 ~ Hl W Wh, Is under u years OF age.
requirement. OF tho Stonewall Cotton
mills, Stonewall, Miss, says:
We nave not more than ten or fifteen
GIllldreh IN our two mills with work
ms force OF about $50 people. under TO-,
age OF r. and none at All under rho acc
Of II years" 'iie age
j. w. Cannon, secretary and treasurer
OF inc cannon Manufacturing company.
concord. n. c., says:
We do not or viii not emplov ana.
enid under y years of age unless the
parents deceive us. We require all famI
ites to give us the names and ages Of
thet7 children Va
T. II. thyme, proprietor of the Labor
alory COTTON mills Llncolnton n. O.,
1ilunE 10 operatives reports who are
years Cd the chi dren of widows.
az NJ ,@ired. superintendent Of the
Granite Falls Manufacturing company.
Piamte rails, N. c. reports u employees
OF whom Y are under l2 years of are
j. VI Odell, president of the 0den
alanutacturlng company, Concord, n C..
We have at this time 5is males and
I@ females working in our mllls-all over
II years old.
r b. Neave, manager of the Vance
ing lOi hands, says.
We send you the lnclosed statement
moving the numoer OF employees under
~ years we took This from our last
ND E,.11
is little below our average our rule
IS not to employ children below l9 wears
during the terra of an available school
me school Is closed for, the past term,
who are slightly under u years old, as
shown In on; statement"
Lewis " Parker, president and treas
urer of the Victor Manufacturing com
pallN At Greers, 5. C., reports $50 opera
tives OF whom q are under IL wears Of
age. Mr. Parker says:
Il regret that this number of children
Is unduly large At this time, due to the
fact that our school closed the 1st of
july and good many of the children
who have heretofore been at school
have been allowed to 20 into the
mill for short time to enable some of
the older members Of the family to take
u Httls rest"
John A. Law, president and treasurer
of the Saxon mills, Spartanburg, S. c..
says;
W = lAiNt utNWttN 80 ana go people
on our pay roll at present. There are
nine children in the mill under u years
OF age We VIII put them out when
school starts again"
Arthur T. Smith superintendent of the
Langley Manufacturing company Lang
ley S. c., says:
Answering your card of the SOth ult.,
would say. we have 900 hands at work,
and out OF this number IA are children
under u years of age"
James l.. Orr, president of the Pied
mont Manufacturing company at Green
vile, S. C.. says:
Since receiving your inquiry we have
had a census taken of the mill hands
who work al Piedmont, S. c., and find
that there are 1923 names on the pay
roll, and there are fifty-six children In
r. Practically all of these are sweepers
and jackers, the children of small FAINT
lies who are dependent on the labor Of
these children for "A living. There Is not
one under 10 wears of age and only thir-
teen under II.
Ellison A. smyth, president of the Pei
yer Manufacturing company, Pelzer, S.
e.. says:
II inclose the blanks made out for the
Pelzer Manufacturing company of Pei |
ger, S. c., and for the Bolton mills Of
Bolton, S. c., of both of which COM
pauies l am the president and manager
At both Peer and Bolton we have a |
contract book, which Is signed by the |
head Of every family we employ, and In |
which 1t Is agreed that all children un-
der u years of age are to go to the |
schools provided by the mills every day |
The schools are open and children over |
Y are to he employed In the mill Our |
school runs for nine or ten months and |
will reopen on the LIST of September l |
ind that during this holiday time some |
n the children under y years of age do |
get into the mill to work, though they |
are not wanted and their employment |
forbidden but often the children want |
10 work and make their wages. or |
course, there are special exceptions made |
% orr l2-year rule In individual cases, |
wing to the poverty and needs Of the |
mother or the invalid father, or |
N the case Of orphans, to the condition |
II want in which the grandparents are
ound to he
j. l. Westervelt, president and treas
lrer of the Brandon mills. Greenville'
we have IA males and sixty-three fe- |
males In our mill OF this number we |
ind that nine males are under II and |
hat three females are under ~, although |
hey are lust a few months removed from |
his age OF course, at this season OF the |
ear. when the schools are closed, we |
ave some more small ones than we
Thomas f. Parker president Of the
mills, Greenvlile. s. c., re-
,orts 3sS operatives, OF whom q are I'M
Ter IL years OF age.
q Poag. superintendent and man
ger OF the Goldville Manufacturing |
omoany. Goldville, s. C., reports So op- |
ratives, OF whom are under IL years
r. n Jewell. president and treasurer
4 the Arcade Cotton mills, Rock Hin, |