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

! power Is done to make these rh,ldre,,
1 hai ~ sch9oi. There Is not a mill man,
| ,,vI,eiiIcNe' IN south Carolina that desires
children under IL years OF age in their
mn, nut they are taken In often from
\ sS naaa OF heart and sympathy. as Il
I sars or TO be supported by the county
au1u1hs children In the mill often come In
Win their parents and are not on the
| fer roi at an; the manager would pre-
III not TO nave them in there at ALL The
ynlu Wnen II does learn to spin is care
.ess ana makes a greater amount of
TASTE waste , man an older person; they attend
! sSSiatsIuIty ABOUT two spinning sides, where
oiuer people attend four to sin N is
not generally known by the people that
are are making such howls about the chill
J uIen In the mills that we pay by the
piece. and II makes no difference 10 us
VINO does the work. My opinion is the
o o,,iff ana best way to remedy this child
and l believe every mil man In the
STATE would heartily support such a
oil. Ihen the mills would not be dis
tom L,ni'nT rhs against no special leg!sla-
euu; Inc mills today do more for the
enil9ren and the poor than ali the capi-
t la IN the State, yet we are cursed only
oy people thsf should know better"
r: a Carter secretary and treasurer
OF the Sweetwater Wooden mills, Sweet
s ma.erl Tenn, reports 10 operatives. He
I'VE inclose information in -a,ara -
the hands we employ as per your re-
quest We do not employ any hands
unuer II years, and our help has fun ac-
and are cordially welcomed into both,
anu anu are well treated and appear TO be
Wen satisfied, We have an extra good
class OF hep
g. +. ktrksey. Jr., assistant manager
OF ths Slaydep- Kirksey Wooden mills
waco, Texas, says:
- we nave Your circular letter OF blank |
uats ana beg TO state that our mill Is a |
wooden mill: We MANUFACTURES noshinr
out cassimeres and worsteds we use |
no children in the manufacture of our |
piece fabrics, as our goods and n1nchin-
cry are too expensive to put children on |
such work. We make up our cloth into
garments and in that department we !
, nave SIX or eight children, who pick the |
threads off the garments after same have |
neeh sewed We employ an average of |
so peop,e In the busy season."
n A. Scheduled, treasurer OF tho Riv- |
ports the employment of 1905 operatives. |
We give the number under IL years
or age ms approximately twenty-hve In |
explanation OF this we beg to state that
IL IS not our custom to employ any help |
under u years of age, and we do not |
allow II done In any case where It can
ne reasonably avoided There are few
occasional instances in which we'll grown
chlidren of approximate that age be- |
ing sole dependents Of themselves or fam
go TO work. but we do not like to have |
them that young. and we always prohibit
tne employment of any person under 10
years old unless there is some special
reason to Justify IT, In this way there
are few children who have come into
the mills that may not be quite 10 years |
oIu' put the number is very small and |
we mink VIII not aggregate as much as
Twenty-Five
3. Il. Conner president of the Avon
dale mills. Blrmingh am, Ala, sys
We employ daily about COO working
people divided approximately 55i men
ana women, thirty-three boys between |
the ages Of u and and twenty-three
girls between the ages of ~ and s.
J. d Turner, president of the Exposi-
ton Cotton mills, Atlanta, Ga, says:
Our pay roll shows hat we employ
SIS people or this number there are $50 |
men over 10 years Of age, $3.50 women over
lG years of age and lI5 children between
the ages Of 10 and 16."
james. G, Gresory secretary and treas
urer Elizabeth city Cotton mills, Eliza
beth City, n. c.. says:
I'VE are very careful not to employ
any Children under u years Of age
J. NJ Taylor, secretary and treasurer
Burroughs a. Taylor Co., Cave White !
county, Tenn, says;
We work ninety people IN our mill,
all of whom are over ~ years of age"
Il e Mitchell. secretary of the Toccoa
Cotton mills, TocUoa, Ga, reports $50 |
employees and no children under IL years
Of age and adds;
children under II years of age TO school! |
but have no way of forcing them to do
this"
], j. Taylor, president Of the Cochran
Cotton Mil company, Cochran, Ga, says:
We have about nifty employees above u
years and two under y We have a good
school In town. which several OF the fac
tory children attend, and we encourage
attendance at all ages, but this Is left
10 the will OF the parents"
b. F. Strickland, president Of the
Strickland Cotton mills, Valdosta, Ga,
writes
we have in our mills 225 people above
u years old; none under IL years. Have
public school nine months In the year"