New-York tribune., 1902-04-21

his mills, they made good, contented laborers
who gave trouble
They have to make up for all holidays.
Christmas. by overtime without pay, and if ma
chinery breaks dowr they have to remain In the
mill until repaired. and then make up the time
lost besides
In fact" continued the speaker. sadly. "the
child labor of the South is being exploited reck
lessly. ruthessly exploited Dividends Of IS to , 90
Of the bodies and minds of those children. The
OF chd labor is by men
who are well and thGroughly Pforned 3 nI 46cas on a
Of education resulting in tbe magnifcent iaeDp %
OF nsT nell ners as wei %ho do the same
thing. But they in the minority. and there is
industrial work These m things mad befeye pee9 S9
then then the south was so terribly poor It was so
anxious to Go ia coe "
Northern CAPITALISTS went in there and DE de-
Rou psss an an egsao hey said
we will not invest here nils II ySe Ser are and 6nf up P
the South And the Southerners were so anxious to
get IN faah fsnf ahe TeF M bsst people aMoke to
the curses of the system that had been fastened
DO You think I speak too strongly? Well. 1t
ehuset ee capifslists that got the Child Labor
law OF Alabama repealed in 1854 This law did not
under twelve years Of age should not woTf T more more
speak called this unfriendly and secured its re-
As for their threat concerning investment. It is
untrue The South is the home Of cotton produG,
Gn @ oaffa sad 'nsf s as o that
South has experiences no s4cn oe.eas .bs a mis- Come
North. and the operatives are paid SO liftle Iha1
the lesson that only good wages make good busi-
for the merchant
GROWING UP ILLITERATE
These children growing up perfectly Hit
crate while the negro schools are full Negroes
will work their fingers to the bone to keep their
children in school. There thirty thousand more
colored than white children In school in South Caro-
lima These white children feel their ilteracy FAR
more than their parents do. AS L was passing
through the aisle of one factory. little girl OF
eight slipped and took my hand. and asked me
If had come to put them in school She knew
seRs Rs @ s Rd hs an sgheen to
painfully conscious Of their iaSk OF eqocaIon ana
try save something out Of their pitfui wages in
The mill at say t9af @ the IS unrne Ra proveG
IN certain town in South Carolina wheTe mere Ine
eHnoS eiosed for five weeks They urge that child
law opd % DO no & g99d Sb6P a se pp
vfding that children unable TO read and write shall
nof be aR They say too that these children
d did go to n 1RS 01e4 542t hf & IS
| true They are the poor whites. but before this this
in the country and the children weTe in the main
healthy little 1na sna1 I'M this II eracT Is ahd TO-
gether and box it up in close quarters in MIL nh
There is terrible overcrowding in some or the
villages The houses all belong to the mills, and
rent for about 81 per room per month which Is
| kept back from their wages This is cheaper than
Other houses in the town rent for t but its it is
| ina the coupon system prevails. They can draw
out their wages ahead, by coupons good at the com
| yany store and people have been known to work
| fourteen months without seeing cent or fnoney.
II form OF slavery. as, or course iheE cdlio'
| get away from the place
CHILD LABOR MOST EXPENSIVE IN END.
.aTbis matter of child labor all been worked
out in the course Industrial history Experts in
co.+on manufacture now declare that adult labor,
az tbe highest wages and shortest hours, is the
most profitable In the end, because of the better
ouality and quantity Of the output In the end the
industrial supremacy OF the country that maintains
the highest conditions for its worktngmen VIII be
/ established But child labor quick returns
4 and IL means the pulling down OF the mans wage
! everywhere. and 50 only constant vigilance VIII
prevent IT w. . 49, o,d,,,o,s oro ranidl,,
tending toward those in the south me law says
4 thar the INSPECTOR allow children to work II.
in his the afe I1T % awaVs be too
/ poor to support child while the child Is IN com
petition with them There should be an n9soibey be
ever should permit a child to work uIloer that age
even If the State must undertake the sa9poat , OF
OF its future citizens for its own benef and II mas
a right demand it There are hGndreds , Gf emu t
day. and the number is rapidly Increasing .,o
II you to say that the pest peoptfe oi s tris
tbat the work will be pushed vigorously next win
ter The women's clubs are deeply interested ana
/ Mrs Rebecca Lowe will have the matter NOR
ouphIv aired at the biennial in Los Angeles. Jane
Adams will present the matfTal nave eanr 9fn on
| Tndnstriai Problems Affecting Women and Chill
| dren'" ., - oil tho ce++1e
a,t "a p Workers In New-York for the protection of
child labor in this locality is being discussed Mrs
Mcfadyen goes to South Africa to join her husband