The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-18
STATE CHILD LABOR LAW IS
BEING VIOLATED IN SEATTLE

lat that wage. lie did not see how
| any man or woman could find any
thing at all Insulting Ia hts rrmhthhs
buchanan then used some hot
words to Iamen aud Commissioner
| lilac kmun. who until now had heou
silent. turned 10 buchanan ana said
MI buchanan I want YOU % IN
dersihud that when I come into this
store, I don't propose To be inaultcd
| BY you OF any other man. / am nu
lofficer Of this state. and 1 have In
yited Mr. James. who ih interested
lin the subject Of child labor. 10 come
with me To- this store I don't pro-
pose 10 permit you or any other man
10 insult him or threaten him In my
presence"
| Manager buchanan then said
why do you come 20 this store
| when We are ruHhed with the hoti-
day trade. TO Investigate the quea-
ton ~ child labor 70
| Commissioner Hlnckmnn repeated
that no was an officer Of the state.
whose duty Il wna TO enforce the
laws 'he had come there 30 dla-
charge his duty. aud proposed to do
IL
James then walked up and down
the aislea, asking the girls " they
/
Ithtning hiA speech. alleged by SIR.
MeDsfuatt to be Insulting. and ask
% them N they considered Il 10.
Some u tiSn had not read The ar
| tioiB and others had only heard about
a. All Il those vha had read II de-
| ciarsd That they did not consider Il in
the least Insulting THEY ALSO Elk
| PRESSED THEMHELVEs AZ BEING
| VERY FAVORABLE 10 HAVING
THE STORE CLOSED At Blk
| O'CLOCK
| tn marked contract TO the reception
| accorded Commissioner niaohmau and
Mr. James nt the Bon Marchs was tho
manner "a which they were treated by
! Manager Mccarthy 81 the Mccarthy
Dry Goods company Mr. Mccarthy
said he was glad 20 have Commission
80 Hlackman cali at his store at any
time. as he heartily endorsed the child
labor law fie said he employed no
boys under u years ~ axs and no
/ youuK Firis ut any price MIR Black
man notified that one II the boys vas
/ rather small and. pn asking him his
/ age. discovered that hs waa not yet
| "a sic Mccarthy Immediately called
down the boys and their supsrintsnd-
! ~uf nN ORDERED THE LATTER
d
ALL noTa UNDER Is AND TOLD
COMMISSIONER BLAcKMAS THAT
| THEY HAD EEEN EMPLOYED
AGAINST Hfs EMPRESS ORDERS
| Commissioner Hiaskfnan secured 80
name. Of three Of the children en-.
| played AZ the Bon Marehs Who had
not the permits and II investiga ting
| their cases ard Others today Frank
] Callahan. who resides az IA Roy
street. said h~ was u years Oh John
| ksiiY. Who resides a. fz Cedar street
burst out crying when Questioned say
1 ing that his father was deed and that
he was II yea ~ Old Hoaa Afnoid. Nv
/ ims At isi1 Grant street told Commits.
sioner Hlarkman that she was "a al
/ though she apparently WAS not more
than N. when asked Why she ala not
40 Co school. she said her syeslxht
/ vas bad shs 10 the daughter % a
/ butcher who works for CArntsus broth
/ sra
After cosnts Issiunsr Hlanhman's Wis
/ IL 90 the Hen Mafrha sin ~ seven
little boys employed there were sent
20 the office ~ Superintendent Of
schoais Cooper % oct permits They
I we're refused thsra until Tfuauf officer
nrnokn could Investigate the cases
/ ft9EHEefH " Hfiff'aAF from trr STATE
meat sf couFaainsfener nlarknan that
/ Superintendent Cooper has been iw-
suina the peffaits under = former child
iataf Las. whIch u now void This Ia w
gave the school supsrtntsndent author
/ ~ t. ip4ue permits at his discretion
90 ehildrvn undsr "a 20 work Under
! the ns~ las thi. authority lie. entirely
/ IN The hands 81 the superior naurt
/ fttHNan Th. wsshnuf HUffs~rfrt. rsf.ns can
| givs a pupil psrInissiun 70 Leave school
! for sufficient reasons but cannot give
him permission to 80 TO work Com
missioner Hisrkman called upon So
prrtnt~adsnt Cooper yesterday after
noon q, o'ciscs and told him at,eut
the nsw Law Mr. Cooper said h. was
] ignorant - ~ and promised 20 send
circulars 70 zach u the children 90
whom he had issued the permits. re-
calling them.
/ Commi.stoner niarkman told the
pruprtstoru % fhs hon Marchr that n.
/ would give them a res nonAhls ienEfh
q time Ia discharge the children an
dee aHs. or Ct permits allowing them
70 work from the superior court
Judges
Truant officer Brooks n receiving
considsrahie eensure IN certain quar-
t~ru Tor his failure n enforce the old
law a. Superintendent Cooper under
stood a. The labor commissioner YES
trrday found several children working
who had not even the useless permits
which the school superintendent has
been handing out 20 them II Il hts
duty 20 keep truanB ~ school. and
20 So that at children who should be-
al school are there.