Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-07
President Urick, of the Fedora
ton of Labor, Has Begun
an Active Campaign
HOPE TO HAVE A LAW PASSED
Efforts Made Mefore the Last Lesisla-
ture Will be Renewed at the Next
and in the Meantime Laboring Men
Will Seek to Secure Election Of Men
Known to Favor it.

Des Moines, July finder the su.
pervision of President Urick, OF tn.
Iowa Federation OF Labor, the fedora
| ton is beginning an active campaign
seeking the abolition OF child labor ii
| Iowa Altho no favorable Legislation
/ was secured at the last session of the
! legislature, there are q .arse number
of the members of the general assem-
| bly, who have favored the measure gen.
orally, and these. together with the
newly elected members, are to be re-
lied on for the passage of favorable
laws at the next session.
One OF the steps in the campaign
which is being pushed at present is
that Of circular letter which is being
addressed to all influential labor lead
ers of the state, together with promi-
nent citizens in each city and town.
President Urick pressed the matter
and the need of laws on the subject at
the convention of the Iowa Federation
at Marshalltown and secured the pas
sage of strong resolutions favoring the
eliminate the possibility Of children la
boring in the factories of Iowa.
Since that time he has spent much
time in the preparation of literature
for use In opening the campaign and
for the formation Of sentiment which
will result in the passage Of the de-
sired laws.
number of figures showing the
states which have and have not the
laws prohibiting child labor are also
given. They make showing as fol-
lows:
Divided into groups, the first group
showing the ability to read and write
and night school attendance before or
during employment (night schools
usually permitted to illiterates en-
ployed during the day., the first group
shows the age which child must at
tain before 1t can escape the educa-
tional test.
Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas. 1llt-
nois. Maryland. minnesota. Pennsyl-
vanta, sixteen years. Montana. Ohio,
fourteen years; Rhode Island, thirteen
years: Washington, fifteen years: New
Hampshire, sixteen years. or thru mi
nority if illiterate: New York, sixteen
years and boys between fourteen and
sixteen years of age must show a GER
tiacate of graduation from an elemen-
tary school before they may work. In
South Carolina children may be en-
pioyed during vacation If they can pre-
sent certificate showing four months
of attendance thru the year
The second group shows the states in
which children may be employed, the
only requisite being the ability to read
and write. They are:
Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan. Mon
tana, Ohio. Oregon. Texas. all requiring
children to be sixteen years of age.
Missouri and Vermont, fourteen years.
The states of Louisiana, Maine Ne
brasl<a, North Dakota, South Dakota
and Vermont require school attendance
only at ages ranging from fourteen to
sixteen years.
No educational test whatever is re-.
quired in the states and territories of
Alabama, Alaska. Arizona. California.
Delaware. District of Columbia, Flor
ida. Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New
Mexico. North Carolina. Oklahoma.
Tennessee. Utah. Virginia, Wisconsin
and Wyoming.