Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-02
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY ,. 1901
CHILD LABOR IN NORTH CAR
CHINA

Willie the committee 10 which ii vas
referred has almost unanimously dc.
cided against the child labor bill BRO
scented in the North Carolina I.cgis!;
tr:c. the matter is still being ,lscl,Ssc.l
with good Gcal of heat in tie Old
Moth State. The esteemed Whining
ton IN. C,> Messenger is Cne Of tho
advocates Of the present method OF
dealing with tho question. which,
leaves the matter CT chill. labor pretty
much 10 the discretion or degenerate
parents ard selfish employers
One Of the subsidiary points ;ouci,-
O, upon in considering the n.ltcr
was MIR. Robert Hunters declarations
rhat in tho city Of New York 10 onC
children 50 IN school every norma.
win empty stomachs. With this dec.
larasicn as starting point. the Mes.
Ecngo" SGEs 'Thc question We wonlt!
likc u have answered is whether those
children who arc forced 10 schco dav
after day with empty sinmachs and
A''s''S Ii'i<i'N'l idtSN VIII llltkc tuN Htl
ter citizens when hey arc grown thar
il they had been allowed Ia stay aw& !,
from SchCu, and earn enough ho;i.c1
pennies each Gav 10 enable thc.r 10
Keep CT III" cravings Of hunger? what
:"or! arc dailH attempts q, 2rlnHiny il,
books gong to 10 y cE!h va,,sn
stomach is empty and cravin,; for
fG0tl whose rhyslcaI nat,lrr is daily
SiNin" way undo: the ram"s Of hun.e!
Will" the Weakened mind is hrii!- ,o;
tired WIZ tic strain Of a,trmIhe,
mental inpnvcmrnl? Is il net better
70 prounc% q man Or woman Will,
''rnl'hy bo'iy anI sound mind who (
capable of absorbing a certain amrunl
q educ alton from their Sur:C!lnlin.S
than enc of weak starved phv..ical
rCndi,!nh. producing an intGllrct m
able. because Of TIE cnf"cblcl bnly Ia
comprehend and apply lhc mental IL.
structicn ofcrcd-nyc enforced urDr
i. o.
Our contemporary Loses sight Of tie
fact that of t"c evils we should s."
lect--ntither. There is no arg,!,nt ~
or Logic 10 show that change in the
ne" York child labor law would fl;
the stomachs Of the hnngr: children
CT that here would b. work irl ,i%n,
to do If their young lives Nigh, legally
bG turned over to the task-ma.ters in,
tcres1cd in grinding dividends out Of
youthful machines IS our crr,rmoo
rar% SO uEeophisticatrh rs TO bo,;Gvy
that twelve hours in The factory each
working cay with It's munO,0nClls hun,
OF machinery ana its droary iteration
OF the same duty performed over AID
OYER again a million times. is condu
women Cf healthy bodies an! sOunG
minds? a glance at the ,lcclcD.i
stcCp-&EculdCr"d. leather skinned ,hil
dIoiI of the mill district should an.,,yr,
'his nncsilcn III Wa% winch caal.Gl y;
mistaken. J, may Nc Ia, North Gar
Gina can AFFORD, 10 barter away its
bifthri.h1 Of proper environment fCl
the expansion Of chile life. tnr ,3aI,,.
!li,!l dividends. but tie matter ShrnlL
l,e stated with brutal dircclncss. n 1: 7,
should be NO attempt 10 doc Give IN.
peGrlc wi.li insinua;i,"ls - I'll" effect
that cotton Mills are health rcsrr;.: iol
Infants.
Continuing he His>r&. len Of til,
matter, the Messenger declares liza,
SO long as There is ,,ovci,v abroad il
III: land JUS, so long will there lie lit
lie children whose condition in lite j.
so unfortunate trial ,Ecv viii hAvo t,
labor for their own Twin: CT in aid IT 2
fecrla widowed mother o. tcrrcpi;
father. instead cf tahin. advantage q
tie opportunities, offered ,Ilcn, iy lht
state fer securing an education. Tha;