Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-08

make the business pay The consc.
aucncf ls Pennsylvania does nos pro.
tees those children.
The remedy which a. suggested By
Senator naVrfIdet ia very simple. ne
would make it illegal for anthracite
coal which these huya helped 90 pick
over ln the breaker houses. to BE-
shipped from one state t0 another.
IhuH Pennsylvania would have go
either dispose ol all 90 hard coal
within ta own hpundafies or the lii-
tie breaker boys under "a years of
age must be- taken uut Of the break.
cfe and sent io school,
The same principle Supplies 10 the
Z children employed. for example,. M
I The cotton mills of Alabama nr the
I knitting mills ut Massachusetts Both
these states ale naNfant Offenders
against childhood and womnnhood
The census enumeration in 1900
showed that IN Alabama there were
I 1888 boys and b,59a girls 10 years uf
axe cnraEnd in gainfpl Occupations to
tho exclusion OF schooling and youth.
I iul diversion IN uuuiu0n Ca thoss
Z there we're ii.OSi boys. 5.6ii girls -
/ years OF age also tf3ii h0ya and
1890 girls, NJ years ~ axe, 1882
boys nid 1905 giriH i3 ycars OF ages
i5.0bs boys and i.9i1 girls a. years Oi
age. al 1891 boys and 1893 girls, i5
years Of age engaged IN gainful occu
I paii0ns
Another state which q darrant
offender Is Georgia. The census re-.
iurna show that In that state ihore
are $3.50 boys under IA years of age
and 2s.7ts girls under "a years uf age
working, mostly in the cotton mills.
North Carolina aleu- INDUCES in
/ child slavery, employing more tnan
half its children between 40 and ~
/ years of hge There were in that
state In 1900, e2i boys ana 26.otl
girls employed In gninful occupations.
la Indiana Their were lG.i0l boys Eu
employed and 2.S09 girls
Al one moves west. conditions ian
prove Ia the matter of child labor
In the section OF the United States
embracing the states from washing
ton on the north to California on the
south. and coming east a. Gar a. Cot
orado and Utah. the proportion OI
boys between 10 and ~ engaged ID
galnml occupations q bat per cent
Tho census figures show thRt The
largest number nf young children and
women employed Is in the cotton
mills. Second TO thoaa come the SID
min operatives The hosiery and
knltung mills employ a great mans
women and children. us DO the shir
factories. the wooden mills. the glass
factories. che paper mills. the leather
working factories and the cigar ant
tobacco works-
When Senator BsvcridEo viii ~
able 90 forro his Legislative remedy
In he teeth OF the powerful moneyet
interest which will be- arTayed aRalna
him remains go be seen. Certain &
~ that his hshi VII be- a harder on,
shan that put un By the beef trust
IN his nsht for the children be- wil
J encounter the opposition of a acori
~ imsts, Including the glass trust
! The cotton mill combIna. ioH the Goa
trust. the tobacco irusi. che page
trun and q dozen others
ln addition 10 which ne VIII un
dUabtcdly and the solid south arrayei
in compact political aningnnism ral
/ lying 90 the cau Of the vested lniei
ems under the familiar cry of state
rlchh.
one thing winch win holm Never
! idge iu bic fight win be the supper
] Afforded hm by President Roosevelt
! who Us IA hearty accord with the I'M
diana svnutOrs new campaign Hos
I sirungly he iavors laws un this sub
icU Will appear in the forihc1mlnI
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