The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-30

domestic service In Minnesota, and III
manufacturing establishments in Vir
gina, North Dakota, Oklahoma and
South Dakota. In Minnesota children un-
der sixteen and in North Dakota, South
I, Dakota and Oklahoma children under
eighteen years of age may not be COM
| peeled to work more than ten hours in
the industries mentioned.
Ten hours per day or fifty-five hours
per week: For children under eighteen
years in manufacturing, mercantile, or
other establishments in Ohio and in
manufacturing establishments in New
Jersey. r.
Ten hours per day or fifty eight hours
per week: For children under eighteen
years of age in Massachusetts and UNI
der sixteen years in Rhode Island in
manufacturing establishments.
Ten hours per day or sixty hours per
week: For males under eighteen and
females under twenty-one years of age
in manufacturing establishments in
Michigan; for children under eighteen
years of age in manufacturing establish
ments and telegraph and telephone Of
fees in Louisiana, and in manufacturing
establishments in New Hampshire; for
children between sixteen and eighteen
years of age in factories in New York,
and for females between sixteen and
twenty one years of age in mercantile
establishments, business offices, hotels,
ETC., in towns of 5000 inhabitants, in New
York except in mercantile establish
ments from Dec. Is to Jan. /; for fe-
males under eighteen and males under
sixteen wears of age in manufacturing
establishments in Maine; for children
under sixteen years of age in manufac-
turing and mercantile establishments in
Connecticut, and Indiana, and for child
rem under fourteen years of age in manu-
featuring establishments in Arkansas.
Ten hours per day and six days per
week: For children under sixteen years
OF age in any occupation in Oregon and
Wisconsin.
Twelve hours per day or sixty hours
per week: For children in manufactur-
ing establishments, bakeries, laundries,
renovating works, and printing offices
in Pennsylvania.
Sixty-six hours per week: For child
rem under eighteen years of age in North
Carolina and twelve years of age in
Alabama in manufacturing establish
ments.
From sunrise to sunset with the Gus
tomary hours for meals: For persons
under twenty one years of age in manu-
featuring establishments other than
cotton and wooden mills in Georgia. The
law provides that all contracts for long
er time are null and void, but makes no
other prohibitory provision. ,
4 In a number of The above. mentioned
I States the statutes require that an in
terval of one-half hour OF one hour dur
ing, the working day be- given to Children
for lunch or'restg Where the hours OF
labor per day are limited, especially i'll
factories, aiprovison is usually made
that the hours per day may be EXTENDED
in order to make repairs, etc, or to
shorten one day of the work.
From the same excellent authority L
1 quote the hours during which child work
is prohibited as follows:
For minors, between 10 p. N. and a.
IN. in manufacturing establishments i'll
Massachusetts.
For children under eighteen years of
age, between 6. p. m. and a. m. in
manufacturing establishments and be
tween p. m. and a. m. in bakeries i'll
New Jersey; between p. m. and g a.
m. in manufacturing establishments in
New York; and between 9p. m. and 5 a
M, except during time required on Sun
day for setting sponge for the next day,
in bakeries in Pennsylvania.
For males under sixteen and females
under twenty-one, between 10 p m. and
l Il. Ill. Ill 1HeTcdHCle eSIdDiiSHiIchIo,
except on Saturday, and from Dec. Is
! to Jan. l, in New York
For males under sixteen and females
under eighteen between 7 p. m. and 6 a.
m. in manufacturing and mercantile
establishments in Ohio.
For children under sixteen years of
age, between 9. p. m. and 6 a. m. in all
gainful occupations in Wisconsin; be-
tween 7. p. m. and a. m. in all gainful
occupations in Illinois and Oregon, and
in Minnesota in all occupations outside
the family, except that children from
fourteen to sixteen years of age may be
employed in mercantile establishments
on Saturdays and ten days before
Christmas until 10 p. m; between 6 p.
m. and a. m. in manufacturing estab-
lishments in Michigan; between p. m.
and 5 a. m. in bakeries in Washington,
| and between 9 p. m. and q. m. in bak
cries in Missouri. .s~.I
| For children under fourteen years of
age, between 7 p. M. and q a. m. Ill
4 Il.