Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-13
LAW HARD % ENFORCE
Statute Preventing Child Labor
Gives Department Large
Amount of Trouble
FORCE is NOT SUFFICIENT
Labor Commissioner Has Only Four
I Assistants, and One Of These is STEM
osrapher - Rich and Poor Alike Be.
ing Prosecuted - Some Exhibit Feat
ures Of the State Fair.
Special 10 Times-Republican.

Special to Tirnes-Republican.
Des Moines, July 13.--Down in Mus
catine the factory inspectors filed an
| informa ton in justice court against a
wash woman who had her daughter
working in, button factory. The
1 mother claimed that she had the
daughter there during the summer in
order that she could keep her in school
during the nine months Of school.
In Des Moines the factory inspectors
filed an information against a bank
cashier, for allowing his son who is
| under age, to work in the Gownie Glove
factory. The father claimed that the
boy was strong and healthy and that
it was a case of trying to find some
thing to keep the boy busy during the
| Summer months, the mother being
away on a vacation.
The Muscatine mother thought she
had a valid excuse for breaking the
law and the Des Moines father thought
Muscatine is that the mother must
work harder or else not allow her
daughter to remain in school SO many
months. The Des M0nes father in
sists now that there must be ten.
months of school in order to keep his
son busy.
At the office of the state labor COM
mission it is said that the child labor
law is giving more trouble in its en-
forcement than any of the other labor
laws. For five years there was scarce
ly an information filed. Then there
was conviction or two. During the
year ending July 1 the child labor
law has been in force and effect but
the labor commissioners office has
been lenient because 1t was attempting
to educate' the factory men to the law.
Now it is commended that the law is
known to all factory men and the
only way it can be enforced is by
convicting those who break It.
Seventeen cases We're filed recently
in Muscatine and a lot of convictions
resulted. A number of cases have been!
filed in Des N[oines. The department
is handicapped, however, by having
but four men, one Of whom, stenog-
rapher, remains in the office all the
time and a great part of the time Of
Commissioner Brigham is spent there
on detail office work. The other two
must cover the entire state Of Iowa.
1t is evident that sooner or later the
department. must have more inspectors.
Practically every state that has such
1o1 AZ inc In
theemeantime the people of the state
can assist materially by giving the
commissioner information of violations.
~ss
The Iowa farmers are to be shown
just how the Irvine is made with
which the Iowa crop of wheat, oats
and barley is tied up when harvested.
1t - promised that at the state fair
the Last week of August there will be
exhibited in full operation a complete
plant for the conversion of sisal and
hemp into binder Irvine. This plant
will take the fibre as it comes from
the Philippines or from Mexico and
put it thru all the processes of spin
ming, twisting and balling, making it !
ready for the use Of the farmer. This
il the first time the process has ever
been shown In the state The plant |
will be erected by the International
Harvester Company of America as a |
part OF their exhibit, which will be an |
extensive one.
Among other 6arm novelties to be |
part of this same exhibit will be a |
new farmers automobile, built espec- |
tally for travel on country roads; a |
gasoline tractor to take the place of |
the cumbersome steam traction en-
gines; a new threshing machine, and |
other Of the latest farm machinery
Another novelty at the state fair |
will be a large Canadian steam gang |
pillow, cutting a furrow twenty feet
wide. and drawn by forty horse
power engine. 1t is just such a ma
chine as is used in the far northwest
on the great prairies.
The machinery and vehicle exhibit /
for the state fair and exposition will
this year cover substantially twenty
acres and Be the completest in the
world.
C.. C. Pugh Of Des Moines, editor of
the Mail and Times, and the Perry
Chief, have proposed George w. Clarke
OF Abel for the republican neminat ton
for governor.
His name has been mentioned in
connection with the governorship many
times during recent years. Last year
it would not have been difficult for his
friends to have. organized an extensive
showing in his behalf. His popularity
the republicans Of the state was
by his excellent service as
speaker Of the house of representatives.
He served two terms, and politicians
know that II he were the republican
candidate for governor he would enjoy
having many democrats vote for him.
because those in the house of repre-
sentatives so admired him that they re-
fused to run e. candidate for speaker
AGAINST him and vote for him them