The Ordway new era., 1907-12-06
JUDGE BEN 9. LINDSEY OF DEN.
YER TELLS OF coNol.
TloNs IN THE SOUTH.
SMALL BOYS IN CHAINS
OKLAHOMA WANTS NEW LAWS
AND is FILLED WITH
CUACkS.

Denver.-Although elected president
OF the International Juvenile Court So
ciety Judge Ben B. Lindsey will yiill
retain his position MS Judge of the ~.
vonlle court. lie returned un the 2gth
from his trip to Chicago and an
h"uhced that he would retain his posi-
ton and run for the judgeship next
term.
Il want 10 remain In Denver rnd
build up this court. The work is
dearer to me than any other" said
Judge Lindsey. Il want to run for the
office next term and stay in Denver
permanently. | will he travelling Tor
th" next six months, but expect To ;e-
turn at the end OF that time. Head.
quarters for the society have not yet
been definitely selected. but will prob.
ably be in Denver. At present .he
Headquarters are in Milwaukee. where
the secretary, Edward w Frost. Is 10
Gated"
Judge Lindsey made an extensive
trip through the South while away.
Conditions there" he said, are appal-
ling. The factories OF the South Are
working nm alarming social and econ
omiCal change. The owners will not
employ negro children and ms result
the negro children are going TO school.
becoming educated and growing up
straight and strong, while many OF the
whi'c children are becoming weakly.
ignorant and degenerating physically
and morally.
The child labor problem of the
South as IL is now is one OF the great
est problems 1t has to face. ! have re-
Ceiyed frantic appeals from most OF
the southern states for this very rea.
son, They have asked me to come
down and explain the system being FOL.
lowed in the North.
Children ten and twelve years old
are working with chains on hem.
alongside of desperate thieves and
murderers OF mature age. | saw little
boys-whlte boys-who were locked
up In the same room with murderars
In jails. and what chance have they in
the world under such conditions?
These conditions wound 10 exist in
Mississippi. Louisiana. Georgia, Ten
nessee and other states.
oklahoma found to be the most IN
tcresting state In the union at present.
backed conditions to contend with. II
is entirely new. The Legislature and
people want new laws. however, and
have started out to get them. At pres
ent the whole state is filled with
'quacks'. There are 'quacks' OF every
description. Everybody who has Il
scheme Is there to foist 1t upon the
young state. Old customs have Desn
taken down there and broached as ne"
judge Brown. formerly from Salt Lake
Is there with pamphlets containtnG
what he calls his system for juvenile
courts. The pamphlets contain Cello
RADIO laws copied word for WORD.
Quacks on every subject abound.
"The people there are beginning to
realize this and have secured through
the associated charities OF New YORK
the leading men on all branches OF le'
form. Leaders in the movements FOR
associated charity work. for child and
animal protection, prohibition. juvenile
work and every reform law have been
secured to deliver course oil lectures
there at the next session OF the Lesis'
lature. The governor and Legislature
will attend the lectures In body and
model their laws accordingly. No sim
liar case can be found In the history
of the country
Judge Lindsey will spend consider
able portion of his time In Oklahoma
The people have no money to bring the
lecturers there, but have appealed tc
the trustees of the Russell Sage fund
for education, for money enough to pay
the expenses. No greater use could De
made of the fund. they believe. than 10
use part of 1t in educating the law
makers of a state In modern laws.