The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-24
CHILD LABOR IS
PERIL TO SOUTH
SAYS BtvER|OCE
EVER NEARING NAV OF De.
GENERAcY YAWNs OVER
WHITE RACE.
SEES NEGRO SUPREMACY
National Legislation to Prohibit
Unnatural Practice in
Country.

SRSf'tiyf
Wash ngton, Jan 23. We arc dc
liberately weakening the white race
Of the south while gradually strength-
enng the black gace of the south,
said Senator Albert J Beverdge In
an address delivered In he senate
today in support. Of the Beveridgc
Bill 10 prohibit the labor of children
in mines, factories and sweat shops.
Senator Beyeridge said Ill part
While the white working people 5f
the south composing the enormops
majority of the entire white stock of
hat section, are ncieasingly so1ding
their children 10 the mills and thus
wrecking the future of the white ace,
tho negroes of the south are incteas
ngly ending their childrea to school,
and thus improving the future Of tie
black race.
am glad TO sec the negro children
going 10 school, bur it Is hearthT yak
ny to know hat the white ChEl,ra
are being made their interiors, phys
cally nervously, and in the far FL
ture. mentally. And 10 the end that
the already unhealthy fortunes CT
northern capitalists vino own tie G
southern cotton mills shall te made
still greater The ration Is alarmed
over the unrighteous power of nr.
righteous fortunes and yet We go on
swelling these fortunes WITH the
blood and lives of american chillrn.
Become Degenerate.
II these children do not die but
grow mp into manhood and woman.
hood, they become enemies OF society
/ do not blame them They know that
they are not the equals Of their fel.
lows in body, mind. or soul; that their
bodies are dwarfed crooked and
weak; their minds dull and c'oud d;
their souls darkened and yic,ous.
These children become the parents
of offspring nherting their degcn-
eracy. and these children in Turn
grow mp to produce children still
more degenerate This ruin Of Areri
can citizenship. upon which al2ne this
Republic the last experiment of free
don" rests. Is too high a price to ray
for making still richer few men
who are already too rich.
what this means 10 he future Of
the nation is before us IN an example
which has startled the world--thc de
toiioration OF The British people re
vcaled by the Boer war. An average
Of 30 per cent Of all recruit, were re-
iected for reasons of physical aud
nertous mferority. The inspector gen
era rcpors that from 80 to 20 per
cent were unfit for military duty
Even British Pluck Decays.
The British in South Africa foug'
with the anc 'ent British pluck. which
7 the last thing 10 dc ay lint 4. was
crolcsquelv inferior compared with
that which any othc- first. second or
even tbird class nation can In a
month rally to it's colors today
The carse OF England's pit able in-
.unicioncy IN the Bocr wer gnus back
70 century and quarter when the
modern factory system of Eogland
was established
Sir Robert Peel began the remedy
lng of This evil in 1902 Precisely the
same argument, almost jn the same
words ihaf We now hear against The
reform u America were then used in
Great Britain and uy the same cl'ss
oi men
o. ooh thrcaqasr'er. Il c.nt4y
fo stop these causes that werr rIirinE
the British people. Ard $50 vixen the
Poer war came. forty millions of re1-
ule foBud .t veilnigh imp s-ihi' tn
-cnd t0 battle scarcely NOR than
three hundred rh1r-au3 soldiers one
B3cr 'n fho field was worth dozen
Bri isr soldier
States Alone incompetent
Sn Ne sae fba- fde results uf t'Is
evil arc iuhumsaifv murder AMI o.
-uu.eiy certain race fr- pa ration. Dr.
Ha- -u. tn Dee stopped
Because If Uu- -fa.a presses OBJ 80
law aaI othUr sa-cs ao ur. flr
mamfa-'Hrr trc ror s'af' atr
af "a Hr-.ar-- af-airau.l-a vfl ffr
rarufaet..ar- a. tHc bad state. z r
tho later can employ cHeln rali
Iai.- and the former can rrt
ff one state cuac.- aai ertnfrs
-1oI laEs aIf Der states io nj.
The uaafnc of sord cI-irers iH t-e
former state f- nrufaTiscl hv tHc
mas.ue of bad cifizeas ia tHe ia.t.r
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