The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-13
LAW FAILS TO
PROTECT CHILD
Dumb BruteS Safeguarded, but
Little BipedS Exposed
to Cruelty.
LEGISLATION is DEMANDED
COMMITTEE MEETS IN INTEREST
or JUVENILE WORK.

Children should be as we'll protected
from cruel and inhuman treatment as an
meals was the opinion Of the committee
OF sixteen representing organizations and
institutions interested In Juvenile work
which met yesterday morning in the
courtroom OF Judge Willis Brown OF the
juvenile court at the city and county
building. With a view Of obtaining ade-
quate protection for the little folks a law
will be presented to the legislature for
passage providing for punishment for all
persons guilty OF mistreating children in
any way. Strange to say there Is no such
law on the statute books at present and
the only way in which such persons can
Dc reached IS by prosecution for assault
and battery. This is difficult TO estab-
lish. as malice and criminal intent must
be proved. On the other hand no such
evidence IS needed in prosecutions for
cruelty TO animals and the committee de-
slres TO place children at least on level
with dumb beasts in the eyes of the law.
Other Laws Recommended.
Three other measures were recommend
ca. one of these has to do with the eX-
tension and development of the state in
dustrial school An additional appropria-
ton for this Institution will be asked
and a recommendation made that the
girls and BOYS sections of the school be
separated. This is i'm line with the policy
being adopted all over the country. The
t .tNlvuUN OF the Appropriation desired Will
be decided at n conference with the man
ayers OF the school TO be held next week
One OF the most important measures
that will be advocated is an act provid-
ing that any district court in the state
may order the parents or guardian OF a
enid Kept I'm any OF the state institutions
are able. In this manner II Is expected
considerable additional revenue can be Sc
cured.
"It is not right to ask the state to edu-
Of 4 Ia oh Of nv
man in the school for the deaf or blind -
said Judge Willis Brown in commenting
upon this proposed legislation.
More Pay is Wanted.
A bill will also be introduced increasing
the pay OF the probation officers 1t will
be pointed out that the work done by
these officiNls is exceedingly difficult and
that their pay is small in comparison with
the labor they perform.
The session of the committee lasted
three hours. and after the proposed leg
islatiou had been approved an adjourn
ment was taken for one week I'm order
that the proposed laws might be drafted
by Judge Brown.
The committee proposes also to consult
with the managers OF the various state
institutions during the next week and Sc
purpose of harmonizing the requests of
the various schools so that a united front
can be presented 20 the legislature
Members of the Committee.
The members OF the committee are:
Mrs AntOinette Kinney, Salt Lake. chair
man; Samuel r. Brown. Provo. secretary;
ii. II. Thomas, Ogden, superintendent
state Industrial school; Charles Hollings-
worth, Ogden, secretary state industrial
school: Judge II. A. Patterson, Logan;
Mrs. c. II. McMullen. Salt Lake; Mrs
Hugh Park. Salt Lake; Dr. T. b. Beatty
salt Lake, secretary of the state board
OF health; Preston Richards Salt Lake.
member OF legislature; G.. G.. Marks, Salt
Lake; Judge Willis Brown Salt Lake.
judge Juvenile court; Mrs. Ida Dusen-
bury, Provo; a. l.. Booth, Provo; Ariel
Carbon. Provo. superintendent of schools
Mrs Kate Hillard Ogden.