The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-11

meal training Will nOld q great place
In the future in fitting our citizens
best possible shape. In the sSuth
there is q. population peculiarly fitted
to profit by them, q population which
has been generally referred to as poor
ties, and almost purely Of the old
native stock. which simply lacks tho
opportunity to develop q degree Of In
dustrials efficiency. unsur passed else
where on this continent.
EVIL OF Child Labor.
It is a matter for congratulation that
there Is such a steady increase OF In
thing pertaining to children. This has
already markedly shown Itself, and i
hope will still more markedly show IT.
self In the future, In warning against
the evil OF child labor in factories. The
factory is 9. very poor pl ace. indeed, for
child; indeed. personally, think the
factory a poor place for o wornan-cer-
talnly for q married woman or for an
unmarried woman for more than very
few, years. In any community organ
age woman will have quite enough to
do in her own homo. whether she 10
rich or poor: and nowhere else can
she do work OF such value to the na-
tlon as a whole-ands by work, mean
her housework her work as housewife
INDUSTRIES" AS. regards children. it Is
as essential to look after their physical
as their mental training. We cannot
afford to let children grow up ignor-
ant; and, II they are sent to school,
they cannot, while young, also work
hard outside without detriment, physi-
cal mental and moral There Ia urgent
need for the health authorities to In
crease their care over, the hyglenio
conditions and surroundings Of chill
dren Of tender years, and especially to
supervise thosefin the schools. It IS
| q good thing to try to reform bad
children. to try to build up degenerate
children; but 1t is hnleven better thing
and mind those children who are now
sound, but who may easily grow up
unsound II no care Ms taken OF them.
! The nations most vhluable. asset, Is the
children; for the children are the nation
nations need should join together to
work for the moral. spiritual and
| physical welfare Of tho children In all
Iparts of our land. am glad that
there has been founded q national
lwish it, and all It's branches, well IN
every way. E. I,
There is increasing need that the
i welfare OF the children should be eff
4 fectively safeguarded by governments
| action, with the provis0 however, tina
this action shall pc taken with Know.
sense; for philanthropy, whether gov.
i arnmentl or individual. Is q curse and
| not blessing when marked by q sptrit
OF foolish sentimentality and ignor:
anoe. Such governmental action y
/ merely one Inevitable result of the
1 ayer-increasing growth Of our complex
j industrialism. Decade a by decade. Il
becomes more and moro necessary that
without sacrificing their individual In.
dependence. the people Of this country
their mutual interdependence. and The
Il duty Of safeguarding the interest o.
each in the ultimate interest OF all
il We have inherited and developed q su
perbly self-rel!ant individ ualtsm IN TIL!
country. most earnestly hope that l
Will not be lost; that 1t will never bt
i exchanged for q deadening socialism
Thu only permanently benehcial way IL
J, which to help any one Is to help hin
il, to help himself; IT either private char
! form of social expression, destroys tn,
Individuals power OF sel4-help. the
; gravest possible wrong is really done
J to the Individual. Nevertheless. as tn
conditions OF life grow more complex
! it is not possible to trust our welfare
only to the unbridlcd individual sinitta,
tfya Of each unit OF our population
working as that unit wills. We Meet
! laws for the care ~ our children which
were not needed when this country wa
in its infancy. We need laws tor thu
!. control OF vass corporations such a.
were not needed when the indiv!dua
J fortunes were far smaller than at pres
J, ent, and when these fortunes were no
combined for business use, In thu
J same way. we need to- change our atti
!. tude toward labor problems from wha
!, that attitude was IN the days Whel
, the great bulk Of our people lived Al
!, thu country. with no more complex Ia