The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-01-24


"A good law, and other states 90 not f.
the manufacturers in the good state
are at business disadvantage with
the manufacturers iu the good state
for the latter can employ cheap labor
and the former cannot The manu-.
facurcrs in the good state suffer Dee
cause Of the very righteousness OF
that states laws; and the manufactur.
crs Of bad state profit by the very
wlckodnoss Of that states laws. And
American business meu should have
equal opportunities.
Second II one state enacts and en-.
forces good laws. and other states
do not, the making Of good citizens
I'm the former state is neutralized by
the making Of bad citizens in the lat.
ter state. For these latter are citizens
not only Of that state which permits
their ruin, but also citizens OF the ma
tlon. II New York produces annually
hundred thousand degenerates they
are not citizens Of New York eXclu.
siycly but OF the republic also. They
vote not only at state elections. but
at national elections. Also, they tray.
el into other states and here become
the parents uf bad citizens.
Third. The states, acting separately
can not pass uniform law which
would be uniformly enforced in all the
states. That never has yet been done
In any matter whore great business in
torc-ts were involved. It never will be
done in the matter Of child labor
Twenty years uf effort for this reform
proves this.
(Sonator Bevcrldgc here gave an
analysis of the state laws, showing
their lack Of uniformityD
Fourth. Even If It could be accom-
plished # would take at least gen.
eration, but, in the meanwhile this
systematic murder of little children
and the systematic deterioration OF
American citizenship would go on.
Some say, " Let us wait until the
states act" What say the American
people, with countless child graves
before them, child murder this mo-
ment being done, and human lives
daily wrecked-what say the Ameri-
can people to this counsel of death
and delay?
Fifth. The great manufacturing
mining and affiliated interests, con
gestcd in certain states where this
evil is worst, are so powerful that
they prevent the passage of effective
child labor laws; and If in a period OF
excitement public opinion becomes SC
strong as to pass a child labor law
these interests are so powerful that
It is not executed. In either event the
end desired is defeated.
Estates Rights"
But the theory OF states rights /
not touched by this bill Even II 4
were touched, we ought not to qulbo,
nj out II, any more than we quibbe,
al out that theory when we passed IL,
national quarantine bill TO keep ou
yellow fever. If We could forge
states rights" in keeping out yellow
fever. which does not kill hundre,
people In decade, ought We 20 re
mcmre er states rights" when we ar,
asked to pass n bill to prevent tn,
killing Of thousands and the utter ruiz
LOT Of 4
But / have so drawn this bill tina
the question of states rights" is no
involved, for | am more anxious Il
end an inhuman evil than am 10 dc
bate governmental theory. The mos
earnest adherent Of states rights
can vote for It without violating hi
constitutional convictions. Whoeye
votes against the bill must do so OF
other grounds than state rights"
Warning to South.
This word to our Southern brothers
and It is Il word OF doom. While tn,
white working people Of the South
composing the enormous majority o
the entire white stock Of that section
are increasingly sending their chill
dren To the mills and thus wrecl,
ing the future of thew hite race, tn,
negroes OF the south are increasingl,
sending their children to school an,
thus improving the future of the blacl
race. We are deliberately weakenin.
the white race OF the South, and grad
IN white race Of the South, Will,
gradually STRENGTHENING the black rae
Of the Sputh.
! am glad to see the negro children
going TO school; but It is hcartbreak
ing 10 know that the white childrer
are being made their interiors, phys
ically, ncryously and, in the far fu
ture, mentally And to what end? T,
the end that the already unhcalth,
I fortunes tf N,rfbaru g4rIta1Tatg a. bt