Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
JUDGE BEN q. LINDSEY OF DEN.
YER TELLS OF coNoi.
TioNs IN THE SOUTH.
SMALL BOYS IN CHAINS
OKLAHOMA WANTS NEW LAWS
AND Is FILLED WITH
ouAcks.

Denver.-Although elected president
OF the International Juvenile Court so
ciety. Judge Ben Il. Lindsey will still
retain his position as judge OF the ,u-
venile court. He returned on the 29th
from his trip to Chicago and an
nounced that he would retain his posi-
ton and run for the judgeship next
term.
II want to remain In Denver and
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 be travelling for
the next six months. but expect to ie-
turn ut the end OF that time. Head
quarters for the society have not yet
been definitely selected. but will prob
ably be In Denver. Al present tho
headquarters are In Milwaukee, where
tho secretary. Edward W. Frost. IL 10
Gated"
Judge Lindsey made an extensive
trip through the South while away.
Conditions there" he said. "arc appal-
ling. The factories Of the South Ire
working m alarming social md econ.
omical change. The owners will not
employ negro children and mr. result
tho negro children are going to school.
becoming educated and growing up
straight and strong. while many Of the
white children are becoming weakly.
ignorant and dcgcncratins physically
mud morally.
"Thc child labor problem Of the
South M II IN now IN one OF the great
est problems Il has to face. ] have re-
osiycd frantic appeals from most of
the southern states for this very rca.
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 them.
alongside Of desperate thieves and
murdcrcrs OF mature age. I saw little
boys-whitc boyE-who were locked
up In the same room with murdcr:rs
In jails. and what chance have they In
tho world under such conditions!
"Thcsc conditions I wound to exist In
Mississippi. Louisiana. Georgia. Ten.
n.sscc and other states.
-Okiahomn I found to be the most IN.
icststinE state In the union ut present.
The state has no old laws and moss.
backed conditions to contend with. IL
is entirely new. The Legislature and
people want new laws. however. and
have started out to get them. At pres.
cnt tho whole state In filled with
'Guacks'. There are 'quacks' OF every
description. Everybody who has n
scheme In there to foist II upon the
young state. Old customs have been
taken down there and broachci as rcy.
Judge Brown. formerly from Salt Lake.
In there with pamphlets containing
what he calls his system for juvenile
courts. The pamphlets contain Cello.
rado laws copied word for word.
Quacks on every subject abound.
The people there are beginning TO
realize this and have secured through
the leading men on all branches OF re-
form. Leaders In the movements iof
associated charity work. for child n,d
animal protection. prohibition, juvenile
work and every reform law have been
secured to deliver course Of lectures
there nt the next session Of the Lcgis.
laturc. Tho 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 10 bring the
lecturers there. but have appealed to
the trustees Of the Russell Sage fund
for education. for money enough to pay
made Of the fund, they believe. than to
use part Of II In educating the law
makers OF state In modern laws.