East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-21
FIGHT To SAVE
THE CHILDREN
PROTECT FROM JUGERNACT
OF THE FACTORIES
Great Gathering in Chicago Today
Movement on Foot TO Force Es-
tablishmcnt of National Chill
dren's Burcau-Bill will be Pre-
sented TO National Congress.

Chicago. Jan. 2l-To save the
children of the nation from the Jug
gernaut of the factories and the Mo-
loch of the mines is the object Of
hundreds Of earnest men and women
who gathered in Orchestra Hall to-
day for the opening session of the
fifth annual child labor conference,
under the auspices of the National
Child Labor Committee.
Isaac y. Seligman. Of New York,
chairman of the National Commit
tee. opened the conference, and re-
sponse was made by Governor De-
neen. A discussion Of the proposed
children's bureau. to be established
in connection with some department
of the federal government, will be
held tonight. The sessions Will ex-
tend through tomorrow and Satur-
day.
Practically all the states of the
Union. except a few in the South,
now have some sort Of laws regulat-
ing child labor. but delegates to to-
days convention assert that most of
these laws are inadequate and inef-
fective in checking what has become
a crying national evil. 1t is pointed
out that horse breeders realize the
evils involved in the premature
working of colts. and it is asserted
that as much regard should be paid
to the young of the human species
The conference promises to be one
of the most comprehensive on the
subject Of children ever held by the
committee. "The Children Of the
Nation" will be the general topic OF
OF the discussions. which will be par
ticipated in by some Of the most
prominent social workers, physicians,
educators and labor leaders Of the
country.
one of the objects of the confer
ence is to arouse public sentiment in
favor of the adoption of a bill pend
ing in congress to establish a nation
al cbildren's bureau. The bill was
introduced in the senate three years
ago. but did not come to a vote. al
though it received the endorsement
of President Roosevelt and other
high officials Of the federal govern
ment
The national child labor committee
will urge the passage Of the bill at th'
present session Of congress. The pro-
posed bureau is designed to devote It.
self specifically to the interests OF
the children Of the nation 1t Is pro-
posed that it investigate and report
on all matters pertaining to the well
fare Of child life, particularly with
reference to child labor. infant NOR
taljtv. birth rate, physical degener'
acy. orphanage. delinquency and Ju'
yenile courts. dangerous occupations
accidents and diseases Of children
OF the Industrial class, and legisla'
ton affecting children in the severa
states and territOdies.
Topics For Discussion.
Following are some Of the LEADING
topics to be discussed during tn'
states and territories.
The Duty Of a Rich Nation tc
Care for Her Children" Isaac \. Sc
ugman Of New York.
Child labor and the Public We'll
fare" Dean Allen G. Hall, Wander
bilt University. Nashville, Ten|.
Child Labor Menance TO Ma
tional Health" DR.. Woods Hutchin
son. New York; DR.. Thomas Morgan
Riach. Boston; DR.. Henry p. Favil
and Or Frank Billings, Chicago.
THE Relation Of Public Education
n Child Labor" DR.. Andrew S. Drap
er. New York state commissioner o
education.
"The Trade Unions War Upor
Child Labor" John Mitchell, vice
president Of the American Federation
Of Labor.
At the sixth session Of the confer
once there viii be a symposium o
state factory inspectors. with paper
read by state Factory Inspector Ed
gar T. Davis. Of Illinois, John VIII
liams. NJ New York, Miss Jeon Cor
don and Edwin De Leon.
The conference win be followed b.
the presentation Of the same subject
in the pulpits Of Chicago and othe
cities ON Sunday, that date havin
been designated ~ child labor day
throughout the country