The Washington herald., 1909-01-27

the dependent children in the United
States are in New York City. and aP-
peaIed 70 all the States and Territories
I 20 share the abnormal burden
NO condition compares with that OF
our city. for over S0.e00 children are re-
! lying upon the taxpayers for their sup
/ port. Ny official position often compels
me TO do things in direct contravention
Of my sympathies. cannot spend the
taxpayers money recklessly, even IN an
altruistic cause. ! believe that II We
owe anything 10 any dependent children,
I Il Is 70 those OF a parent OF parents who
I have been sacrificed 10 the modern Mo
Z lOch Of industrialisn- Wa are far behind
I European nations in providing for them
In Europe the law says 10 the work
man. You must lay aside a fund; you
must protect the widow and orphan
We must follow IN her footsteps. Under
present conditions the American manu-
{ facturer can 90 little.
Child Labor.
The New England manufacture for
/ instance. IS handicapped. not by foreign
/ competition. but by the living fact Of
child labor in the South. That means
/ cheap goods with which 10 underseH him.
State action cannot Go much good under
these conditions. Child labor IS essen
TALLY a subject for national legislation. 3"
RepIete with anecdotes OF his expert
ences in Denver and bubbling with hu-
NOR, Judge Ben 3. Lindsey. introduced
as 'Our indispensable Ben shifted his
audience rapidly from laughter 10 tears
and from tears % laughter for nearly
I twenty minutes. James R Garfield. Sec
reJary OF the Interior. who was 70 have
made an address. was unable 20 be pres
I ent
VIII Urge Legislation.
Aiming TO establish a bureau IN the
/ Department OF the Interior 10 be known
as the Chudren's Bureau, the conference
on dependent children adopted resolutions
yesterday calling upon Congress 70 enact
the necessary legislation The action
I taken vas unanimous
| Coincidently, a hearing before The
House Committee on Expenditures OF the
I Interior Department VIII be held On the
bin al 10.31 o'clock this morning. and 8
/ committee from the conference viii be on
hand 70 urge q favorable report
( The resolutions committee. composed
OF Homer Folks. OF New York; James Z
West. OF Washington; Judge Julian "
| Mack. OF Chicago. and H Hastings Hart
Of Chicago. made a number OF other
I significant recommendations.
The report from the committee was sad
/ BY DIT. Edward 7. Devine. editor OF Char
T ities and the Commons. and professor OF
social economy in Columbia University. q
/ be exceptionally able. and a keynote OF
| the purposes Of the child labor conference
such as has not been struck n many
/ years"
should Share Burden.
/ The action Of some States in adopting
I legislation restricting the Importation OF
/ homeless children into their jurisdictions
was condemned. InasmUch as some Of the
] prosperous farming communities owe 6
debt 20 the more thicIzly peopled sections
/ Of the East, especially 20 the great cen
I ters OF population where the burden OF
/ orphaned. defective, or abandoned chill
! dren is greatest, il is believed that they
should be willing 10 assume a small share
OF the load. The restrictive legislation
I III LLLe " 81 II CAnAC1 y cAo 10 eNA1 wv ~
the fact that the imported waits fre-
oueutly became public wards, but this
danger has been done away with The
State from which the child is sent as
sumes bonds for his support
/ The. resolutions committee also touched
/ extensively upon the cottage system in
modern orphanages. and other institutions
/ for the care Of dependant children, and
gave II a blanket Endorsement Il was
/ declared TO be not only cheaper, both as
regards construction and maintenance, but
also superior from the sociological point
of view.
The total appropriation required for the
establishment Of a children's bureau IS
Sz0O00. and its purposes are outlined as
/ follows;
The said bureau shall be under the di-
rection Of a chief. 70 be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and
/ consent Of the Senate, and who shall re-
ceive an annual compensation Of $.000.
The said bureau shall investigate and re-
port upon all matters pertaining 10 the
welfare Of children and child life. and
shall especially investigate the questions
Of infant mortality. the birth rate, physi-
cal degeneracy, orphanage, juvenile de-
liuquency and juvenile courts, deSertion
and nlegitimacy. dangerous occupations,
accidents and diseases of children Of
the working classes. employment Iegisla-
ton affecting children in the several
States and Territories. and such other
facts as have bearing upon the health,
efficiency, character. and training Of chill
dreu."
Introduced by Parsons.
Representative Herbert Parsons. 0f New
York. introduced the bill in the House Of
Representatives December last
Those who participated in the discus
sion az the two sessions yesterday n
cluded Charles ". BirtweIl. OF Boston.
Mass; NJ Y Grouse. Of CincilnaiI. Ohio:
DR.. f. T. Devine. OF New York: Rev. J.
?. Dysart. Of Milwaukee. Wis : Hugh p
Fox, Of PIaInheld. " J; Lee X FrankeI.
of New York: Mrs John NJ Glenn. %
New York; DR.. n. II. Hart, Of Chicago;
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