The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-02

otbar interested workers, and the census
6g,res Of 1900 brought home the sigiiin
nsnce Of the child labor situation to the
neonIe Of the United States: hose ilgures'
made 10 wears ago and gathered during 4
,inp;od baginninr 20 wears ago, showed
ihat ! T5O 600 children under 10 years oi
400 were at work at gaintul occupations
Mr. Ioyeioy said that those hgures ~.
6ad mutelv to the fact that, the oniosp
states does things that other naeiun'
do not do. The United States leu we ob;i.
tons Of the world in the number q sa rr.s
dr Iron employed While the same liglhiifa
ohem That conditions, as applied to emo emu.
iabor are better in this country than ,i
H.. were in Europe 80 years ago. the.
ivy showed that the United States Is IN,
o osa sing its army of child workers Ias;ri
~ tbe population of the country III
oreases ner annum or per decade ,l
Nv Ioyeioy is forceful, unemot'onal
,,,aaLar who is not prone to eNaggeratlltoh
a ped; n lucid and logical way ne toId I ,ne
story of the stunning OF brains anu pou'; s
% little children by Industrial 1g9lt ~
J;fferent PARTS of the country. lhousn ,, III
nictures he showed OF conditlols III 81 tbe
ern cotton mills, in glass factotles, ~ If
en- i1d NE vest and in the coal breakers . ..
1 p,aunSrlvania were such as to sur 'ir
| i IeilIs' IS men and women intereSte4 III
| biooa 70, 81 me- NE views taken in Fall River
chlid llae Bedford textile mills showed
anu frail and wan little. worker VINO
inaI Lt ~ he out in the sunlight. r.
o" PBnobablv Mr.. Loveioy made clear l1 70,
go time TO many Brattleboro People
ene 81 The reasons why child iaoor
me utilized so extensively IN tlle III that Nat
Ststes He said that 1t IS suppeesffa arm r,a%s
the United States IS ha.,o t;o " r. this
/ ria
rather .L Ln according to the deductions u
be so d aHr citizen, the children employee ,
lne st ~ in the main be engaged III :, I ho
mus f e. occupation of tilling the sou 9e,
hea neat tho hlue sky 1t is tact ina. tnt
Itat tad 'N States is nation OF farmers, ~
oiii'e olso true that it is one OF the 80 80
IL s air nations. and that our lliu th,
es! in e,nramacv is being built up AT wy
o .,ioa Of bodies and brains Of ", ore;oy
e;rIs under 16 years Of age. ,o ml condi
ffonched briefly on the de lp;oh tie telegraph
tions which surround Jug ;.;as He told Of
.oasanoers in the large cities. ne NV 81
messe Iaa,ands made upon this army 10; %
the ae n-nrteys in sections OF pig ele,e,
smail W. is king. One of the signliicali
MheIe t;ons thrown upon the screen o Wa wa,
iiluslia.t TO the effect that IN i?oV IL,
s!a.e'iS States led the world with o NV
, t ni.et percentage of illiteracy PEI: -.
hlgn1is st;an Then we had 1868 llilI wa s.
+ every 1000 of our popuia1tnISH". nor cen
u. .hat time. were practically Ivy Ppn;nt q
"aabead, of any other nati9h +ha a The ay
;lIiteracy. Mr.. LoveJoy, s an attend ten schoo
erage Pupn during a year while the ..
1,oou ho'fs sotorv worker of ~ OF
minutlve , lam must work 5000 hours.
years =, the south and in the fae tact
D Through tne England the supporter 0
labor R5o% 2gvaEd Tas 1s SsSs
appeal that ain db1d abor IaWs are undo
ssaass qss BY sgsaaFssh e The was Ns1ps
asa years an'y ago with T ae Be al
persons has P sco6 members and is set Il
f9s'ssa Z !. n EoIs il s -ssf f