The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-18
PRESIDENT I
MAKES Plea
At Federation 80 SeIig-
man Urges Child
Labor Law

Washington, Jan. 1S-J. Horace Mac
Farland. president OF the American
Civic Federation. made a plea for
state legislation to promote public
control of privately-owned forests. be-
fore the conference on uniform state
Legislation today
Using every eayJ three times as
rsuch az We grow and wasting as
much as we use, we can see the end
of wood in the United States he de-
clared "Four-ffths of the timber
standing in the United States is pri-
vately owned and all is being cut de-
siructiyely. The remaining one-fifth
Is in government possession and II
it were cut clean there would only
be enough left 10 last the United
States ten years at the present rate
OF consumption.
"All the power to preserve these
forests rests with the sovereign
states. II is for that reason that uni
form legislation for public control OF
privately owned forests is impera-
tive"
Isaac N Seligman of New York.
chairman Of the finance committee OF
the National Child Labor committee
made an urgent plea for UNIFORM state
laws regulating child, labor.
In part he said
The Importance of uniform legis-
lation is obvious. particularly where
statos are within the same industrial
area. While there may be some qucs-
lion whether the manufacturer who
is forbidden to employ children under
Il years old. the child Is placed there
In competition with the manufactur
er across the state line who may en-
ploy children of IL years. and he is
likely to believe he suffers
A system Of uniform laws carefully
codified so that there could be no
misunderstanding as TO their pTovis-
Ions and as to the machinery OF en-
forcement, would receive consider
able percentage of the difficulty now
had by employers. employees. officials
and interested citizens IN relation to
this entire matter
We recommend the establishment
OF II years as the minimum age linn
1t for all wage earning eployment
Below that age. we contend that no
child should be regarded as having
any economic value.
Let lis hasten to say, however, that
we do not regard the mere fact of
having become II years of age a suf-
ficient warrant for removing protec-
tion from children. In the standards
we recommend they must also have
attained certain stage of physical
development roughly indicated. where
more complete scientific tests are not
available. by hoight Of sixty inches
and weight OF 80 pounds.
They must further have had suffi-
oient education to enable them 10
answer reasonable tests of mental de-
yeolnment equivalent to the normal
development acquired by children in
the first eight years Of the public
school. We maintain that no child
under 16 years Of age should be EN-
pioyed in any occupation at night
or should be employed longer than an
eiGht-hour day or 48 hour week
Pierre Jay, chairman OF the dele
cation OF the National Association OF
Supervisors of State Banks. strongly
advocated the better protection OF
savings depositors in state and other
fhhkS, particularly IN the west.
He said that in 30 states savings
dcpositors in regular banks were not
protected any more than were chack.
ing depositors and thai in many in
stances they did not have that much
protection
"Our association believes savings
depositors - he said. who put their
money for safe keeping and Invest
ment in state banks and trust com
panies are entitled. first. TO have 1t
kept separate and distinct from tho
money of the merchant and manufac-
turer who puts his funds In those
banks for an entirely different pur-
pose. and second. to have II invested.
rot In the usual loans. but in such
mortgages and bonds as are consid-
cred the safest and best in the state
in which the bank is situated