El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-09

the lungs and a bad cough results.
Frequently tubercular conditions are
found in the rooms where these plumes
are manufactured. a fact the purchaser
would do well to remember.
Home Labor Often Hidden.
It is only by the most careful in
vestigation that home labor is dis
covered, but laws are being made pro-
hibiting it, and the child labor inspect
ors everywhere are working constant
" to protect the little folks from IN
due hardship.
Eleven states have recently passed
laws prohibiting children under 16
being employed in the mines Some
states have an age limit at which chill
dren may be kept from engaging in
employment that is dangerous or in
furious. to health. Ohio prohibits
dipping. drying or packing matches.
the manufacture and packing Of ex-
plosives, and, for girls under &c years
Of age, the manufacture and packing
Of tobacco. South Dakota prohibits
employment under Is IN factories, hc-
tells, laundries, elevators or theaters-
Thirteen states prohibit employment
under Il years in stores, factories,
bowling alleys. bakeries and theaters-
The work Of the messengers and
the newsboys is also being taken up by
the national child labor committee. 1t
has been found that the duties Of
messenger boys take them to question
able places at night and expose them
to temptations unsuited to tender
years. Investigations by the commit
tee prove that the large majority of
calls made for messengers after 10
o'clock at night are to the resorts Of
the underworld. Some of the states,
notably Pennsylvania. have lately
passed laws prohibiting any minor
from being sent to an immoral resort,
but these are not yet as actively en-
forced as they should be.
Investigating Street Trades.
The COMMITTEES urged the Issuing Of
a permit to newsboys and bootblacks.
and others engaged IN street trades.
This should not be granted IN school
hours to boys under Is, or to boys
under II outside Of school hours. and
special cooperation with the compul-
sorry education department should Sc
cure the enforcement of these reguIa-
lions. In New York, and other cities
in which the newsboys' license has
been tried. it has been received with
favor by the boys themselves when It's
privileges and benefits are understood
These small Knights Of the Curbstone
wear their badges as proudly as med
ais of honor and generally can be re-
lied upon to assist the child labor
committee in the enforcement Of all
their regulations.
The employment OF children in
theaters is being so tabooed through
the influence of the child labor COM
mittee that 1T is sometimes difficult TO
supply children's parts. A popular play
with strong Juvenile part was stop
ped in Boston this winter on the
ground that the child in question was
he ro0r1frod Nv IL for
ployment in theaters. A young woman
in the company made up as a child and
the play went on successfully, proving
that young children are not essential
upon the stage.
The provision for children OF depen-
dent parents is now receiving the at
tention Of the child labor COMMITTEES
This matter must be of course equally
under the consideration Of the organ
instance are closely IN sympathy with
the work Of the child labor committee.
Hard to Enforce the Law.
There IS no law so hard to enforce
or so much opposed by so many classes
OF people as that governing child labor
Even the children the law would pro-
tect are often anxious to break It, and
aid their parents in any deception
practiced for this purpose. Parents
Dor law because they desire the in
come earned by the children. Employ
ers fight it because child labor IS in
some respects cheaper than adults and
secures them larger profits from their
business.
The worst phase of the question Is
the announcement Of perjury on the
part Of children and parents and only
the most continued vigilance on the
part Of the child labor inspectors and
more stringent laws regarding age
registration will overcome it En-
ployers Of child labor wink at age dis
crepancies and accept without question
certificates registering a much higher
age than the children presenting
them could possibly possess. The chill
dren themselves. being ca ger to earn
money, viii readily swear that they
are several years older, though they
will Of course break down under stiff
questioning
Tomorrow-The Efficiency Engineer
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