The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

law for the conservation of her child hood.
 We welcome you with glad hands and warm hearts. We trust your stay may be as pleasant to you as il will be profitable to us"
 Dr. Lindsay Speaks
 In response to the address of welcome Dr. Samuel McCune Lindsay, vice chair man of the national committee, explained how the first definitely constituted state child labor committee had been organ ized in Alabama eight years ago. He re- caledsthe visit that Edgar Gardner Mur- phy of Montgomery, representing this committee, had made to New York in the interest of the movement He said: That committee had voiced the true, gen. erous, chivarous spirit of the south in asking for greater protection for the chil- dren of Alabama whose best interests had been already put in jeopardy by the great demands from the new budding cotton manufacturing industry.
 We are glad to meet for the first time in Alabama to thank your citizens for their hospitable welcome, to acknowledge our indebtedness to you for the call that brought us into existence, to report to you the progress that has been made, to out line here further still greater work that lies ahead and remains to be done, and to invoke your best endeavors to renewed efforts to complete the good work that you have begun for the children of Ala bama, in order that what you do here may be model for others as well as a blessing to your own future citizens"
 Dr. Baldwin's Report
 Following the response of Dr. Lindsay History of Child Labor Reform in Alabama was read by Dr. Baldwin, giv- ing an account of the beginning of the movement in this state, which was finally elaborated into national association. The interesting paper of pr. Baldwin gave also an account of what has been and is being accomplished by the efforts of the organization in Alabama It made known that Governor O'Neal has recommended in his message to the legislature the raising of the age limit of children working In the cotton mills of Alabama to IA years, and likewise other changes in the statutes which would operate for the good of child labor
 Reports from the field were heard fol- lowing Dr. Baldwins paper, the first be- ing that on Child Labor in the Caro- linas," by John Porter Hollis, in whose absence 1t was read by Dr. A. J. Nickel way The substance of the report showed that considerable good had been done in
 
 association
 Dr. McKelway Speaks
 The report of Dr. McKelway on New Territory was very comprehensive survey of all that the National Child Labor association has accomplished Tn the states of Maryland. Virginia. North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Ala bama. Dr. McKelway said that the Ma tional association had cause to feel en- couraged and to congratulate itself in looking back over the record of the past year, during which many good results had been accomplished. His report showed that with the exception of Mon- tana, Texas. with its age limit of IL years for children working in factories and 17 years for children working under ground, has advanced to a position ahead of all other states. Georgia is the only state to allow children under F years old to work in factories, or to work GO hours a week and more.
 E. N. Chopper gave an encouraging ac- count of ''The Forward Movement in Mis- souri, West Virginia, and Indiana" and in each instance was shown a strongly developed spirit of cooperation and or ganization among the various beneficent societies of these states which had great ly affected the betterment of conditions.
 Lovejoy Speaks
 owen R. Lovejoy, general secretary of ..The Coal Mines In Pennsylvania, which report was. originally intended for MT Hall of Philadelphia. In the address of