The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-08
SEEKING TO UNITY
CHILD LABOR LAWS
Countrywide Agitation Will
Be Launched at a Meet
ing Tomorrow.
SUBJECT A VITAL ONE
Has to Do With Welfare OF
the Coming Race-Who
the Speakers Are.
SUBJECT A VITAL ONE
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birmingham. Ala, March S.-A
countrywide agitation 10 harmonic
the child labor laws OF the United
States will be set afoot at the open
ing of the Seventh Annual Conference
Of the National Child Labor commit
tee here tomorrow. This three-day
meeting. March 9. 10, II. will be one
of the most important conventions OF
an organization which numbers among
its members some of the most inilu-
entail men and women in the United
States. and will be addressed by
speakers who are known throughout
the length and breadth of the land as
the fearless champions OF reform.
Among these will be eX-President
Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Adams the
magazine writer of Chicago, DR.. Felix
Adler. founder of the Society for Ethl-
cal Culture and chairman Of the Ma
tional Child Labor committee, ana
many others.
There is perhaps, no subject so vital
10 the welfare of the coming race as
the proper regulation of child labor.
This fact has long been recognized
by thinkers and writer's throughout
the land and for many years the chllu
labor organization has sought to so
regulate the employment OF children
that early contact with labor would
not dwarf juvenile wirkerS mentally
or physically.
Made Active Campaign.
Many prominent men and women
were enlisted in this great cause, bllls
looking toward the welfare OF the
child were drafted and determined at
tacks were made upon legislators IN
those states most given to the EN-
ployment of children. These in many
cases have been successful, great
number of employers coming TO the
| aid of the reformists by complying
with their wishes without state leSls
lation The reforms as far as they
have gone have been highly salts
factory. and it is in the hope that they
will be made national that the pre-
sent conference has taken such pains
to interest legislators and writers
throughout the land.
a partial list of those who VIII al
dress the conference is as follows:
| Colonel Roosevelt, Jane Adams
! Hull House. Chicago; DR.. Felix Adler
! founder of the Society Tor Ethlca
Culture. New York and chirman OF
the National Child Labor committee;
Hon. Charles F. Nell, L. S. Commits
sioner of Labor; Owen r. Lovejoy
! Not IA
Dor committee; Senator William T.
! Borah of Idaho: Mrs. Florence kel
! ley, Secretary of the National Con
sumers' League: Hon. Homer Folks
President of the National Conference
of Charities and Correction; ana Dr
A. J. McKelway of Washington, ID
! c., Secretary for the Southern State:
/ National Child Labor committee.
Other prominent speakers who have
been invited and whose presence Is al
so anticipated are Hon. A. T. Stovall
Commissioner of Uniform Laws of the
American Bar association, Misslsslp
ri; Miss Kate Barnard, State Commits
sioner of Charities, Oklahoma; Deal
Herman Schneider, University OF Gin
cinnati: Miss Lillian ID. Valid. Found
or of the Nurses Settlement, New
York City; Dean Allen G. Hall. Van
derbilt university land large mum
, Der of educators, factory inspectors
truant officers and others interested
in the enactment and enforcement o
child labor laws. The twenty-SeVel
state committees affiliated with tn
National Child Labor committee, VIII
send delegates and the actual condi
tons of child labor i'll coal mines
glass factories. textile mills, sweat
shops. and street trades. together VIII
the methods for correcting abuses VII
be fully discussed.