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tablished for women and girls. Other
states made important red uctions in

states made important reductions In
the hours of labor for children:
MASSACHUSETTS,, t1rty-rour hour week
for males under ID and all females
in manufacturing and mercantile es-
| adjustments; Missouri an eight hour
day and hfty-four hour week for all
females: Utah, a hfty-four hour
week for boys under. IA. girls under
1s. North Carolina and Georgia both
reduced the working hours from six
ty-six to sixty per week. and Indiana
established an eight-hour day for
children under 16 with the exception
that upon application of parents chill
dren may work a nine-hour: day and
fifty-four hour week. There are now
ten states and the District of Colum-
bia which forbid the employment of
children under 16 for more than eight
hours q day. 1~". -
Night Work Forbidden.
Colorado, Indiana, Missouri, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, South Caro-
lima and Wisconsin passed laws for
bidding the work of children under
1e at night. California made the
prohibition extend to eighteen, and
Vermont excluded children under 16
at night from work In hotels and
bowling alleys :cYril,.:,S->>.4... r.
The employment Of young boys in
/ the night messenger service was still
further restricted by the enactment
Of laws forbidding SUCH employment
under 81 IL Massachusetts New. Jer-
sey, wisconsin and Utah. -Four
states established the 2yf1s-year age
limit for night messenger service:
Michigan, New Hampshire, Oregon.
Tennessee. California by q general
law forbids such employment under
18 and Indiana under 16.
The disposition to-: afford special
protection to children against dan
gerous occupations was seen In the
enactment of laws prohibiting chill
| dren under 1S In Wisconsin,, and un-
der is in Connecticut, Colorado, In
diana, Missouri. Tennessee and YER
mont from specific lists of dangerous
occupations. In Indiana, the law
protects girls to IS.
1 Street Trades.
Street trade laws were enacted in
number Of states. The least desir-
able was In Colorado which now pro-
hibits girls under 10 in street trades,
while Nevada comes next forbidding
all children under 10. - The New
Hampshire law applies to boys under
10 and girls under rs: Wisconsin en-
acted an important revision in its
street trades, while Nevada comes
next forbtdding all children under
10. The New Hampshire law applies
to boys under 10 and girls under 16;
Utah to boys under IL, girls under
18. Wisconsin enacted an important
revision in its street trades law by
| from 10 to IL and for girls from 16
to IS, and provides that in other
street trades boys shall not be en-
ployed under IA. It Is interesting in
this connection to compare the by
laws recently adopted by the London
county council which provide that no
girl under IS and no boy under IA
shall be allowed to carry on street
trading. and no boy. under 16 shall
|; do SO at night. In London, the
| aters. music halls, concert rooms and
public houses are BARRED to street
traders under Is years Of age. t;
! Better Inspection.
A number Estates Improved their
departments Of factory inspection, or
appointed special comm ssions to- In
| vestigate local conditions; Connacti-
cut appointed an Industrial commits
sion and Delaware q commission Of
five to investigate the need Of child
labor regulation. New York in
creased it's inspectors from SO to so.
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