Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-05
CHILD LABOR AND SENATOR BoRAH.

CHILD LABOR AND SENATOR BoRAH
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Starting out with wholesome and worthy expression
of shocked sensibes because of revealed conditions
made by the state factory committee Of New York. the
morning paper from which the above is taken ends with
nasty but poorly yelled fling at Senator Borah whose
activities in favor of efficient child labor law is well
known.
What right has any paper to charge that men and
who seek to prevent conditions such those
vealed in New York with merely seeking political advant
age of being friends of the aborng classes only for the
purpose of 'usng them because they cannot use the
other sides
Are not conditions which show that babes of four
and five years of age required to work from o'clock
in the morning until dark at night and sometimes not
allowed than two three hours sleep out of the
twenty four such conditions to justify the activities of
good men and women to- seek method to prevent their
continuance9
There would be less of it (such condons) today but
for the mouthy sophsts who have magned exceptional
cases into general glarng wrongs by way OF promoting
their personal politics. says the morning critic Since
when did Senator Borah become 'mouthy sophist y?
Since when did he begin to exercise his activities in this
direction for promoting his personal politics9
But above ALL since when has it become trait of hui
nature SucH men VINO Will give employment
such children where such frghtfu conditions are por
trayed those in the New York canning factories
where little children set to work until they actually
fell asleep at their work and had to be pnched slapped
and whipped to get them awake that they could
to work-since when demand to know has that kind
OF human nature changed that it would remedy the
evils quickly if it not for the activities of such
mouthy sophsts Senator Borah if Senator Borah be
"mouthy sophistS"
How could such condition possibly be overdrawn if
not absolutely worse, the morning paper charges
these mouthy sophss of doing who seek to remedy fac
tory conditions where children are employeds That
but that generally frequently they are oyerdrawn How
be said that this is true when these conditions are
admitted9 Could there be worse9
And even it overdrawn, how could their representa-
lions have delayed the consummation of reforms by en-
ployers?" This startling commentator declares that it
is by arousing opposition in the ranks of those to be
benefited Gould anything be more astounding9 Could
opponents OF the protection and elevation of human rights
60 further in opposition to reform than this? Could those
who abuse maltrea and reard the growth and develop
ment OF children making them aged and invalid even be-
fore they attain their youth make better defense for
their desire to make few pay dollars at the expense of
infantle sacrifice, than this?
We can purpose in such defense in this state
except to try to add few unthnng voters to the
ranks of the opponents Of Senator Bora and to lend fur
her to those enemies he has already made
Senator Borah has done nationwide service to the
OF protection to child labor and is regretted
that in his home community through the organ of his own
political party he should receive this kind Of opposition
Chicago which no hell is
That isn't new kind Of religion It is an old way Of
Escaping pricking conscience
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