The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-16
Of the Child Labor Commit.
fee in Louisville in a
Short Time.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 16.--At the
eighth annual conference OF the Ma.
tional Child Labor Committee. to be
held here Jan. 2S-2s, emphasis win be
laid on the relation of education to
child labor and on the neey for the
adoption of the uniform child labor
llaw by all the states. Many prominent
educators and other persons Of distinc-
tlon viii address the convention,
among them the Hon. P. 2. claxton,
United STATES Commissioner of Rdu-
cation; DR.. william H. Elson, super
tintendent Of schools, Cleveland, o.;
Prof. C. Hanford Henderson, author Of
Payday" Chicago; DR.. Felix Adler,
founder of the Society for Ethical
Culture, N. Y; Edward w. Frost, at
torney-at-law, OF Milwaukee, Wis;
Mrs. Florence Kelley, secretary Ma
tIonal Consumers League, n. Y; Miss
Jean NJ. Gordon, of New Orleans, for
merly factory inspector; DR.. Carroll
Pearce, superintendent Of schools, Mil
waukee, and president Of the National
Education Association; Mrs Raymond
Robins, president OF the women's
Trade Union League, Chicago; Mrs.
Mile Trunibull, of Portland, Ore,
secretary child Labor Commission;
Mr.. William E. Harmon, of the real
estate firm of Wood, Harmon & Co.,
NJ r; the Hon, j, D, Eggleston, state
superintendent Education Of Virginia;
Prof. w. h. Hond, supervisor of high
schools, S. c.; Mr.. H. E. Miles, chair
man of the committee on Industrial
Education, National Association of
Manufacturers; DR.. Edward T. Devine,
editor of The Survey" n. Y: DR.. E.
A. Alderman, president University Of
Virginia.; Mr.. Frank Vanderlip, of n.
Y; the Hon. woodrow Wilson, gov
ernor of New Jersey; the Hon. Clifford
Pinchot Of Washington; the Hon.
Robert l. owen. United states senator
from Oklahoma; DR.. Helen T. woolley,
director of the Flve-Year Study OF
working Children of Cincinnati.
The conference will open Thursday
evening January %, with a discussion
on the subject of increasing the efi-
cheney of the elementary school. The
session on Friday morning, January
&c, will be divided into two sessions,
one under the direction ofsDr. Helen
T. Woolley, of Cincinnati, being de-
voted to vocational guidance, the other
to street trades and the public schools.
On Friday afternoon, there viii be
general discussion by members OF the
various state committees, of the reg
ulation of street trades, the night mes
sengers service, tenement home work,
the relation of state committees to fac
tory inspectors and school officials,
practical measures for arousing the
public, and other problems Of common
interest. This will be followed by a re-
ception given by the Louisville Fed
Grafton of Woman's Clubs. On Friday
evening, the unreasonable Industrial
burden Of women and children, and
the effect of education will he under
discussion. On Saturday morning,
January 81, the sessions will be divid-
ed into two sections, one to treat of
the relation Of rural schools to child
labor reform, the other of child labor
and compulsory education. On satur-
day evening, the subject of federal aid
to education will be taken up. The
conference win close with a mass
meeting on Sunday afternoon, January
2s, the general topic being. 1.-THE
American Child-Exploitation VS.. Edu-
cation"