Evening journal., 1913-12-18
THURSDAY. DEC. Is. 1918.
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wAT1H characteristic unfairness tho Wilmington La
w Dor Herald makes violent attack upon the
Delaware Child Labor Commission appointed recent,
BY the judges OF the Supreme Court In this state.
what be expected from two or three arlsocrst.
and pair corporation hirenss anyway tie Her
aid inquiries. adds III any good all comes from
the commission it viii be due entirely to the women
appointed the 1t not worth two hurras.
far Mr. Cook is concerned, the president Of the
Pennsylvania railroad might have answered just a.
we'll and Mr.. Bancroft could have done tae work him
self just as wen as through deputy
For editorial prejudgnent fnut Is almost
without parallel n Delaware The members Of the
new commission. which thus far has performed OF
fetal act to be commended or condemned the
time the criticism made follows
- New Castle County-John NJ Mendinhal Of New
port yice-presdent Of the Pusey and Jones Co.. resi-
rural New Castle county and employer oi
labor; Miss EmiyP Bssel No 14O4 Franklin street
Wilmington; Charles A. Cook OF No l403 Van Boren
street master painter at the Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington Railroad companys shops; jeremiah
II Coady. OF No 1909 Delaware avenue employe
OF Joseph Bancroft and Sons Company.
Kent co'inty-Beniamin A. Hazel, of smyrna Mrs
Annie E. Watson, of Dover.
Sussex County-Joseph Coleman Saltar OF South
Milford; Mrs. ella c. Emory of seaford.
To begin with, we feel sure than tn Judges OF our
Supreme Court would be parties such betrayal
Of the interests of the childhood of Delaware is
ntinated broadly. We also imagine that the Labor
Herald would experience difcuty in subs antiatng by
the past records the future performances the
commissioners, the suggestion that tho State inspector
kOpotfed by them viii be complasant creature who
VIII devote his time defeating, and not enforcing the
protective provisions of Child Labor law
Il is particularly regrettable that in its enor TO
discredit the commission while It stl is IN It's
cradle the Labor Herald has the demagogio
expeden OF making appeal to class hatred and the
prejudice Of labor against capital rs to
aristoorats and corporation hirelngs" is snguarly
unfortunate ans indefensibe
ro,n Al Af.,d,b.1 s,,.,,. tsa,,..,..,. ,.,...,..
OF good old Quaker family in this county and
uc one who knows him and has watch d his social
an business will him OF being an ars-
tocrat in the offensive sense in which the term is
nsed by the Labor Herald He is a a. ct unassumins.
purposeful aud highly agreeable man. who respected
and well-liked by all who know him.
Miss Emily r. Bissen may be called the Mother OF
Child Labor Legislation" in Delaware. she is an iu-
ellge-t democratic and pubc-spirited woman who
has been fighting for years, both here a d In Dover
Tor the protection Of the boys girls state
indeed Il Is due largely to her interchangeable work and
intelligent campaigning. In the Of organized and
anorganized opposition that We have the present
Child Labor law in force in State Any sugges-
lion that She word betra- the interests Of the chill
lren Of Delaware is insulting as II is unwarranted
It does not follow that because Charlie A. Cook is
master painter Tor the Pennsylvania Railror Com
psny and Jeremia' H. coady is an emcl- of the Jo-
seph Bancroft and Sons Company that they are hire
lines Of corporations" and ready to violate their
oaths of Office at the behest those any other cor
poratons. Let the Labor Herald forget that the most
violent foes Of corporations this country are men
who employed by corporations That has been
proved time after time by labor trouble We dc not
that Mr.. Cook and Mr. Coady are corporation
lovers corp ration haters but We do mean that IL
does not follow that simply because they are wage
earning employees Of large corporations their Of
hcia judgment in the matter child protection will
warped tie detrment OF society Their course OF
al f.ttH .lo,
In hearty sympathy with the spirit underlying the Child
Labor law
And think Of anyone calling Benjamin A. Hazel, OF
Smyrna, of the Kent county commissioners an
aristocratl Any person Who knows him at all is fully
ne is democratic that he spends most Of his
time in good Weather sitting on the front step of his
home saunering in the his native town.
shaking hands and chatting with his friends and neigh
bors- Indeed pronounced is his democracy that a
convenient goods box in front of a village store is
fully acceptable TO him as a seat as would be a
Turkish overstufed chair to many who never have
suffered the injustice being called an ar.stocrat
j. also be said that Mr. SO fond Of chill
dreD that there is scarcely boy or girl white or
black. in his home town whom he does not call by
first name. and whose face does light up with pleas
ure the sound Of his CHEEKY sslutation
Mrs Annie E. Watson OF Dover and Mrs Ella C.
Emory Of Seaford. public spirited women who ex-
crcse benefcent influence in their respective COM
munities who may relied upon to do every
thing possible protection and conservation Of
child life in our commonwealth.
Joseph Coleman ssltsr Of South Milford the re-
manning member criticized an eminentiy respecta-
bic citizen who lives farm that town He