Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-03-17
CHILD LABOR IN
SOUTH TODAYS
TOPIC
Eminent Speakers at Confer
ence in Jacksonville Discuss
Various Phases Of Welfare
Of the Juveniles.


eph \. Mccullough, D. b. a.. 81
urecnyillc \. e.. Mrs Edward l..
HALEY Of Jackson. Miss. wr. A. swift
cf Greensboro. y. g.. and Rev. ipr
4 g. T.. Wciiner ct columbia. y 80.
made ~ q symposium of speakers
/ this morning oa the i"pio survey 81
/ thu ChUd Labor situation ln tho
1 South" at the National Child I.abor
committee conference, whivh b. b,-
Ing held in this cts,
pr Mccullough reviewed the pres
cut child labor law uf south Carolina
aud suid 81 the situation ia the pres
ont Legislature
"a hiu b. nuw pending in the state
legislature q" raise ,ho uge limit 60
thirteen from and after the first day
81 Judy 1915 aud fourteen after the
nrs, day of July, laif This viii has
received an unfn, "ruhle report at tho
! hands ct M, scnutr Judiciary ron-
mhtrc. u WIS deemed adt lsahlc nat
To- make fight az this session for
I its enactment. iu tirw ct compulsory,
| -ducatlonW biH and ir yi"w ct the
/ promises made 90 the chtid hiior com
mitirr hs 40. representative ct tho
South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers
nssocintiou. That if the compulsory
educational mu WINS enacted. thu,
would unit" with us la securing the
passus. of % hin raising The age limit
la South Carolina"
AIRS Bailey told ct the rnuctment
0f the present law that gives Mis.is
sippi tn distinction of hring the on
! Is southern cotton stat. with can eight
hour dnN Tor ail under % Years. she
then said.
TO the best "f the knowledge ana
belief ct th, child labor committee.
! the child labor law has been strictly
enforced, as regards cotton mills aud
| factories.
"Hut NisSiss.pprs most difficult
child labor problem ~ present Is that
of the little oyster shuckers ON tir
Gulf coast These children urr me-
MAIDS coming On oyster lugesrs from
the north Atlantic coast To- the south.
crn coast Tor the winter oyster pnck
ing scason aud returning Co IA,
Chesapeake hav cannctiea Tor the
summer. The children are with their
parents parents without mcu,ul abii-
| ity or moral standards. with ~" con
coption ct risht living and no va
tcrcst beyond their daily food sup.
ply. Whether the cnsc ~ for the
law or the gospel. Local charities 90
! national philnnthropies. I confess I
! can not determine. Perhaps mcns-
ure ct rcsponsibilit, rests on each"
Mr. swift said.
! tssTtut.. .tuI ttt..s o...lt, sftVtt.ts 49,.
! past your. have been made to feel
that what wc need IN North Caroline
is q larger membership IN the nation
TAT child labor committee, :" TAR as
! can see. We must depend upon this
Organization 10 aid us in doing many
ot the things which mus, ir done,
"Iiack of an attempts &" srcurr
proper legislation and proper inspc..
tion liys o. greater work. namely. that
cot making tho pruplc themselves icci
such % need for Improvement that
they actually demand that IL %. made
/ ~ the commute, only knew thu
worth ct children and could unN
place the prnpcr estimate upon ,iiild
lite children would come into their
own ot ouc,. what we need en-
.NNN'i fN'''.tlfA Hhiifl ~ 'fAf N'iffN.
south D. somebody vn" win shah, M
this factory population nS cur farm
ors have been shaken up. The tr.'u-
hi, with u~ b. thut Our people do NOT
,uu-id,r"
l;,, pr W"iturr Of - lukrs
iuihrrau Mission among cotton MN
operatives Sc olympia. Columbia. $.
Ir. ,uld
Welfare work among cotton mil
operatives Be- 20 prIpleNug problem
ho,nu~, OF ih, ult,rnc, aud the trnu
sl,ut character ul th. miN populn'
tiuu ,th,r phur's ul th,u e"ual
tiun. -u,h a- 90. ph4tn', "i leadership
o md organization. thc luv pe, limit s,I
/ o., 80, child iuhur lto ut South caro-
'm uud ihr pr,,alruc, of .ttiy son,
1000 advised uurtiap,. ud o. weaken
lur uf homo lil, ryHih ,umplirHt
efforts 900 v,Ifur u"rk The great
est u,,da of tho present art a stutr
vid. ,uWpuIs.r a.huol attendant.
lW. 70 ll.,.., .s. limit "r workWa
'rhildr,u nud 10 hrth registration MU
Also V, need tp has. uhur uuiut
of cotton mill operatives. whose l'ad
or- hove brains hrHtts aud con
scltu,cs.