El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-28
Of THE
LABOR WORLD
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/ work done or materials or equipment
/ handled are dangerous to the life and
/ limb, or injurious TO the health or
! morals of such a chile, IS hereby desig-
I mated and defined as anti-social child
( labor and as detrimental to the gen
eraI welfare and debasing to com
1 The unusual phrase "anti-social child
/ labor is used to express the motive Of
/ lne proposed legislation; the protection
| ~ SolIety from the SluuJlng OF future
I generations Ii is the purpose Of the
Z DlI TO bring the products of anti-sOCial
/ child labor within the supreme court S
| classification of outlaws of com
I merce-' In its preparation congress
man Copley has had the assistance Of
! the legislative reference committee Of
! the progressive national service.
| me Bill does not go to the extent Of
I the uniform child labor law in prOhib-
IuuE all forms of harmful child labor.
mus avoiding many practical difficult
I ties Mr.. Copley's proposal is to estab-
Z llSh minimum standard TO be enforced
nationally.
The administrative provisions of the
Dill provide that the secretary of labor
shall make a public list of the bust
nesSes and industries affected, together
with list of their products.
ANY manufacture or producer may
make affidavit that he does not en-
ploy the aid Of anu-social labor, and
| be authorized by the secretary of labor
70 stamp or label his goods as regis
tered under the act.
No carrier shall transport and no
/ manufactured or jobber shall ship ini-
| G@ily IN interstate commerce the pro-
ducts of anu-s0cial child labor.
me bill, while based largely on ac-
ceptcd principles. cOmprehends a dis
Z uncJ expansion in theories of federal
control A machinery of administra-
upn IS presented which has no dupIi-
cate In the federal government
The Advantage of a Trade.
Not long since, large shoe manu-
{ facturer i'm the state of New York adj
Fertlsed for % shoe filters. There was
only one applicant In answer to the ad-
VeTtisement
About the same time a Boston firm
advertised for q hoOkkeeper and re-
cciyed 300 applications for the position
An advertisement for clerk in a De-
trolt paper brought $50 applications the
. llrst day and great number of letters
. and personal applications the next day.
An advertisement for a week in the
same journal for good printer brought
{ only four applicants Commenting on
these facts. the Scientific American
says.
Tt is altogether probable that in any
considerable city I'm the land an adver-
tIsemcut for a. bookEeeper or retail
clerk viii bring 80 times as many re-
plies as an advertisement for a fair
workman at any trade.
Tt is also probable that in any city
the average earnings of q bOOkkeepcr
or clerk are nowhere near so large
rs the earnings of the worzmeu Of
average skill i'm the various trades
Further. it is fairly certain that. with
equal capacity. Industry, and thrift. the
young man who learns any trade viii
achieve o reasonable competence sooner
than the young man VINO sticks to
clerking- while the chance for material
lE improve ones condition are more
numerous I'm the trades than behind the
counter OF at the desk.
Why is it, then. that the boys all want
to be clerkse Why is ir that Intelligent
parents encourage them I'm looking for