The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-07
On The Employment OF Young
Children As Wage-Eaners
By w. III. SWIFT.

this Child Labor Question. When
other men think differently from me.
always grant that they may be right
md that | may be wrong. With this
heinz conceded / have tried to state
tf grounds for the belief of those
vno are in favor OF permitting the
working Of young children in our
utIls and factories.
set out in the following reasons
t8oa which those favoring the work
fa4 must base this Judgment. Without
making any argument for the state
mont. ] offer the thoughts which come
uu to me on the question.
Z. Is Is Right and Proper to Hire
Euss anti Girls Under II Years of
s,c a. Regular Wage Farmers.
AGAINST this, there comes up these
thoughts. There is a general feeling
that children ought not to be put to
work as regular Wage-earners. This
feeling is so strong that most of our
people act upon it and Do Not hire
their children out. On the other
hand they for them places for
may and means for amusement. There
is d general belief hat children
mould not be turned into work hands.
III ii is right and proper to work these
boys and girls before they are hardly
half grown then most of our people
arc wrong. The e step would be
To- set right and put AL our boys and
sifiS TO work.
IL this step were taken there would
uu men and women who can't get
feeling right-who AVE headache,
coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath, dizziness, can't sleep, are ner-
yo4s and upset, bothered with a sick.
eassy stomach.
are you keeping your bowels clean
with l'lECATptS-O merely dosing
Yourself every few days with salts.
pills. castor oil and other harsh fri
,aa-s? C~ascarets immediately cleanse
be a great saving. We would have no
need Of high schools or colleges, foI
our boys and girls would &c at worIS
and the working child can not &C
either to the high school or to ths
college. Thus, by doing the right
thing, by putting all our children a
regular day work or night work WE
would liberate for work ali our higt
school and college teachers.
1 leave o to settle the question
With this one further thought. I have
Observed that these men who hire
these boys and girls do not put thei
own boys and girls at that work. The!
leave their own at home or send then
10 schoo or off to the seashore 0
the mountains.
=. 1t il Right to Work the Children
Of Mil Operatives Even il it is No
Right TO Work All Children.
This brings at nce a difference an
the uneXpressed idea tha, some chill
drcn are not as good, are not entitle
"a rs many privileges, as others. L
other words, this is simply saying tina
the child born and living in a mi
Village is "a different sort of huma
being and must not expect as niue
As other children get-that school
and play and sunshine are not fo
such as they. This may be true.
true, then our we'll settled ideas {
equal rights are false and our peopl
especially our young children fall b
accident of birth into two classes
those who are to be giVen Such ca
IS will insure proper growth and de
Nelopment, and those who are Dor
ard sweeten the stomach, remove tn
our u~ndigeSted and fermenting foo
and foul gases: take the excess b!i
nom the liver and carry off the cor
stlpGtNd waste matter and poiso
from The bowels.
A Cascaret tonight straightens yO
out by morning. 10-cent box keeI
Your head clear. stomach sweet. lily
and bowels regular and you feel bul
for months. Don't forget the chi
drcn.
to be simply work-hands, child worl
crs.
| dismiss his with his thoug'
turning in my mind, that because
1ather is poor is no reason why I
child should be denied the privlieg
mat the State is supposed 10 guara
Tee to every child. 1t sticks IN n
that all children are about alike al
that the State owes to the poore
perhaps the best care an> attention.
3.IEvcn If il is Not Right TO Wo
tllYO Children II - Not NC(INSaEl
Wrong and Their Parents Need 1ht
LabOr-Espccialiy Is Tn!; True
Widows.
My Investigations have shown tn
tho children of widows make a We
small percentage of all child Worke'
if the widow needs help the comm
nifty ought to give it to her. 1t DC
not seem right to punish a child c
cause his father has died.