Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-14
ABLE ADDRESSES
ON CHILD LABOR
SHALL CHARITABLE SOCIETIES
RELIEVE FAMILY DISTRESS BY
FINDING WORK FOR CHILD
REN?"-A. Z. JAMESON.
THE MOUNTAIN WHITES BY ONE
OF THEM" SUBJECT OF SPEECH
By W. II. SWIFT OF GREENS
BORO y. C.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March A.
At the opening meeting of the National
Child Labor Conference held in this
city at the Board of Trade Auditorium,
the question Shall Charitable SOciet-
les Relieve Family Distress by Finding
Word for children as interestingly dis
cussed by A. Il. Jameson of the Con
ME Maxwell Orphanage, of Greenwood.
:. G. Mr.. Jameson said in part:
1T seems to me that so far as the
question relates to children under four
teen years of age. negative answer
must be given. Work is not the little
child's greatest need. The society is sup
posed to seek inteligentlN to supply
the greatest need. The child needs care
and itrainEhg. HIe must be developed
along normal lines. and it is abnormal
for him 70 work ht "a remunerative
task. supposedly iH manufacturing
establishment in order that he NAV sup
port the destitute family Of which he Is
4 member.
The tyr0 in charity work NAV feel
that il IS quick, easy and cheap to find
the child job and thus relieve family
distress. But il is stopping the stream
1T It's source to compel a young. tender
child to labor for the very small wage
that is possible for him to earn when he
should be engaged diligently in an effort
TO secure training that shall fit him to
take developed and well taught mans
place in the world. No child can grt an
education and support family at the
lze II Is economy to support the widowed
mother for awhile, in order thai the
child may hayeopportunity to get such
training rs will enable him to support
her in all the years of the future
MOUNTAIN WHITES.
In his address discussing the noun
tain whites w. III. Swift of Greensboro.
=. G.. said: .-... .......-
Take any man who opposes lcgisla-
lion for the protection of children If
he be North CarOlinan. / can outline
his speech First there will ',e a glow
Ing reference to his churches and his
schools. So often have | heard it that
have begun to doubt the good Of it
all Would il not be much better to have
q people able to build their own church
es and support their schools. The fact
Is that this giving is all wrong. and is
ne most sure as well as the most SO.
duclve method of destroying the man
mood Of any race. The second stock ar.
gument is that mill people are so much
better off than they were before cominp
TO the mill. | doubt whether 4 greater
falSehOOd was ever Taught Knowino
Doth sides. | am certain on this subject.
"Thcre are worse things than poverty
II would give me great sorrow TO see my
people begin 10 move from their noun
tam homes 70 the mills. Before anv MAJ,
starts, ne must have already made nm
us mind to throw the burden of fam
lily support upon the shoulders of his
wife or his children When n mountain
man decides to do this, he has lost The
best part of him.
"But granting all the good that the
mills have done us. does that furnish
any reason for violating this instinct
that even the birds have? And vet these
arguments have had q great influence
with our people, especially with our leo
Slators, Many Of our leaders stand firm
upon the proposition. that because GER
tam conditions have been therefore tbnv
ought to he. This makes all reform M
hill pulling"