Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
ATLANTA UNIONS
START WAR ON
CHILD LABOR
Better Laws Demanded-St State
Wide Appeal From Pu|pits on
Nay 81 Is Planned.

Declstng the present child labor
laws of Georgia woefully Inadequate.
the Atlanta Federation of Trades has
begunla campaign for reforms and
as on of the steps in long cam
paignlplans State wide Church La
Dor ghy on May 81.
la meeting of the federation
Wednesday the following resolutions
wort passed:
Thereas the laws of Georgia are
antrtably deficient in the matter of
orderly conserving the human en-
RI of the State because of the lack
od proper child-labor statutes. and
! inevitable result is a deterioration
4 the sturdy middle-class stock
tich has always been the bulwark
I civilization and which has fur
fshed IN all ages the defenders o.
lJman liberty; and
Better Laws Demanded,
| Whereas humanitarian and moral
Considerations no less than reasons
lot state demand that the children Of
The Commonwealth of Georgia be
| given at least the same opportunities
that are accorded the children of
other States, that they be not de-
prived of their childhood deprived OF
an education and deprived of the 5r-
binary pleasures of youth by being
forced to go to work at Che very
threshold of childhood: and
Whereas long hours of drudgery in
mill, factory and store unfit those
thereto condemned by the careless
ness of the State and the greed of
man. to join with their more fortu-
nate brothers and sisters in the wor-
ship of the Creator in such manner
as they see fit, and consequently are
often more ignorant of the truths and
beauties of the Christian religion than
are the savages of benighted coun-
tries. Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Atlanta Fedora
ton of Trades. That we do hereby
pledge ourselves and our constituent
locals to enter upon a campaign hav-
ing for its purpose the passage BY
The Georgia Legislature of child-lab Dor
laws in consonahce with the enlight-
ened spirit of tie times, the dictates
of wise and just humanity, and the
teachings of Jeius of Nazareth, whose
particular care was the well being of
the children.
Women Urged to Help.
Resolved, That we beseech the
churches of Georgia to proclaim Sur
day, the 31stday of May, 1914, as a
day to be deioted to consideration Of
The child pr question, the prea cl-
ing of sermns upon the inequity and
inquity of the present laws on the
statute boos of Georgia, and in other
ways to cd upon the Most High TO
soften thenearts and enlarge the un-
derstandils of the legislators of the
State thu they may consider and
speedily ASS humane and just laws
goVerninf the labor of children in
mill, facbry and store.
"Resored, That we call upon the
spendidaggregation of women COM
prising fhe-various clubs, leagues,
federabns and circles of Georgia
harrington their object the proper de-
velopnnt of socionomic forces, the
physid betterment of the race, and
The fhtering of the moral forces cf
the safe to join with organized la
hor \ crusade to secure better,
faird and more humane laws than
nowgovern child labor in the Com
moFealth, both by enlistng the ac-
tivd cooperation of the various
clutches and prevailing upon the leg
isljors of the State to heed the de-
spring walls of the crucified chill
drh of the poor and release theln
frfn their present cruel bondage.
Publicity Is Sought.
fReSolVed, That the executive com
Ittee of the Georgia State Fedora
bn of Labor is hereby urged to at
bee take up the matter of making
hid Sunday, the 31st day of May, a
fentecostal authorizing OF supplica
Eon for relief of the oppressed chill
fren of Georgia, by notifying all ia
Dor organizations and members there
Iof to begin at once the agitation of
1.-THE question that the true sentiment
of the people of Georgia may be made
manifest to the members of the Leg
stature thereof
Resolved, That members Of this
rederation take the matter of these
resolutions up with their respective
locals and endeavor to secure the pas
sage and publication of suitable res
olutions and in other ways aid in
awakening the public conscience TO a
realization of the conditions and The
necessities Of this great economic and
sociological problem.
Resolved, That all newspapers OF
Georgia are requested to print these
resolutions and to give such aid in
promoting new and humane laws as
may seem to them fit and proper"