The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-10
AN ANALYSIS OF
CHILD LABOR BILL
Measure Offered BY Represen-
tative Palmer Is Discussed
BY Secretary Swift
tRy W. H. SWIFT

The Federal child labor bill, offer
ed by Mr.. Palmer, Of PennSylvania-
and endorsed by the National ch1io
Labor Committee. Is:
"A Bill TO prevent interstate com
merce in products OF Chlid LABOR
and for other purposes:
BE il enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States Of America IN Con
greSs assembled.
"On and after January /, 1918, no
person, partnership. association OF
corporation or any agent or empioye
thereof manufacturing. producing or
dealing in the products OF any mine
| or quarry in which children under 10
| years Of age are employed or permit
ted TO work at any time; OF of any
mill. Workshop factory or
manufacturing establishment IN
which children under II years of age
are employed or permitted to WoEk
| at any time or in which children be-
| tween IA and is years of age are
employed or permitted to work more
than eight hours in any day or more
than six days in any week. OF AFTER
the hour of Z p. N. or before the
hour Of Z a m. of any day, shall ship
or deliver for shipment such products
in interstate Ommerce.
Section ,. That the Secretary Of
Commerce. the Secretary of Labor
and the Attorney General shall con-
stltute a Board to make. and from
time to time amend, rules and regu-
lations' for carrying out the proEi-
sions Of this Act.
Section 3. That for the purpose Of
securing proper enforcement of this
Act. the Secretary of Labor OIL any
person duly authorized by him shall
have authority to enter and inspect
at n time mines, QuarrieS, mills,
canneries, workshops, factories, and
manufacturing establishments III
which goods are produced for inter-
state
Section 4. That it shall be the
duty Of each District Attorney to
whom the Secretary of Labor shall
report any violation Of his Act or to
whom any State factory inspector,
commissioner of labor, State medical
Inspector. or school attendance of
1cer or any other person shall pre-
sent satisfactory evidence of any such
violation to cause appropriate pro-
eeedlngS to be commenced and prose
cuted in the proper courts of the
United States without delay for the
enforcement of III penalties as in
such cases herein provided.
Section ). That any person. mart
nership, association or corporation O,
n agent or employe thereof manu-.
featuring, producing or dealing in the
products of any mine, quarry, mill
cannery workshop. factory or manu-.
: featuring establishment who shall
: Violate any of the provisions of Sec.
ton ! of this Act, or any of the rule
r and regulations made in accordanc,
With the authority contained in Sec
ton = Of this Act. or who shall re
fuse or Obstruct the entry or inspec
ton authorized by Section 3 of thi
: Act, shall be guilty Of a misdemeap
I I nr and shall he nnrtcboI - e
: of not more than $1,000 nor less tina,
0 500 or by imprisonment for no
: more than one year or less than on
r month, or by both fine and imprison
ment in the discretion of The court.
Section s. In prosecutions unde
: this Act each shipment or deliver
Tor shipment shall constitute a sep
arate offense.'
The Federal child labor bill noy
pending before the National Con
. Sress was introduced in the House b
Mr.. Palmer, Of Pennsylvania, Janu
AIRY 26th. 1t has later been intro
duced in the Senate by Senator Over
Of oklahoma Both these gentleme
are good progressive Democrats. an
: are known to be close to the preser
administration.
In brief the act provides that n
~ goods mined or duarried by childre
= under Is years Of age. and no good
IL "AJ III ahtiC
: workshop, factory or other employ
inent or establishment in which hi
= dren under IA years OF age are en-
= ployed or permitted to work or i
L which children under 10 years of az
10 are permitted to work more than
- hours a day Or at night. shall be OF
III fered for shipment or delivery by il
! terState There then 70
lows mean for the enforcement {
the act. and after that an act impo.
ing penalties for shipping such goot
Us are forbidden by the act. Tt
penalty is q fine Of not more tina
ID 81 900 and not less than $500. 90, {
e. imprisonment for not more than OF
year and not less than one mont
Of or DOT fine and imprisonment Fac
a shipment or delivery constitutes
separate offenSe.
VS. Intention Of Bill.
as II is, of course, clear that the il
tention of this bill is to prohibit IL
employment OF children under
IN years of age in mines and the ell