The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-04-09
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tsSos of ths Uaitsd States.
Ths original attsmpts to prsveae
child laA0r vees made by Republic
aaa rAsa WIEN the Progrsssivss Soc
css1ed IN eIseting some member 70
coosrsss they took hold OF the mat
tsr. Nov the Democrats have givsa
the subject their attention, and Rep
resentativs A. Mitchsll Palmer, Demo
csat Of Pennsylvania, has introduced .
bill which he seems determined shall
have . hearing In the house. It 10 .
measure intended to put an end to
child labor in the mills. mines and
factories Of the country.
Representative Palmers measure 10
now before the committee on labor
OF tho house Of representatives which
10 investigating child labor conditions.
Day BY day witnesses in the commit
tee room are telling Of the evils Of
child labor and the injury 1t 10 doing
American citixenship.
Question Of lawyer.
II 10 . matter for constitutional law
ysrs and other kinds Of lawyers to do
termine whether or not the bill which
has been presented by Mr.. Palmer
to end child labor will be ~ eihcient
II enacted into law a. the BeveridSe
bill would have been II congress and
the president should have taken to It
kindly.
In explaining his measure the Penn
nj
In . word. the proposition 10 to
provide that It shall be unlawful for
any person to ship or deliver for ship
mont in interstate commerce the prod
ucts Of any mill. mine, quarry. or
manufacturing Establishment where
the labor Of children below . certain
standard ID employed. Now this meas
ure differs from the Beveridge bill, or.
properly the Beveridge amendment,
which was pressed in 1907. and upon
which Senator Beveridge made his
great argument in support Of child
labor legislation. 1t differs also from
the Kenyon bill which in effect 10 the
Beveridse bill proposition, in that
both these bills put the burden upon
the carrier and made 1t unlawful for
any common carrier to receive or ship
goods manufactured under conditions
Of the sort fixed by the law
It will be seen that Mr.. Palmer's
bill makes 1t a misdemeanor for the
producer. that Is the man who 10 re-
sponsible for the employment Of child
labor, to put into interstate commerce
the articles which are produced un-
der these conditions. Mr.. Palmer real
ICES that good many of the states
have child labor legislation on the
statute books. He knows that 1t 10
hard for a manufacturer in q state
which cannot employ children to COM
pete In the markets with the manu-
facturers of states where children are
employed. He thinks that the federal
government has Jurisdiction and that
its action will put all manufacturers
upon an equality, that child life will
be saved and that the Constitution Of
the United States will not be smashed
into bits BY the operation.
There IL an apparent awakening to
the child labor question among the
members Of the majority in the house
and senate. A few years ago they
did not seem to care very much
about the thing one way or the other.
Public pressure has been strong with
in the last few years and the constant
biting references to the killing of chill
dren In some Of the states made some
Of the senators and representatives
from those states at first resentful,
and afterward apolosetic. From this
change Of feeling In congress springs
the strongest chance Of the success
Of the measure Of Mr.. Palmer, or,
II 1t shall fail, Of the success of some
other measure Of like kind which
shall be drawn on lines more nearly
parallel to the views of certain Of
the states rights advocates.
Start Campaign Early.
Democrats. Republicans and Pro
sressives are making preparations for
the coming congressional campaign
and incidentally, Of course. for the
greater campaign which is to follow
two years later. The Democrats
seemingly will be content to stand
on the record Of the present admins
tration. The Republicans are urging
that the tariff law is working injury
to the country, that prosperity is not
at a high pitch and that a change 10
The Progressives will urge
the inadequacy Of the trust legislation
Of the Democrats and will charge an
on the part Of both old
parties to pass genuine progressive
II 10 said by some of the politicians
in Washington that the Republicans
~au As~> A.o,,hln In naAnf \ inAnu o0n.