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Milford chronicle., 1915-09-10
STRIKING GAINS IN
Child LABOR LAWS
Off Year For Legislation, but
Children Not Neglected.
EDUCATION LAWS IN SOUTH.
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A new compilation of child labor
laws which will be issued shortly by
tbe National Child Labor Committee
contains the legislation enacted in 1913.
Although this last year was a reac-
tionary one for social welfare legisla-
tion. the National Child Labor Com
mittee feels that there were some strik-
ing gains in child labor laws
Two states which have hitherto deiiet
all efforts to raise their standards
PENNSYLVANIA and Alabama-Aave
Welded TO the pressure of public opin-
ion Alabama has a fourteen year
limit for all gainful occupations. to 50
into effect in September, 1916 instead
of her former twelve year limit lot
factories only. A sixteen year limit
for dangerous occupations is included
in the law, as well as a twelve year
limit for boys and an eighteen year
limit for girls in street work.
The striking feature Of Pennsylva-
MAS new law is the continuation
school clause. which requires children
of fourteen and fifteen who are regu
lorlv employed to attend continuation
schools eight hours week. Other i'm
nortant features are the twenty-one
year limit for night messengers. phys
ical examination and the completion OF
the sixth grade before a work permit
can be secured, and the regulation OF
street work.
Michigan had an unusual experience
The age limit for common gainful oc
cupotiOns was raised from fourteen t
ffteen AT THE REQUEST OF TIL
EMPLOYERS. The bill was drafted
and the campaign directed by them
In addition to raising the age limit !
raises the grade which a child mus
complete before a work permit can b.
secured from the fourth to the siXtl
grade.
Compulsory education laws wer
nassed by three southern states Tn
Florida and South Carolina laws ar
local option only, but the Texas law
is state vile.
california and Iowa Strengthens
their laws by including provisions 10
tbe regulation of street work and IN
night messenger service. In addition
to the street work clause Iowa passe'
an eight hour day for children unde
sixteen and strengthened her wor
-or,,,it provisions. A written statemen
from the employer, saying that he II
tends to employ the child, is nov
necessary before a child can secure
work permit. \ similar clause wa
incorporated this year in the Rhoq
Island law and a street work Pre-
vision enacted establishing a lively
year limit for boys and sixteen yea
limit for girls engaged in selling news
papers or merchandise.
Nevada created the office of laDc
commissioner to enforce the child iapo
law. and wyoming enacted a nine hou
dav for children under fourteen in a
painfuI occup91aons. In fact, there wa
= gain in every state but one Of thos
which passed laws this year aifectin
children. Tennessee weakened its la'
bv exempting canneries from pra
tically all provisions of the law, III
nm attempt to repeal the Arkansas la
was defeated. so that, on the who'll
the National Child Labor Committf
feels that the child labor legislation
1915 represents steady progress.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-10

A federal law would not only pro
tect people outside of North Carolina
from receiving goods manufactured by
children in North Carolina. but 1t
would protect people in that state from
having to buy tenement goods from
New York.-Owen r. Lovejoy.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-10

L, you want to see white children in
many southern communities you must
90 before sunrise and catch them on
their way to the cotton mills. Only
eolored children are to be seen going
to and from school.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-10

Ninety-fve per cent of the children
IN tbe baltimore Truant School have
been street Workers. Forty-three per
cent of the boys in the Maryland state
Reform School For Delinquent Boys
have been engaged in street work.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-10

A recent pamphlet issued by the Ma
tional Child Labor Committee states
that over 1900 children under sixteen
we're reported engaged in mining oc-
cunations by the 1910 census of oceu-
nations.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-10

II we had no child labor we should
have very much less tuberculosis; we
should have very much less alcoholism
and fewer diseases Of the mind ana
the nervous system.-Dr. S. Adolphus
Knof.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-10

If the eight hour day really took all
children under sixteen out Of the fac
tories we should not have to work to
ward sixteen year age lmit-Owen
r. Lovejoy.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-10
DR. WALTER L. GRIER,

Graduate of Penn. College of Dental Surgery
Tocsi anesthetics for the painless extraction ad-
nninistered All kinds Of Dental work gold hllngs
1,.all,, and bridge work a speciality.
ero"n '''1 MILFORD DELAWARE
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
The GrantlU0Od High School.

The final acceptance Oh the bids Tor
school building in Grantwood marks
the arrival OF new dawn Tor the en-
tire Hilltop section. 1t is the begin
nlng of period of enlightenment that
must redown to the benefit OF at least
ten thousand people or even more,
because with the quality OF school
the board is about to introduce IN
brentwood, it is sure to become nv
ted as an educational center of no
mean, everyday Importance. 1t has
been said that this is day OF fads
in free school education, and indeed
there are many things that may be
of questionable desirability in some
OF the schools, such as knitting
for boys and the like. But after all,
this is a thinking age, and there
could be no progress ii there were
not enterprising minds that developed
new thought for properly and effect
lively educating the youthful mind.
So, when all OF the things that are
used in schools are at ones elbow, it
behooves the sagacious head master
of school system to look about him
and take the pick of the best there is.
In this connection, the borough OF
Cliffside Park is peculiarly fortunate
IN having at the head Of its schools
man who is alert and watchful to
an unusual degree. Whatever Super
intendent w. Irving Bray has under
taken to put into vogue, has been
practical and possessed of a meaning.
therefore, when he went after the
new high school building in order to
make the borough up-to-date in the
efficiency of it's schools, he knew ex-
actly what he was aiming at. Now
that he has the new school in sight,
no one looks for an Indifferent system
under his leadership; but on the other
hand, everybody feels that Mr.. Bray
is going to have the very best or moth
ing. This feeling is one of supreme
satisfaction. He has proven that he is
dependable, and after all, the depend
able man is the one to tie to. 1t was
bright day for the entire section of
Northern New Jersey when Cliffside
Park said to itself, eve want the new
high school building" 1t is going to
work wonders for the system, mark
that. And it is going to be the MAX
ing of Grantwood.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
Nagging The President

The cause of woman's suffrage did
not get much of boost by the at
tempt to harry President Wilson dur
ing his recent visit to New York. If
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont ordered the
young women who tried to force their
way into Mr.. Wilson's presence at the
Biltmore hotel really is the respon-
sible head of the attack, she made a
record for which there is little to
be proud. Indeed, the act itself was
belittleing to the cause the women
represent for the reason that it was
species of nagging at the Presi-
dent which has been going on ever
since he was indicted into office. 70
say that the women should be
ashamed of themselves is only stat
ing simple truth, as evidenced BY
the regrets expressed by some Of the
other women leaders of the suffrage
movement. AS soon as they saw the
utter failure of the onslaught upon
the President, they rushed into print
and said they did not countenance
such thing. Certainly not. Who
ever thought they would!
Now, the women might as we'll
learn now that their harry
will not win them favor. The cause
will most assurdly suffer-indeed it
has now suffered seriously, lost
ground, in fact The moral effect of
any indiscrete policy will always react.
Their cause is just in the eyes of a
great many people, but it is hurt
ing itself by whimsical methods.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
PALISADIAN

peare's famous saying, Cali the
worlds stage, and all the men and
women in it actors"
These reflections come from recall
ing the very meritorious playlets put
on this week in Grantwood by the
Trinity Players" local dramatic
organization, that has achieved many
previous triumphs. Their latest eff
forts brought out large audience
that showed the keenest appreciation
of very meritorious and admirably
presented performance. The moral
effect of such work is very far-reach-
ing as well as pleasing. 1t stimulates
community interest, and is a species
of service worth lot more than ap-
pears on the surface.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
The Trinity PLAYERS.

No product of village life is more
interesting than the amateur play
err. Somehow, the professional stage
pals after awhile; but the interest
in local theatricals never lags, never
wears. 1t is the human side, of
course, that makes the appeal. The
stage has always been magnet.
Everybody who sees acting intuitively
wonders how they themselves would
look in a part, or how their neigh
bors would "carry on" in a real play.
The amateur stage was the original
starting point for most of the real
actors of the world, anyhow; so the
feeling that comes over the younger
element in most small communities
is merely the verification of Shakes
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22

could to help him win by voting with
the other side, though this is a side
issue of the part he really did play.
In other words, the hypocrite is liar,
knave, everything in the category
Of ungentility, and undressed would
make the finest model of saint that
could be pictured in putty, canvas
or clay. AS desirable in any COM
munity, the hypocrite is the one in
dividual we all know where to find,
never want to see, yet who cannot be
lodged.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22

try's call, it's appreciation of his I'M
selfish labors in its behalf; but he
will never see greater fervor, more
complete conquest than he held in
his New York reception. The people
rose up as one man and proclaimed
him their idol. They cheered and
yelled and clapped hands not as
Democrats or Republicans, but as
Americans, loyal to the great cause
of country, and determined to put a
crown of laurel on the brow of him
who dared to assert the principles
for which America stands in the cause
of its people and humanity. The
imagination pals at trying to picture
anything more complete in the way
of spontaneous homage to leadership
than was given to Woodrow Wilson
on the occasion of this naval review
visit. 1t was without parallel. What
ever his enemies may have felt be-
fore, they must feel chargined now.
His triumph has been supreme, be-
cause in great crisis he has been
measured and found of the right
standard.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
The Pulse of The Dynamo

Said President Wilson in an ad-
dress in New York City: "When a
crisis comes in this country, it is as
if you put your hands on the pulse
of dynamo" Those were signifi-
cant words. He has been feeling the
throb. He knows that he has be-
hind him a united people. Only twice
in the history of the country has a
common sentiment so thrilled the
hearts of all; when Sumter was fired
upon the North was stirred as by an
electric shock, and when the Maine
was destroyed there was a merging of
all parties and interests both South
and North. The great naval review
gave the multitudes in the country's
most populous city an opportunity to
express the enthusiasm which exists
in every state and city. 1t is a CO.
incident not altogether unhappy that
the review, planned long ago, came
just this time.-Boston Herald.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
Our Moral Standard

The contest that has been going on
since the beginning of time between
the moral law and the jural system has
caused men to devote much time and
thought in an attempt analyze the
difference in the system. There are
more things the matter with our fed
eral judiciary system than could be
told in a book, yet when one considers
that the jural law is an artificial
standard fixed by the government,
and that moral law is a standard
fixed on truth, based on the spirit of
men toward God, the difference is ap-
parent The fundamental truth of
moral law is that it embodies at no
time any question of doubt, ethics
or rectitude. 1t is a fixed principle
of the highest faith and can occupy
no middle ground where debate on it's
principles is even remotely possible
The moral law, therefore, is the basic
principle behind all truth, and it can
not be unhinged either by specions
argument, fallacy or false logic. 1t
stands as adamant. Where man or
a nation violates the moral law the
sin can only be wiped out by stand
ard of repentance as complete as the
law itself.
1t has happened in our present day
that self-accused bribe-t takers, self
confessed grafters, have escaped the
felon's garb merely through technical
construction placed by the jury on
one or more written instructions Civ
en- by the court. Established guilt
beyond question frequently evades
punishment through the various ma
nipulations and technicalities which
are worked out to influence a jury.
Of, course, no one should question the
jural system, righteous enough in it's
self, but weakened by a line of attack
that the law recognizes how can it
rank with the higher moral law by
comparison?
1t is the moral law that is going to
make for the standards of truth in the
present European war. No power
can stay the hand of humanity that
will set against the nation that has
wontonly violated the moral law in
this great contest. The worlds jural
verdict can and will be based on the
moral side of the issue.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
Modern Ideas of Fame

One of the interesting events of
1915 will be the ballot to be taken
between July 1 and October 1, for
new names for the Hall of Fame at
New York universities. This year
Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, John
c. Calhoun, Daniel Boone, and many
other famous heroes of the past will
again appear in this posthumous
electioneering, each with ardent
partisans. New electors for the 1916
balloting have been announced, one
of whom is Senator John Sharp
Williams.
This election is interesting as it
reveals different peoples ideas as to
what constitutes fame. Years ago
great military and naval commanders
would have predolninated. To-day a
marked change can be seen, in that
authors have more conspicuous
place than fighters.
This growing tendency to dignity
the position of the writer is seen in
many ways. The well-known annual
volume "Who's Who" has always
given a conspicuous place to author
ship, not merely of books, but to
distinguished magazine and news
paper writer's. Many people have
found places in this publication, who
in their own home community are
quiet and almost obscure people, yet
who reach millions of people through
the magnetism and sweep of the
printed page.
In previous generations author
were down trodden folk. Often they
could subsist only by the charity of
men of wealth, who prided themselves
on supporting the fine arts.
To-day the successful author can
not complain of obscurity. He is
highly paid and feted. So much
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
Fair PLuU,

Hermann Ridder, Editor of the
"Staats-Zeitung," has had a rather
strenuous campaign during the Euro
pean war, and has worked hard and
faithfully for the German cause. For
this he has been severely criticised
by the American people and press
generally, because it seemed that on
many of the issues presented he went
too far But when the question of the
absolute loyalty of commandments
who had adopted the United States
as their country, voting under it's
flag, Mr.. Ridder came to the front in
a different attitude. In an editorial
following President Wilson's note to
Germany he said:
''This is not time to burden mil
lions of the American people with un-
just and unnecessary anguish of mind.
The German-Americans must suffer
in any conflict between the United
States and Germany pains of which
their fellOw-citizens can never know
anything. 1t is rather time for
showing them the greatest degree of
consideration.
''They have fought to uphold the
flag in the past, and they will do SO
again, against any enemy whatsO-
ever. They deserve the fruits of past
loyalty, until they have forfeited the
right to claim them. There has never
been but one flag under which the
German American has fought. There
never can be but one flag under which
he will ever fight, and that flag is
the Stars and Stripes"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
The Presidents Welcome.

The most carping critic of the
President could not find flaw in the
great demonstration accorded him by
the people of New York this week.
The unaminity of sentiment towards
him, the popular clamor in the well
come, the shouts of joy at merely
looking upon him, were all evidences
of the deep reverence he has created
by his recent stand in favor of Ameri-
can rights as expressed in his note
to Germany. 1t wasn't that Mr.. Will
son had the slightest feeling against
the Germans; it wasn't that he
wanted to stir up strife, because the
world knows him as man of peace;
it wasn't because he wanted to focus
himself in the public gaze, because
his office itself holds him in full view
all the time. But his innate love of
truth led him to defend it, and to de-
mand righteous recognition of those
principles of common justice which
had been SO wontonly violated by the
destruction of the Lusitania.
So, when he expressed himself as
the head of the American people, de-
handing PREPARATION for the wrongs
already committed and insisting that
they cease in future, he took posi-
ton so commanding, so elevated, so
stirring withal, that, as the New
York "Sun" said, he completely
metamorphosed the popular estimate
of him. 1t wasn't that he had met
opposition on his tariff and income
bills, or that he had put them through
over the antagonism of the "inter-
ests"; it wasn't that he had failed in
his shipping bill-not these-they
were unimportant now. But where
the honor of his country had been
assailed and it's rights trampled upon,
he came forward as the princely
champion of the whole world and
said, "Thou Shalt Mott"
President Wilson may live to see
many more evidences of his coun-
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22

fiattery is given many bright young
writer's that they conceive the idea
that they need only open their mouths
and the world will listen. They for
get that hard work is the price of
continued success, and often lapse
into obscurity. The number of prom
Using literary careers of young news
paper men who are wrecked by pre-
mature social adulation is almost in
conceivable. The men and women
whose names will finally go into the
Hall of Fame Stunned popularity
and toiled and suffered for their
crowns.-Jackson, Miss, "News."
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
Everyday Hypocrisy.

The subject of hypocrisy is one that
few of us fail to know about because
we are always rubbing noses with it..
Yet it is one of the most baleful of
all things, and the least to be toler
ated among decent, self-respecting
people. The hypocrite in the nature
of his offence against society is COM
PEELED to be double-faced. There are
no special lairs he is known to inhabit,
because there are no forms of human
association where he does not exist.
Politics is said to produce good modi
cum of this creature, but whether 1t
is less or more productive of the spec
les than the church, ordinary society,
the school, business Office or house,
is question. In short, he owns no
special locality as his habitat, but is
as universal as the flea, and about as
difficult of approach. No matter
when you think you have him corner
ed, he generally manages to find a
hole he can crawl through unobser-
we'd. This is his one characteristic
of mystery. He will swear to be with
you in any kind of fight you may be
allied with, and the other fellow has
his agreement for the same thing
He straddles every public issue, and
in the village, city or town he halls
always the opening offered at all ses-
sions of the laity to ventilate his pow
err of playing both ends against the
middle. And when the fun is all over,
he congratulates the winner as hav-
ing helped his cause, and condoles
with the loser because he did all he
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-22
The Moon And The Weather.

The following editorial on the moon
from an esteemed contemporary, the
Jackson, Miss. "News," is of such
vital Importance to the people of Ber-
gen county, that it is reproduced here
in order that the public may under
stand the delicate position of Andrew
Jackson DeVoe, the Hackensack
savant on weather. Andrew Jackson
has long insisted that the moon is
directly responsible for all of our ter
restial weather, but that if we had no
moon we would have no weather at
all. The editorial follows:
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CASE
What has become of the old fash
toned farmer who regulated the
planting of his crops according to
the changes of the moon?
That man, wherever he is, will
be interested to know that the
United States department of agri-
culture brands his moon theory as
absolutely baseless and silly.
Not only have many farmers for
generations sowed certain seed by
the light of the moon, but even city
folks have waited for certain stages
of the moon before setting out vari-
Gus plants or flowers. With them
it has not been so much a super
sition as a positive conviction that
the moon exercised some peculiar,
but none the less definite, effect
However, scientists are now con-
WINGED that the moon has no more
influence on crops than it has upon
the temperature or the amount of
rain or the winds or any other
weather element.
The growth of plants depends
upon the amount of food in the
soil and in the air that is available
for them and upon temperature,
light and moisture. The moon
obviously does not affect the char
acter of the soil in any way, neither
does it affect the composition of the
atmosphere. The only remaining
way in which it could influence
plant growth, therefore, is by its
light.
Recent experiments showed that
full daylight is about six hundred
thousand times brighter than full
moonlight, yet when a plant gets
1-100th part of normal daylight