The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-04
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Weiss Measure To Come Be.
fore House Ina Few
Days.
PROVISIONS ARE DRASTIC
NATIONAL Burr CLAIMS THAT
BILL IS aTaoNe
ENOUGH.
PROVISIONS 81 ARE DRASTIC

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ENOUGH.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. A.
Prohibiting the employment Of all
children under fifteen years OF age
in any Of the industries Of the state
In which there Is any great danger to
lie or limb and making fourteen
years the minimum age limit in other
instances, the child labor bill intro.
duced in the house by Delegate Harry
A. Weiss Of Ohio county, will come
up for passage in the house this week.
While the bill has been severely
criticized by the National Child Labor
Bureau as not being drastic enough,
It Is claimed by Its sponsors to be as
strong as could be passed at the pres.
ent time. They hold that It is a good
strong measure and II passed in It's
present form 1t could be amended at
the next session of the legislature to
|embody such requirements as are
found to be needed. It amends chap.
ter sixty Of the acts Of l911.
1t provides that no child under the
age OF fourteen years shall be EN-.
.ployed. permitted or suffered to work
in, about or in connection with any
mine, factory. mill, workshop, or man.
Iufacturing establishment, store, office,
office building, restaurant, bakery,
barber shop, hotel, laundry, place Of
amusement, or in any telephone or
telegraph office. or In the delivery or
transmission Of merchandise or mes.
sages. No child under the age OF four.
teen years shall be employed, per-
'mitted or suffered to work at any
business or service whatever during
the hours the public school of the dis.
trict in which he resides are In SEES.
sion, unless special permission in
writing is granted by the person au.
thorized In section five to issue EN-.
ployment certificates.
No child under fifteen years Of age
shall be employed, permitted or suf-
fered to work in, about, or in con-
nection with any Of the occupations
named in section one for more than
nine hours in any one day, nor more
than flfty-four hours in any one week.
Scope Of Bill.
No child under the age Of fifteen
years shall be employed. permitted or
suffered to work in or about:
Mines. while the publis schools Of
the district In which he resides are
In session.
Blast furnaces.
Dusts, operating or using any
emery, torpoli. rough. carborundum
steel carborundum, any abrasive or
any emory polishing wheel where art
cles Of the baser. metals ar Of iridium
are manufactured.
Electric wires, on the outside:
erection and repair Of electric wires
Elevators. in the running or man
agement OF any elevators, lifts OF
hoisting machines.
Explosives. In or about establish
ments where nitro.glicerine, dealing
gun cotton, or other high or danger
Gus explosives are manufactured
compounded or stored.
Matches, in dipping, dying or pack
ing.
Quarry, in or about.
oiling or cleaning, in oiling OF
cleaning dangerous or hazardous ma
chinery in motion.
Railroads, switch tending, gate
tending, as brakeman, fireman, engi
neer, motorman, conductor, telegraph
operator.
wharves, in or about.
Bakeries. dough brakes or cracker
machines of any description.
Beltr -sting belts lin notion
sewing lin any capacity.)
Boilers. operating any steam boil
ers or any steam apparatus. Is
Building trades, on scaffolding Of
on ladder, or on heavy work.
Furnishing machines, In any tan
merry or leather mandatory.
Iron and steel, ironor wire straight
ening machinery, punchers and
shears. Is
Laundry machinery.
Paints and poisons, manufacture Of
paints, colors or whitehead, manufac,
ture OF any composition in which
dangerous or poisonous acids are
used; manufacture or preparation Of
compositions OF dangerous or poison
GUS, dyes; manufacture or prepare,
ton OF compositions with 'lnarn-ous
or poisonous gases; manufacture or
preparation Of I've or In which the
quantity thereof Is injurious to health.
Presses, cylinder or job boring or
drill.
Rubber, washing grinding or mash
ing mill or calendar rolls In rubber
manufacturing. =.
Theatre or concert hail.
Woodworking, wood shaper, wood
Joiner. planerS or sand paper, wood
Ipolishing or wood turning machine.
Wood cotton, hnir upholstering.
carding machine. or machine used in
picking wood. cotton, or any uphol.
stering material. s.. ~