Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-18
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GOVERNOR GIVES
STATE PRAISES
Says That Child Labor Law
Has Been Received in the
Proper Spirit This Year
,XHLDREN CARED FOR
Large Cities Are Cooperating
in the Movement to Provide
the Facilities

Governor Martin G. Brumbaush to-
day issued a statement commencing
the attitude of the educational authori-
ties of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as
we'll as other cities of the State for
their cooperation in arranging for en-
forcement OF the child labor law con-
tinuation school features and praising
the spirit of the employers in their
dealings with the officials in charge.
The Governors statement was made
after he had heard in detail from
oriciab who have been meeting en-
ployers on the subject and he especially
Gommends those who have agreed to
establish continuation schools without
delay when the law becomes effective
on January next.
The Governors statement in full Is
rs follows:
reports made TO me by the state
Departments OF Public Instruction and
Labor and Industry, which are CO.
operating to obtain the establishment
OF continuation schools. indicate that
at least three-quarters of the children
now working in this State will be pro-
Nided with continuation school facili-
ties next January when the new child
labor act goes into effect.
I'm every industrial community in
this State active steps are being taken
10 establish continuation classes.
Every boy or girl under 16 years of
age employed after January 1 next
must attend one of these classes at
least eight hours a week.
It am especially pleased with the
attitude which employers OF children
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formed that wherever the school men
have gone to places of business per-
sonally and talked with employers, eX-
planning to them the benefits which
would accrue both to them and to
their young employees under this child
labor law, that they have expressed a
Willingness to meet all its provisions.
In fact some firms which had ex-
pressed themselves as opposed to the
new law have agreed to furnish space
In their establishments for conducting
continuation classes. and a few have
even agreed to pay the teachers.
IT am particularly pleased with the
manner in which the situation has
been handled in Philadelphia -Four
distinct steps have been taken by the
board OF education in that city.
In the first place. an associate su-
perintendent. of schools was elected,
whose duty It is TO arrange for the
establishment of continuation schools.
Next, the Bureau of Compulsory
Education was reorganized. Ten
branch offices have been established
throughout the city for the issuance of
employment certificates, the physical
examination OF children and as head
quarters for the compulsory attend
ance officers. In addition to this these
branch offices will also do work along
the line of vocational guidance by en-
deavoring to find places for children
desiring to work and of finding en-
ployes for firms desiring to hire chill
dren under sixteen.
Third, the board has under consid-
Grafton the salary schedule for teach
ers in the continuation schools. It is
the intention to pay teachers in these
classes from one to two hundred dol
lars more a year than will be paid to
the regular grade teachers.
Fourth, the board has adopted a
general policy OF endeavoring to open
as rapidly as possible, after January l.
continuation classes for all those re-
ceiving employment certificates and
entering upon employment at that
time, and all the additional classes
needed in the regions where the num-
ber of children now employed is great
est. In addition, as rapidly as possible
the schools already established in busi-
ness and industrial plants will be taken
over by the board.
"The Philadelphia board expects to