The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-07
Prohibits Employment of Child
under Fifteen Where Posi-
ton is Hazardous. -at

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
life or limb and making fourteen
years the minimum age limit in other
instances, the child labor bill intro
duced III the house by Delegate Harry
"A. Weiss VI Ohio county, viii come
up Tor passage In the house early
this week.
While the bill has been severely
criticised 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
emit time. They hold that it is a good
strong measure and If passed in Its
present form It could be amended at
the next session Of the legislature to
embody such requirements as are
found to be need. 1t amends chap
ter sixty Of the acts OF 1911.
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
manufacturing establishment, store
Office, office building, restaurant, bak-
cry, 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
fourteen years shall be employed, per-
mitted or suffered to work. at any
business or service whatever during
the hours the public school Of the
district i'd which he resides, are in
session unless special permission in
writing Is granted by the person au-
thorized in section five TO issue en-
| p1oyment certificates. ~
No child under fifteen years Of age
shall be employed, permitted or stif-
fered to work in, about, or In CON
nectton with any Of the occupations
named In section one for more than
nine hours In any one day, nor more
than fifty-four hours in any one week,
Scope Of Bill.
No child under the age OF fifteen
years shall be employed, permitted OF
suffered to work IN or about:
Mines, while the public schools OF
the district in which he resides are
| in session. ises' ss
Blast furnaces.
Dusts, operating Or using any en-
lery, tropoh, rough caiborundum,
steel carborundutn, any abrasive or
any emery polishing, or polishing
wheel where articles of the baser met
ais or OF iridium are manufactured.
Electric wires, on the outside; erec-
ton and repair OF electric wires, :
Elevators, In the running or man
agement Of any elevators, lifts or
hosting machines.
Explosives, in or about establish
ments where nitro Tslycerine, drealin,
gun cotton, or other high or danger
GUS explosives are manufactured,
compounded or stored.
Matches, in dipping, dyeing or pack
Ing.
Quarry, in or about. a
0iling or cleaning, In. oiling or
lcleaning dangerous or hazardous ma
chinery In motion. is q 4
= Railroads, switch tending, gate
tending, as brakeman, fireman, engi-
neer, motorman. conductor, telegraph
operator. H v z,
Wharyes, in or about
Bakeries, dough brakes or cracker
hines of any description.
Belts, adjusting belts lin motionl,
sewing BELTS tin any capacfty)
Boilers, operating amy steam boil
kers or any steam apparatus. Y
/ Building trades. on scaffoldiug or
on q ladder or on heavy work Z ~
4 Furnishing llari inea An INV tan-