The Monte Vista journal., 1916-10-21
CHILD LABOR LAW HAD SUPPORT OF
LEADING REPUBLICANS IN ITS ENACTMENT


and so the seasonal industry of can
nlng set forth as the best illustration
of the alleged defect in the law. 1t
is asserted that all a Gamer has to
do is to store his product for thirty
days which he usually does anyway.
and then he can ship it where he
will
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THAT
| ASSERTION FAIL TO REALIZE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
CANNERY AND A WAREHOUSE.
The warehouse may be situated un-
| der the same roof as the cannery or
under separate roof; it may be only
| foot away or it may be miles
THAT IS IMMATERIAL TO THE
LAW
1T is THE EMPLOYMENT OF
| CHILDREN WITHIN THIRTY
DAYS PRIOR TO THE REMOVAL
OF THE PRODUCT FROM THE
CANNERY THAT DETERMINES
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW.
1t should be observed that it is
not only the product of child labo.
that is barred from interstate ship
ment but the entire product of the
cannery in which child labor has
been employed at any time within
thirty days prior to the removal from
the cannery of the product offered
for shipment
1t follows, therefore, that any per-
son who employs child labor after
the act goes into effect will have to
dispose of the product of his plant
within the state in which it is pro
duced for thirty days after he dis
continues the employment of child
rem. No portion of the product of
his plant while he is employing
children or for thirty days thereafter
can ever be offered for interstate
shipment without violation of the
law. To make doubly sure that gaps
and jokers could not find their lodg-
ing place in the law Congress enacted
section 2, providing: THAT the at
torney general, the Secretary cf
commerce, and the secretary of labor
shall constitute a board to make
and publish rules and regulations
for carrying out the provisions of
this act'
THE SO-CALLED JOKER IS
REALLY A PENALTY CLAUSE to
punish those who do not Immediately
comply with the child labor provis-
ions by excluding the products of
their plants from interstate shipment
for thirty days after they cease to
employ children, and the attorney
general, the secretary of commerce,
and the secretary of labor are au-
thorized to provide the rules for
carrying the act into effect
William B. Wilson,
Sec. of Labor.
The Chicago Journal is the lead
ing Wilson paper in the state of
Illinois.
In recent issue it had the follow
ing editorial on Congressman Ed
ward Keating of this district and
his national child labor bill:
THE CHILDREN'S CONGRESSMAN
There is one Congressman outside
of Illinois, outside the middle west
even, in whom the Journal feels Il
keen interest-Edward Keating of
| Colorado.
Mr. Keating divides with Presi-
dent Wilson the honor of putting
| through the child labor law. Keat-
ing introduced that bill in the House
and in spite of all opposition, open
and secret, he worked it through.
When it was pigeon-holed in the
Senate and the mill owners lobby
was drinking confusion to reformers
at the New Willard Hotel, Keating
summoned the president to the res
cue-and the president came. The
honor of the passage of this great
measure belongs to both.
| And the federal child labor law
IS truly a great measure. 1t puts an
end at once to the exploitation OF
several hundred thousand children,
and opens a way to the emancipation
of the rest. Always before, a roac-
tionary legislature which was asked