Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
TRYING TO DETERMINE WHY
PUPILS DESERT STUDIES.
LARGER CITIES OF STATE
WILL BE VISITED
Question Blanks to Be Filled Out BY
Boys and Girls Who Give Up Studies
Unemployment, Wages and Other
Facts to Be Procured-commssio
Guiher's Friends Become Active.
Snecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. April 1S.-Mrs. Ellen M.
Rourke. of the Iowa bureau of labor
statistics, began yesterday her inves-
LEGATIONS into the causes of children
leaving school and going to work. The
cases of all boys and girls holding
work permits wH probably be locked
into and practically all of the larger
cities will be visited.
A blank has been prepared and the
questions thereon are as follows:
Name: address: nationality; age when
leaving school: name and location of
last school: reason for leaving school,
ta) as given by child, CD as given by
school; time idle after leaving school;
number of jobs since leaving school;
for each Job held. (a) kind Of job, CD
kind OF business. (c) how Job was
found. (d)how long in II. te) average
weekly wage, CD when starting. CD
when quitting. 60 time idle between
jobs, (g) reasons for changing jobs.
What trade does ne wish 10 prepare
for: father living: mother living; &C.
equations: number Of children in
FAMILY.
The Iowa bureau Of labor statistics
has in charge the enforcement OF the
child labor laws and believes that this
investigation into the causes Of child
labor should reveal the conditions re
sponsible for children working at an
early age Some Of these conditions 1t
may be possible to correct.
Commissioner Urick received a let
80,
said she was glad to inform him WHY
her children had to leave school to go
to work She said i was because they
had to help support the family. She
said the husband and father was
wage Garner who did not earn enough
to maintain the children in school She
said the girls wanted to dress as well
as the other girls and could not do so.
Therefore they were all anxious to
Quit school and go 10 work as soon as
they could akho the parents would
have preferred to have them finish the
high school If il had been possible.
missioner Trick Is an advocate
Of vocational training and from the
data received In this investigation
hopes to get some ideas on this prob
lem.
Guihers Friends Active.
AS an expression OF their interest
in the success Of their fellow towns
man. Mr.. Guiher. in his candidacy for
election to the state board of railroad
comm sSioners. citizens of Winterset.
and Of Madison county held a mass
meeting at the court house at Winter
Sc. last night. Speeches were made
and resolutions passed indorsing his
candidacy.
W. S. Cooper called the meeting to
order and Hon. w. F. Craig was
chosen chairman Among the speak
ers were Judge Wilkinson. J. P. Steele.
Leo Percivai. Ed NJ. Smith and z. r.
Zeller Mr.. Guiher was appointed to
succeed n. 8. Ketchum following Mr..
Ketchun's death about a year and a
half ago.
At last nights meeting attention was
called to the large number OF cases on
the docket which Commissioner Gunner
has cleaned up. These had Accumulate
ed during the illness OF his predecessor.
The voters Of Iowa were urged to sup
port his candidacy and resolutions Of
fered by Hon. E. r. Zeller were unani-
mously adopted.
Want Rates Suspended.
Commerce Counsel j. II. Henderson
will ask the interstate commerce COM
mission for a suspension Of the in
creased rate recently imposed by the
railroads on ferro silicon manufactured
at Keokuk. The manufacture of this
material requires a high power cleo
tricfty and there are only two places
| in the country where it il manufac-
| tured keokuk and Niagara Falls
Strange as it may seem no increase
, has been imposed at Niagara Falls but