The Monte Vista journal., 1916-10-21
Nv EDWARD HEATING
Congressman from the Third Con-
oressional District.)

The Republican campaign man
ror, are making a desperate effort
- discredit the child labor law
a.hicb I had the honor to introduce
T.. the House of Repr esentatives and
which was forced through the Sen
.,o bv President Wilson after the
ootton-mill lobby had imagined that
:. had succeeded in pigeon-holing it.
THE PRESIDENTS OPPONENTS
pEALIZE THAT THIS WAS ONE
op THE MOST POPULAR PIECES
oE LEGISLATION ENACTED BY
THE LAST CONGRESS AND THAT
IT HAS DRAWN HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PROGRESSIVES
To THE WILSON BANNER.
In order to confuse the public
mind some of the Republican papers
are shouting that there is Joker"
in the law. The reputable Republi-
con leaders have refused to be part
les to the fake but the "small-fry'
nolitcans are very busy spreading
the story.
OF course, there is not word of
truth in the yarn. The child labor
bill was carefully drawn and every
provision was scrutinized before be-
ing 20. K. d."
Republicans Who Supported Bill
Such eminent Republicans as Sen
ators La Toilette, Cummilts, Clapp
and Borah were among the champ
ions of the bill in the Senate. Do our
Republican friends believe that those
men would enter into a conspiracy
to bunco the children of the country?
On the Democratic side, "Davy"
Lewis of Maryland, the father of the
Parcel Post, who went into a coal
mine at nine and never saw the in
tericr of a school until he was q
grown man, was chairman of the
House committee which had charge
of the bill. Senator Owen of Okla
homa, most progressive of Demo
Gratis, Senator John w. Kern of In
diana and Senator Joe Robinson,
great lawyers and great Democrats,
were among those who guided the
bill through the Senate.
Would those men enter into a con-
cpir tN f0fc
helpless children?
And finally, would president Will
son, himself q great lawyer, tolerate
such vile fake?
OF course not. The thing is un-
thinkable, and serves to demonstrate
that our Republican friends find
themselves in a position where the
truth will no longer serve them and
they must resort to falsehoods.
Secretary Wilson's Statement
Secretary of Labor William B
Wilson has prepared a statement in
reply to the Republican attacks and
he has sent me a copy. 1t is so clear
and temperate that I am presenting
1t herewith, as follows:
My Dear Mr.. Keating:
The much talked about joker ir
The child labor law is supposed to be
contained in that portion of section
one OF the act which reads as fol-
lows
That no producer, manufacturer
Ut dealer shall ship or deliver for
Shipment in interstate or foreign
Vommerce any article or commodity
he product of any mine or quarry
situated in the United States, il
which WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
pRlOR TO THE TINE OF THE RE-
MoNAL OF SUCH PRODUCT
ihEREFROM children under the
age OF sixteen years have been en-
poyed or permitted to work, or any
"''icle or commodity the product OF
4"y MILL cannery, workshop, factory
manufacturing establishment,
situated in the United States, in
nnich WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
niof TO THE REMOVAL OF
'oCH PRODUCT THEREFROM
,"'oreh the age of fourteen years
~"'e oeen employed or permitted tc
"o'h' or children between the ages
'ourteen years and sixteen years
e oeen employed or permitted to
''A more than eight hours in any
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