Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-01-05
(Graham Taylor

Millions for defense. but not one cent
iur tribute is a slogan that once served
20 stir the nation to vigilance in the pro-
lection of its rights. A question which
will confront congress when it convenes
on December 6 is the relation of possible
millions for defense to tho social welfare
of the nations people. Surely the coun-
tries of Europe have come to realize that
in equipping themselves for war the well
care of their people is by no means the
least factor. Failure to secure early con-
sideration of bills was one of the chief
reasons tor the disappointing results in
social legislation before the last congress-.
The Palmer-Owen child labor bill, for i'm
stance, passed the House but the objec-
ton of "A single senatoT-Overman. OF
North Carolina-killed it in the upper
The second campaign for the
bill is now going forward with vigor in
the hands of the national child labor COM
mittee. The expectation is that Senator
Owen and Representative Heating will in
troduce 1t.
National Child Labor Law.
The bill prohibits Interstate commerce of
goods in the production of which children
under IA have worked in mills. factories.
canneries or workshops: children under is
have worked in mines or quarries; chill
dren between IA and 16 ave worked at
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Factories. Those who are urging the
measure point out that it protects not only
the nations children but enlightened en-
ployers as we'll, for 1t would remove any
disadvantage which a manufacturer in a
state with advanced law may feel that
he has in competition with manufacture
ars in states with lower Standards. An
other measure designed to regulate the
conditions under which goods are manu-
.actured through federal authority over
Interstate commerce., is the bill concern
ng the products of convict labor. A
state may regulate it's WI convict labor,
gut 1t cannot bar convict-made goods
coming in from another tate. TIL Zoo
her-Hughes bill, as 1t was known at the
asst session, has passed the House four
times. A year g it was favorably re-
er came to a vote.
This bill n a new one designed to con-
'olldate the prison activities of the fed
'fal government are particularly urged by
he national committee on prisons and
prison labor. AT present these activities
are scattered through various depart
ments. The management of the three fed
sral prisons and three iails and control
over federal prisoners-some 1000 of them
IN all-comes under tine department of
Justice. All prison construction work is
done by the Interior department which
Also maintains a hospital for convicts,
while the gathering of statistics regarding
prison Industries Is under the department
OF labor. The new bill will provide for a
commissioner OF prisons in whose office
would be concentrated all of the activi-
lies mentioned, with the duties of investi-
eating administration. housing and social
hygiene Of prisoners. educational methods
for their rehabilitation systems of pardon
and parole.
v. 8. to Fight white Plaque"
Health measures before the next con-
gress will include the bill to create a d.
vision of mental hygiene and rural sani-
tation In the public health service, which
was considered last year, a bill to create
a commission for the study of tuberculo-
SIS. and a bill to provide federal subsidies
TOR local tuberculosis hospitals. The new
duties proposed for the public health SER
vice by Its own request are to deal with
mental disorders. to encourage improved
methods OF rural and Industrial sanitation,
and to disseminate among farmers and
others information for the prevention of
communicable diseases.
The plan for a. federal commission on
tuberculosis has been Endorsed by your
sectional conferences on tuberculosis and
the American public health association.
They point out that last year, while s1S.-
NU.WU was spent in the United States for
institutional care and reatm less