New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-02
Mrs. Schoff, Fighting Child
Labor Law, Last Week
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MOTHERS CONGRESS
FIGHTS COMMITTEE
protest That Delegates Who Ap
neared at Senate Hearing
We're Unauthorized.

,,.grrec.ion has broken Out among
-. women Of the National Congress Of
y..bcrs. With the fate Of the Heating
oven child labor bin in the balance
-, Federal bin that would place a
,.nr,sen-vcar minimum on child
i,bor-Niss Mary $. Garrett, of Phila-
s.lnbia and Mrs. 4. A. Birney. Of
Washington, appeared before the Sen
80 committee in charge OF the bill and
~.o,estod vigorously against the meas
pa Gin the meme Of the 100000 mem
ser, Of "a National Congress Of Moth
ers"
Immediately. when news Of this be
,,me noised abroad. storm OF pro-
,.., arose. About 10000 OF the mem
scrs 81 the Mothers Congress are mas
&c everv effort TO let 1t be known mat
~, only did Miss Garrett and Mrs.
p,,nev not represent them, but that
.sev lad not the right to claim to rep
resent them.
Personal Interest Charged.
u,s Frederic Schof. Of Philadelphia,
.bo for fourteen years has been presl-
Wy, NJ tho National Congress of Moth
o,s is said 10 be at tho bottom of the
.,o,ble She. Miss Garrett and Mrs.
pirnev form a quorum Of the executive
committee of the congress. ana II Is
Ia they took upon themselves the au-
.bor;tv 20 sneak for the entire con-
rress I'm an Effort 20 stave of the I'M
sstr5irc passage Of the new child labor
Partial ownership b. Mrs. Schof OF
.,r,sin mills employing child labor is
,boU,n i'm statement yesterday b. the
v,,ional Child Labor Committee. Ihat
- ScboF is closely allied with
,,arufacturing interests opposed 70
rrorressive child labor legislation Is
fstiv stated in a letter sent yesterday
bv 500 Philadelphia women 10 Senator
aNrs Schof has been actively op,,
posed during the last ten years 10 all
epr efforts to advance child labor leg
,.ia,ion.' said owen Z. Lovejoy. gen
oval secretary of the National Chlld
Labor Committee, last night ny
Iris is We don't know. Philadelphia
women say that she has large inter eS's
in the Kent Mills. az CLIFTON helgnts'
which arc textile mills employing emil,
eren. The records show that she so.d
last week liza shares Of her stock IN
those mills. which shows at least tnat
she has been interested.
Mothers Urge Passage.
@lt appears that there is a. small
rroun Of women in Philadelphia who
.ough, 10 bring the Senate committee
10 believe that they represented the en-
tire Congress OF Mothers IN opposing
the bin. | have just returned from
TIN through several states, and know
that this is erroneous Mothers favor
The bill
Miss Lillian p. Valid said last night
tia. she could see no reason why MISS
Garrett and Mrs. Birney appeared
against the bill. The executive com
mittec Of the National Child Labor
Committee" said Miss Valid, OF when
I am a member, is unanimous Tor II.
The COO Philadelphia women, IN their
letter TO Senator Newlands. say;
ave are committee Of 600 women
organized year ago 10 oppose the very
reactionary child labor bill introduced
into the PENNSYLVANIA Legislature by
Mrs. Frederic Schof. president Of the
Nationa! Congress Of Mothers. MS
bill allowed ffty-four hours week
and was indorsed by the manufacturing
interests OF the state. with whom Mrs.
SchofF was closely allied.
"Hcr bin was defeated largely through
our efforts. We Doseech you 20 vote Tor
the Keatinc-Owen bin and not 20 be.
lieye that The organized motherhood OF
this country is opposed TO it,
When Mrs. Schof's bill was before
the legislature she called 10 the Penn
sylvsnia Congress Of Mothers bill" de-
spite the protest and demand Of the
women through their executive board
that she either change the name 10 the
"SchOT bin" OF withdraw il.