The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
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There has just been made available
to any one who is interested enough
to ask for Il compilation of the ex.
act terms of all the laws enacted up
to Jan. /, 1916, relating to any form
Of child labor in the United States,
Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines, and
Porto Rico This new publication has
been issued by the Childrens Bureau
of the U. S. Department of Labor un'
der the title Child Labor Legislation
in the United States,
Even the more important develop
ments in the relation of workmen's
compensation laws to the employment
of children are summarized with the
following comment: "A decided tend
ency is to be noted in workmen's com,
pensation legislation to penalize the
employer of an illegally employed
child. An employer, whenever
he employs a child illegally, runs a
risk far greater than that of fine
under the child labor law"
Decisions of federal courts and OF
the higher state courts are included
in connection with the laws to which
they refer. The constitutionality of
child labor laws appears to have been
finally and definitely established by
the recent decision of the u. s, su.
preme court upholding the Illinois
law prohibiting employment under 16
years of age in trades and occupa-
lions classified by the legislature as
dangerous and injurious. s-
The book contains series of an
alytical tables which not only set
forth concisely the terms of the law
and provisions for enforcement in
each state but show at a glance the
variations of the laws in the differ
ent states. These tables show, for
instances, that there are only nine
political divisions which have no pro
vision of any kind for 14-year or
higher age limit in factories, but that
on the other hand there are at least
IS political divisions which allow the
age limit to be lowered legally in spe'
cial cases or for special occupations
For work in mines the age limit is
16 years in seventeen states and Alas
ka. And the hours of work for chill
dren under 16 in factories are sub
ject to some regulation in every state
except New Mexico and West Virgin
ia: nineteen states, the District OF
Columbia and Porto Rico have limited
their working day to eight hours OF
less. and thirty seven states have pro
hibited their employment at night
The subjects of the tables indicate
however, that the regulation of worF
in factories and mines is only one
phase of the modern child labor law
Existing age limits and regulation Of
hours in stores, messenger service
tenement homes, offices, street trades
theatres, and even in agriculture, are
set forth, and special tables are de
voted to the provisions for compul
sorry school attendance; to the educa
tional requirements, physical tests
and proof of age required in certain
states before a child may receive
work permit; to the special regulation
of street trades which exists in TWEEN
ty states, the District of Columbia
and Porto Rico; and to the employ
ment of children on the stage which
is prohibited in a few states
These analytical tables with the
general introduction can be had apart
from the full text of the laws, and fol-
further convenience the full text OF
each state law may also be secured
separately.