Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-25
.CH|LD-LABOR EMPLOYERS
WILL COMPLY WITH LAW
But Many Speakers From South Urge
Liberal Construction of Its
Requirements.
AGE QUESTION DEBATABLE
Cotton-Min Operators Say Word OF
Parents Should Be Sufficient-Re-
ports on Uniform Rules OF Guid-
ance to Be Issued To-Day.
'fBy Associated Press. j.

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WASHINGTON. July 24.-After an
all-day. hearing Of textile manufac-
turers from the South and North. and
representatives of other interests af-
fected by the child labor law, the ad- :
visory committee to the Cabinet board
for making and publishing uniform
rules and regulations for enforcing the
law announced tonight that 1t would
report its conclusions tomorrow 1t
was announced that the purpose was
imm mediately to supply information to
the employers of child labor through
out the country regarding the law,
which takes effect on September /.
The law prohibits interstate or
foreign shipment of products of indus
trial plants in which children are en-
ployed within thirty days prior to the
removal of the product from the plant
children under sixteen years old in
mines and quarries, and under fourteen
in mills. canneries. workshops fac
tories or manufacturing establishments
Children between fourteen and sixteen
cannot be employed more than eight
hours in any workday. more than six
days a week. and not between P. NJ
and 6 A. NJ.
SOUTHERN SPEAKERS URGE
LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION
Many speakers from the South urged
liberal construction Of the laws re-
quirements as to proof OF age Of chill
dren employed and as to computation
OF hours of employment.
The general policy OF the childrens
bureau was outlined by Miss Julia
Lathrop. Its chief. She said Secretary
Wilson believes the child labor law.
which is under his jurisdiction, can
be administered fairly. with full pro-
lection to children and a minimum Of
annoyance. inconvenience and cost to
the employers.
committee of owners OF cotton
mills and others was selected to CO.
operate with the Cabinet board in en-
forcemenr of the regulations. The
committee comprised D. Y. Cooper.
Henderson. n. c.: w. F. Garcelon, Bos-
ton; ]. NJ. Moore, Philadelphia; C. E.
Lippe Reading: w. A. Erwin and J.
S. Carr. both Of Durham. N. c.: j. S.
Lawrence. Boston. and David Clark,
Charlotte, N. c.
SHOULD DE EIGHT HOURS,
ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT
During to-dayS sessions Mr.. Cooper
urged that the eight-hour maximum
specified in the law should be eight
hours actually employed. aside from
meals and the rest period. He suE-
gested there was nothing in the law
to prevent a neighboring manufacturer
from picking up for several hours ad-
ditional employment of children who
had already worked eight hours in an
other plant. He told OF the great draft
that Northern industries had made on
the labor Of the South. and the further
draft likely under the military con-
scription law. He and all the other
textile manufacturers announced they
purposed to comply with the law.
a ripple was created when H. L.
Holden. superintendent OF the Rocky
Mount Mills. in North Carolina. de-
clared that many parents misstate the
ages OF their children, that instead of
recurring two physicians to certify
ages OF children. the parents certificate
should be enough. and that In many
places in North Carolina there were
no public health officers. The last
declaration was resented by other
North carolinians who said they knew
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