Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

The Chil1rcn's Bureau of the United
States Department of Labor has an
nounced the number of lives each State
ia asked % save IN the campaign 10 save
lnN, 900 babies and young children dur
ing Childrcns Year. beginning April 4.
announcement of the purpose 10 wage
.gich "A can. oaign was made some time
ago by the t,'ldrcn's Bureau and the
ChildN c!iare Department OF the Wpman's
Committee Of the Council Of National
Defence, and the response, which has
surpassed all expectations. indicates that
efforts TO promote the health and wei
fare Of children are to bc more vigor-
uus this year than over before.
The .av'0g of 100000 lives Of children
under five is only one part Of tho ing pro-
gram Tor the welfare OF 300OO.OOO chill
drrn under 10 in tho country Il Is real
itcd hy MI concerned that the stand
ards OF child protection must not be re-
laVed during war time, and the United
states IS expected 10 profit bv the cx-
pertcnce ot other warning countries
where the Importance If safeguarding
childhood IS emphasized as never before
The campaign 10 save 100 600 lives
of hahles, and Young children IN the
United States during the second year
of tho war Is 70 hC In9uClratcd by ma
tional weighing and measuring test
beginning Aprl o. the anniversary ct tho
declaration 81 war hv this country. In
announcing the quotes the Children
Bureau SAID
I'm order that each State may feel
responsible for dcFnltc number OF
lives Ia be saved quotas have BEEN as
.ignci 10 the various states the appor
tianmeni beng made on thc basis ot
The population under hvo, according to
thc lalo ccusu lhi~ III course cannot
take account ~ tho VARYING dcath rates
IN the different Sts'cS where death
rate are known
IN about half the states ~ tine coun-
fr,.. comprising nearly onC-thrd the popu-
iatiun thr registration - deaths was not
-uihIcuti, complete to warrant their
inclusion fg the registration area when tho
latest report were pm li~hcd. The regis
tra'1nn 81 births j, seriously deficient IN
>till larger number al states For that
rre~on the appouIonmcnt of quotas
81 infant lve> to ~ saved Coufd not nc
= ldc upen Tho ha-fs ut the infant NOR
tautN rate wAlth h4~rd on the NUM-
hcr u death, anltr one Ncar aud the
number ut recorded births Thn> the
onl, basis for tho assignment III auofa~
uniformly applicable al Ill the state
Is tho population IS shown by the icd-
crl census y the effort for tie nl.u-
drca Thousand lives applies IL the spc-
eIsdlv hazardous pcuod ol life under fave
, aI> al age the quotas arc calculated
upon The basis u' the population under ifNc
lu making the appointment on this
tsl>i~ i vas rrahzcd that high mark IS
thus ~tt for - ltr~ ri which the death
rate among Young children i already low
TN the other hand Tho mark - may hc
low iuT some states whore The child
death rate !, excessively high Il docs
not appear - hc possible - avoid some
situations 81 this knJ ~ any method Of
appofsonmtut th.a conI be devised
with The data now 81 hand Il the rccl--
tration of iirth~ AMI deaths were corn
pletC fl all the states. an apportIonmcut
al quotas ol the i0o 900 lives r. To- saved
Nv Tie various states could hc made
upon 3 different i,a~i-
plans for the celebration cI Childrcns
\ car. ~ winch the ~ivlLE .. l0e poi lilc,
r one feature sAre being developed nv he
ChLdrcn Bureau IN Corporation with
the Child " clfare Department ~ the
" oman Committee of the Council ~
National Defence. The Safeguarding 4lid
protection OF children IS looked upou
"A, q patriotic duty IN view OF the ImayOd-
able Wastage of human life incident 10
war. Il J, expected thai the 5000 ar
more local committees OF the Chlld
Welfare Department Of the Noman's
Committee will be able % carry he cam
paign TO every community IN The United
States This Is looked upon a essential
10 the success OF the movement. for III the
last analysis, every community must save
ITS own babies If they are to be saved al
al!. State and Federal agencies eithe-
official or voluntary can make plans and
offer suggestions but each community
must bear its full share of RESPONSE
Jil lty IN making the campaign success.
The quotas assigned 10 the various