The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-25
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trnt 81 thesG hild IsborsL We
must have uniform child labor
laws and ffTnecessary,w es should:
pass an amendment to the consd-
tuition calling for such Laws. We:
should dedicate our children, not
TO the mill and shop. but to the.
school and college.
mo child born under the Amer
lean flag should be born under.
conditions which will prohibit his
having the best medical attention
at the time of birth. The Mother,
for 4 certain period, should be free
from all severe toil-free to give
the child the best attention =
mother possibly can. No child
should be without good FOOD ana
good clothing and all the things
necessary to the proper develop
ment OF the chilS.
."rhe boy should have an oppor-
tunity to spend his boyhood years
in Fairgrounds and in schools
They should have the assurance
they will have a sound mind and
body-the best things society can
give them. af15 II K. Il
1--WE have in West Virginia. de-
cent, uniform, state. child-laoor
laws, but there are other states In
the South where Iaboring condfc
!! lions for children have been nor
rible. The children have been
working at sou1-sapping toit-totl
at which no small child should pc
engaged. We passed law to pre-
went this and now that law. mas
been declared unconstitutional
! Should there be q relaxation
from the spirit OF the laws and
should the backward states con-
tinue to hold back. then we must
have new laws. laws so written
that they will have the power OF
the American people back Of them!
We may need an amendment to
the United States constitution and
| it will give me great pleasure TO
help in the passage of the amend
ment! (Applause.)
More Hospitals Needed.
1--WE need more state hospitals
| for persons suffering from tubercu-
! losis. and IL am elected to the
Unite States Senate will use my
Influence toward obtaining them
More state hospitals mean that
! treatment will be provided for the
poor. who are unable to 80 to pri-
I
the Terra Alta state hospital is now
crowded and there are 1000 appli-
cations on file from persons seek
ing admission.
1--WE need vocational training
schools in West Virginia. We have
! plenty of ambitious boys and girls.
We need to train them So that they
can put their brains and conscious
ness into their work. We need two
! OF three great polytechnic instftu-
tons similar to those now existing
which have made the commercial
! growth OF the United States posi-
Bile.
There are people In the audi
ence, who, like myself. are more
than 80 years old The only ques-
what will happen to them but what
+; will happen to their children. If
we work for the welfare of our chill
| dren, we will have insured the vel
fare OF our country for years to
come
i THE Republican party Is the par
ty of vision 1T will solve these
problems and they will make the
Republication of tomorrow. It is
great thing to be an American
citizen and it is a greater thing to
be Republican American citizen.
| cloud applause)
| 1.-The Republican party has writ
ten into the statute books Of the
country 80 per cent OF all progress
| sive Legislation. The Republican
labor. The Republican party saved
the American republic in 1865.
What would have happened in 1917.
LII, instead of being the United
States. we had been two confed-
eracies glaring dfstrustfuily at one
] another? Today a German revenue
collector would be sitting In Wash
inston receiving tribute money
from an enslaved American people!
We would now be under the rule OF
the autocratic governments OF Aus
tria and Germany.
Saved by Republicans.
| But the Republican party saved
the country in 1865. and these
conditions have described were
averted then. The Republican par
ty has always taken the reins OF
the government with some crisis
| impending and has always left Of
flee with the country's units func-
t1oning prosperity. with prosperity
! throughout the land.
! What was the situation at the
close OF woodrow Wilson's admin.
istration? In 1914 panic was
threatened. Steel mills in the coun.
try. which are nearly always a, fair
barometer on business conditions,
we're operating at only about 40 per
cent. The war came along and
| saved the Democrats
Then, in 1917 came the end OF
the war. The Industries, puffed up
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ness depression hit the country.
When the Democrats left office the
steel mills were running at 20 pei
cent OF capacity and the glass fac
tories at 90 per cent OF capacity.
Changes Pointed Out.
! "UnIess we stop to think care
fully we will not appreciate the
wonderful success OF Warren G..
Harding's administration. Steel
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