The Washington times., 1923-10-03
COOL. Idol PLAIS
0S0P CHILD
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One II Five swaIlc lowed Up h
Nav q Y. $. Industry 4
Age 81 is Years

1@a N{kAl1lkS btNAg0A4 AAeAG &EO&Ak DN0T3u00&Ayt
resident Coolidge II determined 10
stamp It out
There were probably i1aore chill.
dreh ut work this year than ever
before In the colankrysn hiefurV
rhe latest official figures show
l1,Oe0,skS between the ages or ten
ana 1ifteen years oaae child out III
every twelve e11RanAd frl
gainfuf occupation. One child out
of every five at the are be fifteen
was employed
More tiaan $4,000 children werc
broafi lina "a the dust ana tunes 81
tSlnOps, cotton, silk al3d wooden
mills, iron and steel IOxtnGri6n and
other mechanical and manu- ctur.
Hing tabli6 hnnents.
TilDNe figures are nearly Ehfe0
lyearn old. QNeryylle ifning llcs ID
have been made since then.
Appalling Figures.
survey Of thirty interesting
elites m the first six months 81
this ave proof positive tO
the Chill dren BUR- q Il of tho United
States epa t11nenk 0K Tsator. The
/ following figures lios examples ok
the are cf increase 81 cali1d
labor ~ 3 aiae III tlaontlis last
yeari
Baitlnore. SS.1: Bxidseport Sd. 3:
Fall River 19.S: Hartford 1S5.2.
Indiana polls. rs: Jersey CikE. a6. 81;
Louisville, SS1.0: Manchester, ~. HI,
40; EtlWaulEee, 300.6 New 1a9ell,
III. Isl NeM York. 11.4. phiIadelpilla
sos: Pittsburgh. 1867; SIN Fran
cisco, 84.gi Springfield, Mass. 21A.T;
Waterbury 6g4.S.
Decrease ila vVaaIsinx ton:
or the thirty cities surveyed only
two showed & decr1ase Washing
ton feil or BIT psr cent IL child
labor and Mlnneap0lt r6E cent
Detroit made relatively good
allowing with the nAiod ste increase
Il Of 4.g per cent
But the above figures 81 iEaa
crease do not tell the whole story.
There had beeil other unusual IN
creases since the figures 81 1920
revealed that one by iIi every i've
at the age Of klfseen Was at work
Ter q liying.
Baltimore, which this yenr had
IN increase DC SCI per cent over
the first six months Ok 1ask year,
had an increase III 1921 Of al Is per
l.cent, over the similar period lii tho
proceeding year Thus the increases
are compounded These figures
Illustrate the increases Iii 1922 of
the places which are Oh the IN
kaN River, Tai; Jersey City 3s. 3;
waterbury. M. 81: PhiIada nj q:
Spring field. Mass. 1875
High Rents Cause.
Numerous reasons are given by
other observers FOR those illcre ases.
The high cost OF living haa driven
many children 10 the work bench.
High rents alone have forced others
m. Greedy parents have sought to
get the whole family IN on the era
| of prosperity. The greatest single
cause attributed, however, q the
TnOney-seelxing employer who waited
only for the Supreme Courts 5-to. 4
verdict to throw open his mills Tor
the profitable employment 81 the
Iow-paid children.
The States which had the largest
number Of child workers are 9ivan
officially az follows: Alabama, &c.
600; Arkansas, IS, 600: Georgia. 60,.
900; Illinois, 37.OO6: Louisiana, S2.-
900: mississippi, 1000; New York,
$4,000: North Carolina, 81. 900: Penn.
sylvania, 81, 1000; Massachusetts 3D.
900; Texas, 81 900 South Carolina,
$4,000; Tennessee, 10000.
The States which had the highest
| percentage of all their children at
work are: Alabama, GAL; Arkansas.
1856; Florida, e.S; Georgia, 2O.8:
louisiana. 12.5;s Massachusetts,, Sc;
| Mississippi, 26.5: North Carolina,
1876: Rhode Island, 1874: South
Carolina. 24.4; Tennessee. 1872;
Texas. 1875.
Breeds nliteracy.
The ChiIdren's Bureau SAYS tfat
child labor and illiteracy walk hand
| In hand. Among $4,000 child labor
children. one out Of every ten was
unable to sign his own name. while
l7.2 per cent Of all OF them wrote
| illegibly. The bureau says child
workers are irregular In school at.
tendance; they are retarded ana they
leave school at q very early are.
President Coolidge has set himself
against those conditions. The in
coming Congress win be allowed Is
understand That he il anxious for
an anti child labor constitutional
amendment which even the Supreme
Court can't find a pretext to over
| turn.
Congress viii learn that President
Coolidge IL q practical progressive
on labor matters. He was an influ-
entail member OF the Massachusetts
Legislature when the laws reR1ilatinr
child labor were passed there. He.
as governor, signed the present
forty-eight-hour law for women and
children, despite the protests az
those cost.plus employers who aaid
child labor was necessary to win the
war. His successor, Governor COY.
who was ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS when
Coolidge signed the forty.eight.hou
law. said recently that any move to
repeal It would never be tolerated IN
Massachusetts.
Members OF the Brotherhood Of
Railroad Trainmen have invariabIv
supported the President In his home
State. They say that without his
assistance they never would have
been able to secure the passage of
the full-crew bill.
DAHL ElREANN HEARS