The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . he most remarkable thing aboutthese children is that we know so littleabout them. Most of us know a greatdeal about the southern cotton-mill childand the Pennsylvania breaker-boy; butwe are ignorant about the cashgirl, thegrocer s delivery-boy, the newsie, or themessenger. Any attempt to regulatetheir labor is always met by a chorus of,Why, what harm does it dof Chil-dren ought to be able to do some kindof work! The problem of the1,850,000 child workers inindustries outside federal?jurisdiction is not a negligibleone. The great thing for usto realize just n
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . he most remarkable thing aboutthese children is that we know so littleabout them. Most of us know a greatdeal about the southern cotton-mill childand the Pennsylvania breaker-boy; butwe are ignorant about the cashgirl, thegrocer s delivery-boy, the newsie, or themessenger. Any attempt to regulatetheir labor is always met by a chorus of,Why, what harm does it dof Chil-dren ought to be able to do some kindof work! The problem of the1,850,000 child workers inindustries outside federal?jurisdiction is not a negligibleone. The great thing for usto realize just now is thatthe federal child-labor lawhas not solved the child-labor problem in the UnitedStates. As Julia Lathropput it, It marks not the endof work, but a fresh standard is set which willnever be lowered. We mustpush forward, freeing otherchildren from other typesof untimely labor and grad-ually securing for all chil-dren their fair chance inthis fair world whose youththey must renew in beautyand justice. Helen C. THE CAREER OF THE WAGON BOY Along with boxes this youngster is piling up shiftlcssncss and ignorance. He should worry about school, since school doesnt worry about him. Even the National Child Labor Committee believes in work for minors—but work with a future ahead, and ahvays work with classroom education.
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