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M;\V mwm LAW
REASONS FOR THE MOST IMPORT
ANT FEATURE OF THE PRO
POSED MEASURE.
The Pennsylvania Child Labor Com
mittee Shows How the Present Law
Has Been Evaded By Unscrupulous
Parents and How This Evasion May
Be Avoided Hereafter.
The strongest feature of the bill pre
pared by the Pennsylvania Child Labor
Committee is that which requires, in
i.tidition to an affidavit before a notary,
that all employment certificates shall
be issued by school secretaries and
principals and by deputy factory in
spectors.
This feature is made still stronger
by the clause which provides for a
permanent record of these certificates.
Responsible manufacturers have long
realized the disadvantage of depending
on the affidavit of parents as to the
age of their children. One manufac
turer said: "As to child labor, whose
fault is it,l should like to know, the
manufacturer's, the parents' or the
child's? The parent perjures himself
by swearing before a magistrate or a
notary that a child is of legal age, and
presents a certificate to us, backed up
by voluble assurances of its accuracy.
I should like to know how we can be
held responsible for the employment
of a child."
The principal of a school says that
employers at times refuse to take chil
dren without a certificate (in addition
to the regular certificate) from a teach
er that they are of legal age according
to the school records. When this hap
pens. the father or mother invariably
attempts to persuade the teacher to
make a statement at variance with her
record.
The above stories are not only typ
ical of other stories on record, but they
will be at once recognized as character
istic of human nature and the iti vit
able result of the provisions of the
present law.
In short, the employment certificate,
as now issued, is the effective and final
weapon of defense of a child who does
not want togo to school; of the par
ent disposed to exploit his children
for selfish purposes; of the employer
in search of cheap labor. The employ
ment certificate effectually defeats the
purposes of the compulsory school at
tendant'" law and the factory law as it
relates to children. Children of eight,
nine, ten, eleven and twelve years,
armed with employment certificates
which certify to their having reached
their thirteenth birthday, may wave
them in defiance at their teachers and
face with indifference the truant offi
cers or factory inspectors who at
tempt to enforce the laws-—the laws
which compel school attendance up to
thirteen years and prohibit the work
of children under that age.
School superintendents and other
school officials from all parts of Penn
sylvania are eager to see the present
law revised and the issuance of certifi
cates placed in the hands of officials
who are interested in the education of
the children. While the present law
is in operation, they realize that there
is no hope of stemming the tide of il
literacy. Children are at work anil out
of school before they can read or write,
as a direct result of false certificates.
The Philadelphia schools show a ra
pid decrease in school attendance fol
lowing the first grade:
Enrollment in public schools in 1897-
1903: Grade 1, 35.203; grade 2. 25,82.!.
73 per cent, remaining; grade 3. 23,117,
Cti per cent, remaining: grade I. IS.OOO.
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Montgomery Ward Co., Washington Streets ""* Chicago |
51 per cent, remaining: grrule 5, 14.83.",
■l2 per cent, remaining; grade (!. 10,222,
29 per cent, remaining; grade 7. 701(1,
20 per cent, remaining.
Supervising principals and teachers
call attention to the fact rhit children
who leave before they ha.\e mastered
the art of reading or, in other words,
before they have gained a facility for
reading which makes it a pleasure, do
not, and in many cases cannot, read in
! after life. They insist that a minimum
amount of . cliooUng should be required
by law before a child is permitted to
goto work. A few teachers fix the
minimum at the fourth grade, but
many believe that a child should reach
the fifth, sixth or seventh grade in
j school to secure a permanent ability
to read. It is sometimes claimed that
this would be unfair to the foreign
born child, but the principal of a
school, which is made tip of foreign
born children, advocates an educational
tandard before permitting a child's
employment. She says that a foreign
born child, landing in this country at
twelve years of age, not having had
any schooling at home and not. under
standing a word of English, can, under
the present law, be detained in school
for only one year, or until he is thir
| teen..
Evidence from all quarters shows
conclusively that the high percentage
of illiteracy and.the extensive employ
ment of childrpn under legal age can
not be laid at the door of employers,
I f-tctory inspectors, school authorities,
j nor can parents even be held entirely
! responsible. The experience o'f all
| states in the matter of employment
j certificates has been: First, that evi
; donee of ase other than the affidavit
|of a parent is necessary: second, that
I certificates must be by a sal'ar
'id state or municipal officer whose
i- ward is not regulated by the number
of certificates issued: third, that dupli
cate certificates must be kept on file
! at a central office, so that all interested
in the enforcement of dhe law may
consult the file when inquiry into spe
cial casc-s is needful. 'So far. no officials
have been found so competent to issue
employment certificates as those con
nected with the common school sys
tem. School authorities are the only
public officials whose primary interest
is the welfare of the child. In Penn
sylvania. as in other states where the
compulsory school law is in operation,
school officials must pass on the ques
tion as to whether a child has complied
with the school laws of the common
wealth. Employment certificates in
the hands of school authorities virtu
ally become certificates of discharge
from school. The school official who
Issues the certificate says:"This child
has complied with the school laws of
{he commonwealth. School authorities
hereby surrender their custody and
pass him over to the custody of the in
cpector of factories."
It is for this reason that the Penn
sylvania Child Labor Committee en
dorses legislation which requires evi
dence of age other than the affidavit of
the parent, or, in the absence of evi
dence, requires a minimum amount of
school attendance, and places the is
suing of certificates in the hands of the
superintendents of schools of cities and
boroughs, or, where there are no such
superintendents, in the hands of the
principal teachers of the common
.schools of the district in which the
child seeking an employment certifi
| cate resides. The parent's affidavit will
be made, as heretofore, before a notary,
but the certificate will be issued by the
school authorities.
DYSPEPTICIDE
The qreatest aid to DIGESTION-
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
Philanthropic Men and Women Who
Have Enlisted In This Worthy
Cause.
Following is the membership of the
Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee.
Us personnel is a guarantee of sincer
ity in the treatment of this vital ques
tion:
Hon. Lyman D. Gilbert, Chairman.
Hon. Philander C. Knox, First Vico
Chairman.
Hon. VV. U. Hen Bel, Second Vice
Chairman.
James H. Torrey, Esq., Third Vice
Chairman.
Dr. George Woodward, Treasurer.
Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh.
Mrs. Ellis Lewis Campbell.
John H. Converse, Esq.
Hon. John Dalzell.
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss.
Provost C. C. Harrison.
J. Percy Keating, Esq.
Kev. Dr. Joseph Krauskopf.
Dr. Samuel M, Lindsay.
Mrs. Howard l.ippincott.
Miss Laura N. Flatt.
Kt. Rev. Alexander Mackay-Sinith. j
William McCormick. Esq.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. . I
Hon. George T. Oliver.
Hon. Henry \V. Palmer.
Miss Mary E. Richmond.
Dr. Nathan C. Schaefer.
E. P. Sclden, Kscj.
Hon. Charluß Emory Smith.
Walter George Smith. Esq.
Francis J Torrance, Esq.
Dr. Talcott Williams.
John P. Wood. Esq.
Miss Helen Marot. Secretary, 10:17
(leal Estate Trust Building, Phila.
No Hl«li« to Criticise.
JiMin Sharp Williams thinks that
PrcsUient Roosevelt is overrated as a
writer, but it will be generally admit
ted that the man who wrote the speech
dell vered b.v the temporary chairman
of the last Democratic national conven
tion has no right to criticise either the
literary or oratorical work of another.—
it oclies ter Post Ex press.
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As a famous driver once said: \u
k j **The Wheel is to the \|i
' bu ggy what the Hoof is V:\
Snide buggies always have snide wheels.- Some Tney will tell you the wheel is a " Sarven patent,"
have even as low as E grade wheels —right down or a "compressed band hub," and "hickory," all of
to the danger line. which is doubtless true, for all grades of wheels,
No Montgomery Ward & Co. Vehicle ever has fr ? m ar f ™ cle , in f , hese st >' les - an<l even
low grade wheels - not one. We will not make such brash hlckor >' 13 " htckory
a rig for anybody. But the chances are that the dealer doesn't know
There isn't an E grade wheel in our factory. an giade wheel from an A grade. Nobody can
Never will be. tell the difference after they are painted.
When a buggy is offered you at a lower price than It i s our business to know all about wheels and
Montgomery Ward & Co.'s price, you can bet your axles, gears, bodies, tops, trimmings and finishes,
bottom dollar it has low grade wheels. All about buggies, in short.
There are no wheels made worse than E grade. And we give you the benefit of our expert -
If there were, they wouldn't stand up long enough knowledge,
to sell the buggy —and the buyer. .
You pront both in money saved and in the extra
You wouldn't trust your life in a buggy with K quality of your buggy when you buy of us.
grade wheels, if you could see an E grade wheel be
fore it is puttied up and painted. We are MAKERS of vehicles, and have a splcn- II
... . t ~ .... didly equipped buggy factory at Chicago Heights,
An F. grade buggy wheel is made of culls, and will 2Q milcs from Chicago, where expert workmen and
have about three " brash spokes to one good one. materials, under the direction of Mr. F. L.
" Brash wood is the dead wood of a tree-through are employed to make honest vehicles to be
which the sap does not circulate—and is next to and , , .. .. , ... , ■
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runs into the bark. It is dark colored, full of check i r 11
holes, and under strain will break square off. We tell you the truth in plain language in the care-
And there are elm hubs, often, on E wheels, in- ful descriptions of more than 200 styles of vehicles
stead of hickory, as 011 ours. found in our new Vehicle Book.
Mighty few buggy dealers in the smaller towns If you haven't received one yet, send us your
know anything about the grades of wheels in the name and address today. We. will send you a copy
buggies they have to sell. of this valuable Vehicle Book free by return mail.
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6 and Washington Street* *■
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