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Show PROTECTING THE .( . CHILD WORKER !'.(" Many articles shipped to this country ore tho iroduct of either little children or convict labor, &o tho national child labor committee, through Senator Sen-ator William E Horah of Idaho offered tho following amendment to the pending tariff bill: ' "That all goods, wores, articles nnd merchhn-"That merchhn-"That till goods, wares, articles and morchan-country morchan-country by convict labor; or by children under '14 ' years of age; or by children under 16 years of age employed for more than eight hours per day or forty:elght hours per week; or by boys under 18 yehrs of age, or women over 16 years of age ( employed for more than nine hours per day or flfty , four hours per week, shall 'not bo entitled to entry at any parts of the United States and the lmporta-lion lmporta-lion thereof Ib hereby prohibited and tho secretary ot tho treasury Is authorized and directed to ph ldc such regulations hs may bo necessary for the enforcement of this provision." In explanation of their position, the members of the child labor co'mmlttce stated that they be- , lleve this proposed amendment Is particularly time-, !y becauso many American manufacturers hi ready feci the pressure of the proposed tariff reductions nnd they may very Justly complain that they are placed in unfair competition with Importers manufacturing manu-facturing In countries which do not offer protection to children. Already thirteen states forbid the employment em-ployment of children under 16 years of ago for more than eight hours a day in nil Industries; while eight rddltional states forbid such employment In specified speci-fied lists of Industries. Thirty-six states forbid tho employment of children under 14 years In factories,.' In discussing the bill, Senator Borah said: "If llll elther,bo a godsend to thousands and thousands of peoplo In tho old countries or It will be somo protection to our peoplo hero." Ogden Standard. |