Show CHILDREN LIVE BY JUMPING ancient and remarkable form of labor persists in english pottery region london from the midlands comes the report of a still existing and remarkable form of child labor it to Is mentioned by dr A A hill of tunstall staffordshire in the report of the chief inspector of factories and workshops for 1913 describing the work of children who working as handle bandle makers earn a living in the potteries by jumping he says small and undersized boys and girls eire are usually engaged as handle makers in fact many have to reach the workbench work bench by standing on boxes or stools the strip of clay tor for the handle Is placed in the hollow space between the halves of the mold which Is then put on the edge of the bench and the young worker making a short spring or jump presses with the full weight of his body upon the top of the mold repeating this process to times per hour great pain and tenderness doctor hill odds adds aro are thus induce 1 and many young workers have to give give up the occupation on account of their suffering which could easily be prevented by a little thought |