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Show TO FORBID CHILD LABOR. Jn tho interest of education and of fair play to tho children, we are glad to see tho introduction of tho bill by Senator luichler to stop the labor of children in factories nnd other laborious labor-ious occupations in this State. Tho general idea is that the boys and girls are entitled to tho education of-j fered them by the public schools, and that nothing should bo allowed to interfere inter-fere with their attending school. The provisions of tho bill woro fairly summarized sum-marized in Tho Tribune yesterday morning, and they all appear to bo of a benoficial nature. Jt is a good time to enact such a law, too, as child labor la-bor has not been much employed in factories hero and all will have full notice that such employ will uot be alio al-io wo d. The avowed object of the measure is to afford the children full opportunity of attending school, as the law requires that they shall do.. It is idle for the public to maku provision Cor the education edu-cation of children of school age and i'or the statutes to require them to go to school, if they aro to be allowed to be cmployod in factories or in any labor that keeps them away. There is also another' beneficinl result re-sult that, may fairly bo expected from this legislation. It .is known by students stu-dents of anthropology that manual labor la-bor undertaken by youug people, tho immature, has a stunting effect on their growth and their physical systems. A few generations of such prcmnture toil will inevitably arrest the development devel-opment of those who arc the victims of it. In order that tho children may attain their proper growth and physical phys-ical perfection, they must not be stunted stunt-ed by grinding, toil nnd long hours of stead' work. This proposed bill would absolutely eliminate that danger from the children of this State. And so, on this account, also, it is to be heartily commended. Tho women's clubs of the Stato aro said to be back of this measure, and lo bo readv to urge its passage by all reasonable efforts and arguments. There will he no lack of material for good showings in behalf of this enactment; enact-ment; and the ladicH who urge the passage of this bill will be engaged in a good and boncficial public work, not only for tho present generation, but for all generations to como in Utah, if they shall be ablo to secure the passago of this measure. And as the ladies aro very apt to succeed in what they have at heart and zealously support, wo anticipate an-ticipate a triumphant success for them in their efforts to secure tho enactment enact-ment of this very proper mcasuro introduced in-troduced by Senator Tvuchlcr. |