Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-06-16 | Page 3 | Child Labor Law is to be Introduced

CHILD LABOR LAW IS TO BEJTRODUCED Ira C. Copley of Illinois Sponsor for Bill of Pro- . gressive Party. NEW YORK, June 15. A comprehensive compre-hensive plan for federal prohibition of child labor will be proposed in a bill to be introduced in the iiouse of representatives repre-sentatives iu Washington ou Tuesday by Congressman Ira C. Coplev of Illinois, Illi-nois, it was announced by he Progressive Pro-gressive party national sorvice here tonight. to-night. Tho bill is based on the princi- Elos of former Senator Bovoridgo's ormal proposal in 1907 denying the right or. interstate transportation to tho products of child labor. Manufacturers, producers, interstate carriers, ;jobbors and wholesalers are made responsible for unlawful shipments. ship-ments. By a provision of the bill, mado similar to that of tho pure foods and drugs acts, congress will require stamps, reading "Produced under tho child labor act." Manufacturers in states which have similar child labor laws aro exempted from the child labor law. Tho bill provides: pro-vides: "Section 2 That the employment of a child tinder 14 3'ears of npo in an mill, factory, cannery, workshop, manufacturing man-ufacturing or mechanical establishment; establish-ment; of a child under 16 yoars of age in any coal mine, coal breaker, coke oven, quarry or in aii3' establishment whoro poisonous or dangerous acids, gases or dyes are used, whorein tho work done or materials or equipment handled are dangerous to the-life and limb, or injurious to the health or morals of stich a child, is hereby desis-uated desis-uated and defined as anti-social child labor and as detrimental to the general welfare and debasing to commerce. ,; "The unusual phrase, 'anti-sncial child labor,' is used to express the motive mo-tive of the proposud . legislation, the protection of society, from tho stunting stunt-ing of future generations," says the party's statement, "Tho bill has boon indorsed bv u joint conferonco of the legislative Progressive Pro-gressive committee. "The bill does not go to tho extent of a child labor law for tho state in "prohibiting all forma of harmful child labor. This would involvo many practical prac-tical difficulties, including the maintenance main-tenance of an elaborate machinery of federal inspection. Mr. Coploy's proposal pro-posal is sitnnly to establish a maximum standard and' to insure that it is na-tionallj' na-tionallj' enforced,"