Show Childrens Children's Rights t And Human Ne Needs c f fAt f At one time 3 and d another st statistics statistics- facts as definite as brass tacks tacks are are brought to public view by some responsIble responsible responsible sible agency giving a flashlight upon or an intimate cross se section tion of of child life Often the facts so presented are serious sometimes surprising occasionally occasionally occa occa- shocking The most recent data supplied by bythe bythe bythe the childrens children's bureau of ot the federal department de department department de- de of labor prove that in this country pressing problems of education and industry remain to be solved Conditions thought to be be typical of broad sections were round in one southern county where two-thirds two of ot the white children and three fourths of ot the negro children from 5 to 15 years of ot age helped regularly in 1 the fields cultivating and harvesting the crops one Fifty of these children were under 8 years of ot age age and were under 10 years In one county nineteen out of of white children of school age and about the the same proportion or negro children had never been to school In another southern county thirty thirty- nine families in which there were children children children chil chil- dren of ot school age lived more than two and one half miles from any school and so under the law were not obliged to send their children to school In that country more than third one-third of ot the children arid and youths between 10 and 20 years In the three thre townships covered by the survey had not learned to read and write In another district this proportion was approximately one white child out of ot ten and one negro child out of ot three e. e State by state there has Deen peen much progress ss In America in truancy and child labor legislation b but t If itis is ls evident evident evi evi evident dent that In many st states tes there are fundamentals of ot education l. l and Industry industry industry indus Indus- try that will require time and pa patience lencE to be brought to the conscience of ot the people Even in Illinois and other leading leadIng leading lead lead- ing commonwealths much remains to tobe tobe tobe be done done Chicago Chicago Daily Dally News Independent Independent Inde Inde- pendent |