OCR Text |
Show THE SUN. PRICE. UTAH EVER PAGE SIX Y FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1924 FRIDAY. the right to exercise similar power. And It says : That In so doing they will not deprive themselves of any of their own powers, as may be taken us conclusively adjudicated by the Kupreine court of the United Ristes in the case of United Stales va. decided December 11, 1922." Discussing the question of the age limit, the rcjiort says: An age limit la declared. It would have unqueatlonably baen simpler to have provided for tbe rrgulutlon and prohibition of tho labor of children and to havo stopped there. Hut your committee became convinced that In asking for this It might fail utterly. A marked difference of opinion was - developed at the hearings before tbe subcommittee. It being argued on ths one hand that after eighteen years of age, girls and boys had pussed ths period of dependency and were physically and mentally capable of fending for themselvee, so that tbs power to protect them whloh was sought by tho amendment could safely be limited to the Indicated age; while, on tho other hand, It- - was argued that many cases end classes Just Three Words About Tire Values Highest Quality Goodyears! Low Price Goodyears! Real Service Goodyears! Buy Qoodyears Now! merited protection after the age fixed, and that as the states police power embraced the protection of Its children during the period of their uonega and up to tho Instant of their majorities It was reasonable to ask that Identical police power be conferred on the national government Reason is found In both points of view. Hut your committee finally concluded to In- sert the eighteen-yea- r HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE BARGAINS WE ARE OFFERING IN GENUINE GOODYEAR TIRES 30 x S? Clincher Tires from $ 8.20 to $14.00 32x4 Straight Side Cord from 15.63 to 22.50 1C. 45 to 23.20 33x4 Straight Side Cord from 32 x Cord $29.20 33 z 5 Cord 37.35 limita- tion; because such limitation would certainly embrace ths vast majority of cases celling for protection end remedial legislation, while the exceptional cases calling for legis- lation after the ags might arise In one state end not In another, and therefore might safely be left to the wisdom of each state. The federal child lubor luws declared void by the (Supreme court fixed certain simple standards tliut have been recognized ns measures on which to base reforms. They declared tliut no child under four teen should he employed in nny mill, cunnery, workshop, factory or manufacturing etsahllsliincnt ; that no i lil between fourteen and sixteen should he ciiipliyi-In such establishments for more than EXPUCIT DIRECTIONS t hours a week, or a hoars day, or eight nt nluht, mid that no child under sixteen should be Several enthusiasts were enjoying a in any mine or quarry. cmijlu.M-to ratify, 111 per cent of round of golf In the gloaming. DarkIn ArSiun-iifirst child population Is employed contrary to ness was setting In and one of tha the federal .the standards, in Georgia the per cent Is players had to be sent ahead to shout the direction of the greens. 21, In Alabama an.l South Uiirullnu 24, In MissisOut of the blackness In front cama Ld. sippi voice: a Do ypu see the moon?" to crane the Of all the states only eighteen up came back the response. "Aye," level standards. They ure Massachuby tln-sthe "Weel, but nof thats setts, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Oregon, Montana, aae far." London direction, Minnesota, Kansas, Oklahoma. Illinois, Indiana, Price Rubber Works Alger Auto Company WSIIthe States Ratify ' Constitutional Amendment Proposed By Editress ?, Ji Hv JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN KKANSAS, firs; of lie state to take mi the proposo-- l child labor iiiiii'iKlincnt to (lie Const m ion, jins ratified It by n clow vote: 43 to 40 in the house and 13 to 13 in tlit senate. Kill illciit ion by S3 other mates 1 necesxiiry to innke tin amend-tnen- t n part of the Constitution. Will they ratify? Nobody knows. 1 INeryone exiH-ct- s nution-whl- e discussion which la already on an exciting contest with wide ramifications which Involve quest Ions of national linisirtnnce other than child labor. Georgia bus just overwhelmingly defeated nd nitl-flcntlo- The purpose of this article Is purely Informative. The resolution proposing the amendment was passed by the house April 2d and by the sennto lone The nmendinent reads: Section 1. The congress shall have power to limit, regulate and prohibit tha labor of peraona under eighteen yearn of ago. Heel Ion I. The power of the aeveral staten la unimpaired by thla article, except that ths operation of state laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by tha congress. Ratification will not give us nn anti-chil- d labor law. Itiillfli'iiUnn will lie In effect an enabling act giving congress the power to puss enforcing legis2. . unwilling to use the products of child labor; third, because nnimifaefurcrs object to the competition of lljose who rely iqion low waces paid to children ns tlu htisio of t heir profits; anil fourth, because states have been unable to protect their consumers and nmni:liir"iire.. The Jiiilici.iry conuaitlce of the senate, after exhaustively euiisjili ring five iiiaendiiiciits Introduced by iis many sciialors, reported out mi aiuenduieiit in sILIuly dltrercut form from that finally adopted, us follows: "Article. The con rrcss shall have the power, concurrent with that of the stales, to limit or prohibit the lalmr of Hrsons under eighteen years." The report, comment lug on this pmiocd amendment, set forth ilcnrly the attitude of the committee on the question of child labor. It says, in one pari ; First. It cannot, be questioned but that It la a paramount duty of govern tnent to guard and protect the wulfare of Its children to the end that they may haVo the utmost opportunity possllile to attain ths maximum development of their moral. Intellectual, and physical beings. This Is manifestly tha due of all children since they are brought Into the world without their volition, entirely helpless and dependent. Hut this Is not alone simple Justice to childhood. It Is also of the greatest Importance to every elate that Its citizens should attain the highest development above Indicated. And it may be observed that while under our dual system of government the power and duty to make adequate provision by law for the accomplishment of those most desirable ends are now vested In the several late, nevertheless It is aa Important to the national government as It Is to the government of every ststs that Its clttaenry he afforded every opportunity for legitimate development, end that such development should neither be stunted nor destroyed. Herein there ilea the Justification for the government of the United States In asking of the statea that upon It be conferryd power concurrent with their own to legislate upon this matter bo vital to both. If tha states shall have passed appropriate lews. It Is safe to say that any legislation of congress will march side by side with such lews. If a state has been unmindful of Its duty, then such congressional legislation will work no Injury but rathsr a positive benefit to the state Itself as well as to ths national government s, si-u- e Ohio, Kentucky, Teunesseec, Alabama, West Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, In nil hut three states t mluimum age for work In factories has been established ; It Is set at fourteen or over with exemptions In certain occupa- stutes have higher than a fourteen-yea- r minimum. In more than half the states there Inis been n tendency to establish a sixteen-yea-r minimum for mines. As for the length of the states and the District of working day, tblrty-flv- e r Columbia have an day applying to children up to sixteen In both factories and stores. The same number prohibit children under sixteen years of age from engaging In night work in factories and stores. The Importance of physical examination Is more states made It and more stressed, and twenty-twmandatory before a child can receive his working certificate. Another Important standard is that of educational requirements. Only thirteen states exact the completion of at least the eighth grade as a condition. The laws of eighteen states and the District of Columbia have no education requirement! at alL They demand only that before going to work the child must be able to read and write. Discussing the form that tbe proposed amendment should take, the report, says, among otber Wiley IL Swift, director of the department of legislation and Investigation of the National Child things: Labor committee, has analysed the congressional Unquestionably it should take ths form of a vote which passed the amendment resolution, with grant of power, and unquestionably tha limitations of that power should bo precisely defined. Beyond the Idea of forecasting the action of the aeveral legpersdventuro it should contemplate the future aa islatures. According ' to his analysis thirty states well ae the present Indisputably It should be a are for ratification. Seven are opposed Alabama, power concurrent with that of the states, since Its purpose Is not to deprive the states of any of their Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland and North powere but only to confer like powers on the naand South Carolina. Eleven states are divided tional government Texas, Idaho, Utah, Delaware, Mississippi, MisStill further, It will not be questioned but that souri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, that power ahould be given to control, regulate, or oven to prohibit tha use of such labor In all canes Pennsylvania and Virginia. Ratification therefore where the character of the labor la dangerous In deiiends upon favorable action in six of the eleven Itself or may become dangerous through the Inexdivided against themselves. states perience or heedleaeneea of childhood; where In Itself or In Its surroundings It Is detrimental to tho Mr. Swift was correct as to Georgia ; Its legislaphysical or moral welfare of childhood, or where ture ha just overwhelmingly refused ratification. It Is In character too onerous for the growing The legislature of Rhode Isluml (for ratification) bodies of youth. Equally manifest la It that In all Is In session, but the Republican senators have occupations where child labor Is permitted, legislative authority should have a determinative voice on a political strike and are In Massachugone as to the terms, times, conditions and environment Several legislatures had met and adjourned setts. of Its uee such aa day and night work, reasonable before June 2 ; these will meet next In 1928. Sevhours, dangerous machinery, hyglenlo conditions and ths like. eral took no action. The legislatures of thirty-si- x states will meet in 1923, Alubumus does not meet The report In several places emphasize the fact till 1927. that the amendment is not designed to deprive the The amendment has the endorsement of twenty-fiv- e stutes of any of their police powers but only to national organizations of men and women. It have the states confer on the national government opposed by several organizations. Opposition may also be" expected from sevSome manufacturers will eral . sources. CHIUIHISX IB GAINFUL OCCVPATIOX. IMS CEXSIS oppose It, as will some farmers. Adherents to the doctrine of state rights may be expected to lie against It Some who are ngulnst child labor per se will nevertheless work against ratification because opposed to further amendment of the Constitution and Increase of executive bureaus. Some are afraid of the elghteen--yen- r tions. Six eight-hou- s. Halls Catarrh Medicine ONE OF THE STRONGEST COMPANIES IN AMERICA o mhlate PLAY SAFE, You can do it with a Perfect Protection Pol icy in West Coast Life. Read these features: $5,000 if you die from natural causes $10,000 if you die from accident and in case of permanent total disability the company will 1. Waive all premium payments 2. Pay you $25 per week for one year; and in addition 3. Pay you $50 per month for life; and 4- - Pay $5,000 to your beneficiary when you die 5. If disability involves loss of limbs or sight as a re suit of accident, the company will pay you $5,000 in cash, immediately.in addition to allother benefits. 1 In case of temporary disability as a result of either sicknest or accident, the company will pay you $23 per week for a limit of 32 weeks. - MA so-call- sterk-raUla- g, atrnog-rapkrr- child-labo- $ - ment by the legislators of the various tales." The Democratic platform snys, "Without tbe votes of the Democratic members of the congress the child labor amendment would not have been submitted for ratification." The LnFollette platform demands "Prompt ratification of the child labor amendment and subsequent enactment of a federal law to protect children la-dustry." a Service That Endures" Coast Life IsYest INSURANCE HOMS limit. The Republican platform urges "prompt consideration of that (child labor) amend- Kei-tlo- n mgper-ntlnln- What ever became of the oldfash-ione- d damsel who refused to go out of an evening because she had nothing to weur? Bobbed bair no longer is the thing, beauty doctors say. There is a switch in the program. ' Anyway, balloon tires are an earner The Magnetic Stroke Mr. Chatter Yes, hes a wonder. target for prohibition agents to hit With a mere stroke of the pen be can change a sad face to a beamy smile. Mr. Blurt Ah, hes a comic pen artist Treatment, both Mr. Chatter No, hes rich.' Also local and Internal, end has been successgenerous In signing checks. ful in the treatment of Catarrh for over forty years. Sold by all druggists. F. J. CHENEY & CO Toledo, Ohio Birth announcements. The Sun. Tlt-IUt- lation. Two acts by congress, as everyone knows, have been pnued in an attempt to prohibit child labor and have been declared unconstitutional by tha Supreme court The reasons of the court for this action show why It seemed necessary to congress to approach the question from a different angle and to propose the amendment in its present form. It will he remembered that the act of September, 1918, undertook to prohibit child labor by prohibiting transportation In Interstate commerce of goods made In factories where child labor wus used. The Supreme court held this act unconstitutional because It exceeds the constitutional authority of congress. Mr. Justice Day delivered the opinion and used the following language : In our view tha nermury effect of this act Is. by manna of a prohibition against tha movement In Interstate commerce of ordinary commercial commodities. to rcgulsla tha hours of labor of children In factories and mines within tha states, a purely d aenss tata authority. Thus ths act In a la repugnant to ths Constitution. It not only transcends ths authority delegated to congresa over commerce, but also exerta a power as to a purely local matter to which ths federal authority does result of upholding hot extend. The the act cannot be more plainly Indicated than by pointing uut that If congress can thus regulate matters entrusted to local authority by prohibition of tha movement of commodities In Interstate commerce. all freedom of commerce will be at an end and tha power of the states over local matters may be eliminated, and thus our system of government be practically de' stroyed. The act of Feb. 24, 1910, undertook to prohibit child lubor by Imposing a tax of 10 per rent of the net profits of the year njion an employer using child Inlior. The Supreme court held It unconstitutional mi the ground that "It Is not a Valid exercise by congress of Its powers of tnxntlon under United States ConstiS, but Is an untution, Article 1, constitutional regulation by the use of tax us n of the emthe g, gardening, lumbering. e(e. . . 84TJ09 Fanalsg, ployment of child Inlsir In the states, and silver 1,191 Cent, geld, quarrying, re. United under Stales Constitution, which, and merbaalral Industrie 15,137 Mennfartnrlng tenth amendment, Is exclusively a state I .a borers, la trlrphnnlag, telegraph meaaeagera, IMIS function. teamsters, rbanSenra, eta. sales mea, eta Clerks, arwabnya, house committee of the The Judiciary Public service l.isa of representatives found four rensons aMis Actors, mnalrlaus, etc. Bootblacks, In eleratnra, Janitors, In laundries bell why this legislation should be enacted: SMoa boys, rhambrrmalda, etc, some Himes a in because single First, a. A grata, collectors, bookkeepers, meaaeagera, In eaters, etc. 90,140 Industry was so powerful as to prer vent the cnuctment of a Tefal I.N4AH law, or its enforcement after enact-- , consumers are because inent; second, OOeOOCHCiOOOPOCHMiODOfn0000H(tCHODDOOO two-fol- Your long nose is a sign of merit, power and genius. It is also convenient for sticking into other peoples business. forty-eigh- Omcc-SA- N COMPANY FRANCISCO L. A. HILLS, Special Agent ... PRICE, UTAH yMMMnMi,nantgMt.t,ti lNSyANCt Co. ,1W Cn.HnrJ,Wrt.M wvm rtlqiWH in mu taftwMMMiis Owned if is ant Naan iDMrsfNnk lOATl -x: " iiuif w |