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Show Protection For Minors. LOUIS ARRINGTON, chief inspector of factories and workshops for Illinois, in his annual report to Governor Yates, asserts that large numbers of children under the legal age of 14 years are sent to work by their parents with affidavits for their employers em-ployers to the effect that they are of the legal age. It is pointed out that under the present law the only charge under which parents can be prosecuted for these false affidavits is perjury, which carries with it" a penitentiary sentence, and this is considered too severe. se-vere. Mr. Arrington recommends the passage of a new law imposing a fine or jail sentence. The number of places inspected during dur-ing 1901 was 17,210, as against 15,171 in 1900. In 13,027 places insoected durine 1901 in Cook county, 353,565 reople have been found employed. Of that number 270,491 were males over 16 years old; 77,491 were females over 16 years; S.SC3 were males under 16 years, and 6.73S females under 16 years. The percentage of juvenile labor in factories and workshops inspected Is 4.1 per cent, as against 3.5 per cent in 1900. The percentage of women em-j em-j ployed has also increased. |