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Show WHY CHILDREN WORK. The cost of one battleship, $10,000,000, represents repre-sents the value of the earning capacity of 1,000 men at $3 a day for ten years; to pay for the sixteen six-teen battleships in the American navy today the combined earnings of 1,000 men at $3 a day from the time of the Declaration of Independence to the present would not suffice. This represents the whole earning capacity, and does not take into consideration con-sideration the fact that the 1.000 men would have to give up a part of their money to the grub trust, the oil trust, the farmers' trust and trusts ad infinitum, in-finitum, nor does it represent any cost of maintenance mainte-nance or repair. The cost of the navy is a drain upon the resources re-sources of the country. The drain upon the planet by the combined navies of the world is so stupendous stupen-dous that the only wonder is that the people are capable of producing enough in addition to permit comfortable existence. It is an unfortunate, but seemingly compelling, expense, and indicates a re- t markable lack of faith in ,,ur ll( .;L. ; 77"" ?' gzz to be done about it is tor th- j ,,.,.,,!,. , .- ,'lia':-l ized world to decide. Disarniiin-et.r ,' "" "X- f yond all present hope, but uhi!i!;:t. !. r'- ! It must come when the in;in;r, ,;, . ,. . , 'r-. I unproductive naval cstabli-iuiu--::- i ; r' "t i t burden too heavy to be borne. n''' 8 There is an intimate n-biti. , fliec maintenance of an unprodnr-tiv.. T. '! f:. tae and the industrial conditions ?' . ',r::- V matter of the navy, there m:;r 1 . , : ' ' upon every dollar produced in ; , . ' T thing going. The oh! earth i- ,; ,;. tain an increasing population .,.j .., m!l!:- to maintain the dignity of r,o r . ,tf- .. ,n', In the old world, whore natural rr - 7 ' depleted, it is hard to k"op up , . , f' pea lie expenditures, and it is ri .- r - ,, ; .; , ,Sr- ting boys and girls to work t . "a I , T waV.. I o. required. In our own eonntrv , : r.;, . " I jjflC or four children, if he ho of tl r : ; . "' fjo as common laborers, is rom-..-' . .j - , .' '" and drudgerv. and he seldoms get, . ",r r'- n( . .. ' r'-3 net poorhouse. After fifteen or si. v. .. r.- '' gle, is it anv wonder h sho!,-:.j ; . . . ., :1P In, mature blood and bone? and .-!!. . , i-,. '' Pf: and ask them for help ; Even ; , , girls should grow up as h i ti i - ' . - ,: -, if not in body, the pinch of m - . n) c sacrifice. ' In advocating the abolitioi, , .;i,,rr conditions which make the nfn ; C to make the necessity, should i r ... - .'.!,.-t,,j ", the remedied. Onlv a few have the t. . . , ' ver rate the employment of ny r j.r : tive pursuits, and these are mo;!y nr. i Us our industrial system. Child labor i- s,.ppt' lor because the labor of men cannot n-Ti, . 1 ' pr-.j- its for the wealthy, the expense of n.urair.irur - government and a comfortable liv;-- , n ' . ' - I De the waste of war preparedness wii! i . .-ri.r S even as the actual conflict is now. T!..-. ,;i1.:fltl. .; f an( the earth will get together, nay. niu-r -(.r ter..-nf,f' 1 to reduce the cost of national def. n- t'.u.f r;nf.p j on mar be more of the cood thin.'s t,f . 1; . " ' arti! r-, i iov pass around among the people. Wi?h th's rr..:. 1 work accomplished and the greed a:.d r3pa; ?! ness of profit takers hedged about bv ;,.,,.. t.a ;j laws, there can be-no doubt that- th" eviw .rt make child labor necessary will be mjfjiratHj a,i j we the burden upon the wage earner will bp o i;-V. &n' ened as to leave a profit from each ;iy of t.,;i. ! j "1C |
