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Show ft ML Hi K ' 8 ? .". rH j.irf. t 1- AM tit- M ' -' 7t 1 ii i i I I mill )Millll i If ' .m S IpmclS of fdeo; A? Han1b f the B" ' ? - branch' tslohwtf truth State H : , i6rt6ricalsContest,4 R gi The rcoiiaUionstfiae surrouSf I 2 g, && !JoiiritoHiJdwhopnte the U 2! . coj)fm4a b6 the' -modern indust- U . . '. w rid3 are sucfa that it vvili; take : ? c thest anil strong' chaicictep H - . "5 to ;deal su9.ces8ujly Iwithfthem ? ' w5?h$ Anglo-Saxotf race may. long B ; "' ;; be- indifferent unjust vcondi-fl. vcondi-fl. p' tions-even to .Itfe; degree of per-9 per-9 , V. VVinitting ireat jind uncorrected W- '? ': lifewrongs to GxtstTjcfcut ftrherr once I J their sleeping conscience is ! aroused by persistent agitation, m ; V" anil the criminpty oi sijch is I . . 4 impressed uponthe people; then 4 !v ntt. jabwer in the body jpplitic can ? - ' " ; stay th&r anger, not en the all r mastering powei of wealth. The fl " : employment of children 'as a jB ;i means of cheap; labor, isajtriple n , ..crime: 'Onecmeasurelesiipro- II ' - OrtiOna against, helpless child-H child-H t r iho&; acrimo -against republican u i ' yiistifutions, whlQse success de- III St - pendflo largely uppn, the )noral. m iA "- llahi mental "Vecititude dE ifer lf s' v citizens arid '.a-wrong against: l ' ' " sturdy, hofieat; nhanjiood. Jl ' ' - n: fce coal b0Jt of Pennsylvania, f I - c -J Icnowin as Anthracjt, thfer4 are H; " ; reTpibyed insfde and outside of H; '' ' Jthe Yriines.approximately150,000 j ,; , persons, and of these, 19,(564, fl i1'. Jwere rated as. slate pickers; K5 1" l& ' door-boys arid lie(pers; rSJ . " iip,894 as drivers and runriers; ipj 'vbutofall the, people employed flj as slate pickers, 90 per" cent fill - were children varying Jidage 0 7 from tb X9;yW.30 perfcent IH; ofagelWarying,rpraVlU7;;: PTt I aridiaU of the doop-boyaand w.l' helpers are .rchjldren Ita; other Mh ; i wftrifa a total S,Q&3g or, v ' rt - noarjy one' sixth ipt.li -them. W r T Payees of the coaliminesin this r ..!, , -. diaitrjct ar'o children.; Mi j , " The risk tri lives-and limbs j : : " these little- fellows "are daily 3 f & a j ; ?- rdiiningris: enorjmopSi ' Thej are J,!;' !. j? ,,f ; forced- to enct byer chutes, V'fc wKeretthe coal -is: pushed. Sntil W A L geff.cvtvatujcecoi tjie spiner tJ " ! ." Again,, in whsit'iskriowff asth aj - -' " "breakers;' '"they Jare often' in- Jjj jured by falling pieces of coaK" i and in the varying temperature Hr of 'the slate pickers room, they rH& contract heavy colds yyhich often .M lead to .pneumonia. The dust Vflf and gaseous afr they breath is ie'S very' Imitating .to. the. lungs , which in turn super-induces tuberculosis, and possibly, active "' "i- consumption.' "' 2 T j t " 5 . While the bovs.iire busilyen- f ;v - ,;' -gaged"'in ..the mines, the girls 7 JC -5 ! If"- rb; .employed in the othergin- if ' -" li tf'jt v 'Siffitriee, such ras the fbilk' I i "5? -'' no2Mryi underwear, jind knit- Jl ffi J t!v mg mills. Inthe nine counties WW ? i'otjiAhthracite there are ' 11216 1 45 : g' ! 'r 'lJ;6maes?, employed, ranging in I . ? 'S i ;: ; age frbm 11 to 6. They work '" 5 'S rr' S fenours each! day. at ah average ti i5 f J afee Of 47c. The dagger here rt 1 g o 'f great lis fur the fcipys in. the ;;rries 'for in manipulating the! $ &$ ' ?. f fc machinery, tile Jfirlsard often MK& ST fraaime'd life. Heretheregs a H' ,'l.i ! b fiV : ce Jof di . 5'b Jk j;"QurjyatUre of thec,?pinei ks ell u $' ulsfslibroiten down' Insteps which '' fy fg.i,; pliardr and dangerous fas Ihe ; T PSg f sSjtuatidhiof he -child bornlin " 'X "r. tesha(lo.w of jthcoal belt ge, it ?"i r' condiionsj inthe southern jfflJ! cotton mills of Alabama fare Jl! even inore deplorable. In fnis W occurrence of accidents is apall- Ah i -" - I - "cenfofjie cHldren, fronv9 to 16 tHftjpffdr wb are employed in j tbamiUf, arfjmaimsdfdiUifein. smepart p tieir:'biody,YOne doctor alondfstatesstllat Iftram-j putatd over J on h hundred-lTkiny hundred-lTkiny filgrfis ,mafigleS in! tRT mills, fete children , are; fo&Jo worlc i6 outof t)h 24; h'oUr8rrand this, mind yjjurat an avaragof fromj75c to;$1.58,'per week. So frequent are 'these accidents that vbpn application for work is made, the applicant must'sign a contract that inCcase of injur)? thejjompany will nnot birJiId' responsibly, and the parents, and j'gulrdiansf' sigri;for jrhphysigal debasement of themill-child is indisputaple. MWk hefithjr, and the$ is a horrible tforin sL .dropsy araong2fieni.nThe lint fromthe cotton gets onj, tieir lungstand fdrms :ariv excellent mediumfor tuberculosis, .pcl the-jvarying temperaure ofj the super-heated mills, withtlie qold night air, causes ijtliem t;o take a heavy (fold Whichdevelops pjieumonia,and thi'adisfeaseJifj not caQng delthbring'Hon active consumption, consump-tion, ml Hardly less graphicimd revolt-JMgBPaie revolt-JMgBPaie homJ. in-dusirfes;, in theenement liouses 6f tW large cities.. ,.B.Herejj in thes1 placb-wich placb-wich serve as; a home By ,night andxf a.ctqriesby ay, i$a fbul, stagnant, "atmosphere, twheije a freslT sunply qi air and the light of the sun never jhave a , chance tof penetrate; hefe under such unhygienic environmental con-ditibnsv con-ditibnsv a faimily o eighth or nine, will be jat work'from daylight day-light till dark Ip these home industries cigairs, flowers, farti-eiallairi; farti-eiallairi; cld'thing and Willow Onjaijcnare set) to work at. I&eearticlesasisoon a they arldJenougl4totTea knot in a'.'sjtrihgjS children vrjio should bel'atplay in fthe yaird, infejiad of 2cramping their little, bodies over a task for, hours-, incessantly. inces-santly. i . jj Here is where the real crimes against society-t arid nature jisre committed. It is in these places, where the unnatural or helpless father, to meet economic heeds rauit sacijifice ;hil babes-daily in order to eWout an-exis(kce. There is no law1 to: control these industries and the mora), mental men-tal and physical degeneracy of the -childjare in riionstrousvpro-portions.to riionstrousvpro-portions.to their unprofitable labors",, Ii; does not take apro-phet apro-phet to,fortellp,the harm to the eyes, spine ana nervou8system-Mhlldren nervou8system-Mhlldren of anjl 4earsrWio arqf constantly bent "over "and hudilled in the most twisted shabefpossible 'for, their- supple bodies to asfsume. Th'o. cursebf thi3"crim"e-lies,'t8not only infihe danteer toslife and limb "of 1:he child, 4'buts hisf;moral welfarejs undermined; his mental perceptions percep-tions are. .deadened; and when, these are joined byj the physical wreckage, then tlje process of degoneration is4 ; complete. Thfis gravest danger, moral degeneration, degenera-tion, comes from thet street trad(Kcarried ton by both Boys artdifgirls. Through this mfens they arerought jinto the very hearfco&the underworld, where thess?become as familiar with the3jorlujiFhessf of hedwellers -tofegty dojwith their own hardlgjajj-jn those trades of the young'boys an girlshfrft.w. marked lowness-f vitality dullness, dull-ness, and breaking down of parental control. Since the all hours, careless h&biU are developed," de-veloped," which often lead to girk They are tire only children child-ren who Work that;; are no'; pro-ttwtd.byUw. pro-ttwtd.byUw. Jta-Ghicago nono. uifder th.age f 10may ,0nga;e in abor" ra th factories, . mills and., departmental tores; thole undjaiL4 ntay workfjat the street trades; and ths onap between 14 and 16 inay b admitted o-tho manual 'asks jif1 hey can get certificates" from the school board. Eniployment certificates wj3.rjBjfsue.dJxt fty.er20,0P0 .children; .child-ren; last y,6ar, ari increase of 8,000 annually jjince i90j(. The rec-ordj'. rec-ordj'. ihowio suclf increli&e in the school nuiabeOT. therefore, it s utrlogioar fto conclude, that, eaclCyea a larger-pro por-Jtion'of por-Jtion'of thechilre,nTgo to work ,as early asthe awvvill permit. A condition which soon opens ito our young piopje such varied 'aridun wholeaonie situations and .temptation, is, sUch that tire Jstafe can nB longer;afford to let at exist. 'lYhatlwilj become of the future Anferican common--wealth if we do not check this wholesale slaughter of the child? 5t can be likenld i to the rapid (disappearance of a vast forest, where all the:yong saplings are .cut down leavjnc'only the old weather beatsa trees,to decay; Who will'.ibe the defenders of ;our dearly bought jib&rtiesWhen we have nothing but these1 little tlwarfs? iC state is as strong only as -its? weakest pointVand .menca si)re-etninence tih the World's influence iis maintained by virtue Of her (having cared lor her eonVltiiS) dKUghtersT aho profusely' instilled into a theif minds, sound principles of human jiberty History arepeais itself, and let. us.be careful we do not repeattthefdownfall of Romei The declinewsr:(Ju to hermoral mentoTaerrclenxhe'feWwing, generations Pnereforer' we must readarightljthe boolr'ofi Ihe past aad prpteotibur future, yhis" probjim is :$ economis evil; that isvnot rpcoiperTy sensed bv the average ir.a,n aixl woman )f tbday, jwd it ,dne for thej cure of :which an jarrnyl of dbravo pd fearless menland women, can affect syithbuilthe horrors of a French revolution ; and in' the battle ranks .of- these war-rior8who war-rior8who sar.e to fehtthis curse? against civiiizatioh, none but the; strong jind. v rue c'an enlist;. If' We bunisten-closlyvenpugh, we! can hear these prejlmaturef dead,, rise upon the silent darkness of past wronfiSJ and call us ,to';the battle for tiheir freedom. Vjtfone' hut cowardT1 hesitjate to answer! ikacallJounraenand; women of Ameripa'shall wenot, make up thiV cause arid giveour' Afe's best reff oris 'to itTho Ipabes are callingto Us form, out the darkness of suffering. j How long" they say, "How x long, 0 cruel nation Will you stand 'to movethe world on a child's heart, Stifle .dow,n. with mailed heeUts I palpitations, ' And read onwarc to your throne 8 amid the mort? " V Our blood splashes upward 0. j our tyrants! f ( And your purple showM our path But the child's sob cufseth deep- j er in th salience FC Than the tstrona man in his wrath." 1 How One Got In. St. Peter sittin' at-degate; Nigger passin' by t& Peter, -upan .seaf tfi rjiim;: ''How did you, come ter die?" "Go ax do man whut belt de gun Arp'inin atdat roos'; ;56WdeWrwhui; heltfoot An' wouldn't turn hit loose!" "An' so,'? St'Petersez to him, i ' I ' v m uWz kofiheil iiCdo ac3f? Dat nigger turnJ5 ah lookej.ajk him, Lj ? ' 1. 4 An' spon's: Wii isa fac.'- v MDown in dejpitdep ybU!mus?go For stealinf uy?dat heril ' Dat nigger scratch his haid right hard- t . ,Stf Peter had hin den I Butdreckly liftin' tip his arms, He flop 'eni on his side, An 'sactly like a rooster crow Three times out loud he cried. St, Peter hung his head in shame , He 'memberedfuv hisinsaM An' gr&bbin' up Krjjl3 He let datnijgerpr |