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Show DENOUNCED "CHILD LABOR" FROM PULPITS. MINISTERS CONDEMN IT AS INHU-I MAN AND CRIMINAL. It Lowers the Moral Standard and Constitutes a High Crime Against God and Man, Chicago, Jan, 25. Child labor was the theme of sermons in .several Chicago Chi-cago pulpits yesterday. In every instance in-stance it was denounced as Inhuman and criminal. i "The whole trend of child labor is i in the direction of the lowest moral j standards," said the very Rev. Dean Walter T. Sumner (Episcopal.) "Some day society must pay the bitter bit-ter price for the wrongs that It is j inflicting upon the helpless child. "If we realize our re&'ponslbillty. there will be no employment of children chil-dren under 16 years of age. Our ( country does not need child labor to j bring it prosperity." The Rev. M. P. Boynton (Baptist) said: I "To put labor in children is a high I crime against God and man. He who stands for tho employment of chil-dren chil-dren Is a criminal and Inhuman monster." mon-ster." The Rev. Henry Forsaytho . (Congregational) (Con-gregational) said: "Physical incapacity, mental blight, moral N ruin endanger millions of our children. The sentimental shudder will not solve the problem. An intelligent intel-ligent scrutiny of the cause's wlU reveal re-veal the economic, civic and Industrial Indus-trial insanity of this modern slaugn-tor slaugn-tor of innocents' . |