Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1913 — Advancement Made During Year In Protecting Child Labor. [ARTICLE]

Advancement Made During Year In Protecting Child Labor.

During the last year eight states have prohibited child labor at night, six have declared that eighteen was the age limit for night messengers, while four other states have made this age twenty-one. In Pennsylvania children under sixteen can pot be legally employed in the coal mines, and these laws, together with the laws regulating street trade and the adoption by the American Bar Association of a uniform child labor law and the growing use of the eight-hour day for all laborers, combine to foreshadow an easier time for the child of the future.