Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1918 — WISDOM SHOWN BY VENETIANS [ARTICLE]

WISDOM SHOWN BY VENETIANS

Restrictive Laws as to Child Labor Might Terve as Models to the ' ‘ ‘orld Today. . Back in the early Middle Ages, when Venice was “Queen of the Adriatic” In fact as well as in name, one of the most famous of the Venetian products was their glassware, the very name Of which is synonymous with highirade art glass today. This glnsswas produced in the is-

land of Murano, which lay in the lagoon and was part of the city of Venice, and almost every person living on that island was connected in some way or another with the glass Although large numbers of children might have been constantly employed at the lighter part of this work, and although the profits might have been greatly increased by permitting the unrestricted use of child labor during the entire year, the Venetian government passed a law absolutely for-

bidding children to do work of any sort which exposed them to undue heat at any time during the summer months. This is thoroughly typical of the foresight, wisdom and humanity which characterised- the. Venetian government of that time.