Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1901 — Working Age For Children. [ARTICLE]

Working Age For Children.

Labor legislation in the United {states is df very recent date. The factory inspection laws of Maine were not made till 1887, nor those jof Connecticut till the same year. Those es York were enacted in 1886, and of New Jersey in 1882, while those of Pennsylvania did not go into operation till two years before their passage in 1889. The laws of England in the employment of children are well known. In France the employment of children is prohibited until they reach thirteen years of age. In Switzerland children are not allowed to work until they are fourteen years of age. In the Netherlands a law was passed placing working hours for all women, girls and boys under sixteen years of age at eleven hours, with at least one hour of rest. Italy forbids children of either sex who are under nine years of age to work in manufactories. Denmark prohibits the employment of children un der ten years of age. Sweden forbids’ the employment, of children under twelve years of age, and Russia children under twelve years of age.