Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1879 — The Employment of Children. [ARTICLE]

The Employment of Children.

It is estimated that over 100,000 children are staidly employed in New York factories, many or them being under 12 years of age, and some, notably those engaged in the manufacture of artificial flq were, having only reached the age of 5. , The, manufacture, of tobacco furnishes employment"-tp some 10,000 children. The girls are especially skillful in this industry, and a miss of 16 can put up thirteen gross of chewing tobacco in tin-foil and twenty-two gross in paper in one day. The wages paid general!} range from $3 to $4 a week, according to age and ability. In the paper-collar industry nearly 10,000 girls, from 12 to 16 years of age, are employed. A skillful girl can count and box 18,000 collars during a day of ten hours’ length. Many hundreds work in gold-leaf factories where delicacy of touch and close attention are indispensable, rather than heavy labor. Among other industries which employ child labor are the manufacture of paper boxes, envelopes and twine, and the burnishingof gold, silver and chinaware.