CHILDREN OF U.S.A.
GREAT JUVENILE ARMY AT WORK. AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS. No part of tfie Roosevelt “new deal” pleased reformers more than the rule prohibiting child labour, and it is hoped the rule will continue in force despite the fact that it has been outlawed. The number of children affected by it is about 100,060. , But the last American census showed that there were 700,000 children of the United States at work under 16. Many earn their living at 12, and some at half that age. Miss Rose Feld points out that 500,000 children work in agriculture uncovered by the “new deal,” and a large proportion are in the fields of the South untouched by labour laws. It is difficult enough for Americans to perceive a true picture of their remarkable land. No doubt it would be difficult to rule it all from the centre, but there are standards of education and employment which should be the subject of common rule.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1935, Page 18 (Supplement)
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