And, somehow, when our walk was done,
My shattered faith was whole again.
—Rena Hurd Ingham, Congregationalist.(Text.)
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Child, Influence of a—See [Pardon for a Child’s Sake].
CHILD LABOR
The National Child Labor Committee was organized in 1904. Up to that time very little had been done toward preventing the employment of children in many industries, the worst of these being the work of coal-breaking in mines and long days of labor in textile factories. A summary of the work accomplished by the committee in six years will show the gains that are being made in saving children from the too heavy burdens of labor at a tender age, under which their growth is often stunted, and their education interrupted or prevented.
Eight-hour day for children under 16 established in 10 States and District of Columbia (in many or all industries).
Hours of employment for children reduced in 13 more States.
Child labor laws passed for the first time in 6 States.