a. impair the mental powers, particularly those of young children
b. render them indifferent to subjects of general interest and educational value.
3. It impairs the efficiency of the child, for
A. During the years when he should be absorbing knowledge which would prepare him for life, he is prevented from doing so, and, when of adult age, finds himself
a. without that suppleness of fingers which has been assumed to be the warrant for employing him, and thus, too old and too large longer to do child’s work; and
b. with neither education nor training to do the work of an adult.
III. Such labor injures the State, for
1. Children who are forced to work under factory conditions are undeveloped physically and mentally and
A. Do not make good citizens
B. Cannot afterward be the parents of good citizens