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STATE’S RIGHTS THE LASH TO HOLD CHILD LABOR IN ITS BONDAGE (By Jerome Jones, in The Journal ' f ‘ of Labor.) Former Governor John 3VL Slaton, in an address to the At lanta Lawyers’ Glub, at the Kim ball, B-ouse Friday night, July 11, asserted, according to press re ports of the meeting “that the State of Georgia is amply able to with the problem of child ihqir for itself, without delegat tg this power to the Federal gov iment. “$Vhen you vest such power as fat of regulating questions like child labor with Congress,” said the former governor, “you give the Federal government the power to dominate . your legislation. ^Vhen you take away the power of telecontrol, as enjoyed by each qf the counties of this state, you have sacrificed your liberties.” We cannot, nor will the people pf this country, agree with the -distinguished gentleman that the protection of our liberties is in any* sense dependent on the indus trial enslavement of children, and we are no little surprised that the measure was incorporated" in his address, particularly when he must have known'—since the set was not approved by the present General Assembly—the question is a dead issue, so far as Georgia is concerned.-^ In soni£. states the question is very muph alive, and the influence of states’ rights statesmen of Georgia can in no manner affect the favorable consideration of'the act with the respective legisla tures. And in this connection we de sire to say if the question of ^sfcat^s’ rights stands in the way \>f the freedom and liberties of /jj|ttle boys and girls of Georgia, y We\here and now pronounce such doctrine unwholesome to the best interest of the state, church, and ^nation. Hpw about the prohibition <., amendment? Where were our state’s rights defenders and pro tectors of our liberties when, the .Georgia legislature went on rec “'Cfrd in favor of the eighteenth , amendment? j Johnny Spencer, in his column in the Macon Telegraph of Tues day’s issue, said among the ^rea sons the Georgia Legislature gave /for rejecting the proposed child .labor amendment to the constitu tion, was “Georgia has neither the right nor power to give Con gress the power to limit, regu late, or prohibit. . . . The Georgia Legislature, which rati fied the eighteenth amendment probably hadn’t heard of that.” Ex-Governor Slaton was in public life about that time, and so far as*we can remember no cry came from his lv)s—nor any >ther public man—that all our >rties were threatened in case they measure was favorably con i^scBered. ■LA political grave was yawning Ma waiting the courageous—but one—wiho dared oppose it. possible Governor Slaton does not know that the amend ment is purely an enabling act, providing for legislation in con junction with the state legisla tures? But that does not matte**. Geor gia ratified the eighteenth amend ment, clearly prohibiting" the making or buying or selling of spir ituous or malt liquors; or making for one’s own use, a privilege and right enjoyed in all countries by all peoples for centuries. Not one word of worrying from our watchmen on the politi cal towers that oiijr civil, religious, industrial ^nd political liberties Were about to be wrested from %£., Where were those watchmen 1Ko are supposed to keep an eyer-vigilant eye on the holy .ujincjple of “States’ Rights” and protect its holy robes from being esmirched by vandals of central Hd government when this rape as committed? And, then, how about the United States Supreme Court; did .that august body outrage the ^principle of states’ rights when it declared the eighteenth amend ment constitutional? 1 Governor Slaton said; ‘‘Georgia '' ' . i • is amply able to deal with the problem, of child labor for itself, without delegating this power to the Federal government.” • “It has “dealt with the prob lem;” that much we submit, but the dealing has not been in the interest of the children and. to the advantage-of the state. Georgia had . laws prohibiting the sale and distilling of liquor; it worked fairly well, but othfer states were manufacturing liquor and selling it in Georgia .and Georgia voted for national pro hibition, denying ether states the right to regulate ifs own so cial affairs. And why In order that America might be entirely free of the traffic, an evil hid eous as it was painted, waa no worse in its effects than the' grinding of the flesh and blood of the children of the nation into profits, and further denying them the opportunity of securing such knowledge as befits American citizens. Those who advocate child labor —those opposed to the amend-: ment as parsed byr Congress—*— conciously, or unconsciously, are opposed to mas^ education. It is the old Bourbon idea that some are born to rule, others to obey; some are born to control, others to be controlled. But thank God and the Amer ican labor movement and the churches of this country that those who entertain this idea are few in plumbers, their influence confined within the boi^idaries of their state, and most likely within their own small community. Hpw is it the speaker at the Lawyers’ Club hit upon the child labor amendment in order to point out the dangers that threaten our liberty from centralized gov ernment? It cannot be denied laws have been passed by Con gress of a similar' character, which would have strengthened his argument. ThtrFederal Council of Church es, embracing all the Protestant churches of America, in large part was responsible for the drafting and (passage of the child labor enabling act.by .Congress, and surely among those constituting its membership there must have been ho few men and women who carefully thought out obstacles that wlould arise calculated to ad versely affect its. adoptiom-by the various sl&fltes, OshM* sdMH<&rabd the measure ps to meet all points of law. llfifiU s&orff so. And further , the magnificent majority the act received in the house and in the senate sets at rest the question of states’ rights. Of the churchman we ask, Is the interest of the ^children of Geor gia to be impaled upon the poin4 of the principle-of states’ rights— a principle “more honored in the breach than, the observance?” Is there no virtue in Christian principles that would step in and say as the Master said: “Verily, even as ye have done it unto the least of these, my brethren,' ye have done it unto me.” We have faith in God, we have confidence in the wisdom of the American people, and, on this faith and confidence we rest the belief the day is now here when America will proclaim the emanci pation of the children of tender years from servitude unfitted fmr their frail bodies; a day when the path to mill and factory will be obliterated; and the way to the public school—the greatest of all institutions—will be" made clear and distinct by the footprints of little* boys and gijds^r-A&nerica’s greatest asset. HIGH biscuit profits. 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