North Dakota Law Review/Volume 1/Number 4/Child Labor

CHILD LABOR

Up to and including the 27th of February, the following States had rejected the child-labor amendment to the Federal Constitution: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana (ratified by House), Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, 26 in all. The total legislative votes for, were 868, against, 2,665.

Some interesting incidental facts are disclosed by the U. S. Census, at least, they would have been interesting in the event the amendment had been ratified and enforced to the extent of the exact language of the amendment.

For instance, there were 7,877 soldiers, sailors and marines, who had passed the physical and mental examinations of the U. S. Army and Navy; there were 6,427, who has successfully passed teachers’ examinations and were teaching school, but were not eighteen years of age; there were 201 making a success as writers, reporters and editors; there were 2,689 musicians and teachers of music; there were 721 employed in the arts, 22 engaged as aviators, 1,000 graduated nurses, and 1,300 photographers; all of whom might have been compelled to go to school or remain idle.