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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1916)
R nnaa Cloverdale Courier P«Wished Every Thursday Freak Tailor, Editor and Publisher. “ Entered a# second-dace matter, Nov ember JHth, UK)5 at the post office atClo- v-ordaiet Tillamook County, Oregon, un der Act «4 Congress, March 3rd, 1878. S ubscript k > n K i t u One Year, in advance........................$1.00 Six Mouths ............................................ 50 Three M onths............................................ 2B Single Copy................................................0(5 A dvertising R at » Displayed Advertisements, 60 cents per inch per month, single column. All Local Reading Notices, 5 cents peT line for each insertion. Tim bar land notices 110.00 Homestead notices 6.00 Political Announcement Cards 110.00 J ob D epartment My Job Department is complete in every respect and 1 am able to do all kinds Commercial Job Printing on short notice at reasonable prices. THURSDAY. AUGUST 17. 1916* A BLOW AT GREED. The house and senate have now passed the child labor measure. Presi dent Wilson wi!iSattach(his signature and in another year it will be in effect. It prohibits interstate commerce in pro ducts on which children under 16 vears of age are employed. The bill is aimed at those states which have perm itted their manufacturers to get rich off the labors of children, notably the cotton mills and the mines of the south where conditions are abominable. Little children, as soon as they are able, are put to work by their parents for a mere pittance and become little old men and women before they reach their majority. The child labor of the south has been a crying shame for many years. It has been the subject of magazine exposures —exposures of greed of the wealthy factory owners. The legislatures of the south have attem pted to pass child la bor laws but the wealth and influence of the factory owners always defeated the legislation. The principal opposi tion in congress came from southern members. Congress, realizing the inhumanity of unfeeling manufacturers, know that the only way in which it could put an end to child labor was to pass a law which had to do with interstate shipments. M anufacturers have been given suf ficient notice to prepare for the changed conditions. In a year from now they will have made their last dollar off the blood of little children. Working a child in mines, mills and factories during the period of growth, when he needs fresh air and exercise and every attention so that he may build a healthy body and mind, must «•ease. The federal government w ill see that its laws are enforced. States which have worshipped at the shrine of the rich mill owner, must now about face and give the rising generation its God given right to grow strong and health ful, that it may supply useful members of society, able to take a place on e«|ual terms in the battle of life with the children of other states w ho have been protected by more humane law s. Lee S. Overman, a senator fioin North Carolina, who fought the child labor bill, got up the other day and gave u t terance to these words: "Keeping children at work in cotton mills is one way of keeping them out of jail. Fewer children are in jail in my state, where they aje allowed to work, than in Mas- sachusets, or Missouri, where they are not.” Furtherm ore, he added: ‘‘What would you do with an orphan boy who h making $10 a week and supporting his widowed m other.” Thirty-two states have mother's pen sion bills, hut Overman is from North Carolina.) 10 Per Gent Discount PAINT PAINT Painters’ Paint 10 Per Cent 10 Per Gent Discount Discount It costs as much to paint with interior paint as it does with quality stuff and you save but little on the original cost and lose heavily on the lasting quality. Paint for all purposes House Paint Floor Paint Roof and Bridge Paint Bnggy and Auto Paint Varnishes, Japans, Dryers, Oils and Turpentine, Glass and Putty Windows and Doors 10 Per Cent discount for the next 15 days on all Paints, Oils, Doors, Windows, etc., to close out the Season’s stock. Come while there is a selection. 10 Per Cent Discount Cloverdale Mercantile Co.