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... injurious to children almost in proportion as they seem , from the commercial point of view , fitted to the abilities of children . To twist colored paper around pieces of wire in the manufacture of artificial flowers is within the ...
... injurious to children almost in proportion as they seem , from the commercial point of view , fitted to the abilities of children . To twist colored paper around pieces of wire in the manufacture of artificial flowers is within the ...
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... injurious , from the point of view of morals , of all the occupations open to children . Every reformatory institution which keeps adequate records of the previous history of the boys committed to its care , can shed a flood of light ...
... injurious , from the point of view of morals , of all the occupations open to children . Every reformatory institution which keeps adequate records of the previous history of the boys committed to its care , can shed a flood of light ...
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... injurious for girls , and this is one of the purposes for which messengers are fre- quently called . Exposure to contact with all sorts of people is , if possible , worse for girls than for boys , and most undesirable for both . From ...
... injurious for girls , and this is one of the purposes for which messengers are fre- quently called . Exposure to contact with all sorts of people is , if possible , worse for girls than for boys , and most undesirable for both . From ...
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... injurious alike to the community which follows this course and to the children who suffer under it . If the burden of self - maintenance or the attempted maintenance of others is placed upon young chil- dren , -if child labor is ...
... injurious alike to the community which follows this course and to the children who suffer under it . If the burden of self - maintenance or the attempted maintenance of others is placed upon young chil- dren , -if child labor is ...
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... injurious , idle time as contrasted with regular , organized , beneficent leisure . No stronger argu- ment need be found for the statutory establishment of daily leisure for employees in all trades in which that is possible , than the ...
... injurious , idle time as contrasted with regular , organized , beneficent leisure . No stronger argu- ment need be found for the statutory establishment of daily leisure for employees in all trades in which that is possible , than the ...
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Page 330 - If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter. Sec. 8. That the term
Page 304 - The former naturally desire to obtain as much labor as possible from their employees, while the latter are often induced by the fear of discharge to conform to regulations which their judgment, fairly exercised, would pronounce to be detrimental to their health or strength. In other words, the proprietors lay down the rules and the laborers are practically constrained to obey them. In such cases self-interest is often an unsafe guide, and the legislature may properly interpose its authority.
Page 263 - And these may be reduced to three principal or primary articles ; the right of personal security, the right of personal liberty and the right of private property...
Page 320 - The powers of the legislature are defined and limited, and that those limits may not be mistaken or forgotten the Constitution is written. To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may at any time be passed by those intended to be restrained...
Page 327 - Provided, That no article shall be deemed misbranded or adulterated within the provisions of this Act when intended for export to any foreign country and prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser...
Page 264 - THE third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of property : which consists in the free use, enjoyment, and disposal of all his acquisitions, without any control or diminution, save only by the laws of the land.
Page 334 - ... shall be liable to be proceeded against in any district court of the United States within the district where the same is found, and seized for confiscation by a process of libel for condemnation.
Page 330 - Second. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the article. Third. If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted.
Page 292 - Due process of law, in spite of the absolutism of continental governments, is not alien to that code which survived the Roman Empire as the foundation of modern civilization in Europe, and which has given us that fundamental maxim 'of distributive justice — suum cuique tribuere.
Page 276 - ... to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances...