LAD #23

The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916:
This article details the process by which child labor was eliminated in America. The first step was revealing approximately just how many children were suffering in working conditions. The 1900 census revealed that there was about around two million of these children. People such as Karl Marx and Charles Dickens brought this issue to the front-burner. Their works made people sympathize with the injustices that were occuring in these factories. This particular law was based upon the suggested bill of Albert J. Beveridge banned that sale of products from stores that had employed kids. Several more laws suggested that child labor elimination was a priority of our nation. However the Supreme Court did not give the Congress power to regulate this type of labor till the 1920's. This left little room for federal legislation. The final decision for child labor was concluded with the court case of U. S. v. Darby in 1941 which has kept child labor from being part of our ation since the time it was inacted. Although child labor was a clear injustice it took time for our nation to enact and propose the right laws so to eliminate this injustice forever.