Keating-Owen Bill
The first child labor bill, the Keating-Owen bill of 1916, was based on Senator Albert J. Beveridge's proposal from 1906 and used the government's ability to regulate interstate commerce to regulate child labor. The act banned the sale of products from any factory, shop, or cannery that employed children under the age of 14, from any mine that employed children under the age of 16, and from any facility that had children under the age of 16 work at night or for more than 8 hours during the day.
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As an unionized worker, I am against child labor and therefore, for this bill. Children shouldn't be working in these conditions, because they are dangerous. Children are too young to be put in harm's way. They could absolutely ruin their lives in an injury. A child's life should be one of play not work. Side: For
I agree with you Jake, because some of the jobs are a little more dangerous and stressful and that could really ruin a child's life. Another reason is that older union workers really need to get jobs and work to make money, while the children are dependent on their family and they really don't have to pay for much of their own necessities. Side: For
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As a child I am deffinately for the Keating-Owen Bill. This will cut down on the hours that I will work. So there will be no long days of hard and tiring work, and then I will have a lot more free time. With the bill I will also be able to go back to school and get a good education. This can help me in the future to get a better job instead of working in a factory for the rest of my life. Side: For
I am disagree with you and I think that you are taking the wrong way. That's because you should help your family working for a factory and so you will bring some money in your house. While if you wanna go to school, your parents don't have enough money for buy to you toys or food. Side: Against
As a business owner I believe you should be able to work. It doesn't matter that you are only a child. I like having children working for me because I don't pay them as much. Also, education is not a necessary thing for children these days. Most children are working in factories anyways. I think you should have to work in a factory all your life because I really need the workers and since you are really young you are going to be very good at you job when you are older. Also, what kid wouldn't be happy with making money. You could save up your money and buy a bike or somethting. I think you shouldn't want the Keating-Ownen Bill Side: Against
I am for this bill because being a working mother I wouldn't want my children working until their 14 even if it does provide more moneyfor the family. Ive seen the bad working conditions i have to go through everyday and don't want to lose my child from a freak accident. Side: For
I disagree. If you don't want your child working until they're 14 then that's you choice. But, there are other families who are in a tough situation. They would need their children to go to work to provide for the family. With this Keating-Owen Bill, they would lose most of their income, and it will be more difficult for families to feed their children. Side: Against
If you don't want your child working then you can decide to not have your child work, but some of us workers can't get by without another paycheck. My family needs the money to survive. Families can make the choice to have children work or not with government laws. Side: Against
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As a wealthy business owner I disagree with this statement. I understand that you are a working mother and concerend about your child, but if your child stopped working you would lose a lot of money. Your child's money counts for some of your family income and without them you won't be making as much money to provide for them. Side: Against
Well where's the money we workers deserved and worked for our whole lives? Did you give us any raises at all? Yes, they can provide more money for the family to use, but did you ever think about giving us adults a raise? If you would done this then the children wouldn't have to go through this until they are old enough to understand this concept. Side: For
I am disagree with you because I believe that my factory, like all, is not dangerous for the workers. Maybe I don't sometimes follow the safety rules but that's is because they are too much expensive and if I buy these, I don't have the money for to pay your wages!! Side: Against
I am a wife with 2 kids and a husband. Both of my kids are under 16 and they have been working 10 hour days. They are always tired and need to have less hours and need rest. This bill will be very helpfull with all the kids that are working in mines and mills in America. This will also give adults more chances at getting jobs and to make more money. Side: For
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Not as exactly. When adults like you get a job to work for my business, all you guys do is complain complain complain and complain. Sure there will be more chances of adults to getting jobs to make more "money", but no you actually dont because you don't have your children working to make more money to help the family. Side: Against
But if your family really wants the money then your children need to be working! They cant make money at home sleeping. 8 in the morning till 6 at night isnt that much worse than getting done at 4. So you should be arguing for this bill so that your children dont lose their jobs to other immigrants. Side: Against
It sounds like you really want us to be working. Well then i have a proposal: Clean up the environment and pay us fairly! Isnt this what it is all about, unfairness to the children so the governor decided to do something? I think that he is just protecting us from the dangers that are present everywhere in the workplace. Side: For
As a female worker, i am for Keating- Owen Bill. I have children and i don't want them working until their 14, when there more expirienced. I work in bad working areas and I would never let my children work here at such a young age. They could easily be killed, because they are so little. Side: For
I am for the Keating-Owen Bill. Im a Unionist worker and I think that the Keating-Owen Bill is needed because there are children working in the factories that are alomost ten years old, and there are children that will lose there fingers, feet and even sometimes limgs. This needs to stop and the Keating-Owen Bill will do that. Side: For
(^-^) No child should be working dangerous jobs at such a young age. No...no jobs period! they should be in school learning things that are important and can help them in the future. too many young children are either dead or severely injured with scars or missing limbs for the rest of their life because of working at factories. Like in one of the articles i read and shared in class some children picked up habbits that are unhealthy such as smoking like in the cigar factory for an example. you guys remember that right????? Side: For
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I disagree because it is important to have kids support there fomily with the things that they need. At somepoint in a kids life they are going to have to find a job and start working. So i think that it is best to start young so they learn the importance of it. Side: Against
As a child laborer, I am or thte Keating-Owen Bill. If they didn't propose this bill then the owners could work us for as long as they wanted. This bill gave them limits that they can work us along with an age limit. With this bill, I will have more time to spend with my friends and family and more time to help around the house. Side: For
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I a young child agree with this bill because kids should be in school getting an education instead of having to work for ten hours a day. Kids should be outside playing with there frenids. Some kids when on the job might fall a sleep and fall into the machine and get killed or seriously hurt. Side: For
I'm a union worker and I am totally for this bill. I don't think that little children should be able to work under these conditions. The factories are for adults and not children. Adults know boundaries and know how to work the machines well. Children might not know how to and then they will end of do something wrong possibly causing injury. Working long hours in a hard time makes them really tired. It is not fair to make children work. Side: For
You may say that its not fair for children to have to work such long hours, but its also not fair to the families that need that childs income. By taking away their income and their help with supporting the family you couldbe sending a family even deeper into poverty. Also as a bonus for you as a worker if there are kids working too that means less extremem hours for you, decreasing your chance of a gruling 60 hour work week. Side: Against
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As a parent i want to have my children working in a safe enviroment. I also don't want them working to hard even though they need to provide i don't want them getting hurt theese children are very precious and i need them since my wife has died, so i need the money and i agree the kids shouldn't work more than eight hours. Side: For
As a union worker I fully support this bill. This will finally allow young children to be out of the terrible working conditions. It is bad enough that adults have to go through the terrible conditions, get low pay and work long hours to support our families and lives. With this bill, it will finally help the buisness owners realize what is wrong and right. If they want to sell their goods, they will need to understand that having young children around working in dangerous areas is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. Side: For
I am a working woman of this time and also being a mother I am against working these small children. I don't want my child to be working in a factory in horrible conditions all day long. Many children have died already and they should be going to school getting common education. Side: For
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As a mother, wife, and worker I agree with this bill. I don't want my younger kids working because that isn't right when adults could be doing those jobs. I also don't want my teenager to be working really long hours. Their just kids and don't deserve to work the same amount as an adult. This bill is needed so that kids can still bring in money to their families but aren't over worked and put in really dangerous situations. Side: For
As a mother, and a worker myself, I agree with the Keating-Owen Bill. I don't want my teenagers being overworked or my little boy/girl being put in dangerous situations just to help support the family. I would rather have them work less hours than working in deadly situations, being overworked, or pushed to their limits. Side: For
As a wealthy business owner I can make you work place safer for your children as long as they work for longer hours. If you want more money for your family you will let your children work as long as they want. But they have to work hard. If your children work less hours than my business wouldnt be making enough money and your pay would be cut and you would get payed less that you usually would be payed. Side: Against
I agree with this bill, because it would make kids work less and give Union workers, like myself, a chance to get a job. It would also be a lot easier to put these tasks on union workers, because they do not have school or educations that they have to go to, while the all the working children have to go to school and work after, so it would be very tiring for children and not so much for union workers. Side: For
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I am against this bill because as a business owner I dont want any ristrictions on my business. I should be able to choose how I want my business to run. There shouldnt be a bill ristricting on what I can and cand do with my business. Also there shouldnt be a bill limiting child labor hours. If the children want to work to get more money they should work longer. Children make a great percentage of our products and a bill saying that goods made by them cant be sold is outrageous. All of our products made by them cant be sold is unreal because my business would go bankrupt withouht the products the children being sold. So there shouldnt be a bill limiting ristrictions on my business. Side: Against
I am against this bill because i think that if these kids really need the money that they say they need, than they should have to work for it and if they want that money then they should work long hours and prove that they are working hard. If they work long, hard hours then maybe I will give them a raise in their wage, but if they only want to work for a few hours in the day just to get a few dollars than they shouldnt get payed more. If they do pass this bill, it is hurting the children because then i will hire only immigrants and they will lose all of their jobs and never make a dime. They should want this bill to fail so that they can actually make some money instead of losing their jobs to another person. Side: Against
No they shouldn't work for more hours. They can get hurt easily. Where are you when someone gets hurt on the job? If you have enough money, gal darn it, then pay of the machines to be better and safer. What do all of you business men do? Make up lies, and sit drinking 12 cups of coffee a day! I'm a working mother of 12. Hand over those 12 cups of coffee you probably drink a day so I can give to my children. I have rights too! Side: For
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I disagree with the Keating-Owen Bill because I believe it is the kids choice on whether he wants to work for my company and if he does want to work I should be able to work him whatever hours I want. I as a business owner should not be punished for working my employees, no matter what their age. Side: Against
I too am a wealthy business owner and i think that having childeren in the factory is good idea because i can pay them alot less than the adult workers and they dont really argue with you. If this law goes into effect then all of the kids will not have a job and therefore they will not have money to pay for there familys needs and other things. Side: Against
That isnt fair to us children. We cant withstand the same pressure and difficulties the adults around us can. Sure we chose to work here, but we have to. We need to live too you know. Also, by working us like this, you are just wrecking our future, a possibly productive future at that. Side: For
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Yes my older kid needs to work to help support our family. In most cases kids are needed to help with money for their families. It's not always the child's choice if they need to work. At least with this bill our kids can work and still safe. You can work a kid as hard as you work an adult because then by the time they are adults they'll be extremely beat down. They have their whole lives ahead of them and shouldn't be beaten down or put in dangerous situations that they can't handle or aren't ready for. Side: For
Children should not be able to work in a factory. The factory is way to dangerous and the child could get hurt. They are so young that they might not understand how to run the machine they are working at . Then, they might make a mistake and then you would be mad. Children should not be able to work long hours because that is not good for them. Side: For
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Your children should be working for our business. They will help you provide for your own family, and without them, might just not make it. If you have many children, you could also get items that not only help you survive, but entertain. Most kids like to make money anyways, what child wouln't? Side: Against
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I disagree with the Keating- owen Bill becasue i think that people no matter what there age is that they should be able to work whenever they please. I dont think that the employer/company should b blamed (harssed) by the government for working there emploiess as they wanna be able to work Side: Against
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I am against this bill because as a business owner I want everyone that is willing to work to be able to work. Especially kids because they will do more because they give in more to pressure and I can pay them less than an adult. Kids should be able to choose if they want to work or not and if they want to work then let them work. They are trying to help out with their families. Side: Against
It is terrible that you think that you can take advantage of kids. The factory is not an enviroment that children should be in. They can get hurt very easy. They should not be able to choose because at a young age they are going to do what everyone else is doing. Children should not be able to work in the factory. Side: For
I understand that most children need money for their families but what their getting paid is ridiculously low. You cant just make them do what you want them to do. Working in a factory is very dangerous for a child and can get seriously hurt. If they are going to work for you then you should deffinately pay them more. Side: For
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The Keating-Owen bill should not be put into affect. I am a business owner and I have a ton of kids working at my company. I am able to pay them less and as they are young they will learn the job well and be better at it if they stay at my company when they are older. Side: Against
This is a very tuff decision for me and my family. You know, between letting our kids work these extreme conditions or not. I mean they can get hurt or even get killed while on the job, but on the otherside it provides our family with more money income. I guess I'm so confussed still to this day that our bosses couldn't have paid us more fairly. If they've only done this my decision would not to pass this law. Side: Against
I am a business owner and I am against the Keating-Owen Bill. It should be the kid's choice if he wants to work or not. Some kids might need to make cash to support their family and are forced to work. If this bill goes through I will have to fire all my young employees even know some of them want to work. Some kids might beg for their job back because they need the money and I can't offer them a job because its illegal. Side: Against
As a child I am against this bill. I now have no way of supporting my family who will starve without the money I bring in. Also I liked helping my family out and having a job. It was my choice to have the job not anyone one elses, so the choice should still be up to me. Side: Against
This bill is all about protection and unfairness directed to the children in the workplace. We are willing to work but the governor has noticed that we, the children, are extremely underpaid for the work we do and we might get ourselves killed with one mistake at the machines. This is helping the childrens future. Side: For
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I disagree with the Keating-Owen Bill. When kids are working it is important because it will help them in the future. They are also then able to help there family out so they are able to buy the foods and supplies that they need. Working for the factories will also allow them to buy things that they want. Side: Against
I believe if a child wants to work, they can, so therefore I disagree with the Keating-Owen Bill. If a child's family needs more money and are struggling to put food on the table, that child should have the choice to work if the want to. They will not get any special treatment because they are younger and will get paid the same as everyone else. Whether they want to work or not, it should be their choice. Side: Against
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Just because you are a child it doesn't mean you should get an easier job. If you are unable to do the job, why take it in the first place? There are other jobs avaiable that are easier for a child, so there is no need for them to take a job they are not capable of handling. Side: Against
I am a union worker and sees all the children who work in the factories with me. They suffer the harsh working conditions and it isnt safe for young children to be even working there. If they want to work they should look for jobs suitable for them. I understand that families need money to put food on the table and struggle so many children work. However, it is endangering every young one who works in dangerous places. Therefore I support this bill and disagree with what you say. Side: For
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I disagree because, I should be able to choose what hours and days I work. I think it should be the childs decision if they wanna work for my company/business or not. I wouldn't want to force them to do something they don't want to do. They shouldn't be punished. Side: Against
As a wealthy bussiness owner the more workers I can get the better. Some kids and families wouldn't even like this bill. What if their kids working was part of their income? Taking away that money could result in taking food off their table. I think that the kids should have a choice they shouldn't have to be forced to work but they should be given the option to be able to help support their family. Side: Against
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I'm a successful business owner, and I am against the Keating-Owen Bill. Employing children can benefit everyone. The families of the children working get more income to feed and take care of the familiy. But, if this Keating-Owen Bill passed then those families would lose a lot of their income, so they would have to struggle to feed their family. It would make sense to hire children to help out families. Side: Against
Overworking the kids is not a good idea. Seeing my children stressed out and sick is saddening. I don't want to see them like this. Why would you want to push children to work harder in dangerous jobs when they could easily work different jobs for less hours and still support the family. Side: For
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I have a solution, pay your employees more, then they won't need their children to work. I think that would be a win for everyone but you, but you are aready rich, so I think you will be alright. Children shouldn't be workiing alonside their parents in these dangerous situations. Side: For
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It is not a win/win for everyone. Pay you more? I don't think so. Lay the children off? I don't think so. There is nothing in there for the us. If the children under 14 does not work anymore there won't be enough profit to split up the profits between the thousands of adult workers. There won't be much of a profit because once the children under 14 is gone there will be less products being produced meaning we'll have to pay you all lower. Side: Against
For sure! Pay us workers the money we work for and hereby deserve. We hear kids now a days, getting broken feet, toes, fingers, etc. If you can't do this, at least make the poor little children's hours minimal and make the machines safer. That's at least what you BUSINESS MEN can do! Side: For
I agree with you vivien for I am a bussiness owner as well. Some families depend on that income from their children. With out this income famliies would dwindle. What if for example the parents or parent can't work how are families supposed to support themselves? Side: Against
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Yes kids need to work to help their families but I'm a female worker as well as a mother and wife. I don't need my older child to be over worked. Business owners don't have the right to treat kids however they please. Unless you have a child yourself you don't see the effects it has on your kids and see what happens when business owners work them to hard. If a family is struggling then the responsibility falls on us, the parents, not the young kids who don't have a choice or say or don't get to choose what they do. Side: For
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As a weathly business owner I am against the Keating-Owen Bill. I think that having kids work benefits themselves along with their family. The kids provide for a part of their families income and without them working the family might not have as much money to provide for everyone. With children working it can increase the amount of things that get done in my business Side: Against
Even though we work to support our families we are also young kids that need to be looking into our education. Having a better education can help though life, so I can get a good job when I'm older. As young kids we aren't as skilled as the adults, so we would need to work a lot to meet their expectations. Side: For
I agree. As kids, we have a lot of life to live yet. We shouldn't have to start off working in the factories as young kids. We should safe our childhood for education and learning to be the best that we can be. As adults, we then can either go off and work in the factories or do something else for a living. Side: For
I am against the Keating-Owen Bill. I think children of any age should be able to work. I am able to pay children less than adult. With children I am able to have a lot working for me without having to be them all that much. I think that the government should have no say in who I am able to hire. As a rich business owner this bill would affect me a lot. I will have to hire more adults which ask to be payed more. I could possibly go out of business becasue of this. I think there should be no Keating-Owen Bill. Side: Against
I agree with you on how you dont want the young children to get hurt using the machines, however I strongly disagree with you about they not getting paid. Yes some children may not work as hard as others, however everyone does work and therefor everyone deserves to get paid. How much can depend on how hard they worked but it would be unfair if none of the children working got paid, you could just pay the ones who work harder more than the rest. That would be just like certain people who get paid more for getting promoted. Side: For
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