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CHILD LABOUR PROBLEM.
The industrial competition with foreign nations, particularly with Germany, demands capable efficient workers in large numbers. Up to the present time the demand has far exceeded the supply.
III. The Programme
The foregoing discussion makes the Programme for Child Labor Reform almost obvious. The programme revolves around three steps:—
1. The guarantee, by the public authorities, of a minimum standard of living that will provide for all children a quantity of food, clothing, and shelter sufficient to enable them to develop into efficient members of the community.
2. A reform in the school that will:—
(a) Make a child want the school.
(b) Develop efficient citizens.
3. The passage of legislation requiring school attendance and prohibiting factory work.
It is only when the child has been physically and intellectually provided for, in the
