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CHILD LABOUR PROBLEM.
tion to home life. As they broaden out into the larger spheres of labor-employing agencies, they must and will eventually become the subjects of legislation aimed to correct any abuses which may exist in them.
In 1900, of the 1,750,178 working children between ten and fifteen,
| 60.7 % | were in agriculture. |
| 16.2 % | were in manufacturing and mechanical pursuits. |
| 15.9 % | were in domestic service. |
| 6.9 % | were in trade and transportation. |
| 0.2 % | were in professional service. |
Thus there is a wide variation in the percentages of children engaged in different occupations.
So, too, there is a variation from state to state. The Southern States lead in the total amount of child labor, but a large proportion of their children are engaged in cotton picking. On the other hand, in the great manufacturing states there is a smaller total of working children, but a larger proportion of
