The Bitter Cry of the Children

Name: The Bitter Cry of the Children
Author: Spargo, John

Spargo, John

Child labor; Child welfare

Footnote 86:

  Architecture, Industry, and Wealth, by William Morris, p. 138.

Footnote 87:

  _Idem._

Footnote 88:

  Farfolloni de gli Antichi Historici, by Abb. Lancellotti (Venice,
  1636), quoted by Karl Marx in Capital, English edition, p. 427.

Footnote 89:

  Marx, _op. cit._, p. 428.

Footnote 90:

  A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round
  Manchester, by Dr. Aikin. Quoted by R. W. Cooke-Taylor, The Factory
  System and the Factory Acts, p. 17.

Footnote 91:

  Cooke-Taylor, _op. cit._, gives the real name of “Alfred” as Samuel
  Kydd, a barrister-at-law.

Footnote 92:

  Memoirs of Robert Blincoe, N.D.

  Cooke-Taylor, Modern Factory System, pp. 189–198.

  Annals of Toil, by J. Morrison Davidson, p. 262.

  Industrial History of England, H. de B. Gibbins.

Footnote 93:

  H. de B. Gibbins, _op. cit._, pp. 178–181.

Footnote 94:

  Life of Robert Owen, Written by Himself, vol. i, xxvi, pp. 57 _et
  seq._

Footnote 95:

  H. de B. Gibbins, _op. cit._, p. 181.

Footnote 96:

  Cooke-Taylor, The Factory System and the Factory Acts, p. 55.

Footnote 97:

  _Idem._

Footnote 98:

  H. de B. Gibbins, _op. cit._, p. 181.

Footnote 99:

  Hansard, 1832.

Footnote 100:

  The whole poem is given in Mr. H. S. Salt’s little anthology, Songs of
  Freedom, p. 81.

Footnote 101:

  Report on the Ten Hours Bill. J. Morrison Davidson, _op. cit._, p.
  268.

Footnote 102:

  Robert Hunter, Child Labor in New York, Being a Report to the Governor
  of New York.

Footnote 103:

  Child Labor Legislation—A Requisite for Industrial Efficiency, by Jane
  Addams, in the Annals of the American Academy, May, 1905, p. 131.

Footnote 104:

  Problems of the Present South, by Edgar Gardner Murphy, p. 313.

Footnote 105:

  Quoted in _Charities_, August 26, 1905.

Footnote 106:

  Illiteracy Promoted by Perjury. A pamphlet issued by the Pennsylvania
  Child Labor Committee.

Footnote 107:

  U. S. Census, vol. ii.

Footnote 108:

  Illiteracy Promoted by Perjury, p. 3.

Footnote 109:

  U. S. Census, Occupations.

Footnote 110:

  E. G. Murphy, _op. cit._, p. 110.

Footnote 111:

  Annals of the American Academy, May, 1905, p. 21.

Footnote 112:

  Jane Addams, _op. cit._, p. 131.

Footnote 113:

  E. G. Murphy, _op. cit._, p. 143.

Footnote 114:

  _Idem._, p. 103.

Footnote 115:

  An address to the Manufacturers of Cotton, delivered at Glasgow, by
  Robert Owen, 1815.

Footnote 116:

  U. S. Census, vol. ix.

Footnote 117:

  _Idem._

Footnote 118:

  Report (unpublished) to the Child Labor Committee, by Owen R. Lovejoy.

Footnote 119:

  Child Labor Legislation. Schedules of Existing Legislation. Handbook
  of National Consumers’ League, compiled by J. C. Goldmark and Madeline
  Wallin Sikes.

Footnote 120:

  The Needless Destruction of Boys, by Florence Kelley, _Charities_,
  June 3, 1905.

Footnote 121:

  Boys in the Glass Industry, by Harriet M. Van Der Vaart, the
  _Churchman_, May 6, 1905.

Footnote 122:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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The Bitter Cry of the ChildrenSpargo, John

History

The Bitter Cry of the Children

Spargo, John

Child labor; Child welfare

Footnote 86:

  Architecture, Industry, and Wealth, by William Morris, p. 138.

Footnote 87:

  _Idem._

Footnote 88:

  Farfolloni de gli Antichi Historici, by Abb. Lancellotti (Venice,
  1636), quoted by Karl Marx in Capital, English edition, p. 427.

Footnote 89:

  Marx, _op. cit._, p. 428.

Footnote 90:

  A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round
  Manchester, by Dr. Aikin. Quoted by R. W. Cooke-Taylor, The Factory
  System and the Factory Acts, p. 17.

Footnote 91:

  Cooke-Taylor, _op. cit._, gives the real name of “Alfred” as Samuel
  Kydd, a barrister-at-law.

Footnote 92:

  Memoirs of Robert Blincoe, N.D.

  Cooke-Taylor, Modern Factory System, pp. 189–198.

  Annals of Toil, by J. Morrison Davidson, p. 262.

  Industrial History of England, H. de B. Gibbins.

Footnote 93:

  H. de B. Gibbins, _op. cit._, pp. 178–181.

Footnote 94:

  Life of Robert Owen, Written by Himself, vol. i, xxvi, pp. 57 _et
  seq._

Footnote 95:

  H. de B. Gibbins, _op. cit._, p. 181.

Footnote 96:

  Cooke-Taylor, The Factory System and the Factory Acts, p. 55.

Footnote 97:

  _Idem._

Footnote 98:

  H. de B. Gibbins, _op. cit._, p. 181.

Footnote 99:

  Hansard, 1832.

Footnote 100:

  The whole poem is given in Mr. H. S. Salt’s little anthology, Songs of
  Freedom, p. 81.

Footnote 101:

  Report on the Ten Hours Bill. J. Morrison Davidson, _op. cit._, p.
  268.

Footnote 102:

  Robert Hunter, Child Labor in New York, Being a Report to the Governor
  of New York.

Footnote 103:

  Child Labor Legislation—A Requisite for Industrial Efficiency, by Jane
  Addams, in the Annals of the American Academy, May, 1905, p. 131.

Footnote 104:

  Problems of the Present South, by Edgar Gardner Murphy, p. 313.

Footnote 105:

  Quoted in _Charities_, August 26, 1905.

Footnote 106:

  Illiteracy Promoted by Perjury. A pamphlet issued by the Pennsylvania
  Child Labor Committee.

Footnote 107:

  U. S. Census, vol. ii.

Footnote 108:

  Illiteracy Promoted by Perjury, p. 3.

Footnote 109:

  U. S. Census, Occupations.

Footnote 110:

  E. G. Murphy, _op. cit._, p. 110.

Footnote 111:

  Annals of the American Academy, May, 1905, p. 21.

Footnote 112:

  Jane Addams, _op. cit._, p. 131.

Footnote 113:

  E. G. Murphy, _op. cit._, p. 143.

Footnote 114:

  _Idem._, p. 103.

Footnote 115:

  An address to the Manufacturers of Cotton, delivered at Glasgow, by
  Robert Owen, 1815.

Footnote 116:

  U. S. Census, vol. ix.

Footnote 117:

  _Idem._

Footnote 118:

  Report (unpublished) to the Child Labor Committee, by Owen R. Lovejoy.

Footnote 119:

  Child Labor Legislation. Schedules of Existing Legislation. Handbook
  of National Consumers’ League, compiled by J. C. Goldmark and Madeline
  Wallin Sikes.

Footnote 120:

  The Needless Destruction of Boys, by Florence Kelley, _Charities_,
  June 3, 1905.

Footnote 121:

  Boys in the Glass Industry, by Harriet M. Van Der Vaart, the
  _Churchman_, May 6, 1905.

Footnote 122:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Bitter Cry of the Children

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