This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... Yes; but suppose that law was not enforced? Mrs. Ufford. Well, it can be for the asking of course. It is very efficiently enforced by the courts. Senator Jones. But suppose it was not enforced; suppose the father was away, outside of the jurisdiction of the court? Mrs. Ufford. He can be brought back, extradited according to the law here. Senator Jones. That is quite a process to go through with and I wondered, would you allow them to go on starving in a case like this? Mrs. Ufford. No; the Associated Charities would look after the family until the father could be brought back. Mrs. Kelly. Mr. Chairman, these earnings, of this 12-year-old boy, of course, would not make any appreciable difference, in the case of this Negro boy of 12. Senator Jones. I have known of boys of 12 who did a great deal to help support the families. Senator Ball. I would like to state right there that my chauffeur had a boy 11 years of age who earned $7 a week all summer, two years ago carrying water in the shipyards. Mrs. Ufford. The fourth case is that of a white boy, 13 years of age. The family consists of a father, who is a Government clerk, receiving a salary of $1,400 a year; the mother, who is a saleswoman at one of the department stores, and earns $14 a week, and a grown son, who was living at home and who paid the rent of $10 a week. The reason given for asking for a permit for this boy to work was that the family owes a doctor's bill and wanted to pay off the debt, and they thought they could pay it off by putting the child to work. Senator Jones. Was this during school time? Mrs. Ufford. No; this was during the summer. There is always an influx of applications during the summer. Senator Jones. You do not know, of course, what kind of work he was to do?...