LAD #29
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act Summary
Senator Albert J. Beveridge's proposed the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, which used Congress's ability to regulate interstate commerce, in order to regulate child labor. This act prohibited the sale of any goods produced anywhere where a child under 14 may be employed, from any mine that employed children younger than 16, years old, and prohibited the sale of goods made by any business that had children under the age of 16 working at night, or a duration lasting longer than 8 hours throughout the day. It was repealed by the Supreme Court in Hammer v. Dagenhart, but it did manage to set better working conditions and hours for adolescents under 1 years of age, while it lasted.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge's proposed the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, which used Congress's ability to regulate interstate commerce, in order to regulate child labor. This act prohibited the sale of any goods produced anywhere where a child under 14 may be employed, from any mine that employed children younger than 16, years old, and prohibited the sale of goods made by any business that had children under the age of 16 working at night, or a duration lasting longer than 8 hours throughout the day. It was repealed by the Supreme Court in Hammer v. Dagenhart, but it did manage to set better working conditions and hours for adolescents under 1 years of age, while it lasted.
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