children would have worked long hours with hard work for their families farms, but in the cities, the children worked longer hours with harder work for large companies. Harsher treatment, fewer rewards and more sickness and injury came from poorly regulated child labor.
(Factory Working Conditions in the Late 1800s, 1880-1899." DISCovering U.S. History. 1997.
Student Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Group. Online Database
November 8, 2001)
(Factory Working Conditions in the Late 1800s, 1880-1899." DISCovering U.S. History. 1997.
Student Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Group. Online Database
November 8, 2001)
I have been in the mills at all hours and I have never in my life seen the machinery stopped at meal times in any of the mills…'
(Evidence given to the Factory Inquiry Commission 1833)
(Evidence given to the Factory Inquiry Commission 1833)
As early as the 1830s, many U.S. states had enacted laws restricting or prohibiting the employment of young children in industrial settings. However, in rural communities where child labor on the farm was common, employment of children in mills and factories did not arouse much concern. Another problem for children was the popular opinion that gainful employment of children of the "lower orders" actually benefited poor families and the community at large. (1998-2014 The History Place)