Note 55 — Chapter V · WAGE-EARNING CHILDREN

Mr S. W. Woodward, of the firm of Woodward and Lathrop, Washington, in a short paper called: “A Business Man’s View of Child Labour,” writes: “It may be stated as a safe proposition that for every dollar earned by a child under 14 years of age tenfold will be taken from their earning capacity in later life.” Child Labor, p. 362.