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So long as there are immature human beings struggling in the industrial arena, there will be a Child Labor Problem.

The existence of the problem is scarcely questioned,—its causes and the proper remedies for it are alone in doubt.

The writer acted for two years as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee, and during that time strove earnestly for prohibitory legislation. Subsequent consideration has led to a material change of attitude, which this paper is written to present. The Child Labor Problem will never be satisfactorily solved by excluding children from the factory, because the two primary forces which are sending children to work,—family necessity and an uncongenial school