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69, which so readily leads to crime, pauperism, or both.

In the social fiber, in family life, in taxes, child labor is costly. It breaks down the individual, it destroys the family life of the present, and threatens the family life of the future, and last, probably least in importance, it adds to the number of incompetent that the community must support. From any social viewpoint, child labor is costly.