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According to the 1930 census reports of the U. S. Department of Commerce, there were a total of 404,777 children, 10 to 15 years of age in the State of Georgia, of whom 59,684 were reported gainfully employed as follows: Agriculture 47,795; Forestry and Fishing 68; Extraction of Minerals 44; Manufacturing and Mechanical Industries 4,627; Transportation and Communication 473; Trade 2,570; Public Service 22; Professional Service 260; Domestic and Personal Service 3,548; Clerical Occupations 277. Of the total number (4,627) employed in all manufacturing and mechanical industries, only 1,656 were employed in cotton mills. It is, therefore, a fact that the total number of children 10 to 15 years of age employed in Georgia cotton mills is only 41% of all the children that age in the State: is less than 3 % of the total number of children that age employed in all occupations in Georgia, and is less than 3.5 % of the total number of workers (48,292) of all ages employed in Georgia cotton mills. . . .
Moreover, Georgia has a Child Labor Law which prohibits the employment of any child under 14 years of age in any manufacturing establishment, and which requires all children 14 to 16 years of age so employed to have a permit from the county school superintendent certifying that certain educational and age requirements have been met. This law is well administered and strictly enforced by an efficient State Department of Commerce and Labor with the wholehearted co-operation of Georgia cotton mill executives. Thorough inspections of all manufacturing plants are made regularly and all work permits are carefully recorded and supervised.
I have always said that I would never clutter up TIME'S pages with a communication of my own, but in justice to Georgia's law-abiding, social-minded cotton mill executives, I think these facts should be published to prove that, at least our part of the cotton textile industry is not noted for child labor. . . . T. M. FORBES
Secretary
Cotton Manufacturers Ass'n. of Georgia Atlanta, Ga.
President Roosevelt, speaking to the nation on the state of its industries, said: ''It is probably true that 90% of the cotton manufacturers would agree tomorrow to eliminate starvation wages . . . stop long hours of employment . . . child labor."
For further news of the cotton textile industry, see p. 16.—ED.
Sodium Amytal to the Rescue
Sirs:
Just a few lines to show my appreciation for your timely information regarding the use of sodium amytal as an antidote for strychnine poison (TIME, March 13).
One day I reached my home in the country, and found my dog, a German police, pure bred, with marked symptoms of the strychnine poisoning. Convulsions, cyanotic tongue and gums, protruding eyes, sardonic smile.
My first thought in seeing such an advanced condition was to kill the creature out of its misery, but remembering TIME'S timely information, I immediately gave her 0.4 gramme of simple amytal orally and in ten minutes a faint improvement was noticed; then I diluted six more tablets in water and injected them hypo-dermically. Dog became drowsy, but convulsions did not cease until a total amount of 1.40 grammes was injected. Fell asleep.