Excerpt from Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics and Information of Maryland, 1906

I herewith present the Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics and Information of Maryland, and the third report during my term of office. In doing so it is with no misgivings as to the results of the work accomplished during the year, nor is it with any fear that adverse criticism may affect your judgment as to the conduct of the office.

Prominently located at 100 Equitable Building, where the office has become well-known to the community, every day it is visited by more and more citizens desirous of information, assistance to secure positions, or permits for children to work.

The Legislature of 1906 imposed upon this department the work of enforcing Chapter 192, generally known as the Child-Labor Law, and the work incumbent upon the department as a result of the passage of this measure has taxed its capacity and its ability to the utmost. In the opening chapter of this report we give the results of the work of six months under this law, and feel justified in saying that, under the circumstances, it is most flattering to the department, as well as useful and profitable to the citizens of the State. While the Child-Labor Law is by no means a perfect one, it has resulted in quickening the conscience of the people and arousing the thought for future generations by those who have heretofore believed in letting good enough alone, or taking care of to-day and letting the morrow take care of itself, so far as our citizenship was concerned. The figures will show the great number of children who are earning a living or adding to the income of the family in this State at the expense of their future prospects and ability to become thoughtful and useful citizens.

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