Teddy Roosevelt: “The horrors incident to the employment of young children in factories…”

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The horrors incident to the employment of young children in factories or at work anywhere are a blot on our civilization.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt condemns child labor in factories as a disgrace to civilization.

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