LAD #23 Keating-Owen Bill

In 1900 over two million children were working in mines, mills, and factories across America. This caused many people to react and lead the Child Labor movement. Lewis Hine photographed many of the working children and showed the world the reality that these kids endured. The pictures were graphic and true to the situations. His work, along with others caused people to realize that something had to be done about the child labor situation. Oliver Twist was a novel that showed what the child labor was like, written by Charles Dickens. This book showed an orphan who was raised in poorhouses and workhouses, and all of the pain and trouble he saw. The Keating-Owens bill banned product from any factory or shop that employed children under the age of 14. It also limited the amount of hours that kids 16 years and younger could work. Hammer v. Dagenhart ruled that congress could control interstate commerce. The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 in addition to banning priducts, prohibited the sale in interstate commerce of goods manufactured by children.