The Child Labor Decision.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Corwin, Edward S.
- Source
- New Republic; 7/12/22, Vol. 31 Issue 397, p177-179, 3p
- Subject
- CHILD labor laws
LEGAL status of children
LABOR laws
LEGAL judgments
LABOR
TAXATION
- Language
- ISSN
- 00286583
Focuses on laws related to child labor in the U.S., in the wake of a court ruling involving Drexel Furniture Company which purported to levy a special tax amounting to ten percent of their net profits on certain classes of concerns employing child labor. Contradiction inherent in the ruling statement of Chief Justice William Howard Taft; Views of the article author on special tax on the profits of concerns employing child labor; Discussion on the intrinsic validity of Taft's assertion that taxes are imposed with the primary motive of raising revenue; Reference made by Taft only to the tenth amendment;Significance of the court ruling for laws related to child labor.