Speech #630182863

It is the exclusion of certain classes of labor. There are three classes of labor which by the terms of this act are to be excluded. They are convict labor. pauper labor. and prison labor. This amendment seeks to add another to the general class. namely. child labor. If that is not within this rule. then certainly there is no meaning to the rule. The general proposition. the general subject. being the exclusion of certain classes of labor. the question is as to whether another class of labor under the rule may be included. and that under the rule of germaneness is settled by saying that it may. It is not necessary that it be shown that the classes to be included are of like or similar character. Indeed. there is as much essential difference between pauper labor and prison labor as there would be between pauper labor and child labor. and the question is. Shall we exclude another class of labor? and the general subject for consideration is the exclusion of classes of labor that may be considered objectionable. It seems to me that there can not be any question as to the point of order. because under the rule when there is a general class under consideration named in the bill that you may add another item to the class is already determined.