Speech #680134253

An amendment of the Constitution. once ratified and finding a place in the Constitution of the United States. stands as long as this Government stands unless repealed or modified. The time may come half a century hence or 100 years from now when certain forms of our agriculture may be Industrialized. where It may be carried on in the same way as to certain forms of agriculture as great industries are now being carried on. When that time comes it may be that the farmers of the United States would be unwilling to meet the competition where great corporations. perhaps with a lowering of the doors of immigration. may employ. not as farmers do their children upon their farms. but in exactly the same way as factories do. little children for a mere pittance of wage. having Ao interest and having no concern for their welfare. The time may come when the farmer himself may be asking the Congress of the United States to deal with that subject in the interest of the farmer. Let me say just a few words upon the subject of the age limit of 18 years.