Children under the age of 12 are too young to even know what they are getting into when they begin to work in factories and mills, they do not realize what they are doing with their lives. Their bodies are not strong enough to deal with the hard walking, with no rest. 

Did you know that a child in a mill walks no less than 20 miles a day? When I first heard this statement I was astonished, so I went into my factory, and all day I watched and calculated the distance that one small child walked, it was at least 20 miles. 

Small children are growing they need food and rest; they cannot manage with a mere bite of bread and continue working. A person cannot live without breathing. I am not a doctor and I don’t know medical terms, but I do know that the children are not breathing well. I know that I watch them breathing and I watch them not breathing. I watch them hack and spit up blood. They are missing arms and legs…they cannot sleep at night, in many mills they are beaten. Many children die…Children cannot and should not work in factories if they are under the age of 12.