Excerpt from The Labor Legislation of Connecticut The child labor laws constitute the earliest and most important branch Of labor legislation In Connecticut. They are also the most voluminous. The leading citizens and legislators early recognized the right and duty Of the State to secure the best welfare Of all its citizens by securing to each child a minimum of education and a natural physical and moral development; and the State has long assumed its right to control the child, (i) for its own safety, (2) for the welfare of its citizens, and (3) for the benefit Of its ward, the child. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.