Interstate Commerce in Goods Manufactured by Convict Labor.

hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Sixty-Fourth Congress, first session, on Mar. 22, 1916

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Published 1971 by U.S. G.P.O. in Washington .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Convict labor -- Law and legislation -- United States,
• Interstate commerce -- United States

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About the Edition

Considers (64) S. 4060

The Physical Object
Format	Microform
Pagination	ii, 21-85 p
Number of Pages	85
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL15274722M

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coverage under Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act), which is based on the individual and directly essential to the production of the goods for interstate commerce. 11a04 Advertising display materials. books, for example, there is a pre File Size: KB. Contains a report on interstate commerce and a proposed bill on goods manufactured by convict labor. Folder 31 Manufacturers Association, Folder 32 American Federation of Labor, Folder 33 Convict Labor, Folder 34 Workmen’s Compensation and Employers Liability, Folder 35 Tobacco Statistics, Contains a.

Whoever knowingly transports in interstate commerce or from any foreign country into the United States any goods, wares, or merchandise manufactured, produced, or mined, wholly or in part by convicts or prisoners, except convicts or prisoners on parole, supervised release, or probation, or in any penal or reformatory institution, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned . the principles underlying the convict labor bill would also allow federal legislation banning the interstate shipment of goods produced by other “cheap labor,” such as Chinese workers in California. Others drew the line at “illegitimate” commerce, which would allow Congress to ban diseased cattle from interstate commerce but not healthy. 3. Petitioner manufactures in Kentucky, with convict labor, horse collars, harness, and strap goods which it markets in various states. It tendered to respondent, a common carrier, twenty-five separate shipments for transportation in interstate commerce, of which ten were consigned to customers in states whose laws prohibited the sale of convict-made goods within their .

Petitioner contends (1) that the Congress is without constitutional authority to prohibit the movement in interstate commerce of useful and harmless articles made by convict labor and (2) that the Congress has no power to exclude from interstate commerce convict-made goods which are not labeled as such. First. The commerce clause (Art.   In a speech last month, delivered in the house of representatives, Representative Nolan of California, a member of the labor group, said that the convict labor system prevails in 24 of our states. The deadly riot spurred calls for reform and in Congress created an experimental exception to federal laws barring interstate commerce involving goods manufactured using inmate : Stan Diel.