Read this excerpt from a New York State commission
investigating living and working conditions in tenement
houses.

Another great evil of tenement house manufacturing was
the fact that it made legally possible the work of little
children in manufacturing pursuits at home, when the law
rigidly excludes them from such occupations in the
factories. Children as young as five, six, and seven
years of age were found doing work. One little girl, aged
7, testified that she worked until eight o'clock in the
evening.

What labor issue did the commission identify?

A. Fire and building safety codes were not being
followed in factories.

B. Young children were doing manufacturing work in
tenement houses.

C. Work done in tenements was more profitable than
work done in factories.

D. Workers were not being allowed to organize unions or
to hold meetings.