▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁in ▁Crown ▁M ills , ▁Whit field ▁County , ▁Georgia , ▁the ▁average ▁do f fer ▁was ▁four teen ▁years ▁old . ▁A ▁do f fer ▁in ▁North ▁Carolina ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁would ▁ear n ▁$ 2 . 4 0 ▁per ▁week , ▁while ▁a ▁head ▁do f fer ▁would ▁ear n ▁$ 3 . 5 0 . ▁Sk illed ▁workers ▁would ▁ear n ▁more . ▁ ▁A ▁drawing - in ▁girl ▁could ▁make ▁$ 6 . 0 0 , ▁a ▁war per ▁$ 7 . 5 0 ▁and ▁an ▁engineer ▁up ▁to ▁$ 9 . 0 0 , ▁while ▁the ▁we ave ▁b oss ▁made ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁$ 1 5 . 0 0 . ▁The ▁working ▁week ▁would ▁be ▁ten ▁hours ▁a ▁day ▁from ▁Monday ▁to ▁Saturday . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁a ▁do f fer ▁in ▁North ▁Carolina ▁only ▁had ▁to ▁work ▁about ▁half ▁the ▁time , ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁play ▁baseball , ▁sw im ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁river ▁or ▁otherwise ▁relax ▁until ▁the ▁wh ist le ▁of ▁the ▁head ▁do f fer ▁called ▁them ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁mill . ▁ ▁If ▁a ▁rural ▁mill ▁dep ended ▁on ▁a ▁water ▁wheel ▁for ▁power , ▁a ▁dr ought ▁could ▁provide ▁more ▁free ▁time ▁as ▁the ▁mill ▁would ▁only ▁run ▁a ▁few ▁hours ▁each ▁day . ▁ ▁Lewis ▁H ine ▁obtained ▁a ▁job ▁with ▁the ▁National ▁Child ▁Labor ▁Committee ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 , ▁and