Question: "At what age do you take children into your mills?"

Robert Owen: "At ten and upwards."

Question: "Why do you not employ children at an earlier age?"

Robert Owen: " Because I consider it to be injurous to the children, and not beneficial to the proprietors."

Question: "Do you give instruction to any part of your population?"

Robert Owen: "Yes. To the children from three years old upwards, and to every other part of the population that choose to receive it."

Question: "If you do not employ children under ten, what would you do with them?"

Robert Owen: "Instruct them and give them exercise."

2. Owen would not employ very young children. Those he did employ got better food and shorter hours than normal. There was even a school at the mill. He found that healthier children worked better and so he did not lose money by giving better conditions.