An 1890 article by Clare de Graffenried surveying child labor in the United States, with comparisons to England and Germany. It draws on factory inspectors' reports, census data and the author's own observations of workshops and mills. Topics include working conditions, illiteracy, accidents, health effects, tobacco, textile and yarn mills, Southern and New England states, and the state of factory and school legislation. It concludes by arguing for uniform factory regulation and better enforcement of existing laws.

A 1891 magazine article by Clare de Graffenried on the poor white "crackers" of Georgia and the Southern cotton mills where they work. It describes their homes, dress, diet, habits, dialect, religion, and schooling, and the labor of women and children in the mills while the men stay idle. The text is illustrated with sketches by Kemble, including scenes of cracker homes, mill women, and the mill interior. It is a social commentary of its time and has no technical weaving content.