the factory acts were a series of acts designed to protect factory workers , children and women in particular , who were forced into hard work during the industrial revolution . 工場法（こうじょうほう）は産業革命期において苛酷な労働を強いられた工場労働者、特に幼年労働者及び女子労働者を保護することを目的として制定された法律。
he acknowledged a need for the enactments of factory acts from the perspective of ' the development of healthy citizens ' , and he strongly insisted on his opinion in front of those who were against the acts including eichi shibusawa (who later changed his position to the consenting party ) in a meeting of the superior council of agriculture , industry , and commerce held in 1896 . 彼は「健全なる国民の発育」の観点から工場法の制定の必要を認めており、1896年の農商工高等会議ではこれに反対する渋沢栄一（のち賛成に転じた）らを前に自説を強く主張した。
