The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-10
United States is q bread.winner. One
out Of three OF these child workers is

out Of three OF these child workers is
girl. There are said to be 1,75O,17S
children regularly employed, an in
crease OF a31s per cent in ten years
Alabama has the highest percentage
OF child labor, finding work for 27.2
per cent OF her children, while Massa-
chusetts has the lowest, having only
O.5 per cent of her juvenile popula.
tion at work.
Steps are being taken TO establish
at Denver, Colo, home for aged
and INDECENT carpenters. A commit.
tee was appointed at the recent con.
ventlOn OF the Brotherhood OF Car.
penters and Joiners to investigate the
proposition and make report there.
on. The carpenters generally are
said to be favorable to the PROPOSE
tion. Leaders Of the movement point
out the success which has attended
the institution OF the printers home
at Colorado Springs and the good
work they say 1t has accomplished.
The Cigar-Makers' Journal says:
The membership of the International
Union is greater now than it has ever
been before, having reached about
$4,000 regular 30-cent contributing
members. This argues we'll for the
future aud Is a sure indication that
We are on soliu foundation and that
nothing can destroy us except our
own folly. No power from without
can accomplish our defeat or disrupt
the International Union. The best
way to convert the nonunionist to our
way Of thinking and making him a
member Is by the use Of argument
and facts. Violence and abuse make
enemies and drive the nonunionist
.rther away from US. There is a
difference between the willful scab
and the ordinary nonunionist. The
first is viciously mean and should be
treated accordingly, while the latter
is, In most cases, such owing to en-
He should be shown the
error Of his ways and urged by kind
ly argument to become one Of us. 1t
is the duty of the International Union
to lift up the whole craft. and all
members should apply themselves to
this task in a rational and business.
like way"
One of the weak spots in the
American labor movement is the lack
of preparation in times Of peace for
war; the small war chest in the shape
Of permanent reserve fund, says
t6o ;c,,v lyor
and provisions are to a reg
ular army a strong reserve fund is to
a trade union; ample to support mem
bers on strike for an indefinite time.
The weapon OF the Employers Asso-
citation is the lockout, the attempt to
starve the employees into submission
by long struggle, with the ultimate
aim to crush the organization, and re.
duce wages to a mere point OF exist.
ence. A general at the head Of an
army. ignoring the commissary de-
partment in providing ample provi
sicns in times OF peace, Is incompe
tent and should be relegated to the
rear.
The London Board of Trade
through it's Bureau Of Labor, has Just
issued it's eleventh annual report
changes in the rates o:
wages and hours Of labor Throughout.
he United Kingdom in 1903 and the
first six months Of 1904. The report
shows a net decrease in wages. Coal
mining, iron and steel working. en-
cheering, shipbuilding and glass
are the trades most
affected by the fall in wages. The
'eport shows that about $4,000 work
people had their wages changed dur
ng 1903. OF these $1,000 obtained
Increases amounting to about f1,500
$7,2S0) week, while 200 were re-
iuced in amount about $4,000 ($1S9
'94) a week. Changes affecting rs
,er cent Of the total number OF work