The Green Forest tribune., 1907-04-12
The Child Slave.


 For a little bread and little meat, For two poor solcs for his weary feet, For tattered coat and bed or rags And a curse or d blow if he ever iass- For the right to live as d worm may He gives up all that a child may give. E.e he tastes the joy to which youth Is His brow is scanned by the marks of Before he has learned that he has the
 right
 To set his goal on the fairest height, He is robbed of hope and deprived of
 zeal
 Our Sod. we say is God of love. And we preach of glores that are above, But never, whatever Death has in store For the little slave when he slaves no
 more.
 May the gee of youth he has never
 known
 Or the joy of winning become his own. He never may know that the world is
 fair,
 And he never may struggle above de-
 spar:
 He is robbed of the chance that he had
 at birth
 To claim the price that man is worth. And, with limbs that ache and with eyes
 that plead.
 He is crucified on the cross of Greed.  For little meat and a little bread And a little l-.st when the day is dead For the right to live as worm may live
 He gives up all that a child may give; And we speak with pride of the grace we
 claim
 And with love we mention the dear
 Christs name
 S F. Riser
 Boston.-New Bedford Weavers union has voted not to apply for charter to the United Textile Work CTS.
 Bostoa.-Fire Commissioner Wells recently granted the men employed on the fire alarm system the eight hour day.
 New York-The Shirt-Waist Max CTS union is preparing to make de- mands for higher wages and recogni tion of the union.
 Rochester, N. Y.-The International Association of Car Workers will revise it's constitution at the annual conven- tion to held here next October.
 ngton.-Maine, New Hamp- shire and Vermont are the only re- maining northern states which permit factory work at the age of F years.
 Berlin.-Leading Polish newspapers announce that soon the Polish agricul- tural workers will begin great strike against the German land own CTS.
 Sydney, N. s. W.-The Hairdressers and Wigmakers' union is urging the necessity for government inspection and supervision of hairdressing sa- looms in the interests of public health.
 lphia.-Following the success of the upholstery weavers in obtaining an II per cent. increase in pay, the Cloth and Dress Weavers union baS decided to ask for a 15 per cent. in- crease.
 Chicago-The union brickmakers of Illinois and Indiana have asked for a flat increase of two cents per hour. The roofers union has entered into final negotiations with the master roofers, the employers organization, and there is every prospect that the three weeks strife of the roofers is at an end The bosses want more 1ib eral rulings on the pay of the laborers engaged i'll the unskilled work of hoisting tar and like materials as dis tihsushed from the roofers. The con cession will probably be granted and the strike will end.
 Paris.-The general federation of labor of France has now assigned June 1 as the date upon which all organ ized workmen of that country will cease work and remain out until the general eight-hour workday is con ceded.
 Pottsvulle, Pa. Settlement was reached in the Carpenters unions demand for an increase of 20 per cent, or an advance from $2.50 to three dollars After a conference with the Builders association a compromise was effected by which s2.75 will be paid. Employees of the 19-inch rolling mill of the East ern Steel company settled all differ ences and resumed work.
 Washington. n.-Secretary Taft has re- considered his original opinion of March relative to the eight-hour law in it's application to employees on river and harbor works. Then he held that the law applied to every person con nected with the work on dredges and steamboats of various kinds, while now he is of the opinion that it affects only mechanics and laborers and does not change the present hours of work of captains, cooks, deckhands, pilots, and the like. Butte, Mont.-The street car situa- tion was cleared up by the street rail way lines giving in to the Working mems union and agreeing to pay the scale of $3.50 per day
 Portland, Ore.-This city has taken a step forward in establishing Enu- nicipal employment bureau in which | work and workers are to be listed free | of charge.
 Chicago was never so free from strikes and lockouts as at | the present time. In neither the Fed eration of Labor nor the Associated Building Trades is there a strike pend | ing of any magnitude. Chicago Consumers league has requested an opinion from the cor | poration counsel on the feasibility ol | having an ordinance which will abol | ish the practice among clothing manu.