Carpenter . rudging by ;No medal gleams upon his breast, No hats wave in the eager people line the wayTo crowd and crush and push and sway Because he passes there. No happy mother brings her son To press him by the few men when his work is done Will call him great or grand ;No splendid roster bears his name. He is not one of thoseWho merit praise flr win applauseOr gain deserved renown because They fight their countrys foes. Hes nothing but a toiler. His hopeless face is wanAnd from his weary, wasted arms The strength is nearly gone ;For helpless little ones he strives Unflinch
Carpenter . rudging by ;No medal gleams upon his breast, No hats wave in the eager people line the wayTo crowd and crush and push and sway Because he passes there. No happy mother brings her son To press him by the few men when his work is done Will call him great or grand ;No splendid roster bears his name. He is not one of thoseWho merit praise flr win applauseOr gain deserved renown because They fight their countrys foes. Hes nothing but a toiler. His hopeless face is wanAnd from his weary, wasted arms The strength is nearly gone ;For helpless little ones he strives Unflinching day by dayAmid destructive fumes that riseTo lure the luster from his eyes And eat his life away. There is no shouting in the street. No bugles thrilling blare ;He trudges past with aching feet To do his best somewhere ;He fights disease and faces death. But no proud steed is his ;He wears no trappings made of who turns to watch him pass Or cares how brave he is? —Chicago Record Wm. D. Miehler. During the past four months I have de-voted my time to assisting our Local Unionsin the states of Kansas and Nebraska inan effort to add to their membership andstrengthen the organization wherever foundweak. The men of our craft in Kansas gen-erally are in employment, especially theunion men, and prospects are very favorablefor continued building operations in the year1910. I find the eight-hour day obtainingin nearly all the cities and towns through-out the state in our line of work; wagesaverage $ per day of eight hours, a num-ber of cities being above this standard anda few below. This, however, applies only tolocalities where the carpenters are organ-ized ; in towns where there is no organizationthere is no standard wage, only that whichthe employer deigns to pay his workman. Inthe case of the building trades, carpentersincluded, this is almost invariably 25 centsper hour, while the ten-hour work day pre-vails, and the men are well satisfied at that
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