R IN THE CANNING INDUSTRY JULY 1908, Lewis W. Hine, In the canneries of Baltimore, as is the case ar esteblishnonts permitted to work for long hours, even though they x the fingers that work along with 4 1s too small to sit up, it is h worker or stowed away in boxes near st hand. Photographs e of the young workers, most of whom are h there is work to do. (The very fact of the wort 9 At difficult to ascertain ju ym deep=seated 4 4 for the children to work in this hap-hazard wasy, - loafing and playing day = and working hard ond long the next.) iiss Rife of the Federated Charities, told me it is a general rule, at these fe the ol + their jobs first and have then apply for weakness of this system is obvious) A working woman told Miss Rife quires no permits and that there are lote of children there, There are several dangers ith this work when dren do it. On evory hand, one oan see little tots toting boxes or pan of beans, wv tomatoes, and it ie ce rk is to nes which no young persond should b ng around. Pa es are ale anne 4 laren. See photos the Ftelda ‘converHont to Beléimore in Anne Arunds. Gounty, and dren are employed as a natter of course, I investigated Creek (and convinced that we have been too lenient with tural p s.") (In the firs place,) the long hours mf + aiiracee imx in the hot oun and i roblem for parents to handle,. reports tell ua other farns are the dren from then working regularly. (See photos [BE to 647}.) Tis ve when=we Pind that many of these little ones worked then are shipped dom to the coast of Carolina oysters during winter months, ,0ne farm on Rook Creek, of the following place shell, a Bohemian, 830 Hartfo 5 children to work at oyster shucking (8 iss. during winter of 1907-8. Th The baby had to be cared for in the shed where they permitted mk no one to stay at home to care for it, ularly (see photo 82 out of their beds by the boss at 3 A.M. and worked ‘dren had to work in orde ive the resented conditions mich er than they turned out to be xx xere lower and were irregular, The a week. Their transportation paid and they had free rent (in shacks where they were huddled like sheep.) ful to "stand any or lose their tran to many inconveniences: perhaps be out of work and evioted with no altematives ¢ work. They bought supplies and food of the Company Store mhere exorbitant prices were charged for poor food. The Overseer and the Sheriff jailed then on slightest meant $25.00 a piece for “costs” to get out. They were cheated weighing and measuring of oysters and fired on various pretoxts. then they reached the South, they we: and it took sone time to get pad nen, the work was so irregular and they had the grippe = then the company gh pay for the company doctor out of their wages.) They returned to Baltinore , with no money ahead. The children had absolutely maxx no xsksk schooling.e a’ then said she was kept back and is now in the 4th grade though ek old. Mrs, Meishell said, "you oan talk about the dexy * (4 Polish woman in another pa: gerated becaus (oxen » d have about ae much chsnoe of getting ahead there agein}® "Wouldn't I like to see the man dare to ack mo? was Yeo, 4, 61 re is a widow and has worked with her children in the berry fields abcut Baltimore for several years. inter she took the children down to Youngs Ieland, £40. and worked for Varn and Beard Pike. Co. Many things has b they got there, she found that all the children, whose fare had beon paid company, hac rk ll the time. The younger children worked coue ond went to hoot vlarly as scon as they were able to stand up to the ben je ives tmx in rough shanties. e dren. They eam teo mich." They had to furnish their own food and their fares were taken out of their cernings little by little. ‘They didn't get ahead ‘inancially though lt was a good year, at place, "Call th: sat, Marie eaid she is now 12 and her brother 9 then have worked in the berry 2% fields near Baltimore 2 years ago ond at oy shucking lest winter and now are stringing beans at the canneries in Baltimore, Reepectfully