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fllE OMAIIA DAILY REE: SATURDAY, MAY f. 1005.
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A recent development in the medicine business is here made public. DR. PIERCE announces that the women taking his
"FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION" are going to know just what is contained in it. His "FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION" for
weak women is not a patent medicine. It is an efficient remedy scientifically extracted from the roots of medicinal plants
which cure the diseases and weaknesses of women. At first DR. PIERCE used it entirely in his private practice, in which
ho made a specialty of the diseases peculiar to women. It was so uniformly successful, that afterwards he decided to put it
up in a form easily obtained at every drug store. Hereafter every bottle of "FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION'' going out from
the WORLD'S DISPENSARY Laboratory, Buffalo, N. Y., will have the ingredients in plain English on every bottle.
NOT A PflRTMLB OR ALCOHOL
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or harmful' drugs is contained in this famous prescription. All women who are afflicted with diseases and weaknesses
peculiar to their sex, can with perfect safety take this medicine, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred they will be
entirely cured of their afflictions. For more than one -third of a century DR. 'PIERCE'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION has
enjoyed a high reputation for the treatment of the CHRONIC AILMENTS incident to womanhood.
THE PROOF :
- From long experience Dr. Pierce acquired the knowledge of how to combine the following ingredients in just the right
proportion in his "Favorite Prescription" for disease of women. '
THIS MEDICINE CONTAINS THE NON-ALCOHOLIC EXTRACTS
OF THE FOLLOWING- NATIVE PL ANTS :
LADY'S SUPPER ( Cyprkpcdlum Pubosccns). '
BLACK COHOSH (Cimlclfuga Racomosa) a
UHICORN ROOT (Chamsslirium Luteum),
BLUE COHOSH (Caulophyllum Thallctroldco).
GOLDEN SEAL C Hydrastis Canadensis.
THE REASON:
To meet the many outrageous and wholly baseless attacks of some scoffers, Dr. Pierce has decided to
make public the ingredients of this best tonic for debilitated and nervous women.
CIHEMISTS TESTING PLANTS.
MAHONEY ON THE OPEN SHOP
Attorney for Business Men's Association
. "Addresses Union Hen.
ARGUES AGAINST EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTS
Central Labor Vnlon Open Meeting
Listens ' to ' the Presentation
I I the Vlenra of the
Opposition.
. An audience of about 400 union working-
men listened with close attention to an ex
haustive paper defending the "open hop"
policy of employers prepared by T. J. Ma
honey, attorney for the Business Men's
association, and read by him at an open
meeting; of the Central Labor union at
Labor temple lent night. Mr. .Ms honey ad
dressed the union at the requit tif-the
educational committee, and, as lie mated
In his Individual capacity and not ua a rep
resentative of the association. .' The usual
meeting room of the union was found too
mall for the crowd that assembled despite
larger hall on the third floor.
Mr. Mahoney expressed his gratification
at being called on to address a meeting of
union men and modestly referred to his
own lire ot toil, which began In a veryU
humble way and has led him through hard
work to hla present eminence. The growth
of the employers' organizations waa briefly
referred to, and the attitude of the union
men as outlined by John Mitchell and Clar
ence Darrow. This brought the Issue be
tween the open a'nd closed shop squarely
together and led to a presentation of Mr.
, Mahoneys view of the legal aspect of the
case. This was partly presented as fol
lows: The statutes forbidding combinations In
restraint of trade follow the rule of the
common law In recognising a verv marked
distinction between what an Individual may
lawfully do, by or for himself, and what a
combination of a number of Individuals
may do by or pursuant to contracts or
ngreemen4 between themselves. The de
mand of labor unions for the closed union
shop Is not and has not been limited to the
assertion of the right of any workman to
refuse employment In open shos. This
demand has uniformly of late years gone to
the extent of requiring the employers to
contract that they will hire and retain none
but union members. It has, in other words,
gone to the extent of demanding of em
ployers that they shall make contracts
which the courts have denounced as un
lawful, and the resistance of employers to
the demands for these contracts hua been,
so far as Its legal aspect Is concerned, sim
ply a refusal to make an unlawful con
tract. But aside from the fact that the
making of such contracts by employers Is
unlawful as agalnxt public policy, and being
lu restraint of trade, there Is another ele
ment which affects both the legality and
propriety of Buch agreements.
Kffect of a Monopoly.
A review of labor conditions throughout
the country followed, In .which ;the closed
hop policy was inferential!? charged with
responsibility, for the Strikes and disorders
that have disturbed the country repently.
He directly charged that the menace of
the union had acted as a deterrent influ
ence against the Investment of capital in
labor and employing enterprises. Mr.
Mahoney continued:
It Is aulte natural that the leaders of
labor unions should think that an increase
of the power of the union would be bene
ficial to workmen and through them to
society in general. Hut however wisely
we all think we would exercise power If
we had It, the most Important lesson
taught by history Is that there is no man
and no class of men who can safely be
trusted with unlimited power. If the labor
unions hud an undisputed monopoly or the
dlspoHltion of all labor, there is no reason
to believe that they would use that ex
traordinary power more wisely or more
justly than would the trust magnates If
endowed with unlimited power In the regu
lation of prloes of the necessities of life.
The unions too often act upon the theory
that there Is a certain fixed quantity of
work to be done and on that theory many
of them seem to assume that the least
work one man, does the greater are the
opportunities for employment of others.
in harmony witn tnat conclusion they have
adopted a number of rules whose tendency
Is to restrict the output. They limit the
number of machines In the factory that
each workman operate, thinking thereby
to make place for a larger number of
workmen. Their conclusion Is based upon
a false premise and the result Is the con
trary to that hoped for. In every labor
employing enterprise, there are certain
fixed charges and expenses, such as Inter
est on the Investment, rents, Insurance,
taxes, supervision and numerous other
Items, that are neither Increased nor de
creased by the volume of the output. But
where the output Is small the cost of each
unit of production Is enhanced by its share
ot tnese permunent ana nxea charges. In
crease the output and you increase the
number of units to which the fixed charges
will be distributed, thereby reducing the
cost of production of each unit, enabling
the manufacturer to sell at a lower price,
resulting in Increased sales and conse
quently a demand for greater production,
affording In turn a demand for more labor.
This economic principle is lust sight of in
the demand for the closed shop. These
rules limiting output work to the disadvan
tage of the employer and of the public,
whereas the open shop means the abolition
ot all such rules and the consequent In
crease of competition, expansion of busi
ness and the reduction of. prices to the
consumer, without In any way reducing
the wages paid to each workman, but.
tending On the contrary, by an Increased
demand for labor, to Increase wages.
Another evil that Is inseparable from the
closed shop Is the restriction of apprentice
ship. Adopt the suggestion of Mr. Mitchell
and make every place of employment a
closed union shop, and It will Inevitably
follow that the unions will seek to limit
the number of persons capable of accepting
employment. In many Instances they have
already attempted to do .this.
Interest of 'the Public.
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services of a skilful phy
sician. Even the best
medicine cannot take the
' place of the family doctor.
Therefore we say: Con
sult your physician freely
about your case and ask
him what he thinks about
your taking Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral for your cough.
If he says take it, then take
it. If he says do not take
it, then follow his advice.
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Mr. Mahoney continued his exposition of
his view of the effect of limiting the num
ber of apprentices, showing what hardship
la Indicted by the rule and then took up
the report of the Anthracite Coal com
mission, quoting from that document at
length.
Workmen and employers are not the only
persons interested in tne question of the
open anop. ilie conditions oi numan so
ciety give rlgius aiiu impose ouugailons
thai aie not luny utpreaseU in Uiu penal
coue. Workmen as a wnole incluue union
ists and nonunioniBta, ana the bent inter
cuts oi all ate observed Dy recognizing tn
right or each to dispose of bis laour, by
luuivldual or by collective contract, in
such a way as to him snail st-em most
Just. The interests ot workmen us a wnole
will be best served by eliminating all such
restrictions upon output, limitations of ap
prenticeships and interruptions of business,
thai tend to discourage the investment of
capital in lubor employing enterprises. It
Is sometimes askea, Wny are employers
so solicitous for the welloeing of tiie non
union worHman- and for his rights a J a
member of society? It may be candidly
answered that employers as a class are
no more philanthropic or public spirited
or uollcltous for the preservation of In
dividual rights than others, but that In the
matter of the open ship controversy they
have a direct and special Interest, and that
it they exhibit more than ordinary solici
tude, on behalf of the Individual rights ot
nonunion workmen, they are prompted
thereto by considerations of their own in
terests; but what are these Interests? Not
merely the grinding down of the workmen
to the lowest possluler wage. More than a
century of Industrial history has demon
strated that the lowest wage is not neces
sarily the cheapest labor. Employers are
fully cognizant of the fact that that labor
is cheapest which by reason of Its superior
Intelligence and It cordial relation to the
employer Is most productive. They also
realize that the advantage of auuerior in
teiugence and the advantage of cordial
relations cannot be had except that the
workmen and the sons of workmen have
the means, the time and the opportunity
of Intellectual advancement, which is com-
atDle only with decent and living pay.
ut their solicitude is nut wholly on be-
hulf of workmen, union or nonunion. The
denial of Individual rights to a nonunion
workman to obtain and retain employment
Implies the denial to the employer of his
individual right of freedom of contract to
employ whom he will to conduct his busi
ness upon such terms as seem to him Just
and protltable, so long as he does not of
fend against either public safety, public
health or public morals, and to enter- Into
contracts and trade relations with other
business men without fear of being com
pelled to violate his contracts and Dreau
oft his trade relations upon the demand
of the unlun that Is no party to either
uch contract or such trade relations,
which demands most frequently are made
against employers who have no controversy
whatever with their own wommen.
The public at large Is interested. It has
an Interest that a trade relation shall not
be arbitrarily Interrupted, that commerce
andMhe necessaries of life shall not be sus
pended, that the public thoroughfares shall
not be transformed Into battlefields, that
life, liberty and property shall remain se
cure, and that the sum total of the pro
ductive capacity and purchasing power ot
the community shall not be lessened by
the deprivation of any man to follow that
calling for wnlch he Is best fitted and In
which he will contribute most to the power
of the entire people to acquire all those
things that constitute a reward for In
dustry and labor. These results are guar
anteed by the open shop. The open shop
spells individual freedom for workmen and
employers alike. It Is the end of arbitrary
limitations upon productive capacity and
means the open door of opportunity to
every American citizen and to every Ameri
can boy to make the most of all the gifts
of nature with which he may be endowed.
Given Cordial Reception.
When Mr. Mahoney was Introduced by
President L. V. Ouye he was applauded
and when he finished there was another
round of handclapplng, though discussion
developed that very few If any of hi
auditors found points of sympathy in the
discourse. At no time was the speaker
interrupted or shown any discourtesy. The
few who participated In the discussion
were Inclined to be good ruttured in their
remarks than otherwise and the tone of
the meeting was that of thought and tol
erance toward honest opinions.
thd question: "Resolved, That for the pres
ent labor unions in America are Justified
In opposing the movement of employers
for the open shop."
Beatrice came up loaded to the guards
with arguments against the closed shop,
but Omaha cleverly sidestepped this par
ticular Issue, declared the closed shop In
defensible and advocated the "union shop"
or a theoretical combination of the best
features of both closed and open shops.
The Beatrice debaters repeatedly asserted
that Omaha had to defend the closed shop.
but the local debaters declined to be led
Into the trap and the weighty polemics of
the opposition directed at the closed shop
might Just as well not have been dissipated.
Charles Erome, Carl Van Bant and Ar
thur Proctor, a new debater who acquitted
himself creditably, composed the winning
team. Beatrice wag represented by James
Ayer, Lawrence Weaver and Sam O. Rln
aker, the latter being unquestionably the
best orator of the afternoon. The contest
was judged by Superintendent Clifford of
Council Bluffs, Prof. Aylesworth of the
University of Nebraska and City Attorney
John P. Breen. Principal Waterhouse pre
sided as chalrdman. Music was rendered
by the High School band, the Boys' octet
and Master Arthur Bolles, soprano. Room
204, where the debate was held, waa well
filled, but not crowded like It was at the
Lincoln debate which Omaha took, also.
Arthur Proctor, who opened for Omaha,
declared bluntly that the open shop pre
vents dealing with unions or collective bar
gaining and Is, therefore, not a good thing,
as unions have proved beneficial to society.
This was the keynote of the argument of
the local debaters nnd they refused to be
Jarred loose from It. The speaker said
neither open nor closed shops are to be
commended, but that the union shop, elim
inating the radical claims for each of the
others. Is a happy solution of the difficulty
and the one that la favored by the most
enlightened, powerful and conservative
unions.
Mr. Ayers for Beatrice stated that the
movement among employers Is not aimed
against unions, but against the abuses of
unions. He proclaimed that the open shop
la not a discrimination against union men
and' that the open is preferable to thf
closed . sliop for five reasons, namely, be
cause the latter is detrimental to the con
sumer, detrimental to employer, detrl
NEW SCALE, BUT NO STRIKE
Sheet Metal Workess Ask Higher Pay,
bat Say They Will Kot
Strike.
The tin and sheet metal workers of the
city, of whom there are about seventy,
have submitted to their employers a re
quest for. higher wages through local union
No. 3. They have not formulated the de
tails of what Is desired, but they ask for
an early conference with the twelve, or
fifteen shop proprietors in the city and
want the Increase to become effective July
I. The minimum wage scale In Omaha
now Is 37V4 cents an hour, but the prices
paid average 42 and 43 cents. In Chicago
and other cities It Is said 50 cents is paid.
"There will be no strike," snld a member
of the union. "If the employers do not pay
us what we think is right we shall simply
go to other cities where there is a big de
mand for metal workers. With the large
amount of construction going on in Omaha
and in prospect all season, we don't see
how the wages can be kept down. The
sheet metal business has grown wonder
fully In the last few years, particularly In
steel ceilings and heating and ventilating
plants, and we think we have a right to
grow with It"
The note to the employers was dispatched
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OMAHA Wll FROM BEATRICE
Loral High School Debaters Defeat
Visitors.
The Omaha High school debating team
took honors in a debate with repre
entatlvea from the Beatrice High school
yeaterda afternoon with the affirmative of
May 1. No reply has been received to date.
The local union Is endeavoring to start a
movement for higher wages throughout the
entire country and circulars will be sent
out urging that the present is the time for
the effort.
JUROR COOPER IS RELEASED ;
Man Who Made Strange Talk to
Breen Dismissed with Led ore
from Conrt.
': After taking a night and a day for'con
sideratlon Judge Kennedy Friday afternoon
released A. E. Cooper from any farther
service with the present Jury panel. Cooper
Is the man who, while serving on a Jury In
Judge Kennedy's court," mado the mistake
of going to talk to City Attorney Breen
presumably about a claim he has pending
against the city.
, What made Cooper's visit to Mr. Breen
constructive contempt of court was the
fact that tho city attorney was defending
on behalf of the' city In the case of John
Dalley for $10,000 damages for Injuries re
ceived by falling through a coal hole in
front of a building owned by General
Charles Manderson, and Cooper was serv
ing on the Jury.
Before discharging Cooper from the panel
Judge Kennedy gave him a heart-to-heart
talking to that undoubtedly will deter him
from ever again making such a mistake.
Announcements of the Theaters.
Today, matinee and night, the last two
performances if the bill on at the Orpheum
will bo given.
The Inst big vaudeville of the season
will bo" given next week, commencing mat
inee Sunday, May 7. Among the headline
features first cqmea the Okabe Japanese
troupe, with their surprises anH' novelties
from" the Oriental home of the little brown
people. There are eight performers In the '
company and they do perch and block equil
ibrium, Jugglery and a large assortment of
the dextrous stunts for which the Japanese
are noted. George C. Boniface, Jr., and
Bertha Waltzlnger will appear in a comedy
sketch entitled "The Medicine Man," while
such other established vaudevllllans as
Foster and Foster in "Wanted, A Pianist;"
Frederick Hurd, the dexterous magician;
Theresa Dorgeval, the dainty vocalist;
Ferry,' "the human frog;" Arthur Kherns
Bnd Medora Cole, In "The Baron," and new
Klnodrome pictures completes the program.
At the closing performance on Saturday
night. May 13, a big amateur show will
be given in conjunction with the - regular
bill. . i
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mental to the nonunion man, not necessary
to unionism and generally detrimental to It
and Is illegal, violating the constitution.
David M. Parry was quoted for the af
firmative by Charles Brome, who threw In
Ray Stannard Baker and a few others for
good measure, also Carroll D. Wright, who
said that In trade agreements la held the
most promising hope for Industrial peace.
Lawrence Weaver for Beatrice went on to
describe the evils of the closed shop and
the Injustice of coercion, declaring that
out of 18,000,000 working people In the United
States only 8 per cent befong to unions.
Carl Van Bant commended organizations
of both employers and employes, saying
that these conduce to Industrial harmony,
but he wanted to know what would happen
If the unions were blotted out and only the
Immensely wealthy capitalistic organiza
tions remain. He concluded that the latter
would exist for srlf-aggrandtzement and
that society would be the loser. '
Beatrice's star debater, Sam O. Rlnaker,
made a convincing attack on the ' closed
shop. He declared that employers are not
anxious to discriminate against union men,
but merely want to attend to their own
business,. - He said the closed shop Is not
necessary to labor unions and cited the
railway brotherhoods and successful trades
unions of England. Nothing, he said.' so
quickly set public sentiment against labor
organizations as demands for a rigidly
closed shop where none but union men
could .work."
Mr. Brome and Mr. Rlnaker closed In re
buttal, neither adding anything particularly
new. but rather clarifying the atmosphere
of contention that had beeu built around
the question. ,
There waa a scene of wild enthusiasm snd
handshaking when the decision was an
nounced, three cheers for the losing team,
proposed by one of he victors, and a 'Jubl-
lant ringing of the high school clock bell
for about ten minutes.
Mr. If. Heyn. phrgrapt.et, is not now la
original location, but at J1S-I0-H 8. 15th BL
Two-story building west side of strt.U
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CIt wouldn't take us long to Show you the wisdom of buying Clothing in this store.
CTe would Show you whether you are a cash buyer or a credit buyer that the sterling values .
we are giving in Men's, Women's and Children's Clothing cannot be duplicated in any other
store In this city. . .
Clf you are a cash buyer we would Show you the folly of paying Cash for Clothing when you
can buy just as cheaply here on weekly or monthly payments and keep your cash for any
contingency that may arise.
CWe would Show you a suit made in our factory which we are selling at $12 which is ex
actly as good in every respect as suits that other stores are selling at $ 1 5 (
Clf we could meet you face to face we would Show you that with a factory employing the most
modern facilities and with 47 stores to take the output of that factory that It is asking altogether
too much of our competitors to expect them to come within speaking distance of our prices.
OJVre you one who has been buying clothing at other stores? If you are we want to meet you
face to face we want to Show you just how we can give-you better qualities than you are now
getting, for less money.
CWe want to Show you that we can save you at least 2$ not only on Clothing but on Hats
and on Shoes. ' . ...
CWe have the patronage of most of the Credit Clothing buyers of this city we ought to
have all of yours and we would have if you would come and let us Show you.
CWe are Show you merchants. We talk facts, not fancies we will Show you that our con
fidence in our goods is so strong that we boldly advertise 44 If goods are not satisfactory
money back." .......
CWe will Show you that our terms are the most liberal in the city that they are based upon
a kindly feeling toward all that in case of sickness or'loss of employment we will Show you
our sympathy In a substantial way.
Clf we could meet you face to face We could Show you how we have grown from 1 store to
47 stores why we ere the largest Credit Clothiers in the World why we have the confidence
of women buyers who know values st a glance. ,
CWe would Show you Stylish Spring Clothing an Immense variety of it Spring Costs,
Suits, Raincoats snd Summer Hats for Women and Misses Snappy Suits for Boys Rain
coats, Topcoats, Suits, Hats and Shoes for Men and Youths all New Styles all cleverly
tailored.
CWe want to Show you ; It means money In your pocket if you'll let us.
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