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We have Placed on Sale our Entire Stock, consisting of about 4,000 pair of Men's High
Grade Trousers worth $5.00 to $8.50.
These Trousers are all two of the
best makes in the world, and you will
find every good color and pattern made,
every pair perfectly tailored and correct
ly styled, and the greatest pant values
ever offered for the money.
COME EARLY You can always use an Extra Pair of Trousers, and these are Certainly Bargains for the money.
YOUR CHOICE AT
ARMSTRONG CLOTHIMG CO.
Good Clothes Merchants
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR
The legislative committee . of the
State Federation of Labor is on the
ground and is pushing the Federa
tion's labor bills before the legisla
ture. Frank Coffey and H. L. Brid
well are keeping cases for the organ
ization, and from now on one or the
other will be actively on duty. Sen
ate File 16, the bill providing for
safety to workers on public struc
tures, has a good start towards the
goal, and the prospects are bright.
The senate judiciary committee
showed signs of balking on reporting
the bill favorably, but tremendous
pressure was brought to bear and
finally the committee recommended it
for passage without amendment. A
couple of senators wanted to relieve
the owner from responsibility, . but . it
was pointed out that this would prac
tically emasculate the bill and it was
finally agreed to leave that provision
in.
As was expected the finance way3
and means committee of the house re
fused to concur in the deputy labor
commissioner's recommendation for
an increased appropriation and work
ing force, but no effort was made to
convince the committee. Not be
cause of any lack of interest but be
cause a bill bas been drafted for the
reorganization of the Bureau of La
bor, and when that comes up there
will be plenty of backing on hand to
make the committee sit up and take
notice of the righteous demands of
the workers.
ers without doing any injust:ce to em
ployers. .
The visual attempt is being made
to secure 'a garnishee law that will
enable the grocer and the baker . to
attach a man s wages regardless of
conditions. Worldngmen are not op
posed to a garnishee law that does
not hit wholly at them. If all ex
emption laws are repealed the wage
earners will readily agree. But a law
permitting the ; garnisheeing of wages
is a bit one-sided.
An important bill has been intro
duced and refers to the matter of as
signing wages. The proposed law will
make any assignment . of wages void
unless signed by the wife, the same
as a chattel mortgage. Such a law
would put a crimp in the "salary
loan" people, and they are expected
to fight it to the last ditch.
The legislative committee met
Thursday evening of this week and
practically completed the work of
drafting the employer's liability bill.
It still needs a little polishing. It
will follow closely the "model bill"
prepared by the American Society
for the Promotion of Labor Legisla
tion, and it fullv protects the work-
Th? Typographical Union ball next
Tuesday evening promises . to be one
of the most pleasant of the functions
managed by this pioneer organization.
Enough tickets have already, been
sold to insure a large gathering, and
the committees in charge are spar
ing no efforts to insure a good time
for the guests. The "Woman's Auxil
iary will have charge, of the refresh
ment features. The tickets are $1
extra ladies 25 cents each; A cordial
invitation is extended to all friends
of the Typographical Union.
Chicago newspaper printers . have
negotiated a new scale which secures
an increase of 7 cents an hour for
the hand-men. Proofreaders, copy
holders, copycutters, makeups and
machine-tenders get an increase of
$3 a week. The linotype operators
secured their increase a year ago.
The conditions remain the same.
A million-dollar labor headquarters
in the national capital is being
planned by a special committee of the
executive board of the A. JF. of L. The
board has been wrestling with the
question of a new national home for
the representatives of labor for near
ly a year. Under its instructions the
committee which was recently ap
pointed will draw up the plans and
estimates. A big office building in
downtown Washington is contemplated.
All is not peaceful in the garment
working trades in Chicago, -despite
the fact that the strike has been
called off. It now develops that the
members of the employers' associa
tion are working the "black list"
game, and thus weeding out the man
and women who were in the least
prominent in the management of the
recent strike. The Chicago Federa
tion of Labor is investigating and
will prosecute to the limit if sufficient
evidence can be secured.
The three big buildings now being
erected in Lincoln are giving em
ployment to a goodly number of
building tradesmen, but the fact re
mains that under splendid weathar
conditions work in the building trades
lines is slower now than at any time
for several years. The report that
Lincoln conditions were especially
good resulted in bringing a lot of
building tradesmen here, only to find
that Lincoln, like her sister cities, is
suffering 'a slump. .'
Trouble over the matter of speci
fications for the plumbing brought
the plumbing on the Bankers' Life
building to a standstill Wednesday.
The city engineer insists that the city
ordinances are not being followed.
The city requires cast iron pipe with
lead joints, and the specifications of
the architect call for wrought iron
pipe with screw joints. It is con
tended that the latter is superior to
the requirements of the city ordi
nance, but the city engineer did not
look upon it in that light. A special
meeting of the city council was held
Thursday morning to inquire into the
matter, but it was not definitely set
tled at the time Will Maupin's. Week
ly went to press.
The Beatrice Creamery people ex
pect to move into their new quarters
the first of March. The new building
is an immense affair.
Bert Chipman avows and avers
that boosting for the Moose beats
working at the plumbing trade, hence
he will continue to be a booster.
It has been suggested that the Cen
tral Labor Union take a booth at the
Lincoln Industrial Exposition and
make an exhibit of all the union
goods v manufactured in Lincoln. The
exhibit would not be large, but It
would include cigars, smoking to
bacco, printing, bookbinding, paint
ing, woodwork and plumbing.; Such
an exhibit could be made of great
educational value, and the expense
would be nominal compared with tne
gains.
The New Century Company . lias
been sold to a, novel ty house and a
part of the material has been divid
ed up among a couple of local prlnt
eries. Mr. McCartney has been tagged
by the Texas fever and will locate
in the Lone Star state and raise
three-line pica oranges, double
leaded tomatoes, deckle-edged celery
and 8-ply cabbages.. - He will also in
ject into the market an - occasional
basket of strawberries, - the. bottoms
120 points from the lower edge and
60 points from the top. It, is report
ed that he' will also . raise some De
Vinne hens and perhaps some Gothic
pigs. . ;