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' Merely speaking of the weather, not the animals. March, you know, came in like a lamb, which reminds us
that spring is already here, and with it the thought of summery garments, of spring suitings, and fine shirtings, and .;
lightweight hats, and new shoes, and lighter underwear, and all the things that listen so good after a long seige of
winter. That reminds us that we didn't have much winter. Little hard on the coal man, and, by the way, not so
good as it might have been for the clothier. But never mind that we are still on deck and always smiling.; But we;'
want to drop a few words about our spring goods. ; , -., ; .... , , o
THE CHOICE OF THE BIG MARKETS.
We believe we have secured the nobbest, best, neatest and choicest lines of Clothing, Etc., ever brought to
Lincoln for spring display and sale. We scoured the market, and we are proud of the results. They are goods we
take pleasure in standing behind, knowing that they will meet every expectation and promise. Incidentally we might
mention that the lines of Union Made Goods are just the biggest and best ever. We say "incidentally," because
everybody knows we handle more Union Made Goods than any other concern in this section. We outfit union men--ahd
othersin union made articles from head to feet. In fact we are the "Head to Feet Outfitters of Union Men."
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
To drop in and inspect our spring styles. They'll delight your eye, appeal to your artistic taste, to your de
sire for the best at the moderate price, and to your purse. The best of all is that we start right off offering them at"
the bargain price the bargain price now, not when the snow begins to fly next winter. Think that over. Every
thing that union men want to wear we have in stock.
SPE
ER &; SIMON
Corner 10th & O St.
LOSE UP RAN
KS.
Labor's Forces Must Solidify io
Maintain Their Rights.
THE FATE OF THE INDIAN.
Illustrates the Peril That Confronts
the Wageworker Individual Effort
Futile Against an Organized and
Active Foe.
A labor orator could make a tolling
address by pointing to the downfall of
the Indians of North America. There
was never a' time when the lesson
which the Indians teach was more
necessary thai! it is today. Four hun
dred years ago there was not a white
man living in America. The Indians
were the owners and masters of the
whole continent. Today all who re
main of the great tribes are penned up
In narrow strips of land in the western
states without power, influence or the
right of self government.
The Indians had America and lost it.
Why? r.eeause they were not intelli
gent enough to organize a national
federation." There wrere millions of In
dians.1 They were good fighters. No
white race possessed - more count ge.
United they could have defeated any
fleet that Europe could have sent
across sfci ocean. But they could not
agree'among themselves. It has been
estimated that the Indians spoke over
2.5UO '-different languages and five
times its many dialects. This plainly
proves that the motto of the Indians
was, "Every tribe for itself."
If the Indians had acted together
they ; uiiht have held the country at
least for several hundred years longer
and then kept a large part of the west
for their own use, just as the Mexicans
today have their own land. But they
were bad unionists. If the Algonquins
went on strike against the whites the
Objibwas became "scabs" and joined
the whites. When the Iroquois got
wiser and formed a confederaqy the
smaller tribes refused to join it and
did their best to break it up because
they were jealous of its strength.
Every tribe., even if ft had only 500
members, thought it was big enough
lo stand alone. The idea of a great
irresistible federation of all the tribes
was too big an idea for the narrow
brain of the red man. He was afraid
that if he organized he would lose his
individual liberty. As a result of not
organizing he lost his liberty, his
country and his life as well.
There are thousands of American
workingmen today who have Indian
minds. In fact, they are lower than
Indians, for they do not even join
their own tribes. They imagine that
the rights of an individual will be re
spected in a country where even the
strongest organizations have to fight
for fair play. Although they are over
worked and underpaid and have feAver
liberties than an Indian's pony, they
have been hypnotized into the belief
that an organization would deprive
them of freedom.
There is a higher class of working
men who have organized themselves
into tribes, but who are not yet wise
enough to see the necessity of a na
tional federation. Their little tribal
glory puffs them up to such an ex
tent that they cannot realize their
weakness when compared with the
might of organized capital. Some- of
their leaders would sooner be big toads
in small puddles than small toads in
big puddles, and so they are prevent
ed from taking the only step than can
preserve their rights through the
stormy days that are approaching.
But the most gratifying fact that
American workingmen can consider to
day is the fact that already the great
majority of the organized workers are
united in the American Federation of
Labor, which is growing at the rate
of nearly half a million a year.
Every wageworker, skilled and un
skilled, should be loyal not only to his
own local union, but to the American
Federation of Labor, that unites all
and gives to every one of them the
prestige of its strength.
No body of men ever had,as rich,
as cunning, as powerful, or as- well
organized an enemy to oppose as that
which blocks the path of organized
labor today. It will take all the men
and all the money and all the brains
that labor's forces possess to maintain
the rights that have been won and to
obtain more.
This is no time for squabbles over
petty matters of trade jurisdiction, or
for wrangles between rival leaders, or
for concocting' wild schemes' of poli
tical revolution. This is a time to
close up ranks, to enlist new mem
bers and new trades, to strengthen the
weak places, to teach what we know
of unionism and learn more, to remem
ber how the Indians lost America and
to prevent it from being lost a second
time by the people of the United
States. Herbert Casson.
Union Labor Briefs.
Nashville's municipal free employ
ment bureau has been a success from
every standpoint.
The International Typographical un
ion starts the year 1011 with more
than 50,000 members oh its rolls.
" The International Metal Workers'
federation now embraces more than
f orty VErftlfT erenjunionsyith an ag
gregate membership of 750,000. f
At the recent meeting of the San
Francisco Patternmakers association
each member gave his personal gift of '
$10 to the 'thirty members of the j raft
on strike in Los Angeles. .
The striking machinists on the Bal
timore and Ohio Southwestern have...
returned to work victorious. It is es
timated that the trouble cost the. road
more than $7,000.(1.00. while, the rstrik
ers lost $500,000. ...
Since the Chieago shirt waist mak- v
ers' strike began in September it is es- -;
thuated tluit the loss in wages to the
workers has amounted to $6,50Q.OOE " '
This amount is more than equaled-by .j,
the loss to the employers. : :- - ; -:
The international unions in the Unit
ed States have : contributed -more in
one year to the support of Canadian
members on strike than the Canadians
have paid in three; years to their re
spective international unions. . y
With a Christmas gift of $5,000
from the unions of San Francisco the
Los Angeles strikers were cheered. In
the Los Angeles Building Trades tem
ple a huge Christmas tree, laden with
simple gifts, was installed for the
children of the strikers. ; ' ... .
In 1910 the Brotherhood of Painters.
Decorators and Paperhangers : Issued
eighty-three charters and gained in
membership G.G58; death benefits. $8(5,
249; death benefits, members' wives.
$9,325: disability benefits, $10,975; do
nations to other unions. $5,000. ;
American Seamen Will Strike.'-"?
Matthew Tearle, secretary ;: of; th;
American branch of the- Sailors anc
Firemen's Union of Great Britain, re
ports that at a meeting attended by
representatives of the International
Seamen's Union of America m New
York it was voted iinanimously ;to
join in the strike. of the English sea
men to--start at all ports in May. the
date to be made public the evening be
foso it goes into effect, u
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