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About Will Maupin's weekly. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1911-1912 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1911)
THE ONYX FOUNTAIN The fnest in the west. Just the place for those delicious summer drinks. Lincoln's popular after-the-mati-nee and after-the-opera resort. Good service quickly performed. The parlor de luxe. RECTOR'S 12th and O St. j,i r l & II ?i w... OFFICE OF DR. R. L. BENTLEY, ' SPECIALIST CHILDREN Office Hours I to 4 p. m. Office 21 18 O St. Both Phones LINCOLN. NEBRASKA MONEY LOANED on household goods, pianos, hor ses, eto.; long or short time, No charge for papers. No interest in advance. No publicity or fil papsrs, We guarantee better tet ms than others make. Money Eaid immediately. COLUMBIA iOAN CO. 127 South 12th E. FLEMING 1211 O Street Jewelry and wares of Precious Metals. Best selected stock in Lincoln. Here you can get anything you want or need in the line of jewelry, and at the inside price. Especially prepared for commencement and wedding gifts. Watch repairing and Engraving. See Fleming First SAFETY FOR TOILERS. John Mitchell Favors Compensation Over Liability Laws. In an address at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science John Mitchell, the labor leader, said: "It is a strange commentary on our boasted American civilization that .in the United States three times as many persons In proportion to the number employed are killed or injured In the course of their employment as in any other country in the world." This startling state of affairs does indeed constitute a strange commen tary on our industrial practices, and our civilization in jeneral. The pride of the nation, if nothing else, should lead the American people to insist upon radical Improvement of condi tions. Mr. Mitchell points out the Deed of more Intelligent factory and mining inspection laws and their rigid en forcement. The number- of factory and. mine inspectors must be increased and the inspectors removed from the sphere of political influence. Mr. Mit chell also urges the establishment of schools for the special training of in spectors in connection with publicly maintained museums in which safety devices would be displayed. He offers the further suggestion that the use of the most approved safety appliances be made compulsory upon employers. With reference to compensation for such injuries as are inevitable Mr. Mitchell says: "From time Immemorial the work ingmen of the United States have en deavored to have enacted comprehen sive employers' - liability laws, and. while I am In full sympathy with their efforts in this direction, yet-it is to be remembered that even the best sys tem of employers' liability means ex pense, delay "and litigation,, whereas compensation laws, such as prevail in foreign countries, work automatically, benefits are paid immediately, friction is eliminated and a large measure of justice is done." It is unfortunate that all leaders of organized labor do not see the truth of this matter of compensation for Indus trial accidents with as clear vision as does John Mitchell. Chicago News. LABOR IN PARLIAMENT. ! Bill to Legalize Broader Trade Union Activity. The guiding spirits of the labor par ty in Great Britain have presented. to parliament its new bill to legalize the expenditure of funds by trade unions In whatsoever manner directed by these organizations. The text has been Issued of the trade union law amendment, No. 2 bill, pre sented by Mr. Johnson and supported by Ramsay MacDonald, Enoch Ed wards, James Haslam. Mr. Barnes, Arthur Henderson, Kelr Hardie, Wil liam Harvey, Mr. Hudson, George Roberts, Mr. Clynes and Mr. Parker. The measure seeks to enact that a trade union shall have power and shall be deemed always to have had power, whether acting by itself or In conjunc tion with any other trade union, asso ciation, body or person, to apply its funds or any portion thereof for or toward or. In connection with (a) the purpose of procuring or assisting to procure the return of members of par liament or of any public or local au thority or of any other public body, or (b) the purpose of providing or partly providing for the maintenance and. other expenses of such members, or (c) both such purposes, and to do such other acts as may in the opinion of the trade union be desirable in order to promote, whether by political ac tion or otherwise, the interests of workmen. HUMAN LIFE CHEAP. Brutal Disregard of Toilers Shown by Fire Disaster. New York city has suffered a factory fire attended with a loss of about 150 lives. As has been the case so many times, man's inhumanity to man, of ficial neglect and Incompetency and , perhaps graft are accountable for this criminal disaster. Hundreds of men, women and chil dren were penned and herded at their work on the top floors of a tall build ing, a structure apparently highly sus ceptible to a quick and violent confla gration. Municipal officials admit that fire protection in that particular build ing was surprisingly defective. The ways of escape open to the hundreds of workers were worse than inade quate. They were practically useless. Nothing was left to the victims save a choice of the manner in which they would die. They might stay and be burned to cinders or they might jump to certain death. It is related in the dispatches that the employers of these helpless vic tims had insured their property at a high value. Manifestly the danger of destruction or damage to this property was well apprehended. But as to pro vision for saving the lives of human beings, that was thought of so little consequence that it escaped attention or at least it was ignored. Such brutal disregard for the lives and welfare of those who toil is amaz ing. It fails to accord with the spirit of the civilization of which we some times boast. Only the rankest and most sordid commercialism could be so morally blind to responsibility. Only selfishness or self seeking of the most extreme kind could thus gamble with the possibilities of sacrificing human lives. Chicago News. Southern Pacific Cuts Wages. Notice has been given by the South ern Pacific railroad of the transfer of its firemen, conductors and brakemen from Oakland, Cal., to Tracy. This means that soon between 3,000 and 4,000 residents of Oakland will be com pelled to remove to Tracy. According to bulletins posted by the Southern Pacific, the working week of all yard employees is reduced to five days. This means that men who have been earn ing from $90 to $100 a month will in the future have difficulty in making more than $50 to $G0 a month. All overtime for the workmen is also abolished. Recall In California. The California legislature has passed a law providing for the initiative, referendum and recall in cities. The measure will take effect May 13. Ac cording to the bill, any elective munic ipal officer in the state may be re called four months after taking office if 25 per cent of the voters sign a recall petition and a majority of the voters vote against him at the recall election. Municipal legislation may be referred or initiated by a petition of 10 per cent of the registered voters. Favors Eight Hour Day. Governor Johnson of California sign ed the eight hour bill, for women. "The argument against the eight hour day for women is purely economic," is the decision expressed by the governor in a comprehensive statement accompany ing the signature of the bill, and he Instances that the same arguments have been raised against child labor, pure food and mining and smelting legislation. "The smelters still run." observes the statement, "and addition al ones are being built." The state ment takes the further, position that "productivity will not be materially decreased under an eight hour law." SPECIAL BARGAINS FOR SATURDAY Men's $30 Suits $20 Men's 25 Suits... 18 Men's 20 Suits,. 15 Men's 15 Suits 10 Men's $1.50 Union Suits $1 Men's .75 Union Suits.. . 35 Boston Garters, 25c kind .10 15c Sox Three pairs for a quarter. 25c Sox Three pairs for half a dollar. STRAW HATS Extra Bargains in This Season's Styles. :,; 50c to $2.50 LINCOLN CLOTHING COMPANY Opposite Postoffice Trade Here and Save Money Wageworkers hs Attention SSStSS Plenty of it. 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