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Established 1884
Auto Phone 6045
Louis Jensen
General Contractor
419 Little Building
CONTRACTOR FOR THE NEW
COMMERCIAL CLUB BUILDING
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Mrs. Lush's Dining Room
Good Table Board
and Rooms
Home Cooking
1 204 P Street
Henry C. Bittenbender
Abstractor
Abstracts of Title for All Property
in Lancaster County
109 South 10th Street Lincoln, Nebraska
A. A. TANNER
Pres. & Mgr.
A. J. WHEELER
Vice-Pres.
J. B. MEISINER
Secretary
Lincoln Lumber & Coal Co.
Lumber and Coal
TELEPHONES: AUTOMATIC 1713; BELL 713
TRY OLYMPIC COAL. THE BEST EVER
Yards 18th and R Lincoln, Nebraska
MEN'S SHOES
The kind that wear well and
give satisfaction. Always at
THE RIGHT PRICE -;- -:-
M. BAUER
112 SOUTH NINTH STREET, -:- LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
TO BOOM THE LABEL
New York Trade Unionists Unite For
Good Purpose.
The formation of a Central Union
Label council, which has been in the
preliminary stages for several months,
has taken concrete form In Greater
New York, and a permanent organiza
tion has been effected. The pioneers
in the movement are composed of the
Allied Printing Trades council, the
Central Labor union of Brooklyn, the
Central Federated union of Manhat
tan, the Bronx Labor council and the
Women's Trade Union league.
The objects of the council are to pro
mote a greater demand for products
bearing the union label and of labor
performed by union workers; to in
vestigate into, devise, recommend and
within the limits of its authority carry
Into effect methods for the advertise
ment of union label products; to edu
cate the members of trade unions,
their families and the general public
upon the economic, social and moral
nplift furthered by the trade union
movement; to further the general wel
fare of all affiliated organizations and
to aid in the work of organization
among all the toilers for the common
good; to promote the organization of
assembly district councils to work un
der the direction and supervision of
the Central Union Label council in
creating a demand for union label
products in their respective assembly
districts and to assist the parent body
In every manner possible in protecting
the interests and furthering the wel
fare of organized labor.
The promoters of this new central
body say: "The formation of the Cen
tral Union Label council marks the
starting point of the most comprehen
sive and businesslike plan to make ef
fective use of the purchasing power of
the money earned by organized labor
that progressive .trade unionists have
taken since the adoption of union la
bels. Three hundred thousand work
ers In Greater New York are now or
ganized in their producing capacity.
To organize them in their purchasing
capacity Is both practicable and prac
tical. It can be done, must be done, if
they are to hold what they have gain
ed by hard work and the sacrifice of
time and money. The development of
trade unionism has been jug-handled.
Most of our efforts have been directed
to the earning side. The spending side
has been neglected."
A CAPABLE OFFICIAL
Frank . Morrison, Secretary of the
American Federation.
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, who
was elected in 1896 and who has
been continuously re-elected since, is
a printer and a member of Chicago
Typographical union No. 16. Mr.
Morrison was elected to the conven
tion of the International Typograph
ical union held at Colorado Springs in
1896 and was elected. a delegate from
that organization to the convention of
the American Federation of Labor
held in Cincinnati "in 1896. He was
elected secretary of the American
Federation of Labor at the Cincinnati
convention without opposition. .
Mr. Morrison was born in 1859 of
Scotch Irish parentage, and his early
education was consistent with the op
portunities afforded by the earnings of
his father until he reached the age at
which he 'was able to learn a trade,
when he entered a printing office and
later became a proficient workman.
He has always been intensely inter
ested in labor matters and was once
secretary of the Chicago labor con;
gress. He is a graduate of Lake Forest
university and was admitted to the
bar in 1894; but, while he has not fol
lowed the profession of law, he has
given evidence of his ability In that
direction and is a man whose capabili
ties are practically limitless when it
comes to a matter of dealing with the
problems which confront the organized
wageworkers of the country. As a'
thoroughgoing trade unionist he is
the peer of any man in the movement.
He is not a man of strong likes and
dislikes, but is evenly balanced and
willing to give any one with whom he
may have a difference of opinion the
same privilege of expression as he de
sires to have for himself.
The work of the secretary of the
American Federation of Labor since
Mr. Morrison became an official has
grown three hundredfold until the
financial portion of his duties exceeds
that of many banking institutions.
By a perusal of the Federationist, the
monthly official publication of the
American Federation of Labor, there
can be found each month an Itemized
statement of all receipts and expendi
tures, so that not only the affiliated
organizations may be made aware of
the financial transactions, but the pub
lic at large also. As a harmonizer of
elements in conflict Mr. Morrison has
shown great aptitude and has the con
fidence of all of the members of or
ganized labor. He has been elected a
delegate to the American Federation
of Labor by the membership of the In
ternational Typographical union every
two years since 1896, with an ever in
creasing vote, signifying the high es
teem in which he is held by his own
craft and as a tribute to his successful
career as secretary of the American
Federation of Labor. As an. organizer
he has but few equals, he being con
stantly employed in opening new fields
in an effort to place workmen under
the banner of the great labor move
ment. Since Mr. Morrison's election in 1896
the annual receipts of the federation
have increased from $18,639.92 to
$193,470.84 in 1910, that being the re
port submitted to the last convention
in St. Louis. The American Federation
of Labor has reached the high water
mark in membership during 1911.
Women In Labor Day Parade.
The Women's Trade Union league of
New York city thus cautions its mem
bers to be on hand for the Labor day
parade: "Please remember the Labor
day parade, Sept. 4. Everybody plan
ning for a vacation be sure to return
in time for this demonstration. The
Women's Trade Union league must
make a better showing than ever before."
Worrying Happiness.
! The bishop of Manchester, speaking
at a meeting at Church House, West
minster, said the secret of happiness
was to have a sufficient multitude of
worries.
. The man who had only one worry,
a blind that would not be pulled up
straight by the servant or a coal scut
tle the bottom of which was always
coming our, found his way to the in un
tie asylum, but the man who had no
time to dwell upon his worries because
he had to go from one to another and
back again and round and round like a
squirrel in a cage could be a perfectly
happy man. London Mall.
Elastic.
I "An one other thing i want you to
remember when you build the house
Is to put one of the finest elastic steps
on it that money can build.'
"An elastic step, madam?"
"Xes; 1 was readin' how Miss Blu
blud bad a tine elastic step, an' I want
one just tike it or better." Houston
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