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VILL MAUPIN'S WEEKLY
WILL M. MAUPIN, Editor
F.L.SHOOP, Business Manager
PuhlUhed WmU? at Lincoln, Nebraska
by tk Maupin-Shoop Publishing Co.
Office 1705 O Street.
3. 1911. at
Ike p.rt .fflc. t Uaeeh. Nabnib, aadr th. Act of
March S. 1S7.N
ONE DOLLAR THE YEAR
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A GREAT BIG BOOST FOR
GRAND YOUNG NEBRASKA
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Will Maupin's Weekly, the
best single-handed booster Ne-
braska has or ever had, came
out in a blue of glory last
week with its "Nebraska In-
. dnstries Number. ' Twenty-
four pages carried an immense
amount of highly interesting
matter regarding the resources,
attractions and opportunities of
Nebraska, and also numerous ad-
vertisements of manufacturing
concerns who make good goods
in Nebraska and are not afraid
to let people know it.
Will Maupin ought to be put
on the state's payroll for life as
official booster. Omaha Trade
. Exhibit.
STARTING OFF WELL.
A good start is always half the game
and Nebraska has started off well
for a bumper crop in 1912. We've
had a lot of snow this winter, and
Monday night's fall, together with the
rain in some sections, was what some
people would call a "crackerjack."
The fact of the matter is that Ne
braska has been suffering from a
"cumulative drouth" for two or three
years. That is, with a 'bit of shyness
in the annual precipitation, the mois
ture stored deep in past years has
been pretty well exhausted. But this
winter has Been a lot of it going back
into the ground and stored up for the
future. This means a lot under the
new system of cultivation. Winter
wheat thus far has come through the
winter, and conditions right now are
unusually good. At no time during
the past ten or fifteen years have con
ditions at this time of the year been
better than right now. So let's cheer
np and smile and talk as if we really
believed things were going to come out
right. Of course they will ! And when
then do we'll enjoy them all the more
if we've put ourselves in the proper
frame of mind.
OF COURSE, AND TO BE SURE.. .
. . Naturally a lot of farmers would
resent the imputation that they know
little or nothing about selecting seed
corn. Bat so far as we know no one
is charging them with ignorance. This
seed corn agitation is not based upon
the presumed ignorance of farmers. It
is based on a desire to call attention
to the fact that it is unusually neces
sary this particular year to exercise
extreme care in selecting seed corn.
That's all there is to it. Any experi
enced farmer can select good seed
corn. But the average farmer is just
about as careless as the average busi
nessman, and there is always danger
that both will overlook something that
might be of advantage to them. Hence
fee interest a lot of us who are not
farmers are taking in this seed corn
ampaign. Doubtless a lot of us who
are campaigning for good seed corn
election don't know any more about
farming than a farmer knows about
running a linotype, but just the same
we are vitally interested in the corn
crop. No corn crop, no prosperity for
aay of us. Why shouldn't we fellows
who work in revolving chairs by the
side of steam radiators be exercised
ever this matter f And despite some
ef the unkind things said by farmers
about us "city fellows," we are going
to keep right on shouting for good
seed corn selection until the corn is in
the ground. And no one shall say us
"nay."
PURE AND SIMPLE ROT.
Frederick Weyerhauser, the lumber
baron, has just given out an interview
in which he tells young men how to
get rich. Boiled down, the Weyer
hauser plan is to "put your mind to
work, work hard, save money and be
optimistic." . Trite enough, and all
right as far as it goes. But that
wasn't all of the Weyerhauser plan
not by a long shot. He should have
added a few more directions, taking
them from his own logbook! "Gouge
everybody you can, grab a special
privilege and make 'em all come
across, kill off opposition any old way
you can just so you kill it off, and
don't fool any time away in regarding
friendships or common business hon
esty or the rights of others." That's
the real recipe for gaining wealth as
Weyerhauser and others of his ilk
have gathered it. As a matter of fact,
most of these so-called directions for
money making, issued by men who
have amassed millions, are pure and
simple rot. And about the rottenest
we've seen is the recipe promulgated
by Weyerhauser, lumber baron by
grace of robber tariffs and special
privileges. -
Confessing ignorance about the con
ditions leading to the "strike" of high
school students at Columbus, we ven
ture the opinion that about all that
is needed to restore peace and amity
is the application of a sound, well
seasoned waterelm club to the posterior
anatomy of each student.
It has taken seven years to get the
beef packers cornered by the govern
ment, and even now they are more
than likely to slip out. It will be in
teresting to note how much more rap
idly the government will get the sus
pected dynamiters into court and tried
and convicted.
Ever notice how easy it is for a
rich man to smile and remark that his
gold isn't to be compared to his
friends or his wife, or his health?
Of course it's" true, but we do wish
some rich man would give us an orig
inal speil oh that subject. ,
. Arizona is now a state, and the first
thing she should do is to put. the ju
dicial recall back in the constitution.
Then the next thing she should, do is
to wriggle her fingers at the president.
After mature consideration and
some investigation of judicial pro
cedure, we have come to understand
why so many judges oppose the recall
system. They wouldn't last a minute
if subject thereto.
We may admire Governor Harmon
for his bravery in opposing the initia
tive and referendum, but well be
blest if we can commend bis judg
ment. Friends of the initiative and refer-
en'dum in Nebraska should be on their
guard lest professed friends with
knives up their sleeves be allowed to
get too close.
Of course it was all right for the
Roosevelt supporters in Nebraska to
dissemble their love, but why did
they kick John O. Yeiser down stairs t
The trouble about "peace and har
mony" in democratic ranks is that it
wouldn't be natural for democrats to
dwell together in peace and harmony.
Champ Clark and Joe Folk have re
clined together, but if you look closely
you'll see your Uncle Champ on the
outside.
If that Tammany crowd goes to
Baltimore by boat they'll be nearer
to water than they usually are on such
trips.
That Chinese "republic" dope has
created considerably more excitement
in this country than it has in China.
' But "straw votes" are not the kind
of. straws that show which way the
political wind is blowing.
It seems that Judge Hook got the
recall prematurely.
A number of eminent gentlemen
February Clean-up Sale
of Men's Suits and Overcoats
a true message of economy to every man who wears fine
clothes. We bought liberally for this fall and winter but the
late coming of cold weather left thousands of the finest suits
and overcoats on our tables January 1st We did bur best
during January arid were assisted greatly by having to get rid
of the tremendous surplus but today we find ourselves with
more suits and overcoats on our hands than we ever had at
this season of the year, hence this FEBRUARY CLEAN-UP
SALE with all of its money saving opportunities Men,
you may come here today and buy the highest grade clothing
for less money than it cost to manufacture.
Here is the line-up so far as Men's Suits and Overcoats goes:
Grand Division 1 at
518.40
gives choice of all
$35.00, $30.00, $27.50
and $25.00 Suits and
Overcoats in our' store.
ARMSTRONG CLOTHING CO.
who refrain from coughing up a dol
lar for a year of "JVill Maupin's Week
ly,, somehow or other manage always
to read it, grab off its statistics, and
use them as original matter. We're
satisfied af that, because we are will
ing to stand, for almost any .old thing
that will result in making known the
facts about this great state.
The Sioux City Journal has an edi
'toriai writer who deals -almost wholly
with Nebraska topics. The chief
trouble with this editorial writer, how
ever, is that he knows so much that
isn't so.
J. Pierp Morgan has spent $100,000,
000 on his ar$ collection. And within
a stone's throw of his gallery thou
sands of people go hungry to bed if
they hkve any beds to which they
may go.
The various candidates are having
a hard time trying to stir up enthusi
asm. The average voter is doing his
own thinking these days, and that
sort of thing keeps the candidates
guessing. .
Every time you write to an eastern
friend remind him of the fact that in
1911 Nebraska produced more agricul
tural wealth per capita than any other
state. ' ' '
Smooth man, Mr. Roosevelt. By re
maining silent for a space of time he
can decline to run if the signs don't
look right. If they 'look right he can
"yield to pressure."
The Legislative League banquet was
all right. , But wouldn't it have been
buliy if the ex-members had told all
they know, about how the game is
worked ! .
THREE EXPLANATIONS.
We are offered three reasons for the ,
great strike of millworkers at Law
rence, Mass. One is by the chief ex
ecutive of the state. Another is by a
government expert employed in the
bureau of commerce' and labor. The
Grand Division 2 at
$13.40
here is a chance ; to
pick from Suits and
Overcoats that former
ly sold at $22.50 & $20.
Grand Division 3 at
$9.40
the price is mighty
cheap for Suits and
Overcoats so good
they formerly sold at
$18.00 and $15.00.
GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS
third is" by William D.' Haywood, who
was mixed up in the Western Federa
tion of Miners' troubles with Jthe mine
owners. The three views are here
given:
"Back of what ever causes there
may be for this strike, the fundamental
cause is the high cost of living, from
which the working people of all parts
of the country suffer, due in large part
to the present excessive tariff. The
purchasing power of the dollar con
tinues to diminish." Governor Foss,
of Massachusetts.
"The strike was part of the social-'
ist propaganda to make for a national
strike as part of a world-wide move
ment for social revolution. It was an ;
essential part of the socialist revolu
tionary movement which is spreading
more rapidly than most people, are
aware of - among workers whom the
leaders of the movement find easiest'
to inflame. The Lawrence strikers are
prosperous and average $9.50 a week,
which is increased, where ; families
work, to $18." F. G. R. Gordon, U.S. ,
immigration inspector, who says he
investigated the strike for" the depart
ment of labor. - -
"Gordon's average takes skilled and
unskilled , labor, , foremen 1 and other
high paid persons into consideration.
The real average is less than $6 week
ly. This strike is due to the desire of
the workers to earn a living wage.
Do you think parents would let their
children go among strangers to be
cared for if they had any other re
course? Greed for the dollar by the
big mill owners, beneficiaries of the
governmental policy, . caused this
strike. "William D. Haywood,; strike
leader. - ;. ' ; - v
; While we have no admiration for
Haywood or his methods, we think he
is the only one of the three who1 knows
what he is talking about, or 'who of
fers even a. reasonable ' explanation.
Governor Foss is only partly right, but
he does not get down to fundamentals.
As usual the government employe jug
gles . the figures for the ; purpose of
helping the administration that, em
ploys him. Haywood tells the plain
"and unvarnished 'truth when he says
that "greed for the dollar by the big
Grand Division 4 at
it should be remembered
that $10.00 is the lowest
priced Suit or Overcoat
that , this stoxe, . handles.
Have your choice of a
f 13.50 and $10.00 at $6.40.
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, mill owners' is the prime cause of the'
strike. The 'textile industry, the higi
est protected industry in this country,
not even excepting the steel industry, ,
pays the lowest wages of any indu -try
employing skilled or semi-skiiled
workers. The greedy ; mill owners," .
pleading for a tariff to protect the -American
workers, have filled their
big mills with ignorant ' workers ' im-1
ported from Europe in flagrant viols"
tion , of the emigration laws. , They - -pay
even less than starvation wages,
forcing the workers to live more like .
animals than like humans all the
while pleading for the protection ef
American workers and filching vast'
'sums from both ends of the line, from
the consuming public at the one end
and from the helpless and hopeless
workers at the other.
William D. Haywood, blunt, unlet
tered and unskilled in diplomacy or
the use of velvety language; has blun,t- '
ly told the facts, and not all the cun- ;
ning sophistry, of the spokesmen for ;
"big interests" can successfully dis- ;
pute' him. . , ,
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