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The Wageworker
WILL M. MAUPIIf,
Editor and Publisher.
$1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
'Entered as second-class matter
April 21, 1904, at the postoffice at Lin
coln, Neb., under the Act of Congress
126 NORTH FOURTEENTH ST.
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jt wives and . daughters of the jt
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WHAT UNIONISM HAS DONE.
Before labor unions became strong
the hours of labor were long from
twelve to fourteen hours a day. There
were no sanitary laws regulating fac
tory conditions. There were no child
labor laws, and thousand's of children
under seven years of age were work
ing in mills and mines. The pluck
me stores robbed the laborer on the
one side, and greedy employers robbed
them on the other side.( The laborer
crawled from his cheerless bed in the
morning and went to work, and at the
close or day threw himself upon his
cheerless couch to sleep the sleep of
the physically exhausted and the men
tally hopeless.
Before the advent of labor unions
the only labor laws on the books were
those directed against labor and in
the interest of employers. Men were
jailed for refusing to work for a pit
tance. Men were jailed for even ask
ing an increase of wages. A tailor
was jailed for refusing to work at his
trade and accepting work as a laborer
because he could make a penny a day
more wages. A mechanic who quit bis
job at one place and started across
country to- seek better wages was jailed
as a vagrant and sent back to his for
mer employer to work at whatever
wage that employer saw fit to pay.
Then labor organized in self-protection.
Public sentiment was educated.
The cry of helpless and hopeless chil
dren was Heard and heeded, The rights
of humanity were given some atten
tion. The hours of labor were reduced.
Wages were increased. Sanitary bet
terments were secured. Safety appli
ances were demanded by law. Child
labor was regulated, reduced and for
bidden in moral communities. Sweat
shops were driven out. Equal pay for
equal work was secured.
And every one of these things was
secured by the efforts of labor despite
the opposition, of employers. There is
not a law upon the statute books de
manding safety appliances that was
not put there by organized capital. Ev
ery law, forbidding or regulating child
labor was secured by organized labor
in the face of organized capital's op
position. Every sanitary law relating
to mills and mines and factories was
brought about by organized labor's ef
forts and despite the opposition of or
ganized capital. Capitalistic greed
kept the child in the mill and the mine.
Organized labor took the child from
mill and mine and put him in the
school to be fitted for good citizenship.
Organized capital whipped the laborer
from bed to work, and from work to
bed. Organized labor rent the clouds
of despair and let the sunshine of hope
beam upon the laborer's head. Organ
ized greed operated the noisome and
deadly sweatshop and waxed fat on the
tears and blood of widows and or
phans. Organized labor exposed the
sweatshop's methods and secured the
enactment of sanitary laws that are
driving the sweatshop out of existence.
Organized labor has not only had to
-ucate public sentiment, but has had
to overcome the bribes of organized
greed. Organized labor has founded
homes for disabled and indigent crafts-
men, while organized greed has trav
eled in private cars and 'sailed the
ocean in private yachts. Organized la
bor has fed the hungry, clothed the
naked and visited the sick, while or
ganized greed has sat in cushioned
pews and lifted its voice in thankful
prayer that It is not as other men aie.
Organized labor has burled its dead
in holy ground, while greed has con
signed its millions of victims to pau
per graves.
Organized labor has made mistakes,
but those mistakes are only as the
cloud which Elijah's watcher saw com
pared to the tornado of ruin and deso
lation let loose by greed.
Organized labor is the only bulwark
that stands between the wage-earner
and industrial serfdom worse than
that endured by the black man before
the emancipation proclamation.
But despite the tremendous work
already performed by organized labor,
a greater work confronts it. Organized
greed was never so greedy, never so
rampant, never so firmly entrenched,
never so strong in legislative halls and
courts of justice. Organized labor never
had a greater work to do than it has
today. It never had more, determined
enemies to face. 1 never had greater
need of standing together shoulder to
shoulder in defense of the rights of
humanity. ,
BOTH SIDES.
Merchants organize to protect them
selves against deadbeats. That's busi-
Workingmen organize to protect
themselves against oppression. Thats
business.
Some merchants thus organized op
pose the organization of workingmen.
That's foolishness.
Some workingmen thus organized
oppose the organization of employers.
That's foolishness.
Some employers have organized to
crush the unions in order to have
workingmen at their mercy. That's
criminal.
Some workingmen think their or
ganizations were formed for the sole
purpose of exacting higher wages
without giving increased service.
That's criminal.
Some employers and some working
men believe in organizations that will
be mutually helpful and beneficial.
That's wisdom.
The employer who would use his
power of money to grind the faces of
his employes is a criminal in the sight
of God and unworthy to associate with
decent men and women.
The labor union that would piosti
tutc its strength to the base end of
forcing the payment of unjust wages
is a shame and reproach to itnionism.
Capital is stored up labor: i,abor1s
unstored capital. One can not exist
without the other. They are mutually
dependent. Each has its rights, and
those rights must be respected. True
unionism seeks to secure its rights and
WAGE EIGHT
always respects the rights of other.
There is but one solution to the
problem of capital and labor. The
problem is easy when approached
rightly. The solution lies in whole
some respect for the rights of others
and an unselfish observance of the
golden rule. It will never be settled
any other way.
i LOOKS BETTER.
A weeK ago or'1 perhaps it was two
weeks ago The Wageworker predicted
the re-election of Peabody in Colorado.
We take it back. It now looks like
Adams. The populist candidate for
governor h'ts withdrawn in favor of
Adams, the democratic nominee. The
Miners' Magazine has declared for
Adams, and the Miners' Magazine is a
socialist publication. ' Its declaration
is not the official action of the socialist
party, but it oortends the casting of
almost c'je solid socialist vote ' for
Adams.
It is not a question of politics in
Colorado it is a question of beating
i'eabody and his crowd of union bus
ters, citizen deporting, women assault
ing, children starving and home de
stroying thugs When Peabody, Bell
& Co. are licked out of their boots
and decency, order, free speech, free
press and free government are re
stored ij Colorado, then it will be
time enough to talk politics.
Are you sure that the man you are
going to vote for to represent you in
congress is pledged to vote for the S-
hour and anti-injunction bills? Or are
you just content to vote for any old
candidate put . up - by your party's
bosses? '
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"Wemust trust Roosevelt!" shouts
one esteemed labor exchange. "We
must trust Parker!" shouts another.
The Wageworker moves to amend.
"Do your own thinking, and trust to
your own intelligence!"
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The Pullman company celebrated its
"open shop" policy by lengthening the
working hours and reducing the wages.
Yet there are a lot of union men who
can, not see anything dangerous in the
Parry game.
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The Parry crowd is putting unions
out of business every day. But the
Farry crowd stands together.
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The indications are that Colorado is
about to be de-Russianized.
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LOOK OUT.
Don't Take This Counterfeit Hundred
Dollar BUI In Change.
A new $100 counterfeit bill has been
found in circulation at the Delmar
race track. It Is described as "won
derfully like the genuine." but in
some respects crude and defective. This
drawback is so perfectly characteristic
of counterfeits in general as to sug
gest some reflections. One who finds
pleasure or profit in speculating upon
the reasons for things might employ a
little time to advantage in considering
why it. is that the makers of counter
felt biils always fail in some import
ant detail to imitate correctly what
the'y seek to reproduce.
The making of a counterfeit which
will deceive the least wary is a work
of great labor and one which calis for
high skill. The average of the work
needs to be fully up to the standard
of the original, which means that the
engraver must be nearly if not quite
as skillful as the men employed in
the making of plates for gooj notes.
He docs not have to originate any
thing. Every detail has been tare
fully worked out for his guidance, and
all that devolves upon him is to imi
tate what he is copying. That lie can
do this in most respects showo that he
is equal to doing it in all .espects.
Why is it, then, that no counterfeiter
has yet succeeded in making a bill
which in some important anj easily
recognized detail is not so different
from the. one imitated that the expert
can detect it as soon as he submits
it to crucial examination?
The answer is probably that men
willing to employ their skill in crimi
nal practices are temperamentally in
capable of thoroughness. . It would
seem as if the financial backers of
counterfeiting enterprises, in view of
risks involved, would be critical of
the work on the plates they are asked
to approve and. pay for. So far as the
records show, however, the undetect
able counterfeit bill has nevr beeii
made. Probably it never will be. This
must be explained on the assumption
that counterfeiters, like other crimi
nals, are clever only up to a certain
point. They resent the requirement of
patient industry. With this they can
make honest and safe livings, and if
the conditions of earning the dishon
est dollar are the same as those of
earning the honest dollar the former
loses its attractions. The remarkable
skill of the counterfeiter is shown in
his ability to do part of his work, so
well that it is as good as that which
he imitates, and sometimes belter. The
qualities which make him a criminal
appear in his willingness to be care
less with other parts, which stamp the
whole with the proof of fraud. Who
ever will take a counterfeit bill and
compare it with an original of the is
sue imitated will have no difficulty In
discovering the occasional slip o: the
burin, the occasional evidence of care
lessness in drawing, of willingness to
pass as 'good enough" what is not
good enough, or recklessness ana in
difference which show that the clev
erest of counterfeiters is not good
mechanic.
The normal man can not under
stand carelessness cf. this sort, espe
cially in matters which render futile
the labor of months or rears ia the
engraving of counterfeit plates " and
make detection as easy as it is inevit
able. The conclusion would seem to be
irresistible that the counterfeiter is not
sons for believing that criminal are
born, not made, and that tlrjsc who
deliberately elect to follow cr'ine for
gain do so in obedience to a natural
instinct, the result of a mencal warp
which unfits them for the self-restraint
and patient industry of an honest ca
reer. Criminals often show evidences
of astonishing cleverness, and it
seems to the average man that tneir
talents, if employed in honest labor,
would make them conspicuously' suc
cessful. The error of this assumption
is that in any monotonous and imput
able .employment the man thus gifted
could not, or would not, employ his
talent, which is not of the kind which
qualifies for honorable success. The
police tell us that the habitual crimi
nal is never thorough. New York
Times.
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O IN A NUTSHELL.
Tbe union is the only instrument
that the laborer has for enforcing
O a division of the fund given to the
employer in trust and now the em
ployers have organized to destroy
the union. William J. Bryan.
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The 25.000 textile workers of Fall
River who are to.be shut out it the
mills until they consent to a reduction
of a fiat eighth of their former iow
wages have voted unanimous!) to otay
shut out rather than accept a decrease
of earnings the average of whicn ould
be less than six dollars a week. One
nigh protection organ in its review of
the Kail .River situation says that -'the
union seem to recognize little but a
blind passion for strife when Uungs
don't go to suit them.'' Thai, is one
view to take of the matter, and it may
be the correct one, yet it does seem a
bit human for men who have wives and
children' to shelter, feed and ciotiie to
get angry, even blindly sq, when it is
demanded of them that they sbal! work
for au average wage too low to sup
port not only the "American standard
of living," but to supply the actual
necessaries of life.
It is true that there has uo and
again appeared a lady or a g.mCeuian
of more or less distinction who has
presented irrefutable testimony to the
tact that she or he has lived quite
sumptuously on ten, or even five, i-ents
a day. Far be it from us to rioubc the
veracity of such authorities, oi so much
as to suggest that they might i;c the
living skeletons of some freak show ;
but, all things considered, including
rent, food, light,1 fuel and clothing, it
does seem rather hard to reali::- in
these days of soaring prices a state of
comfortable living on a wage of a dol
lar a day. The prodigal son, it will be
remembered, lived on the husks of the
corn that the swine rejected, but it
will also be recalled that be di'i not
like that kind of diet and hied him to
ivliere the fatted calf awaited him. A
fair presumption is that a man can
no more support himself and ti.iiiiy
properly on six dollars a week and
enjoy it than the prodigal son could
live upon and enjoy permanently a
menu composed exclusively of corn
husks.
The Fall River mill owners couler.d
that the proposed reduction was ni-ces-
sary because of the high price cf cot
ton and the low price of cloth, but un
til they closed their plants they still
continued to declare generous divi
dends, and we have not heard of any of
them going into bankruptcy or living
on a dollar, much less ten or live (..ents,
a da;'.
It may be true that the members of
the unions of the Fall River miiU rec
ognized "little but a blind passion for
strife" when, from an already too small
wage it was demanded by their em
ployers that they should accept a
per cent reduction; but even r.onun
louists might be reasonably excused if
they got mad about such a thing as
that and declined to accept a reduction
so drastic. Philadelphia Ledger.
GENERAL MENTION
For Union Made Shoes go to Rogers
& Perkins. '
Mrs. R. C. Mallory is visiting witii
friends and relatives in Iowa.
Street and Pattern Hats, from ?1
up, Sadie Puckett, 124 South 12th.
When you have any news tnal will
interest union men and women, call
autophone 2277 and tell it.
Ladies' own material made over on
new shapes. Reasonable prices. Sadie
Puckett, 124' South 12th.
The Woman's Label League will bs
I'r ieseuied in the labor directory by I
i.. 1 andsonie group photograph.
. Fiesh Monarch from Sheridan, Wyo.
Lump and nut. Clean as wood. Ed
F. Reddish, 122 South Twelfth.
If you think test to buy a suit this
tall, visit Paine's Clothing House
"A good place to buy good clothes."
We have a large stock of Union
Made Shoes and we want your trade.
Rogers & Perkins Co.
Have you noted the Lincoln Star's
"Presidential Dot Contest?" If not,
get next to it. There's money in it for
.. ou.
The Woman's Label League meets
r.xl Monday evening at C. L. U. hall.
Every member should make it a point
to be present.
Bear in .mind that all Washburn-
Crosby Milling Co. flour is unfair. And
do not forget that the Lee brooms
are convict made.
Capital Auxiliary had a group pic
ture taken last week for insertion in
the new labor directory. Twenty-two
members were present.
Col. Will Stack is again in the city,
after traveling abroad in the land for
many moons. He is jerking the hot
metal through the linotypes.
Late word from Sam Hoon conveys
the news that he is not as well as
usual. Mrs. Hoon will be with him be
fore this issue is in the hands of its
readers.
Miss Steele, advertising manager for
the Miller & Paine company has been
ill for more than a week and unable
to attend to her duties. STie is re
C'.;vf ring dnd expects to return to work
:n a few days.
Charles 'W. Bryan, business mana
ger of the Commoner, spent several
days this week chasing prairie chici:
ens through the short grass in the
northwestern part of the state.
Albion, Neb., is not a large city, but
it seems to be union to the core. A
special to the Lincoln Star says that
a number of new buildings are being
erected in Albion, and that all tiie
workmen employed , are union men.
Mr. Lee, who had charge of the ad
vertising for H. Herpolsheimer & Co.,
for a long time, has severed his con
nection with that firm and is now em
ployed by one of the largest retail dry
goods firm in Kansas City. Mr. Lee ia
a thorough advertising man and his
new employers will find him a valua
ble acquisition. ; . . --.
A PICTURE.
Socialists Adopt a Uniquie Method of
Making a Campaign.
Elsewhere The Wageworker prints a
cartoon. It is an interesting one, and
it deserves the careful consideration of
every, man who works for wages. This
cartoon is printed as an advertise
ment. The space is paid for by the so
cialist organization. The Wageworker
is not a socialist organ, but its editor
believes that the socialist policy is
deserving of investigation. He is nar
row, indeed, who will denounce with
out first investigating. Study the pic
ture. Investigate the argument of the
socialists. Study existing conditions.
Vote intelligently.
A gentlemun who had been dining at
a restaurant, and who often ordered a
dozen oysters, counted them on- day,
anu found but eleven.
Scill another day he counted Uiem,
with the same result. Then h said
to the waiter:
'Why do you only give me ;loven
ojsters when 1 order a dozen?''
Oh, sir," answered the waiter, ' I
didn't think you'd want to i.e siuin'
thirteen at table, sir. Spare Mo
ments. X
"Is my husband's ease serious, doc
tor?" "It is very grave, madam. I
have left an opiate." "How often shall
I give It to him?" "He needs absolute
re3t and quiet. Don't give it to him.
Take it yourself."
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MRS. ROY W. RHONE
Mandolin & Guitar Instructor
133 J STREET. ,
Latest methods taught strictly by note. Call
or ring up Auto Phone 1332.
BAGNELL'S PHARMACY
727 SOUTH 11th ST. PHONE A1073
Prescriptions carefully com
pounded. Oenaral line of
Drafts, Sttttieuery and Sund
ries. The leading Brtsdi of
UK I ON If AUK CIGARS
..YOUR TRADE SOLICITED...
(OIIAiS
I always have a number
for sale on good terms,
ranging in price from
$750.00 to $1,500.00
and up
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GEORGE W. HOLMES
12 So. 1 1 th St. Phones 1S96-367
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Fagan's Cafe J
Open Under New Management
HANDLES EV THING
IKS A SON
FIRST-CLASS SERVICE
Meals IB Cents and Upwards
ED PAGAN, Propr.
1828 O Street.
STOVES
AND FURNITURE. MEW AND
SECOND-HAND
WM. ROBERTSON Jr. f
Wc Sell on Instalments 1450 O Strec
There is no l&atch.
clock or article of
jewelry we cannot
rapair . . .
Clocks called for and delivered ....
C. A. TUCKER, Jeweler'
1IE3 0 Street. .glW
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"PHOENIX"
RESTAURANT ''
THE PLACE TO EAT
MEALS AT ALL HOURS
15 CENTS AND UP
H. 0. SCHEER, Prop., 142 N. 11th
Lincoln Auction Co., 1325 0
Is the place to buy roue stove.
A large stock to select from. .
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8H ELTON WALWORTH.
Hutchins & Hyatt
HMO O STREET
COAL
AND-
WOOD
fPhones, 225, 3275 $
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CURL & BAKER
STOVES, FURNITURE
AND QUEENSWARE
New and 2d hand goods. 281 No. 10th
St. Bell 'phone A1398: Anto S587
I sell all kinds of House
hold goods from a tack to.
a piano. Special Sale on
stoves, rocking chairs,
dressers, sideboards. In
fact, anything that makes
me happy.
O'COHNER, ART GAILERY
Auto Phone J 73 233-5 No. J 0th Street
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31S SOUTH 11th STREET '
Bell Phone 470 Aulo H70: Res. Ante 1053
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!W wsatjou trade, Thstt IS why
we ask for It. If we Bet It we will
hold It bjr fair dealing. '
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
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T QUICK DELIVERY to all ' part
of the city. 1
A PHONES-Bell Auto 918.
I F. W ATKINS, Prop.
225 South 13th St
Sprague Drug Co.
11 5outli 13th Street
Purest Drugs, Full Line ot Notions.
Leading Brands Union Made Cigars
PrescjriptionsAecu
Sole agents lor Lenox Pile Cure,
guaranteed to cure or money- back.
SPRAGUE DRUG CO., -
Auto 2663. 11 So. 13th SI
Grocery
Expert Repairers and
3 Have your chain recaned, I:
1 3 your furniture upholster- I ;
3 cd, umbrellas mended. ' v
, i; We call for your Z
!j goods and guar-,
antee all ' ".
! work. I
I 329 SO. 11th St., LINCOLN j
ONE-WAY RATES
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Msssouri River Terminals
(KessasitjjCeMiimueUisie) r
Sept 15th to Oct 15th, 1901.
(fk to San Francisco, Los
Pd.UU Angeles, San IDego, and
many other California
points.
$25.00
$25.00
Whatcom, Vancourer,
to Everett, Fairhavon, -and
Victoria.
Tacoma, and Seattle.
to Portland, Astoria-.
"C HO to., Ashland, Rosebnrg,
Eugene, .Albany, and
Salem, Including branch ;
line in Oregon. a-A
Gftyy Cft to Spokane and inter'.
9Vvdu mediate O. R. ft N.
V points Wenatche '
and intermediate points.
$20.00
to Butte, Anaconda,
Helena, and all inter
mediate main. Mm
points. - Z. '-
Oft ftft vgaen and Salt Lake
4XU.UU city, and intermediate
main line points.
For fuller information call or address
. B. SLOSeON, Agent.
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