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The Wageworker WILL M. MAUPIX, Editor and Publisher. $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered as second-class matter April 21, 15)04, at the postofflce at Lln coln, Neb., under the Act of Congress 126 NORTH FOURTEENTH ST. jt 5 ,JL Jt Jt Jt Jt Jt Jt Jt Jt Jt Jt Jt Jt Jt jt Merchants who advertise In JS jt the labor papers show that jt jt they care for the union man's jt jt trade. Patronize those who S jt are wiling to help you. jt jt Read the advertisements in Jt J THE WAGEWOKK.EK, and it J jt you need of anything in their S jt line, visit their stores and jt jt maUe your purchases, and tell , Jt J them why you came there. Jt ..t We desire to particularly 1m- J .jt press this matter upon thi Jf- jt wives and daughters of the jt jt union men, as they do most of Jt Jt the purchasing. Jt jrkitltir itk A Air AAA AA irkirirk itkifit A TIME TO THINK It is high time that (he men who work at their trades in this country begin to think a little more. It is tlmo that they begin to lift their thoughts a little higher than the pay envelope on Saturday night. It Is time that they begin thinking a little less of present creature comfoits and a lit tle more of the future.. Time and again The Wageworker lias urged union men to keep politics out of their unions, but at the same time it has consistently and emphati cally urged them to take their union ism into their politics. The great trusts aud corporatinos, managed by the men v.ho are now prominent In the coun cils of the Parry union wrecking asso ciations, are always in politics up to their eyebrows, and their efforts are always directed toward the one end of keeping the labor vote divided againsL itself. And while doing this thes3 hame union wreckers are standing to gether politically and reaping all the l:cneflts. Recently James W. Vancleave, pres ident of the Citizens' Industrial asso ciation of St. Louis, made an address before that body, and The Wageworker desires at this time to call the atten tion of all union men, and all work ingmen as well, to a few things he sol. It is not necessary to call attention to the fact that Mr. Vancieave is pres ident of an organization that is seek ing to destroy the labor unions, al though he and his organization may deny it. Under a multiplicity of names the Parry crowd is working in nearly every large industrial center in the country. Remember, please, that Mr. Vancleave was talking to an organiza tion of employers manufacturers, mlllmen, wholesalers and retailers of St. Louis. And amons other things he said: "GENTLEMEN, I APPEAL TO YO; IF IT IS NOT TIME FOR THE EM PLOYING CLASSES TO GET TO GETHER, AND CONTROL THE IJVAV- j MAKING AS WELL AS THE BUSI NESS INTEREST OF THIS COUN i RY." Let every reader of The Wageworker lead that over three or four times and let it soak into his mind. Let everj reader analyze just what It means. It is a direct challense to the work ir.gmen of the country, aud if they Co not accept it, all the worse for the workingmen.1 "Time for the employing; classes to control the law-making!" The employers are already controll ing legislation to a largo extent, and they will wholly control it in a short time unless workingmen tiuit divid ing on partisan lines and get together for mutual help and protection. Noth ing pleases capital more than to see abor divided along the lines of party. Capital knows no party when Its in terests are at stake. It rushes to th: party that holds cut the Rreatest in ducements, and it seeks to control all l.arties. It lu republican in a repub lican state and democratl.; in a demo cratic state. But laboring nien allow themselves to be blinded by partisanship to their own interests, and capital gleefully rushes In to contribute the dust thrown in the eyes of the tollers. The men who produce the wealch ot this country should control the law making of the country. They should control the business of the country. they should, in short, contiol the coun try. And they could do it without any trouble If they would lav aside parti sanship and vote in their own Inter cuts regardless of party. All wealth comes from toil. Th men who create wealth are the men who toil. Capital Is only stored labor the product of labor. And the labor that creates capital should have the decisive voice in the making of tin laws. Mr. Vancleave's address is an inso lent challenge from a purse-proud crowd that thinks only of dollars and never of humanity. If workingmen throughout the country do not accept it and meet Mr. Vancleave and his allies on their chosen ground they will con vict themselves of either cowardice or Idiocy. In God's name, fellow workingmen. let us get together at the ballot box. WHAT ELECTED DOUGLAS It is amusing to read the explana tions offered by some of the leading newspapers for the election of Douglas in Massachusetts. They seem to think that he was elected because he advo cated certain policies concerning the tariff and reciprocity. Bless their in nocent souls, the tariff and reciprocity had about as much to do with the elec tion of Douglas as the cnanges of the moon have to do with the color of a man's hair. William L. Douglas was elected governor of Massachusetts be cause for once in its history union la bor stood solidly by its" friend. Thera was no scattering of its lire, no divi sion on partisan lines at the behest of selfish partisans. Union labor marchad solidly to the polls on election day and voted for a man who had demon strated his friendship tor organized labor, and threw the haipoon into n notorious tool of those who seek to destroy the union organizations. That is the secret of Mr. Douglas' victory. And there are two classes of people who should profit by the lesson ot that victory- -the labor crushers and the labor unions. The first should learn that organized labor is a force that muse be reckoned with. The sec ond should profit because the Doug las victory shows what a power for good-the unions can be when they act in concert. Douglas' best campaigners were the fifty union men who wern organized into a "flying squadron" and went over the state. visiting every local labor union and reoMi.'g the facts about the political situation in Mas- Tveiivsetts. This "squaUcr." aroused enthusiasm wherever it appeared, and it was followed by thousands of work- insrncn who became Douglas boom- ors. The result was a swetping Ictory for unionism. Mr. Douglas is a demo-1 crat, but the democrat who looks upon Douglas' election as a democratic vic tory 13 a candidate for th-3 lunatic asy lum. Politics had little or nothing to do with it. Had Mr. Douslas received only democratic votes he would have been buried so deep under republican ballots that he would not get from un der In time to hear Gabriel toot for the resurrection. , t Let union men profit by the lesson in Massachusetts. Let them put their unionism above politics, and begin voting for their own interests instead of in the interests of tho professional politicians and the habitual piebltera. A LABOR TEMPLE. IN LINCOLN There are two reasons, and they are sufficient, why there should be a cen tral labor headquarters in Lincoln a place where all unions could meet and which would be open at all Units and in charge of efficient' managers. . These rsasons are economy and se'.f interest. The lal.or unions of Lincoln are pay ing in hall rent enough to pay 10 per cent Interest on $18,000. Eighteen hun dred dollars " would pay rent for a building ample to accommodate all the unions of the city and leave enough over to pay for a secretary. Why not organize a temple commit tee composed of one delegate from each union, and let this committee meet and undertake to formulate plans for a labor temple, such as exists in Omaha and many other places. The Wageworker offers this sugges tion to the union men of Lincoln In the hope that they will at least giv3 the matter a little serious considera tion. The cattle raisers who cursed the striking packing house men should secure hypodermic syringes and try to inject a little brains ir.to their own heads. The cattle raisers will be pinched to bits unless a big strike makes the packing house owners deal justly. ,4 . Men starve their 1 fellows in sweat-. shops and divide the profits with the church. That's "Christianity." Me.i assault their fellows and eeek to pre vent them from depriving wives and children of food and shelter. But that's "anarchy." v J C. W. Post didn't pay his divorced wife alimony with any of The Wage worker's money. We aro not eating ' gripe guts" or drinking sawdust slops made by the arch union hater at Bat tle Creek, Michigan. jt jt jt We are waiting for C. W. Post to write another "open letter" telling what a good and kind husband he was to the woman who secured a divorce from him on the ground of cruelty. The attention of the Re". John Mar shall is called to the fact that a di vision of the swag does not make the highwayman less a thief. v v Mr. Parry has Just returned from a visit to Europe. His "free and inde pendent workmen" in hin Indianapolis carriage works are still plugging along under the third wage reduction inside of eighteen months. fcjt Mr. Parry's new union wrecking magazine is printed in a union printing office for the very simple reason that he could find no "rat" shops capable of handling the work. ; jt jt jt The church of Jesus Christ Is suf fering fully as much from 2x4 preach ers as the labor unions are from slug gers and Incendiaries. UNION HOME RULES. Do not wear sweatshop clothes.. Never smoke non-union cigars.. Buy only bread which bears the union label. Attend the meetings of your union regularly. Register all your kicks on the floor of your union. Union meat and provisions for your house. , Request' your wife to buy only union made goods. Never "knock" a brother unionist behind his back. See that the label is on all the paint ing you have done. You would not think of wearing non union overalls. , No beer unless the union label i3 pasted on the keg. Buy only shoes and hats that bear trade union stamps. Do not expect your union to do much for you, while you do nothing for It. Look out for the Blue Label of the T. W. I. U. when purchasing tobacco. Every time you purchase union label goods you land a telling blow on the Parry crowd. Carriage and Wagon Workers' Journal. STAND FOR RIGHT. A labor organization must stand for what is right and it must carefully analyze the question of right to de mand its fair remuneration and it also must learn to protect iiself agains. undue aggressiveness on its own part. It is just as much of a bu&iness propo sition as the business of its employer, and if he seeks to impose arbitrary conditions nandoffers no opportunity for conference and adjustment, an or ganization so circumstanced had better go up in an explosion than to die of dry rot.- Railroad Trainmen's Jour nal. ' ' STILL UNFAIR. The agents of the Washburn-Crosby Flour and Cereal Mill Co. of Minne apolis, Minn., are circulating the . re port that the differences between the company and the union of cereal mill employes has been adjusted and their products placed on the fair list. This Is false, .the company is still refusing to submit the points in dispute to ar ibtration; their employes are still out on strike and entitled to the full sym pathy and support of all organized la bor. Keepi on discriminating against the Washburn-Crosby Co. unfair flour. Street and Pattern Hats, from $1 up, Sadie Puckett, 124 South 12th. STAY AWAY. Let no tradesman be deceived by the glittering lies told about the splendid opportunities for work on the Pa cific coast. There is not enough work there to keep employed 2" per cent of the men already on the scene. Tlio advertisements for workmen have been scattered through the eastern press by the union busters in the hope of de stroying unionism on th-i coast by flooding the labor market and forcing men to "scab" by starving them into submission. Stay away from the Pa cific coast. APPOINTED 'ORGANIZER. George Bush of this city has been appointed state organizer for Nebras ka by President Krumm of the Leath er workers on Horse Goods. Mr. Krumm la president of district No. 7. : Mr. Bush is one of the oldest end most en thusiastic union men In Lincoln, and has represented his union in the Cen tral body for several terms. He will be able to strengthen the order in Ne braska. , The talkative and not too truthful President Parry of the Manufacturers association, is back from a tour of Europe. It is said tha while there he pored over ancient documents in the British Museum and other deposi tories for antiquities and as a conse quence is loaded down with the anti union arguments of the British To ries of one hundred yens ago. To the student of trade union history the arguments and rantings o Parry havs always had a familiar and - musty smell.. They had been heard before and exploded. The truth is that Brit ish unionists met and replied to just such attacks before the seventies. It is worth noting, too that from every one of these battles the unions emerged stronger. The humor of Ihe affair is In the fact that Parry has the nerve to claim to have started a new cru sade, and perhaps he really thinks he has, for his knowledge is less than his generosity, and he imagines thrf public as ignorant of Industrial condi tions as he is. Painters' and Decora tors' Journal. , We Do Not Patronize The following named business lirmt are unfriendly to organized labor ant have been placed upon the "unfaii list." Watch the list carefully iron week to week, - as important chunget may occur: Union workingmen and woi'klng women and sympathizers with laboi have refused to purchase article! pro duced by the following firms Labor papers please note changes from month to month and copy: FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS. Bread. National Biscuit Joraiusiy, Chicago, 111. Cigars. Carl Upiuan of New York city; Krebs, Wertheim & Schift'er ot New York city; The Henry George and Tom Moore. Flour. Washburn, Crosby, Milling Co., Mineapolis, Minn.; Kellcy .Mill ing Co., Kansas City, Mo. Pipes Yvm. Demuth & Co., New York. Tobacco American and CouUiuuial companies. CLOTHING. Buttons' Davenport Pearl BuUcn com pany, Davenport, la.; Krenieia'z & Co., Newark, N. J. Clothing N. Snellenberg & Co., Phil adelphia, Pa.; Clothiers' Exchange, Rochester, N. Y.; Strawbrige & Clothier. Philadelphia Pa.; Biauner Bros., New York. Corsets Chicago Corset company. Hats J. B. Stetson company, Phila- dclphia, Pa.;.. E. M. Knox company, Brooklyn, N. Y. Shirts and Collars United Siiii i and Collar company, Troy, N. Y.; Van - Zandt, Jacobs & Co., T1-oy, N. .; Cluett, Peabody & Co., Troy, M. Y.; James R. Kaiser, New York city. , Shoes. Wellman, Osborne & Co., Lynn, Mass.; Thomas, Taylor & Hon H'ldscn, Mass ; Harney Bros., I.j nn, Mms. Suspenders. Russell Mfg. Co., Mid- dletown, Conn. Textile Merrimac Mfg. Co. (punted goods), Lowell, Mass. Underwear. Oneita Knitting Mills, Ut!ca,'L Y. . ' ' Woolens.-Hartfoid Carpet Co., Thompsonville. Conn.: J. Caivs & Son, Jacksonville, 111. 1 TRINT1NG AND PUBLICATIONS. Bookbinders. Geo. M. Hill Co., Chi cago, Hi. Newspapers. Philadelphia Democrat, Philadelphia, Pa.; Hudson, KiJiber- ; ly & Co., printers of Kansas City, Mo.; W. B. Conkey Co., publishers, Hammond, Ind.; Gazette, Terra Haute, Ind.; Times, Los Ang-.les, Cal. MACHINERY AND BUILDING. General Hardware. Landers, j?rr' i Clark, Aetna company. New Britain, . Conn. : Davis-Sewing .Machine com pany, Dayton, Ohio; Commuting Scale company, Dayton, Ohio; Ivei Johnson Arms company, i'itchburg, Mass.; Kelsey Furnace company, Sy racuse. N. Y.; Brown & Sharpe Tool company, Providence, R. L, John Russell Cutlery company, Turner's Falls, Mass.; Atlas Tack company, Falrhaven, Mass.; Hon maim & Maurer Manufacturing company. Rochester, N. Y.; Henry Dis&Lon & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Iron and Steal. Illinois Iron and Bolt company of Carpehtersviile, 111.; Carborundum company, Niagara Falls. N. Y.; -DavidMaydole Ham mer Co., Norwich, N. Y.; Singer Sewing Machine Co., Elizabeth, N. J. : btoves. Germer Stove company, Erie, Pa.; "Radiant Home" Stove, Ranges and Hot Air Blast, Erie, Pa. pany. Sag Harbor. MISCELLANEOUS. Advertising Novelties. Novelty Ad vertising company, Coshocton, Ohio. Telegraphy. Western Union Tele graph company. WOOD AND FURNITURE. Bags. Gulf Bag company, New Or leans, La., branch Bemls Bros., St. Louis, Mo.-' urooms and Dusters. The Lee Broom and Duster company of Davenport, la.; M. Goeller's Sons, Circleville, Ohio, . China. Wick China company, Iviltan nlng, Pa. Furniture. American Billiard Table company, Cincinnati, Ohio; Biumby Chair company, Marietta, Ga.; O. Wisner Piano company, Liookiyn, , N. Y.; Krell Piano company, Cincin nati, Ohio; N. Drucker & Co., Cin cinnati, Ohio, trunks; St. Johns Ta ble company, St. Johns, Mich. Leather. Ktillman, Snlz & Co., Ben ieia, Cal.; A. B. Patrick & Co., San Francisco, Cal.; Columbus Buggy and Harness company, Columbus, O. Rubber. Kokomo Rubber company, .Kokomo, Ind.; B. F. Goodrich Rub ber company, Akron, Ohio; Diamond Rubber company, Akron, Ohio. Pens. L. E. Waterman & Co., New York city. Paper Boxes. E. N. Rowell & Co., Batavia, N. Y. Paper. Remington-Martin Papr Co., Norfolk. N. Y. Typewriters. Underwood Typewriter company, Hartford, Conn. Watches. Keystone Watch Cas com pany of Philadelphia, Pa.; Crescent Lourvoiseer Wilcox company; Jos. Fahy, Brooklyn Watch Case com D. M. Parry, Indianapolis, Ind, For Union Made Shoes go to Rogerf & Perkins. Ladies' own material made over on new shapes. Reasonable prices. Sadie Puckett, 124 South 12th. When you have any news tnal will interest union men , and women, call autophone 2277 and tell it. Don t Be Mislead We can save you from $10 to $15 a suit on your, clothes made to your order. We cut, fit, make and trim the best clothes in town. You are especially invited to come in our place and see our tailors at work. Suits to $15 and $20. f 111321 mil Suits to Measure $15 and $20. BRITISH WOOLEN MILLS COMPANY BIG TAILORS 1210 O STREET Lindsay Light Half the Gas and Twice the Light (Like the Cut.) AH You Want $1.00 Each. r'V' '. . SOL.D BY W. C. VAN ASM DEL, 131 South 10th- Auto 1581 ALLIED PRINTING TRADES. It was decided at our last meeting. November 23, to accept the hall of the Carpenters' Union, and hereafter the Council will be permanently located there. A ten-cent per capita tax will be asked from all the unions represented in this body, for the purpose of adver tising the" label. W. J. Hope, formerly president of the Council, but now working in the government printing office at Wash ington, D. C... was in Lincoln recently to cast his ballot for president of the United States. The secretary W23 instructed to ad dress a communication to the Com mercial club requesting ' them to use their best efforts toward havins the Hoye City Directory printed in this city. ... -' Fred Ress, president cl the Allied Trades Council, is having a house built at Twelfth arid B streets. Fred Ihringer, W. H. deal, and Ralph Rad- cliff,. son of A. B., members of the Council, are also having new houses onstructed. We are contemplating giving a mas querade ball some time during the winter. ' , just developed, after his death and the removal of his testimony may make a considerable difference in the trend of the case. Coroner Smith has received a letter from J. P. Laughlln, "prosecut ing attorney of Osage county, wno says In his letter that Roady was one- Of thp slur wltntecoa In tho Qrnn .. . . . mv UI.IUUJU -muruur -aae anu mat nis cieatn re moved important testimony of the prosecution unless the court will ac cept the statements made by Roady at a former hearing. We have a large stock of Union Made Shoes and we want your trade. Rogers & Perkins Co. ' ; Green Trading : : Stamps : : CHECK ON RURAL CARRIERS rresident Takes Steps to Prevent Abase or Their Official Positions. At the instance of numerous sena tors and representatives the president has directed the civil service commis sion to make an investigation with a view to relieving the free delivery carriers 'of, their political endeavors.. Recently it has developed that when congress- established the rural free de livery service it created one of the most powerful political machines in the United States with Tespect to its possibilities, and1 in the recent election It has been ascertained the rural free delivery carriers filled certain con gressional districts with literature op posing the re-election of certain mem bers of congress, and especially those who had opposed the bill Introduced at the last session providing for an in crease in the salaries of the rural free delivery carriers. Among others, Representative Overstreet of Indiana was opposed by the representatives of the organization of rural carriers, so it is declared, and it is ' deemed advisa ble to frame some civil service regu lations to prevent the host of carriers from taking any obnoxious part in politics. , An Important Witness. Willa B. Roady, the young man who was crushed and scalded, so badly in the boiler explosion at Klemp's mill at Leavenworth that he died after suf fering more than a day 'with his in juries, was an .important witness in an Osage county murder trial, and It has WW Mm, at The farmer's Grocery Comyany 00000000000O0? Huve your orders for Groceries and Meat filled at . ' : .The Royal: 1028 STREET 'Phnnoc- BELL 334 I IIUIICOe AUTO 1224 WHITE HOUSE Grocery and JVlAi-K.t DKAI.KR IN .! fifty Groceries, fresti and Cured Meits 1435 O STREET PHONES Anto las, liell t83. Orders Promptly Attended to by Pbone.