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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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-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
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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
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