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3,000 cubic feet?
DO YOU KNOW that It would take
an ordinary gas burner almost 60 days
to burn $1.00 wolth of gas?
DO YOU KNOW that the average
family gas bill paid in Lincoln for the
month of February was only $2.25?
DO YOU KNOW that this means a
cost of less than 9 cents a day for each
family using gas? That many families
get along on even HALF this expense?
. DO YOU KNOW that it is actually
cheaper to cook with gas
coal, wood or gasoline?
than with
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DO YOU KNOW that a Gas Range is
cheaper than any other range you can
purchase cheaper in first cost, cheaper
in last cost?
DO YOU KNOW that no woman who
has ever used a gas range would care
to go back to a coal or wood range? 1
DO YOU KNOW that a modern gas
range will do ALL the work of a coal
range and itkyhaoughtSttthMEANw
range and do it with HALF the labor
and HALF the cost?
DO YOU KNOW that a regular fam
ily dinner can be cooked on a gas
range for about SEVEN CENTS a
breakfast for TWO CENTS?
DO YOU KNOW that you can buy a
modern gas range on terms as low as
$5 down and $2 a month?
DO YOU KNOW that we will connect
ycur gas range free of charge, no mat
ter where you buy it in St. 'Paul? .
DO YOU KNOW that we maintain a
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free exhibit room where a complete
line of" gas ranges and heaters are
shown in actual use, with gas turned
on?
DO. YOU KNOW that you can heat '
water in your bath room by simply
lighting a gas jet down stairs?
DO YOU KNOW that you can have
hot water all summer without building
a fire?
DO YOU KNOW that you can have a
hot bath at any hour of the day or
night by simply striking a match?
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THE WAGEWORKER
WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Published Weekly. One Dollar a Year. Advertising Rates on Application
Entered as second-class matter Ap ril 21, 1904, at the postofflce at Lin
coln, Neb, under the Act of Congress.
THE CHURCH AND THE 1WORKINGMAN..
In his ringing protest against the acceptance by the Congre
gational Board of Missions of the $100,000 donated by John D.
Rockefeller, Rev. Washington Gladden touched a note that should
find response in the heart of every minister of the gospel who has
puzzled his brain over the question, "Why do not workingmen
more generally attend church?" Speaking of the Rockefeller dona
tion, Rev. Gladden said:
"We do not want this man's money.- To accept it
will be to work the contempt of millions of honest men ; to
reject it will strengthen our churches in the affection and
respect of millions who are inclined to doubt whether the
churches love God more than mammon. Our missions will
be richer and stronger by our loyalty to the things unseen
and eternal."
, No-honest man will dispute that John D. Rockefeller's vast
wealth has been accumulated by methods that will not stand scru
tiny, at the last great judgment. A fprtunc built upon the ruins
of men's hopes, the oppression of those less fortunate and bv spe
cial privileges bought upon the auction block where legislation was
sold as openly as horses in the market places, is not an honest
fortune.
When tlie 'cliurch solicits and accepts money from men whose
fortunes were so builded, it gives the lie to its claims and shames
the man of Naareth whose every word was a denunciation of such
men and such methods. ly every idea of decency, court esy, fair
play and gcntlemenly- .instinct, the- church that accepts gifts
blatantly given by men. like John,-J). . Rockefeller seals its lips for
over against denunciations of the corrupt methods by which that
money was , required. ...The world has for ..centuries looked with
scorn upon the .man who. would abuse the friend -who succored him,,
and the man who bites the-. hand, that feeds him is scorned and
hissed, by all , mankind, and rightly so . What, then shall we say of
a church that begs of and receivus. from men. like Rockefeller vast
sumsjpf money acquirpd by corruption, and then applauds while
its ministers denounce crime ami corruption? And can the church
of Jesus Christ hope to interest the meek and humble of earth as
long as the lips of-its .ministers are stricken dumb by .the contribu
tions of the rich and powerful ? . , ......... 1
The greatest tribute to Jesus Christ's work while on earth is
found in that passage of the Good Uook where it, is' written that
"The common people' heard him gladly." In the broad definition
of the term Jesus was a democrat of democrats. He was a crafts
man, too, and the writer of this editorial believes that he was a
union craftsman, for his every act and every word were acts and
words of helpfulness. , , ,
Hut can the modern day church expect the "common people"
to "hear gladly" a gospel that dares not denounce corruption in
high places? Can it expect the "common people" to "hear gladly"
and receive with great joy a gospel that has in it nothing of denun
ciation for. corruption and thievery? Jesus knbtted a whip of cords
and drove the money changers from the temple. The modern
church has cushioned its pews, sealed the lips of its ministers and
invited the men whom Jesus drove from the temple to come in
and take front scats, catering to them because of their ability to
lift mortgages and support missionaries. And then the ministry
of this same church puckers its collective brow and wonders why
the workingmen the men whose like and kind heard Jesus gladly
- will hot go to church to' hear the gospel as it is preached in these
latter lays. , ,'
Jesus did not stand off in a dim corner and mildly denounce the
money. changers in the temple. He went after them and drove them
out. What minister in Lincoln dares to stand before his congre
gation and scathingly 'denounce the men in the pews before him
whom he knows have, made their money by usury, extortion, chi
canery and corruption of public servants, calling them by name or
knotting a verbal whip of cords and driving them from (od's house?
If there is such an one let him announce the date and hour and
The Wageworker will have a man there.
When the lips of the church's ministry are no longer sealed by
the contributions of the dishonest rich ; when the church shows
by its actions that it makes no distinction between the widow's mite
and the rich man's millions ; when the church makes manifest that
it will not tolerate rich men making it a den of thieves instead of
a place of prayer; wljen the church attacks wrong and evil in the
concrete instead of in the abstract, when the church of Jesus Christ
preaches the words of Jesus Christ then and not until then will
it be able to reach the "common people" who "heard Jesus gladly"
and be freeded forever from trying to find an answer to the question,
"Why do not workingmen attend church?"
, THE RECALL.
A public official is merely the servant of the people who elected
him.- There is no geting away from that proposition. A private
individual who employs a servant has the right to discharge that
servant for failure to perform his duty. Why should the public be
deprived of the right to discharge a faithless or incompetent public
servant,
That's all there is to the "recall" system.
Nothing mysterious about it; nothing unjust about it just a
nlain business proposition.
Why not exercise the right of discharge in public matters just
the same as in private matters?
When a public servant grows chesty, and thinks he knows
more than the people who employ hinr, or refuse to do what his
employers tell him to do--hre him bodily.
Anything Wrong about that? '
An official elected for a term of years b under contract to serve
his employers for that term, but if he fails to do his duty he has
violated the contract and should be discharged.
But who shall decide whether this public servant should be dis
charged? Why. the people themselves, to be sure.
How can they do it? As easily as they employed. him in the
first place.
If a given proportion of the people are dissatisfied with the
service rendered-by a public servant, let them say so by ' petition.
Then let the official go back to the people and rest his case with
them. If he is defeated it is evidence that the charge of dereliction
in office was well, founded.
Could anything be more just? Could anything be more simple?
Have the people not grown tired of being served by faithless
and incompetent servants? Haven't they got enough spirit left to
demand the right to discharge aservaht who will not do the work
given him to do.
There is. nothing mysterious about the proposed "recall sys
tem." " It is as plain as a pikestaff. Think it over.
The "silent "strike" is the best strike of all... Try it. ; Strike
against unfair employers and sweat shops by demanding the union
label, on all that you buy. While you are striking against unfair
conditions you are. working right along and drawing your money.
The "silent strike" is a winner.
Anything is easy for unionism if it is right to start with and
has the support of all union men. A labor temple would be right.
If all Lincoln unionists will get behind the project we can lay the
corner stone on Labor Day.. That would beat a "labor parade'' out
of sight.
It is a little late, but we would like to call the attention of a
few politicians in Lincoln to the fact that the "d--d fool laboring
men" did stand together.
The union that lives unto itself is destined to fill an-untimely
grave in the "dead duck" department of the union records.
j- Sure . ...' .... ;
The ' world well knows the old, old
-. story - ', ' . . , ; ; ' ' ' '
A man can't buy his way to glory.i
There's Dais' one safe dead-sure plan -Deal
squarely with! your fellow man,'
And unto ethers always do -As
you would have them do to you.
Though yon pile riches great, untold,
Salvation is. not bought with; gold;-- -And
gold piled up to mountain height
Will not outweigh a, widow's mite. ';
U"cle Josh
"I have noticed," ; remarked Uncle
Josh, nudging over towards the crack
erbox, "that a whole lot o' men' are
like bumblebees. The hustle around
t beat th' band an' keep up a turrible
hummin', but , they never put up no
honey t'. sell." .
The Clothing End of
Runs into Big Money
When a business has grown large enough to secure mini
mum prices in buying large quantities, and can thereby present
the same advantages to those who deal with it then, and only
then, does it take a class by it's self.
This is the present status of -this store.
Reliability is the key-note of our Clothing. :
The Men's Suits we sell at
$3.95, $5.00, $6.50, $7.50 and $8.75
have the ear-marks of the finer goods. ( They are made from
honest fabrics and come in tasteful pattern. They fit and look
well and will give a generous amount of wear.
Our finer Suits at
$10, $12.50, $15, $18, $20, 22.50 & $25
are strictly hand-made. They are made from finest domestic
and foreign fabrics and are cut. made and trimmed in the best
possible manner.
We Sell Good Work Pants at
89c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50.
Business & Dress Pants of finer Sort
$1.98, $2.50, $2.98, $3.50, $3.98; $5.00
$6.00, $6.50 and $7.50
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In furnishing Goods
you will always find fust what you want in this store and get
it at a price that will mean more saving. We show a very
large line of dress and work shirts which are
UNION MADE.
ARMSTRONG CLOTHING 'C0MPAMY
Goodr Clothes Mercharits. :
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