WAtaEWORKER WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year. Entered as second-class matter April 21. 1904, at the postofflco at Lincoln, Neb., under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1879. J J j$ "Printer' ink," the rec'og-' o j nized authority on advert)- j i Ing, after a thorough Investl- jt gation on this aubject, says: , jl "A labor paper la a far bet- j ter advertising medium than J j an ordinary newspaper in Jl j comparison with circulation. J jl A labor paper, for example, J jl having 2,000 subscribers Is of Jl jl more value to the business J Jl . man who advertises In it jl jl than an ordinary paper with jt jl 12,000 subscribers." Jl J Jl & il tJl sjt tjt J$ jjt A POINT WELL TAKEN. Elsewhere In this issue appears a communication signed by L. D. Wood ruff, manager of the Woodruff-Collins Printlnz Co., of this city. The Wnge morker desires to call the especial at tention of all unionists to Mr. Wood ruff's article because It refers directly and without equivocation to a matter which has not received sufficient at tention at the hands of organized labor. - : In the beginning, The Wageworker must disclaim any knowledge of most of the facts to which Mr. Woodruff fpeclflcally refers. It was aware, that the employe In question had. jumped a number of bills, including one little one ower to the editor, but further than that this paper was not Informed. Obviously a trades union can not un dertake to act as a collection agency, but . certainly , a trades union should take steps to protect fair employers from the dishonesty of employes. Be fore the union to which this particu lar employe belonged issued to him a traveling card charges should have been preferred against him and the in terests of the employer thoroughly protected. This matter of protection is not one-sided by any means. If unionism Is ever to accomplish its best results It must bear In mind the fact that It means Justice for the employer as well as for the employed, and no .union can afford to protect a member when that member Imposes upon the employer, robs him without compunc tion and deserts his post without pro vocation. The Union man who will treat an employer as this particular employe treated Mr. Woodruff is worse than the "scab" and does trades union ism more Injury than a hundred honest union men can balance in a year. The Wageworker hastens to assure Mr. Woodruff and all other fair em ployers that if they have any just grievances they are cordially invited to make them known. The columns of this newspaper are just as freely offer ed to fair employers as It is to union men. And The Wageworker will work Just as earnestly to protect fair em ployers as it will to advance the inter ests of unionism. It Is under obliga tions to Mr. Woodruff for his very frank communication, but he need not apologize for "criminals" of the "scab overall" variety. Neither need he wax sarcastic about "doing things." The Wageworker makes no threats It merely explains its purpose and then says just what pleases it. This hum ble little newspaper is one of the very few published In this country whoso editor does not have to consult with or yield to any man, set of men or' cor porations before taking a stand. Dismissing Mr. Woodruff's acrid sar casm as merely the Justifliable expres sions of a man who has been wronged, The Wageworker cheerfully declares that It is Just as insistent as Mr. Woodruff can be that the trades unions should do more than they aro doing to protect honest and fair em ployers against "crooks" who have, sn ''rOrtunutely, found their way into the unions. FOOLISHNESS, ALL FOOLISHNESS. Chicago unions are whistling against the wind with their anti injunction league "scheme and their slogan about "free speech and trial by jury." The plan looks good on paper, but it isn't worth a hurrah in Halifax. Judges who Issue Injunctions like that Issued by Holdom, or those issued by Jack eon of Pennsylvania, do not care a snap about public sentiment, and all the anti-Injunction leagues this side of the river Jordan would have no more effect on them than water on a duck's back. Why fool away valuable tlmo on such visionary schemes? There Is Just one cure for the in junction evil law. And there is 'just one way" to get the law elect the right men to the legislature and to congress. And there Is Just one way to elect such menvote for them regardless of their political affiliations. The remedy for every evil of a political or civic nature than labor endures today has a remedy at the ballot box. If Holdom had not been elevated to tho bench'lie could not have issued his damnable injunc tion. If worklngmen had .not voted for Holdom he would not have been elected. What good will it do for union men ? form anti-Injunction Holdom 8 tripe? " Foolishness, all fool ishness"!. - " Get the laws we want. Then elect judge.8 -who will construe them In .ac cordance, with their original' intent. Reform tho federal judiciary by mak ing It elective instead of' appointive. And while working forthese reforms make the, injunctJg(g'rujiculous by vio lating It an gJng to jail in droves. . But antl-injjunctjon leagues non sense! ARCHBISHOT.pX KAWFrlDENIAL. A few weeks) "ago the Associated Press papers throughout the country quoted Archbishop Kane of Dubuque as saying that labor unions were schools of thievery, and. other things to equal effect. Naturally a, lot of labor papers "Jumped" on the prelate and scored him unmercifully for his utterances. The Wageworker did not. It felt quite sure that Archbishop Kane never said it, and it was equally sure that some feather-brained reporter, more anxious for a "good story" than he was for the truth, had either delib erately ' misquoted the archbishop or misunderstood him. Reporters for sensational and corporation papers have a bad habit of misunderstanding public men. Now comes Archibshop Kane with a denial of the whole thing. He did de liver an address on labor topics, but he did not attack labor unions. On the contrary, he had good words for their good qualities and harsh words for their shortcomings. What he did say was that the union man who did not deliver a fair day's work for a fair day's wage was as much a thief as the employer who refused to give a fair day's wage for a fair day's work. And there isn't a union man who is honest and all union men should be who will deny the assertion. Over in Prance, whenever a man gets into 'any kind of trouble.the first question asked is: "Who Is the wom an?" In the United States, when a daily newspaper prints an attack on unionism, the first question to ask Is: "What selfish corporation or corpora tions have strings on that newspaper?" No matter who be is, nor what party he belongs to, the candidate for the legislature from Lancaster county who will not pledge himself to work for and vote for a bill abolishing convict competition in the Nebraska peniten tiary will be opposed by this newspa per, and opposed to the limit. This is final. And every candidate will be given ample opportunity to tell where he stands. The national eight-hour law does not apply in the Panama canal zone be cause it is to the interests of a lot of exploiters to have it set aside. The next step will be to set it aside in other places where the flag floats Washington, New York, Chicago, Oma ha, Denver, Frisco and other places. If money will assure Moyer and Hay ward a fair trial th"money will be provided. But mone$wlll not insure it. On the contrary, it money can in sure a conviction It will be conviction, sure. All that organized labor de mands is a fair trial, no favors and justice for every man. The railroads are paid $30,000,000 a year more than they should be paid for transporting the mails. And yet some people profess their inability to see why the railroads should take so much interest in the election of con gressmen and senators. Securing the abolition of convict competition is of a blamed sight more importance to the union men of this state than the election of a partisan United States senator. Do not be de ceived by the partisan cry this trip. Nearly 10 per cent of all the shoes worn by citizens of the United States were made by convicts in state peni tentiaries. Look for the label if you do not want to wear convict-made shoes. ' The former secretary of the Citizens' Alliance at Denver says the president of that body Is a liar, and ' the presi dent 89 ys the former secretary Is a grafter. It is pleasant to hear the enemy speaking the truth so plainly. Gompers advises union men to get into politics. Mitchell advises union men to get into . politics. But they mean by that advice that union men should take their unionism into poli ties. "It's union made, but they did not put the label on it," Is a vary .familiar song sung by some merchants. Don't you believe it! If it Is union made, it will have the label. While you are looking for the union label on your printing, do not forget to look for some unionism in the candi dates for office for whom you vote. If the shoe is union made it will have the union stamp on It some where. Do not be deceived. Look for the stamp. Debs is still hollerin' for a million men with guns. If he had 'em some sheriff' would arrest the whole bunch. You can not tell by the size of the label on a candidate's card how much unionism he has In his heart. The union rnn who wears "scab" goods Is no better than the "scab" who made them, if ala good, Every manf who favored Ignoring the eight-hour law in the "Panama, canal zone should be -'.spotted-: by organized labori'and retired to private life at the! first "jopportunftyl S,. " 1 ' ' If The Wageworker seldom or never contains any news about your local, perhaps the difficulty could be reme died by your Sitting down and writing a few lines about it. Retail stores would soon begin clos ing early on Saturday evening if the men and women who profess to be lieve in the shorter work day would do their duty. ' A lot of union men never think of telling what good union men they are until they get tanked up, and then they talk about it until everybody's head aches. After the pool halls have been re formed a whole lot of reformatory work among fool parents should be inaugurated. If the miners strike they ought to wait until the operators are not more than willing to have a strike. A strike "of miners at this time would be very much like a strike of ice cutters in July. . Take your unionism to the ballot box, but keep politics out of your unions. Clean union hands are union hands washed with union soap. UNION MADE. ,God looks at jour heart, not at your card. "The strikeless strike" demanding the label. Unionism in the heart is better than a working card in the pocket. Union talk never sounds good com ing from under a "scab" hat- A whole lot of union men ought to take some of it home with them. There is no difference between be ing a "scab" and patronizing "scabs." Every time you buy a labeled article you help put the unfair employers out of business. One way to "support" a labor paper is to trade with the merchants who advertise in it. Organized labor has suffered more from the foolishness ot its leaders than it has from the attacks of its enemies. The greatest labor parade in history will be the one wherein union men walk to the polls and vote as a unit in the interests of labor. CHURCH AND LABOR CO-OPERATING. The churches do care for the work ingman. That is why they sometimes go to the shop at the noon hour in the person of the preacher and others,, to present the gospel of love and fellow ship. That is why they go to the work ingman's home in the person of the church visitor. That is why they min ister to the everyday needs or work lngmen, as they have' opportunity. While there are occasions when the church should come put boldly in be half of a particular reform measure, a moment's reflection will convince the honest critic that a general propo ganda in behalf of every social reform measure which men sometimes expect the church to advocate, would soon re sult in endless confusion. - Far better is it to apply the prin ciples of Christ to these problems, so that there may be a constant- factor at work, which, .in the end, will accom plish more than the agitation in favor of a temporary measure. It was not the intention of the founder of the church that it should become an annex to any social, indus trial or political organization; but by furnishing a Christian seutiment, the church disturbs '.the ; wrong wherever it exists. Our churches are democratically or ganized. Laboring men have the fran chise in our churches as fully as in our democratic . nation. The church invites them to take as full a share in its government and work as they will. Whatever misunderstandings may have existed in the past are being re moved by a closer acquaintance and "a mutual interchange of views. An In stitution which rests on a Christian basis should be in close fellowship with the church of Jesus Christ. It cannot take its place, nor can the church take the place of the labor ! union. But the two can work together in harmony in the common effort to uplift our fellowmen, and so to im prove their condition as to make pos sible their moral and spiritual develop ment, thus fitting them for happiness in this life and in the life to come. The church and labor are not only co-laborers one with another, but to gether with Christ, who died that sin and selfishness might be destroyed, and He has sent us forth against the same old enemies. We cannot afford to present a divided rront to the ene my. The church and labor must unit edly concentrate their attention, their sympathy, their love and their choicest powers as Christ did his. The church needs the workingman in this battle, just as the workingman needs the church. Rev. Charles Stelzle. THE PRESSMEN. A Few Thoughts For the Boys Who Turn Wheels. Next Friday evening,. April 6, at S, the Pressmen meet in regular session, and every member shfould be there to take an active part and have a voice in the meeting. See to it that things are done as you think ' and perhaps have said hey should be. Pay your dues and assessments promptly, as every'member isryorKing and can-well afford, to be straight:, for you know' you are- not allowed the death benefit if not paid up. But 'if you can't pay up go anyway and show your good inten tion, for your going may be the means of some one else going. We should not belong to the union just because it's necessary to have a card to work in' certain shops, but that we may be a help to one another and thereby help ourselves. When we hear a man say, "The union never helped me," we know he is working long hours for small wages. Roosevelt says, "More children." Capital says, "Longer hours." Unions say, "Shorter hours, and employ what we have." What Lincoln needs is more active workers in the unions, men that live their unionism. Some say. that and that is the offi cers' duty to look after things. It is all our duty to be there and .help the officers, and see that they are not im posed on by unprincipaled employers and others. . It is no snap to be an offi cer. They get the credit for all the meanness of the union. . Every one should take and read The Wageworker. Just stop and think what that little paper has done for the workingmen and unionism of Lincoln and vicinity. It has set people to thinking and opened the eyes of some, including the pulpit, to what unionism really is, to such an extent that it is being talked and lived more now than ever before. ORIGIN OF THE BOYCOTT. A Correspondent Has Discovered How an Ancestor Was a Victim. Growing weary of perusing the cur rent literature of the day, and feeling ancient after toiling at "The Works," I was led to search my family library for forgotten lore. I found a volume of many "books" that gave me a line' on my genealogy. I became interested, for I had not read far before I discov ered that one of my progenitors was the vlctom of what we call at the present day "the boycott." To give you a line-on my antiquity, I will state that I come from an "old timer." He seems to have been an autocrat in his way, and surely did en joy a monopoly. But he was one of those hard-headed old fellows who re belled on all law and order not of his own making. He Insisted on "personal liberty," hence his downfall, and hence my being at the Works. Now, it appears from this work of many "books," that this old dad of mine was a subject of a powerful King, who set, certain laws, or rules, to gov ern him and his people. So long as my old ancient dad obeyed these laws he and his had a monopoly, and all was well. But one day the old fellow got a "groucn"3 on him and said he would be a ' "free and Independent citizen," and would not be dictated to by any one..' He would run his own affairs in his own way. He talked it over with his wife, and they agreed. . The consequence: Adam could not withstand the edict of the boycott on that apple. He and his ate of the for bidden fruit. They .defied the "boy cott,' they suffered the awful penalty of losing a monopoly of banishment, of sin, and death. I find a whole lot else in this volume of many "books'1 that is interesting reading to a student of economics, and would like to loan a volume of it to some of our recalcitrants, who think they can prosper by "kicking against the pricks," and be "free and indepen dent citizens." There's a whole lot more in it than bigotry, and I like many of its stories, rules, laws, etc.,' even though it does sanction the "boycott," which so many "learned Judges" would declare illegal. To. boycott is simply a law of nature, as well as of economics, and all the Injunctions in the world will not eradi cate it. "Bab in Washington Trades Unionist. ,. '.... The only kind of advice that is ever taken is the rich relation's, and only when he is there to see you do it. A man never loves another for the enemies he has made if he happens to be one of them. CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION State of Nebraska, office of Auditor of Public Accounts. - Lincoln, February 1. 1906. It Is hereby certified, that the Pru dential Insurance company of Amer ica of Newark in the state of New Jersey, has complied with the insur ance law of this state, applicable to such companies, and is therefore au thorized to continue the business of life insurance in this state for the current year ending January 31, 1907. Summary of report filed for the year ending December 31, 1905. INCOME. Premiums . $45,012,227 . 04 All other sources . 4,291,195.23 Total $4903,422.27 DISBURSEMENTS. Paid policy holders .$14,325,815.86 All other . , - payments 16,404,339.27 " Total $30,730,155.13 Admitted assets 107,473,057.21 LIABILITIES. Net reserve.$88,233,975.00 Net policy claims .. 625,418.86 All other liabilities. 2,523,638.75$91 ,383,032.61 2,000,00000 b ,.: ' Capital stock paid up.. Surplus be yond capital stock and . ; - .- other liabil- '"..'.' itles 14,090,024.60 16,090,024.60 Total .' :.. .$107,473,057.21 Witness my hand and the seal of the auditor of public accounts the tlay and year first above written. ! E. ; M.SBARLE, JR.' (Seal) 'Auditor Public Accounts. JOHN L. PIERRE, Deputy. tihOfi nno&den' Salt Lake citv 4lCUaUUButte, Helena, $22.50XTR aJ" ft ft Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, $25.40 Spokane, Ellendburg, Wenatchee, Wash., Via St. Paul, Minn. $27.90 Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, I The above are one way Colonist Rates. 15 to April 7. R. W. M'GINNIS, Gen. Agt. . 1024 O Street. C. & N. W. R. R. Lincoln, Neb. 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