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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1906)
WA6EW0RKER 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 postofflce at Lincoln, Neb., under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1879. J j "Printers' Ink," the recog- jt j nized authority on advertis- J .SI Ing, after a thorough invest!- J gatlon on this subject, says: j ,jl "A labor paper is a far bet- Jt 0 ter advertising medium than J jH an ordinary newspaper in J j comparison with circulation. Jt j A labor paper, for example, s j)t having 2,000 subscribers is of & 0 more value to the business j man who advertises In it jl than an ordinary paper with jl j 12,000 subscribers." & J GET INTO POLITICS! Union men ought to get into politics clean up to their eyebrows. Not as partisans, but as union men. The la boring man who allows himself to bj ruled by partisanship is a chump. If there is a fool equal to the working man who always votes the democratic ticket straight, regardless of whether it represents his interests or not, it is the workingman who alway3 votes tho republican ticket straight without stop plng to assure himself that it repre sents his interests. Just take a look at the last Nebraska legislature, for instance. It was overwhelmingly republican, but what did it do for the workingmen? Not a blessed thing. Its every move was taken for partisan reasons, and every law asked for by union men was shelved in committee. The last Georgia legislature was overwhelmingly demo cratic, and it gave no heed to the de mands of the wage earners. It was actuated only by partisan considera tions. Now look at the congress of tho United States. It is choke full of re publicans and democrats who are al ways maneuvering for some partisan advantage, and it never has time to consider the needs of the working classes. Congress both branches is made up of two classes: lawyers who are in politics for a living, and mil lionaires who are there to look aftor the selfish interests cf themselves and the great corporations they represnt Who put thse men there? The men who work for wage3. And what do th"! wage earners get out of it? The right to send in petitions that are ignored, the right to swell up and march on Labor day, and the satisfaction of be ing patted on the back every campaign by a lot of political shysters who make a living out of politics. ; That's all. -..-. ' Out Of ttie nearly 500 senators and representatives in congress not more than a half-dozen know from actual experience what the wage earners of this country need. , One-fifth of tho voters of this country belong to labor unions, yet there isn't a representative union man in congress. Plenty of law yers, though. If organized labor showed good sense on election day it would have close upon 100 live, energetic, irfluential representatives in congress. It will never have any until its mem bers quit being partisans first and citi zens and union men afterwards. Wake up and get into the political game, you union men. Affiliate with any party you please, but don't let the party run you. Run the party. If the party goes wrong, bid it goodby and let go. A "bolter" is far better than the party-bound slave. A vote for prin ciple ia never lost, even if it be solitary and alone among a million. If your party will not recognize your demands, look for a party that will The man who proudly boasts that he never "split a ticket" merely boasts of his own idiocy. Keep politics out of your unions, but for your own sake, and for the good of the country and of organized labor, take your unionism into politics. bauch the elected representatives of the people. And this is the man who is going to vote to unseat Smoot because Smoot is not a fit associate for other senators. Fudge! Likewise Rats! And Pshaw! President Roosevelt fears that the shortening of the working day would mean more time spent in the saloons by the workingmen. Perhaps. But would that be any worse than the mil lionaires who do not work at all spend ing all their time in "clubs" and as signation houses? What do you think of the unionism of a union member who will buy a $5 "scab" hat and a 75-cent union hat, and then surreptitiously put the label of the cheap hat into the "scab" hat? There's a union member right here in Lincoln who turned that dirty trick. It would he just awful if the labor unions of San Francisco took advant age of the situation to demand an in crease in the wage scale, wouldn't it? That sort of thing must be left to the eminent gentlemen who own the steel and lumber trusts. Omaha street railway men object to a wage scale calling for a minimum of 21 cents and a maximum of 25 cents &n hour. Gosh, but wouldnt the Oma n's minimum look good as the maxi mum in Lincoln? Of course it is awfully wicked for the miners to resent the bullying of the Pinkertons hired by the mine own ers. The miners ought to submit to any old insult that is offered by the hirelings of the bosses. If Bishop McCabe's ears are burn ing he has about three feet of con flagration on each side of his head. The Ladies' Home Journal is a wel come recruit to the forces organized to combat child labor. San Francisco sufferers we'll wager a pretty penny that the labor unions are not ashamed of their share. Get the label habit. SOME LABELED GOODS. Of Wageworker Manufacture and There Is No Copyright. The man who blindly votes for party has no right to complain if his per sonal interests are assaulted. A whole lot of union men forget to tell it until they get their hides filled with tanglefoot. A "scab" hat never adorned the top of a levelheaded unionist. If you just can't chew union made tobacco" for heaven's sake quit the natsy habit. The real union man does not keep his unionism on his working card." The bray of the jackas3 may be heard farther than the song of the bluebird, whidh may explain why Post is at tracting so much attention. Spelling Reform. . , Scratcherly "How do you spell 'ecstasy?' " Jabberly "You spelled it right." Scratcherly "How's that?" Jabberly" 'X. T. C That's the re formed way, you know." Proof. Mr. Groucherly (father of the fair Gwendoline) "What I want to know, Mr. Spoonamore, is whether or not your attentions are serious." Mr. Spoonamore "Well, Mr. Grouch erly, all I can say in reply . is that they are properly labeled." Mr. Groucherly "How's that?" Mr. Spoonamore Well, here's ' the engagement ring, and if that isn't a union label I'd like to know what is." The union man who wears "scab" goods is no better than the "scab" who makes them. There is nothing "just a3 good" as the article bearing the union label. The man with the labels i3 the man with the unionism. Of the millions contributed to the Uncle Squareman. "I've often noticed," remarked Uncle Suareman, thrusting a quid of union made goods into his cheek, "that a whole lot of employers who profess to take a great interest in the laboring class also take the principal as well." Wrong Location. "I have the' welfare of my employes at heart," remarked the pious em ployer, rolling his eyes skyward. "That's all right," responded v th spokesman of the employe's delegation, "but what we want is a change of loca tion from your heart to your pocket-hook." Limerick. There was an old "scab" in Eau Claire Who never could act on the square: He wouldn't pay dues But never would lues A chance to grab more than his shaire. Consistent. "Is your husband a good union "Indeed he is. He attends his fam ily union meeting every evening, pays his dues regularly, and never dissents from the ruling of the chair. By the way, I'm chairman of our family union." A PRECIOUS PAIR. Something About Defenders of "Scabs" That Makes for Immorality Klbert Hubbard, editor of the Phil istine, is just now engaged in the de lectable task of busting the labor un ions. He has examined them in the light of his "new thought" and reports that he has found them wanting. This is really too bad. The Hubbard out burst reminds us that there must be something about this union busting business that leads to disregard of the marital vows. As proof thereof we merely call attention to two of the most violent opponents of organized labor Elbert Hubbard and Charles W Post. In a remarkable degree the lives of these two'eminent union busters run ia the same channels. Post divorced his wife in order to marry his stenog rapher. Hubbard divorced his wife in order to legalize his relations with a woman who, it is asserted, bore him children while he was yet wedded to another. We have had the opinion of this precious pair on unionism. Now we'd like to hear from their ex-wives on the subject of Post and Hubbard. It might make reading vastly more in teresting than the maunderings of the "pastor" and the sawdust dope man. ONE OF THE FINEST. The Lincoln Wageworker's handsome special edition came to our desk this week. It contains 126 columns of ads and 24 pages. , It is the greatest paper oi the kind ever printed in Nebraska, and the Laborer congratulates Mr. Maupin. He deserves all that he got in that edition. We can see some one cut a big swath in Colorado Springs in August. Western Laborer. o Hay Always be Found When the Furniture Conies From The Star Turnitun (& Ceish or- Gi-ciit The Wage-Earners Furniture Supply House, i I 208 South 11th St. 000000C90000000000000000 Lincoln, Nebraska. 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