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GENERAL MENTION. Interesting Items Mostly Swiped from Bright Lp.bor Papers, Demand the label. The union label that's all. Jiouk for the union label. If It la not labeled, refuse it. Clerics' union at Spokane, Wash., lias luen revived. Union made shoes are sold by Rog ers & Perkins. HIM posters of Toronto, Canada, have been organized. The Larklns' Soap company Is uu iair to organized labor. Two hundred and fifty newsboys huve formed a union In San Francisco. Chair pushers and tailors of Atlantic 'Cily are organizing themselvea into a union. Organized labor should lvmenibar that 'Lartina Idea" soaps are on the tmlair list. Carpenters and stone cutters of Kansas City, Mo., secured an Increase v. ithout strike. Painters of Albany, N. Y., secured a'.i advance of from $2.50 to $r..00 a day by striking. "Blue Ribbon" cigars are unio'i made, Lincoln made and well made Sold by all dealers. Steam engineers or Toledo and Xutiesvllle, O., and HirmiiiKham, Ala., were organized recently. iJuildlng Laborers' Protective Union of Kaa3E.3 City, Mo., lias purchased a lot and will erect a building. Cement workers have been organ ised in Washington, D. C, kiltimore. .VUI., and Richmond and Norfolk, Va. Unorganized section men of Tam il ra, 111., struck for an advance of 25 c nts a day. The outcome is doubtful. The plumbers in Kansas City, Mo., are winning out notwithstanding tho arrival of three hobo plumbers frjm Chicago. The carriage and wagon black smiths of Pittsburg were organized and affiliated with the Brotherhood of Blacksmiths. Sheet metal workers in l)es Moiues, la., have secured a raise in their mini mum wage scale from 30 to 35 cents an hour until November 1, and there at tor 37 Vi cents per hour. The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners has appropriated $40,000 for the. purchase of a building In the heart or' Indianapolis and the remodeling of the same. The unsatisfactory condition in get ting out the Iowa state printing in a non-union concern has caused the au thorities to give the contract to a union office. Philadelphia is awakening! The painters have abolished piece work, increased the pay of the twenty-eight uk-ij and mada a closed shop in a strike lasting just two hours and a half. The manner in which the bosses in Wellington, New Zealand, have been tiyiug to dodge the arbitration court's awards has caused the president of thai court to threaten heavier penal ties in the future. The Industrial Workers (?) of the World, at their "convention" in Cht cago repudiated Samuel Gompers. Well, Well! Latest, information re c('ived states that President Gompers It still on earth. "The Workman," the official paper ol the A. O. U. W. In Ohio, will not. as at first reported, be printed iu a non-union office. More honor to tlio brothers, and may their example be followed by other societies. Spokane, Wash., Chamber of Com r.ierce donated $2,000 to secure the national convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join ers. That's the kind of go-ahead men (hey have out west. The Wisconsin Association of Mas ter Bakers have adopted a resolution favoring a ten-hour work day. They have seen the light. They also say: "Sunday work is not in harmony with Modern progress and ideal citizen ship." CUT-RATE DRUGS AND PATENT MEDICINES $1.00 Warner's K. & L... 7Sc $1.00 Cooper's Discovery S;5c $1.00 Llquozone 89c $1.00 Duffy's Malt 89c $1.00 Peruna SISc $1.00 Plnkbam Co 8:Jc $1.00 Pierce's Remedies 83c $1.00 Horlick's Malted Milk 70c $1.00 Stuart s Dyspepsia Tabs 8Hc $1.00 Snoop's Restorative 8:!c $1.00 Kilmer's Swamp Root 83c $1.00 Hostetter's Bitters 79c GOc Hoan's Kidney Pills 43c 60c Williams' Pink Pills 43c 50c California Syrup Figs 43c 35c Rocky Mountain Tea 30c 35c Fletcher's Castoria 25c 26c Latta's Pills 21c 25c Alcock's Porous Plaster luc 25c Carter's Pills 21c 25c Cuticura Soap 20c 25c Packer's Tar Soap 20c 25c Mennen's Talcum 12c 25c White Pino Cough 21c All our Drugs'are bought 'carefully, kept carefully, and sold carefully. Rector's Pharmacy RECTOR'S 12th and O Streets. Charles Yip Tin, the Pierpont Mor gan of China, who is in the United States investigating the operation of (he American railway systems, says that the effort of the Panama Canal Commission to secure Chinese labor for the canal will fail, owing to the feeling of China against the exclusion laws. Union men! please your wifo and your poeketbook by purchasing a Riv erside Base Burner. There is abso lutely no stove on the market that will furnish as much heat for the amount of coal consumed as will the Riverside. Sold exclusively by Hoppe at 108 North Tenth street. The threatened strike of iron mold- eis in the engineering trade of Man chester and Southeast Lancashire. England, has been averted. The tnold evs, who had demanded an immediate advance of 50 cents per week, have accepted an advance of 25 cents now, wish a promise of an additional ad vance cf 25 cents in January. Fifty men left one barn on Hunting ton's electric railway lines in Los An geles, Cal., last week. Overwork and email pay are the main reasons as signed. This in the face of the fact that Huntington has promised them that they shall get 30 cents an hour alter they have worked fourteen years. Some men are so unreasonable, you know! A report of the New York Slate pertinent of Labor shows that there are now 8,000,000 wage workers in labor unions, one-fourth of whom are in the United States. Great Britain and Germany each have nearly as many unionists as the United States, hut the countries in which the move ment is comparatively new Austria, Hungary, Italy, etc., are making rapid progress. OVER IN TEXAS. Farn-.ers cf the Lone Star Str.te Hold Convention. Al i lie recent convention of the Fanners' State Union, held in Dallas, Texas, 476 delegates and as many visitors were assembled. These rep resented a total membership of 211,000 which is surely an indication that the farmers of the Lone Star state are pretty thoroughly organized. A. feature of this convention was the number of resolutions adopted that affect organized labor, which leaves no room for douot that feeling exists among the farmers that there is a community of interests between them and the toilers in factories and shops. These annual conventions bring the farmers and the city unions inlo closer, touch, and so strengthen the bonds between (hem that the efforts of the enemies of organized labor to create distrust between town and country or- nniiiations are of little avail. The farmers' union has adopted a label for the purpose of designating their products, and a resolution adopt ed by the convention was to the efiect that in whatever form the label was produced it should be accompanied by the typographical union label. Anoth er resolution favoring the typograph ical union label was as follows: Whereas, There is a printing trust in Te.iits, and that because of 'his tha price of printing has been increased to an extortionate extent; and Whoreas, We know the typograph ical union label will not be allowed to be used on trust-made goods; there tore, be it Resolved, That we urge all persons with whom we trade to have all print ing Ix'ir the label of the typographical union. The farmers' union is taking an act ive part in union politics, and this con vention went on record as favoring a legal eight-hour workday and legis lation to prohibit the importation of strikebreakers. It also is opposed to the employment of convict labor i': competition with free labor, believing that prison production should be con fined to such articles as are used iu state institutions. It is to be hoped that farmers of all the states will or gunize such unions, and affiliate and co-operate with labor unions in urging legislation favorable to the laborers, the adoption of the universal eigiii hour day, and assist in creating an de mand for the union label. The Typo graphical Journal. THE BARTENDERS. Membership and Interest Growing at a Gratifying Rate. The Bartenders' Union lias been making some gains in membership of late, six new members having been taken in since September 1. The union will meet at the usuai place m;st Sunday morning, and mat ters of vital interest to the member ship demand the presence of every man. The Lincoln hotel bar continues to enjoy the unenviable distinction of being the only "scab" bar in the city. The bartenders employed there gave as their reason lor dropping out that the bar was patronized only by trav eling men. The explanation is a full measure of their unionism. The union man who patronizes the bar is merely giving aid and comfort to non-union men. I , 8 g Copyright 1906 The House of Kuppenheimer THE MODERN MOSES Karliest of labor leaders was Moses, the nnn who delivered from a cruel bondage the millions of Israelites who served the Pharoah of Egypt. The development of a leader is al ways a slow process. This is partic ularly true in the industrial world. For in the labor movement there is so much at stake, and there are so niany interests involved, that the raw enthu siast cannot be entrusted with the power of leadership. Enthusiasm there must be, but it must be au enthusiasm founded upon intelligence and a genuine experience. It required forty years of solitude in the land of Alidian to transform the hot-blooded Moses, the adopted son cf Pharoah's daughter, into the modest Moses whose name has become a syn onym for meekness. "Learned iu all the wisdom of the Egyptian" nevertheless he needed the solitary life of the shepherd on the hillside to prepare him for the great task of leading out into liberty the slaves of the Egyptian ruler. If ever Moses was a glib talker, he foigot how to nse this weapon of the spellbinder, for when he was called to his work, we are told that he him self protested, saying that he was "slow of speech." Perhaps both his modesty and his inability to speak flu ently were in his favor as a labor leader, for his task was one which de manded not burning orations, but pa tient endurance. When he appeared before the oppressor of his brethren, his symbol of power was a shepherd's crook typical of his former occupa tion, and witntss that he too came from the ranks, and that his heart beat true to that of his suffering kins men. lie came, too, with the conscious ness of a sure victory- because he knew that his cause was just. But more than that, he was confident be cause ho came in the spirit of a strong moiv I faith. This emancipation which he was about to witness was more than an economic deliverance dependent upon brute strength, and the ability of a mere man to exercise unusual power. Ho had hack of him the Om nipotent God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob, the forefathers of the af flicted Israelites. It was the religious element in this movement which made it all-powerful. The rleliveraneo was to come so that the Israelites might worship more free ly the God of their fathers. He was to become their Ruler and their Lead er. This day awaits another Hoses aye, many such, or again the masses nerl to be led out of bondage. Not al ways the bondage of the ancient Is r.telitos, although there is still a call for such service, but the bondage which enslaves man to his lower self. -The qualities that were so conspicu ous in Moses must be found in the modern leader. He must be" of the people, for he must understand their needs. He must have had an experi ence which sobered him, so that he is familiar with the deeper, truer things of life. He must depend not so much upon bis speech as upon his character. Ife must have the power which can come alone through the con sciousness that his cause is just, and that back of him, too, as He was back Clothes That Possess Quality And the Style That Good Dressers Appreciate We buy only from those manufacturers whose products have "made good" in the markets of the world. Reliable, dependable, wear-well clothing that will please you in Style, Quality and Service. Our Snits, Overcoats, Top Coats, and Cravenettes that sell for $10, $12.50, $15, $18, $20, $22.50 and $25 come in all new shades of gray, black, dark blue, and novelties. Every garment is guaranteed to be the very best for the price.. We invite you to look over our stock. It will commend itself to you from every standpoint. dams, Farqnbar, O'Neal Go. Proprietors Successors to The Paine Clothing Company of Moses, stands the God of the com mon people, Who is saying through him: "Let rny people go'." Rev. Charles Stelzle. HOW IT WORKS. A Banquet and Much Wine Influences Legislation in Nebraska. A few years ago the matter of re vising the convict contract law came before the Nebraska legislature. It was thought that the state was not getting a big enough price per convict. It was also thought by some that it might be well to abolish the system entirely. There was a committee ap pointed to investigate. It began its work, but before it got very far the prison contractor invited the commit tee to be his gnesta at a little banquet at. a local hostelry. The members ac cepted the kind invitation, and the ban quet was a gorgeous affair. The wine list was Quite extended, and the menu card contained ail the delicacies of the season and some that were out of sea son according to law. The banquet ended the investiga tion. ,o more inquiries were made, d t'.e matter was allowed to sink into what G. Cleveland called inocuou-3 0x! uetude. ft' course organized labor vas not represented in that legislature. And, of course, the honest and highminded legislators were not influenced by the banquet. But with a couple of true blue work ingnien in the legislature it would be possible :o prevent such an outrageous perversion of justice. Vote for Smith and Quick and get a square deal from the great state of Nebraska. THE PRESSMEN. Criticize Printers for Haste in Closing t With Publishers' Association. The American Pressman, official or gan of the International Printing Press men and Assistants' Union has the following to say of the action taken by the International T3-pographical Union convention at Colorado Springs last August. It deserves the careful con sideration of the printer end of the allied trades: "As usual, the convention signified its willingness to sign up with the American Publishers' association with out first conferring with the I. P. P. and A. IT., notwithstanding proposition No. 9, by Delegate Heinz, of Zanes ville, Ohio, was presented for the very purpose of preventing entering into an agreement after the expiration of the one of May 1, 1!)07. Mr. Heinz's prop osition was defeated. In its haste the I. T. V. has simply followed its usual program a program that has and is costing it hundreds of thousands of dollars, which, were better tactics em ployed in time, would save it much of its rapid running outlay. This act is certainly suggestive, and that is, that where the I. T. U. sees a chance to close up an agreement it closes it and lets all affiliated organizations take care of themselves. It was ever thus; and as a consequence, the eight-hour day and the open shop is still an open question for adjustment. Had the I. T. U. conferred with the I. P. P. and A. U., and done clean business, by form ing a proper agreement, on the time of fulfillment and its execution, there would not now be a doubt of its uni versal success. This we add in a broth erly spirit, Time tries men's souls we knowr." J A Good Place to Buy Good Clothes PATRONIZE THE WAGEWORKER'S ADVERTISERS OffiOCCO0)05ffi05-C30OffiOOffiOffi i The Lincoln Wallpaper & Paint Co. 1 A Strictly Union Shop 1 SSaS : Modern Decorators, Wall 1 Paper, Mouldings, Etc. KM I Auto ffiOSOSOK)0OSO0OffiO0$OffiOOffiO0 IWF1 Bu J J Coke GENUINE Our Coke is genuine, is made in four hours from the best gas coal, is a clean, gray, almost pure carbon, sized, screened and fully prepared for the furnace, base burner, grate, or air-tight stove. It will save you from 30 to 40 per cent on your heating bill this winter. 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