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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1907)
:n IU in lit 8 BARBERSHOP 8 g CHARLES BOWEN, Prop. g Union Cleanly- Handy 8 YOU ARE NEKT 8 g 101 South 11th, - Lincoln g PREWITT'S PHOTO GALLERY 1214 O STREET When you want a good photograph call and see my work. Satisfaction guaranteed .... We are expert cleaners, dyers H and finishers of Ladles' and Gen tlemen's Clothing of all kinds. The finest dresses a specialty. THE NEW FIRM J. C. WOODS CO. A-xC FOR PRICELIST. M "PHONES: Bell, 147. Auto, 1292. U 1320 N St - - Lincoln, Neb. Wage workers, Allenlion We have Money to Loan on Chattels. Plenty of it, too. Utmost secrecy. KELLY & INORRIS 70-7! BROWNELL BLK. 000C)0C20CSQ000 Union Harness & Repair Shop GEORGE H. BUSH Harness . repairing, Harness washed and oiled. I use the -Union Stamp and solicit Union Trade. All kinds of work fur nished on call. 145 So. 9th. JO04 HAYDEN'S ART STUDIO New Location, 1127 O Fine work a Specialty. Auto 3336 Lincoln Dental College CLINIC Open for Patients Every Afternoon 15tb d U fl: r. a M. Bulldlag OWN VOIR OWN HOME STOP PAYING RENT We will loan you money to build or buy a home and you can pay it back in small monthly payments the same as rent. INVESTIGATE. OCCIDENTAL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION MATBON & HALL, Gen'l Agta. 118 North 14th St, Lincoln, Neb. j OFFICE OF !DR. R. Li BENTXEY, Specialist Children ' Office Hours 1 to 4 p.m. i Office 2116 O st. Both Phones. ' Lincoln, Nebraska. DH A. B. AYEftS Dentist ' 1309 0 Street Auto 1591; Dell 91S i Bring this ad and save ten per cent on it 4t it it a i i WAGEWORKER WILL M. MAVPIN, EDITOR Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th 'St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year. Entered as second-class matter April 21, 1904, at the postoffice at Lincoln, Nfeb., under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1S79. "Printers' Ink," the recog nized authority on advertis ing, after a thorough investi gation on this subject, says: "A labor paper is a far bet ter advertising medium than an ordinary newspaper in comparison with circulation. A tabor paper, for example, having 2,000 subscribers is of more value to the business man who advertises In it thn an ordinary paper with 12,000 subscribers." J J jl J J J J J Jt J LABOR'S WATCHWORD. . We wlil stand by our friends and ad minister a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, neg ligent or hostile, and. -whenever oppor tunity affords, secure the election of intelligent, honest, earnest trade union ists, with clear, unblemished, paid-up union cards in their possession. A WORD WITH LINCOLN MER CHANTS. Gentlemen, this matter of patroniz ing home merchants and home indus tries has several phases, and it would be well for you to look at all of them. If the wage earners of Lincoln take hold of the home patronage movement it will be a vast benefit to you. Now you ought to meet the wage earners half way in this matter. It is considerably easier to get union- made goods in Lincoln than it was three years ago. But it is not easy enough yet, by any means. There is no use mincing words about this matter. You are not doing the right thing by us. You have a pernicious habit of buying a few labeled goods usually the poorest of the kind you can buy and then hiding them away somewhere. When a customer insists on having the labeled goods you man age to dig it up, but you do it un willingly, and you can truthfully say it is not good, either in make or quality. Then you try to palm off the non-union stuff, asserting that it i3 better than the shoddy article you I have bought with the label in it. Of course you can get shoddy and poorly made stuff with the label thereon. We know It just as well as you do, But you can also get the best. We are getting almighty tired of this sort of thing. We want you to tote fair with us. We are spending two and a half million dollars a year with you. and we'll spend more if you'll give us a chance. But we are going to quit buying your "scab" made goods, and if you don't hustle around and put in stock goods, re liable union made goods, you are go ing to lose a big bunch of customers. You needn't think you are fooling us. We were wise to this label game before a whole lot of you were en gaging in the merchandise business, JVe know your little trick of keeping a few labeled goods of inferior quality so you can say you carry labeled goods, and we know your little trick o trying to sell the "scab" article by calling attention to the poor quality of the labeled article. We've stood for it as long as we are going to. Now you get busy and meet us half way on this home patronage business. Buy union made goods that are good. They are just as easy to get as good goods ir any other make. We undei stand you can not make quite as big u mar gin on the union stuff as you do (-n the "scab." That is not to be wonJ ered at. It cost more to make labeled goods for the reason that the people -who make them reecive fair wagts. God only knows how much margin the manufacturer and the wholesaler make on the "scab" and sweat shop goods before they come to you. We are your best customers. With out us one-half, or two-thirds, of you would go out of business .Now, why Dot realize the justice of our demand and proceed to get the kind of goods we want? You can sell them to non union men just as easily as you can sell them the other kind, and you can sell us more of them and give us better satisfaction. We are a patient lot of people, but we are getting just a bit tired of the way you have been handing it to us. Some of these days we may get real mad. We can feel it coming up in our necks right now. THE CITY ELECTION. If organized labor wants represent ation in the next city council it is high time .that the wage earners sat up and took notice of things political. -The politicians and the men with selfish interests to serve are already setting up their pins, and candidates for councilmanic honors are becoming as thick as flies in August. Lincoln is a republican city, therefore it stands to reason that the council will be repub lican. Republican nominations! are made at primaries, and the wage earn ers who affiliate with the republican party should see to it that men of iheir own number are put on the' pri mary tickets. Failing that, they should see to it that they have an oppor tunity at least to vote for candidates who are known to be friendly to trsdos unionism. u With possibly one or two exceptions Ihe democrats stand no show, there fore it will be easy to secure the nor.-.ination of union men on the demo cratic ticket. Democratic nomina tions will not be sought after, but on the 'contrary the democratic conven tion will go out looking for victim. If the wage earners will take the proper interest there is no reason whv they can not secure the nomination of three or four trades unionists for the council. We'll never get anything unless we go after it. It seems useless to nominate men because they are zealous trades unionists. " Partisan ship still cuts too much figure. Sup pose we center our efforts on nomi nating trades unionists . who happen to be republicans or democrats. ' Ten years ago tlie hod-carriers throughout the country worked ten hours a day and received $1.75 a day. Now they are organized, work eight hours a day and receive an average of $2.50 a day. Lincoln street rail way men are still unorganized, and the best wage' is less than $2.25 a day for twelve or thirteen hours' work. Of course the Journal-News is not expected to treat Mayor Brown fairly. Mayor Brown never said that the sa loons made Lincoln a good city. He did say that the system of regulation of saloons resulted in making Lincoln a better city than others that had no such strict and sensible regulations. The plain, honest truth is that or ganized labor has more friends in the present legislature than it ever had in any previous legislature. This is evidenced by the number of bills fav orable to labor interests that have been introduced and fought for by capable and earnest supporters. . The stuff appearing in The Wage worker may not be worth much, but it is the best the editor has in stock, and if it is worth using by other papers it is worth crediting to this paper. Mrs. Potter Palmer is a very kind vxman, and undoubtedly means to do tbe right thing, but what she knows bout the hardships of the poor would n't make a very big book. The crafts that work the shortest hours receive the highest wage. And the crafts that work the shortest hours for the highest wage are the ones that are best organized. The Schnectady, N. Y., Leader con tinues to print some splendid editor ials on labor topics. Some of them are taken from The Wageworker with out credit. Senator - Gibson's employer's liabil ity law is being bitterly fought by the railroads, but it is meeting with favor among the fair minded legisla tors. " The International Typographical Union assessment has been reduced to 3 per cent. Assessments are not reduced unless battles are being won, The Bishop sign ordinance is receiv ing scant consideration. Mr. Bishop's efforts to regulate the universe are not meeting with glittering success. The Baltimore Labor Leader ?s widely quoted among labor papers, but the Leader is a little careless about giving credit to others. Education is solving the liquor question. To rush in with a lot of lav at this time .will be merely to befog the issue. If you think the lawyer's union is not a closed shop arrangement, just try to practice law without being! admitted to the bar. Only $5,000 for park improvements That insignificant sum is a disgrace to Lincoln. It ought to be $12,00 or $15, 000. The usual attempt to change tl garnishee law is being made. Look out for it! The jolt that Rev. Charles Stelzie snded to Chancellor Day is calculated to hold the chancellor for a while. Home patronage and the label two bully good weapons in the labor ar- seanl. And now a big boost, and all to gether, for the label! THE GARNISHEE LAW. Usual Move Made to Amend It In Interests of Selfish Men. Representative Scudder has intro duced a bill making radical changes in the garnishee law. The Evening Now3 refers to the bill in the following language: t "The piesent law exempts from exe cution sixty days' wages of the head of a fam'ly, while the Scudder bill merely exempts seventy-five pe ctnt of the amount a wage earning family head has due him. Thus a creditor could garnishee a man for one-fourth of his wages every wek, depriving him of sufficient income for the sup port of his family and of course losing him his position. It must be apparent that such a law would put too murjh power in the hands of the unscrupul ous collector who would ' be enabled to drive the impecunious debtor from ny position which he might secure without giving him any chance to get sufficiently ahead to pay off his obli gations. ' The creditor Is certainly entitled to protection, but no mop-e so than the debtor." ' Every time the legislature meets an effort is made to amend the garnishee law and do away with the protection Bar afforded workingmen against the greed and rapacity of creditors. If the garnishee law merely protected dead beats no honest man would be in favor of it. But the law as it stands prevents injustice to honest but unfortunate workingmen. It is true that the law does benefit some dead beats, but at the same time it protects honest workingmen. Through sickness or other misfortune an hon est workingman may find himself un able to pay his grocery or meat bill promptly. Without the protection of the garnishee law the creditor could take that man's wages and leave his family to suffer. , , , Representative Scudder's bill looks like a small amendment, but it is enough to. work a great injustice on the unfortunate but honest working man. Almighty few wage earners are cceiving a sufficient wage to enable them to live comfortably on 75 per cent of it. r ""v-"' f !-.-';-? Hie merchant should not be allowed to ma've a collection agency of the state. He has his credit man, and he ought to be willing to take his chances.. Certainly he should not ask for the privilege of making honest men suffer in order to cinch the oc casional dead beat. The Scudder bill should be killed the minute it comes up, and it will be killed if those most interested the workingmen will get bupy. WILL LIST WAGE WORKERS. Chicago Employers Will Keep Tab On Employes. Chicago, 111. To list ali wage woik- ers in the United States and absolutely starve to death any man or woman who strikes for higher wages in the I'l&n of the Chicago Employers' asso ciation and other allied organizations throughout the country. 'Employment agencies" have been established in every city in the Unit ed States by these class conscious employers. The one in Chicago is at Dearborn and Quincy streets. Employers now organized in Chi cago now employ perhaps 500,000 wage earners. HATTERS ON STRIKE. , All the hatting industries of the Or- ranges, in New Jersey, which are known as the hatting center of the east, are at a standstill, and 4,000 persons are idle through- a general strike ordered by the national com mittee of the United Hatters' Union until an advance in wages to $20 a week as the minimum scale can be secured. The strike has a noticeable effect on the business enterprises of Orange, and unless an adjustment, is made in a few days and the men and women return to work, many families will suffer hardships. A POOR WORKMAN. Business Agent Benson, of the Steainfitters' Union, it is said is re sponsible for this: "Wot ails ye?" asked Casey of Kearney. " 'Tis a bad nose bleed, I have," replied Kearney, tne plumber. Hun! Tis a poor plumber ye are if ye can't stop a leak in your own face." Detroit Union Ad vocate. CAPITAL AUXILIARY.- Capital Auxiliary No. 11 to Lincoln Typographical Union No'. 209 will meet Friday, 2:30 p. m., February 15, at the home of Mrs. J. Kinkead, 1114 Q Street. The iuuuuuuuulffg--1 Adam Schaupp Coal Co. Office, 1234 O. Yard, 18th & R. Bell J82; Auto 3812 Use the Best it UBEITY j , It is made in Lincoln and every sack is warranted to aivc; satisfaction. BARBER S POSTER oooooocxxxxxxxxxcxxxxx UNION LABELS AWARDS '..'V '.. T':v;;';:4 " There are now 56 labels and 10 cards issued by the fol lowing organizations, which have been indorsed by the Amer ican Federation of Labor: ' Organizations Using Labels. American Federation Of La bor. Bakers and Confectioners! 1 Boilermakers. Blacksmiths. , . ' '' Boot and Shoe Workers. Brewery Workers. Brickmakers. Broommakers. Brushmakers. , Carriage and Wagon Work ers: - Carvers, Wood. . ,' Cigarmakers. , Cloth Hat and Cap Makers. Coopers. Engravers, Watch Case. Flour and Cereal Mill Em ployes. Fur Workers. ' Garment Workers, United. Garment Workers, Lady. Glass Bottle Blowers. Glass Workers. - ' Glove Workers. Gold Beaters. Hatters. , Horseshoers. . Jewelry Workers. Lathers. ."" Leather Workers on Horse Goods., ' ORGANIZATIONS USING CARDS. Actors. Barbers. Clerks. Engineers, Steam. Firemen, Stationary. Hotel and Restaurant Employes. The following crafts and callings are using the American Federation of Labor label : Artificial Limb Makers, Cos tumers, Badge and Lodge Paraphernalia Workers, Bottlers' Soda, Mineral Water and Liquor);; Coffee, Spice and Baking Powder Workers, Cloth Spongers and Refinishers, Carbonic. Gas Workers, Cigar Makers' Tools, Nail (Horse Shoe) Work ers, Neckwear Cutters and Makers, Oyster Workers, Paint Workers, Photographic Supply Workers, Soap Workers, So da and Mineral Water Workers, Starch Workers, Suspender Makers, bteel Case Makers. CARDIFF Lump and ) TrT i j ttv J- Washed Egg j CLEVELAND A FULL LINB OP COAL. Sell T Whltebreast Coal COAL back of our claims is what makes our words import ant in the whole city. You will find no better or clean er coal. Try one ton and see how much further it goes than the kind you've been using. We'll send it up' whenever you say. You can order any way you like mail, telegraph, phone messenger, or in person. is Machine Printers and Color Mixers. Machinists. " v Metal Polishers. ' ' Metal Workers, Sheet. ' , Molders. , ,r , . -' Painters. - 1 ' - ; Paper Box Makers. ' . v Paper Makers. , Piano and Organ Workers.' Plate Printers. Powder Workers, f ' Pressmen, Printing. rint Cutters. . - Rubber Workers. ' - Sawsmiths. . ' Shirt, Waist and Laundry Workers. Stove Mounters. Tailors.. . Textile Workers. Tip Printers. Tobacco Workers. . ' Travelers' Goods and Leath y: er Novelty Workers. Typographical. ' Upholsterers. Weavers, Goring. , i Weavers, Wire. ; .. . Wood Workers. ' . Leather Workers. Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. . , Musicians. Musicians. Stage Employes, Theatrical. Teamsters. TboxbeB! n city for Heater, Range or Fnmace; per ton. w., S7.00 85.00 LttmD and I AsplendidCoalfprthe r VT . price. Screened Coarse Nut ) Not. per ton......... COKE, WOOD AND JWATPR'AL. & Lumber Co., HOC O I your oius.