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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1907)
t BAJRBE R SHOP CHARLES BOWEN, Prop. Union Cleanly Handy YOU ARE NEKT 101 South Uth, - Lincoln tiKlMlHll)K PREWITT'SH PHOTO GALLERY 1214 O STREET When you want a good photograph call and see my work." Satisfaction guaranteed . . . . & We are expert cleaners, dyers and finisher ot Ladles' and Gen tlemen's Clothing of all kinds. The finest dresses a specialty. THE NEW . FIRM r'J. C WOOD & CO. A-iC FOR PRICELIST. H 'PHONES: Bell, 147. Auto, 1292. 1320 N St. - - Lincoln, Neb. XXX3 Wageworkers, Attention We have Money to Loan on Chattels. Plenty of it, too. Utmost secrecy. KELLY & IN ORRIS 7O-7I BROWNELL BLK. agO$0000000&0&000 Union Harness & Repair Shop 6ECR6E H. BUSH Harness repairing, Harness washed and oiled. I use the Union Stamp and solicit Union ITade. Air muds of work lur niahed on call. 145 So. 9th. )0Oi MYDEN'S ART STUDIO New Location, 1127 O Fine work a Specialty. Auto 3336 Lincoln Dental College CLINIC f Open for Patients Every Afternoon 15th and U Sts. F. M. Building- OWN VOIR OWN HOME STOP PAYING RENT We will loan yon money to , build or buy a home and yon , can pay it back in small monthly payments the same as rent. INVESTIGATE. OCCIDENTAL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION MATBON HALL, Qen'l Agtm. 118 North 14th Ht. . Lincoln, Neb. I A; OFFICE "0f !DrVr. iL. BENTL.EY, Specialist Children ; j Office Hours i to i P.M. Office 8116 0 st. Both Phones. j j i;;3UNCOI.N, NEBRASKA. i j A; B. AYEDS ! ? Dentist ; v ; 1309 0 Street Auto 1591; Bell 91S Bring this ad and save ten per cent on I yoar bills. "N. WAGEWORKER 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. "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 labor paper, for example, having 2,000 subscribers is of more value to the business .man who advertises In it thJn an ordinary paper with 12,000 subscribers." LABOR'S WATCHWORD. We wISl 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, unblemishd, paid-up union cards in their possession. WHAT'S THE ANSWER. The February issue of "The Square Deal," official organ of the National Association of Manufacturers, and edited by Charles W. Post, husband of the stenographer and union buster extraordinary and strike-breaker pleni potentiary, carries upon its title page, in large letters, the following: "And, further, it is assumed that whoever is once a hired laborer is fixed in that condition for life. Many independentAien everywhere In these states, a fe back in their lives, Lweer hired borers. The prudent, penniless b Iner in the world labors for wages a plus with which to bu for him self, then 1 for another another ' account gti hires nuer to help him. This is the just and generous and prosperous system which opens the way to all gives hope to all, and con sequent energy and progress and im provement of condition to all. No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty none- less inclined to take or touch aught which they have not honestly earned." Abraham Lincoln. Just why Mr. Post should have dis played this so conspicuously is a mys tery. Certainly he did not mean '- to convey the impression that Abraham Lincoln was opposed to trades unions and an advocate of the open shop. We say certainly be did not mean to con vey such a false impression, for Mr. fost says ne is an nonoraDie man, ana an honorable man would not lie, even by inference. We have it from the records that Abraham Lincoln was a believer in trades unions, that he was opposed to the strike-breaking tactics of men like Parry and Post, and that he was an advocate of the closed shop. We cor dially invite Mr. Post to scan the rec ord. 1 ' . . During the early stages of the war the union printers engaged upon a certain daily paper in St. Louis struck t gainst intolerable conditions. Imme diately the general in command of the troops at St. Louis detailed a number of printers found among the soldiers to take the places of the strikers. The printer-soldiers could do nothing but obey, it being the command of a su perior officer.. Immediately the strik ing union printers forwarded a com plaint to President Lincoln, and as soon as the wires could return an an swer President Lincoln countermand ed the order of the general in com mand and ordered the printer-soldiers back to camp. Tben President Lin- coin aft forth In words that could not be mistaken his determination not to te a partner in the crime of trying to defeat the efforts of the workingmen who were trying to better their condi tion in life. He "scorched" the strike breaker in words that will endure long after Mr. Post's tombstone has crum bled to dus.t, and long after the court 1 ra lie, saves sr ill I J 3 J records of his divorce and the mar riage records bearing his name and that of the fluffy-haired stenographer hare faded away. Search history as he will, Mr. Post w ill not find one fair-minded man a man above the dictates of selfish in terest who opposes unionism and ad vocates strike-breaking after the manner advocated by the Post-Parry outfit. If Mr. Post is not too busy squan dering upon the stenographer the mon- ey his divorced wife helped him to earn, we suggest that he spend a little lime looking up the record of Abra ham Lincoln on the union question. AN AMUSING ANNANIAS. We cheerfully confess that we get a lot of real pleasure out of reading Mr. Charles W. Post's paper, "The Square Deal." It Is such an entertaining sam ple of Annanlas work that it furnishes us more amusement than a circus. Every time it comes from the press the bones of Annanias rattle with envy. Here is a sample prevarica tion from the last issue of this amus ing organ of the National Association ofManuf acturers : Y "The reader will notice that they (the union printers) make a great ado over the' benevolent feature of their union. It is true that the affiliated printers' unions have a home for aged printers at Colorado Springs built with money mostly donated fy an indul gent public and into which a sick arid distressed non-union man, but one of God's creatures nevertheless, can enter and be cared for with just the same ease with which a camel could go through the eye of a needle." There are two barefaced lies in the above short extract. And Charles W. Post knew they were barefaced lies. There Is no such thing as "the affili ated printers' union." There is an In ternational 4 Typographical Union, which embraces in its membership printers. But the principal lie and Post knew it was a lie is the statement that the Union Printers' Home at Colo rado Springs' was "built with money mostly donated by an indulgent pub lic." The Union Printers' Home was built with money donated by union printers. Of the $800,000 spent in building and maintaining the home, less than! $15,000 .was contributed by other than union printers, and the small portion that was donated by out siders was donated by men and women in hearty sympathy with unionism, -.1 n c vjhn Iitiav that tho hnm wns tn be maintained for members of the in ternational Typographical Union only. George W. Child's gave $5,000, and his partner, Mr. Drexel, gave $5,000. The small balance of donations came ,from men and women who have visited the home, acquainted themselves with its purpose and manifested a desire to help. It is true that none but union printers can gain admission. But any competent printer, with a. clean indus trial rtrnrrt rm ,- - 1 "V r of th a 000 a year tor the purpose of taking care of non-union-printers? No, for notwithstanding his otherwise odorous record, Mr. Post is not a fool. t , But as stated in the start, it gives us unalloyed pleasure to read Mr. Post's paper. It is as amusing as the kanga roo of the' late Artemus Ward. It lies like Baron Munchausen, and it does it with a sang froid that would make the Baron look like a dirty deuce in a'new deck. . Back to the arms of the stenogra pher, Mr. Post; back to the arms of the stenographer!! -. ,' Any railroad employe who happens to advocate something , that his 1 em ployer wants is a "tool" according to the esteemed Evening News ' and Morning Journal. The News-Joarnal employe who happens to advocate something that the management of the Journal-News wants is a -"patriot" and an "exemplary citizen." The owners of the ox cuts a remarkable figure. , The legislator. who votes against the child labor law is an enemy of labor, an enemy of the children, or else self- deceived. The legislator who votes against it deserves to be buried out of political sight. -. , ' Senator Beveridge's child labor bill will not be enacted Into law. The "business interests" that control con gress are not willing to give up the profits they' make by driving the life out of the little ones. "Will memories of Lincoln ever die?" asks the Milwaukee Sentinel. No. But a whole lot. of things that Abraham Lincoln opposed- are now be ing advocated in the name of "indus trial freedom." ' ,' The highly moral Japs that criticise us for not letting their dear children enter our white, schools are the same Japs that sell their dear children into moral slavery ' at home. That corner of hell reserved for the employers of child labor will be so hot that the rest of hell will appear like a cold storage plant in comparison. Watch the garnishee bill and spot every legislator who favors it. -r. DOLLIVER'S ISSUE. Senator Dolliver of Iowa asked a Springfield audience: ."What do you think is the most important question before the American people today as Washington sees it? The trouble with Japan? No, that's an imaginary trou- i i, r i r i r inr -r-. m 1 I i TIT r7 I ble. The colored troops? No, again, although that is an unfortunate con troversy. It is the necessity of de vising some definite way to take T,- 500,000 children out of the mills and place them into the scnools in the daytime and into little beds at night, where they belong." Typographical Union Ball, Monday, February 25, Fraternity Hail. Quick's Orchestra. MAKES THE WORLD BETTER. Eila Wheeler Wilcox. Pays a Tribute to Trades Unions. Whatever may be the offenses of or ganized labor, we must not forget what it has accomplished for human ity. In tae early part of the last century children of six or eight years of age were lowered 600 feet below the earth in England and compelled to labor in the dark twelve and fourteen hours a day. At first a candle was given the you.iger children, but after they be came accustomed to the darkness of the mines, this expense was avoided. The first time in history that the public ever dared ask parliament for laws to protect1 women and children was in the, year of our Lord 1800, Sifter an epidemic of fever among these underground workers. The p'ro tcrtion which parliament accorded was to restrict the hours of tabor for chil dren to twelve and to set the age at nine years when a child might be em ployed. ; This action of the people of England was the beginning of organ ized protest against established . cus toms. ' , . However bad the conditions in Eng land may be today, they are certainly Elysian compared to those which ex isted before labor unions were known. Yet prominent Christian people de nounced the action of the government when it first began to legislate on the age 'and hours for children' to labor; saying it . had no right to Interfere with the liberty of the employer. The efforts of Miss Dreler and Miss Barnum and other philanthropic wo men of fashion to organize working women of the land may meet with similiar protest from tradition, but only by organized . effort can the abuses which still exist in overtaxing the strength .of women and children for the benefit of greed be overthrown. il the manacled slim wrists of babes loosed to tov Ja ch.Udtehiatl and glee, Until the "mother bears no burden save The precious one beneath her heart. let none . , ! Call this the land of freedom. . Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Typographical Union Ball, Monday,. February 25, Fraternity Hall. Quick's Orchestra.'-,.- 'v.- CENTRAL LABOR UNION. Slim Attendance Prevents Election of Offices Till "Next Time. Owing to the slim attendance at the Central . Labor ..Union meeting last Tuesday evening the election of offi cers for the ensuing term was put over until the next regular meeting. The odd Tuesday since the last Janu ary meeting seems to have mixed the delegates a little in their dates, and as a result less than a dozen, dele gates were present, when President Smith rapped for order. . The executive committee reported that it had not been able to finish it investigation of the books of the ex- secretary and asked and was granted a little further time in which to fin ish up. The books are in bad shape, but it is the general belief of the in vestigators that the shape of the books is due almost wholly to carelessness, and that no loss to the central body will result. ' A committee composed, of Messrs. Smith, Kelsey and Maupln was ap pointed to take preliminary . steps looking towards the organization of a State Federation of Labor. Messrs. Shammel and Donahue, members of the Omaha Central Laboir Union were present , at the meeting and were called upon for short talks They came to Lincoln to appear be fore the judiciary committee of ; the senate in advocacy of the child labor bill. Mr. Donahue made a strong ar gument before the committee and was listened to with close attention. These gentlemen asked the Lincoln central body to endorse the McMullen liability bill now before the house, and as there was no one present to explain the bad features of that bill, and its lack of protection for others than the employes of common car riers, the endorsement was given. The argument used was that because the Omaha central body had endorsed the bill the Lincoln central body ought to do the same thing. . Despite the small attendance - the meeting last Tuesday night was un usually interesting and those who wore present were well repaid for their effort in attending. . '''- , The COAL mf (mujg. ytaoBOBcnuBoS Adam Schaupp Coal Co. Office, 1234 O. Yard, 18th & R. Bell 182; Auto ,3812 Use the Best it KIBE! It is made in Lincoln and every sack is warranted to give satisfaction BARBER a FOSTER COCOCKXXXXXDOCOCXXXXXX UNION LABELS AMD CARDS There are now 56 labels lowing organizations, which ican .Federation ot Labor: v Organizations American Federation of La-, bor. " ' v: ' Bakers and Confectioners. ! Boilermakers. Blacksmiths. ' " Boot and Shoe Workers. Brewery Workers. Brickmakers. Broommakers. Brushmakers. . , Carriage and Wagon Work- ' rs. Carvers, Wood. -Cigarmakers. Cloth Hat and Cap Makers. Coopers. . Engravers, Watch Case. Flour and Cereal Mill Em ployes. . . ' i Fur Workers, v Garment Workers, United. Garment Workers, Lady. Glass Bottle Blowers. ! ' Glass Workers. Glove Workers. ' ' Gold Beaters. Hatters, v ' . Horseshoers. i Jewelry Workers. Lathers. Leather Workers on , Horse Goods. ;' - 7 ORGANIZATIONS Actors " i . Barbers. ' , ' Clerks.- . ; . . r - Engineers, Steam. .. Firemen, Stationary.' . Hotel and Restaurant Em ployes. ' , v ; The following crafts and callings are using 'the American Federation of Labor label :: ' Artificial Limb Makers, Cos turners, 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' Topis, 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, steel case Makers. nnnnicr. yp IfllllUIIX w- ashed Egg j CLEVELAND 4i53S" S5.00 A PULL LINE OP COAL, COJCB, WOOD AN MATPR'aI.. bell 334 Wkltebreatt Coal & Lumber Co., 1103 O 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 toriajid 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 i like-mail, telegraph, phone messenger, or in person. is ' 0 and 10 cards issued by the fol have been indorsed by the Amei4- --v.-', i Using Labels. ' . Machine Printers and Color ' Mixers. A. -. : y Machinists. ' C Metal Polishers., . . iMetal Workers, Sheet; ;r Molders - 'i Painters. Paper Box Makers. ' ' Paper Makers. Piano and Organ Workers.. Plate Printers. ; Powder Workers. ,' Pressmen, Printing. ' w ' Print Cutters. , f Rubber Workers. t , Sawsmiths. ' , ' ' - r Shirt, Waist and Laundry Workers. ' " ; Stove Mounters. 5 Tailors. , . J ' Textile Workers. - ; Tip Printers. . . J Tobacco Workers. ' r Travelers' Goods and Leath er Novelty Workers.; : , Typographical. -Upholsterers. . ' s,' Weavers, Goring. . -Weavers,' Wire. . Wood Workers. ' Leather Workers. v USING CARDS. Meat Cutters and Butcher Vorkmen. ' ' , y Musicians. . ' ' . .; Musicians. , , Stage Employes, Theatrical. Teamsters. . ; , - . JsLA.? OT fin ftiraace; per ton.......wO I llU li 1 ; 1 K