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WAGEWORKER
and talking about prohibition. Broth
er Jones is practical. He pays wages
that are so low that those who re
ceive- them couldn't lead anything but
Christian lives even if they wanted
to.
WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR
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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,
.Veb.. under the Act of Congress of
March 3rd. 1879.
Xow if Governor Sheldon will ap
point L. L. Ingraham to the position
of deputy commissioner ofithe bureau
of labor and statistics, that depart
ment of state will become something
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"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
thn an ordinary paper with
12,000 subscribers."
John S. Bishop is telling us how
thoroughly he Hfcs studied the gas and
traction questions, and offers it as a
cason why he should be elected city
attorney. But how about law, Mr:
Bishop?
William H. Taft's record as an "in
junction judge" is rising up to plague
him, now that he has presidential as
pirations. It's a long lane that has
no end.
We can have a Labor Temple if we
ant it badly enough to go after it.
all depends upon the get-up-and-git
of the union men of this community.
Can the union men afford to lend
their aid in electing to public office
stockholder in a notorious sweat
shop?
UP TO MAYOR BROWN.
HAYDEN'S ART STUDIO
New Location, 1127 6
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Lincoln Dental College
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Will Mayor Brown be a candidate
for re-election? That question is be
ing asked daily by a thousand voter.?
in Lincoln. Up to the time of going to
press Mayor Brown has been givirg
a vfiry correct imitation of the Sphinx.
Business considerations impel him n
say no. The pressure of friends and
a pardonable ambition to complete
tome mighty good plans inaugurated
liy him during his term of office impel
him to say yes.
Wise ones have deMiin-! thai Mayor
Brown was , merely waiting to see
whom the republicans would nominate.
If they nominated a man deemed by
Mayor Brown to be unusually stron
it was intimated that the mayor would
decline a re-nomination. If they nonii
nated a comparatively weak candidate
they insisted that Mayor Brown would
consent to make the race again. Mr
Hutton, who was defeated by Mayor
Brown two years ago, has been nonii
nated again by his party. And there
you are. The Daily Star, in an edi
torial reproduced elsewhere in this
issue, has virtually bolted the nomiua
tion of Hutton and insists that Brown
consent to be a candidate. It urges
the nomination and election of Brown
which, under the circumstances, is
rather significant. And the Evening
News, the post meridian edition of the
ante-meridian Journal, which has been
lambasting Mayor Brown for what It
calls his "well known friendship for
the liquor interests," charges that the
saloon men were for Hutton last Tucs
day.
Surely things political in this old
town are becoming sadly mixed.
It's up to Frank W. Brown, present
mayor. If he can not win there is al
mighty little use for any other dem
ocrat to try. ' It is an interesting situa
tion, with Mayor Brown holding the
key to the puzzle.
Col. Tom Pratt has had so much
practice he can run like a scared wolf.
Interest in the Labor Temple scheme
is looking up. Send in your name i
you want to be a booster.
Boosting the label beats backing
boycot.
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OWN VOIR OWN HOME
STOP PAYING RENT
We will loan you money to
build or bny a home and you
can pay it back in small
monthly payments the same
aarent. INVESTIGATE.
OCCIDENTAL BUILDING
& LOAN ASSOCIATION
MAT80N HALL, Gen'l Aft
118 North 14th St. Lincoln, Neb.
John S. Bishop will tell you that he
leves the workingman and believes In
labor organizing for its own protec
tion. His record as a councilman
shows that his friendship is all with
Ms mouth.
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Specialist Children
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Lincoln, Nebraska.
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BUSHNELL'S DEFEAT.
The causes of the defeat of H. M
Bushnell are not far to seek. Mr
Bushnell is a newspaper man! Twelve
years ago he edited a daily newspaper
in Lincoln, and he edited it. While
doing it he stepped upon a lot of toes,
and those sore toes were carefully
nursed all these years. Last Tuesday
the owners of the sore toes limped
to the. polls and handed things to the
man who caused them. That's all there
is to it. No one could honestly say
that Mr. Bushnell Is not a good man
and capable of giving the city the kind
of administration the city needs and
wants. The Wageworker, knowing him
personally, and knowing his friendship
for organized labor, wanted him to
win, but did not care to obtrude in the
fight. But, even if he is defeated, it
is a good sign when men like H. M,
Bushnell consent to offer themselves
for public office.
Governor Sheldon's name will look
almighty good at the bottom of that
child labor law. Also at the bottom
of L. L. Ingraham's commission
chief of the bureau of labor. .
From what we know of Represent.-)
tive Adam McMullen we are incline
to believe that Colonel Don Despain
has bumped up against the wrong
customer.
Joseph Wolfe should have the can
tied to him.
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UNION MADE STUFF.
Limerickial.
There was a young fellow named Jones
Who exclaimed in the loudest tones:
"I'm for unions, you bet, '
And I never forget
I am union clear through to my bones."
Now Jones seized all chances to toot
For unions and closed shop to boot,
But each time that he spoke
It was through the foul smoke
He drew from a scab cigaroot.
Jones promptly came up with his dues
And swore he's no manner of use
For the man who was slack
In paying his "whack,"
But he walked in a pair of scab shoes.
On Labor Day Jones seized the chance
Behind a big banner to prance;
But he made his display
On labor's great day
Ii a pair of the scabbiest pants.
Every day Jones' strident voice rolls
Condemning non-union men's souls,
He swelled up his chest
Till it burst his scab vest
But he voted for scabs at the polls.
There are Joneses a plenty, you know.
Yon will meet them wherever you go.
They shoot off hot air
And claim to be fair,
Eut don't give the label a show.
the rest of us," declared the monky.
"We will teach you law and order."
"We have no lawbreakers and no
lawyers, therefore, we do not need
venal judges and subsidized jurors,"
answered the monkey..
"We will train you to quit living in
rees.
'We prefer the trees to filthy tene
ments," retorted the monkey.
"But we want to teach you the arts
nd the sciences."
"We can already hang by our tails.
tell pure food from adulterated, see
nature at her best and give your great
est scientists pointers on anthropology
and antiquity," said the nionkey
We want to teach you morals."
We prefer to get along without
jails," said the monkey.
Then you are satisfied with your
existence?" j
"At any rate, we are content. It
we have not your education, at least,
we are not possessors of your vices."
With this the Patriarchal Monkey
gave the signal, and in a moment the
Great Naturalist was left alone.
Cards.
Union work ought to be a guarantee
of the best work.
A lot of men have gone to the bad
trying to be "good fellows."
It's lots more fun boosting your
friends than it is knocking your en
Converted.
"Jones, the lawyer, insists that he
is entitled to a place on the benefit
list." .
"But, he isn't a union man."
"I know that. But Jones remained
out pretty late last night and when he
got home he found he was the victim
of a maternal lock-out."
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Brother Jones is still praying loud
, Monkey Wisdom.
The great naturalist penetrated into
the heart of Africa and finally struck
the Monkey kingdom..
"Come down out of the tree and be
educated," he said to the chief patri
arch of the Monkey Tribe.
'Why should we?" asked the mon
key.
'I will teach you wisdom," said the
naturalist.
"We know enough, to provide for.
our every want," said the monkey.
"We will teach you to organize and
thus give you a chance to work shorter
hours."
"We don't have to work at all," said
the monkey.
We will show you now to live, per
sisted the naturalist.
"Our mortuary statistics look pretty
good by the side of communities in
tested with child labor and sweat
shops," said the monkey.
"But, we will teach you civil gov.
eminent," said the naturalist.
"What do we want with grafters?'
queried the monkey.
"We will teach you to be philan
thropists," said the naturalist.
"But we don't need any, poor houses,
soup kitchens and potters' fields be
cause we have no trusts and no mil
lionaires grown rich at the expense ot
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THE OPEN FORUM
Lincoln, Neb., Match 25 To the
Editor of The Wageworker: The
Wageworker's plea to organized labor
to support home Industrie;, to spend
their money where earned, to cease
patronizing mail order houses abroad,
and to aid in upbuilding home indus
tries -and home 'institutions, is just
and commendable, all things being
equal. But are all things equal? Are
Lincoln business institutions fair to
organized labor? Let us see. It is
well-known and incontrovertable that
some of our leading business men who
were required to employ labor neces
sary to expand their growing business,
or build more luxurious houses for
reater enjoyment, have expressed
preference for organized labor, pre
sumably to secure continued patron
age, but have let contracts to notor
iously unfair contractors, some of
whom have done a large share of their
work by floaters who have spent but
little of their earnings here. Then
they disclaimed responsibility because
they had no control of the situation.
Others have even engaged union men
and stated that they wanted their
work done by union men, and men
were held in readiness to perform the
same, but the places were nilea by
non-union men, and thus, in the judg
ment of the writer, placed honor in
jeopardy.
Under such conditions is it grace
ful - to appeal, to organized labor for
support. The writer has a firm convic
tion that organized labor knows its
duty, and will give patronage for pat
ronage, but will not exchange bread
for stone. Deal justly with labor, and
thus obtain its patronage.
JUSTICE.
Editor Wageworker: There are a
lot of very good American citizens who
have an honest notion (and I use the
word advisedly) that If the munici
pality should do its own paving, sew
ering, grading, etc., and fail to do
it quite as cheaply as some contrac
tor would do the same work, they have
been defrauded of money. They
never stop to think that when the city
does its own work the product of the
labor used is all kept at home and ad
ded to the assets of the city, and that
when an Iowa, Missouri or Kansas
Have Yot Seen Oti
Handsome Line of Imported
Embroidered Swisses?
Wo can hardly keep from getting enthusiastic when Swisses are men
tioned. We are proud of the line we are showing. It is by far the largest
line of imported Embroidered Swisses we" have ever brought through the ,
custom house. You will find in this collection many designs that are en
tirely new, including new combinations with eyelet embroidery, which is
very popular. Even if you do not expect to nse the goods for a feW weeks,
it is well to buy now or very soon, as selection is now better than it will be
any time during the rest of the season. 30 to 33 inches wide. Prices, 50c,
60c, 65c, 75c, 80c, 85c, 90c, $1 and $1.25 per yard. '
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DOMESTIC SWISSES We also have an excellent line of Domestic
Swisses, 27 to 30 inches in width, at loc, 18c, 20c, 25c, 30c, 35c, 40c and 50c
per yard. ,
New Waist Linens
The new line of Waist Linens which we show for spring wear is easily
doable the size of any we have ever before show. They are here from the
very Sheer Linens clear through the range to the firm, heavy Sheeting.
The heavier weight is admirably adapted for suitings as it launders well
and stays in shape; 28, 36. 40, 45, 54, 72. 81 and 90 inches in width. Prices,
35c, 40c, 50c, 60c, 65c, 70c, 75c, 80c, 85c, 90c, $1.00, $1.10, $1,20, $1.25, $1.35,
$1.50, $1.60, $1.75, S2.00 and $2.25 per yard.
French Lawns
A complete line, comprising six distinct qualities, 47 inches wide, 50c,
60c, 75c, 85c, $1.00 and $1.25 a yard. ' rv t ,
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They know it will be all coal no skte no
mixtures with inferior coal. They, know a
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TELEPHONES B.U 181 Auto 3812 -,
A. bbanthwaite, Sole Agent (18 Southllth'Street
contractor does .the job that he carries
away a large slice of the product of
Lincoln labor and invests it in .another
state. To me it seems like the rob
bery of labor and of the city to do
other than employ home labor at go
ing wages and keep every cent of the
earnings of labor at home. That earn
ed increment is here, mixed though it
may be in the bank balances of the
grocer, clothing merchant, butcher or
other dealer. It is all added to the
wealth of Lincoln -and becomes a great
factor in our growth. Why, then, do
people get "notions" ina their heads
which cannot be driven out by argu
ment 01 changed by experience?
Don't ask me. I give it up. It must
be for the same reason that so many
very good American citizens object to
being' dictated to by organized labor!
while insisting upon their right to
dictate to the individual laborer and1
any of these citizens will get mad at
a neighbor who raises the price and
takes away his "free' laborer , in a
busy time, It is really funny to an
old man to . watch the working out of
these "notions." Just now a lot of
"agents", are taking thousands upom
thousands of mechanics and laborera
to the Pacific coast states to work at
high wages, and before I close let me
express one "notion" and that Is that
within a year thousands of them will
need a course in the Chinese system
of cheap living. . . I
, G. E. HATHAWAY1
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