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118 North 14th St. Lincoln, Neb.
IT WAS A KANSAN'S IDEA.
How Printing the Names of Cities on
Postage Stamps Originated.
A Kansas man, Charles A. Patmor,
originated the idea of printing the
name of the city and state on postage
stamps as was begun by the govern
ment January 1 in 6,000 of its presi
dential offices. Mr. Patmor was post
master In Pittsburg, Kans.. from 1894
to 1898.
In his first term he was robbed of
$41 worth of stamps. He believed that
he knew who took them, but had no
way of identifying them. He then
took a lot of one-cent stamps, washed
off the mucilage and had local print
er print "Pittsburg, Kansas" in very
faint colors across the backs of the
stamps. He then replaced the muci
lage and found that the words could
be detected only on close examination.
He was pleased with his experiment,
so he showed it to some of his friends.
They persuaded him to submit it to
the postoffice department, and the mat
ter was presented to the department
through a local committee, one of
whom was Congressman Campbell. J.
L. Brlstow, then fourth assistant post
master general, urged the department
to adopt the idea and now, almost ten
years later, it had decided to give
the plan a fair trial.
WAGEWORKER
WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR
Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th
St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year.
Entered as second-class matter April
Si, 1904, at the postoffice 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
th an ordinary paper with
12,000 subscribers."
THE CITY ELECTION.
Mayor F. W. Brown, who has served
the city so acceptably for the past
two years, has been re-nominated by
the democrats. He is again opposed
by Mr. Hutton, who was the republi
can nominee two years ago.
For the same reason that actuated
it two years ago The Wageworker will
urge the re-election of Mr. Brown. And
in addition to the reason given two
years ago there are added reasons
which are the result of two years of
clean, business-like administration on
the part of Mayor Brown. So far as
organized labor is concerned Mayor
Brown has treated it fairly and has
kept every promise he gave to the
union men of the city. He has ap
pointed union men to good office, and
these men have proved their ability
and their fitness for the positions. He
has always been ready to consult with
union men, and has used his best en
deavors to be of service to them.
But there are better reasons than
these why Mayor Brown should again
roceive the support of union men. As
citizens of Lincoln, proud of their
home city and anxious to further its
best interests, the union voters should
re-elect Mayor Brown because he has
made a record never before equalled
by a chief executive of this city. Under
his administration a park and boule
vard system has been inaugurated, and
this alone should commend him to
every workingman. The rich can hie
to the mountains or to the sea shore
every summer, but the mechanic must
remain at home Until Mayor Brown
assumed the office of mayor there had
never been an attempt to provide
grounds for the workingmen and their
families. Mayor Brown saw this need
and immediately set about to make
good the omission. Because he was a
business man he soon found a way
to do it, and the present city park is
the result of his business acumen.
Lincoln is today the best governed
city of its size in America. Of this
there can be no doubt. The saloon
are strictly regulated, and their evils
have been reduced to the minimum
The social e'vil was never less flagrant
in the history of the city. The police
force, small in size, is among the best
ii the country, and law and order pre
vail. The city's finances are in splendid
shape. Why take any chances?
mistake may prove to be very ex
pensive in the near future.
Mayor Brown has made great sac
rifices for the benefit of the city. The
paltry salary of $1,000 a year is no
inducement to a man like Mr. Brown
He sacrifices a great deal more than
that by neglecting his own private
business to give attention to the city's
business. When we can find a suc
cessful business man willing to do
that, why not take advantage of the
opportunity?
The Wageworker realizes that May
or Brown has made some mistakes
He is only human. But his adminis
tratlon has been clean and able. The
city has profited immensely by it. Let
ua be wise and continue it.
A WISE CHOICE.
The democrats of the Seventh war
performed a wise act when they en
dorsed B. A. George, the republican
nominee for the city council. Mr.
George has been a careful, earnes
and tireless worker since he entered
the council, and the city has profited
by his presence there. The Wage
worker wants to see him re-elected
by a unanimous vote because he de
serves it. For years he carried a card
iw the Typographical Union, and would
be carrying one today were he not an
employer. He runs a union print shop,
has an agreement with the local union,
and is himself a union man in senti
ment and in practice. While he is in
the city council organized labor may
feel sure that there Is one councilman
who will fight for them whenever they
have a good cause to fight for. When
we get a chance to vote for unionists
who are as intelligent, as efficient and
as loyal as Bert George, we ought to
jump at it.
BEFORE AND AFTER.
Before the election in 1904, when it
was necessary to hav big contribu
tions to his campaign, fund, Theodore
Roosevelt wrote to E. H. Harriman
and said:
"You and I are practical men. If
ou deem it unwise to call at the
White House during the campaign,
come in after election and we will talk
matters over."
After Harriman had raised $250,000
for the Roosevelt campaign fund and
was no longer needed to rake Roose-
elt chestnuts from the political fire,
this it what Roosevelt said of Harri
man: 1
He is as undesirable as a citizen
as Debs, Moyer or Haywood."
And that is what some people call
"square deal."
Isn't Lincoln about the most order-
y, the cleanest, the best governed and
tightest" city of its size in the coun
try? Hasn't it fewer saloons and more
churches than any other city of equal
size in the country? Isn't there less
gambling in Lincoln than in any other
city of equal size? Can you find an
other city as big as Lincoln where
the social evil flaunts itself less? Then.
why jump in and take chances on
making matters worse by "holes-in-the-wall,"
"bootleggers," "speak
easies," and other devices? Of course
the saloon is an evil, and in time it
must go, but until public sentiment
Is sufficiently educated a well regu
lated saloon is less dangerous than
the "dive." The nien who bslieve in
a commonsense handling of the excise
question are the men who build cities.
The visionaries and radicals and fan
atics merely retard progress.
Lincoln, as a municipality, repre
sents a business capitalized at over
$15,000,000, and employing nearly 10
t'OO people. It takes brains and busi
ness ability of a high order to manage
such a business. Why not secure a
business man to superintend this vast
business machine? Why pick out a
man who has never made a success
managing his own business and who
would be an experiment? Two years
more of Mayor Brown means two
ytars more of business administra
tion. . .
Lincoln has had enough of ejecting
as it business managers men who have
ingloriously failed in trying to manage
a business of their own. Frank W.
Brawn will be re-elected because the
city's business demands the oversight
of men who have been successful in
managing their own business.
When land was cheap and Lincoln
a mere village, no. attempt was made
to secure a city park. It remained for
Mayor Brown to take the initiative
and make possible a park where labor
ing men and their families could en
joy an occasional outing. Why not
continue in office the man who made
a park possible?
Perhaps President Roosevelt doss
not believe in a "square deal" for an
honest workingman, provided the
other thing will help along the po
litical schemes of President Roosevelt.
Roosevelt, not Debs, was injured by
the wanton Rooseveltian assault on
Debs.
Every time Andrew Carnegie gives
away a million dollars he presents to
American workingmen an example of
the folly of voting for a protective
tariff because it helps American labor.
We vote for the tariff and Carnegie
spends the money.
President Roosevelt's uncalled-for at
tack on Debs, Moyer and Haywood is
calculated to solidify the Post-Parry-Job-Mclntyre
for a third term. By the
same token it ought to solidify the
labor vote against it.
The Railway Carmen of Lincoln
have given some other workingmen an
example that, should be followed. Or
ganize for mutual protection and ben
efit? 1 :
Mr. Powell, who couldn't manage the
business of one small railroad station,
is now employed to make rates for al!
Nebraska railroads. Wouldn't that jar
you?
Do not go where you are not in
vited. Merchants who advertise in
The Wageworker invite you to their
stores.
What shall be said of the man who
boasts of carrying a union card ' and
then votes a "scab" ticket?
Well regulated saloons or "holes-in-the-wall?"
Having made an ignominious failure
of his own business U. G. Powell once
more asks the people to put him in
control of a business paying Lincoln
$55,000 a year and totalling up more
than $250,000 of invested capital in a
business that furnishes employment
for 200 men.
UNION MADE STUFF.
Manufactured in The Wageworker Of
fice, and Not Copyrighted.
UNION-MADE STUFF.
.The Difference.
If you steal a million dollars you're
a "captain of finance," '
And all men will bow before you and
will tremble at your glance.
You can boss the politicians and can
purchase special laws
That will add unto your millions and
bring judges to your cause.
With the million you have stolen you
can courts and laws deride,
And can live in pomp and splendor
with good cheer on ev'ry side.
But just steal a side of bacon and
single loaf of bread
For your starving wife and children
and you'd better far be dead.
If you steal a million dollars you can
proudly go your way
And can purchase judge and jury and
go free without delay.
You can buy a senate toga and pro
ceed to legislate
Other millions to your pockets, while
the people pay the, freight.
With tine millions you have stolen you
can open ev'ry door
Leading up to pomp and splendor and
rich blessings by the score.
But just steal a bit of bacon or
single loaf of bread.
To protect your wife and babies and
you'd better far be dead.
Square.
"They tell" me Bings will not pay his
debts."
"That is wrong. Bings paid his last
debt yesterday." ,
"Is that so?"
"Yes. He paid it to nature. He
died at 2:30."
Quite True.
"It's foolishness " to try to build
house on sand."
"Of course it is. But Slimmery built
a house on his nevre."
Phrenological.
"Gracious, Sneckerly! What's that
awful lump on the back of your head?1
"That's my bump of unionism."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Took a 'scab' broom home to my
wife last night, and that's where she
landed on mewith the handle."
Amicable.
'Whangerly and his wife have a
scheme that works bully."
"What is it?"
"He carries the union card and she
carries the pocketbook."
True.
If all the men who carry cards
Would labed goods demand,
In one short year we wouldn't see
"Scab" goods oil every hand.
Cards. .
often prevents
Arbitration
annihi-
lation.
A card in the hand is worth two in
arrears.
Too many men carry th sir unionism
in their pockets.
Kvery politician takes an interest in
unionism during campaign time.
The church guards your hereafter;
the union your present. And the two
D;ake a good combination. '
The label strike is a winner. By
demanding it you can4 strike against
unfair conditions and keep drawing
w ages all the time.
NORWAY PRINTERS ORGANIZE.
After a struggle of some years' dur
ation, the printers of Norway have
established a minimum wage scale and
secured the eight-hour day. Practically
all employes of printing houses in
Norway are organized .
Henry Pf eiff
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