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WAGEWORKER
WILL M. MAVPIN, EDITOR
Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th
St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Tear.
Entered as second-class matter April
31, 1904, at the poBtoffice at Lincoln,
Xeb., under the Act of Congress of
March 3rd, 1879.
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ROOSEVELT'S OPINION OF ME
CHANIC'S. Since President Roosevelt's letter
to Mr. Sherman, in which he denounc
ed Moyer, Haywood and Debs as "un
desirable citizens," he and his satel
lites have been very busy trying to
prove that he is, in reality, one of the
very best friends labor has. The presi
dent has written a letter telling how
much he thinks of workingmen, and
his satellites have violated the eight
hour law in their anxiety to make it
appear that the strenuous president
is really a staunch advocate of un
ionism and a little the best friend of
the workingman that has ever tra
versed the pike.
Far be it from this humble little
newspaper to doubt the words of the
infallible Theodore! Under no cir
cumstances would it be guilty of even
'the appearance of lese majeste. It
keeps one so busy dodging the anti
boycot laws, the federal injunction,
the blacklist and" the social ostracism
that one would be foolish to add to
one's woes by courting punishment for
lese majeste. But certainly not even
the most radical partisan of Theodore
Roosevelt can accuse The Wagework
er of this horrible crime if it merely
quotes the words of President Roose
velt. What is the real opinion that Presi
dent Roosevelt holds of the mechanics
and workingmen who make up, such
a large proportion of our great cities?
Not President Roosevelt, the politic
ian looking for votes, but President,
Roosevelt, the author who sets down
what he thinks? The Wageworker
prefers to judge by what Roosevelt
said of them before he had reason to
jolly" these mechanics and working-
men along for political purposes.
Theodore Roosevelt is, the author of
a book entitled "Ranch Life and the
Hunting Trail." On page 10 of that
interesting book we find the following
concerning the cowboys: ,
When drunk on the villainous whis
ky of the frontier towns they cut mad
antics, riding their horses into saloons
and firing their pistols right and left
in boisterous light-heartedness."
They are much better fellows
and pleasanter companions than the
small farmers and agricultural labor
ers, nor are the mechanics and work
ingmen of the great cities to be men
tioned, in the same breath."
And there you have the honest opin
ion Theodore Roosevelt holds of the
mechanics and workingmen of our
great cities they are not fit to be
mentioned in the same breath with
the drunken cowboys, riding their
horses into saloons and firing their
pistols right and left in boisterous
light-heartedness.
You sober, steady mechanic, whose
ambition is to be respected, to rear a
family in decency and sobriety and
to be a good citizen how do you like
being classed as inferior to the drunk
en cowboy? When you draw your
week's paycheck, pay your little bills
and take the rest of your wage home
to feed and dress the little ones you
are raising up in the fear of God and
the love of law and country how do
you like to contemplate the fact that
the president you helped to elect looks
down on you as being inferior to the
cewboy who is drunk on villainous
frontier whisky and riding his horses
into saloons, firing his pistol right and
left In boisterous light-heartedness?
After you have read Author Roose
velt's opinion of the mechanics and
workingmen of our great cities are
you surprised that President Roose
velt classes Moyer, Haywood and Debs
as "undesirable citizens?"
What a pity that Moyer, Haywood
and Debs, instead of being skilled
workmen, were not drunken cowboys
with the lovely habit of getting beast
ly drunk and shooting up the town.
That seems to be a sure way of meet
ing with the favor of President Theo
dore Roosevelt.
QUEER UNIONISM.
Every .day The Wageworker hears
merchants declare that union' men
would rather pay $9.50 for a suit of
"scab" clothing than $10 for a suit
that is union made. Time and again
The Wageworker has heard it charged
by merchants whose word is as good
as gold, that union men will not pay
85 cents for a pair of union made over,
alls when they can get a pair of
"scab" overalls for 75 cents. Time and
again The Wageworker has heard un
ion men excuse their habit of chewing
"scab" tobacco by saying "I just can't
chew union tobacco." And time and
again The Wageworker has heard un
ion men say as they rolled cigarettes
made of "Puke's Mixture" or "Bum
Durham" that "I just can't use union
made smoking tobacco 'cause it makes
my mouth sore."
The union man who prefers the
scab" goods to union goods because
the "scab" goods are cheaper has no
reason to complain of a man who
hires non-union men because he can
get them for less wages. The printer
who buys "scab" clothing because they
are a little cheaper must possess an
iron-clad cheek to complain of the
man who goes to a non-union print
shop for his work because he can
get it done a little cheaper than a
union shop can afford to do it. The
carpenter who is unwilling to pay a
little more for a union made hat than
a "scab" hat can be purchased for has
a lot of gall to complain of the man
who builds a house with "scab" car
penters because he can get them for
less than the union wage scale.
As a union man you have no more
right to buy "scab" goods than the
employer has to hire "scab" work
men. In fact, you haven't nearly as
much right, for when you do' buy
'scab" goods you violate your solemn
obligation not to give aid and comfort
to your enemies, while the employer
has taken no obligation, whatever.
The union man who knowingly buys
scab" goods when union goods of the
same kinds are to be had, is guilty of
employing "scabs" to work for him.
More than that he is guilty of injur
ing his fellow workmen by forcing
them to accept inferior wages, long
hours and frightful working condi
tions.
Some union men right here in Lin
coln have criticized The Wageworker
for continually harping on this line.
They can criticize until hades, boils
down to a poultice for all. The Wage
worker cares. Its sole mission is' to
advance the cause of organized labor,
and the best way to do that is to boost
the union labels not alone the label
of the craft to which the editor is
proud to belong, but the labels of all
crafts whose members have organized
for mutual protection and benefit.
If you do not consistently and per
sistently demand the union label you
are not as good a union man as you
ought to be.
The United States supreme court
has decided that dredgemen on gov
ernment work are not "subject to the
eight-hour law because they are "sea
men." The logical deduction is that
a deep sea diver on government work
li a submarine boat.
When Eugene V. Debs proposes to
run William D. Haywod for president
on a platform of marytrdom and pro
test he simply makes an ass of him
self and prejudices the case of Hay
wood. Mr. Sober Mechanic of the large
city. President Roosevelt, who is such
a friend of labor, says you are not
to be mentioned in the same day with
the drunken- cowboys of the range.
About two-thirds of the working-
men who have paraded in the Moyer
Haywood demonstration voted for the
candidates of political parties respon
sible for the conditions of today.
If trades unions were merely organ
ized kensingtons and pink tea parties
even Post, Parry, Job and the rest
of the union hating bunch would be
in favor of them.
Detective rails have been re
sponsible for a lot of railroad wrecks.
but not nearly so many as the de
fective brains in the general offices.
If the Standard Oil Co. is fined on
every count The Wageworker is going
to run its gasoline engine by hand
power.
Moyer and Haywood ought to spend
a large part of their spare time pray
ing to be delivered from their fool
friends.
The only fault some men find with
organized labor is that the members
of the unions have failed to show
that they are wholly without the av
erage human traits of the average
man.
Trades unionism has advanced be
cause a small minority has pushed,
not because a big majority has
knocked.
If a dredgeman on government work
is a seaman, is a mule with a moun
tain howitzer on its back a battle
ship? Perhaps the administration is go
ing to get rid of the trusts by letting
them over-feed and die of the gout.
How is a common workingman to
know what the law is before a federal
judge makes up his mind?
A vote of protest on election day
beats a mile of protest parading on
any day of the year.
"Peace hath her victories no less
renowned than war." Remember the
union dead.
UNION MADE STUFF.
Cnococted in The Wageworker Shop
and Neither- Patented nor
Copyrighted.
Firm Very Busy.
The prospective customer entered
the business office of the Amalgamated
Trust Co. and inquired for the man
ager. "He's up to the court house gittin' a
injunction agin' th' machinists, who
are talkin' o" strikin'," said the office
boy.
"Where is the assistant manager?"
"He's recoverln' from th' effects o'
entertainin' the federal judge last
night th one the boss is askin' f'r
an injunction."
"Where is the superintendent?"
"He's organizin' a union o' superin
tendents to bust th' union o' workln.g
njen on th' ground that unions is il
legal an' immoral."
"Where's the chairman of. the board
of directors?"
"Oyer to th' railroad offices gettin'
th' month's rebates." .
"Wbere's the treasurer?"
"Fixin' it up to declare a 20 per
cent dividend to th' stockholders and
show the public that the rust is login'
money because it has to pay th' work
men such big wages."
"Where is the secretary?"
"Writln' th' workmen an explana
tion of why wages must be reduced
or the factory closed down." '
'Where is the auditor?"
'Down to Washington provin' to the
committee that we've got to have
more protection or we won't cough up
to the campaign fund again."
"Who is here?"
"A lot of greasy mechanics in the
workshops who ain't got sense enough
to see that they is bein' bilked."
"What do you do?"
"Me? O, I operate the engine that
runs the pump that furnishes the wa
ter for the stock. What! goin al
ready? Well, drop in next week an
maybe you'll find some of the brass
collars at home." .......
- The Cause.
"Shook hands with Bimmerly the
other day and was surprised to note
how hard and calloused they are. I
didn't know he worked at a trade that
would make his hands so tough.",
"O, he didn't get 'em that way work
ing at his trade."
"How, then, did he do it?"
"He got them in that condition
wielding his little hammer so much.
He's the worst knocker in the labor
movement."
Hurried.
"What makes Flushem in such a
hurry?"
"Hustlin' up to union headquarters
to pay his dues before the stores
close. He's heard of a bargain sale
o' scab clothing down to Skinnem's
and he wants to git there before they
are all gone."
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