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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1907)
I THE PIONEER BARBER SHOP UNION SHOP CH;PSEN Shave, 10c; Hair Cut, 25c; Nt't-k Shave, 5c 101 Sovth 11th Street, Lincoln WAGEWORKER WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR I PREWITT'SI PHOTO GALLERY 1214 O STREET When you want a good photograph call and aee my Tork. Satisfaction guaranteed .... I We ar expert cleaners, dyera aad finishers of Ladles' and Uen tlemen'i Clothing of all klnda. The finest dresses a specialty. THE) NEW FIRM J. C. WOOD & CO. A-xC FOR PRICELIST. 'PHONES: Bell, 147. Auto, 1292. 1320 N St. - - Lincoln, Neb. rTmniHiitiintiiTTtix Vageworkers, Attention We have Money to Loan on Chattels. Plenty of it, too. . Utmost secrecy. KELLY & INORRIS 70-7! BROWNELL BLK. TO0OffiOOCXOaOSO5CX300 1 Union Harness & Repair Shop . GEORGE H. EUSH Harness repairing, Harness washed and oiled. I use the Union Stamp nnd solicit Union Trade. All kinds of work fur- g nished on call. 145 So. 9th. $osoooeoooaooooo MYDEN'S ART STUDIO New Location, 1127 O Fino wtrk a Specialty. Auto 3336 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, Neb., under the Act of Congress oi March 3rd, 1S79. jl "Printers' Ink," the recog- jl jl nized authority on advertis- j j Ing, after a thorough investi- JX j gation on this subject, says: J "A labor paper is a far bet- J jt ter advertising medium than Jt jt an ordinary newspaper in J jt comparison with circulation. J Jt A labor paper, for example, jt j having 2,000 subscribers Is of J j more value to the business. J jl man who' advertises in it J j th an ordinary paper with jl jt 12,000 subscribers." 0 ANNOUNCEMENTS. I desire to announce my candidacy for the office of county judge at the primaries September 3. subject to the- will of the republican voters. P. JAMES COSGRAVE. I hereby announce that I am a can didate, subject to the will of the re publican voters at the primaries Sep tember 3, for the office of Judge of the district court. FRANK R. WATERS. I am a candidate for the office of clerk of the district court for Lancas ter county, subject to the approval ol the republican voters at the primary election, to be held September 3. WALLACE L. C RANDALL. THE CHILD LABOR LAW- A few small boys having lost their jobs by reason of the Clarke child la bor law, the opponents of the law are throwing a series of fits about "boys being forced to grow up in idleness." Of course there is nothing in the law that prevents a child of any age from working at any occupation that a child should work at. It is significant that in the instances thus far cited the boys who have been discharged were small boys who had been em ployed by huge corporations that make a specialty of low wages and long hours. The Wageworker cheerfully ad mits that the Clarke child labor law is not perfect. It could not be for the simple reason that it is the pro duct of fallible men. But The Wage- worker insisted while the law was un der consideration that it be not emas culated by amendment, and it insists now that it be amended only by ex perience of actual operation of the law. The fact that an apparent injus tice is done in isolated cases furnishes no worthy reason for amendment. No law of any moment fails to work a hardship somewhere, but the welfare ot the many far outweighs the wel fare of the few. The . future welfare of the child is a matter of prime im portance, but the present welfare of the family is of equal, if not greater, importance. The newspapers that are complain ing because a few boys have been thrown out of what may seem harm less, or even beneficial, employment, take good care not to present in stances of boys being forced to give up employment in harmful places. The Wageworker expects to see the Clarke law amended in time. It be lieves that it should be amended. But it must be amended only in the..light of experience of its actual operation, and not because a few opponents of the law throw fits because a few boys seem to have been forced to give UP light and easy jobs. I hereby announce myself as a can- dldate for county assessor subject to the decision of the republican voters at the primary election to be held Sep tember 3. THOMAS CARK. I desire to announce myself as a candidate for the republican nomina tion for county coroner. ', . V. A. MATTHEWS. Better known as "Jack" Matthews of Castle, Roper & Matthews. Lincoln Dental College CLINIC Open for Patients Every Afternoon -lOtU nil u ftta. F. M. DnlMlnt Henry Pfetff DEALER IN Fresh and Salt Meats Sausage, Povltry, Etc 5taple and Fancy Groceries, Telephones 888-477. 314 So. lith StrMl n OFFICE OF Dr. R. L. BENTLEY SPECIALIST CHILDREN , Office Hours 1 to 4 p. m. Office 2118 O St. Both Phone LABOR DAY CELEBRATIONS. The practice of observing Labor Day by extended parades is all right except that there may be better ways of celebrating the holiday. It is an expensive procedure, and ordinarily a parade calls attention to 'the fact that while organized labor makes a big showing when it comes to marchin solidly it usually makes the mistake of scattering on election day. When the parade marches by the politicians stand on the curbs and smirk and smile, knowing full well that the solid ranks of marchers will be hopelessly divided when it comes to something tangible In the way of work for or ganized labor. For twenty years or more the editor of this humble little labor paper has marched every year in the Labor Day parade, and he en joys it. But he is getting a little tired. Whafs the use of four-flushing on Labor Day and not making the bluff good on every other day of the year? Every night for the next four weeks committees will be meeting In every organized city in the country, fixing up plans for a Labor Day parade. The same amount of work put into polit ical organization would result in some thing worth while. The men' who ex ploit labor are always willing tc" let organized labor "shoot in tlje air" by parading and having picnics. It is when organized labor begins organ iz- ing for political action that the poll tician gets busy and proceeds to ap peal to partisanship and tell us that 'politics will disrupt the unions.' The Wageworker is oppose to con tinuing this parade business, although the editor will parade if his union and other unions decide that it is the thing to do. Heis getting wise to the fa that the parade brings a 1 it of i.usi ness to men who care nothing for c r- ganized labor save to exploit it. Ho knows that one-half the energy con sumed in getting up a parada would if properly centered, elect a half- dozen square-toed union men to office in nearly' every city in the country, He has figured out that tiia morey spent in parading w.ould buy a s'.te for a Labor Temple in near'y eve:-y or ganized city in the couutry. Let us make Labor Day a holiday i" fact as well as in nauio. Then let vs do all of our parading on election ih.y. marching in solid ranks to tne polls and voting like men, not like political chattels. Ever notice it? When men grow rich and arrogant and begin to look down upon workingmen, and refuse to recognize union labor, they grow rot ten morally. When Post got rich he threw over his faithful wife and mar ried a blooming stenographer whose charms were fresher. When Corey of the steel trust waxed rich and power ful he divorced his faithful wife In order to revel in the charms of a va riety actress. The rich aristocracy of New York has divorced and married' and dovorced- and married among tl-emselves until it is a wise child that remembers its mother's or its father's name. , Now comes the wily candidate with smile so broad and bland, and grasps the sweaty workingman and shakes his horny hand. He calls him '"brother" and declares with voice as smooth as oil, that he is just the greatest friend of all who have to toil. And thus the wily candidate pursues his honeyed way, but will forget the workingman after election day. The men who talk loudest in favor of war are the men who are violently opposed to unionism. And when the war comes these opponents of union ism remain at home and reap all the profits, while pinion men and their fellow workers go to the front and shed all the blood necessary to pre serve the country. . The Commercial Telegraphers havs listened to the siren voice of the em ployers and have gone back to work under a promise of having their griev ances adjusted. The employers 'will be entirely satisfied with the adjust ment and the telegraphers will have to like it. Saturday ihe Last Day of ilic Sterling's July ClearnncG Salo We find we have a few more of those stylish, cool Summer Suits than we should have at this time of the year They are in beau tiful grey mixtures and blue serges and are yours this week at these special prices $9.75, $13.75, $18.75, and $24.75 At these prices our Suits are exceptional bargains and if you need Clothing you cannot afford to pass them by Specials on other lines for this week, One-fourth Off on all styles of boys' and children's Wash Suits and odd Pants made Prom French Ginghams, Pique, Duck and Chambrays in ages from 2 1-2 to 10 years. One-fourth Off on all Boys' and Children's Strato and Duck Hats and Caps, includ ing play and dress styles. A Good Place to Buy Good Clothes once," he pleaded of the reporters. The reporters could easily do that, but it would be treason to their em ployers, for reporters are employed to gather the news. The husband of the stenographer should be compelled by law to put his breakfast food dope up in red packages. Strikes are bad things, whether lost or won. But a union without a strike clause is about as strong as a rope of sand. , The Lincoln Distraction company realizes now that at last the worm will turn. BURLINGTON FIRES 'EM. In the meanwhile the candidate for office in Lancaster county will, if wise, announce ' his candidacy in The Wageworker and thus get it before the men who hold the balance of pow er both at the primaries and at the pells. Of course all American workingmen who have been blessed with an in crease of 15' per cent average increase in wages will be enabled to spend a few weeks at the seashore with their families. When a notoriously labor-baiting corporation declares that it has noth ing to arbitrate, what can the em ployes do but strike for fair treat ment? Will some opponent of strikes please tell us? The" people who have to pay the costs of litigation are the ones who should have all the say about who shall be the judicial candidates. President Ellis Corey of the United States Steel trust is back from Eu rope with his actress bride. "Please say something decent about us for Members of Clerks' Union Told to Take Their Clothes and Go. . The Burlington's real attitude to wards organized labor is shown by the treatment accorded to clerks who have had the hardihood to join the Railway Clerks' Union. Just as fast as the. recalcitrant clerks are discov ered they are told to take their coats and go. Secretary Dunison, who was employed at the Omaha freight house, was fired just as soon as his connec tion with the union was made public. One of -the "head men" in the Bur lington freight department gave it out cold the first of this week that mem bership in the union certainly meant discharge from the company's employ. The other railroads are not making any particular stir about the matter but It is noticed that every clerk laid off is one whose name appears on the membership rolls of the union. The Omaha local was organized about three months ago, and it is said to now have a membership of about 800.. Work of recruiting is still going on, but a lot of weak-spined have wilted before the arrogance of the Burlington officials. The Burlington railway clerks should be wise. Let them organize quietly and perfect their organization until it is in a position to throw down every other brotherhood on the system provided it gets what it wants. Let it develop a lot of shrewd political manipulators who can lobby around legislatures and plug conventions ai! on company time and then it can se cure recognition That's the way the game has been worked elsewhere by others. Mangled By a Train. An unknown negro was killed on the Burlington tracks two miles west of Wymore. The supposition is that the man was stealing a ride and fell from a train onto the tracks. The body was horribly mangled. Hangs Himself. George Heitkamp, living at Belmont, a Lincoln suburb, committed suicide by hanging himself to the rafters of his barn with a strap. He was found by his wife soon afterwards and was cut down by neighbors. He died in a few minutes after the strap was re moved from his neck. I IVhon You Buy Clothes You Consider Three Things: . STYLE WE WISH TO PROVE WE ARE "RIGHT" AS REGARDS THESE THREE AND THEN' SOME, AND INVITE YOU TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY. Lincoln Slothing So. Corner lOth and P Streets. 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