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VOL. 4
LINCOLN", NEBRASKA, OCTOBER IS, LP07
NO. 29
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READY FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
The Temple Committee Preparing to
Solicit Stock Subscriptions Soon.
The Labor Temple committee went
all the way out to University Place
last Monday evening to hold Its meet
ing with the chairman, J. W. Dick
son, who represents the Carpentevs'
Union. Chalramn Dickson has faith
fully attended every meeting, and the
committee decided to meet with him
just to show Its appreciation of his
faithfulness. The "bunch" collected
at Twelfth and O streets and took a
car for University Place, and after
'carefully Ignoring the directions giv
en managed to wander off into, the
tall and uncut. But it finally located
the place and a short but profitable
session was held.
Everything Is now In readiness for
the (subscription campaign. Every
local of every craft in the entire coun
try will be solicited to take a few
shares of stock In the Lincoln Labor
Temple Association, not as a dona
tion but as an Investment. To this
end each Lincoln local will send out
under Its own -seal an appeal for
stock subscriptions. The proper ap
plication blanks will be enclosed, to
gether with every proof that the as
sociation means business and that
the purchase of stock will be a good
Investment. Just as soon as a few
hundred dollars have been paid In by
local union men the committee will
get busy with Its local campaign and
will endeavor to raise the money for
the purchase of the site.
A sub-committee consisting of Ru
dy, lhrlnger and Weckesser was ap
pointed to look around for suitable
Bites and get definite prices on the
same. The committee will report at
yie next meeting.
The committee, decided to get out
a badge In the shape of a button,
the object being to sell them and
ralde money to defray the Incidental
expenses of the organization. This
button will be of a design calculated
advertise the Temple project, and
everybody Interested will be expected
to wear a button and become a boost
er for the association. :
Each local represented on the Tem
ple committee- will be asked to de
fray the .expenses of mailing the cir
culars asking for stock subscriptions
from the local of in, craft. It is be
lieved that a goodly sum may be
raised In this manner. There are
something like 20,000 locals of the dif
ferent affiliated crafts, and. if an
average of one share per local can
' bii secured the , work Is practically
half accomplished.
The committee has decided that it
Is no longer necessary to meet at
private houses, and hereafter will
meet at Chaplin & Ryan's barber shop,
127 North Twelfth street. The com
mittee will meet every Monday even
ing until further notice.
The following committeemen were
present at the meotlng last Monday
evening:
J. W. Dickson, Carpenters.
Fred lhrlnger. Typographical.
Fred Ress, Bookbinders.
Alex Weckesser, Pressmen.
S. L. Chaplin, Barbers.
A. V. White, Plumbers.
T. C. Kelsey, Leatherworkers.
Al Walker, Bartenders.
O. M. Rudy, Electrical Workers.
Absent: T. W. Evans, Cigarmakers;
A .B. Woelhaff, Painters.
No new delegates reported, the
unions not heretofore represented still
being derelict In their duty.
A NEW SLAVERY.
What a Magazine Writer Found In
Touring the Southern States.
Gllson Gardner, a magazine writer,
who went South to find out the truth
About that section's traffic In childen
reports that he found a new slavery.
He found 60,000 children under four
teen years old In cotton mills. Some
of them work all day, others work all
night. Yes there are the state laws,
but they are such dead letters that
the southern children do not need to
be coached about their ages. They are
"eleven," going on "twelve." He found
an "Industrial association" formed to
fight child labor legislation. "We
-would rather have the children," said
one foreman: "their hands are more
nimble." He found mills paying ,33 per
cent dlvtdents, exclusive of sinking
funds and Improvements.
The legislators in the states In
, which these conditions exist should
make It their early concern to wipe
(g TRADES IrgBPJ COUNCIL
Mr. liusiness Man, if some mau could sit down in your office for
ten minutes and demonstrate to you that he had a scheme which would
increase your business ten per cent, without costing yon one penny
additional, what would you do?
Woufd you listen to him and then dismiss him?
If you had a superintendent who would pass up such an oppor
tunity would you not dismiss him. or at least discipline him?
We can tell you how you can increase your business, perhaps more
than 10 per cent, and the method costs you nothing.
Will you listen for very few minutes .'
The way to increase your business is to assist in bringing about
industrial conditions that will result in better wages, better working
conditions, better homes and better citizenship.
Do we need to submit figures to prove that a working population
of 1.000 men earning an average of ;i week per man provides bet
ter consuming public than 2.000 men earning an average of $0 a week ?
True the total amount of money is the same, but it isn't the patronage
of the better paid man more profitable than the patronage of the
underpaid man?
The way to insure a well paid consuming population is to assist
those who are endeavoring to build up conditions that will benefit
the wage earners give them better wages, enable them to have bet
ter homes; permit them to send their children to school instead of in
to the shops, the mills and the factories: give them leisure hours in
which lo seek recreation, visit their families and better their knowl
edge of what constitutes right citizenship.
Mow may you know that you are doing this?
Let us be specific this time and point out, the course to pursue in
just one industrial line. Let us point you to the label of the Allied
Printing Trades. You will see a fac simile of this label in the heading
to this article. That label stands for something, and it is our purpose
to tell you what that something is.
It stands for good wages.
It stands for reasonable hours of work.
It stands for working conditions mutually agreed upon between
the seller of the labor and the purchaser thereof.
It stands for the best class of workmanship, because the shops en
titled to use that label secure the best workmen by paying the- best
wages.
Here is, a fact that is as true of
printing trades unions, and it is true
Men who carry cards in the unions composing the Allied Printing
Trades are never objects of public
called upon to open your pocketbooks to' keep them from starving or
freezing.
Why is this true? First, because Ihey are the first to find employ
ment because of their skill. Keeondlv, because their unions see to it
that they are eared for, and the union pays the bills, not as charity
but as a fraternal dtity thoroughly enjoyed.
There are two hundred members of I he Allied Printing Trades in
NOW GET
Several hundred union men
wages towards the erection of a Labor Temple in Lincoln. The time
has come. The Labor Temple Building Association has been organ
ized and incorporated under the laws of Xebraska. The stock sub
scription books are now open. Every dollar Subscribed entitles the
donor to a share of stock and a
Capital Auxiliary No. 11.
J. W. Dickeson, University Place.
J. S. McCoy, 1203 U.
W. L. Mayer, 2335 Q.
C. H. Turner, 1200 P.
Alex Wtckizer, 904 E.
C. E. Barngrover, 1330 N. 24.
C. B. Righter, 2308 Dudley.
W. C. Norton, 1533 N. 25.
H. W. Smith, 1725 P.
Bert Chipman, 705 S. 18.
Gus Sanders, 932 P.
Henry Hoos, 438 N. 14.
Ed. Fagan, 938 P.
C. A. Phelps, 127 S. 10.
Al Walker, 2301 S.
Grove Pylperkers, 228 N. 13.
Sam Landes, 812 H.
H. Sundean, 1844 P.
L. Spencer, 10 and N.
C. Penrod, 1422 O.
C. Fritz, 113 S. 9.
J. Windier, 1021 Wood.
P. Biberstein, 146 S. 9.
Al Wendle, West A.
Bob Charters, 1960 T.
W. M. Maupin, 1216 G.
C. H. Bowers, 12 and O.
E. W. Aura, 2253 Dudley.
R. L. McBride, 1648 Q.
Charles Bowen, 1919 S. 16.
Arch Stephens, 2037 K
J. W. Jewell, 1026 Q.
L. L. Ingraham, Uni. Place
G. E. Locker, 625 S. 18.
F. M. Coffey.
T. W. Evans, 128 S. 11.
O. M. Rudy, 1036 G.
R. W. Elliott, 510 N. 14.
C. M. Anderson.
B. B. Joslln, 2154 S. 14..
J. R. Cain, 908 Wood.
T. N. Jones, 208 N. 22.
other 'trades unions as it is of the
of all :
charity. Therefore you' are never
INTO THE
have agreed to donate one day's
voice in the association's affairs.
W. K. Terwilliger, 1528 N. 19.
C. N. Castle. ;
Chas. Puree, 1002 Vine.
Ward Betzer, 812 E.
John Metzger, 904 n.
T. Bridges, 3103 Vic?.
R. Winch, 1000 D.
James Lobaugh, Cent. Pub. Co.
C. A. Yates, New Century Co.
J. D. Bower, Ivy Press.
E. C. Werger, 1526 N.
A. M. Larimer, 410 N. 12th.
F. Pillar, 1223 Washington.
Otto Werger, 1526 N.
Baya.rd Vantine, 2735 Durley.
O. O. Robinson, Western Normal
C. C. Pierce, 419 No. 10th.
II. G. Davis, 1200 P.
C. B. Mills, 639 S. 11.
G. H. Moore, 1926 R.
J. N. Hyder, 824 N. 14.
R. L. Metcalfe, 17th & C.
L. W. Parks.
C. J. Peterson, 2241 Holdrege.
E. E. Betz, 1448 P.
H. C. Probasco, F. &'M. bank.
H. L. Rudy, 1036 G.
Mark Castor, 1419 G.
Louis Maupin, 1216 G.
Wm. Drummond, 511 N. 27
Fred Ihringer, 1529 D
W. II. Astley, 2619 Q
Fred Mickle, 1925 S. 16
Mr. and Mrs. Soandso.
Fre.i Brenner, 2150 U
F. V. Kolb, 733 H.
C. H. Cameron, 136 N. 21.
Clws. Shelton, 391 T.
Faultoaber, Louis, 644 S. 19th
W. A. Woodard, 3126 T.
C. H. Chase, 2005 N. 30th.
E. A. Coffman. 3235 P.
R. E. Traver, 1610 N. 27th.
Short Talks With the
Business Men of Lincoln
Lincoln. There are one hundred and forty-eight printers, fifty press
men,: fifteen bookbinders and seventeen stereotypers and helpers.
They comprise ninety-five per cent of the men working at these trades
in Lincoln. They draw upwards of $3,000 a week in wages. Their to
tal annual wage approximates $175,000. They work eight hours a day,
thus having ample time in which to visit your place of business, to en
joy the companionship of their loved ones, and to seek that knowledge
which makes for better citizenship.
We point you to this incontrovertible fact :
An industrial city thoroughly organized in its trades is always a
city of comfortable homes, good business conditions and contented
workmen. ' .
Here is another incontrovertible fact : " , " '
A city that is not organized and in which the seller of labor has
no voice in the disposition of his labor or the honrs thereof, is always
a city of hovels and shacks, of "pluck-me-stores, " of discontented and
discouraged workiugmen, of hopeless wives and of neglected children.
In which community would you prefer to live?
It is the aim of the Allied Printing Trades council to make Lin
coln a city of homes, of contented workmen, of happy wives and well-cared-for-children.
This is enlightened selfishness, if you please. But
it will be as profitable to you as it will to the workingmen of the Allied
Printing Trades. For that reason we want your help. We want yon
to demand the label of the Allied Printing Trades upon all your print
ing. At least, we want you to give your work to the shops that are en
titled to use that label. We want you to do this for several reasons:
irst, it will help us to better things.
Second, it will benefit our families, and therefore benefit Lincoln.
Third, it will prove to us that
and willing to lend us the encouragement of your aid.
It will help you for several reasons :
First, it will provide you with more customers who will have
something more to buy than the bare necessaries of life.
Second, it will insure you a better class of work without adding
to the cost thereof.
Third, it will help you by increasing the number of home owners
anil therefore the number who divide among them 'the burdens of
taxation. -
"The non-union man has a right to live?"
Of course he has. But he has no right to drag others down to his
lev . ..Of two possible., customers . which . would you. .choose , if . you
could have but one of them : The man who was trying to better him
self and his fellows, or the man who was indifferent both as to him
self and to his fellows ?
Think it over. You can help us in our efforts to secure better
things; we can help you in your efforts to increase your business.
That's reciprocity in its highest and best sense.
Every time you demand the label of the Allied Printing Trades
on your printing you are standing up for Lincoln and Lincoln's best
business interests.
Isn't it the truth ?
LABOR TEMPLE GAME
Money is needed at once. Let every man whose name is on this list
come to the front. Let's all' get
treasurer of your local, or send to Fred Ress, treasurer.
Now all pull together. Let's show the public that we mean busi
ness and are capable of doing business.
Come on, boys ! '
A. C. Neese, 2734 Dudley.
H. Compton, 2541 Y. 4
J. L. Shelton, 391 T.
C. D. Folsom, 3010 P.
Ernest Shaw, 44th & W.
Frank M-ayes, 323 S. 20.
E. L. Walters, 1846 M.
F. L. Ryan, 1144 O St.
Joe T. Hazels, 1144 O St.
J. E. Bixler, 1144 O St.
J. B. Leard, 1144 O St.
W. L. Morrifleld, 1144 O St.
C. W. Axtell, 330 N. 28th.
E. D. Beard, 120 No. 11th St.
J. W. Cromwell, 120 No. 11th St.
G. L. Barbee, 120 No. 11th St.
H. Kehlenbach, 120 No. ilth St.
E. A. Patterson, 120 No. 11th St.
J. B. Biehn, 120 No. ltlh St.
H. Parmelee, 120 No. 11th St.
Chas. Brown, 120 No. 1th St.
A. R. McConnanghey, 120 No. lit
Burgaman-, H., 2201 Holdrege.
George Quick,
Frank Smith 1725 P.
H. F. Schultze, 1144 O St.
H. W. Essex, 1144 O St.
F. Cool, 1144 O St.
W. C. Miller, 1144 O St.
George Loar, 313 S. 20th.
E. S. Chevront, 539 S. 7th.
J. H. Buchs, 728 N. 11th.
John Brown, 2038 P.
Jacob Weber, 219 F.
W. D. King, 2030 M St.
Alex Wekesser, 904 E. ,
E. H. Zubrigen, 14th and Peach.
W. S. Brown, 1418 F.
A. M. Swigart, 826 G.
Mark Carveth.
H. C. Dalrymple, 13th & N Sts.
Frank W. Brown, Jr.
Jay Worley, 2011 K. 1
H. P. Van Dercreek, 1705 N.
A. A. Hall, 2743 D. '
Ed. English, 1933 U.
you are interested in onr welfare
busy. Hand your donation to the
J. B. Estes, 1344 J.
A. V. White, 1737 N.
.T. K. Wilson, 2230 Sheldon. ,
G. C. Warner, 134 So. Twelfth.
X. K. Howard, 1202 M&
Chas. Burns, 846 No. Twenty-six.
Fred Ress, 1201 B.
W. T. Abbott, Lin. Tel. Co.
Rev. S. Z. Batten.
Gov. George L. Sheldon.
F. A. Kates, 1020 X.
Fred Eissler, 111 A.
S. C. Foster, 437 N. 10.
Nelson, 2122 H.
C. H. Fowler, 1229 N. 26.
R. R. Cooper, 1237 S. 27.
0. T. Stowell, 347 S. 24.
Chas. S. Smith, 2218 Holdrege
R. J. Adams, 236 N. 19.
G. A. Noyes, 1144 R.
Ernest Eissler, 111 A.
J. M. Quick, 1445 N. 25.
A. R. Gibson, 2135 L.
-J. A. Chambers, 425 S. 30.
S. D. Swab, 1536 N. 28.
C. E. Mellor, 2149 S. 15.
August Radebach, 1721 P street
1. R. DeLong.
W. Waack, 429 So. Eleventh.
H. W. Werger, 836 S. 23d.
FISH AND FOWL.
The Santa -Fe railroad has just
granted an increase to the telegraph
ers. But the Santa Fe is still holding
out against the just demands of the
machinists. - In the meanwhile the
engines continue to pile up in he
"bone yard" and the traveling and
freight paying public continues to suf
fer by the stupidity and selfishness
of the Santa Fe management.
THE LABOR EDITOR.
A Strong Plea for the Men Who- Keep
the Altar Fires Burning.
There is a peculiar twist in the hu
man mind which leads it to believe
that a thing is so because it is in print.
The fact that a newspaper has said
things thus and so is to most folks
sufficient evidence that it is true. We
need not stop to analyze this curious
physchological delusion.
To some editors this fact is a
congratulation. But the true "moulder
of public opinion" seeks to arouse
the thinking machine of. his constitu
ency. He is really an educator. He
is one of the most important factors
in the development of the human race.
But he is not infallible. He will be
the first to admit it. He is tempted in
all points like as we are, and he is not
without sin.
My observation of the labor editors
of thia country has led me to have for
them the greatest respect. Many of
them are engaged hi a most difficult
task. Often the support which is given
them is insufficient to permit them to.
do their best work in behalf of labor.
They should receive the most cordial
co-operation of the rank and file, as
well as that of the leaders.
They are really very human. They
are glad to receive helpful sugges
tions. They expect the "knocks" and
they are not disappointed. But there are
other ways of boosting the labor press.
The editor appreciates it when he is
told that he has said or done a good
thing through his paper. Tell him
about it.
As a rule, he needs the money He
eats the same kindof food that the
rest of us eat when he can get it.
Some of us have apparently concluded
that he lives on ink. But even ink
costs money. And the market price
is advancing. He wears the same kind
of clothes. He lives In the same kind
of a house and he deals with the same
kind of a landlord.
Just for the fun of it let's give him
boost in just the way that you
know best. Rev. Charles Stetzle.
MUSICIANS ORGANIZE.
Musical Union Perfected and Charter
Will Be Applied For.
For several weeks the" musicians of :
the city have been quietly talking up
an organization. Last Monday even
ing some thirty of them met by'ap-
pointment and signed an application
for a charter. This will be forwarded
at once, and in' due time the ' musi
cians of the city will be "union men,
belonging to an organization affiliated
with the American Federation of La
bor. The Wageworker congratulates the
musicians of Lincoln on their action.
and it here and bow tenders them
every assistance at its command. " If
they want anything at the hands of
this little labor paper, all they need
to do is to ask for it.
It has taken time to get the local
musicians warmed up to organizing, i
No one opposed it, but no one seemed
disposed to take the lead. Finally
some "live ones" -made the start, and
the thing was -done.
Here's to the new union . . Long
may it live and prosper. .
THE CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Will Meet Next Tuesday Evening and
Things Are 'Looking Up.
The Central Labor Union will meet
next Tuesday, evening and the indi
cations are that the body has taken on
a new lease of life. The last meeting
was one of the largest for several,
months, and several delegates who
have been derelict were in attendance
and promised to be faithful hereafter.-
The central body meets in Bruse's
hall on South Tenth street. It is pro-'
posed to make a concerted demand on
the American Federation for the, ser
vices of an experienced organizer, in
this territory for several months. It is ,
a fact that the central west has been
sadly neglected by the Federation and
as a result things are not in as good
shape as they ought to be, and as they
would be if the matter had been given
proper' attention. Omaha and Lincoln
have been sending in the per capita
for a number of years, but they
haven't seen any benefits locally' as
yet. There ought to be thirty or for
ty more locals in this state, and there
would be if an organizer came into the
district and got busy. Fremont, Alli
ance, Grand Island, Hastings, Kear
ney,' North Platte and Sidney offer
splendid opportunities for organiza
tion. V
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out the disgrace.