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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1907)
FALL AND WINTER Looking for Good Clothes at a moderate price? That's the kind we sell. Neat, dressy, well-fitting and serviceable clothing at prices that appeal to the careful and economical wage earner. Ten to Eighteen Dollars You'd pay more for the same goods at other places. But even at this price we make a reasonable profit. The profit we make, how ever, is not nearly as great as the saving to you. We can demon these facts if you come in. Union-Made Goods Lots of them. Work Clothes, Hats, Shoes, Shirts, Overalls, etc. WE CHALLENGE . COMPARISON IN THESE LINES. INVEST YOUR MONEY IN THE NEW BREWING AND ICE PLANT H BREWING & l(f (0 The shares are $50 each, payable in 10 months at $5.00 per month on each share purchased. It is confidently expected that this stock will increase in value rapidly and also pay large dividends. The most conservative business men of Lincoln are buying this stock, and we want YOU to have at least one share, as it is intended to secure the co-operation of many hundreds of stockholders with small in vestments, rather than a few with large investments. Every dollar subscribed will be put into the company's property; no cash is paid out for promotion. EVERY DOLLAR . OF COST WILL BE UNION MA TERIAL AND LABOR. It seems unnecessary to argue the profit in the busi ness. Ice, alone, will pay good dividends., The most conser vative estimate would be at least ten per cent annually. Ilany other concerns pay four or five times this. Write to any address below and say how many shares you want. No money will be asked for until enough is sub scribed to make it safe to call the money. It will be thirty or sixty days before any money will be asked for, and then you will be notified where to pay the first payment. DIRECTORS MORBIS FRIEND, . T. J. DOYLE, Attorney, ZULIUS REVSCH, Cor. 7th and P Sis. FunKe Building 225 So. 11th St. W. L LEDIOYT, E. P. BATHBICK. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo PROTECT YOUR HOME WITH A POLICY IN THE Wostcrn Fire Insurance Company Purely a Nebraska Company Its Stockholders are among the Best Business Men of Lincoln and Nebraska Caoital Stock Cash Loans and Securities OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS $1,000,000.00 $102,330.25 o o o Allen W. Field, President, P. F. Zimmer, Secretary. E. A. Becker, V. P. and Manager, W. H. England, Vice President, Jna T. Zimmer, Treasurer, C. W. Sanford, J. A. Frawley. Patronize This Worthy Home Company Home Office No. 201 So. 11 Street. BOTH PHONES CASH AS SOON AS LOSS IS JLDJUSTED ooooocoooooroocxxxxxxxx3oex Bell Phone F3008 Auto Phone 6334 Henderson & Hald Jewelers and Opticians 132 North loth St. LINCOLN, NEB. WORKERS UNION UNIONjM STAMP rartoryHa UNERSTAND BROTHER UNIONIST That the best made shoes uhoes made under the bust manufacturing condition the shoes that best stand the wear bear the Union Stamp as shown herewith. Ask your dealer for Union Stamp Shoes, and if he cannot supply yon write Boot and Shoe Werkers Union 246 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. A PRINTER "DOPE SHEEP' The Central Union Times, published ta Jacksonville, Florida, is a pretty good labor paper. Its editor knows pretty 'well upon which side of his bread the butter is well spread. In its issue of October 25,the leading editor ial of the Central Union Times was under the head, "Treason, the Only Word." The editor prefaces his re marks by telling how he and President Lynch once disagreed, and then goes on to tell how they finally recognized each other's merits. Then the Central Union Times proceeds to pass some severe strictures on "a few western papers" that perhaps do not view things as the editor of the Central Union Times views them. The Cen tral Union Tims says: "The attacks of a few western pa pers on these gentlemen (Lynch, Bramwood and Miller) smack so strongly of campaign (dirty campaign at that) literature that I have watch ed closely to see the dark horse bob up between the lines but to me they are treason pure and simple sans cause, sans excuse. If the Western Laborer and the Wageworker and one or two other master-stroke knockers ever wake up to a sense of their duty thy will probably find that the mem bership of the 1. T. U. are not ready and willing to gulp down such rot as they have ben spreading forth of late, and that some men yet remain in the East who can see as far through a millstone as our brothers of the West." .The Wageworker prints the Central Union Times' remarks in blackface in order" to make them more promi nent. It also prints them in blackface in order to make more emphatic the reason why the editor of the Central Union Times rushes so loyally to th? support of President Lynch, Secre tary Bramwood and Mr. Hugo Miller. The editor of the Central Union Times of Jacksonville, Florida, is R. L. Harper. Who is R. L. Harper? R. L. HARPER IS AN ORGANIZER OF THE INTERNATIONAL TYPO GRAPHICAL UNION, -WHO FROM JUNE 1, 1906, TO MAY 31, 1907, DREW AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN $50 A MONTH FROM THE IN TER NATIONAL. Undo-r the circumstances The Wage- worker is of the opinion that Brother Harper's kindly criticism will not have much effect where all the facts are known. The Western Laborer is amply able to speak for itself. As for The Wage- worker, it has nothing to apologize for. During the last campaign it urged the membership " to make President Lynch's res-election unanimous. Its jditor nominated Secretary Bramwood in the Lincoln local union. The Wage worker recoghizes President Lynch's ability and he is a wonderfully able man. It recognizes Secretary Bram wood's bplendid clerical and editorial ability. It recognizes the magnificent leadership they displayed in the eight hour fight. But while recognizing all these things The Wageworker refuses to believe either one of them omnipo tent, omnipresent or infallible. It re fuses to subscribe to the law of lese majeste that would "get the card" of every member who does not kow tow when the executive council issues its mandate. If that makes The Wage- worker a "master-stroke knocker, then we glory in the name. Editor-Organizer Harper carries his laudation of Messrs. Lynch, Bramwood and Miller to such an extreme that he says: "For the many sacrifices they have made; for the master mind and wis- dam they have displayed; for the sound footing they have placed the union printer on, almost single-handed and alcne; for the respect they have been able to bring to our erstwhile laughed-at order, and for many other good and sufficient reasons, I believe that no man has a right to throw dirty slurs at either Jim Lynch or J. W. Bramwood or Hugo Miller." "Almost single-handed ahd alone! If that isn't treason to the 40,000 loyal printers, members of the Typographi cal Union, who put up the money that (resident Lynch, Secretary Bramwood, Vice President Miller and Organizer Harper spent, what is it? These 40,- 000 union printers put up approximau-.- ly $1,000,000 in less than two yrars. and a majority of them earned Jes? than one-half of the salaries paid he president and secretary, to say njth ing of haying no liberal expense ac count to draw from. And this majori ty paid the 10 per cent assissment on what they earned, too. "Our erstwhile laughed-at order." Who said treason? The editor of The Wageworker haz ards the guess that he has carried a card as long as Organizer Harper. His first acquaintance with the Interna tional Typographical Union dates back more than a quarter of a cen tury, and he cannot remember the time when that splendid organization was ever laughed at by anybody. Neither can he remember the time when it was not respected toy the fair-minded and feared by the selfish. We congratulate Organizer-Editor Harper on his very evident desire to earn the money. Pending further discussion of the matter The Wage worker desires to assure the Central Union Times at Jacksonville, Florida, of its most distinguished consideration. The State Journal Company on Tuesday pulled down a state print ing contract amounting to -upwards of $14,000. It is the printing of ten volumes of supreme court reports, 1,000. copies each, 900 pages to the volume. The type on this job will be set by members of Lincoln Typo graphical Union, No. 209, who will work the eight-hour day at fair wages. The York Times Company' secured the job of printing 5,000 copies of a publication devoted to the subject of normal training, The type on this job will be set by non-union printers working the ten-hour day at low wages. Query: Wouldn't the mer chants of York prefer to have a dozen union printers -earning $18 a week for customers than to have a dozen non union printers earnig $12 a week or less fy)r customers. Look for 'the label. . The Delieator Company sends The Wageworker a big bunch of literature anent its "Child Rescue Campaign," asking us to help. We Ibeg to be ex cused. The Wageworker is pushing a genuine child resctte campaign through the only medium that ever rescued a child from a sweat shop the trades unions. . The Delineator is published by' the. "scab" Butterick Company, and it is working the "child labor racket" to advertise its "scab bery." Actions speak louder than words--and the Butterick Company is fighting the only child rescue or ganization ever perfected. Capital Auxiliary inaugurated the winter, season Tuesday evening of this week by giving a Hallowe'en party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mickel. Despite the inclement weather a goodly crowd of fun-lov ing printers and their wives respond ed to the invitations, and the evening was spent delightfully. A "Mother Goose Contest" furnished plenty of fun. ,,' There were sixteen pictures from "Mother Goose Rhymes" pinned on the wall, and each one was asked to write the first line of the verse ac companying thejpicture. Mrs. W. M. Maupin won first prize, with fifteen correct answers: O. C. Jones won the booby prize with six correct answers. Fred 'Mickel came closest to guessing the number of seeds in the pumpkin, and won the pumpkin. He guessed 261, and there were 283. Ginger bread, coffee, popcorn and apples were served for refreshments. Those who miss these Auxiliary socials are missing some mighty fine times. Next week this department will con tain a letter from J. J. Dirks of St. Louis, who has something to say of interest to printers of the entire jurisdiction! Every now and then you run across men who never think of attending a meeting in order to advance the cause of unionism, but never lose an oppor tunity to criticise the work of other men or rush to a. meeting to save a few cents. r K-l It is just as much your business to use the "sticker" as it is the busi iness of the executive committee to endeavor to "square" the unfair of fices. Immigration officials are woefully negligent when it comes to enforcing the law against the entry of indigent aliens into this country. But they can get wonderfully active when their services are not needed. J. McCly ment, a Canadian, was stopped at Port Huron by the authorities and sent back to Toronto on account of the law prohibiting the entry into the United States of persons unable to earn a living. MoClyment is unable to earn a living, .but he 13 a member of Toronto Typographical Union and was on his way from Toronto to Colo rado Springs to enter the Union Print ers' Home. MoClyment has paid for his "keep" in the home, and, while in capacitated, he is not indigent, and will not be as long as the Home is maintained. Those fussy immigration officials ought to get wise as well as busy. Insurance on Fremont College. An adjustment of the fire loss on Fremont college was made by the rep resentatives of several companies who were in the city, and the reconstruc tion of the building will be commenced. Are You Satisfied? With your present Gas burners, do you thinK they need adjusting? We have men trained to look after your needs. 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