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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1908)
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OAK" 2118 O St. BothPhones LINCOLN. NEBRASKA WagLCvrcrkcrs, Attsntian We have Money to Loan on Chattels. . Plenty of H, too. Utmost secrecy. KELLY & INORRIS . 7O-7I BROWNBLL BUC HAYPEW'S ART STUDIO New Location, 1127 O Fine) wtrk a Specialty. Auto 3536 Dhnnaet Auto 1918 I iiuiieei Bell 1501 John H. Graham, D. D- S- Llnoeln, Ntbraska DENTAL OEFICES Holm McDonald Lincoln Dental College CLONIC Open for Patients Every Afternoon IBth Hull O Mi, I'. M. nulldins WAGEWORKER WILL M. MAVPM. EDITOR Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year. Entered as second-class matter April 21, 1904, at the post-office 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 thxi an ordinary paper with 12,000 subscribers." JtJ JJtJ)tJJ)tJtJitJtjlt NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Individual subscribers toTho Wage- worker are asked to give their atten tion to a new ruling promulgated hy the postaffice department. This ruling prohibits a publisher from sending his paper to a subscriber who is more than one year In arrears. There are several such on The Wageworker lists, and they are cordially invited to re new so that their paper will not be discontinued. Those who are in ar rears know It without being individual ly notified. The Wageworker does not want to lose a subscriber by reason of the new ruling, but unless renewals are prompt The Wageworker will have to cut the delinquents off in order to preserve its standing with the P. O. D. FIVE TO 'FOUR. The supreme court of the United Slates has just rendered another of its famous "five to four" decisions. These "five to four" decisions would long ago have been jokes were it not for the fact that the decisions have invariably been against the interests of the people and in the interests of privileged or selfish classes. Last Monday by a vote of five to four the supreme court declared un constitutional the employers' liability law enacted by congress a year ago, This liability law related only to the railway service. Of course the rail roads objected to that kind of law because it made human life almost a? expensive as safety appliances. They immediately seized the first chance to test the law. carried a case to the supreme court, and the court very ac- commodatingly declared that the law should not stand. A few years ago congress enacted an income tax law intended to equal ize somewhat the burdens of taxation. That law made the rich pay in tie seme proportion as the poor have al ways been compelled to pay. This made the rich very angry, of course, and they" fled to the supreme court for relief. By a vote of five "to four one judge being so accommodating at to change his mind over night the supreme court declared the law un constitutional. A few months ago men Interested in fair play for rich and poor alike appealed to the court in the Moyer Haywood case. By a vote of five; to four the court decided that the rights of Moyer and Haywood had not been infringed upon when they were seized, prevented from seeing friends or attorneys and abducted and taken irto another state. Now, by another five to four vote the producers the men who create wealth are handed the worst of it. Why is it that the laws enacted with a view to protecting the- toilers are so often declared unconstitutional, v.hile the laws granting special priv ileges to corporations and political favorites are always constitutional? This is a question that the toilers of the country are interested in, and it is high time they insisted upon an answer. THINGS THAT MAKE US WEARY. Far be it from us to attempt to enumerate in one article all the things that make this humble little labor paper weary. But we are so utterly weary of one particular thing that we stop the wheels of progress long enough to mention it. We are weary O, so utterly weaTy of all this rot uttered in praise of Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou because of his action during the re cent financial flurry. Eastern papers declare that by the fine workings of his great brain he saved the financial situation. Another thanks God that wise man like Cortelyou was in charge of the United States treasury during that time. Another hails him as the greatest secretary of the treas ury the country ever had. And so on ad infinitum. And what are the facts? A lot of rotten financiers si -collated with the people's money until they got in a hole. Then they tied up all the money in sight, precip itated a flanic and hollered for help. Cortelyou Immediately placed the peo ple's money $225,000,000 of it-at the disposal of these same rotten specu lators and they loaned it out to the people who really owned it, charging the rightful owners a healthy rate of interest for using their own money V hen the people to whom the banks owned money asked for their own, the banks gave them "Christian sci- ei.ee currency. That s the way George B. Cortelyou "saved the day." Xow wouldn't that make anybody weary? The men who saved the day were the humble toilers the machinists, the carpenters, the printers, the rail road men, the masons, and others of the different trades and crafts they are the men entitled to the credit. They kept right at work, accepted the 'PbriatlpTl fiMflnA" mnnoi witlirnifr Q protest, refused to precipitate a panic t y demanding their little savings and enforcing the demands by legal ac tion, and went through the dark and threatening days with faces alight with hope and cheer. Just suppose that these working- men had refused to accept "Christian science money? Suppose they had refused to stand for the "absent treat ment" system of paying deposits? Suppose they had enforced cash pay ments or thrown the banks into the hands of receivers? Why not even George B. Cortelyou, with the whole United States treasury behind him. cculd have prevented a panic that w ould have swept things clean. The men behind the trowel, the hammer, the throttle, the scoop, the brakewheel, the linotype, the press all the hosts of labor1 those are the men who are entitled to the credit. And it makes us weary It gives us a feeling of lassitude in the lumbar re gions to hear people praising Cor telyou and saying he prevented a worse panic. Speaking of exorbitant rents in Lin coln, here is a sample: A house on the south side that is now renting for $22.50 rented for $14 five years ago And there has not been a dollar's vorth of repairs put upon the afore said house in that time, save for pa pering the lower rooms and adding a coat of paint to the outside. By the way, speaking of controlling the railroads, would the eminent gen tlemen who put a physician at the head of the state Tailway commission be willing to call upon a railroad fire man for medical advice in case of severe illness? Senator Burkett still maintains the attitude of a man desiring to hand organized labor a lemon by appoint ing a union hater and manager of a non-union business concern to the fattest official job in the state. Exorbitant rents for residences is one of the things that is hurting Lin coln right now. The Commercial club might take this matter up with bene fit to the merchants who depend large ly upon wage-earners for patronage. We hasten to assure the eminent court of the District of Columbia that we- do not patronize the Buck Stove and Range company, and that we still have that concern on our "we don't patronize" and "unfair" lists. The safest way to boycott an unfair concern is to demand the union label. When that demand gets to be as big as it ought to be the unfair concerns v. ill be put out of business. ; "The tyranny of the unsanctified labor unions" is what Rev. Dr. Jen nings calls it. During the last few days we have heard Dr. Jennings called worse than that. Lincoln renters should take example from their brethren in New York City end organize a renters' union. Rents are too high in Lincoln. Let's strike for lower rents! A framed .certificate of stock In the Lincoln Labor Temple Building asso ciation would be a handsome ornament for the wall of any Lincoln working nian's home. v William , Howard Taft's injunction chickens, hatched in Ohio several years ago, promise to come home to roost in this campaign year of 1908 It has been discovered that a lot of dead men have long been carried on the pay rolls of the city of St Joseph, Mo. There would be columns of bitter denunciation of the St.' Joe officials in all the big daily papers vere it not for the fact that the guilty officials are not the representa tives of an organized labor party; glass trades during the past two When a rich American is caught in the act of violating his marriage obli gation there is a lot of talk about 'affinity." Old Solomon had a lot of experience in that line, but he didn't call 'em by any such flossy name. 1 Our good Methodist brother, Rev. Dr. Jennings, roundly denounces the iniions that meet in saloons or in rooms back of saloons. Where would he have them meet? In hacki or in frivate rooms in the hotels? Bishop Worthington is dead. This is the bishop, who, a few years ago, declared that American workingmen were too well educated, it making them discontented with the lot God intended them to endure. The annual report of the Citizens' Railway company suffices to give the public some idea of what the Trac tion company has been handing the city for six or eight years. v Every now . and then the State Journal exhibits its gangrened sore because it is unable to make Mayor Brown sneeze when it takes snuff. If organized labor has conceived the idea that the church is prejudiced against it, the mouthings of men like Rev. Dr. Jennings will explain it. rvow is a good time to put your shoulder to the wheel and give the Labor Temple scheme a shove towards success. In the meanwhile organized labor cares for its own, without .begging from the general public. Dollars that go towards building a labor temple are not given ;they are invested. Human life is cheaper than safety appliances. Lower rents means an increase in wages! UNION MADE STUFF. Ground Out in The Wageworker Thinkery at Odd Times. Mr. McGinnis. John Jimplecute . McGinnis was a union man for fair, Who wtould insist when buying goods the label should be there. Because 'twas up to him, you see, to play the old game square. Hat, coat or pants, Tobacco, shoes- ' No goods without the label Would John J. McGinnis use; And all the time he played the game his heart was light and gay; He practiced unionism as he toiled on day by day. Eight hours for his employer at a de cent rate of pay. John Jimplecute McGinnis in the course of nature died, And when he neared the pearly gates they freely opened wide, While Peter said, "My, good old friend, you're welcome; step inside! There are the harps, One you may choose." But no harp without the label Would Jlohn J. McGinnis use. So Peter hustled out and found a harp that's union made, ' Whereupon our friend McGinnis seized it quick and loudly played. And angels gathered round to hear the music that he made. John Jimplecute McGinnis handed out such music sweet That Peter said, "Our orchestra is " certainly complete," And escorted friend McGinnis to the leader's honored seat. "I'll lead no band That pays no dues; No musicaners .without cards Will John J. McGinnis use." And thus it was they organized a ; union heavenly choir, Whose strains to better living did. the angels all inspire, All because John J. McGinnis at good work would never tire. Different. " ' "They are well fed, well housed, and cared for when sick. When there is no 'work they cared for just the same." "Well, that is. fine. ' Men treated that way certainly have nothing to complain about." "Who said anything about men? I was talking about our company's mules." ' Use the Best & LEBEITY PLOT It is made in Lincoln and every sack is warranted to give satisfaction. BARBER & FOSTER The Dr. Benj. F. Lincoln, T or non-contagious chronic diseases. Largest, best equipped, most beautifully furnished. Your Cigars Should union-made cagars. UHltltK I ll IIUI ! It is insurance against ; sweat shop and tenement goods,' and against disease. ... 900 on The Lincoln WaHpacer ffPaint Co. Modern trifitua Paper, ASt9 I""! O 11 HARDWARE, STOVES, SP02T- n XVnll KG GOODS, RAZORS, RAZOR W U OUII STROPS AND CUTLEBY At Low Prices Hoppe's Hardware, 100 North !0I!i Bell Phone F3008 Henderson & Hald Jewelers and Opticians 132 North 1 0th St. TlWORKERS UMIOH'.y UHION STOMP j to Bally Sanatorium Nebraska oeo Bear This Labe!.. Mi n.' Ufa , VitA ! Decorators, Wall Etc Csseslc TeesSe 133 s. ma tt 1575 Auto Phone 6334 UNERSTAND BROTHER UNIONIST ......... . That the best made afcoes ahoes made under the best 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. s