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WAGEWORKER
WILL M. MAUPIN. EDITOR
Published Weeklv at 137 No. J 4th
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, 1879.
j "Printers' Ink," the recog
jl nlzed authority on advert!-
jt ing, after a thorough invest!
jit gation on this subject, says:
jt "A labor paper is a far bet-
jt ter advertising medium than
j an ordinary newspaper in-
jt comparison with circulation.
j A . labor paper, for example,
Jl having 2,000 subscribers is of
jt more value to the business
jt man who advertises in it
j thq an ordinary paper with
jt 12,000 subscribers."
J
EXORBITANT RENTALS.
"For Rent" signs are becoming more
umerous in Lincoln and The Wage-
worker is glad of it. The greed of
Lincoln landlords is something re
markable. As a result of exorbitant
enrs the growth of the city is re
tarded, and the volume of mercantile
justness is materially reduced. If
Lincoln landlords do not soon evidence
a willingness to accept a fair rental
for their property they will be very
foolish. These landlords point to the
high price of labor and building ma
terial as an excuse for their outrage
ous rents, but the excuse is not valid.
Most of the property offered for ren-
il was built when wages were low
end building material about CO per
cent of what it Is now. For instance,
The Wageworer knows of a double
house, built on a single lot that cost
less than $800, with six rooms on
each side and lacking a great deal of
being modern. Yet the owner is ask
ing $27.50 a month for each side, or
a total of $600 a year for a property
that did not cost to exceed $3,000 to
build, lot included. This is a fair
scrapie of the hold-up game the land
lords have been working ever since
the return of "prosperity."
The merchants of Lincoln, -if they
rre wise, will get Into the game and
help the wage-earners to defeat the
greed of landlords. The workingnian
who is compelled to pay out 30 per
cent of his wages for rent is not as
good a customer as the workingnian
who is compelled to spend only 18
or 20 per cent of his wages for rent.
A year ago it was difficult to find an
empty house in Lincoln. Today they
to be found by the score. This ii
due to one reason exorbitant rents.
he workingnian who is unable to
secure steady employment cannot af
ford to run the risk of renting a house
at the present high rate. Therefore
he must leave town and seek lower
rrnt. If rents were within reason
he would remain in Lincoln and take
chances on securing steady work a
little later.
Twenty and twenty-five dollars p
month for cottages that do not rep-
,-csent a total Investment of more thar.
$1,500 or $1,800 is enlrely too much.
If wages had increased during the
l-nst Bix years as much as rents have
increased, there would be no came
of complaint, but while rents have
increased from 30 to 40 per cent in
ti c last seven or eight years, wages
have remained practically at a stand
si ill.
The Wageworker wants to see a
live prosperous Lincoln, but until
greedy landlords reduce their ex
crbitant. rents this humble little paper
vants to see the "for rent" signs
multiply on every hand.
IT LOOKS FUNNY, ANYHOW!
The Gas company is a competitor
of the Traction company in the mat
ter of lighting.
The Journal-News la forever ham
mering the Gas company, but never
has a word to say about the short
comings of the Traction company.
The fact that the Journal-News
management owns a big block of stock
in the Traction company may not
have any bearing on the situation
but it looks funny, anyhow.
The Journal-News, which owns
stock in the Traction company, ac
cuses several council men of being
unduiy friendly to the Citizens' com
pany, in which the Journal-News has
no stock.
This may not be due to the owner
ship of Traction company stock by
tne Journal-News management, but i
looks fuuny, anyhow.
The Gas company may need ham
meriug, and the Citizens' company
may have a "drag" In the council
but does this mean that the Traction
company is blameless .'
How long would the Traction com
pany have staved off the six-for-a-quarter
fare if the Citizens' company
had not forced it? How long would
it have taken the Traction company
to better its service if the Citizens'
Lad not forced It?
The Wageworker believes that the
price of gas Is too high in comparison
with the actual amount of money in
vested in the plant. It also believes
that Traction company fares are too
high and the service too poor for the
actual amount of money invested in
plant, franchise, etc. And we are
willing to prove the latter by a show
ing of the figures of the actual cash
invested by the. present owners of
Loth companies. But why does the
Journal-News make fish of the Trac
tion company and flesh of the Citizens'
company and the Gas company?
Perhaps the Journal New?' owner
ship of a nice block of stock in the
Traction company has no bearing on
the case, but it looks funny, anyhow.
Every union workingnian is an em
1 ioyer, either of ' "scab" or union
Irbor. He employs garment workers,
tobacco workers, broommakers, shoe
makers, etc. And every time he buys
an article that is not union made he
is employing "scab" labor and has no
logical right to kick against the "scab"
that takes his job.
The American Protective Tariff
League kindly offers to furnish The
Wageworker with "canned editorials"
and boiler plate articles advocating
the protective tariff. The Wagework
er declines with thanks. The old
protection to American labor gag
don't sound like it used to.
It's all right for mill owners to
equip their factories with libraries
nd bathrooms for their employes
Hut what organized labor is trying
to secure is a wage that will enable
the workingman to have books and
bathtubs in his own home.
The Journal accuses Mayor Brown
f being unduly friendly to the sa
loons. What Mayor Brown should do
in order to be In the Journal's class
s to oppose the saloons publicly and
advertise their product for pay.
Reverting for the moment to mat
ters political, and perhaps partisan,
will the president's part in 5 tha
Riownville affair result in a "Black
Hand" swipe at the president's party
n election day? ; -. v ev
Those London unionists who are
thinking of starting a daily paper
could learn their lesson a whole lot
cheaper by trying to keep seven week-
labor palters going a little while.
If 2,000 people see a Sunday ball
game. in Lincoln and it is Impossible
to secure a conviction, how will we
be able to convict a "bootlegger" on
the testimony of a hired spy?
Don't howl about your wrongs until
you have taken due advantage of your
rights. Subscribe to the Labor Teni-
pie fund and show that you are some
thing more than a mouth unionist.
"The anarchists must go!" shouts
the daily newspapers. Of course he
l'usL And with him must go ths
rotten social and industrial conditions
that breed anarchy. . i '
The Erie railroad announces a wage
reduction of 5 per cent in all branches
save those organized trades under
ct ntract. When will the, cheap clerks
get wise?
"Let's have a revival of unionism!"
exclaims the Washington Trades Un
ionist. All right, Samuel. But what's
I he matter with having a resurrection?
Lincoln's material progress is be
ing retarded by greedy landlords who
are demanding $25 a month rent for
$16 houses.
By the way, wasn't Faul guilty of
a horrible sin when he advised Tim-
olhy to take a little wine for the stom
ach's sake?
The Labor News, Columbus, Ohio,
if. the latest candidate for favor. My,
but the labor paper game is becoming
popular!
The dollars that union men earn
are the dollars that should be spent
for the product of union labor.
The trouble with a lot of unionists
is that they do all their work from
their necks down.
When the union label stands for
quality it will have support from non
unionists. '
Not every man who Is opposed to
prohibition is a "saloon hum," a "slave
of the liquor interests" or an "advo
cate of drunkenness." And not every
advocate of prohibition is a total ab
stainer, a Christian or an honest man.
The revenue feature is what has
made the saloon the great evil that
it is today. The cupidity of man has
led them into error. Restriction and
regulation do not depend upon the
size of the license fee.
Last week was awfully dull in union
labor circles. The supreme court
failed to render a decision adversa
to the trades unions. We demand the
immediate impeachment of the su
preme court because -of its neglect of
duty.
Through the herculean efforts of
Senator Burkett,. Colonel Ross L,
Hammond landed his job. Now Sen
ator Burkett win nave to work a
blamed sight harder in ci der to . con
tinue his own job.
Reduce the rents, not the wages!
SAM'S ARTISTIC PEN.
Wageworker Acknowledges indebted
ness to Washington Trades Unionist.
The Wageworker cheertiully: yea,
enthusiastically acknowledges that a
Hltle more than 99 per cent of the
items under the head of "General
Mention," and appearing in this issue,
were lifted bodily from the Wash
irgton. Trades Unionist, for which pa
ter they were written by its hand
some and accomplished editor, Sam
Dt-Nedry. If Samuel gets his just
deserts he" will be elected delegate
to the American Federation of Labor
by the International Typographical
Union.
The items In question appeared .n
Samuel's paper under the head of
Hither, Thither, Tither," whatever
that last word may mean. And we'll
lift 'em again if they continue to be
ag Interesting and instructive as this
batch so there, now.
RAILROAD MEN.
Call for a Mass Meeting Marchc 22,
Reported Called.
The following interesting item ap
eared in the "Railroad Department"
:;f the State Journal last Wednesday
morning:
"It was reported yesterday that a
meeting of -union and broth
erhood men, including men in
the train, shop and operating
service of the Burlington railroad 5s
?eing arranged for Lincoln on Sunday,
March 22. It is said that invitations
have been sent out to all the unions
asking that they have representatives
piesent. ,
"Inquiry as to why the meeting is to
be held brought out two words only in
explanation. They were 'self-preservation.
Just what will be considered
has not been made plain, although it
ivt supposed that present conditions in
the railroad business will be discussed
and future contingencies provided for.
' "Questioned -concerning the matter
a Burlington man said that so far as
he knew no effort had been made at
tS'is time to reduce the wages of men
and he does not look for a cut.
"It is understood that J. B. Tanney.
chairhian of the general committee of
conductors, is one of the prime movers
in calling this meeting, and that H. L.
Eeaty of the brotherhood of engineers
also active in making arrangements
for it."
SAME EVERYWHERE.
"Snitches" Profit by Sacrifices of En
thusiastic Unionists. , 1
The Lincoln Wageworker, last week,
called the attention of non-union
street car men in that city that the
labor movement was responsible for
vestibules that protect t them , from
wintry blasts. .
The Wageworker compliments the
non-unionists on their ability to get
something for nothing.
Same case in Toledo. We happen
to remember the opposition when this
subject was first suggested, and how
some street car companies in Ohio
rigged up vestibules made of cloth, to
comply with the letter of the law.
But the unionists fought on, and now
you will find street car men that slug
organizers, like they did in Toledo
last, summer. Toledo Union Leader.
Notice to Creditors. -
Estate No.. 2378 of Thomas Carna
han, deceased in County Court of Lan
caster County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska, ss.: Credit
ors of said estate will take notice that
the time limited for presentation and
filing of claims against said estate is
October 15, 1908, and ror payment of
debts is May 17, 1909: that I will sit
at the County Court room in said coun
ty, on July 15, 1908, at 2 p. m., and on
October 15, 1908, at 2 p. m., to receive,
examine, hear, allow or adjust all
claims and oojections duly filed.
Dated March 9, 1908.
P. JAS. COSGRAVE,
(Seal.) County Judge.
By WALTER A. LEESE.
Clerk.
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