! THE QUESTION FUEL
ECONOMY
We are prepared to prove to your entire satisfaction that you can save
money, time and labor, and safeguard your health, by using-
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OPEN EVENINGS
FIRSTYou save money because the heat can be utilized at once, and the
expense stopped when the need for heat ceases.
SECONDIt saves time because everything is ready to hand. "Turn a
valve and touch a match." That's all!
THl"RDIt saves labor because there are no kindlings to split, no coal to
carry, no ashes to dump, no dirt, no dust.
FOURTHIt safeguards health because it lightens the burden of the house
wife. Only the stove is hotthe kitchen is cool. "It cooks the food, not
the housewife."
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The best recommendation we can offer is the word of 5000 users of Fuel
Gas who would not be deprived of it, even though its cost were trebled. It is
cheaper and cleaner than coal. We cordially invite you to call, and our
demonstrators will gladly answer all queries and show you the practical
workings of a gas range. We handle Gas Ranges, Cash or Terms; We will
furnish you close estimates on piping your house for gas.
LINCOLN GAS & ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
LABOR SERMONS
V. A DAY'S WORK.
To some It Is the completing of J
latk mo many bricks laid, so many
shoes made, so many articles manu
factured. To others it means a cei
taln number of hours employment,
eight, ten, twelve, in occupations m
wl.ich one's efficiency cannot be de
termined by a mathematical process
In most cases It actually means that
the thought and Ingenuity of a cen
tury, resulting in ideas and devices
v hicli enable one to produce a thou
Kami fold more or better, have been
concentrated into a single work day,
to that the Jay really stands-for a so
cialized effort, which lias become pos
sible only because others in the past
have contributed their share to our
c:y"s work. To these wo owe a d?bt
tf gratitude.
How may we repay these pioneers
who blazed the way for us, making
our lives more human and more com
fortable, making our tasks lighter and
1"ks Irksome? We. cannot bring them
from their graves, nor even thank
fieni for the sacrifice of by-gone days.
Hut thPre is a way in which wo may
1 ay the debt we owe them we have
the privilege of building upon the
foundation laid by our forefathers, so
I'c.at other millions may be blessed
because of our labors. W'e may pay
to future generations what we owe
t'.iose in the past.
This Is the motive which prompts
(lit noblest endeavor. And the heroes
of our present-day industrial life ar5
not those whose day's work is done
s:mply so that they, themselves, may
live, but those who plan and work :o
that others still unborn may reap
vhere they have not sown, may garner
v.l.ere they have not strewn.
All this may seem idealistic anil
impossible for most men. Hut the
law of progress demands this of up,
whether we will give this service or
not, unless we are content to become
1'tirasltes, living from the labors of
others. And one may become a para
site, even though one may work for
himself. In a sense, every man Is
parasite, who is willing to receive the
Ik nefits which have accrued as the
rebult of others' labors, without con
tributing his share to the common'
good.
It is a cause of gratitude, also, that
a life of service and of altruism mar
be lived in the daily grind. It is not
pecessary to go to foreign lands and
distant climes to become soldiers of
the common weal. Nor is it necessary
tc leave one's work to become a helper
of the human race. For who does
more to help mankind than the wives
and mothers in our homes? Neither
is it needful that we do great things.
ior life is made up of small deeds.
U was the giving of a. cup of cold
water, and the contribution of the
widow's mite which " Christ com
:n"ndcd. The gifts of the rich were
not mentioned. Therein the humblest
of us may take courage. Rev. Charles
Stelzle.
FAVOR MEW WAGE SCALE.
. Pittsburg, Pa., Mar. 30. A special
convention of the miners of district
No. 5 was held and the advisability
of signing a wage scale for the year
was favored by a majority of the
delegates.'
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
LABOR.
A Few of Its Declarations Upon Which
It Appeals to All Working People
To Organize, Unite, Federate, and
Cement the Bonds of Fraternity.
1. The Abolition ot all Forms of In
voluntary Servitude, except as a pun
ishment for crime.
2. Free Schools, Free Text-Books,
and Con:pulsory education.
S. Unrelenting Protest Against the
Issuance and Abuse of Injunction Pro
cess iu Labor Disputes.
. 4. A workday of not more thaa
Eight Hours In the twenty-four hour
day.
5. A-strict recognition of not over
Eight Hours per day on all Federal
State or Municipal Work and at not
less than the prevailing Per Diem
Wage Rate of the class of employ
ment In the vicinity where the work
Is performed.
6. Release from employment One
Day in Seven.
7. The Abolition of the Contract
System on Public Work.
8. The Municipal Ownership of Pub
lic Utilities.
0. Tha Abolition of the Sweat Shop
System.
10. Sanitary Inspection of Factory,
Workshop,' Mine, and Home.
11. Liability of Employers, for In
jury to body or loss of life.
21. The Nationalization of .Tele
graph and Telephone.
13. The passage of Anti-Child Labor
Laws in States where they do not ex
ist and rigid defense of them where
they have been enacted into law.
14. Woman Suffrage coequal with
Man Suffrage.
15. The Initiative and Referendum
and the Imperative Mandate and Right
of ReotOl.
16. Suitable and Plentiful . Play
grounds for Children in all cities.
17. Continued agitation for the Pub
lic Bath System in all cities.
18. Qualifications in permits to build
of all cities and towns that there shall
be Bathrooms and Bathroom Attach
ments ic all houses or compartments
used for habitation.
19. V.'e favor a system of finance
whereby money shall be issued exclu
sively by the Government, with such
regulations and restrictions as will
protect it from manipulation by the
banking interests for their own pri
vate gains.
Thr. above is a partial statement of
"he demands which organized labor,
in the interest of the workers aye,
of all the people of our country
makes rpon modern society.
Hifchtr wjges, shorter workday,
ti-tter labor conditions, better homes,
better rnd safer workshops, factories,
mills, and mines In a word, a belter,
higher, and nobler life.
Conscious jf the justice, wisdom an.1
nobility of our cause, the American
Federation of Labor appeals to . all
men and women of labor to join with
us in the great movement for its
tchievement. -.-
More than two million wage-carriers
who have reaped the advantages of
organisation and federation appeal to
their brothers and sisters of toil to.
participate hi the glorious movement
with its attendant benefits.
Thera are -affiliated to the Ameri
can Federation of Labor 118 Interna
tional Trades Unions with their 27,
000 Local Unions; 36 State Federa
tions; 537 City Central Bodies a&l
650 Local Trade and Federal Labor
Unions having no Internationals.
We neve nearly 1,000 volunteer and
special organizers as well as the offi
cers of the unions and of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor itself alway3
willing and anxious to aid their fellow
workmen to organize and in every
other way better their conditions.
For information all are invited to
write to the American Federation of
Labor headquarters at Washington,
D. C.
CONVENTIONS IN 1908.
Where and When Trades Union Gath
erings Will Be Held.
mated Association of Iron, Steel and
May 11, New York City, Actors' Na
tional Protective Union of America.
May 11, St. Louis, Mo., American
Federation of Musicians.
May 11, , United Brotherhood
o; Papermakers of America.
May , Detroit, Mich., Internals.
Tin Plate Workers Protective Associa
tion of America. s
May , York, Pa., National Print
Cutters' Association of America.
June 1, St. Paul, Minn., Brother
hood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship
builders of America.
.lime 1. Detroit. Mich., International
Association of Steam and Hot Water
F.'tters and Helpers of America.
June , Washington, D. C., Inter
national Union of Journeymen Horse
shoers. June, Mobile, Ala., International
Printing Pressmen's Union.
June 1, Columbus, Ohio, Chainmak
ers National Union of fhe X'nited
States of 'America.
June 1, St. Louis, Mo., international
Association of Marble Worker!'.
June 8, International Ceramic
Mosaic and Eencaustic Tile Layers
and Helpers' Union.
June 8, Cincinnati, Ohio, Interna-t-'onal
Brotherhood of Bookbinders.
June 8, International Brother
hood of Tip Printers.
June 8, Milwaukee, Wis., The Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union of
April 6, Toronto, Canada, Interna
tional Association of Fur Workers or
the United Stages and Canada.
May 3, Brockton, -Mass., Interna
tional Union of Cutting Die and Cutter
Makers.
May 5, Youngstown, Ohio, Amalga
America. July 4, Amalgamated Leather
Workers' Union of America. -
July , Atlantic City, N. J. National
Brotherhood of Operative 'Longshore
men's Association.
July 6, Buffalo, N. Y., International
Jewelry Workers' Union.
July 6, Cincinnati, Ohio, Brush
makers' International Uinon.
July 7, Baltimore, Md., Glass Bottle
Blowers' Association of the Unite.l
States and Canada.
July 7, Buffalo, N. Y., , Amalgamated
Window Glass Workers of America.
July 13, Toronto, Canada, Interna
tional Piano and Organ Workers,
Unioni of America, '
July 13, - Indianapolis,- Ind., Litho
graphers' International Protective As
sociation. - .
July 13, Minneapolis, Minn., Theat
rical .Stage Employes' International
Alliance.
July 18, Holyoke, Mass., Americar.
Wire Weavers' Protective Association.
Ti.I OA T. nt-., TH.A
tipnal Steel and Copper Plate Printers.
Union.
August 3, Buffalo, N. Y.' National
Association of Heat,' Frost, General In
sulators and Asbestos Workers.
August 4, Detroit, Mich., Interna
tional 1 Glove Workers', Union of
America.
August 10, Detroit, Mich., Interna
tional Brotherhood of Stationary Fire
men. August 6, Detroit,. Mich-v Interna
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters.
August 10, ' Boston," Mass., Interna
tional Typographical Union.
August 10, Boston, Mass., Interna
tional Stereotypers and Electrotypers
Union. .
August 11, Indianapolis, Ind., Shirt
Waist and Laundry Workers' Interna
tional Union.
August 24, Milwaukee, Wis., United
Garment Workers of America.
September 1,' , Table Knifo
Grinders' National Union;
MEN'S FURNISHINGS
WITH THE UNION LABEL
When buying your Furnishings Men, don't forget to ask for Union
Made' Goods. You will find them at
THE DAYLIGHT STORE
Nothing but men clerks cater to your needs and we assure you of the
best of treatment.
Come in Saturday night and look over the assortment of
Stylish Shirts, Neckwear, Half Hose, Etc.
N. B. You will not find a better line of Union Made Overalls than at this store.
H. Herpolsheimer Co.