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WAGEWORKER WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year. Entered as second-class matter April 21, 1904, at the postoffice at Uncoln, Neb., tinder the Act of Congress ol March 3rd, 1879. jl "Printers' Ink," the recog- jt jt nlzed authority on advert!- J j Ing, after a thorough invest!- J jt gntion on this subject, says: J j "A labor paper la a far bet- j jt ter advertising medium than J jl an ordinary newspaper In J jl comparison with circulation. Jl jt A labor paper, for example, Jl jt having 2,000 subscribers is of J jt more value to the business J jt man who advertises In it Jt jt tht an ordinary paper with Ji Jl 12.000 subscribers." Jt Jl J jtjtjtjljtjtjtjtjtjtjtjljl THE QUESTION. Next Tuesday the voters of Lincoln will be called upon to decide whether the salo of liquor shall be permitted under the strictest regulation, or whether the sale thereof shall be driv en into the alleys, into bootlegs, into blind pigs, into "prohibition drug 'stores" or so-called clubs. Jt 1b not a question of "saloons or prohibition," despite the efforts of the prohibition orators to make it appear as such. If that were really the ques tion the result would never be in doubt. But it is a question of progres slve regulation vs. illict dealing that can not be regulated. The Wagework er has been accused by some of "sell ing out to the saloons," despite the fact that It has given more space to prohibition agitators than it has to the arguments against prohibition. The accusation comes from people who deem it a virtue to bear false wit ness if they think they may thereby gain a point. The Wageworker is not opposed to prohibition. It is opposed to the farce that masquerades under the name of prohibition, and which is fostered by visionaries who ini agine that legal enactment is the soverign remedy for all social evils. They think that if they merely vote for prohibition their responsibility ceases. They belong to that class of Christians who believe that they have relieved themselves from the responsi bility of giving their children religious instruction if they send them to Sun day school an hour a week. The editor of The Wageworker has lived In Lincoln off and on for nearly twenty years. He knows, and every In telligent citizen knows that social con ditions today are a thousand per cent better than they were twenty years ago. There has not been 'a year in the last decade that Lincoln has not made progress along social and civic lines. It is a cleaner and better city, socially and morally, than it was a year ago, and a year ago It was a bet ter city than it was two years ago. This progress has been steady and gratifying. It has been made along sane, lines. It will continue to im prove if the mistake is not made of substituting hysteria and theory for education and experience. Today Lincoln, a city of 60,000 peo ple, is a better city, morally and so cially, than any otner city of its size in America. Lincoln is the cleanest city, mea sured by moral standards, of its size in America. No other city of equal size, no mat ter where, has a smaller percentage of drunkenness, crime or disorder, and Lincoln's percentage is being bettered every year. There is not another city of equal size in America where the liquor traf fic is better regulated, or where the effects of this traffic are less notice able. And this condition is growing better every year. There Is not another city of equal size in America that has so little pov erty, so little hunger, so little squalor. There is not another city of equal size in America where society is clean er, where men are manlier, women are more womanly, where Sunday is better observed, where churches are better supported, where life and prop erty is safer and where the social at mosphere is purer. Lincoln is making splendid progress along all these beneficial lines every year. And The Wageworker believes that common sense dictates that we continue the policies that have brought about these splendid .results, rather than resort to the experiments pro posed by those who are actuated by sentiment and enthused by theory, and which have failed to make good in other communities. Because The Wageworker believes that the ultimate results will be bet- ter socially, morally and otherwise if present policies are continued, it is opposed to experimenting and is there fore opposed to the farce of prohibi tion. It cares not a jot nor tittle for the arguments about taxes. It cares nothing about the "personal lib erty" arguments. It has not thought it necessary to delve into industrial statistics. It has merely studied the facts as they relate to ultimate bene fit of the community. If this is "sell ing out" to the liquor interests, all right. The Wageworker has not re ceived, nor will it receive, one penny, nod any number of pennies or dollars for any editorial or local story in connection with this prohibition fight Its colums have been just as free to the prohibitionists as to the representatives of the other side of that vexed question and one of the leading prohibitionists has taken ad vantage of it to the extent of some seven or eight colums. You will have an opportunity to de cide the matter with your vote next Tuesday. The only advice The Wage- worker will venture to give yoCTls that you make your vote represent your honest convictions after honest investi gation, not the result of baseless the ory, sentimentality, hysteria or fanat icism. CHARACTERISTIC UNTRUTH. One of the curious things about this campaign is the appeal made for votes against the saloon on behalf of the la boring men, while at the same time the saloon arguments are being cir culated all over town in the official organ of these same workers. Stale Journal. Is it impossible for the advocates of prohibition to be truthful in their ref erences to those who differ from them? It would seem so. Organized labor has no "official organ" in Lincoln. The only "official organs" that Lincoln unions have are the journals published by their internationals. The Wageworker is very proud to say that is is not the "official organ' of any organization nor of anybody but the humble gentleman who edits it and who jumps sideways to pay the bills for its maintenance. It Is mere ly a supporter of industrial organi zation, and aims to be a labor news paper that will be of interest to union men and women. But organized labor has no "official organ" in Lincoln. The Wageworker under its present ownership would not submit to being so classed. Frank A. Harrison says of The Wageworker: "It is generally under stood that you are being generously paid by the liquor interests." Frank Harrison may just as well know now as at any other time, that any man or woman who charges, or even intimates that The Wageworker has received a dollar from the liquor interests for any line of editorial or news matter in this little paper, is a cheap and nasty liar. If Frank A. Harrison couldn't get his name in the daily papers every now and then he would swell up with his ego until he burst and scattered fatty tissue all over the surorunding terri tory. After seven years in the presidential chair without sweating his collar fn the interests of organized labor, Presi dent Roosevelt is winding up his presi dential career in a whirlwind of affec tion for the men who toil. It took a remodeling of the supreme court to legalize the legal tender law. Perhaps it will be necessary to change the personnel of the court In order to secure justice for the toilers. The Wageworker differs from those who believe that prohibition will mean thirty-five or forty empty store' build ings. It will merely mean thirty-five or forty more "drug stores." A lot of people who are anxious to "save the boys 'insist on girls work ing for three or four dollars a week and keping pure after paying board and room rent. , The daily newspapers want idle workingmen to believe that they are prosperous just as long as-they believe they believe they are prosperous. Don't you imagine for a minute that if the Aldrich financial bill becomes a law that the supreme court will de clare it to be unconstitutional. American churches pay a whole lot of attention to heathen in foreign lands, and cater to American dollar worshippers while doing it. Secretary Taft is being guarded by secret police. What's the matter? Afraid one of those injunctions will fly back and hit him? Just shove a little and help the La bor Temple project over the first hill Vote an intelligent, not a hysterical ballot. For president, William Howard Taft; for vice president, Charles W. J'ost. Platform: If injunctions won't stop 'em, fill 'em up with gripe guts until they starve to death. The best and cheapest boycott of un fair goods is a persistent and consis tent demand for the union label. Parents who are too careless to in terest themselves in their boys are al ways asking for curfew laws. Those "Merry Widow" hats lack a whole lot of making papa feel merry and that's no joke. The Hepburn bill can be vastly im proved by striking out all after the enacting clause. "Thou shalt not bear false witness." Respectfully dedicated to the hysteri cal. UNION MADE STUFF. Ground Out On a Machine Operated By a Card Man. The Secret. Twas th' funniest thing, and the way we laughed As we sat there all alone, Would have made one think we both were daft If the truth were not made known. But the baby laughed 'cause she saw it first, And she shook her sides with glee; And then the fun of it quickly burst On her old Dad that's me. The way it happened was just this way: Baby and I were there. She in the crib on the pillows lay, I in my easy chair. The warm sun shone in the cosy room And lighted the baby's face Till it looked as pure as the lily's bloom. Fair as the lily's grace. The baby looked at her dad a while, , Her blue eyes full of fun, And over her face a little smile Rippled and broke and run. Dad 'smiled right back she smiled some more Then both shook with glee; And mamma peeped in at the- open door To see what the fun might be. But the baby holds the secret well Never a word says she. The joke was bully, and she wont tell; And neither will Dad that's me. But. O. 'twas a wonderful Joke we had, . . Just shared between we two, Baby Blue Eyes and her Doting Dad And don't you wish you knew? W. M. M. in The Commoner. Significant. "Why do you call your husband 'Esop?' " "Because he can tell such pretty fables when he gets in late at night Better. "Jimplecute is always telling how he would gladly die for his country." "Well, Jimplecute would stand bet ter if he tried a little harder to live for his country." Preparation. "My dear brother, can I talk a mo ment about your immortal soul?" - "You bet you can," replied the man out of work, "if you'll first put some thing into my mortar stomach." Philanthropy. The agent of the Society for the Pro motion of Dressing for Dinner Among the Fiijii Islanders called on Colonel McDoodle, head of the great Supply Trust. "Will you help us in our cause?" "Indeed I will," exclaimed Colonel McDoodle. "Just wait until I find now much I can give you." Touching a bell Colonel McDoodle called his superintendent and said: "Find out how much a ten per cent reduction in wages will amount to, and then reduce' em. Then give half of what we save to the agent of this society. We must do something for our 1 benighted brethren across the seas." Cards. The man who bears false witness against his neighbor is an almighty poor judge of his neighbor's con science. Love will make a home of a hovel and the lack of it will make hell of a palace. A lot of people who have been hell scared into the church think they. are good Christians. Sin acknowledges no sex. A majority of the world's evils exist in the imagination of individuals. Unionism is label, no labial. CAPITAL AUXILIARY. Capital Auxiliary No. 11, to Typo graphical Union No. 209, will meet with Mrs. J. E. Marshall, 1523 No. Twenty-sixth St., on Friday, April 10. THE BRICKLAYERS. Quarterly Meeting Brings Out a Large Attendance. Last night was quarterly meeting night for the Bricklayers" Union, and tne result was a large attendance. A whole lot of business necessary as a pieparation for the opening season was speedily transacted. WTork is opening up in fine shape, and prospects are flattering. Several iarge remodeling jobs are already mi ller way and provide work for a nuiii l er of men. Swan A. Swanson, father of Gus Swanson, is seriously ill at his home Mr. Swanson has been in poor health fci some time. After the death of his wife two weeks ago he prepared to go to Iowa with a son, but was taken sick and has since been con- I fined to his bed. At Friday night's meeting a delega tion from , the Labor Temple direc torate appeared and explained in de tail the plans for building a Labor Temple. The explanation cleared up several misunderstandings, and the Bricklayers may be depended upon to do their share towards making the Temple a reality. THE PLUMBERS. Welcome Organizer John. Love of Chi cago at Special Meeting. John Love of Chicago, general or ganizer of the Plumbers, was in Lin coln several days this week. Tues day evening the local union held a special meeting and planned with Mr Love to make a thorough canvas of the local field. Another meeting was held Thursday evening, and in the meantime Mr. Love visited the differ ent shops and had heart-to-heart talks with plumbers, union and non-union. At the Tuesday night meeting Mr Love told of the death of Secretary Treasurer Dooley, who died of appen dicitis at his home in Chicago oa March 17. Mr. Love paid a higa tribute to the deceased official, and said that his funeral was one of the largest ever held in Chicago. Th remains were' taken east for inter ment, and in five large industrial cen ters the remains of the dead officer laj in state and were visited by thou sands of unionists who hid known him in life and admired him for his many manly qualities and his splendid abil ity. The visit of Organizer Love has strengthened the local union, and good results are already being made man ifest BARBERS DEMAND RAISE. Journeymen Refuse to Join Movement for Increase in Shave Price. At a meeting of the Journeymen I-'arbers' Union No. 102, St. Louis, last Sunday, demand for an increase in wages was made. Contracts- which the proprietors will be asked to sign specify a scale of 413 a week, with 60 per cent of all earned over $21, in place of the existing scale of $12 a week with 60 per cent of all earned over $20. The new contract also shortens the day's work from 13 to 11 hours. The journeymen declined to join in a movement started by some propri etors to raise the price of a shave to 15 cents. DECIDED TO CLOSE MINES. Pittsburg, March 30. The coal op erators of this district at a meeting here today decided that until a full and final settlement is made of all mat ters entering into the wage scale and working agreement the mines will be closed. Owing to the length of time required to adjust many of the local scales it is believed that a general sus pension will result in the Pittsburg dis trict April 1. LABOR'S GRIEVANCE HEARD. The Amerjcan Federation of Labor's statement of grievances was laid be fore the senate by Vice-President Fairbanks and was read in full. At the request of Senator Burrows it was ordered printed as a senate document ' On motion of Senator Gallinger 1,000 copies were authorized. WOULDN'T THIS JAR YOU? The fact that Secretary Taft is in no way " an enemy of organized la bor." Nothing in his official record supports the charge of hostility to la bor organizations. Omaha Bee. 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 lor 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 objections duly filed. Dated March 9, 1908. P. JAS. COSGRAVE, (Seal.) County Judge. By WALTER A. LEESE. Clerk. LABOR UNION DIRECTORY. Following is a directory of the Trades and Labor Unions of Lincoln and vicinity. Local secretaries are respectfully asked to report any changes or corrections herein, to the end that an accurate and convenient directory be maintained. CENTRAL LABOR UNION Meets sec ond and fourth Tuesday evenings, Bruse's hall. President, O. M. Rudy, 1036 G. Secretary, F. A. Kates, 1020 K. Treasurer, T. W. Evans, 12S South Eleventh. LABOR TEMPLE DIRECTORY Meets every Monday evening, 127 North Twelfth street. President. J. W. Dick son, University Place. Secretary, Fred Ihringer, Sixteenth and D streets, Lin coln. MUSICIANS PROTECTIVE UNION, No 463 Meets first and third Sunday morn ings, Bruse's Hall. President. Vm Pinney. 125 South Sixteenth. Record ing Secretary, W. C. Norton, 1533 North Twenty-fifth. Financial Secretary, N. JOURNEYMEN BARBERS, No. 164 Meets hrst and third Wednesday even ing, tsonanan s nau. president, K. L. McBride. 164S Q. Recording Secretary. Roy Ward. 1210 O. Financial Secre tary, Koy BwmKer, 1010 O. BARTENDERS' LEAGUE, No. 399 Meets third Sunday. 10 a. m.. Caraen ters' hall. President, William Brandt, 1225 R. Recording Secretary, Henry EJhlers. Financial Secretary, H. E. ounaean, 1344 if. . LEATHERWORKERS ON HORSE GOODS, No. 29 Meets first and third Tuesdays, Bruse's hall. President, Fred Lewis, 216 South Sixteenth. Secretary-Treasurer, Peter Smith, 226 souiii liiieventn. CIGARMAKERS, No. 143 Meets every Aijuuity evening, jUiSb president, T. W. Evans. 12S South Eleventh Secretary, John Steiner, 122 South renin. BOILERMAKERS' BROTHERHOOD, No. 497 Meets second and fourth Wednes day eveninss. Caroenters' hall. Preai. dent, J. C. Grant, Ninth and U streets. Recording Secretary. P. S. Sherman, 422 P street. Financial Secretary, J. BLACKSMITHS AND HELPERS. No 163 -Meets first and third Tuesday evenings, uampoeii s nail, MavelocK President, R. O. Wagner, Havelock Secretary, E. B. Bilson, Havelock. BUILDING TRADES SECTION. BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, No. 265 Meets every inuioudj evening, iujo KJ street. President, C. M. Anderson, 2028 6 TtennrHinp- Siwmf ar-ir n i.- a - i 1 i 1 P. Financial 'secretary, W. L,! PLUMBERS AND GASFITTERS, No 88 Meets every Monday evening, Car- 11, in t ..i-cj ' hall Diu.j,).. t.' .1 i' ni 1933 U. Recording Secretary, George Chipman, 329 North Eleventh. Finan cial Secretary, Charles Burns, 846 PAINTERS AND DECORATORS, No, 18 Meets every Thursday evening, Carpenters' hall. President, Charles Jennings. s. Recording Secretary, Wm. Wilkinson: 2100 N., Financial. .secretary, .ferry Jennings, 1936 S. - CARPENTERS AND JOINERS, No. 1055 Meets every Tuesday evening. Carpenters' hall, 130 North Tenth. President. F. B. Naraconir 130 Smith Twenty-eighth street. Recording Sec- iciaiy, n. nase, zuud - jNortn 1 hlr- . ' - " - , ...I in mi octiBiary, j. vv . ill t K - son, 317 West St. Paul street. University BRICKLAYERS AND MASONS No. 2- Meets every Friday evening. Cnrnen ters' hall. President, E. li. Simon, 2245 .c. itecoraing Secretary. P. W. Smith, R. F. D. 14. Financial Secretary, C. H. RAILROAD BROTHERHOODS. RRrtTHFRHnnn nc i nrnuAnue cm GINEERS, Division No.. 98 Meets sec- onu aim lounn nunuay. cnier lin gineer. J. S. McCoy, 1203 U street. First Assistant Engineer, F. D. Palmer 7: Hllth Tanth .......... t-. .1 . : . --.-.. . ...... , i . wini Aasiai ant Engineer, H. Wiggenjost, Court 119 Meets second and fourth Friday evenings, A. O. U. W. 'hall, 1007 O. President. Charles Peterson. 1402 Jack et,,. - ntivtriuun.. oecreiary, lorn ininy Indiana and Touzalin avenues, Have lock. MACHINISTS' ASSOCIATION, No. 698 jvieeia m si r naay in liaveiocK. third x-nuu.v a.i si. w. li. w. nan, Lincoln President, J. A. Malstead, Havelock Secretary, C. H. Lingle, 829 North Sev enteenth. RRATUPRUftnn -l cr null ...Aw . MEN Meets first and third Saturday ccmiiBB, -n. j. kj. vv . iimi. president H. T. Sexson, 1631 North Twenty fourth. Recording Secretary. C. E, Cox. 2729 W. Financial Secretary, G, P. Ludwig, 1137 South Seventh. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS, No. 179 Meets second and fourth Sunday afternoons, A. O. IT. W. hall. Master, H. Kurtz. 821 North Twelfth. Secre- tary, j. it.. toDinson, 2971 Q. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY TRAIN MEN, No. 170 Meets second and fourth Sunday afternoons. Bohanan's hall. Master, J. D. Andrews. 1736 O. Secre tary, u. j. L-ooper, 2126 south Ninth. BROTHERHOOD OF SWITCHMEN, No, 120 Meets first Sundav at 8 n m Kn- ond Sunday at 2 p. m.. Carpenters' hall. President. U. S. Swisher. 2747 Sumner. Recording Secretary. George nay. Knox. inanciai secretary, J. Johnson, 2313 D. PRINTING TRADES SECTION. ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUN CIL Meets first and third Wednesday evenings. Carpenters' hall. President, G. E. Locker, 625 South Eighteenth street. secretary-ireasurer. j. tt. Brooks, .700 North Ninth street. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 209 Meets nrst Sunday, 2 p. m.. Fraternity nan. president, j. t. jtiain, lzu soutn Thirtieth. Recording Secretary. H. W. Bingaman, 2201 Holdrege. Financial Secretary, F. H. Hebbard, 1527 Wash ington. BOOKBINDERS' BROTHERHOOD, No. 120 Meets third Monday evening. Car penters' hall. President, C. C. Jerome; 1610 South Sixteenth. Secretary-Treasurer, Fred Ress, 1201 B. STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTRO TYPERS, No. 62 Meets third Wednes day evening, carpenters' hall. Presr- dent. A. E. small, 2044 south Nine teenth. secretary-Treasurer, Asken, 2276 Dudley. CAPITAL AUXILIARY, No. 11 Meets second and fourth Friday afternoons at homes of members. President, Mrs, Fred W. Mickel. ' 1945 South Sixteenth. Secretary. Mrs. C. B. Righter, 2308 Dudley. Treasurer, Mrs. cnanes Barn g rover, 2816 Starr. PRESSMEN AND ASSISTANTS. No. 106 Meets first Wednesday. Carpenters' hall. President, J. H. Brooks, 728 North Kieventh. Recording secretary E. C. Werger, 1526 N. Financial Secre tary, W. Z. King, 2030 M. Rpniinc Dncinnrc fnll aha hi n .1 .r.iir; Teaches simple, easy system of Shorthand. Business' men pre fer onr graduates. They are more thorough than other stud ents. Twenty years' experience. WRITE NOW. 1519 0 STREET, . LINCOLN, NEB. LINCOLN SKIRT CO. ETHEL E. ANDERSON, Proprietor. Exclusive Retailers. 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