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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1908)
firo OOsarfcotd on (jjlrfily and Pirfeo. Oar ai tfcis week speaks for itself. We believe yea wQ flH here better values ftr ytr noaey thai yea fisl aaywkere else. The store is tlUN with. the latest .fasUeas ia everyttisf a wmaa waats CLOAKROO N DONT Take our word for it, let the gar ments prove it. We are willing to let it rest with your judgment of good values when you see them. JACKETS AND BOX COATS $5.50-4.95 Coverts a tad Woolen Plaids, special $3.95 $5.95 Coverts and Woolen Plaids, speeial $4.95 $6.75 Close Fitting Coverts, speeial $4.95 $6.73 Semi-Fitting Black Broad cloth $4.95 $6.75 Semi-fitting French Flannel, in navy, brown and Copenhagen , $495 $7.50 line Half Fitting Black Panama, gray, satin trimmed. special $6.73 $9.95 line Chiffon Panama, full satin lined, blue, brown. black and red, special $7.95 CHILDREN'S JACKETS, 4 TO 14 AGE $2.95 lines, your choice at $2.45 $3.75 lines, your choice at................. $2.95 $3.95 lines, your choice at $2.95 $4.50 lines, your choice at.... ..... . $3.95 $4.95 lines, your choice at.......... .... $3.95 EXTRA VALUES IN WA1STINGS IS pieces of White Waistings in checks, stripes and fancy designs; values up to 35c; in one lot; now 19c 12 pieces of Fancy Colored Waistings; washable; in stripes, checks and embroidery dots; values to 5e; a special job. to close 35c 25 pieces of Silkired Poplin in all the plain colors; 40c value now, to close - 29c 7 pieces of Mercerized Plaid Taffeta; 25c value; to close 15c SALE OF DRESS GINGHAMS 40 pieces of fast colored Dress Ging hams in plain colors, checks or stripes; special good value 9r 65 pieces of Xew Red Seal Dress Ging hams in 1908 styles and colors; spe cial this week 12xP 2JNn. Bon Bon Chambray in plain colors only; every color represent- - ed; fast colors 15c 30-in. Imported Dress Ginghams in plain colors, plaids, checks or stripes; 25c values 19c See our Printed Lawns at 10c, 12 'z and 15c SILK COATS We carry a large assortment of these in all lengths from 26-inch to 54-inch. . Special Cut Prices. $16-95 way down to $4.95. Regular values $6.75 to $19.50. Fine quality Hydegrade. good width. with wide shirred flounce, low price. $1.35 Our $2-50 line of Hydegrade Heather Bloom $1-95 Our $2.25 line of Hydegrade Heather Bloom $1.95 Our $3.50 line of Hydegrade Heather Bloom $25 I LINEN FINISHED SUITINGS 25 pieces of 34-inch Plain White Linen Finished Suitings, quality as Indian Head; special for this week 12Vjc 20 pieces of Colored Linen Finished Suitings in all the most wanted shades; special values this week .15c 29-inch Linen Suitings, in colors gray, brown, pink aud light blue; special value 25c NEW SHOWING IN WASH FABRICS 150 pieces in Batistes and Lawns, in the most desirable colors and patterns, extra value, at 8c, 10c, 12c and 15c 25 pieces of genuine Egyptian Tissues, the most wanted fabric for waists and dresses for either women or chil dren ; come in all colors and combinations, extra values. .25c We are showing other extra values in Wash Fabrics that will interest you, at 25c, 30c, 35c and 50c We have just opened up our spring line of White Suitings and Waistings, some exceptional values. See them. Ex tra values in India Linens, white only, at 8c, 10c, 12c, 18c, 20c, 25c and 30c CTJKTAIN SWISSES 36-inch pure white Curtain Swiss, assorted patterns, in dots or floral designs, special ...11c 40-inch Jne Curtain Swiss, assorted patterns, the regular 20c kind, speeial 15c 3S-inch fancy colored Scrim, 20c value, speeial to close 15c A lot of fancy imported Madras Cloths, in assorted Persian designs, used for draperies and curtains, worth to 30c, to close 19c All imported Madras Cloth, worth to 75c, to close now 45c DOMESTIC SPECIALS 17-ln. linen Crash; unbleached: lc value 7c 100 pieces of Dress Prints in all colors; worth Tc; this week 5c . 30 piece of Drees Ginghams in assorted styles and colors; 12c values 9c 50 pieces of 25-inch Dress Percales in blues only; to close 6c 1 bale of good quality L. L. I'd bleached Muslin 5c 10 pieces of Bleached Water Witch Muslin; 30-inch; special 6c X0 pieces of 36-inch Hope Bleached, while it lasts Sc 364a Cambric Muslin; oar regular 14c quality lie Get our price on Suit Bonnets. 917-021 O St. OPPOSITE CITY HALL We hold our trade by force of inerit We make it advan tageous to buy Shoes here. Our Shoes are trade keepers. There is a difference between Shoes that are trade keepers and Shoes that are trade winners. A trade winning shoe is a shoe sold for a little money a cheap shoe that gives no satisfaction. It wins trade, just once. Trade nping Shoes are Shoes that give the buyer full value for his money, look well, fit well and wear well." We sell only good, standard Shoes. We stick to them and people stick to us, and by this method we keep our grip on the -Shoe trade. We're growing solidly and well, for the best shoes for the money have done their work. If you want a large measure of satisfaction for your shoe money, come to the store where nothing but good shoes are sold. Furnish" ins Depart men! We carry an extensive line of Trunks, Suit Cases, Bags and Telescopes. All we can say about these is that they are made by a reliable concern .and the prices we put on these will suit you. Trunks in canvas .cover and tin cover, well braced, prices from $2.95 up to $9.50 Suit Cases, in genuine cowhide and all grades of leatherette, from $1.25 up to $9.50. Bags in leather and leatherette, from 50c to $4.95. , . Telescopes at 49c up to $1.50. Kansas City Labor Herald and is now the publisher of the Missouri Trades Unionist. When not editing a paper of his own, lie has usually been con tributing to others, meanwhile, com pensation being . only a dream to a labor writer, making the best of his opportunities as a craftsman. Xew York Printing Trades News, April. In 1902 the expense of headquar ters office rent, light and janitors ser vices was $674.10. In 1907 the same item of expense footed up the respec table total of S3.650.77. This was a moderate little increase of about OXE THOCSAXD PER CEXT! But "the rank and Sie were loyal" and came through with the money. Headquarters' expenses for 1902. in cluding officers salaries, but not or ganizers" salaries, was $17,474.02. In 1907 the same expense had amounted up to J31.S09.79. This was merely DOUBUX6 THE EXPENSE OF HEADQUARTERS IX FIVE YEARS, without any corresponding increase in the number of dues paying members Under the Lynch regime a local union has not only been deprived of the right to make a scale or order a strike, but is forced to accept the em ployers scale without a protest. The filing of a pretest is immediately fol lowed by an order to apologize on pain of having the charter revoked. When Donnelley was president he was charged with extravagance be cause $12,895.39 was spent in two years for officers and organizers' ex penses. During the years 1906-07 the ameers and organizers expenses footed up the total of SS9.247.47. This was a very respectable little increase of SEVEN HUNDRED PER CEXT. Did results warrant it? A PRINTER "DOPE SHEET" A week from next Sunday Lincoln costs an average exceeding $5X to Typographical Union. No. will 1 organiae a nnsoo of seven members, nominate the officers that mCl attend j H a Jquaners rent under DonneJley to the business of the union for the) was $75 a month, and the membership ensuing year. The officers who are ; more than 75 per cent of what it Is elected ia May will serve for one year. njw. Under Lynch headquarters' rent and it will be their duty to secure a J is $3wV Rent has increased 3t per new agreement to succeed the present ! cent and the membership less thaa 25 oa?. which expires in February. 19m. : per cent over what it was when Don- the help of their natural allies. The nine-hour day was won at a cost of less than $25,000. The eight-hour fight has cost $5,000,90 to date. That may be fine generalship, but it is aw fualy expensive. It wou!d "not seem necessary to call a Hey let go. Wilson has only shown ! sre three edhors of labor papers and In the coming election the members of the International Typographical Union have an opportunity to render rdy recognition of valuable services. Among the candidates for delegate I to the American Federation of Labor attention to the fact that great care the extravagance of the Lynch adatin shonM be taken in making the aomi- J istration and. gee. how the "knock nations under the surrounding cir-'ers" are after him! cunts'jnces. The meeting on May 3' should be the largest in many months! In less than three years the Lynch bt cause of the importance of the busi- j administration has spent close to $5. ess to be transacted. In addition to j He claims to have won the nominating candidates for the various s eight-hur day. and his chief boosters ofhees. the question of levying an as- give him the credit for it. instead of sessment for a delegate to Boston will j the loyal rank and file that paid in be u; for settlement. ! the money so lavishly spent. In the ; three years Lynch has drawn upwards The way the Lyaeh-Hays-Bramwood j of $11.0. salary and expenses. Prac CJtrie is "knocking- on George WIJ- ticafiy half of the membership was for this office they would seem pecu liarly qualified. Their every day in tercourse with officers of different trades gives them a breadth of view aad acquaintance with conditions in other lines than their own, which can but add to their usefulness in an A. P. of L. convention. From every standpoint qualifica tions, value to the organization they represent, and reward for services rendered these three deserve the fa vorable consideration of the members. Labor editors do every week, with- son is something fierce. And all that j enjoying the eight-hour day before the J out pay, probably more work that Wilson has done was to take the fig- j fight began. How many men were j counts in labor battles than the paid ures from the Typographical Journal and show what a lot of money i; has cost us to hold the membership even. He pointed out frsci the figures that under Prescou U cost an average of less than $20 to organize a union of ieven naeasbers, while un.ler Lynch it -whitewashed" in order to keep up the officers, and it is but recently that they average membership? And how many have begun to be valued at anything; members were lost? Mr. Lynch ad-pike their real worth. Because of nsirs thai through his effort the alii-1 their exposure of mistakes and shams aace with the pressmen and stereo-! they are frequently denounced as typers was disrupted, thus forcing the j " knockers," but were it not for this printers to enter a big fight without J criticism or fear of it, many of our organizations would soon fall a prey to self-seekers and exploiters. Samuel Gompers, president of the A. F. of L, though the target for many shafts by the labor press, is large and broad-minded enough to give to the labor papers the highest praise. Frank A. eKnnedy, thirteen years editor of the Western Laborer of Omaha. Xelx, the oldest labor paper in the West, is widely known by his nom de plnme of "Sadie Maguire,' and his nomination by 120 unions, in cluding all the largest, testifies to the popularity of his straightforward and fearless style of writing. Sam De Xedry. editor of the Wash ington Trades Unionist, has been speaker and writer on labor topics in every state in the Union. Editor of half a dozen or more labor papers, each one with which he has been con nected has made itself felt as a power for betterment of conditions, his latest achievement being the downfall of Public Printer SUllings of the Govern ment Printing Office in Washington, as a result of De Xsdry's exposure of the expensive and disorganized work ings of the new "system" installed by the public printer. Charles W. Fear, of Joplin, Mo. though not the editor of so old a pa per as is Kennedy, nor of so many as De Xedry, still has a long and hon orable-record as a laborer in this field. He was until recently editor of the by a Ions shot. He Isn't that big a baby. Xor is he a baby of any size. Tour Uncle Samuel Gompers tames care of himself, and does not use the office he holds to ward off the blows aimed at him. In the April Journal. Copeaharve of Omaha writes that something will be doing in the three big noo onion shops of that city in a Tery short while. If we remember rightly that is the thir ty-third consecutive month that the same prophecy has been uttered. RECIPE FOR COFFEE CAKE. A Little Different from the Ordinary Breakfast Confection. A delicious coffee cake is the fol lowing: Scald a pint of mCk. the coo to luke-warm. Dissolve ia R IK yeast cakes, broken in small pieces. Add about 3 cups white Sour aad beat until thoroughly blended. Cover; let rise an hoar and a half, them add one-half cnpfnl each softened butter, lard and sugar, one unbeaten egg, a half teaspoonful salt and half a tea spoonful cinnamon. Add flour to en able yon to knead well, then cover and let rise until doubled in bulk. Set in Ice box or cold place over nighL la the morning turn on to a well floured board, roll into a long, rectangular piece, brush with melted butter and fold from the ends toward the center, making three layers. Slice off piece about three-fourths of an inch wide; cover, and let rise until light- Take each piece, twist the ends fat opposite directions, then bring them together at the top of the cake Place In well buttered pans; cover; let rise until light, then bake in a moderate oven about 20 minutes. When slightly cooled, glaze with confectioner's sugar moistened with hot milk or water. Coffee Mousse. Secretary Bramwosti has notified the officers of the Hudspeth-Reed-Crowley Club of Indianapolis Union that he considers their campaign cir cular, entitled "Food for Thought." libelous. The circular merely guar antees the " truth of the oft-repeated reports that the secretary has re peatedly been off dnty and conduct ing himself in a manner not calculated to reflect credit upon the organization. The circular is signed " by 173 mem bers of the Indianapolis union. Inter ested members of the organization may sse a copy of the circular at .The Wageworker shop. "Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. And vipers turned loose in Toronto are still on hand to hiss. Ever hear 3am Gompers whimper when he was "roasted" by a labor paper? Ever hear the old man threat en to revoke a central body's charter if a labor editor delegate happened to Toast" the head of the A. F. of L.? Ever know the old man to whimper when he was being "hammered?" Xot Grind one-quarter of a pound of co fee. and drip enough boiling water through to make one teaspoonful of coffee. Let it run through the cof fee slowly so as to become as stroac as possible. Add to the coffee the beaxea yolks of two eggs and three ounces of sugar, put the mixture in a double boiler and stir with a wooden spoon until it thick ens. This win require about fire min utes. Add one tablespoonfnl of gelatine, which has been previously dtaotvad ta a wineglass of cold water. mixture and set aside to cool, I to harden. Beat one pint of whipped until stiff, add the coffee to it, whip ping until it is thick and firm. As soon as thick pat ia a mold sad pack ia Ice and rock salt. Making Friends. he was afraid of growled at him. So he picked as more stones, and the dogs snarled at his heels; then he gathered still more stones. But when the stones became so heavy that he could carry them no longer, he threw them an away. And the dogs came and licked his hands. Durlingtcn Routa Gigcr Fcstcry N. H. CINBERG. Prop. JtANU-ACTL"KEBS OF HIGH GRADE CIGARS OKLY LEADING BRANDS, lO-CENT: Senator Barkett, Burlington Route LEADING BRANDS, 5-CENT: Havana Fives, Burlington Rotate One thing that distinguishes oar Cigars is the superior woiTmiarwntp and the uniform high quality of stock used in their manufacture. We invite you to patronize this home concern, and guarantee yoa Cigars as finely made and of as good quality as any goods turned oat at a similar price by an Eastern concern. We sell to retailers and jobbers only. If yon are not now handling oar goods, send us a trial order. Durlingtcn Rcirto Giga Fcstcry 205 North Ninth Street, LINCOLN, NEB. Hijiillipr ISljUKr Trad nark Reaistarea. Y Sen Francisco Day aad a ttis of torpedo boats all dua I I I I to arrwo soma at Saa Francisco. I I f I Sreatoat Show of American fjTyi Power Ever Behold S jj I I lanS For tba roand trip to Cmlifornim I I OOUwototSSrt-25- jjU Union Pacific j fa A