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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1908)
IN GRAND OLD TEXAS. How the Thirtieth Legislative Treated the Toilers. Labor certainly got a lot from th last session of the Texas legislators. Wish we con Id prevail upon the Tex as boys to come to Nebraska and show ns how they accomplishel it The legislature enacted the followir laws of interest to union men: Mine Inspection Law. Electric Headlight Law. Full Train Crew Law. Anti-Blacklist Law. Employes Contract Law. Sixteen Hour Law for Railroad Em ployes. Eight Hour Law for Railroad Tele graphers. Barbers License and Inspection Law. Constitutional Amendment for the creation of a Bureau of Labor. Extension of benefits of Uniform Text Books to cities above 1 pop ulation, which were exempt under pre vious law. Amendment to Anti-Free Pass Law The Season's Most Favored Styles in Men's and Women's JXFRE)S Knox and Imperial Hats "Gib-Prcsf l!ss!crj" for Men and Women Six Pairs Guaran teed to Wear S i x Months without Darn ing. Mail Orders Filled C7 Ccd Czicrcccr WE ARE QUITE ROOSEVELTI AN IN OUR IDEAS A "Smiar nal" in Everv Transaction We Never Allow Misrepresentation. If We Can't Sell You on the Merits of Our Goods We shall not expect Your Patronage. Our display of Spring Clothing:, Furnishings and Shoes is the best in volume and value of our entire twenty-seven years of successful catering to the wants of the people. TDiiis Spring TJe aire BrSngSng 4M a number of uncommon styles Suits that sort of distinguishes the man who wears them here's two as shown in the picture. These aire Meed 3.5 amtil $2.8 and these suits at these prices will prove that this store is headquarters for LLddhcoHs Best Oottlhninig aDaces exempting railway employes. A law limiting the granting of injunctions. Leatherworkers Union Ball, Pitt's Hall, May 5. ITS A RSAL PLEASURE TO SHOW GOODS The Ills We Are Heir To. There are three modes of the ills of life by Indifference, which' Is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentations, and by. religion, which is the most effectual. Female Superiority. It isn't that women are more sym pathetic than men, but that their eyea are keener, their voices sweeter and their hands softer. Hold Stone-Throwing Contests. In parts of Switzerland stone-throw big contests are held, handsome prizes being given to those who throw a lair sized rock farthest. BOYCOTTING THE BURLINGTON. is Men in Certain Towns Talk- " T ing About Retaliation. The report that Burlington em ployes were considering the proposi tion to establish a chain of coopera tive stores, with headquarters in Lin coin and branch stores in Wymore. Hastings. McCook. Aurora and Alli ance, has made some of the retail merchants in those towns sit up and take notice. With the exception of Alliance, the above named cities are competitive points, and merchants de clare that if the Burlington allows its employes To start any such scheme they, will boycott the Burlington. Tea, boycott! Of course it would be ail right for merchants to boycott a railroad because workingmen estab lished stores of their own. But if the Burlington employes should undertake u boycott unfriendly enerchants there wouldn't be enough room in the coun ty jails to hold the pestiferous broth erhood men. Mere wage earners must not even talk of boycotting, asd they A !! EM Many people imagine that Cms is an expensive fuel. Nothing could be further front the truth. For the kitchen it is the cheapest fuel obtainable We will prove it if yea will let us. Besides being; the cheapest fuel, it is the cleanest, quickest ami hottest. People w ho once use it w ill not consent to beinr without it. Ami that is good proof. A Gas Heater these cool mornings and evenings is an economical comfort. We have tbenw They save furnace bills. We also sell Kitchen Ranges. Cash or terms. EDectttrpe Leglhtt Co. OPEX EVEXIXGS must not make public the fact that they consider any business firm unfair to organized labor. The penalty is imprisonment and the seizure of prop erty to pay damages. But its differ ent when, a business firm does the same things. That's perfectly proper, for it is protecting Tested rights in property." Property rights are well protected by law. But human rights are at the mercy of any pin-headed federal judge who gets all swelled up with authority and wants to work a "stand-in" with Napoleons of Finance and Captains of Industry who play the political game for personal profit. Those common individuals who wear greasy overalls and work for a living must be made to understand their place, dog-gone 'em! That place s secondary to "property rights." Property is sacred; human life is so cheap that it is not even given con sideration these days. next Tuesday at Bruse's halL Some unusually important business will be up foyattenuon. Among other things is the- completion of arrangements for the proper observance of "Labor Sun day," which falls on May 10- The com mittee is expected to be able to report all arrangements made and ready for endorsement by the central body. Another important bit of business is attention to the "Label Show at the Auditorium on May 30. If the unions come through as they should and put the requisite amount of mon ey an effort win be made to hold this entertainment two nights, and have two or three speakers from abroad to address the people. This is such an im portant matter that every delegate should make it a point to be present and take part in the work. There will be plenty of work for every delegate if the proper attention is given to the "Label Show and it is boosted as it should be. Other matters of interest to all the affiliated trades will be given consider ation, and it is to be hoped that the attendance will be unusually large. . of Youth. A certain line of exercises is i mended to make children stronger their parents. This looks bka blow at the woodshed Early Marriage in Marriage at aa early I In Mexico. Recently and a girl of 14 were capita. is 1 hoy of 1C in the Can a being who is not wholly with out sin give thoughts i to others? Test your What are you yourself? See, say hands are rough with work I tste not merely raised them in prayer Auerbach. Keep Year Mouth Shut. As for the talkers and fame per sons, they are commonly vain and credulous withal; for fee that talheCh what he knoweth, will also talk of what he knoweth not. Therefore, set it down, that a habit of mutty is both politic and moral. Francis Bacon. WE DO NOT PATRONIZE BUCK STOVES AND RANGES! THE CARPENTERS. Special Assortment of Rev. Dr. Batten Talks Along Lines of Trades Unionism. Reverend Samuel Zane Batten ad dressed the Carpenters Union last Tuesday evening, taking for his sub ject the trades union movement- The speaker did not need to appear before the carpenters to prove his friend ship for organized labor, but he strengthened his position by his clear. concise and fair statement of his rea sons for believing that workingmen of different crafts should organize trades unions. Reverend Mr. Batten is not a member of a trades union, but he worked at the carpenter's trade for two or three years, and for that rea son be. knows the craft pretty welL He was listened to with deep interest and was often interrupted by applause. He expressed his belief that the Labor Temple project was one that I the churches and the Civic League should get behind and help push to success, and promised to do all he could to enlist that support. At the meeting Tuesday evening the Carpenters appropriated $12-SO as the local's proportion of the expense of the "Union Label Show" at the Au ditorium on Wednesday evening. May . CENTRAL LABOR UNION. Meets Next Tuesday and Important Business Will Come Up. The Central Labor Union meets Your Choice at 1-3 Suits made up in the season's foremost styles in the popular fabrics Browns, tans, blacks- in fact, all colors Although the reproduced ad mentions suits at $25-00 to $4750, suits in this assortment range in price from $1250 to $65.00 $15.00 Suits for $10.00 $18.00 Suits for $12.00 $22.50 Suits for $15.00 $30.00 Suits for $20.00 S a 4, I ft Sfe THE DAYLIGHT STORE S5