CONVENTIONS IN 1903.
A Five-
burDay
By HEMY
HE human race has made
Tl man, and has not as ret ceased to more upward.
Tm ftiire an iwNKar tn nrrnlimt WMalth labor and
ability. Both are human agencies, and must he treated dif
ferentrr from commodities, or ve fail to proJuce the wealth
ythat is necessarr for the comfort and perpetuation of the race.
What was a luxury Twsterday becomes a necessity to-day.
Steam and electricity have annihilated space. Machinery has
eliminated sUL peciaitxation is the wer 01 tne aay. ine
hand loom has been superseded by the great cotton mill, the
cobbler shop by the immense shoe factory. The needle is no longer hand
wrk. But we have moved along in directions other than the mechanicaL
The school has kept pace with the machine.
Benjamin Franklin has been quoted as saying: "If all worked, six
hours would be sufficient to provide for all our needs." If this were so
in his day, how many hours ought to constitute a days work now ?
We reduced the hours of labor from 14 to IS, from 12 to 10, from 10
to S, and we shall move along these lines until;
Five days constitute a week's work.
Five hours a day's work; -
Five dollars a day's pay.
There is no longer any need for the
long hours of toil of our forefathers;
machinerr has obviated this.
Intellectual
Passions
Love
tained
By rtOF. THO.tlS U10T.
position, influence, riches, fame, glory,
fold aspects.
It is not easy to End absolutely
of tie intellectual passion the terms in which the demand is framed are
almost contradictory, since the men we want to find must be unknown to
fame.
The following instance, however, seems to me to answer perfectly to
all the conditions. Deseuret cives a brief biosraphieal sketch of a Hun
garian named ileutelli, a philologist and mathematician, who, without a
definite end in view, simply for the pleasure of learning and to satisfy his
intellectual cravings, consecrated his whole life to study, having apparently
no other want.
If entelli saved the price of washing by wearing no linen. A soldier's
coat bought at the barracks and only replaced in the last extremity, a pair
of Xankeen trousers, a fur cap, and
costume. In 1S14 the cannon balls
to disturb him. He lived thus uncomplaining, indeed happily, for SO
years without a day's idleness. At last at the age of 60, having gone, as
csual, to fetch water from the Seine, his foot slipped, he fell into the
river and was drowned. Mentelli left
remains no trace of his long researches.
Other instances might be quoted,
comparison with this. Great anonymous collaborations like those of the
Benedictines certainly have enlisted the services of enthusiasts of this
kind; thus IVkti Habilloa was the
ate fervor, modest, unknown, punctually fulfilling his religious duties,
and when free from these, traveling about the world on foot to collect
historical documents.
Thus we find cases where the
by other motives, has all the characteristics of a fixed and tenacious pas
sion, filling the whole life, and expressing the whole nature of a man.
ment,
Lying
Is
Actually
a Disease
average
develop
By DK. MEKOM.
. up,
tendency to exaggerate or invent
is always liable to become a victim of the lying habit. The natural and
spontaneous liar who has reached maturity lies because he is physically
or mentally still an infant, and can
cism either subjectively or objectively, and is wholly devoid of reasoning
aa to the effect his lies produce upon his hearers or upon their objects.
He will lie maliciously, just as recklessly or as easily as he lies spon
taneously or simply, the result being
. The so-called harmless liar differs only in a slight degree from the
malicious or brutal liar who lies for motives of revenge, jealousy or
cruelty. The physical malformation is almost identical in both cases, the
difference being only one of morbidity and a more diseased condition of the
nerve cells which produces the state of hysteria, of which lying is perhaps
the most pronounced symptom.
Lying of this kind is, therefore,
Nevertheless the existence of such
by the health authorities, since they are so easily influenced by unscru
pulous persona. Where the disease of such a person can be diagnosed and
recorded, the legal testimony is not of more validity than would be that
of tW jramophoo.
The Goal Toward
Which Labor Is
Pushing
A&KAHAHS.
considerable progress since the cave
We might nd numberless examples
in the biographies of scientific men and
philosophers iho had an absorbing intel
lectual passion. Some names suggest them
selves at once: Kepler, Spinoza, and many
ethers who devoted their lives strictly and
exclusively to the pursuit of truth. It may
be objected that in certain eases and with
certain men nothing proves that the in
tellectual passion has not been fed or sus
by foreign elements; that the love
of learning, though the principal motive,
has been the only one; that it has not been
adulterated by others, that is, desire for
in short, ambition under its mani
,
pure cases, for besides the rarity
huge slippers composed his entire
fell all around the lodging, but failed
no work behind him, in fact, there
but they woald appear trilling by
type of worker animated with passion
love of knowledge alone, untarnished
The brain in the course f its develop
that is. up till the fiftieth year in the
man, may at some point or other
a malformation which will have the
effect of destroying the ratiocinative or
reasoning faculty. Like paresis, of which
mendacity is a kindred disease, it may come
upon the most truthful and the least sus
pecting man without a moment's warning,
and just as the result of a sudden ''kink
occurring in the cerebral structure.
Lying is not by any means a monopoly
of women and children. The male grown-
even if he does not naturally evince the
a certain indication of degeneracv
neither exercise any power of criti
incalculable as far as he is .concerned.
, -
a disease, and must be so accounted.
beings in the world should be noted
,
Where and When Trades Union Gath
erings Will Be Held. -July
4, Amalgamated Leather
Workers Union of America.'
July , Atlantic City, K. J. National
Brotherhood of Operative 'Longshore
men's Association.
July fi, Buffalo, M T., International
Jewelry 'Workers Union.
July C. Cincinnati. Ohio. Brush-
makers International TJinon.
July 7, Baltimore, 3Id Glass Bottle
Blowers Association of the United
States and Canada.
July 13, Toronto, Canada, Interna
tional Piano and Organ Workers,
"ion of America..
Jury 13, Indianapolis, Ind Litho
graphers" International Protective As
sociation.
July 13, Minneapolis, Minn., Theat
rical Stase Employes International
Alliance, .
July IS, Holyoke, 3fas&, Americas
Wire Weavers Protective Association,
Jury SO, New York City, Interna
tional 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. Micn Interna
tional Glove .Workers Union o
America. - -
August 1. Detroit, Mlclu. Interna
tional Brotherhood of Stationary Fire
men.
August C. Detroit. Mich, Interna
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters.
August 10, Boston, Mass, Interna
tiocal Typographical Union.
August 19, Boston. Mass, Interna
tional Stereotype rs and Electrotypers"
Union.
August 11, Indianapolis, tnd. Shirt
Waist and Laundry Workers Interna
tional Union.
August 24. Milwaukee, Wis, United
Oanaent Workers of Ameaav
September L , Table Knife
Grinders National Union.
September 2. Milwaukee, Wis,
Americaa Brotherhood of Cement
Workers.
September 7, Denver, Colo, Inter
national Association of Machinists.
September S, New York City, Inte?-
atioaal Photo Engravers Union ct j
North America.
September 1-3, Boston. Mass, Sp-a-
ners International Union.
September 14, Montreal, Canada.
Journeymen Stonecutters Association
oi North America.
September 14, Philadelphia, Pa, In-
tcrnational Union of Steam Engineers.
September 14. Philadelphia. Pa, In
ternational Brick, T3e and Terra Ootta
Workers Alliance.
September 13, Salt Lake City, Utah.
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America.
September 17, New York City, Pock
ct Knife Blade Grinders and Finish
ers National Union.
September 21. Indianapolis. Trad,
Vetted Association of Plumbers. Gas-1
filters. Steam fitters and Steamfitters
Helpers of United States and Canada.
September 21, Indianapolis, Ind
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers.
October 5, Washington. D. C, Bak
ery and Confectionery Workers' In
ternational Union.
October '5, St. Louis, Mo, Ictcrca
tional Union of Wood, Wire and Metal
Lathers.
October 2t Cohoes. N. T, United
Textile Workers of America. -
November 9, Denver, Colo, Ameri
can Federation of Labor.
November 1. Bangor, Pa, Interna
tional Union of Slate Workers.
November 12. Yinaihaven, Me, Lob
ster Fisherf3ens Interna tiocal Protec
tive Association.
December 7. New Orleans, La, In
ternational Brotherhood of Mamten-ace-of-Way
Employes.
December 7. Brooklyn. X. T, Na
tional Alliance of Bill Posters and
Billers ct America.
UNION PRINT SHOPS.
Printeries That Are Entitled to Use
the Allied Trades Label.
Following is list of the printing
offices in Lincoln that are entitled
to the use of the Allied Printing
Trades label, together with the num
ber of the label used by each shop:
Jacob North Co, No. L
C S. Simmons, No. 2.
Freie Presse, No. 3.
Woodruff-Collins, No. 4. "
Graves Mulligan, No. &
State Printing Co, No. 6.
Star Publishing Co, No. 7.
Western Newspaper "Union, No. S.
Wood Printing Co, No. a.
George Bros, No. u.
McYey Printing Co, No. 12.
Union Advertising Co, No. 14.
Ford Printing Co, No. 1C
Gillespie & Phillips, No. 18.
TanTine & Young. No. 24.
The shop having label No. 15 Is re
quested to report the fact to the sec
retary of the Allied Printing Trades
Council.
CI
On
Tho
G:mcT
Men's $1.00 Dress I
and Work Shirts
59 CENTS
Men's Dress Shirts, white grounds, small, neat, ZQr
black stripes and figures, at s Ow .
Men's Black Satteen Shirts, finest workmanship, CQs
faced sleeves and pearl buttons, at nJys
- .. "
- Above Shirts are made from the same material
found in the $1.00 shirts.
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V A BASIS OF COMMON RESPECT
The labor movement as represented
in Ute trades anion has been aa up
lifting force whose influence for good
cannot.be questioned by fair-minded
mea. It has raised the standard of
living, given working people higher
ethical and moral ideals, sad
in the fare-front the entire labor
movement, which undoubtedly is the
greatest movement of modern times.
The church has been approaching
the question from a dilerent angle.
It has laid broad and deep foundations
which made possible the labor move
ment of modern days. It struck the
first blow at slavery, at a time when
half the world lived behind prison
bars. It established and maintained
educational institutions when ignor
ance was at its densest. It organized
and supported asylums for the sick
and the blind, at a time when these
unfortunates were left to suffer be
cause of inadequate care, either be
cause of ignorance or because of the
general brutishness of the whole peo
ple. The church is still doing this
work. Every year the churches spend
twenty million dollars among the de
pressed people who live in the dark
continents. Nobody knows how many
times more is spent in the cities and
towns of Europe and America for the
purpose of helping to lift up the down-
Not after while. You pay our price now, knowing you
get the worth of your money, and that some otherx man's
sons will not get a lower price later. You ask the "Union
Scale" so all, employer and employe, . will have a. fair
deal. That's the way we sell clothing. TTe ask what
the goods are worth the real werth now. When you
pay our price," you know that the price will not be
"scabbed1 on you after while.
ISD-DZIIE
(DLIK0K(1
"We have it in great variety outfit you from hat to shoes
collars, shirts everything that's union made. The price
you pay now is the price- others will pay afte while.
That's fair to all. We handle union made goods and
sell them on the union basis of "equality." That's
right, isn't it?
DECS & 0G3KI
10th and O Streets
and Letor
: : o
r&llen. Here. then, are two great ac
credited institutions working toward
a common end. Every legitimate
means of cooperation should be em
ployed for the accomplishment of
their common purpose.
There is quite a common saying
placedlamong some workingmen that they
keep cut cf church because . the
church doesn't do anything for them.
The church has nothing to offer us,'
they insist. To thinking workingmes
this is an absurdity. The church has
done and is still doing great things
for the people. This being so. isnt
it better and far more manly to say
that well get together on the job
and work in every way possible to
help each other, rather than to be
come either a Pharisee, assuming an
"I am better than thou. attitude, or
to withhold our support from an or
ganization which is struggling in the
midst of adverse circumstances to do
its best work to help the unfortunate
in body, soul and mind, simply be
cause we. ourselves, may Tecelve no
immediate benefit? This may sound
like a "hypothetical question. but
read it over again and give it a fair
answer. If both organizations have
a common purpose, and If the labor
union has a right to the support of the
church, then it must follow that the
church has the' same right to expect
ftp
the support of the labor They
are both regarded as unselfish insti
tutions, seeking the good of the cesa-
monwealth. If the workisgsian ia
sists that his is a society purely for
the good of its own members, thea
he must admit that the church is a
bigger and a breeder thing than his
union. If he is willing to confrss
that both the church and the labor
union are what I have intimated, thea
he should be willing to co-operate in
the work of the church, for the good
of an mankind. -And. conversely, the
church-man should be waling to help
labor in its struggle. This does not
mean that each must go an the way
with the other in matters of belief,
but there can at least be a mutual
respect for the eo-operatioa with the
other that wot insure the speedier
coming of our ideaL Rev. Charles
Stelsle. -
TO A NINE-INCH GUN.
This powerful poem came to the
New York World on a crumpled piece
of soiled paper. It was signed P. F.
McCarthy." and the author's address
was given as "Fcurth Bench. City
Hall Park.
Whether your shael hits the target or
not. ;
Tour cost is five hundred dollars a
shot.
Ton think of noise and Same and
power.
We feed yea a hundred barrels of
flcur v
Each time you roar. Tour Came it
fed
With twenty thousand loaves cf
bread.
S3eace! A million hungry sea
Seek bread to fill their mcuxhs again.
MRS. DARBY DEAD.
Mrs. Homer I. Darby, wife of Tiee
Presklent Darby of the TJnited
Brotherhood of Leathenrorkers on
Horse Goods, died recently at her
home in Rockford, Illinois. The casse
of death was heart trouble. Mr.
Darby win have the sympathy of or
ganized workers ' evei j uheie in his
bereavement.
WE
DO NOT -PATRONIZE
BUCK STOVES
AND RANGES!
A BOY ON CLERGYMEN.
Bishop Potter at an
dinner in New York read a Coopers
town schoolboy's essay oat "Clergy
men. The essay, which created
much amusement, was as follows:
"There are 3 kinds of clergymen
hishups, recters and carats. The
bishups tell the recters to work and
the carats have to do it. A carat is a
thin married man. bat whea he is a
recter he gets faDer
longer sermon;