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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1908)
thePdaylight store Suit Caes. the "Vanity Fair," this case was de signed to take the place of the worthless matting eases now on the market. It is strong, durable and light weight, made on a light steel frame, linen lined, shirt fold or gathered pockets, black or brown, 22, 24 and 2G inch, with or without strap, price range $2.75 ti $4.00 Men's soft finished pure Linen Hemstitched Hand kerchiefs, Special, 3 for 25C Men's reversible Wash Four-in-Hand Ties 3 for..25c Men's Pure Silk, new style, Four-in-Hand, eaeh.45C Men's 1-2 Hose, black and t an, special, 2 pair for-25c Men's 1-2 Hose, fancy styles, special, 2 pair for..25C Only a few dozen left of the 1.00 Black Satteen Shirts, special, at 59c Men's Summer Dress Shirts made from $1.00 quality cloth, special, each - 50c Men's Fine Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, a 75c garment, special, each - 59c Men's Fine Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, drawers have double seat, satteen facing. Clothing stores will ask 50c for this garment, our price, each. -30c Our No. 600 Men's Fine Summer Union Suits you will find a special value at S1-C0 ONLY 99 LEFT IN 8TOCK AT 50 Per Cent Discount Voile Skirts And Many Other Popular Fabrics 50 Per Cent Discount lax enforcement of the lav is result ii! 5 in the employment of a lot of near-plumbers who are displacing competent men, pallia; in "rotten" work, and endangering the health of the city. Contractors, knowing that they can slight their work without fear of failing fool of the ordinance, j are refusing to employ comj eient men at fair wages, and are employing men at 2C and 33 cents an hour. Bat the home owner pays more he pays for competent men. bat he doesn't get them. Tie ordinance requires that so' pipes receiving discharge fresa one or mere water closets' shall comisae fall size (four inches) inside of build ings to the highest point of the res!, and to a height of not less than sis inches above the ridge of the fire wall if the roof is Cat. A sample of how this vital role is violated msy be seen in the neighborhood of Twenty-Srst and Garfield, where a soil pipe less than six inches oql of the roof ends immediately in front of a big dormer window. Similar cases could be cited by the score and seme of these days Lin coln will pay an awful penalty for the failure of the proper officials to enforce the law. The competent union plumbers of Lincoln are will ing to pay a stiff examination fee and prove their competency by undergoing an examination. Two-thirds of the men now doing work with plumbing tools in Lincoln coulun I stand any kind of a test. Yet they are allowed to perform work upon which the health of the city depends. It is time that something be done. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. President Bain's Address at the Me morial Services June 21. L v 1 -s OFFICE OF Dr. R. L. DEMTLEY SPECIALIST CHILDREN Office Hoars 1 to f. a. OfiVa SUS O St. Both LINCOLN. NEBRASKA the expenses of an active agent. Live bunch, those barber boys. There are some twenty or thirty barbers in Lincoln who ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. They work short hours because the union has made the rule. They get a good guarantee because the union has made it possible to demand and gel 1 it. Yet these ""snitches' refuse to t join the union and help defray the expanse incident to securing and maintaining these bettered conditions. That's a pretty cheap business. UNION BARBER SHOPS. J. C WOOD (t CO. Aw FOR FUCSUST. FRONTS; Baa. 17. Auto. IXtt. UM K St. - - Lincoln. NaT. IUeaa Oatatac at aft htada. j TKB NSW rata I THE BARBERS. Every nttmbec at lineal Local Will Sao Ba a Stockholder. Before the Fourth of July is past very uteaiber of the local Barbers' Vakxa will he a stockholder ia the Labor Temple Association. Two-thirds of theat kaT already Ton through,1 aad the rest are da. Ia addition the local will soon take another block of stock ia addition to Ttetpiag defray Infarmatiea as to Where You Can Get Year Work Done Fairly. Following is a list of the union bar her shops of Lincoln, the name and location being siren: Gas Petro, O street. W. A. Jackson. 101 O street. W. K. Myers, Capital HoteL C A. Green. II North Eleventh. Geo. Shatter. Lincoln HoteL J. B. Ranter. 131 O Street. E. A. Snyder. ISM O Street. A. L. Stern, IK South Thirteenth. A. L. Kesanterer. LindeU HoteL Chaxxnan & Ryan. 127 North Twelfth. H. A. Larmbee. 92 P Street. Kaight aad Farateater. 122 Soai Twelfth. H. C Leopold. Fraternity BaiMiac Frank Maloae, Havetock. K. A. Wood. HaveJocfc. C B. EHSs. Havelock. THE PLUMBERS ate Baing Discarded for Cheap attchanics Every Day. Th ptambiag ordinances of Liacota are beiag disregarded every day by a bunch of aearsambers who cowldnl pass aa exataiaatiaa of any kind. The We carry a complete line of - ymEom-FvaiDa Razors and all union-made goods CHEETl CECIOAL CD., Carter ScpSas 120 North 11th St. Following is the address delivered by President Bain of Lincoln Typo gaphical Union No. 209 on the -occasion of "Printers Memorial Day," at Fraternity hall: The fraternal tie that binds us to gether and the lessons which we have learned in fostering fellowship and brotherhood, and in shielding from ag gression the isolated, defenseless toil ers and which encourages ns in de veloping those kindly instincts within the innermost recesse of our hearts, which are the fundamental principles of our union defending the defense less, befriending the friendless and in culcating lessons of justice and good will among men causes us to assem ble here today, as is our custom an nually, to pay a tribute of respect to those with whom in former years we were associated as felow craftsmen, commonly called printers, but in reality artists working at the art pre servative of all arts, the art which has been and still is waging a war of en lightenment among all nations through the medium of characters that convey our highest thoughts in the better ment of mankind. I say we are as sembled in memory of our departed brethera. It is a mournful occasion. It necessarily brings to our minds those who labored with us from day to day in the varied occupations con nected with our craft and with whom we were brought in contact. They have gone from among us; their work is done; their proofs have been taken and turned ia to the great Proofreader. Let us hope that their proofs have been clean. Whatever their errors, let as overlook them and call to mind today their virtues and good qualities and strive to emulate them so far as we can. Let as remember that we are brothers la the flesh as well as in our daily avocations. Let as culti vate a true fraternal spirit toward each other, ever rememberings The creel aad the bitter word That wounded as it fell; The chilling want of sympathy We fert but never tell; The hard repulse that chills the heart Whose hopes were hounding high Ia aa unfading record kept These things shall never die, The timid hand stretched forth to aid A brother ia his need. The kindly word in griefs dark hour. That proves a friend indeed. There is too much selfishness in this beautiful world of ours. We are too apt to forget the duties we owe to each other and to think only of our own desires and aspirations, regard less of our fellow craftsmen, and ia doing so often tdge our brethera. sometimes intentionally, but let hope more often thoughUessty aad unintentionally. -So let as ever be watchful of oar actions ia everything perti:cg to oar fellow craftsaiea. If we are prompted to do some act that is doubtful ia its nature, let as ask ourselves the ouesrjoa. would I tike I sack to be done to ate? Let as act J apoa the Golden Rule. Let haneoay. I peace and coateatmeat ever prevail j ia oar ranks. Let as try to remember : that we get tae most good to our- j selves by striving earnestly to do good to each other. A cheering word spoken here aad there, the friendly daso of the hand, the proCtered aid ia time of j need all help towards th uplifting' of our associats. I The fundamental priaciives govera- tag the organization of oar vast army of craftsmen proved a shining star and aroused within the hearts of the gentler sex, so closely bound to us by sacred ties, the idea of furthering the cause of unionism. Today we have with us and also over our Jurisdiction a vast army of helpful assitants the wives, daughters and sweethearts of our fellow craftsmen to aid us in strewing Sowers over the graves of our departed. These assistants are caled auxiliaries, and we, the mem bers of Lincoln Typographical union No. 209, are proud to have with us the ladies of our sister organization Cap ital Auxiliary No. II, who are always ready to assist us in all our func tions. May their good work never grew less and their numbers increase is the wish of the membership of No. 299. We drop the beautiful flowers the tributes of esteem on the graves of our departed ones let us ever be mindful of our obligation, one to another, so that our pathway through the life that is before, us may be strewn. with the beautiful flowers of fraternity. In the language of Thomas Wentworth Higinson: Though the bivouac of age may put ice in our veins, And no fixer of steel in our sinew re mains; Though the comrades of yesterday's march are not here. And the sunlight seems pale and the branches are sear, Though the sound of our cheering dies down in a moan. We shall find our lost youth when the bugle is blown. Charley Fear, who missed out in his candidacy for delegate to the Ameri can Federation of Labor, proposes a meeting of the vanquished at the Bos ton convention. Now wouldn't that be a great session? The "Pirates Reun ion" at Hot Springs would be a Sun day school session in comparison. If they'll make it a session of the van quished and their supporters well try to be there. If ever I make up my mind to run or political office, said Jimmie Leaden the other day, Tm going to ask Ingraham how he holds his men in line. He got forty-nine votes at the first election, and the same number at the second election. If that isn't hold ing em in line I don t want a mil lion dollars. "Gene Lyman is spending all of his leisure time poring over the railroad time tables. If he dont get em figured out pretty soon he will resoit to an automobile. THE MUSICIANS. A Free Press Newspapers of Future Must fie Independent By HON. CHAMP CLAM. Stilt Wondering if a Union Band Will Lead Nebraska Democrats. Whether or not a Lincoln, band made up of union musicians will fur nish music for the Nebraska demo cratic -bunch at Denver remains puxaie. An effort is being made to raise enough money to preclude the possibility of the democrats from Lin coln marching behind a non-union band picked up in a country town. The time is getting short. Ole Oleson is director, and W. R. Fetterman and W. C Layman direc tors of the new organized Capital City Union Band. This band will furnish the music for the Wild West show and Frontier Carnival at the fair grounds, July 2. 3 and 4. The mana gers of the hand may be reached over Auto phone 1449 or Bell "phone A- 32$4. This organization gives the dry another band that will be a credit to it and to the Musicians Union. The continued wet weather forced the Auditorium ganfsa to suspend operations for a time, thus depriving musicians of work. The gardea will resume operations ia a few days, and union orchestra will furnish the stasis as of yore. The Dixie Concert band, playing at Capital Beach was reinforced by several members of the local union. It made a band that attracted many people aad brought out much favor able comment. Now that the moving picture exhi bition proposed for the city park has beea abandoned, something ought to be dee towards having a few band concerts in the park. The Nebraska State Baud concert at Thirteenth and O streets Wednesday evening, and it attracted an immense crowd. The srdendid work of this organization brought ou rounds of applause aad gave the pub lic to understand that Lincoln now has a hand that will commre more than favorably with the best bands from all sections of the country. - USE JUDGMENT. Standing oa a street corner and haltering -Scab! at some poor fortunate who has not sense enough to join the order will never make him a union man. Better rather have straightforward, heart-to-heart talk with him and endeavor, if possible. jo show him the error of his wars. w HEX the historian, of our times comes to phflaeophize as la the world's amazing progress in the last hundred Tear? par ticularly in the last 60 one of the most noteworthy topics for discussion will be the multiplication of newspapers a? to both number and circulation. His explanation will be made up largely of a statement of the influence of steam and electricity in newspaperdora. His most difficult duty will be to explain satisfactorily the almost complete disappearance of the old fashioned paper in which the editor was bigger than his paper and the evolution of the huge, impersonal papers of the present day. The chief work of the papers of the immediate future will be to make themselves absolutely independent and as impartial as possible in the discussion of public men and public measures. Even a casual observer can see that the day of the thick-and-thin party organ has about ended. In the good time coming there will be found some way of stripping this mask from papers which are really the personal organs of certain baneful interests but which pose as real newspapers and in that war constantly guil their readers. Thomas Jefferson once declared that as between a country without a government and with a free press and a country with a government and without a free press he would choose the former a declaration to whk-h I agree; but he meant an honest press and not a subsidized press. The people demand more and more clean, honest, fair, courageous journal km. The papers of the future will not be half so large as the papers of to-day. Xews, editorials and advertisements will all be condensed not only to save time and money but as a matter of humanity. Once repre sentatives in congress spoke ad libitum. Now an hour is the longest speech possible except by unanimous consent. The paper of the future will exploit good deeds more and reduce the reports of scandal to the minimum. Put Limit on Optin asm By JOHN A. BQTUHB. There is a type of man and father, ambitious for his sons, who might be diffi cult to understand were it not that a study of the conventional in life makes his r" tion easy. Occasionally, through correspondem I come in touch with this man, n b is in censed at the idea that any form 9t un questioned logic or hardheaded condlta1 of fact should be expressed in sharp 'eol- conventional to back them up. He is afr to face the facts of life. He refuses to ae. cept the laws which have been reached by deduction as governing the careers of men. TThy should not my sons aspire to anything?" he insists. The world is full of opportunities. There is no limit to human accomplish ment in human affairs. Pessimism long has been regarded by the alienist as a disease. In any exaggerated form, without the material and pressing conditions which might breed it, the expression of pessimism is only an effect, pointing back to its cause in an aberrated brain and nervous system. In contrast to this victim of neurasthenia is that other typical ease, in which everything under the sun wears the glory of imagination. Sleep ing on a cot in a detention hospital for the insane, the cell is a palace. Then manifestly between these extremes must lie the narrow line of sanity and sense of proportion, without which a sane existence cannot be sensed; without which a sane existence cannot be liTed. Optimism has grown to be a conventionality so strong in influence that it often is an affectation, pure and simple. VTe have been dealing in extremes let us take an example of the extreme in the accomplishment of the boy. Every American born boy of sound physique is a potential president of the United States. He must be a better president if he shall be trained to diplomacy and statesman ship. He should have the environment of statesmen and of diplomats. "Why not train your son all your sons to diplomacy and statesman ship? I ask of this conventional father. But a candidate for the presidential office is not eligible until he So vears old ; probably at 65 years old age again would make him ineligi ble. But at most in this SO years of age eligibility, with one term to each executive, the office would be filled enly seven times. The "ehanee ia too great," is this anticipated answer. Whk-h brings us back again to the disturbing law of averages against which his conventional optimism has risen in arras. A United States senator a short time ago declared that 97 men ruled the financial destiny of this nation. A social arbiter might advance the statement that 100 families lead the nation's society. Scientific, literary, art, and professional experts might group the several leaders in still smaller numbers. What is the use? O, what is the use of holding up to the young man as goals these peaks of attainment when so much that is sweet and lasting in life lies untasted and untouched at the feet of the young man, mis guided and straining his eyes with looking upward ? The of Peace Br m. ran. . ntscx It takes much more courage in the everyday work of life to live up to the high ideals of life thaja it does in war where the bands are playing and the ex citement of the hour carries men on to the fsce of death. Many men face the can non's mouth because it is less dangerous than turning to ran the other way. la battle the great generals have told us there 'is little personal courage exhibited. A regiment has one or two daring men who press forward and the others follow. In the humdrum of life there is ne , band, no cannon's roar, no one exhorting You must do your duty without the exeite Tou little boys and girls can becoiBe greater you to keep straight ahead, ment which a battle brings. heroes bv doins vour full duty in civil life than you could by going to nd so convince hint, if possible-! because it is harder to keep your courage day after day without the ex Csrasaa's Journal. ; citement.