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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1908)
i 1 i 1 x 3 Flowers Friday Morning h ponin Orchestra Saturday Night FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, OCT. 2d. AND 3d. A Demonstration of the Recent Eastern Trips of Our Buyers AN INVITATION TO CALL Our windows mirror the new directoire effects and other present modes, but the complete lines can only be seen by visiting the various departments. Our salespeople with future patronage in view will be only to glad to display goods on this occasion whether you purchase or not :kx305xkvx: THE DAYLIGHT STORE J. 6 I 1 6 ?, ! I 6 5" o o V s 1 o Little Labor Savers Just the things needed by the wives of union . men who insist upon labor-saving devices for themselves. They are money savers, too. ELECTRIC IRONS That permit comfort and speed. WAFFLE IRONS o. Yum! Yum! TOASTERS Brown bread just right, and no tedious delay. COFFEE HEATERS Make that cup of tea the good wife craves when weary. So many others that we cannot enumerate 'em now. But there's another labor saver, and not a little one ' The Gas Range Always and forever the delight of the house wife. It saves time, health and money. Gas is the cheapest fuel known and the handiest and cleanest. We can prove it if you'll let us. Ask us about it. A Gas Radiator . Such a comfort and labor saver when the mornings and evenings are cool but the days too warm for the furnace. Water Heaters work instantly and are such a convenience and comfort to the housewife. Consult her wishes now and then. YouH save money, too, by using gas for fuel. Lincoln Gas & Electric Light Co -0 Dutton & Ward Furnaces, Sheet Iron and Tin Work. Hot Water Heating, Cor nices, Steel Ceilings and Sky lights, General Repair Work. FROr.1 THE CENTER OF THINGS Lincoln. Neb., Oct 1 (Special Cor respondence) The utter unreliability of Theodore Roosevelt is fully dis closed in his letter from Oyster Bay, under date of September 21, and ap pearing in the daily papers of Sep tember 22. In that letter President Roosevelt, in discussing the Hearst disclosures of Foraker's culpability, reveals himself as being either a man who jumps at conclusions without ever looking after the facts, or a man willing to do a cruel injustice if thereby he may advance his own political schemes. In that letter he says: "Senator Foraker has been a leader among those members of congress, of both parties, who have opposed the great policies of internal reform, for which the administration has made itself responsible. His attitude has been that of certain other public men. notably AS SHOWN IN THE SAME CORRESPONDENCE PUBLISHED BY MR. HEARST), Governor Haskell of Oklahoma." Especial attention is called to the words printed in capitals inside of the parenthesis. They were written by President Roosevelt. Yet the facts are that Governor Haskell's name nowhere appears in any of the correspondence read and printed by Hearst. There are a lot of old-fashioned people who believe that a lie by in direction is as wicked as a direct lie. the writer the following question: "Suppose Mr. Bryan is elected, and when a lot of government coin bonds fall due next year he should order the treasurer of the United States to pay them in silver what would hap pen ?" "Before I answer that question let me ask you one or two so I can get the matter clearly in mind," replied tae writer. "All right," said Mr. Ready. "All the financial laws now on the statute books were written thereon by republicans, were they not?" "Yes, sir," proudly replied Mr. Ready. "And under wise republican finan cial legislation every dollar is as good as every other dollar?" "Yes, sir," said Mr. Ready. "Then," said the writer, "what could happen if Mr. Bryan should order tne bonds paid in silver every Issuance and Abuse of Injunction Pro cess in Labor Disputes 4. A workday of not more than Eight Hours in the twenty-four boar day. 5. A strict recognition of not over Eight Houra per day on all Federal State or Municipal Work and at not less than the prevailing Per Dtees Wage Rate of the class of employ ment in the vicinity where the work is performed. 6. Release from employment One Day in Seven. 7. The Abolition of the Contract System on Public Work. S. The Municipal Ownership of Pub lic Utilities. 9. The Abolition of the Sweat Shoo System. 10. Sanitary Inspection of Factory, Workshop, Mine, and Home. 11. Inability of Employers, for la- dollar is as good as every other dollar j jury to body or loss of life. -thanks to republican dom.' financial wis- 2011 0 ST., LINCOLN, NEB. Avto 4598 Bell F562 MCLE SAM WAMTS YOU and thousands of others, who are capable, to work for him. Com mon school education sufficient. No political influence required. Steady employment, highest salar ies, vacation with full pay. 3.00U clerks needed, for the Census Office alone in addition to the usual 40.U0O appointed yearly in the internal Revenue, Customs. Postal, Railway Mail, and other branches of the service of the TJ. S. Also appointments in Philippine Islands and Panama. Full particulars free concern ing all positions, salaries, examinations (held soon in every stated, sample examin ation questions, etc. Address MTIOUL C0RRESPOHDE1ICE MSTiTDTE, 445 2n RatMUl luk IMg., WaskiiftM, B. C. President Roosevelt's unwarranted attack on Governor Haskell recalls his bitter attack on the late James K. Tyner. Mr. Tyner was formerly post master general, and after his retire ment from that office was given a resionsible position in the postoffice department. During his superintend ence of his division some irregular ities appeared and Roosevelt wrote a letter in which he bitterly attacked Tyner, calling him a thief and black ening his character. Tyner imme diately demanded a trial. The trial was held and Tyner, an old man ap proaching the grave, was triumphantly acquitted. It was shown that he w as absolutely innocent of any wrong doing. Then Tyner; sick unto death. wrote Roosevelt a letter and plead with him to issue another letter ad mitting that his bitter attack was un founded and that he was wrong in charging the dying man with a crime. Roosevelt paid no attention to the pit iful plea, ignored the verdict of ac- ouittal and let James K. Tyner go down to the grave with the smirch of unfounded presidential denuncia tion upon his record. There are a lot of old-fashioned people who believe that the '"square deal" consists in something - more than always boasting about it. Mr. Bryan has offered "Minnamas cot." the trick mule presented to him by the Minnesota Agricultural society, to the county committee of the coun try that shows the largest percentage of gain for the democratic ticket at the coming election. The Chicago Record-Herald of Sep tember 24 printed the picture of "a leading Chicago democrat who hao announced himself for Taft." Thi3 "leading Chicago democrat" enjoyed Mr. Bryan's hospitality several days early last summer, and while at Fair view was most vociferous in his pro testations of loyalty and support. WILL M. MAUPIN. of Teto- CONVENTIONS IN 1908. Vagevorkers, Attention We have Money to Loan on Chattels. Plenty of it, too. Utmost secrecy. KELLY & NORRIS lao So. Ilth St. LINCOLN SKIRT CO. ETHEL. E. ANDERSON. Proprietor. Exclusive Retailers. Manufacturers of High-Grade, Itade-to-Meisare Petticoats 1235 N Street. Lincoln. Kebr. DEMAND The UNION LABEL By Insisting Upon Pur- chasing Union Stamp Shoes o ! ! I I WORKERS UNION STAMP rNa You help better shoemaking conditions. You get better shoes for the moneu. You help your oton Labor Proposition. You abolish Child Labor. DO NOT BE MISLED By Retailers tcho say: "This shoe does not bear the stamp, but it is made under Union Conditions." THIS IS FALSE. No shoe is union mads unless it bears the Union Stamp. BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION $ 246 Sumner St, Boston, Mass: $ John F. Tobin, Pres. Chas. L. Baine, Sec.-Treas. OFFICE OF Dr. R. L. BENTLEY SPECIALIST CHILDREN Office Hours 1 to 4 p. m. OfiUe 211S O St. Both Phone LINCOLN. NEBRASKA The Nebraska republican platform convention refused to adopt a plank advocating the guarantee of bank de posits, although Governor Sheldon, candidate for re-election, and two or three other state candidates are re corded 1 as favoring it. But the ex planation is simple. Under the Ne braska primary law platforms are adopted by a convention made up of one representative from each county. The republican platform convention was largely made up of national bankers, and the committee on reso lutions was dominated by a majority of national bankers. The democratic platform convention adopted a platform demanding a state guarantee law. But the democratic platform convention was made up of depositors, not bankers. Where and When Trades Union Gath erings Will Be Held. V October 5, St. Louis, Mo., Interna tional Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers. October 20, Cohoes, N. Y., United Textile Workers of America. November 9, Denver, Colo., Ameri can Federation of Labor. November 10, Bangor, Pa., Interna tional Union of Slate Workers. November 12. Yinalhaven, Me., Lob ster Fisherfmen's International Protec tive Association. December 7, New Orleans, La., In ternational Brotherhood of Mainten-ance-of-Way Employes. December 7, Brooklyn, N. Y., Na tional Alliance of Bill Posters and Billers of America. UNION BARBER SHOPS. The letters that come pouring into The Commoner office from all parts of the country contain the most cheer ing news. From every quarter is re ported the certainty of democratic victory- Not only do these letters say that many republicans in the writer's localities are supporting Bryan, but they give the names. A traveling man whose headquarters are at St. Paul, and who travels in Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska, was in the office one day last week, and he told of a.dozen or more straw votes taken on trains. He had the dates and the figures for each one. These "votes ran from 12 to 30 votes each, and in only one of them did Taft break even 12 to 12. Every other one showed a ma jority of from 2 to 1 to 10 to 1 for Bryan. This may explain why you do not see reports of straw votes in the republican organs, like you so often did in 1S96 and 1900. The New York Herald, admittedly the best political forecaster among all the great newspapers, prints the most cheering forecasts from the demo cratic standpoint. It asserts that un less the republicans do vastly more than stem the tide now setting Bryan ward, Taft is a badly beaten man. Mr. Taft will be in Lincoln befor this letter appears in print, and local republicans are straining every nerve to make the visit stem the Bryan tide in this overwhelmingly republi can community. The local republican managers said last July, "Wait a month or two and you won't see such a prepodnerance of Bryan pictures in Lincoln windows. It is now the last of September and the Bryan pictures still outnumber the Taft pictures 3 to 1. Union rtade. The Best Made. Take mm Other Made y CUTTER & CROSSETTE. Chlcasa "If Bryan is elected corn will sell lor 15 cents next spring," said a dele gate to the republican convention this week. The statement was made in the corridor of the Lindell hotel. May corn is quoted at 47 cents in Chicago. Before the republican had fairly uttered the statement he was offered 40 cents a bushel for 50,000 bushels delivered at Madison, Neb., next May, and the offer was made by a man who can draw his check for $100,000 and have it honored. The man who offered to buy the corn is a democrat. During the convention C. A. Ready, a republican newspaper man. asked Informaticn as to Where You Can Get Your Work Done Fairly. Following is a list of the union bar ber shops Of Lincoln, the name and location being given: Gus Petro, 1010 O street. W. A. Jackson, 1001 O street. W. E. Myers, Capital HoteL C. A. Green, 120 North Eleventh. Geo. Shaffer, Lincoln HoteL J. B. Ramer, 1501 O Street. E. A. Snyder, 1206 O Street, A. L. Stern. 116 South Thirteenth. A. L. Kemmerer, Lindell Hotel. Chapman & Ryan, 127 North Twelfth. H. A. Larabee, 922 P Street. Knight and Parmenter, 122 South Twelfth. H. C. Leopold, Fraternity Building. Frank Malone, Havelock,. E. A. Wood, Havelock. C. B. Ellis, Havelock. Windsor hotel, C. B. Lewis, Prop. Apex Barber Shop, J. J. Simpson, Prop., 1001 O Street. J. V. Masully barber shop. 1014 N St. 21. The Nationalization graph and Telephone. 13. The passage of Anti-Child Labor Laws in States where they do not ist and rigid defense of them where tfcey have been enacted into law. 14. Woman Suffrage coequal with Man Suffrage. 15. The Initiative and Referendum: and the Imperative; Mandate aad Rtsral of Re?? 'I. 16. Suitable and Plentiful Play grounds for Children ia ail cities. 17. Continued agitation for the Pub lic Bati System in all cities. IS. Qualifications hi permits to build of all cities and towns that there sbaa be Bathrooirs and Bathroom Attach ments in an nouses or caopanawsl used for habitation. 19- V.'e favor a system of finance whereby money shall be baaed exela sively by the Government, wfci such regulations and restrictions as wCl protect it from manipulation by the banking interests for their own pri vate gains. The above is a partial statement of he demand? which organized Iabo-. in the interest of Hie workers aye. of all the people of our country ir.akes r-pon modern society. Higher wjges. rhorter workday, tt tter tabor cond.ticns. betlrr dome, better t nd safer workshops, factories, mills, and mines. Ia a word, a better, higher, and nobler life. Con.-x-'ions wf the Justice, wisdom as I nobliity of our Cause, the Arjerfcan .Federation of Labor appeals to an n;en and women of labor to joia with us in the great movement for its tefcievemeat. More than two million wage-earners who have reaped the advantages of organisation and federation appeal to their brother an 1 sisters of toil to participate ia the glorioas movement with its attendant benefits. There are affiliated to the Ameri can Federation of Labor-11$ Interna tional Trades Unions with their 27. COO Local Unions; Z6 State Federa tions; 537 City Central Bodies aai 650 Local Trade and Federal Labor Unions having no Internationals. We hsve nearly 1.000 volunteer and special organisers as well as the offi cers of the nutans and of the Amer ican Fetieratio l of Labor itself always willing and as. ions to aid their fellow workmen to rganize and ia every other way better their conditions. For informs .ion all are invited to write to the American Federation of Labor headquarters at Washing! em, D. C. UNION PRINT SHOPS. Printeries That Are Entitled to the Allied Trades Label. Use Following is a 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. 1. C. S. Simmons, No. 2. Freie Presse, No. 3. Woodruff-Collins, No. 4. Graves & Mulligan, No. 5. State Printing Co., No. 6. Star Publishing Co., No. 7. Western Newspaper iJnlon, No. 8. Wood Printing Co., No. 9. George Bros., No. 11. McVey Printing Co., No. 12. Union Advertising Co., No. 14. Ford Printing Co., No. 16. Gillespie & Phillips, No. 18. VanTine & Young, No. 24. Graves Printery. Dairyman Pub. Co., 130 No. ilth. Dairyman Pub. Co., No. 10. Graves Printery, No. 5. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. A Few of Its Declarations Upon Which It Appeals to All Working People To Organize, Unite, Federate, and Cement the Bonds of Fraternity. 1. The Abolition of all Forms of In voluntary Servitude, except as a pun ishment, for crime. 2. Free School3, Free Text-Books, and Compulsory education. 3. Unrelenting Protest Against the DO NOT PATRONIZE BUCK STOVES AND RANGES! ARE PRIVATE DEMONSTRATIONS NEEDED. Public demonstration are ail right, whether they are Labor day parades or the casting of a solid vote by onion men for their friends and against their enemies; but they must be followed up by private demonstrations as welL That is. we must demonstrate oar loy alty to the nnion cause when nobody is looking, just as we do when every body is looking. And how. pray? By asking for the union label every lime and sending our money for no prodnrt that does not carry it. HOW TO SUCCEED. Th.e courts may enjoin us from pun ishing our enemies, but they cannot enjoin us from sticking to our friends. Support all nnion firms and demand the label and this will do the work more effectively man the boycott ever did- Jackson. Mich, Square Deal. SHAME TO AMERICA. "America can feed the world. ' fct the proud boast of its citizens. So much the more shame to America. What stronger indictment of the profit system does anybody want thaa f!w fact that this country's productive ca pacity is sufficient to feed the whole world, and yet not only does it aot do it. but allows thousands of its owa people to starve and millions to bare ly exist. Progressive Worker.