VOL,. 5
lilXCOIiN, NEBEASEAv DECEMBEE 5, 1008
3fO. 36
WITH LIVE ONES
The foundry girls in Toledo, Ohio,
icconUy pulled off a "stunt" that
j-howod them to be eligible to mem
bership in the "Amalgamated Order
of Live Ones." They struck one of
the big laundries in order to secure
lellof from Intolerable conditions, and
found that they not only had to fight
i he employers but a Business, Men's
Association that was managed by a
man who pretended to bo a minister
of tho gospel. Fortunately for the
strikers, one of the dally newspapers
had a woman writer who does things.
This talented young woman palmed
"nerself off as a strikebreaker and
with the aid of the reverend gentle
man secured a place in tho "struck?"
laundry. She worked a week, and
then proceeded to tell the people of
Toledo tho exact truth and when ths
people learned it they put the rever
eud gentleman and his associates off
watch in a hurry. The strikers were
granted every demand and taken back
unconditionally.
Organized labor has just receive!
another bump from the courts. Tho
supreme court of Ohio has just de
cided that a clause in a contract spec
ifying the delivery of goods bearing
ike union label is void. In order
words, if a man orders a job of print
ing and specifies that the label shall
appear thereon, the printer can leave
the label off and enforce payment for
the job.
Charles C Meyer and Louis Wenzel
opened a saloon in Cleveland and
bought their fixtures from tho Cleve
land Store Fixture company. George
r Gunn, president of the Gunn Brew
ing company, became surety for them
on condition that the fixtures should
bear the union label.
When the fixtures were delivered
the mirrors were the only part of
them bearing the label. Gunn refused
to pay the bill. The fixture company
then agreed to saw out a "part of the
bar and have a new part put in by
union labor which should bear the
label. Gunn would not agree to tils
and suit was entered. Gunn lost in
tho lower court and appealed, only
to ' have the supreme court "hand
him a package."
Now just think of this for a min
ute! If you" order a house built and
specify certain tilings, the contractor
has to live up to the specifications.
If you order a frock coat suit of your
tailor and he delivers to you a sack
coat you don't have to take it. But
if you order the union label on your
work and it isn't there, you have to
take it and pay for it anyhow. That
may be good law according to the
modern method of applying the law
in the case of union workingmsn
but it lacks a mighty sight of being
Justice. '
Samuel B. Donnelley, expresident
of the International Typographicael
Union, has been appointed public
printer, vice John S. Leech, resigned.
Leech has asked to be re-assigned to
Ms old post as public printer in the
Philippine Islands. While ill healtn
is given as the reason for Leech'n
resignation, it is pretty generally un
derstood that he and President Roose
velt differed materially on matters of
policy connected with the manage
ment of the government's big print
shop. And of coursa Teddy knows
more about printing than any printer
in the world.
This little advertisement is free.
If you want union made hose you
can get it by writing the Wilkesbarre,
Pa., Knitting Mills Co. Just specify
your size and th colors wanted . and
send a dollar bill. By return mail
you will receive six pairs of guaran
teed hoso. ;
And also another free one. You
can buy union made collars, any style
or size, right here in Lincoln. Fred
Schmidt & Bro. and Speier & Simon
handle them. Ask for, "Bell Brand."
Memphis, Tcnn., unionists are wise
tv the political game. Recently Mem
phis had a school election and the
trades -unionists offered as a candi
date I. O. Kruger, first vice-president
of the United Brotherhood of Leather-
workers on Horse Goods. Then they
got out and hustled, and they landed
Kruger a winner by a handsome ma
jority. .
Capita". Auxiliary No. 11 will meet
next Wednesday afternoon at the
homo of Mrs. Freeman, 2361 Lynn.
Ma; liu White, formerly president of
Lincoln Typographical Union No. 209,
visited among old friends in;' Lincoln
one day last week. White was presi
dent of the Lincoln union during the
duyi of the Journal strike, and ho
knows something about the trials and
tribulations of an official under fire.
He 'litis boon oit of the labor game
for several year-, teiny now engaged
in n'ew.spiper work, with headquarters
ii: tluniin, Whilj here he held ses
sion witli "Doc" Righter, "Sherm"
Foxworthy one' others of the old
timers, ;uid thvy went from A to Z
with ail the trlntmings.
The Wageworker man had the
pleasure of attending a meeting of
Omiha Typographical Union No. 190
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ROBINS' ADDRESS
There were many magnificent
speeches made at the Denver conven
tion of the American Federation of
Labor, and among them was the
address of Raymond Robins, who is
acknowledged to be the greatest
orator in the labor movement. -The
Wageworker regrets its inability to
reproduce Mr. Robins' speech in full.
Hundreds of Lincoln workers . have
heard him, and they need not be told
(hat his Denver address was a mas
terpiece. Time and again during the
two hours he occupied the platform
the assembly arose to tis feet as one
man and cheered to the echo. When
he concluded the scene was a re
minder of tho great Bryan demon
stration in the same auditorium last
July. The cheering lasted for a quar
ter of an hour, and the speaker was
overwhelmed with congratulations.
Mr. Robins said, in part:
The problem today is to secure for
every man and woman of labor in the
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MODERN JUDAS GETS HIS SILVER
Washington, Dec. 1. Daniel J.'Keefe of Detroit, Mich., was today
appointed Commissioner General of Immigration to succeed the late
Frank1 P. Sargent. Mr. Keefe is President of the International
Longshoremen's Union.
The Original Judas Hanged Himseff
Do Likewise
His Imitator Go and
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land the right to the possession of
their labor power absolutely, and the '
right to the possession of their pur- '
chasing powerabsolutely, and to have
declared by the legislatures and up- 1
held by the courts the fact that em
ployers of America have absolutely no '
property right whatever in either the
working power or the purchasing
power of the workers. We will vindi
cate that right, not because some of
us are eager to undertake the Strug- .
gle, but because we must vindicate
it. We won't be able to have any .
rights at all if we don't vindicate,
that right, because this is an indus
trial age, and industrial rights take .
the front of the stage in the con
troversy of mankind.
Now, men, we can win. We can
win because we are right, and be
cause " there are more of us. The
whole problem today is whether we
have got as much sense in getting to
gether arid standing together as the'
scab employers have on the one hand,'
or as the free working men of Great
Britain had on thfe other hand. That
is the problem. . I was talking to a
wise and clever pirate of industry,
one of the able men whom God gave
great gifts to, who had the mind that
sees, the mind that grips, the mind
that analyses, and he said: "Robins,
you can not win." I said, "Why?"
"Why?" he said, "the fool working- .
men of this country haven't sense'
enough to get together, and as long
as we keep you divided we can skin
you any day in the year."
A long time ago one of the . wise
men of the world sail: "A house
divided against itself can net stand."
It is as true of Ihe great temple of '
human labor as of any other house
built by the hands of men. That great
temple has been laid course by course, 1
and bloody fingers have handled
the brlck3, and hungry women have
starved that it might be built, and .
little children haw been ' derived . of
daily food that it might bs established
among men. I do. not believe that the
house of labor will fall; but I do
know that the house of labor must
cease to be divided if it shall hope
to stand. A long time ago it was said
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HOME INDUSTRIES WORTH FOSTERING
A Series of Articles Relating to Lincoln Business Enterprises That
Should Command Lincoln Support
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THE OLD LINE BANKERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEBRASKA
Do you remember, a few years ago, when the insurance
investigations in New York revealed a saturnalia of vice,
corruption and proflgacy among the managers of the big
life insuranco companies ?
Well, Mr. Nebraskan, the Ilydes, tho McCurdys and the
rest of that bunch were having a high old time with yoiir
money.
Every day, every hour in the day, and every day in the
year, Nebraskan3 sent a golden Btrcam down to New York
for the "Smart Set" bunch to spend in high rolling, and
for tho "Captains of Finance" to use in exploiting the peo
ple. Just why Nebraskans were so foolish has never been
satisfactorily explained. And just why they keep right
on doing it, despite the revelations made, is as inexplicable
as anything else.
Perhaps they still believe that the only good insurance
is the insurance provided by a lot of fellows of the Hyde-MeCurdy-McCall
stripe. If they do, will somebody please
explain how it comes that Nebraska reached the proud po
sition at tho top of the educational column?
Tho interest on tho money annually sent out of Nebraska
for lifo insuranco premiums would keep a thousand fami
lies in comfortable circumstances. Every dollar thus sent
out is practically taken 011 i of the channels of Nebraska
business. Why should such things le ?
In the matter of life insui'ance Nebraska offers the very
best. Life insurance is a recognized business investment.
Every good husband and father should provide for tho
future of his family, and one of the best means is life
insurance. But why buy this insurance of foreign com
panies and thus send the money away from home, when
safe insurance can be purchased right here in Nebraska
and all the money retained at home? Just exercise yoty
common sense a little bit and then answer the question.
Without fear of contradiction we venture the assertion
that no safer, cheaper or better life insurance is offered by
a foreign company than that offered by a Lincoln com
pany. We refer to the Old Line Banker's Life of Ne
braska. The company was organized in 1S87 with a paid up cap
ital of $100,000. Its growth has been little short of phe
nomenal, and today it ranks among the great insurance
companies of the country. Its publicity has been secured
by the honesty and ability of the management, not by so
ciety splurges and financial plunges. Its officers are men
who have won reputations in the field of honest business
endeavor. The profits arc invested in Nebraska, thus in
suring continued prosperity to Nebraskans. Its invest
ments for the security of policyholders are not based on
wind and water, but upon good western farms. It owns
no stocks, no bonds, no Wall street securities. Its funds
are invested in first-class farm mortgages, than which no
better investment can be found.
No other life insurance company has equalled the busi
ness record of this Lincoln company.
A strong statement, to be sure, but one that is amply
warranted by the facts.
The Old Line Bankers Life Insurance Co., of Nebraska,
has assets approximating $2,700,000. Real assets, mind
you ; not watered stocks and doubtful bonds. It has $24,
000,000 of insurance in force. It is officered by men
whom you know to be careful, conservative business men.
Their all is invested in Nebraska. They are loyal to the
state and to the city. They are always among the first
to take part in a move having for its object the upbuilding
of the city and state. Just take p. look at the men who
manage this company: ' .
W. C. Wilson, president; D. W. Cook, vice president;
A. L. McPherson, second vice president; W. B. Wilson,
treasurer; J. H. Harley, secretary ; John H. Ames, general
attorney ; A. E. Mitchell, medical director.
That list of names is a guarantee' of honest business. It
is a guarantee of safe insurance.
This company maintains its headquarters in Lincoln,
and the money paid to its clerks and others is spent in
Lincoln and Nebraska. It patronizes Nebraska supply
houses, thus adding to the volume of Nebraska business.
The money paid for a policy in the Old Line Bankers
Life Insurance Company of Nebraska remains in Ne
braska to add to tho volume of Nebraska business. Get
wise, Mr. Nebraskan, and benefit yourself by giving your
business to a Nebraska concern.