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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1908)
WAGEWORKER rr WILL M. MAVPDi, EDITOR OFFICE OF Dr. R. L. BENTLEY SPECIALIST CHILDREN Office Hours 1 to 4 p. m. Oflce 2118 O St. Both Phone LINCOLN. NEBRASKA (CLE SAM WANTS YOU and thousands of other, 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. 3.00(1 clerks needed for the Census Office alone in addition to the usual 40.000 appointed yearly in the internal Revenue, Customs, Postal, Railway Mail and other branches of the service of the C. S. Also appointments in Philippine Islands and Panama. Full particulars free concern in or all positions, salaries, examinations (held soon in every state), sample examin ation questions, etc. Address RaTlMU. CORRESPORDERCE INSTITUTE, 44S M RatMMl luk lift-., KukliftM, D. C. Vagevorkers, Attention We have Money to Loan on Chattels. Plenty of it, too. Utmost secrecy. KELLY & NORRIS lap So. llth St. LINCOLN SKIRT CO. ETHEL E. ANDERSON. Proprietor. Exclusive Retailers. Manufacturers of High-6ride, Kade-to-Measnre Petticoats 1235 N Street - - Lincoln. webr. Dutton & Ward Furnaces, Sheet Iron and Tin Work, Hot Water Heating, Cor nices, Steel Ceilings and Sky lights, deneral Repair Work. 2011 0 ST., LINCOLN, NEB. Avto 4598 Bell FS62 El Union Hade. The Best Made, Take no Other by CUTTER CROSSETTE. Chicago GOVERNMENT POSITIONS 46,712 Appointments BMtyear. Oood life poitlon at fctuo to $1 jsoo per tear. Excellent opportitniuea for young people. Thnronirh InatrfKttinn It tnatll. W ntn for nnr Ctrll Serrlee Announnenient,fKntftlnia8fnU information about all goYernmrnt examination! and qnosUoo tt eenUy ttwdfby Um Civil Hurrloe Commission. Columbian cow". ro i rm. washingtond. C EARN BIG M0 1EY- tCfl.OO iBstractlinfor Slfl.00 JU I LEARN AT HOME (J rvtmntat Instruction double antrr boakkatrainar. pttntnanfthtp. buslaou forma. Hooka, material fri other outlay Good position waiting. Deft I. CNttt iutlMM Tralnlaf School, CMeftfO I DR. CIIAS.YUNGBLUT DENTIST ROOM 202. BURR BLK. aSffiiSf. ' LINCOLN, NEB, We em sapart steaasrs. At talsasrs of Laatss' M um- Ukim'i Otottloc of all loads. TIm a t trmum a specialty. ma mow rinu J. C. WOOD 6 CO. AmJC FOX NUOELI8T. THONES: Ball, 14T. Auto, UM. MM. N St Unoola, Neb. rm HAYPEH'S ART STUDIO New Location, 1127 O Pine wwk a Specialty. Auto ASM fUGK Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year. Entered as second-class matter April Jl, 1904, at the postofflce at Lincoln, Met., under the Act of Congress ol March 3rd, 1879. jt "Printers' Ink," the recoo- J jl nlzed authority on advertls- Jl Jl Ing, after a thorough Inveatl- jt jt gat Ion on this subject, says: Jl jl "A labor paper Is a far bet- jt Jl ter advertising medium than Jl jl an ordinary newspaper In js jl comparison with circulation. Jl jt A labor paper, for example, jt jl having 2,000 subscribers is of Jt jt more , value to the business jl jl . man who advertises In It jt jt f thi an ordinary paper with jl Jt 12,000 subscribers." Jt Jt J Jt JlJl jtjtJljtjtjtjt.jljtjl CHRISTMAS EDITION. The Wageworker's annual Christ inas edition 'will be Issued next week, and this much may safely be promised it will be. fully up to the high stand ard set by The Wageworker. The various special editions of The Wage worker since its inception nearly five years ago will be put op in compari son with any labor paper in the coun try. Next week's edition will be up to the standard typographically and in contents. It will be a valuable Christ mas shopping guide, for it will be patronized by the live merchants of Lincoln. We ask that all members of organized labor give their patronage to the merchants who think enough of union patronage to ask for it through the columns of a paper that It doing its best to advance the inter ests of organized labor. ROOSEVELT AND THE INJUNCTION In his last message his last annual message President Roosevelt devotes considerable space to the discussion of labor topics. We call especial at tention to this fact. Those who pro fess to believe that the campaign of the American 1 Federation of Labor was a "fiasco" are invited to take note of the very ' especial interest manifested in labor by all parties now. The editor of The Wageworker has, by reason of his newspaper connec tions, been compelled to read closely every presidential message for the past twenty years, and within his recollection not one of them has de voted as much space to the considera tion of questions relating particularly to labor as this latest and last one of Theodore Roosevelt's. The president recommends some form of industrial insurance, but not being conversant with details only tlludes to it in a general way. In. dustrial insurance is really a press ing question that must soon be de cided, and the presidential recom mendation is worthy of consideration by congress. In discussing those labor questions that entered into the last campaign President Roosevelt is neither honest with himself nor frank with the pub lie. He says: "At the last election certain leaders ot organied labor made a violent and sweeping attack upon the entire judiciary of the country, an attack couched In such terms as to Include the most upright, honest and broad' minded judges, no less than those of narrower mind and more restricted outlook." Only our regard for the good repu tation The Wageworker has as a household necessity and exemplar of moderate language restrains us from resorting to Rooseveltian language iu denouncing the untruthfulness of the above assertion. We have the highest respect, and pay the deepest homage to the office of president of the United States, but we confess that ''sometimes it is a strain upon us to feel a very high respect for the gentleman who occupies the position. When he so far forgets himself as to hurl the word "liar" at others, and then de parts widely from the truth himself we sometimes forget to honor the occupant, although we ' never fail to honor the office; When Theodore Roosevelt said that "certain labor There's Some "Class" to Ar m s t ton g Clothes this "class" can't be adequately told about in words, but you'll see it the instant you put on one of our Suits or Overcoats . . . We are mighty proud of our lines of Suits and Overcoats at $15.00, $18.00, $20.00 and $25.00. every one of these are splendidly tailored garments, in every conceiveable shade and pat tern, made of richest foreign fabrics, extreme models for those who want them, conservative styles for men of quiet taste. We know that these Suits and Overcoats at the above prices are the greatest clothes values in this city. Other splendid Suit and Overcoat values at $10 to $40. 1J Arms Clothing-Company Good Clothes Merchants tfon leaders," or - any u .labor - leaders or v leader, for that matter, "made violent and sweeping attack upon the' entire judiciary of the country," he gave ut terance to an untruth, not to. use the "snorter ana uglier word. . V Tne .judi cial system was attacked, as it should have been, and as it will be again and again until the system is revolu tionized. If this is not done the courts will in time usurp every governmental function and we will have a govern ment by federal judges who recognize no law save of their own making and acknowledge no responsibility save to themselves. It is against the grow ing usurpation of power that orga nized labor objects, and this objection is shared by thoughtful men of every condition of life. The charge that "certain labor leaders" attacked all judges, whether (.good or bad, is ,,so silly that one wonders that even Theodore Roosevelt, who is inclined at times to speak first and think after wards, would make it. The only ex planation seems to be that he was in the same frame of mind when . he wrote the charge that he was when he denied that Harriman campaign fund deal, or when he said a few days ngo that Uncle Sam paid that $40, 000,000 of canal money directly to the French government. It is quite clear, however, to any man who kept in touch with the re cent American Federation of Labor campaign that it left its impress upon the powers that be. President Roose velt himself in the message under dis cussion has said some pretty harsh things about the courts, and he has also pointed out a few not the great est evils of the injunction as now used. But he seems to wilfully mis understand organized labor's position on the injunction evil. Organized labor is not demanding the abolition of the writ of injunction as an equity writ. But it is opposing the use of the injunction as a club to hammer organized labor over the head and to establish a "property right" in the labor of the wage-earners. The president makes some strong recommendations to congress for labor legislation, most of which will be heartily seconded by laboring men who Btudy the question. But because cf his .peculiar temperament Theodore Roosevelt can not restrain himself from taking a jab or two at the men who opposed his candidate and his platform, and in making the jabs he is not at all careful about confining himself to the facts or sticking close to the truth. ' ' 1 Incidentally it might be remarked that that portion of the message deal ing with labor problems is longer than any single one of Abraham Lincoln's annual messages to congress. , This io an indication that organized labor lias compelled more than the usual amount of attention. There is $3,000 a year and a lot of satisfaction difference .between Dan Keefe's new job and the new job ten dered the editor of this humble little paper, and we wouldn't take the dif ference in salary if we had to give up the other differences. . . President Roosevelt was compara tively safe when he confined himself to railroad magnates and insurance exploiters in distributing his charges of mendacity. But now that he has taken in the newspaper editors he is going to get a game that will make him go some. Christmas is close at hand, and the wise unionist will give his Christmas trade to the merchants who want it and make the fact known by asking for it through the columns of a paper printed for unionists. When a clerk tries to tell you that label goods are not as good as some other kind, don't -waste time arguing with the clerk. Just go to the pro prietor and tell him a few things. When the home grown product is just as good, and reasonably fair In its attitude towards organized labor, it Is little less than a crime to send Lincoln money out of town. Violent opposition to the postal sav ings bank plan is developing in re publican congressional circles. But did any really sensible man think it would be otherwise? The forthcoming legislature will not have done its duty if it fails to put the "loan sharks" out of business. My, but' organized labor is receiving a lot of attention from high quarters these days! Markis de Lafayette Shrope of the Easton (Pa.) Labor Journal, wants to print the portrait of Nebraska's new deputy labor commissioner. Because of our friendly feeling for the boys in Pennsylvania we restrain our nat ural and pardonable pride in our good looks and decline to forward the por trait. :.) , The citizens of Lincoln might profit by compelling the , city council to ad journ and as a body spend an even ing with some Lincoln trades union and learn how to transact business expeditiously. What can Christmas mean to the children and women of the sweatshop tenements? Christmas "bargain hunt ers" ought to think of that question a little bit at this-, time of the year. . When the wife of a union printer buys Butterick patterns, what's the use of making an aggressive label campaign among the general public? The season of annual . union balls is at hand. Don't forget to plan so as to turn some of the net proceeds into Labor Temple stock. Ever go where you are not invited? Certainly not. Then why go to a store that doesn't invite you? Look for the i merchants , who invite you through The Wageworker to visit them. . . . ' . , ; Dan Keefe will draw' a salary of $4,500 a year, but there are a lot of men earning less than $2 a day the year" 'round who wouldn't trade places with him. ' , When Charley Post reads some of the president's recommendations along labor lines he is likely to go oat Into the front yard and . throw a series of conniption fits. ' .-," ' Look for the label on the Christmas gifts you buy, even though it might not be etiquette to 'look for the label cn the Christmas gift you receive. The industrial development of Lin coln is being seriously retarded by. the greed and. rapacity of landlords. Rents are too high in this town. - , It is none too early to begin prepar ing the petition to submit to the refer endum at the spring election providing for an issue of park bonds. 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