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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1908)
WAGEWORKER lost their little chattels because they missed an Interest payment. Tue Nebraska usury laws are not so drawn as to catch the "sharks,-' but John O. Yelser of Omaha has pre vared a bill that will fix them. And (he legislature should lose no time in enacting it into law. WILL M. MAUPIN. EDITOR rWSSP. OFFICE OF Dr. R. L. BENTLEY SPECIALIST CHILDREN Office Hours 1 to 4 p. m. OSoe 2118 O St. Both Phone IJNCOLN. NEBRASKA NCLE SAM WANTS YOU and thousands of others, who are capable, to work for him Com mon school education sufficient. No politico! influence required. Steady employment, highest salar ies.' vacation with full pay. 8.000 Rlerka needed for the Census Office alone in addition to the usual 40.000 appointed yearly in the internal Revenue. Customs. Ptal, Railway Mail and oth r branches of the service of the U. S. Also appointments in Philippine Islnnds and Panama. Full particulars free concern ing all positions, S'Unries. examinations (held soon in every state) sample examin ation questions, eta. Address RATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE, 445 Ini NttioMl Bask Bldg., Washington, D. C. Wage workers, Attention Wo liave Money to Loan on Chattels. Plenty of it, too. Utmost secrecy. KELLY & NORR1S Iso So. llth St. LINCOLN SKIRT CO. ETHEL E. ANDERSON, Proprietor. Exclusive Retailers. Manufacturers of High-Brade, Uade-to-Measure Petticoats 1235 N Street - Lincoln ebr. Dutton Ward Furnaces, Sheet Iron and Tin Work, Hot Water Heating, Cor nices, Steel Ceilings and Sky lights, Oeneral Repair Work. 2011 0 ST., LINCOLN, NEB. Avto 4598 Bell PS62 Unite rlade, me Belt Made. Take no Other Made by CUTTER CBOSSETTE. Chicago GOVERNMENT POSITIONS If 46,712 Appointments JfflSK W M jtr. KxoeUent opportunities (or young people. liorooirh instruction tj mail. Write fur our Ctril Service AmtouirCunent,contalnlngfiiU lnfoniiAtion about all overniwnt xfuntn&Uoni and quusttoua Et mtiy naed by Uhi t.I R?rvice Coinmtsauun. COLUMBIAN CORRF'I. COLLEGE. WASHINGTON, D. C. -EARN BIG MONEY- iC n .00 Instruction for SI fl .00 jU I LEARN AT HOsT?! U ComnlMo tnntrucilon double ontry bookkeeping. piimansDtp, ouatneu xorma. doom, niatariaifi treat no other outlay Good positions waiting. Dapt I, Chlc&fl Butlmn Trtlnlrnj School, CMcoao DR. GHAS.YUNGBLUT DENTIST ROOM 202, BURR BLK. SEES? LINCOLN, NEB. Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th H., Lincoln, Neb, One Dollar a Year. Entered as second-class matter April it, 1904, at the postoffice at Lincoln, eb., under the Act of Congress ol vfarch 3rd, 1879. ijjtjjtjjtjtjtjtjtjtj jt Jt jt "Printers' Ink," the recog- jt jt nized authority on advertia- jt Jt Ing, after a thorough invest!- .jt jt gation on this subject, says: jt jt "A labor paper is a far bet- jt J ter advertising medium than Jt jt an ordinary newspaper in Jt jt comparison with circulation. t jt A labor paper, for example, Jt jt having 2,000 subscribers Is of Jt jt more value to the business Jt jt man who advertises In It Jt it tht an ordinary paper with Jt it 12,000 subscribers." Jt Jt J St Sl t?M sjS ejt at at X sjS ajt jt ANNOUNCEMENT. In order to give editor, publisher, mailing clerks, printers, pressmen and office boys a Christmas holiday in evei'y sense of the term, The Wage worker will not be issued next week. CHRISTMAS GREETING. For the fifth consecutive time The Wageworker extends Its hearty Christ was greetings to union men and women In particular, and to the pub lic in general. May the season of peace and good will bring joy and happiness to every worker's home, and may the children everywhere re ceive a visit from Santa Clads. Some of these days, when we have solved the great social problems that con front us, none will be missed by the jolly old saint; there will be no tene ments and sweat shops turning out their hopeless and helpless upon the charity of a selfish world; there will be no hunger and no despair. We have made marked progress iu civilization since the Star of Bethle hem guided the wise men of the east tc the place where the young child iay, but we yet have a long ways to go before we reach the goal. A3 long as there is a hungry child, a hopeless widow, a jobless man, a poverty-stricken home or a heart full of despair, we have not achieved so iial perfection. But we are progress ing, and every Christmas we see more of the real spiiit of love and good will. To its loyal friends and supporters The Wageworker wants to make ac knowledgements of its obligations and wUh them the happiest and merriest Christmas of their lives. To its enemies it wishes only the best in cluding a better- knowledge of union-is-in. To the careless and indifferent unionist it wishes a revelation of duty to be done. To the worker in the cause it wishes more zeal and more progress. In this season of good will The Wageworker feels at peace with ail the world. It has enjoyed a reason ably prosperous year better, perhaps, than its merits warranted. It kuows cf no better Christmas wish than to echo the language of Tiny Tim: "God bless us. every one." W ars expert cleaners, dyers aa4 talshers of Ladles' and Gen tlemen's Clothing; of all kinds. The finest dresses a specialty. THB NEW FIRM J. C. WOOD & CO. AoK rOR PRICEUST. PHONES: Bell, 147. Auto, 1291. IMS N St. - - Lincoln, Neb. a DRAWING IN THE NET. Little by little the enemies of the trades unions are drawing the net. Attention is called to an article taken from the Chicago Public and re produced on the first page of this issue. If it is-illegal for a trades union to discipline its own members, it cer tainly is Illegal for a trades union to pay sick and death benefits, pay strike or out-of-work benefits, or to do any one of the score of thing3 that trades unions do for the benefit end protection of the membership. Certainly trades unionists have had imiple warning of the fate in store for organized labor. They have seen the legal net drawn tighter day by day. And yet they have continued to look on carelessly, and to divide their forces along partisan lines instead of solidifying on union lines. They have played into the hands of professional politicians instead of playing the game in their own interests. Today they see their unions practically under a legal ban emasculated by judicial o.ecree. Will we ever wake up to the gravity of the situation? Will we sleep on until every liberty is taken from us? FRIENDLY ADVERTISERS. Union men and women owe it to themselves to give their patronage to friendly concerns. , And surely the merchants who patronize the columns of a trades union paper may be con sidered friendly. Our enemies are not likely to encourage a paper that an tagonizes what they consider their best interests. The Wageworker ad vertisers are all worthy the support of union men acd women. This pa per has never knowingly advertised a non-union product, nor has it boosted an unfriendly business firm. We believe we 'have a right to ask the union men and women of Lincoln to patronize the merchants who ad vertise in these columns. Without l heir advertising The Wageworker could not exist to fight the battles c f unionism. Get into the game for fair. If you will patronize Wageworker , .adver tisers, and let them know that one. reason for your patronage is the ad vertising . in this paper, you will strengthen the paper in many ways and make it a more potent weapon in the union armory. You ought to devote your time be tween now and New Year's Day mak ing up your mind not to let a single day of 1909 get away without your having demanded the union label. "Boost the label" would be about the besO motto the union man or woman could adopt for the coming year. It is none too early for the wage- earners of Lincoln to be getting to gether with a view to ha ring some say in the selection of the commis sioners who will be elected next spring to transact the business of this municipality. HAYDEN'S ART STUDIO New Location, 1127 O Flo wrk a Specialty. Auto 3336 THE LOAN SHARK EVIL. The Central Labor Union of Omaha is planning to attack the loan shark evil and has secured the services of an attorney to draw an iron-clad law that will put the "sharks" out of busi ness. In this good work the Lincoln Central Labor Union should have a part. This evil has grown to appall ing proportions all over the country, und thousands of men and women have been forced into practical slav ery. The evil takes various forms, cne of the worst being the "salary loan" proposition. It is worked like this: The applicant borrows $50, as signing his wages to the lender and giving six notes for $12.50 each, a note falling due each month. Tho interest thus secured approximates 130 per cent a year. The chattel mortgage evil is well understood, but comparatively few pecfple know the "nardahlps it entails. Once the head of a family who makes only average wages gets tangled up with the chattel loan sharks he is enslaved. Instances ire known in Nebraska where on o loan of $25 widows have paid from $75 to $150 in "interest" and thon The Lincoln man who wrote to tho Journal that he felt like a sneak every time he passed a Salvation Army Christinas box without dropping in a coin, merely confessed that he was feeling natural. President-elect Taft and President Gompers exchanging social ameneties across a banquet board reminds u.- that after all It's mighty seldom we have differences that can not be ad justed. The first of the year you'll either have to come through with a sub scription to tho Labor Temple or make it known you are not Interested in the enterprise. Of course It would be impolite to look for the label on the Christmas present you receive, but it is your duty to look for the label on the one you buy. of the state for "first offenders" is the best suggestion that has been offered along prison reform lines for many days. It should be made n reality. It costs so little to make some poo: child happy, and the interest on the investment is- so big, that it is a wonder that more of us do not try it If ft is made In Lincoln by your inenas, it is wnat you ougnt to spena your iancoin maae money ior. The Wageworker feels quite com fortable and thoroughly at home in its jaollday dress. Warden Beemer's suggestion of a state farm prison in the western part BEST ON THE WORLD) Ask Good Grocers EP BESrf;J Having decided that it is illegal for a union to discipline its members by fine, the next thing for the courts to .10 is to decide that it is illegal for a union to collect assessments to pay sick benefits. A lot of non-union men will get a little Christmas hand-out from their employers In a few days, and it will make them forget all the things thej missed during the year. President Roosevelt is so heated in his denials of "crookedness" in the Panama canal deal that we are re minded of the gentleman who pro tested too much. ' , Ever think of sending The Wage worker to some non-union friend as a Christmas present? Think it ov3r but don't think too long. President Roosevelt's recent utter ances remind us of nothing so much as the scoldings of an irate virago across a bank yard fence. By the way, don't forget that the coming legislature ought to be shown that it is its duty to repeal that in famous garnishee law. Nebraska needs a new state house, and when it is built as it will be in the not distani future it will not be built by convicts. If Santa Claus brings us an extra pair of suspenders union made we'll forgive him for numerous former fail ures to visit us. A Merry Christmas to everybody. And the "everybody" includes even the husband of the ex-stenographer, No Wageworker next v eek. The editor and his family are gcing to take a bunch of holidays. o The real Christmas joy is in the giving. "God bless us, every one." ABgto S. Seely B U U tel 1 Auto 3812 Bell 182 COPY WAS MISLAID. The Electrical Workers recently adopted resolutions in honor of two members -who recently met death by Occident. A copy of the resolutions was sent to The Wageworker and would have appeared in this issue but for the fact that it was mislaid. If another copy is forwarded to th3 editor he will bo glad to give them space. i ACME OUR LEADER. Recommended for the average consumer. The most econom ical fuel for the Range or Furnace. Lump or Nut $7.00 mah ifsiiire nm mi Phone your Order to Us. Both Phones. City Office, 1218 O Street Yard, J 8 th and R Streets Schaupp Goal (So. Ei : . as
