OFFICE OF
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SPECIALIST CHILDREN
Office Hour 1 to p. m.
B. 2118 O St. Both rhont
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We have Money to Loan
on Chattels. Plenty of it,
too. Utmost secrecy.
KELLY & NORRIS
l9 So. Ilth St.
DISEASES OF WOMEN
All rectal diseases such as
PilM, Fistula. Fissure and Rec
tal Ulcer treated scientifically
and successfully.
DR. J. R. HAGGARD..Special.sL
Office, Richards Block.
INSTANTANEOUS
BED-BUG KILLER
If you have need of a
reliable bus? killer of any
kind, especially Bed Bugs
we have one that is Snr6.
If ii fails, come and get
your money back.
It breaks up nesting
places and kills the eggs.
Put up in convenient,
squirt top bottles.
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RUCTOETS
12th &Q
Wallace LCrandall
Repikiican Casdllate
for Conty Clerk
Asks your Support
at Primaries
August 17
Fourth annual. benefit Lincoln Cen.
tral Labor Union. Oliver theatre, Fri
day evening, July SO. Tickets 25 and
IS cents. Courtesy Grace Hayward
Stock Co. and Frank Zehrung, mana
ger. Citver.
OKLAHOMA LAW UPHELD.
The eight-hour law passed by the
first Oklahoma legislature was held
constitutional Tuesday by Justice
Thomas Doyle of the state criminal
court of appeals, thus sustaining
Jade J. C. Strang of the county
court aad overruling a receut opinion
by Attorney General West that the
taw was unconstitutional. The deci
sion was given In the case of G. L.
Byars. superintendent of the J. F. Hill
Contracting company, which Is work
ing Its employes tea hocrs daily in
paving Guthrie streets.
Fourth annual benefit Lincoln Cen
tral, Labor Union. Oliver theatre, Fri
day evening, July 3a Tickets 25 and
15 cents. Courtesy Grace Hayward
Stock Co. and Frank Zehrung, mana
ger. Oliver.
WAGEWORKER
WILL M. MAUPIN. EDITOR
Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th
U, Lincolr. Neb. One Dollar a Tear.
Entered as second-class matter April
1. 1304, at the postoffice at Lincoln
eb.. under the Act of Congress ol
March 3rd. 1S79.
Announcements.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the nomination for county treas
urer, subject to the republican pri
maries to be held on August 17, 1909.
PHILLIP A. SOMMERLAD.
1 hereby announce my candidacy for
a second term as sheriff of Lancaster
county subject to the decision of the
republican primaries, August 17.
HENRY V. HOAGLAXD.
Clark Dailey. a member of the ma
chinists union, is a republican candi
date for the nomination of county com
missioner. Yourl support will be ap
preciated. CLARK DAILEY.
I am a republican candidate for
county register of deeds. Primaries
August 17. First term
ANDREW J. MORRIS.
Win. C. Severin. the present depu
ty county treasurer announces himself
as a candidate for county treasurer.
He is thirty-seven years of age. born
and raised in Lancaster county.
Louis Hebner announces himself as
a candidate for county treasurer, sub
ject to the republican primaries, Aug
ust 17. If elected he promises that
hj will iv his whole time and atten-
! tion to the office and that it will be
conducted to the best interests of the
taxpayers.
I am a candidate for the office of
county commissioner, subject to the
will of the republican voters. Primar
ies to be held August 17.
CARL. O. JOHNSON.
V. W. i Mattthews is a republican
candidate for the nomination of cor
oner of Lancaster county. Mr. Mat
thews is asking for a second term.
Minor S. Bacon Is a candidate for
j .1 - . . w s
mwcuuo as jusuca ui uw jmhitc ui
the city of Lincoln precinct Mr. Ba
con is a friend of organised labor and
will appreciate their votes.
O. C. Bell, candidate for county
clerk subject to the decision of re
publican primaries, August 17. Your
support solicited.
C. E. Morse is a republican candi
date for the office of sheriff of Lancas
ter county. Mr. Morse has lived in
Lancaster county forty years and is
asking the nomination to this inipor
tant office on his past record.
HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
For years on end the Traction prob
lem has been a big one in Lincoln.
Not only has the city been given in
adequate service, but in times gone
by the politics of the city, has been
permeated with the poison of Traction
interests. Time and again the city
has been forced into expensive litiga
tion in order to get from the Traction
company the taxes due and even
then it has been forced to compromise.
Today the Traction company is refus
ing to pay accumulated back taxes
and seeks to use this fact to force the
city into making concessions.
Is there any way to solve this vex
ing problem?
There is. The solution lies in muni
cipal ownership.
Lincoln owns her own waterworks
system, and there has never been any
scandal connected with its manage
ment. The system is a handsome rev
enue producer to the city, and while
paying a profit yearly the consumers
are supplied at a rate far less than
that enjoyed by any city supplied by
a private company. Omaha, supplied
by a private company, pays about
$100,000 a year for fire hydrant rentals
and private consumers pay 35 cents
a thousand gallons. Lincoln gets
water for fire and sewer flushing par
poses free, and private consumers are
supplied at 15 cents a thousand gal
lons. .
Lincoln owns her own lighting plant.
and while the plant is young it Is ren
dering good service. In due time it
will supply commercial lighting, and
then it will also be a revenue pro
ducer for the city.
Owning her own water system and
her own lighting system, why should
Lincoln not also own her own trans
portation system?
The history of municipal ownership
of street railways in British cities is
full of encouragement of this idea.
Perhaps no other city in the United
States is in a better position to try
municipal ownership of its street rail
way than Lincoln. There are pecul-
iar conditions surrounding Lincoln
that make, it an ideal place in which
to try out the plan. There is one
thing sure municipal ownership of
the street railway will not. for it could
not. make conditions any worse.
How municipal ownership may be
brought about is, of course, for the le
gal lights to tell us. But certainly the
plan is feasible.
One thing, however, is sure! It is
high time something be done to re
lieve the people of this community
from the present burden of inadequate
service, disregard of public rights, eva
sion of just taxes and contempt for
public opinion.
Lincoln owns her waterworks.
Lincoln owns her lighting plant.
LINCOLN SHOULD OWN HER
STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM.
In municipal ownership of public
utilities lies the solution of present
problems confronting the municipality,
SWEAT SHOPS IN LINCOLN.
There is a growing suspicion that
there could be some radical changes
for the better in the conditions of a
number of women earning a iivlihood
in Lincoln. These conditions are pos
sibly outside the pale of the law. for
it must be admitted that the labor
laws of Nebraska are by no means
what they should be. It is possible to
prevent employers from working theV
female employes more than ten hourp
a day, and it is possible to enforce san
itary regulations. But there are "shop
rules" in vogue that bear heavily upon
the women, depriving them of niuea of
their hard-earned pay, and subjecting
them to annoying restrictions. These
things are obviated :ti organized fac
tories, but unfortunately the garment
working trades are not organized in
this city, and the workers in that
trade are constantly shifting, render
ing organization difficult.
Garment factories in Lincoln are
constantly advertising for help, yet
there is a constant stream of workers
coming and going. Few work more
than a month or tso. Why this should
be the case may seem strange to the
casual observer, hut it is not so to
one who investigates the matter.
The work is entirely upon the piece
system. For instance, a girl is en
gaged in making apron sleeves at 20
cents a dozen pair. A swift worker
may run up three dozen pair in a day,
thus earning 60 cents. , But does she
get the 60 cents? It is seldom that
she gets the full price, for the shop
enforces a "repair rule" that deprives
the worker of a share of her hard
earned money. The finished sleeves
are handed to an inspector who
"docks" the worker for "repairs."
A new beginner is put to work and
works a week. She is then laid off
and told that she can get her money
later. When she shows up to get the
dollar or two she has earned she is
told that "repairs" and "goods spoiled'
more than equal the amount she
earned, therefore the shop owes her
notning. Another girl has her ma
chine and so it goes the manufac
turer gets the work done for nothing.
That this is what is goingson in Lin
coln all the time is beyond question.
Tet we constantly hear it charged
that The Wageworker and organized
labor is preventing the establishment
in Lincoln of manufacturing nlants
that will materially help Lincoln. The
question is: "Does Lincoln want any
mere factories of that kind?
Here is the proposition. One Lin
coln factory pays 20 cents a dozen
pair for making apron sleeves a frac
tion less than one cent per sleeve.
Even this pitiful wage is .reduced "by
the repair system in vogue. In or
der to make $1.40 a day a girl will
have to finish seven dozen pairs of
sleeves, or 168 separate sleeves, or
practically one sleeve every three min-
uts. The answer is that the girls
sinipiy can not ao it. let we are
asked to believe that snch factories
are a good thing for a city.
A concrete example: The time slip
of one girl formerly emploved . in
Lincoln garment factory shows that
on one day she made 71 cents working
on apron belts. The next day she
made $1.30 working on apron sleeves.
The total for the two days was $2.51
But she didn't get iL She was docked
tour hours and thirty minutes for "re
pairs" and 65 cents was deducted from
the $2.51. leaving her the magnificent
sum of $1.87 for her twenty hours'
work 9 cents an hour in a hot fac
tory bending over a sewing machine.
Then she was laid off and had to wa:
ten days and make a couple of trips
to the factory before she could get the
pitiful wages coming to her.
These are facts that can be sub
stantiated.
There seems to be but one curs for
this evil the pressure of public opin
ion. The law does not cover snch
cases. It can only prevent working
over hours and compel decent sanitary
conditions in the shops.
People who buy the product pf sjch
shops are putting a premium on crine.
they are helping to send women
wrong; they are massacreeing human
flesh and human souls.
Does Lincoln want factories of i'ia
kind?
Wear
Nifty
IWIav'o fvsxvAis A S00-1 Iine o up-to-date styles; in patent kkJ. tan
lVien S JXrOraS and gun metal calf and kid; CO OC
worth $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00; now P-..rD
1 Q9 ,, Ladies' Tan Calf Pumps; all sizes; worth o AC
lO-t- JrairS $3.50 and $4.00; now pso
OA Dn!,.n Bronze Pumps; two-hole ties and ankle straps; worth 60
O IairS $3.50 and $4.00; now....... . ipZ.iJO
The king of England can not set
aside a law legally enacted by parlia
ment. An ordinary federal judge in
the United States can stop the legal
machinery of a sovereign state. Tet
we boast of a republic.
The day after the Evening News de
clared that $1,800 for a city attorney
would not get the services of a good
lawyer, Mr. Flansburg was appointed
and accepted. Not knocking!
You'll have to buy your Sunday as
sembly tickets on Saturday. But
wouldn't it be wicked to play Sunday
ball and admit only those who pur
chased tickets on Saturday?
There are about 250 candidates for'
county offices. Those who are union
men could be counted on the fingers
of the hand of a switchman who had
lost most of his digits.
The Commercial Club of Lincoln has
secured a reduction in the freight rate
who make them ought to send the club
a vote of thanks. .
The state militia is in camp at Ash
land this week. A pleasant outing
for the soldier boys, and at the state's
expense. You'll have to pay for your
own vacation.
You can legally boycott unfair goods
by demanding the union label on all
your purchases. They can't send you
to jail for demanding the label that
is. not yeL
Fourth annual benefit Lincoln Cen
tral Labor Un:on, Oliver theatre, Fri
day evening, July 30. Tickets 25 and
15 - cents. Courtesy Grace Hayward
Stock Co. and Frank Zehrung, mana
ger. Oliver.
In the meanwhile you are paying
your taxes but the Traction Co., is
using its failure to pay . its taxes as
a ciuo to hammer concessions out ot
the city.
A couple of Lincoln churches have
consolidated their. Sunday services.
The man with a family hasn't got time
to let up in his work.
You have just given $10,000,000 to
the general education board but John
D. Rockefeller. gets the credit of hav
ing given it.
Union men should take note of the
fact that the magazine called "Popular
Mechanics' is printed under unfair
conditions.
It isn't enough that the candidate
have the label on his card. Make
him show his unionism all along the
line.
The cigars made in Lincoln are the
cigars that Lincoln men ought to
smoke. Smoke up for Lincoln.
Lucky for the Traction Co., that
there seems no way of applying the
"B. T. U." test to its service.
And how about paying the entertain
ers who perform on the Epworth As
sembly platforms on Sunday?
A little bit hot, these nights. v but
that's no reason why yon should ne
glect your nnion meeting.
The people who are endeavoring to
have the license question submitted
k W I I I I I I H .. XI
again are in favor of license, therefore
they are engaged in a very reprehen
sible task. Had the city gone wet it
would have been a virtue to seek sub
mission of the question a gal" It
makes a difference whose ox is gored.
The union label on the garment Is a
sure sign that the worker who made
it received decent wages while work
ing under fair conditions. Are you
helping?
Central Labor Union Benefit, Oliver
theatre, Friday evening, July 30. Of
course youll be there.
The Tuesday after the first Monday
in November is the day for labor to
make its great parade.
V
Just a little effort and weH have
a "labor headquarters' worthy of the
name.
Make Labor Day a real holiday.
AMONG THE LIVE ONES.
(Continued from Page 1.)
should take a deep interest in making
that share as large as possible. "The
Defaulter" will -be the attraction.
The Epworth Assembly Is receiving
its usual amount of advertising. There
is no disputing the fact that this as
sembly is one of the greatest in . the
country. Nor is there any disputing
the fact that a lot of people who
work for its manager will not be able
to lay up enough money to enable
them to camp out there during the
time it is in session.
It is semi-officialiy announced that
the Burlington is soon to begin work
on a million dollar addition to the
Ha velock shops. When the official
announcement comes there win be re
joicing all along the line, for it will
mean more opportunities for wage
earners in this neck of the woods.
Haveiock is a mighty important addi
tion to Lincoln's suburbs, and there
are about 500 mighty good union men
who make wages in the big shops
there. Doubling the shops in size
means a similar increase in the pay
roll, and that means prosperity for
Lincoln.
"I wonder why the Union Pacific
built its depot away down here in the
bottoms, exclaimed Frank Coffey the
other dav.
"That's easily explained, answered
a friend.
"Well, why?" demanded Coffey. -
"Wanted it down by the track, of
course," was the reply.
For the next two minutes the
silence was undisturbed save by the
merry song of the mosquito. N
John Curry is preparing to qualify
as the real estate expert of the Typo
graphical Union- He has purchased a
lot in a Lincoln addition, and has
made a couple of payments. Now he
has discovered that the addition has
never been platted, and that if he sets
frut nn fha lnt Iia la narln. r.w la
. , , ' . " ,
a trespasser. As the lot is only 25
Tift wide. Curry says he can jump!... .
HARRY G. ABDOTT
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOR REGISTRAR OF DEEDS
Primaries Aooat 17th
"1
And
Save Your
Money
rCCCd
across it
and look ft over while is
the air.
Central Labor Union benefit at the
Oliver theatre, Friday evening. July
30. Admission '25 and 15 cents. Get
your tickets now. YcmU have to
nurry.
the'
Unios printers throughout
country win learn with regret of the
'death at her home in Colorado Springs
of Mrs. Margaret Howell Davis Hayes.
'The death of Mrs. Hayes ou.mJ
On Jury 20. She was the daughter
of Jefferson Davis. When the Union
Printers Home was erected Mrs.
Hayes asked the privilege, which was
granted, of famishing a room ia mem
ory of her father. This room, known
as the "Jefferson Davis room was
furnished beautifully and fs one of
the attractions of the home. Mrs.
Hayes took a deep interest ia the
Home and the guests at that ha Tea
are indebted to this splendid woman
for many acts of courtesy aad kind
ness. She will be remembered as
long as the Union Printers Horn
stands.
FORREST - MOORE.
Among the many candidates to be
voted for at the primary eJeetioa to
be held August 17, there is ao mam
on the republican ticket who is setter
known, whose record is cleaner, aor
whose fitness for the poeitioa sought
appeals stronger to the iateUigest
voter than those of Forrest M. Moore,
candidate for the office of register of
deeds. "Fbrry." as he is familiarly
known, was bora in Lancaster county.
He is at present a deputy tm the office
for which he is asking the omfira
lion. and Is thoroughly familiar with
the workings of the office. If aoiaa
nated and elected, he would conduct
the affairs of the office in a creditable
manner, serve ao particular class, aad
all would receive a square deaL Mr.
Moore is a friead to the an who toQs
for a daily wage, and any support
given him will be appreciated.
Fourth annual benefit Lincoln
tral Labor Union, Oliver theatre, Fri
day evening. July 30. Tickets 25 and
15 cents. Courtesy Grace Hayward
Stock Co. and Frank Zehnaag, mana
ger. Oliver.
A SLIGHT INCREASE.
The Burlington announces a
increase of 2 cents an hour to the
laborers in its employ. The scale has
k. , ,.;
Hereafter the Burllngtcs laborers who
have famines wHI be enabled to live
in riotcots comfort a dollar aad a
; half a day. with fiocr $5 a hundred.
; pctatces $1.25 a boahel. chock steak
!1S cents a pound, and winter eomiag:
, on with the coal trust ia supreme
control of the market.
