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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1909)
OFFICE OF Dr. R. L. BENTLEY SPECIALIST CHILDREN Office Hoars 1 to 4 p. m. MftV-n 2113 O St. Both Phone LINCOLN. NEBRASKA WAGEWORKER WILL M. MAUPIN. EDITOR Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th SC. LincolK. Neb. One Dollar a Tear. DR. GHAS.YUI1GBLUT DENTIST ROOM acto sm KLLx.j 202, BURR BLK. UKCOLN, IEB. Entered as second-class matter April II. 1904, at the postoffice at Lincoln, Xetk, under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1879. MYDEN'S ART STUDIO New Location, 1127 O Pin wtrk a Specialty. Auto 1336 Wage workers, Attention We have Money to Loan on Chattels. . Plenty of it, too. Utmost secrecy. KELLY & NORRIS L29 So, llth. St. DISEASES OF WOMEN All rectal diseases such as Piles, Fistulas, Fissure and Rec tal Ulcer treated scientifically and successfully. DR. J. R- HAGGARD, Specialist. Ofce, Richards Block. Almost Half Ahead of Ds k Sillier Is INSTANTANEOUS BED-BIG KILLER If you have need of a reliable bug killer of any kind, especially Bed Bugs we have one that is Sen. If it fails, come and get your money back. It breaks up nesting places and kills the eggs. Put up in convenient squirt top bottles. D13 Dclllos 25s RECTOR'S 12th &o HAVE YOU EVERT Just Pause While You Ask Yourself These Questions. Roasted your officers at noon hour? Presided at a "harpoon-throwing" contest? Missed three meetings of your union at a stretch? Made a sacrifice for your union, and to what extent? Taken more than a lukewarm inter est in its deliberations? Done any work for the union with out wanting pay for the same? Circulated "He said." "I heard." and "It is rumored" stories detrimental to some members? Had opinions you failed to express on the floor? But expressed those opinions after ta meeting adjourned - in a "wet toods" emporium? Paper Makers. 17. A. Lloyd Uorsoshocr Horses railed for and delivered 'PBOXES: Auto. 1378 BellSttl E Ueattat 420 St, llth WHAT WE'D LIKE TO KNOW. The Lincoln Evening News of Au gust 23 conveyed to a waiting world the startling information that Sena tor Burkett had ruthlessly cut down some big shades trees that cumbered his lawn at Sixteenth and B streets. Very recently Senator Burkett came heme from Washington, and while we waited with bated breath for him to te"! us something about the tariff, he pent an hour or two of his valuable M-iiatorial time telling us why he con sidered government ownership unde sivable. Now we frankly confess that we i"ou"t give either a mill site or a dam site what Senator Burkett thinks about government ownership. Neither do we give a single, solitary cuss what he does with the shade trees that stand upon his own property. But we would dearly love to know what he thinks about the Payne tar iff, and have his reasons for so think- J ing. We are very much interested in having him tell why he voted for cer tain schedules, and also have him ex plain why a large number of the or gans of his own party cannot see things tarifical just as he sees them. Will Senator Burkett cease flooding us with arguments against gvernment ownership long enough to tell us why sugar is taxed 7S.87 per cent, while diamonds are taxed only 10 per cent? Will Senator Burkett explain why 'tlankets are protected to the extent of 165.42 per cent, while outomoblles are protected to the extent of only 45 per cent? Will Senator Burkett cease chop ping down shade trees olng enough to tell the wives of Nebraska work- ingmen why dress goods should be taxed 105.92 per cent, while furs are taxed only 35 per cent and cham pagne 50 per cent? Will Senator Burkett kindly tavor the workers of Nebraska by giving them a rest on the not now pressing matter of government ownership, and explaining to them why it is that if the tariff protects American working meu the industries rejoicing in the largest measure of protection are the industries paying the least wages, and the industries that are protected not at all are the industries that pay he highest wages? If Senator Burkett imagines for a minute that the workingmen and the working women of Nebraska are not interested in the Payne taiiff, he has another guess coming. And If he Imagines for a minute that he is go ing to fool them some more by th usual appeal to partisanship, by per fervid appeals for "the old flag." he merely gives proof of an oft recurring suspicion that Senator Burkett is mis taken in his esUmate of the intelli gence of Nebraska men i-nd 'arKiien. , Come on, Senator Burkott." We've learned by experience quite a consid erable about this tariff business. We nic not taking anybady's word for a!l the tariff facts there days. Do you want to know a. few things that we have learned? All right: We have learned that THE TARIFF IS A TAX; though we used to think it wasn't. We have come to realize that it is a tax that we have to pay; though we used to think tha foreigner paid it. Wo are beginning to see thai the workingman and the working woman gets none or the advantage of pre tention : we used to think we got it all. I .ay aside your ax. Senator Burkett. Put the plug in the government own ership talk-barrel, dear sir. What we want to Know is some thing about that iniquitous tariff law about the plain and infamous repudia tion of your party's platform pledge to revise the tariff in the interests of the consumers. And you can not put us off with flights of eloquence with the old flag as a basis. Toe the mark. Senator Burkett! while the season is at its height we are scaling - prices our well-known standard of quality is not lowered. the suits we are selling at $16,40 are of standard make. They are the best possible clothes, hand-tailored, of finest imported woolens, formerly ex treme values at $40 $27. now t lmpoiieu wooiens, loirneiiy ex te values at gt t i s m $1.40 Suits Aortn up to now $5.00 Suits Worth up to Off! flfl $20.0C , now ..... OiU.UU All Men's Straw and Panama Hats One-Half price All Men's Odd Trousers on sale at One-Fifth Off All Dr.Diemel linen mesh underwear One- Third Off 50c balbriggan underwear 39c 50c poros knit underwear -. 39c 50c fancy lisle hosiery 39c geLyr BOY'S WASH SUITS the pretty wash suits on sale at $1.29 axe the best styles of the season there s many handsome colors and patterns, all sizes, values up to $3, sale price Armstrono CI I Comp'y GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS itaL The writers state that they have read in their local papers that Lin coln is an exceedingly prosperous city and stands in need of more workers. The chief executive will look the situation over before an swering the inquiries. Lincoln Even ing News. We have full confidence in Mayor Love's willingness to do the right thing, provided he sees the thing rightly. With this confidence in Mayor Love's honesty of purpose The Wageworker would beg leave to give him a litUe friendly advice. In looking over the situation as it concerns the labor market, Mr. Mayor, do not take the word of contractors who want to increase the supply of labor to such an extent that undue competition will bring down the wages. Don't take the word of employers who are Making this method of op posing the demands of the trade un ions for a living wage and decent working conditions. If you want to know the real facts, get out among the workers and get the facts first hand. We feel sure that your mental horizon will be en larged by a little close contact with he men who work for wages. And we feel equally sure that if you will make your observations on this sub ject from the standpoint of the worker, and not from the standpoint of the employer, you will endorse The Wageworker's claim that there is no demand for the importation into Lin coln of more labor, "skilled and un skilled." WHERE TO SEEK INFORMATION Mayor Love has received several letters, two from Kentucky and one from Ohio, asking what the chances are for jobs for tradesmen and un skilled workers at the Nebraska cap- right thing by themselves, however. they will have a big parade, and a solid one, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1910. That's when we elect another con gress, and a legislature that will elect a successor to Senator Elmer J. Bur kett. . The workingman who wants to buy a carpet for his little cottage nnds it taxed 66.72 per cent by the Payne tariff law. The rich trust magnate who wants to buy some paintings and statuary finds the tax to be but 20 per cent. N Haters of organized labor ordered Raymond Robins out of Pittsburg, claiming that he was a "disturber." The Wageworker will give a million dollars in cash for a photograph of Raymond Robins obeying that order. Mr. Harriman has nriiiions of money and controls thousands of miles of railroad. But he hasn't got a good digestion and a cancer of the stomach is making him lose interest in his millions. The wool and cotton stockings of the workingman's wife pay a heavier tax than the silk stockings of the trust magnate s wife. 'The tariff is a benefit to the workingman!" Rats The best paid labor in the carpet mills receive from 20 to 22 cents an hour, yet carpet manufacturers are protected by the tariff to the extent of 66.72 per cent. Union bricklayers re ceive from 60 to 70 cents per hoar, and there is absolutely no protective tariff on the bricklayers. What's the answer. Senators Burkett and Brown? We heartily endorse Secretary Whitten's demand for a better sys tem of street lighting. .IT we had it right, now perhaps Secretary Whitten could get a better -view of the real labor situation. If you don't believe the tariff Is a tax, just watch the pritfrs of the things you have to buy. There will be no parade in Lincoln on Labor Day. If the workers do the The politicians who imagine that the enactment of the Payne tariff law will have the effect of putting a stop to tariff agitation, merely write them selves down as economic asses. Labor Day in Lincoln win be a great day for labor if you will come forward and do your part. trim on the tariff onestion and vote to suit Aldrich. This reminds us that Nebraska's two senators were not. annoyed by noisy greetings from the hoi polloi. Get ready for Labor Day! THE STATE FEDERATION. Secretary Hart Says Local Unions Are Rapidly Coming In. Secretary Frank Hart of the Ne braska Federation of Labor, reports that the locals throughout the state are coming into the fold in a most gratifying manner. Already some thirty unions are affiliated, and are reporting every day. Within a couple of weeks Secretary Hart will have printed copies of the constitution of the Federation, and each local union will be supplied with copies. In the meanwhile, if your union has not yet affiliated, get busy. Omaha Western Laborer. GENERAL MENTION. Maybe you can fool a lot of the working men into believing that the Payne tariff is revision downward, but vou can't make their wives believe it. If" you fail to hear Mary E. Mc Dowell when she comes to Lincoln you are going to miss an opportunity of a lifetime. Here's hoping you will get right and be right at the Labor Day picnic by appearing in union made garments and smoking union made cigars and tobacco. Mary E. McDowell at St Paul's M. E. church, Sunday evening, Septem ber 5. Yon are invited to hear her. Senator Cummins of Iowa received an ovation when he returned to Des Moines. . But Senator Cummins didn't Brief Bits of News Picked Up Here and Thereabouts. Dancing at Capital Beach on the evening of Labor Day. There are more than 5,034 local unions of farmers in Texas. The Iron Moiders Cnion in Dallas. Texas, has been reorganized. Job printers in Chattanooga. Tenn, have received a raise from $ 1 6.50 to $18 per week of eight hours. After negotiating for eight months the printers and publishers in Fort Worth, Texas, have signed contracts. The Brooklyn Publishing company and Flannburg Mirror company. New York, have been granted the union label. The eight-hour law of Oklahoma ap plying to public works has been held constitutional by the State Court of Appeals. The Burlington. la Typographical Union signed a new wage scale with the newspaper employers, securing an increase of $2 per week. The Southern California. Printing company, one of the largest plants Sunday evening, September 5. " Her topic will be "The Helpless in lad en try and every working woman snood bear her. Everybody invited. Frank P. Hart, secretary -treasurer of the Nebraska State Federation of Labor, was in Lincoln last Friday, attending to Federation business. East Chicago has a woman paper banger and painter in Mrs. Bete Brad ford, who for ten years has supported herself and a family at this oeewpn- tion. The Cincinnati Publishers Associa tion has signed an agreement for ftve years. The wages agreed to are $2S per week for night work and $ 25 for day work. So great has become the demand for the Union Label on mineral water in Brooklyn. N. Y.. that the bosses sent an invitation to the mineral water makers union for a conference The Italian lime burners at Rock land. N. Y.. went on strike for an in crease from $1.50 to $1-85 per day. and free and independent American scabs went to work in their places for $1-75. Only one mere meeting of the Labor Day committee Friday even ing of next week, at the labor com missioner's office. Be there if yon have been selected to represent J out union. An agreement has been readied with the John A. Blutach Printing company, of Rochester, X. Y. Tbi firm has for several years done mMB of the printing for the breweries fn Rochester. The B01 Posters of the city of Bos ton, Mass.. who were on strike for three weeks for an increase in wages and better working conditions against the Donnelly company of that city, have been successful in their strike, winning a complete victory. The Allied Printing Trades Council in Cincinnati wanted a desk, and they ran all over town trying to get one. They were unsuccessful in tJeir search, bat still insisted on the labeL and therefore had one made to order at the Cincinnati Batchers' Supply Cat That's unionism for yon, and the right kind, too. Charles A. Sumner, vice presMni of the International Stereotypecs and Eiectrotypers Union, of Kansas City, was a welcome caller at The Wage worker shop early in the week, Mr. outside the fold in Los Angeles, has Sumner is on an organizing uwr of been added to the union list. ' the northwest, and expects to be in Be sure and hear Miss Mary E. Lincoln again in a few weeks to McDowell at St. Paul's M. E. church -ginger np" the boy her.