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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1909)
nVDvmev and axmamini m w m m m - . .W v 'i: Fer morning run and esJening debo. For fOerybud that April Knetv. For storm and silence, gloom and light, 'And for the, solemn stars at night; For f allots field and burdened byre, 'For roof "tree and the hearth-side fire; For everything that shines and sings, .For dear-, familiar daily things The friendly trees, and in the sfy The terhite cloud-squadrons sailing by; For Hope that Waits, for Faith that dares. For patience that still smiles and bears. For Lo-be that fails not, nor terithstands ; For healing touch of children's hands. For happy tabor, high intent. For alt life's blessed sacrament, O Comrade of our nights and days. Thou gi'Oest all things, taKe our praise! Arthur K.1 chum. The Story of the Tu rkey II mm . 1620 the Puritans dis covered New England, and the next year, when they were going to have their first Thanksgiving dinner, they discovered the turkey." wrote a small boy in hiB Thanksgiving composition. Thus he set tled, to his own satisfac tion at least, a long-disputed question when and where the first turkey was found. J A centurv ago wiser heads than big did not And (be question easy to dis pose of, and their discussion was Im portant enough to attract the atten tion of tha learned Prof. Beckmann. Some- claimed It was first found in Africa, whence It was broiiRht in early tiy Tor the banquets of the Romans. Others believe that, because of its name. It must have coine from Turkey term then applied vaguely to Tar tars and even to Asia in general. Its German name, kalekuter, led to the Assertion that the first specimens had en shipped from Calcutta; but those inclining to this opinion were laughed At by others, who said that kalekuter was simply the German attempt to express the bird's cry. A few believe that the bird was an Importation from -the world. And while ' learned ifeeada wagged over the problem the turkey went straight on gobbling Us way into European barnyards. . It was introduced Into England as early, some say, as 1624, and at a ban quet given by Queen Mary In 1555 young turkeys are mentioned as the greatest delicacy on the table. ' In a curious old book called "Five Hundred Points of Husbandry,", by Tusser, are to be found the lines: Beofo, mutton and pork, shred pies ot the best; Pig, veal, goose and capon and turlde. Well urest; Cheese, apples and nuts, Jolie carols to heare, As then In the couatrie Is counted goode cheere. Here is proof that the modern up start of a turkey was already rivaling in favor the classic capon with the British farmer. The Jesuits long were credited with having introduced the turkey into France from Spain. This may ac count for the lifelong animosity to the Jesuits of the great critic Bolleau of Louis XIV.'s time. For Boileau, as a child, fell one day in his father's barnyard, and before he could pick himself up was so severely bitten by two old turkey cocks that he suffered from the effects for many years aft erward. What more natural than that he should hate the Jesuits? The first official mention of our na tional bird in Italy Is In 1557, when the magistrates of Venice, In an ordi nance to suppress luxury, forbade Its presence at any tables but those of the. clergy, the nobility and their own. In 1570 Bartollomeo Scappi, chief cook to Pope Plus V., gave in his cookery book several recipes for roasting tur keys and dressing thetn with chest nuts and garlic which have not been improved upon to this day In Italy, at least. J. F. D. Smythe, who wrote In 1784 a "Tour of the United States of Amer ica," declared that in the unsettled country back of Virginia he iw wild turkey flocks of more than 5,000; while in the woods of Pennsylvania they were so numerous that their eggs were -easily found by the farmers' children and carried off to be placed under setting hens. . No doubt tur keys were abundant enough within gunshot of the Plymouth settlement, and for this very reason would have formed, even had they been less deli cious in flavor, the piece de resist ance of that first Thanksgiving feast with which ever since they have been inseparably connected. CARPENTERS' CAMPAIGN t-t CARD. Z5he Wihbofl eI GhanKsgi-Oing Hint You Should Join the Carpenters' Union Because 1. In union there is strength. 2. It pays to be a union man. 3. It tends to raise wages. 4. It resists a reduction in wages; organized labor seldom suffers a re duction in wages. 5. It is the only way to gain shorter hours. C. It makes labor respected. 7. It gives men independence and self-reliance. We are too often afraid of our employers. 8. It develops brotherhood. We are too often jealous of one another. 9. It makes a shop a better place to work in and the world a better place to live in. - 10. It helps the family. More money means a better home, better clothes, better food and more comforts. 11. It . stands for arbitration of dif ferences . with employers. 12. It pays sick, disability and death benefits. 13. You common sense approves it. 14. Your duty to yourself and family dtmands it. The United Brotherhood of Carpen ters and Joiners o" America was found ed in convention held in Chicago, August 12, 1S81, with 12 local unions and 2,042 members. Today it num bers 1.917 local unions and more than 200,000 members. The objects of the organization are to discourage piece-work; to encour age an apprentice system and a higher standard of skill; to cultivate feel ings of friendship among the men of the craft; to assist each other to se cure employment; to reduce .the hours of dally, toil; to secure adequate pay for work done; to , elevate the moral,, intellectual and social condition of its members; to Improve the. trade and to furnish aid in cases of sickness, per manent disability or death. Apprentices over 17 years of age and under 21 and candidates over -50 years of age can only be admitted as semi benellclal members entitled to bene fits of that class, viz; $50 in case of death. A candidate to be admitted to bene ficial membership must not be less than 21 and cot over 50 years of age, and must be a journeyman carpenter or joiner, stair-builder, snip joiner, mill wright, planing mill bench' hand, cabinet maker, car-builder or be en gaged in running wood-working ma chinery. He must be of good moral character and competent to command standard wages. It pays a wife funeral benefit from ?25 to $50; members' funeral benefit from $100 to $200 and disability bene fit from $100 to $400. In these bene fits $493,432.36 have been expended during the past .two years, and $1,934,- 396.66 since the year 1883 when these benefits were first inaugurated. .In the past quarter of a century $2,000, 000 was spent by the local unions for sick benefits and the sum of $747,073. 19 was expended by the general office for strike and lock-out purposes. This is fully $4,681,469.85 expended for ben evolent and charitable purposes. It has raised the wages in hundreds of cities, and placed fully $11,000,000 more wages annually in the pockets of the carpenters in those cities than they would (huve received if they did not belong to the organization at all. At the same time it raised the wages of the non-union men. It also reduced the hours of labor to eight a day in 689 cities and nine hours a day in. 804 cities, not to . speak of many cities that have established the Saturday half-holiday. By these means 30,000 more men have gained employment. This is the result of thorough organiza tion. All carpenters are eligible- to membership and this card is an invita tion to you as an intelligent and up-to-date mechanic to join the Carpenters' Union of this city without further de lay. It is to your interest to hold mem bership in such a growing and power ful body. UNION PRINT 8HOP3. Printeries That Are Entitled to Us the Allied Trades Label. Following is a list of the printing offices in Lincoln that are entitled to the use of the Allied Printing Trades label, together with the num ber of the label used by each shop: Jacob North & Co., No. 1. Chas. A. Simmons, No. 2. Freie Pr esse, No. 3. Woodruff-Collins, No. 4. Graves & Payne, No. '5. '. State Printing Co., No. 6. ' Star Publishing Co., No. 7. Western Newspaper Union, No. 8. Wood Printing Co., No. 9. Searle Publishing Co., No. 10.. Kuhl Printing Co., No. 25. George Brothers, No. 11. McVey, Sid. 12. ' Lincoln Herald, No. 14. New Century Printers, No. 17. Gillispie & Phillips, No. 18. Herburger, The Printer, No. 20. Van Tine Printing Co., No. 24. Tell the merchant you saw his ad The Wageworker. Boost! ,FOBMEHlAr A UNIOIT MAX LEON E. CLDFFOITO PIANO TUNER WITH PRESCOTT MUSIC CO. UNION-MADE PIANOS l Artistic and High-Grade ., Ask for Thorn ' 0,ST,NCT q IN A CLASS Rotail Storos v BY ITSELF UNION MADE TJf XT -J 1 fjf W "v r ttt JDE mTH SgMjgE Ttfg FINGER MNFR'O BY the DEPUTY-SPANGLER HAT CO. LINCOLN.. NEB. 1 Ash for Them at Rotail The Best Light for 11 the Eyes Pure Pennsylvania Cylinder, Engine and Dynamo Oils Rex Axle Grease : : : French Automobile Gils Mar sea 01 Go LINCOLN GET AN OVERCOAT Wye AEDOC EToum? ami. Qmve A simple turn of the lapel and you have " an Auto, Rain, Dress or Opera Goat. A Goat with Superior Tailoring. New pat terns received by express this week, all sizes are now represented in our complete stock: (Are yviu hjuI. or are you lolly, Bo you Hume yourself (or tolly, Vhn there's nothing- but the wishbone teftT Are you full, or ran you eat (Affair gobbling turkey meat) Ml th stisfytn- things that make Thanksgiving clay complete. Wfcea there' nothing but the wishbone Better Hpnre the juicy turkey; Then you'll still be looking perky When there's nothing but the wishbone lift. For the goodies. In a floor., Like to jump around and mock LltUe folks who've gobbled-gobbler meat till they can hardly talk. And there's nothing but the . wishbone left. Vy Men's Sises, V 122.5 . S S Young' Men's Sizes $lO, $15, $20 arid $25 EM BIRO' Second Floor may: