Christmas
Gifts
Opera Hats $7.50 up
Fancy Shirts $1 up
Suspenders $1 up
Handkerchiefs 5c up
Ties 50c to $2
Dress Gloves $1.50
Vests $1.50 to $6
Hosiery 25c to 75c
Sweaters $1.50 to $8
Mufflers 50s to $3
Tie Rings $1.00 x
Bath Robes $3.95 up
House Jackets $3.95 up
Men's Women's and
Children's House
Slippers
Men's Women's and
Children's Shoes
Men's Women's and
Children's Mole-
proof Hosiery
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NEBRASKA STATE FEDERATION
Lincoln, Nebraska, November 24,
1900. In accordance with ihe consti
tutional provision I nereby ' call the
Nebraska Federation of Labor to meet
in annual convention in the city o(
South Omaha, on January 4, 1910. The
representation in the convention is as
follows:
Each trades council or central body
is entitled to one delegate, and each
local union is entitled to one delegate
for each 100 members or fraction
thereof. Proxies are not allowed. The
Farmers' Union, ministerial associa
tions and auxiliaries composed of the
wives, mothers, daughters and sisters
of members of affiliated crafts are en
titled to one fraternal delegate each.
No delegate will be entitled to a seat
in the convention with voice and vote
unless the union of his or her craft is
affiliated with the Nebraska, Federa
tion of Labor and all financial obliga
tions of such local union to this Fed
eration liquidated.
There is every reason why the or-
THE BARBER3.
The barbers are busy in more ways
than one. When not attending to the
wants of their patrons they are boost
ing for their local. At a result of the
boosting the union's roll has been
added to very materially during the
last month. The union has now on
its roll the largest number of mem
bers in its history. The union barbers
of Lincoln are entitled to high rank
in the list of "real live ones."
WHAT UNIONISM DOES.
The United Mine Workers of Amer
ica demonstrated the worth of organ
ised labor to the toiling masses by
their heroic deeds to succor the dis
tressed widows and orphans at Cherry,
111. Over $70,000 will be spent to re
lieve their sufferings.
WHO VOTED?
Benjamin Franklin once discussed
the property qualification for voting in
Pennsylvania. A man owned a donkey
of sufficient value to enable him to
vote, but before the next election the
donkey died, and the man's vote was
refused. "Now," asked Franklin,
"who voted at the previous election,
the man or the donkey?"
The female clerks in Leavenworth,
Kan., have formed au organization.
A man can never have too many Ties,
so if you are not sure what to give "Give
Him a Tie' Neckwear is especially
good if the gift is to be mailed, as Ties
are not easily damaged in the mails.
Hundreds of plain colors and fancy combinations for
your selection. An assortment of Neckwear second
to none hereabouts. If you are unable to come to our
store send us the names and addresses of your friends,
to whom you want to give gifts, also the amount you
want to spend and we will gladly mail your presents
for you. .
Ties, 25c to $2.00
ganized workers of Nebraska should
rally to make the Nebraska Federa
tion of Labor a powerful influence in
the social, economic and industrial life
of the commonwealth. Nebraska's
rapidly growing manufacturing indus
tries render it imperative that better
laws be enacted for the propeor safe
guarding of life and limb, and unless
the workers themselves take the mat
ter in hand there is little likelihood
of results being accomplished. At.
this time I take occasion to point out
some legislation calculated to benefit
not only the workers and their fami
lies, but to benefit the entire common
wealth:.! The enactment of a law providing
for the establishment of a state board
of arbitration and conciliation.
The establishment of a state print
ing plant to the end that the state
may, in time, supply school text books,
state supplies, etc.
A revision of the labor laws now
upon the statute books,
j A further extension of the employ
YOU ARE INVITED.
When you are down town and have
a little spare time, just drop around
to the Labor Temple, 217-19 North
Eleventh street, and see what is being
done. The sight is calculated to make
you dig up a dollar or two to boost a
good thing along.
REMEMBER!
Central Labor Union meets at La
bor Temple, next Tuesday evening.
Every delegate should attend the first
meeting ever held by the central body
in Labor Temple.
ANOTHER LABEL DEMAND.
A. V. Johnson, deputy state fire war
den, with offices at the state house, is
another state official who insists upon
having the union label on his print
ing. You will notice it on the letter
head if you ever get a letter from
him.
STOP FRIGHTENING CHILDREN.
Warning to Fathers, Mothers and
Nurses That Is Much Needed.
The one thing that makes a man
successful in the world is courage.
For more than a hundred thousand
years human beings have been strug
gling to escape from superstitious
fears, horrors and supernatural imag
OF LABOR--CONVENTION CALL
ers' liability law.
The abolition of the convict labor
contract and lease system whereby
the labor of convicts is put into com
petition with free labor.
The better equipment of the Bureau
of Labor and Industrial Statistics to
the end that the Bureau may not only
advertise to better advantage the re
sources of Nebraska, but may be of
greater service to the vast and rap
idly growing army of women and men
engaged in industrial pursuits.
These are but a few of the impor
tant matters that organized labor
should carefully consider and use the
utmost efforts to forward. The im
portance of organization among the
different crafts is well emphasized by
the results that have accrued to indi
vidual craftsmen from organizations
of their respective crafts. Until such
time as the craftsmen of the state
shall have perfected a thorough or
ganization they can have little hope
of securing legislation calculated to
benefit them.' In addition to securing
inings that dwarfed their thought and
kept them down.
The human race in its babyhood be
lieved in ghosts, devils, spirits and
the child, reproducing the infancy of
the race, is naturally superstitious,
timid and afraid of what is unex
plained. If you can't explain things to your
children, if you can't give them the
truth, at least don't be guilty of the
criminal folly of filling their minds
with ghost stories and other terrors.
Never frighten a child with any threat
whatever least of all with any
threat of the supernatural.
Remember how fear paralyzes your
own thought, stops your heart's ac
tion, takes away all power., Imagine
the horrible effect upon a young child
living in a constant state of fear
fear increased . and augmented by
grown up associates!
This is a warning needed, unfortu
nately, by thousands of fathers and
mothers and nurses of children.
Make this one as useful as you can.
Bricklayer and Mason.
A CHANGE OF COSTUME.
A little girl, aged 3, had been left
in the nursery by herself, and her
broUier arrived to find the doer closed.
jThe following conversation took place:
I wante to turn In, t'issie." '
this beneficial legislation along indus
trial lines, a thorough organization of
the workers will forward the move
ment for the eradication of tubercu
losis and the improvement of the san
itary conditions amidst which thou
sands work and live.
I earnestly urge all organizations
of workingmen to affiliate with the
Nebraska Federation of Labor and be
represented ' at the convention in
South Omaha on January 4, 1910.
In due time the secretary, Frank P.
Hart, will send out information as to
hotel rates, place of meetings, etc.
The election of delegates should be
reported to him, 824 North Twelfth
street, South Omaha.
Fraternally,
WILL M. MAUPIN,
President Nebraska Federation
of Labor.
The next big thing in Nebraska's
organized circle is the Federation of
Labor meeting at South Omaha, Jan
uary 4, 1910.
"But you tan't turn in, Tom."
"But I wants to."
"Well, I'se in my nightie gown, an'
nurse says little boys mustn't see lit
tle girls in their nightie gowns."
After an astonished and reflective
silence on Tom's side of the door the
miniature Eve announced, triumphant
ly: "You tan turn in now, Tom; I
tooked it off!" Greensburg Argus.
PRINTERS JAILED.
New York Court Imprisons Two for
Crime of Contempt.
The Court of Appeals of New York
Tuesday affirmed the lower courts in
finding members of Typographical
Union No. 6 of New York city guilty
of contempt of court. Three years
ago during the eight-hour strike
against the Butterick publications Su
preme Court Justice Blanchard Issued
an injunction restraining Patrick H.
McCormick, then president of the
union, and his associates, including
George W- Jackson and Vincent Cos
tello, from "interfering" with the non
union men who took their places.
The three were found guilty of vio
lating the injunction and each was
sentenced to 20 days in jail and to
pay a fine of $250. While the case
was pending in the appellate division
Jackson died.
RED CROSS STAMPS.
Use Them and Help Stamp Out the
Great White Plague.
Red Cross stamps the Christmas
stamps will not carry any kind of
mail,; but any kind of mail will carry
the Red Cross Christmas stamps.
They cost a penny apiece, and every
penny means that much added -to the
fund being raised to stamp out that
most dreadful ' of diseases tubercu
losis. Every Christmas letter, every
Christmas card, every Christmas
package, you send out should bear
one of those pretty Red Cross stamps.
Every time you use one you are help
ing to wipe out consumption.
You can secure the stamps at a
dozen different places the depart
ment stores, the drug stores. If you
can not find them, teil The Wage
worker. It knows where you can get
'em by the thousand. Help boost the
great anti-tuberculosis campaign.
Help wipe out the disease that is an
nually claiming thousands of workers.
CARPENTERS' .CAMPAIGN CARD.
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.
G. 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 of America was found
ed ' in convention held in Chicago,
August 12, 1881, 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 daily 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
beneiicial 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 not over 50 years of age,
and must be a journeyman carpenter
or joiner, stair-builder, ship 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
Ftandard wages. ' v -
It pay 8 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 $495,432.36 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 have 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
G89 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. ...
-, HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW,
"Lincoln (Neb.) trade unionists are
singing the praises of Humphrey
O'Sullivan,' the rubber-heel man, for
his generosity in coming to the assist
ance of the Labor Temple committee
by buying 200 shares of stock. This,
the committee announces, was a big
boost, and Mr. O'Sullivan has made a
host of friends in Lincoln that won't
do a thing hut boost his rubber heels.
This is only one of many instances
where Mr. O'Sullivan has. shown his
friendship and sympathy for the union,
cause, and trade unionistsevdrywhere
have not been slow in showing their
appreciation. Worcester, Mass., La
bor News.
FAIR BARBER SHOPS.
You Will Find the Union Card in the '
Following Places.
When you enter a barber shop, see
that the union shop card is in plain,
sight before you get into the chair. -
If the card is not to be seen, go else- ;
where. The union shop card is a
guarantee of a cleanly shop, a smooth
shave or good hair-cut, and courteous
treatment. The following barber
shops are entitled to the patronage of
union men:
George Petro, 1010 O.
J. J. Simpson, 1001 O.
George Shaffer, Lincoln Hotel. J
C. B. Ellis, Windsor Hotel.
D. S. Crop, Capital Hotel.
M. J. Roberts, Royal Hotel.
A. L. Kimmerer, Lindell Hotel. '
C. A. Green, 120 North Eleventh.
C. A. Green, 1132 O. .
E. A. Wood, 1206 O.
Chaplin & Ryan, 129 North Twelfth.
E. C. Evans. 1121 P.
Bert Sturm, 116 South Thirteenth.
J. B. Raynor, 1501 O.
Muck & Barthelman, 122 South
Twelfth. ' -
J. J. Simpson, 922 P.
Frank Malone, Havelock.
- C. A. Hughart, Havelock.
ARE YOU DEALING WITH
THEM? THE HOME MER- .
CHANTS.
v"
We want to call attention to
our advertisers. Are you deal-
ing with them? They are the
ones who are making this pa-
per possible and are demon-
strating in the only way prac-
. ticable that they want your
trade.' They deserve it and
should get it. Are you trading
with merchants whorefuse to
patronize these columns? If so,
you are defeating the purposes..
of this paper, which is to aid '
you In keeping fair living con-
ditions. If a merchant wants
. your , patronage we know of no
better way to demonstrate it
than for him to say so through
these columns. Please, keep In
mind' and watch the regular
change of advertisements. Our
advertisers are giving you the
best goods at the lowest rates.
We pride ourselves on the se-
.-lect quality of our advertisers.
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. UNION PRINT SHOPS.
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 & Col,' No. 1.
Chas. A. Simmons, No. 2. -.
Freie Presse, 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, No. 12.
Lincoln Herald, No. 14.
New Century Printers, No. 17.
Gillispie & Phillips, No. 18.
Herbnrger,. The Printer, No. 20.
Van Tine Printing Co., No. 24.
THE LABEL IM TEXAS.
It will indeed be a pleasing an
nouncement to organized labor of
Texas and especially so to the Typo
graphical Union to know that here
after all state printing will bear the
Union label. This was gained through
the efforts of State Labor Commis-.
sioner Joseph S. Myers and his assist
ant, H. G. "Warner. Both" Mr. Myers
and Mr. Wagner are old union men,
and though elevated to positions of
trust and honor, bear true allegiance
to the union and all it stands for.
Again we compliment Governor Camp
bell on his wisdom and appointment.
San Antonio Dispatch.
PRINTERS' PENSIONS.
More than five hundred members
of the International Typographical
Union are now in receipt of the pen
sion of $16 per month paid by the
organization to all .members who have
reached the age of sixty years and fur
nishing proof of twenty years con
tinuous membership.