WAGEWORKER
By Maupin & Hogard
WILL M. MAVPIN .... Editor
W. P. HOGARD . . . . Manager
Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th
St., Lineolr. Neb. One Dollar a Year.
Rntored as second-class matter April
21, 1904, at the postofflce at Lincoln,
Neb under the Act of Congress of
March 2rd. IS 79.
TO LABOR UNIONS.
. '
Will you assist us by ap-
pointing some one In your
union to furnish us With news?
-The Wageworker wants to pub-
fj llsh the news of your local, and
in order to do so must have
.your assistance. It Is our aim
to give our readers all the la-
bor news that Is to be had and
41 we wish to do it properly, so
that you will be satisfied. By
helping us in this way, you not
only make this paper more val-
uable and complete, but your
knowledge of what is going on
In the labor movement is bet-
ter and the good feeling among
the various crafts is more '
strongly cemented. When this
fellowship Idea Is instilled thor-
oughly among us there is less
likelihood of a break in the
ranks and it is certainly need-
ed at the present time.
4t 4t i)r fr fr
PROBABLY AN OVERSIGHT.
In making up their reviews of 1909,
and pointing out the prosperity of
Lincoln and the causes contributing
thereto, the esteemed Star and Jour
nal overlooked something. They told
os considerable about the "retired
fanners" who have come to Lincoln
to educate their children; they told
ua of the investments made by men
of money la this or that enterprise;
they told of manufacturing establish
ments that have branched out every
thing in fact, save the one important
cause of it all LABOR.
Did any of them mention the fact
that during the year Just passed the
workingmen of Lincoln have loyally
supported every home enterprise that
gave labor any consideration what
ever? Did any of them mention the
fact that the bulk of the money that
was spent with local merchants -Was
spent by an army of wage earners
whose toll has, more than any other
agency, contributed to the upbuilding
of Lincoln? Did the esteemed Star or
the esteemed Journal, in animadvert
ing on the gratifying increase in real
estate values, point out tho fact that
the increase was due In largest meas-
ure to the men who work for wage,
and not to real estate speculators,
wholesalers or manufacturers?
During the year 1909 organized la
bor 1n Lincoln conducted its affairs
conservatively. Every move was made
with a view to securing the best for
LI a coin as a whole. With cost of liv
ing practically doubled, aud wages
practically at a standstill, yet organ
ised labor precipitated no labor
disputes. While many who are for
ever prating about "standing up; for
Lincoln" were importing mechanics in
order to get more work for less
money, Lincoln mechanics pursued the
even tenor of their way and daily prac
ticed what othersonly preached.
The story of Lincoln's prosperity
during 1909 is incomplete without
proper acknowledgment of the ser
vices rendered) to the city's upbuilding
by he union men and women of the
city. They earned and spent with Lin
coln merchants upwards of $2,000,000.
The mail order houseB of Chicago get
very little money from Lincoln work
ers. What they get is the money of
the "retired farmers," of whom we
hear so much, and the money of the
would-be swells who can not find
things good enough for them in Lin
coln's big stores, and must either go
or send to Chicago.
Tho lawyers of Lincoln. might boy
cott the Lincoln business Institutions,
and nobody but the lawyers would be
, tho wiser. The physicians might boy
cott Lincoln concerns, and only the
physicians would be the wiser. Any
profession might put the oars up
against Lincoln business institutions,
and those institutions would never
know It unless they were told. But
let the union men and women of Lin
cola take that action, and the bank
ruptcy courts would soon begin grind
ing overtime.
Lincoln unionists are loyal to Lin
coln and her institutions. They are
always ready and -willing to do their
hare towards 'making this a bigger,
a cleaner and a better city. It is their
toll that has madea made property1
values greater. It is their sweat that
has increased the volume of Lincoln
business. It is not yet too late for the
esteemed Star and esteemed Journal
to make proper recognition of the part
organized labor played in building up
Lincoln during 1909.
"WEAK" NEWSPAPERS.
The Journal, referring to the prob
able license fight in Lincoln during
the coming spring, makes mention of
what it is pleased to call "weak
newspapers." Tho Journal should
have brfen more specfic. and probably
would have been had it not been
afraid of making a personal reference
to itself. So far as The Wageworker
Is informed, the Journal is the only
newspaper in the city that has found
it necessary to bolster up its count
ing room by making incorrect state
ments about men, public and private,
and then charging those men high ad
vertising rates for space in which to
publish corrections. -
The Wageworker confesses that it
does not know of a single reputable
newspaper in Lincoln that is sc
"weak" that it depends for sustenance
upon what money it might secure by
espousing the "wef'side of the com
ing controversy. The Journal is a
republican newspaper, but it willing
ly sells advertising space to demo
cratic candidates. There are those
who openly charge that the Journal
boosts this branch, of its advertising
business by making charges it knows
to be unfounded in order to induce
its political opponents to buy space
in which to publish the. facts. So far
as we know no other newspaper in
Lincoln has ever shown a similar
"weakness."
After careful consideration of the
Journal's rather- remarkable state
ment we have come to the conclusion
that our esteemed daily contemporary
has an ulterior motive. It may be
that the Journal Is waiting to see
which side of the question it would
be most profitable to land upon, arid
that it is paving the way for a charge
of bribery or intimidation against the
newspapers that do not see it to sup
port the side which the Journal final
ly lands upon. '
that we belong to a Lincoln trade
union. J !
The best business men in Lincoln
are still telling how pleased they
are with what they saw at the Labor
Temple opening.
Are we a wlz? Last Tuesday week
we wrote a paragraph for last Satur
day's issue, stating that we felt it in
our bones Post was .about to break
loose again. And he broke loose on
the following Sunday. Once more we
ask, are we a wiz? .
The Wageworker did not turn any
column rules -when King Leopold of
Belgium died. If old Leopold is get
ting what he deserves we are will
ing to have our average of heat re
main low for a time.
Let's have the commission form of
municipal government, by all means;
but let us go to it on a business basis
and not along the lines, of ideals that
the late Senator Ingalls would call
"d d irridescent dreams."
The Wageworker will be glad to
give your union's annual ball all the
publicity possible, but you will have
to give us the facts. The editor is
not a mind reader. -
See that Man walking so Proudly
up the Street? He is a Union Man,
and He owns some Stock in the La
bor Temple. How do we Know he is
a Union Man and the owner of some
Labor Temple Stock? That is Easy
Because He walks so Proudly.
There is no reason why 1910 should
not be made the banner year in the
history of trades unionism in Lin
coln. All that is required is that you
shall do your part towrds that end.
No, the Davenport tract is not sub
ject to overflow, but inside of one
short year the editor of this paper
saw it when it came near requiring
a row boat to reach it from' H street
west of Twentieth.
Let us give Mr. Post credit for the
courage of his convictions. He doesn't
beat about the bush like some of
them. But giving him the credit that
is due film does not - mean that
we should buy ruffleB and "rats"
for the ex-stenographer by adding
to Charley's profits from the sale of
near-food.
Good books on social or economic
topics will be gladly received by the
Labor Temple management Let us
all try and get together a good 11
brary for the Temple.
The annual "clearing sales" are on
in Lincoln. The best bargains for
union men and women will be found
advertised in the columns of The
Wageworker.
It is a chilly day -when some' Oma
ha -publication does not tell a deliber
ate and downright falsehood about
the enforcement of the "dry" rule in
Lincoln.
The more we look at the Lincoln
Labor Temple the prouder we are
Wish some of those Omaha unionists
would come down to Lincoln and get
a little inspiration for "team work."
With a union made "Buck" stove on
the market we can just see Jim Van
Cleave biting himself with rage.
"Charity vaunteth not herself; is
not puffed up."
Have you forgotten to demand the
label since the first of the year?
UNION MADE DOPE.
Ground Out By a Card Man in The
Wageworker' Sanctum.
(The following rhyme was written
by the editor of The Wageworker and
appeared originally in these columns,,
It has been going the rounds of the
labor press until the proper credit
has been lost. It has been variously
credited to different labor papers, and
'in one . or two instances signed by
names unknown to the real author. It
is republished for the simple reason
that the author labors under the be
lief that if theTe Is any credit due for
its authorship he is entitled to it)
He declared that he was loyal to the
union workers' cause
And ho ranted of his staunchness
without any halt or pause.
He would spout of unionism, from the
dawn till set of sun,
And said that as a booster he would
-surely rank A-l. '
He would spout upon the corner and
he'd spout within the hall, -
And he spouted in the bar-room till
he'd make the ceiling fall.
Wilien he saw the non-union workers
he'd fairly writhe with rage
But he clear forgot the label when he
spent his weekly wage.
He wouid rise up in the morning with
his talk works running free,
And he'd holler unionism till as
hoarse as he could be,
He would damn the "scabs" a plenty,
but he -dearly loved the most
To heap curses loud and hearty on
Van Cleave and Sawdust Post.
He was always loudly wailing that the
honest workingman
Got the lemon handed daily by the
"scab" employment clan .t
Early morning, noon and evening in
such talk he would engage.
But he clean forgot the label when he
spent his weekly wage.
"We are victims," he would holler, "of
the host of greed and graft!'
He would cuss the man who didn't
join the union of his craft.
"We've just got to hang together .or
degenerate to slaves
And go flown to death forgotten and
be dumped in unmarked! graves."
He would orate the palaver till the at
mosphere was blue . ;
And insist that what he told them all
workingmen should do.
In the union hall he'd rampage like a
lion in a cage
But he clean forgot the label when he
spent his weekly wage. .
Unwise.
"Isn't it true," shouted ' the irate
lawyer, addressin the witness who
had given some damaging testimony
against his client, "that you were in
jail once?"
'Yes, sir." '
"Aha! I thought so. And what
for?"
"For refusing to obey the the order
of the court not to speak to the man
who was injuring himself and me by
taking my job under conditions that
were unjust to both of us."
When it was too late the fool at
torney discovered that there -were sev
eral union men on the jhry.
'.. ...... . Cards.,..,
The man who thinks the whole of
unionism is to increase wages has no
idea of what unionism means.
Every uan who wields a hammer is
not eligible to membership in the car
penters' or blacksmiths' unions.
Love goes all the way.
Unions practice the charity that
churches love to preach about. !
"Backcapping" always has a comeback.
Unionism will not be triumphant
until every worker secures justice.
You can not get right with God un
til you get right with your fellow men.
Many good union men do not know
what a union card looks like.
Unionism means standing up for
the rihts of your fellows as staunchly
as you stand up tor your own rights.
CHAMPION MINE WORKER BLIND.
John Minnich,- champion worker at
the Buck Mountain colliery at Hazel-
ton, Pa., is blind, but assists in all dan
gerous work.
By reason of being unable to see
the perils about him he lias no terror
of danger of any kind.
The Discount Sale
i
of our Men's and Young Men's -Fine
Clothing includes every
Suit and Overcoat in the house.
It's a good time to buy clothes
that will PRQVE SATISFACTORY
FARQUMAR
snaaaaanasi ta aaa
Elegant
Four Room
Outfit
Complete
This Week We Will Sell
-1 ou a:
Peninsular Steel Range
CQO yr- rUK $2.00 DOWN
70. 3 and $1.00 a week
$19.00 down Heating Stoves $1 down and $1 a week
$2.50 per wk. -
1450-1454 o st. Boftertson Furniture Co,
SOME CURT COMMENT ON INTER
ESTING TOPICS.
Continued from Page 1.
vince the club women . that it is a
splendid avenue along which to direct
club activities, we will take all the
blame. If she does convince the club
women we shall expect them to fol
low their convictions. The Wage
worker is just aching for a chance to
have Margaret Drier Robins talk to
the Lincoln Woman's Club.
The Labor Temple Library wants
all the good books it can get books
on social and economic topics, good
fiction, books of travel, etc There
are; many men and women in Lincoln
who have just such books that they
can well spare, and if they will do
nate them to the Temple library they
will be warmly thanked by the work
ers. If you can't deliver them, just
call up the Temple and notify Man
ager Rudy when and where to call.
If the school board wants to know
the location of a fine site for a high
school, let them view the Young tract,
which lies between Thirtieth and
Thirty-third street, on the south side
of O. It is as well equipped with
street railway facilities as the Daven
port tract, has the advantage of being
Wgh and sightly, and is in a ' neigh
borhood that is rapidly building up.
Of course this suggestion is not actu
ated by the fact that the Young tract
is within a block or two of the modest
little cottage of The Wageworker's edi
tor, which humble little home would
be somewhat increased in value by
such -an improvement. Nor is the
Davenport tract being advocated by
certain gentlemen for the .same rea
son. Not at all! Brutus was an hon
orable man, and so are we all honor
able men.
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New Postoffice at La Crosse.
La Crosse. The postoffice at this
place, which is now located in a frame
building 'belonging to Representative
Schaumburg, will change Its location.
Mr. C. W. Kyle has submitted a bid
to the government,- and it has ... been
accepted,' whereby Mr. Kyle is to build
a new brick building at least 25x50
feet, equip it in modern postoffice
style and give the government a ten
years' lease on the same. The lot on
which; Mr. Kyle i is .to .build is imme
diately north of the State bank and
near enough -to the depot that the
railroad will be compelled to carry
the mails to and from trains, which
is a saving to the postoffice depart
ment of $140 a year. : Mr. Kyle will
start work on the building at ance as
the contract specifies that It should
be finished In six months.
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. 1106 O STREET
THE TEMPLE SMOKERY
Now open for business. Labor Temple, 21 7-19 '" North
Eleventh Street. Best Brands
Union Made Ggars and Tobaccos
No "scab" goods in stock. Don't ask for them. Full line
of Candies-Made in Lincoln. Handsome pool room. A
welcome awaits all wage earners. Come in and get ac
quainted with your own business. v
GREGORY, The Tailor
Knows how to dress, you up .and has
the finest line of fell and winter goods
in the city. : : : : : : : :
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