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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1910)
that when convinced of mistake it will go the limit in its efforts to rectify it. It was mistaken in saying that the employes of the Lincoln Traction Co. were required to appear at the Fra ternity building for measurement. They were required to appear at the general offices of the company. And in acknowledging Its mistake The Wageworker begs the pardon of Pres ident Sharp. $25 i SXh HO, $15, $20, By Wageworker Publishing Co. Will M. Maupin - - Editor W. P. Hogard - - Manager . w w Will Do for You in Supplying Your Spring Clothes Needs THE WAGEWORKER. ELoteacd mm cconcj-clasa matter April 21,1 904. at the poatorEce at Lincoln. Neb., under the Act of Coiurreae of March 3rd. 1879. ' GREETING AND GOOD CHEER. This number of The Wageworker, the aecond In Vol. 7, is printed from The Wugeworker's own type, set in its own shop at 1705 O street. And at 1705 O street The Wageworker force will always be found ready to extend a hearty welcome and "howdy-do" to the union men and women of this sec tion of the moral vineyard. Incident ally It may be remarked that this same Wageworker force is prepared to execute the finest sort of commer cial printing, and especially printing fcr local union organizations. Of course The Wageworker shop is an right-hour shop. And every job sent out will bear the label of the Al ' lied Printing Trades unless said, label is specifically ordered off. ' We want the unionists of this vicin ity to feel that they are always wel come at The Wageworker office. Drop it? and see a splendidly equipped print ery. Drop a dollar in the slot and get the best labor' paper in the country fifty-two times in succession. Drop news Items upon the editor's desk. And bear In mind that notices of balls, festivals, socials, special meetings anything that will help boost your lo cals .along will be given space, and the only remuneration The Wage worker ask9 is a "thank you" and your Rood will. Feeling as proud of our new outfit ns a boy of his first boots, or a maiden of her first long dress, The ' Wage worker extends greeting and good cheer and hopes to see you In person at the shop. ' BE NOT MISINFORMED. An effort is being made to convey the impression that. Hon. Clarence Darrow of Chicago, who is soon to ap pear in Lincoln as the champion of high license, will appear under the auspices of the union men of this city. Mr. Darrow, who is one of the leading lawyers of the country, an or ator of splendid ability and a man known to be in sympathy with union ism, will not appear in Lincoln under the auspices of any trades or labor union. Mr. Darrow could no more speak for union men as a whole upon that question than he could speak for them as a whole upon the question of baptism or foreordination. Mr. War row can voice his own sentiments, and doubtless the sentiments of a great many union men upon tho li cense question. On April 10 John B. Lennon. gener al secretary of the Customs Tailors' International Union and treasurer of the American Federation of Labor, will speak in Lincoln in advocacy of a "dry" city. But Mr. Lennon will not speak under the auspices of any trades or labor union, nor could he, any more than Mr. Darrow, speak for union men as a whole upon this ques tion. That he, like Mr. Darrow, will voice the sentiments of a great many union men is beyond question. Nor does The Wageworker pretend to speak for the trades and labor unions of this city on this abosrbing ques tion, nor upon any other question of a like nature. But it can voice its own, sentiments, just as Mr. Darrow and Mr. Lennon may whenever and where evcr they see fit. , HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. President Sharp of the Lincoln Traction company offers $100 reward if the editor of The Wageworker will bring to President Sharp's office the conductor who informed said editor that the employes were measured for their new uniforms In the Fraternity building. President Sharp will enrich the editor to the extent of one hun dred slmoleons. The editor doesn't think any more of one hundred such dollars than he does of his right optic. President Sharp will not be called upon to dig up the amount. But the fact remains that the editor was told by two differ ent employes of the. Lincoln Traction -Cbrthat the employes were instructed to call at the Fraternity building to be measured for uniforms, and accept ing the Information as correct The Wagewoyker so stated. It now trasnpires that the employes were mistaken, and The Wageworker hastens to make correction and its haste is only equalled by its pleasure in Its ability to correct, as far as may be possible, the erroneous statement. The employes wero not notified to appear at the Fraternity building for measurement. They were required to appear at the general ollices of the company the car starter's office, we believe. They were measured by a gentlemen representing u, Chicago firm, and the uniforms were purchased ostensibly through Ludwig. These, we believe after investiga tion, are the facts. President Sharp seemed to believe that The Wagework er sought to Intimate that he was get ting a "rake-off" on the uniforms. Nothing could have been further from any Intention of this humble little la bor pater. If anybody other than President Sharp received a similar im pression, we hasten to remove it. The Wageworker certainly meant nothing of the kind. The posting of The Wageworker's little article, ac companied by the offer of a reward, upon the company's bulletin board, was simply a bit of facetious grand standing on the part of President Sharp, perhaps pardonable under the circumstances. President Sharp knew very well that the reward would never be claimed. The Wageworker begs to suggest that If fifty dollar bills, or hundred dollar bills, are so awfully plentiful as might be Inferred that there are some 200 motormen and conductors working long hours for miserably poor pay who would gladly accept in chunks of two or three cents every hour in addition to the stipend they now receive. The Wageworker makes many er rors, but It wants it distinctly under stood here and now and for all time, The "Bulletin of Organized Iabor," prepared by the Nebraska Bureau of Labor and Industrial. Statistics, is now in the hands of the printer a union printer, too and will be ready for distribution about April 15. It will contain a list of all the organiza tions in the state, together with the names of their secretaries; statistics as to membership, wage scales, bene fits, etc. It is the first bulletin of the kind ever prepared by the department, and it will be of interest to the wage earners of the state. No, The Wageworker is not in favor of organizing a "labor party." It fa vors direct legislation the initiative and referendum. With that in force labor can knock the everylasting stuffing out of any ipolitical party that gives It the worst of it. The joke is on Sam DeNedry of the Washington Trades Unionist. He re printed ai oid verse, .wcuinms auu tiie Union Isabel, written by Will Kirk several years ago, and credits it to a member of a Washington local union. Los Angeles has just dedicated a I-abor .Temple, the agitation for which began in 1902. Lincoln began agitating for a Labor Temple four years later than Los Angeles, and dedicated it four months earlier. The Oklahoma union man who fails to vote for the re-election of Labor Commissioner Daugherty ought to be taken out Into a secluded place and argued with a large water-elm club being the preferred argument. The Department of Commerce and Ibor has just issued a bulletin show ing the labor legislation enacted in 1908-09. To the shame of Nebraska this state is not mentioned in the report. Touchin' on an' apertainin' to some things that might be properly attend ed to now, we suggest the matter of beginning to make preparations for the. proper observance of Labor Day. At these Prices we make a special feature of very unusual values; judging from their value and by the clothes you get elsewhere these should sell from $20 to $40; they are extreme values and you can not match them anywhere at these prices. , f You get in these four strongest lines of Suits and Top Coats more style, .better tailoring-, much better fabrics, and better looking garments jx every way than was ever shown at the price; they are made from American woolens, in all the new colors ana models. . A CHANCE FOR YOU TO GET Exclusive Clothes at Popular Prices n For $27.50, $30, $35, and $40 you can get here clothes that are in a class by themselves in Lincoln, the very , garmemts made anywhere at any price. These clothes have character, style and tailor ing such as those sold by the best Eastern tailors from $60 up, and they show their quality and high character in their materials and perfect makeup. The best imported and domestic woolens, made" up as nearly perfect in every way as can be made. , ; Every Dollar You Put into These Clothes Goes Back to You in Value ARMSTRONG C L OTHIN G GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS CO aaaamt'I the University of Nebraska and locate the capital nearer the center of the state. That reminds us of the story of a certain individual who took a com panion up into a big high mouji.t?-in and promised a lot of big things un der certain conditions. We want it distinctly understood that our "dry" proclivities do not ex tend to the weather. Director Love land will please take notice. We understand that a number of people are waiting with "baited breath" the returns from the referen dum vote in Havelock. You can buy Ijibor Temple stock a par although it is really worth at least 125. Booming the label beats remaining idle because of a sympathetic strike. Vote together, stick together, act to gether, think together, get together. Mayor Dahlman promises, if elected governor, to give the state house to Mr. Union Man, your local merchant, if he knows you belong to a union, will have more respect for you if you demand the label and refuse goods that do not bear It. We have no special love for Uncle Joe Cannon,' but we do. wish we bad" a few more sturdy fighters of his kidney in the ranks of organized labor. Gee, but real estate in Lincoln has been moving lively of late. virtue of his wealth or by reason 61 his temporary power. The most beneficient influence of trades unionism is not so much in its helpfulness in securing better pay and shorter hours for those who are al ready in . fairly , good circumstances, but in the brave fight that it Is making for the woman and the child who suf fer because of man's avarice and greed. It is In its efforts to secure better things for the man who toils away, almost forgotten, because his place has been so low that few have heard his cry. May the arm of organ ized labor be made strong in its de fense of those who need its help.' And In its efforts in behalf of these, it should have the co-operation of every real "brotherhood." "For he today that sheds his blood 1With me shall be my brother."" BROTHERHOOD. Rev. Charles Stelzle Talks on a Topic of Human Interest. "Brotherhood" 'is a word that men conjure with. It opens the heart and makes the mind alert. Originally, the church, was a brotherhood. Including all classes and conditions, it became a factor in the lives of men that caused them to suffer and to sacrifice as nothing else has ever done. It opened the way to revolution. For Christianity literally turned the world upside down. It brought in a' new standard of ethics. It freed the slave. However it may have failed because of human limitations, no historian will dare deny that Christianity has done more to usher in freedom than all other agencies combined. The chari ties of the early church signified that a religion of brotherhood and mutual helpfulness had arisen among men. Modern missions indicate that the most . high-blooded peoples on earth recognize their kinship to the most savage and debased. But "brotherhood" has in many in stances become simply an appeal to selfishness. Frequently, it means only the development of the few to the de moralization of the many. Thert; can be no real brotherhood without a love as wide as the world. There can be no real brotherhood without tho Fath erhood, of God. The Fatherhoor". of God implies a care for every' one of His children. He sends His rain upon the just and upon the unjust. His provi sion is for all. Cursed be the man who dares withhold it from God's chil dren whether he be a monopolist by THE LABOR PRESS. Correct! Labor's, emancipation depends on the workers who think as they work, and work as they think. Lansing Square Deal. Handing It to Taft. Many zealous churchmen are con demning President Taft for dancing, one distinguished bishop going so far as to say that in doing it he "is de grading the nation." We have no fault to find with the president's dancing, but we have with the way in which he does it. He lias the glide to perfection and performs in it grace fully, but his performance carries him only from one 'ambiguous or im proper position to another. Instead of the two-step he uses the side-step. In quadrilles he is not on the square. And in the mazy waltz he leads every' body in the deepest mazes of doubt as to whose music he Is dancing to. Later the people may give him a few lessons in the highland fling that will make him regret many of his fan dangos. Minnesota Union Advocate. ALL CIRCUSES ARE UNIONIZED. The International Alliance of Bill posters and Billers of America has just closed a two-year agreement with all Uie leading circuses and tent shows. The men secured an advance in wages and full recognition of the union. Now probably the open shop pers won't pay their way into the circus, but sneak in under the tent. WQRKERS UN10W jf I UNIONpSTAMP I LractoryNa 4 J Named Shoes are Of ten Made in Non-Union Factories. Do Not Buy Any Shoe no matter what the name unless it bears a plain and readable impression of this Union Stamp. All Shoes Without the Union Stamp are Non-Union Do not accept any excuse for absence of the UNION STAMP Boot and Shoe Workers Union ' 246 Sumner St, Boston, Mass. JOHN F. TOBIN, Pres. . . CHAS. L. BAINE, Sec-Treas. rami Lyric Theatre i MATINEES Wed. & Sat. 230. NEXT WEEK A Temperance Town 99 .THE LYRIC STOCK COMPANY Evening 8:30; 15c, 25c, 35c; Matinee 15, 25c. EVANS DO YOUR WASHING Farmers Merchants Bank G. W. MONTGOMERY, President, Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent IamaBiaarassr. IJ-M . n lanaManammma. H. C. PROBASCO. Cashier HAVE you a boy or girl whom . you contemplate sending to college some day? Have you any way of knowing what your fi nancial condition1 may fee at the time when the greatest desire of your heart will be to put that boy or girl through school? Would it not be a .good qlan to oqen an account for. just that purpose? Just figure from the child's present age up to the time for entering college, and note what one dolUu a week deposited in . a bank account will do. How would you liked to have had a start . like that? Every Banking Convenience Open Saturday Evenings 6 to 8 F. & M. Bldg., 1 5th & O Sts, I