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as described and view the landscape 'er. They will be tickled to death to T T have any unbiased and unprejudiced By Wageworker Publishing Co. ,WlLL M. Maupin - - Editor W. P. Hogard - - Manager man decide which is the better job. One was done by union men for a pri vate corporation. The other Was done by "scabs" for the county. The careful attention of the Omaha Business Men's Association is called to this little comparison. After frankly admitting that it fa vors a "dry" Lincoln, The Wageworker as frankly admits that it hasn't much choice between being backed up in the corner by a drunken advocate of personal liberty" and handed a lot of highly tperfumed argument, and being held up by a fanatical prohibitionist, who believes Hell is the destination Enteral Mcond-daM matter April 21, 1904, at the portoffice at Lincoln, Neb., under the Act of ConcreM of March 3rd. 1879. of every man who does not believe as the aforesaid f. p. believes. THE WAGEWORKER. m WITHDRAWAL OF PATRONAGE. Doubtless some of the readers of The Wageworker read with interest the learned editorials concerning "pri mary and secondary boycotts' 'appear ing in the Morning Journal and Even ing Star. Once upon a time Josh Billings re marked that "it is better not tu kno tu mutch than tu kno so mutch that ain't so." The wisdom of this little quotation is commended to the editor-, ial gentlemen connected with our es teemed morning and evening contem poraries. Lincoln trades unionists are too wise and too observing of the law, to en gage In a boycott Far be it from them to deal In any such antiquated and worn-out weapons. And equally far be it from them to run afoul of the law. Not they! There Is no boycott on In Lincoln now nor will there be. But the union men and women of Lincoln are pretty wise as to who their friends are, and also pretty wise as to their opponents. Instead of boycotting their opponents, and thus violating the law while at the same time showing a lack of up-to-dateness, Lincoln union men and women will simply withdraw their pat ronage. We hope We make the meaning clear. There is nothing personal about this little scrap. It is purely a mat ter of business with the unionists of the city. They have been refused con sideration which they deem justly . their due, and they feel justified In declining to further patronize certain parties until such time as present dif ficulties are cleared away. That's all there is to it. Learned discussions of "primary and secondary boycotts" may make sweet niouthfuls for economists who have gained their knowledge from exchanges, but the workers most in terested claim to have a God-given right to bestow their patronage where they please, and to advise with one an other as to the best way of- making patronage or withdrawal of patronage count most effectively in the Interests of the wage earners. Judges may de cide, editors may denounce, and union busters may rant until Hades boils down to a poultice, and yet organized workers will inBist that there is no property right in patronage; that the patronage of a single union man, or a numner or union men working for a common end and aim, Is his or their to bestow as he or they see fit The Wageworker regrets the pres ent situation. It frankly confesses that the situation affects it more than it does any other union institution or unionist Yet The Wageworker be lieves that the unionists of Lincoln are within their rights in withdrawing patronage from whomsoever they please If by so doing they believe they can achieve an end that The Wage worker believes to be a commendable one. A GOOD EXAMPLE. Two buildings In Omaha, standing a block apart, are sufficient to show the difference between the "closed shop" job and the so-called "open shop" job. One building Is the sixteen-story building being erected by an Omaha bank. The other building Is the Douglas county court house. The steel work on the bank building is complete sixteen stories high and the brick, tile and stone work is com pleted to the twelfth story. The bank building is being erected by union workmen. The Douglas county court house Was begun at practically the same time as the bank building. The court house has a part of one story 'completed so far as the steel and stone work is con cerned and experts declare that the steel work Is a "bum" Job. The court house job of steel construction Is "scab." While the "scab" structural iron 'Workers were getting a part of one story up in "bum" shape, union structural iron workers were running up sixteen stories on the bank build' ing and doing a job that experts say Is flrat-cTass ta every respect. Vou can stand In the middle of Har ney street, half way' between Slx tee nth and Seventeenth, and see both jobs. Union men Invite you to stand We greatly fear that Congressman Norris, the "insurgent leader," went after Uncle Joe like the Irishman tried to jump the stone wall. Coming to the wall, Pat looked at It for a min ute, then backed off a mile to get a good running start for a jump over By the time he reached the wall Pat was too tired to jump. R. Grant Stewart has just completed the second year of his management of the Cedar Rapids Tribune. R. Grant has "made good" with a whoop, and while wishing him increased success in the future we congratulate the pub lishing corporation fortunate enough in having his splendid services at its command. G. Nuts Post is now urging Amer ican parents to teach their boys how to use rifles. We are waiting for G. Nuts Post to advise American hus bands how to treat with consideration the faithful wives who have helped them to affuence. The Traction Co. wants permission to earn 8 per cent on its physical val uation in order to pay 5 per cent on its bonds and 6 per cent on its pre ferred stock. And yet its managers claim their common stock is not pure water.' Mayor Dahlman might have made a bigger political stroke by offering to give the state house to Lincoln union ists for a Labor Temple after he Is elected governor and moves the capi- tol to another city. President Taft is a firm believer in trades unions, providing they -do noth ing calculated to advance the interests of the members or threaten the throt tle hold employers may have upon their employes. After carefully studying a long line of judicial decisions in labor cases we have failed to find any decision com pelling a union man to buy goods of a man or corporation he does not care to patronize. Regardless of opinion on the "wet" or "dry" proposition, every union man in this neighborhood ought to hear John B. Lennon at the Auditorium next Sunday evening. The indications are that Havelock will soon have a "bargain day" quite similar to the one held in Lincoln a year ago. We suggest to all bettors on the wet" or "dry" proposition that all winnings be invested in Labor Temple stock. Candidly, we regret tne opinion of Lincoln courtesy and fairness Mr. Dar-J row , must nave carried away him. I With T Aprll is a good month in which to make up your mind to always demand the union label. So is another month. It is not too early for the Central Labor Union to inaugurate plans for the proper observance of Labor Day. By the way, gasoline stoves are Safe, and gasoline if carefully handled Is equally safe and quite economical. We are again enjoying the spectacle of seeing William J. Bryan buried for the 'steenth consecutive time. By this time the railroad brother hods have doubtless taken due note of the "Joker" in the Erdman law. April so far reminds ns of some of those fellows who confine all their unionism to "blow." GOD'S ETERNAL TRUTH. When worklngmen pay as much at tention to voting for men who will look after their rights as 'some other people do to electing men who will grant them special privileges, there will be no longer need of discussing the injunction question. Charleston, W. Va., Labor Argus. , I WORKErtS UNION ONJ STAMP UNION ractoryNa 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. TOB1N, Pres. CHAS. L. BAINE, Sec-Treas. Lyric Theatre I MATINEES Wed. & Sat. 230. s .THE Evening 8:30; P EVANS Roberts Sanitary Dairy 'j&ggg DEALER IN HIGH GRADE DAIRY PRODUCT 1 6th Street, Detween N and O Streets LINCOLN, NEBRASKA ' Named Shoes are Often 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. NEXT WEEK " Northern Lights" LYRIC STOCK COMPANY 15c, 25c, 35c; Matinee 15, 25c. nmMnsasHi DO YOUR WASHING GENERAL MENTION. f. Brief Bits of Labor News Picked and Pilfered from Manywhere. ' . The Big Pour depot in Springfield, Ohio, -will be erected by union labor. The highest efficiency of labor is found where it is paid .the most, , and it is paid the most where unions are the strongest. Japanese manufacturers object to a law that will limit child labor and' the employment of women. Human nature is much alike. ' The loss of life on the Great Lakes is four times what it was in 1908 be cause of shipping incompetent crews during the year 1909. Scores of men are being released and others taking their places in the jails in Newcastle, Pa., for the "crime" of picketing. Evansvllle, Ind., has a bank failure for nearly a million and a half. Not having bank guarantee the small de positors are worrying. A newspaper vending machine is to be put in operation In Chicago and will help the railways at the expense of some 2,000 newsboys. The Building Trades Council of Los Angeles has given employment to 2,448 men during six months with its free employment bureau. , - A new eight-hour law has gone into effect in the mills and factories of Maine. The running time hitherto has been 60 hours weekly. Delegates from all the Plumbers' Unions in Iowa will meet at Des Moines on Sunday, April 10. An ef fort will then be made to form a state organization. ( ' T . ' Philadelphia . Typographical Union will be sixty years old April 14. The occasion will be appropriately cele brated by the "prints," and efforts are being made to have the "diamond Jubilee" a record-breaker. The new scale of prices for 'the journeymen job printers xyt Z&nes ville, O., has been signed by all the employers and took effect the first of '- :,' v the year; For this year they get -an increase of 70 cents a week and for next two years an increase 'of 60 cents mote. ' - Upon recommendation of 'the labor organizations of Oklahoma, the state board of public affairs has adopted a rule that hereafter no contractor who is not willing to stipulate that only union labor shall be employed and union rates paid for such labor will be permitted to bid on state work. The 4,000 members of the Pitts burg division of the Amalgamated As sociation of Street and Electric Rail way Employes have demanded an In crease of one cent an hour' in wages. The union tied up the entire system in Pittsburg in a four days' strike last July on a dispute over working conditions. The compromise agree ment reached at last July's settlement expired last Monday, and the entire dispute will "be reopened. . The Carpenters 1 Journal says: "Every union man is a buyer. He either buys Union or fair made goods, or he buys non-union, unfair, scab made articles. If he does the latter he carries his money to the support of "the scabs and other unfair men he openly proclaims himself an en-, emy of unionism, and there is 'but one course for brave-hearted, level headed union men to' pursue with him, and that is to take him by tne collar and drop him among the scabs he loves so well. Bach to his kiaa." There is a general movement in the building trades of Newburg, liiddle town and Kingston, N. Y., for an ad vance of wages this spring, the men holding out the plea of high 'prices as the Cause for the demands, and they must be considered prior to April 1, as the old scale expires at that time. The men agree to work on all con tracts taken prior to January 1, 'when they made known their demands, at the old schedule. There is an Incli nation On the part Of employers "to refuse. A strike, it is expected, Win result