as described and view the landscape
'er. They will be tickled to death to
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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.
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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
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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. ,
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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
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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
