Costly thy Apparel as thy Purse can Buy
So advised the Bard of Avon; but he spake in the old days when silks and satins, doublet and hose, were men's
wear. He would advise differently now. The well dressed man today is not necessarily the man who pays most for
his clothing. It is more a matter of selection. Through the medium of our store the Mechanic, the Artesan and the
Laborer may dress as well and as neatly as the Business or the Professional man. And why not? Surely the wage
earners should have equal facilities with other men.
The Weil-Dressed Man Today
Is the man who selects with care, not he who pays most. This store specializes in Union Made Clothing, Shoes
Hats, Shirts, etc. Nothing better in the clothing line can be found anywhere. Made right, priced right, wear right,
look right right all around. And our stock is so large and well selected that we can suit the tastes of the most fasti
dious buyers. We are offering
The Big Bargain Prices Now
Not later in the season when the stock has been picked ever and the season far advanced. That is our system
the bargains now! We court comparison of our goods and prices with the goods and prices of others.
Outfitters of Union Men
This store is the Outfitters--from Head to Foot of Union Men, from Hat to Shoes, everything with the label,
two labels, in fact the Union Label and the label of Quality. But, really, one is coming to be synonymous with the
other. But we've got them.
Union Made Hats Union Made Suits Union Made Overalls
Union Made Shoes Union Made Shirts Union Made Jumpers
We are striving to merit the patronage of discerning Union Men by giving them the best in Union Made lines
at prices that are satisfactory to both buyer and seller.
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A dollar isn't a very large amount of money but here are
a few of the many examples of what one will do for you
at our store
$ 1 per week willbuy
You a High Grade
Refrigerator, Iron or Brass Bed
Babv Carriage. Folding Go-Cart.
DINING TABLES "
$1 per week Mattress, Uas Range,
Chiffonier, Kitchen Cabinet,
Axminster Rug or Brussels Rug,
Library Table, Set of Silverware
Set of Chinaware, Bookcase,
Parlor Desk, Center Table,
Fire Proof Safe, Davenport,
Porch Settee and many other
articles of Furniture that will make
your home more attractive
DRESS
ERS $1 PER
WEEK
MORRIS CHAIRS
$1 PER WEEK
Come in and look them over. We deliver to any
part of the city.
Ifl
ROCKING CHAIRS
$1 PER WEEK
ROBERTSON FURNITURE CO.
Specializing a "Little-at-a-Time"
1450-1454 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska
GENERAL MENTION.
Brief Bits of Labor News Picked and
Pilfered From Manywhere.
Newsboys in Manitoba must wear
badges.
U. S. Steel Corporation paid $150,
000,000 in wages in 1909.
Cigarmakers' International Union
was established in 1864.
A new union of plasterers was in
stituted recently in Modesto, Cal.
On May 11, at Cincinnati, . Ameri
can Federation of Musicians will con
vene. Steps have been taken to organize
a woman's union label league in Val
ejo, Cal.
Farmers in many counties of Cali
fornia are organizing against the em
ployment of Japanese.
In Chicago hammermen get from
50 to 60 cents an hour, blacksmiths
from 40 to 60 cents, and helpers from
23 to 40 cents.
Carpenters of Stockton, Cal., have
decided to consider the submission
of a demand for $4.50 for an eight
hour day.
Trades unions have accomplished
more in one-half century than the
political dreamers will accomplish in
one thousand years.
Union plumbers in all parts of, the
country are voting upon a proposition
to establish a home ror aged and dis
abled members.
Andrew Furuseth, secretary of the
Sailors' Union of the Pacific, will
shortly leave for the east to secure
legislation for sailors generally.
A recent meeting of the Memphis,
Tenn., trades 'and labor council took
up and discussed the question of ?.
local labor temple and a building
committee to go fully into the ques
tion was named.
Baltimore fiTOhio telegraphers have
secured an increase in wages of 9
per cent and a satisfactory change
in working conditions, thereby avert
ing a threatened strike.
The labor temple committee of Vai
ejo, Cal., which proposes to erect a
flrst-clhss home for the labor unions of
that city announces that it is ready
to issue stock in. the temple associa
tion. The American Federation of Labor
is sending to the central labor bodies
and Statte Federations an interesting
book giving an account of the work
of the special committee on indus
trial education.
The American Federation of Labor
executive council will hold its next
quarterly session in Seattle, Wash ,
this month. The members will ad
dress mass meetings of unionists gs
ing to and returning from the coast.
The new work scale of the leath
er workers on horse goods all ov;r
the United States, Canada and Mex
ico next Monday is a declaration of
the eight-hour work-day.
San Francisco, Cal., retail clerks
union has decided to send 1,000 cir
culars a month to the homes of work
ingmen. These will bear a fac simile
of the union clerks' card and a ra-
quest that all who make purchases
askthe clerk for his card before do
ing business.
Ballet girls in European cities are
taken at a tender age and held like
apprentices for several years, under
the severest discipline. They are
housed and fed by the master and
mistress, their teacher.
An agreement reached . at Louis
ville between a committee from the
Louisville & Nashville division of the
Order of Railway Conductors and the
company for the next two years, se
cures for the trainmen a substantial
increase in wages.
President Andrew C. Hughes, of the
Isternational Coopers' Union, has se
cured a general union arbitration
agreement from the .Cooperage Em
ployers' Association, and the Interna
tional Union has won its contention
for an increase in wages for every
shop controllel by the association.
The new agreement and wage in
crease will go into effect June 1.
The' International Printing Press
men and Assistants' Union is com
posed of craftsmen who produce
about 90 per cent of the magazines
newspapers and others forms of
printing throughout this country, the
West Indies and Canada, and has a
membership around 23,000.
Local bricklayers' unions have re
ceived notice from international head
quarters that after July 1 an inter
national mortuary benefit of $200 will
be granted, this in addition to any
other benefits of that character thai
may be granted by. Statte or local
bodies to beneficiaries.
The American Federation of Labor
has decided to take a more active in
terest in politics this year, and plans
for active political labor campaigns
in all States of the Union Have been
completed by the executive council
and are being forwarded to the vari
ous affiliated organizations.
Sttatistics show that in Coloralo
and Tennessee, where the coal min
ers, are practically unorganized, the
percentage of fatalities is in the first
named state 7.31 per 1,000, and the
latter 6.67, while in the organized
states of Illinois and Michigan the
percentage of fatalities is but 2.82
and, 2.76.
All union carpenters in Boston and
vicinity are voting on the referendum
propositions submitted to them by
Carpenters' District Council. Thi
workmen are asked to vote on whether
they are in favor this year of de
manding a wage increase amounting
to 12 1-2 cents an hour for all the
carpenters.
The retail clerks of Galveston, Tex.,
are working for a half holiday every
week during the summer. Last sum
mer a half holiday was granted
through the efforts of the women of
the city, and it is expected that the
demand will be granted this year. If
it is not, the women every Thursday
will not make any purchases in any
state that will not grant the half day
for recreation.
The constitutionality of the Wis
consin co-employe law was upheld re
cently by a decision of the Supreme
Court in the case of Michael Kiley vs.
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pan
Railway. Kiley, as an employee on
a section of the railroad company,
through another workman's negli
gence, was injured in the eye. The
lower court gave Kiley $2,000 dam
ages. The case was appealed.
The federated and building trades
councils of Sacramento, Cal., have ap
pointed a committee to make arrange
ments for the reception on the visit
to the capital city of the executive
committee of the American Federa
tion of Labor in the early part of
May, if the committee accepts the in
vitation extendel. The laying of the
cornerstone of the labor temple will
be made a feature of the visit.
The members of the Boston Jour
neymen Tailors' Union, 12, last month
celebrated the 103d anniversary cf
the establishment of the local, which
is the second oldest labor organiza
tion in the United Stattes. Coopers'
Union, of Philadelphia, antedates in
fta nrlin Rnotnn tnllnrn' ltwftl Tiflv.
ing been formed in 1783, while the
Boston local was established Septem
ber, 1803. ,
, The union carpenters of Texas have
appointed a legislative agentwho is
to attend the session pf the legisla
ture of that state for the purpose of
inducing that body to turn its atten
tion to the passage of an eight-hour
law for that ' and other trades. Each
candidate was asked to support such
a measure, and a part of the duty of
the carpenters' ' agent will be to see
whether or not the legislators who
pledged support fall down on their
promise, so that they may be remem
bered if they run for office again.
Apprentices employed under the
jurisdiction of the Houston, Tex., Ty
pographical Union have the opportun
ity of improving their evening hours
by a course in study at J the local
Young Men's Christian Association.
The union has voted $175 from Us
treasury for the education of boys
who are forced to begin earning thei?
Iivelirood before their schools is
finished, and the youths' department
of the association has been opened
for their benefit. The necessary mem
berships have been paid for, and a
governing board of six members
three from the union and three em
ployers will see that the apprentices
take the fullest 'advantage of the
night school.
FAIR BARBER SHOPS.
You Yill 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 guar-'
antee of a cleanly shop, a smooth
shave or good hair-cut, and courteous
treatment. The following barber shops
are entitled to the patronage or union
men: " ,
Geo. Petro, 1010 O St.
J. J. Simpson, 1001 O St.
Geo. Shaffer, Lincoln Hotel.
C. B. Ellis, Windsor Hotel.
C. W. Lafler, Capital Hotel.'
E. L. Scott, Royal Hotel.
A. L. Kimmerer, Lindell Hotel.
C. A. Green, 120 No. 11th St
W. G. Worth, 1132 O St.
E. A. Woods, 1206 O St.
Chaplin & Ryan, 129 No. 12th St.
Bert Sturm, 116 So. 13th St.
J. B. Raynor, 1501 O St.
W. H. Barthelman, 122 So. 12th St.
, J. J. Simpson, 922 P St.
E. J. Dudley, 822 P St.
Lundahl & Warde, 210 So. 13th St
Frank Malone, Havelock.
C. A. Hughart, Havelock.
DOLLARS ABOVE MEN.
Five men lost their lives in an Ok
lahoma mine last week and five wid
ows and twenty orphans are left to
fight the battle for bread. To, make
money half the coal mines in the
United States are man-traps. To save
money miners are killed almost every,
day. Oklahoma ' City Labor Unit ,
