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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1910)
THE WAGEWORKER. By Wageworker Publishing Co. Will M. Maupin - - Editor W. P. Hogard - - Manager EnMndaa aecond-claaa matter April 21, 1904. at tha poatomca at Lincoln, Neb., under the Act of of March 3rd, 1879. THE SCHOOLMA'AMS' OWN FAULT. The schoolma'am Is the guiding star of the repub lic. She takes the little bantling fresh from the home nest, full of his pouts, his pets and his passions, ungovernable in many cases, a rampant, riotous little wretch, whose own mother often admits she sends him to school purposely to get rid of him. The school ma'am' takes a whole car load of these little anar chists, half of whom sing ly and alone cannot be handled by their own mother, and she puts them In the way of be coming useful citizens. The schoolma'am really Is not appreciated for what she is worth. Dawson County Pioneer For the life of us we can not feel terry for the schoolm'am. We've tried time and again to muster up sym pathy for her, but just about the time we got our sympathy works to going she would turn her pretty little nose up at the idea of her be ing classed with us ordinary me chanics and insist that she was a "professional lady," therefore be neath her dignity to organize along trades unloa lines like the men who handle trowels, or brosnes or saws or hammers or pliers .or soldering Irons. Then something akin to a monkeywrench would drop into th-i wheels of our. sympathy machine and everything would go 'to smash. The average schoolm'am who draws about j $40 a month for seven month in the year wouldn't think for a minute of sitting by the side of some overall clad mechanic In a meuV-ing to dis cuss ways and means. She would deem It undignified In a "professional woman" to associate in a delegate ca pacity with a plumber or a bricklay er. But while she is engaged in ths difficult task outlined by our Daw son county contemporary, and draw ing about $1.40 a day for it, the plumber is merrily whistling awar and drawing as much before 10:30 in ' the morning as Miss Schoolma'am draws for her entire day of distract ing toil. Why is this thus? If we never strike anything harde than that question we're going to ge'. through the rest of life almight easy. The plumber is organize'! and the schoolm'am isn't. That's the answer. The plumber has some Toice in the fixing of his wages, and the schoolm'am has none whatever. In 1909 the average monthly earn ings of the union printers of North America was $80. The average month ly earnings of the unorganized teach ers of the United States was leas than $50. We'll wager a cookie that you can pisk out the fifty best paid teachers in Lincoln and tbeir yeariv salaries will not equal ttie yeariv wages of fifty union printers we can pick out Yet, if there is anybody on the face of the earth who ought to be getting the top notch wages it Is the teachers of our public schools. Why should the teacher who deals with the brain and soul of the child draw a paltry $2 a dav for that work while the man who handles insensate brick and mortar araws $6 a day? But the bricklayer would be drawing $2 a day or less if he and bis comrades were unor ganized as the teachers in our pun lie schools. But if you undertake to talk to the teachers about t orga nizing along trades union lines you'll Insult them. "We are not in the class with mechanics!" they will ex claim. You bet they are not. They'd be tickled to death to be in the same class with some crafts when it comes to pay day, however. But they will never be the equals of the skilled craftsmen in the matter of wages- or salaries, if that sounds better to their dainty ears until they get rid of some of the high-falutin' notions and organize on trades union lines, The Wageworker was instrumental, once upon a time, in getting Mar- garet Haley of Chicago, to come 4o Lincoln and tell how the Chicago teachers did so organize, with the result that they got an immediate raise of salary and immeasurably better conditions. We invited every teacher in Lincoln to hear her, and just two responded. After that ex perience we are very frank to con fess that we don't care a snap of a finger whether the Lincoln teachers ever get better salaries. If the school teachers of the United States were as well organized as any one of a dozen crafts we could name, In side of the next five years the wages of the teachers would be increased from 25 to 50 per cent. We cheerfully admit all that Daw son County Pioneer says of the sohoolm'atm, tout :we reiterate that for the life of us we can not muster any appreciable amount of sympathy for her.' REMEMBER THIS NAME. There will be another election in Lincoln some of these days. Maybe ii will be the same old kind of a city election we have had In the past. Maybe it will be an election under the commission plan of govern ment. But whatever the nind it will be just as well for union men to cut out the following name and paste li in their hats for future reference. ALDERMAND CANDY. There may be others whose name? should be added to that of Alderman Candy, and they will be added as oc casion warrants. Alderman Candy is i mighty good man for union labor voters to oppose if ever lie comes up for election to public office again. When the union painters of the city protested to the city council against using the firemen to paint bouses and barns belonging to the city. Alderman Candy wanted to "file" the protest. In other words he didn't want to give a large body of laborers, most of them taxpayers, a fair hearing. He wanted to treat the whole thing with indifference. When Alderman Schroe der Insisted on the laboring men hav ing a fair hearing, Alderman Candy waxed sarcastic. He is chairman of the fire committee, to whom the pro test was finally referred, and when it was referred he jumped up and im pudently declared that he was ready to report then and there. Alderman Candy is not the first man to swell up after being.. elected to a petty little office, nor is he the first victim of an enlarged caput to imagine that the "greasy mechanics" are not worthy of attention. Alderman Candy is going to hear from that little action if ever he comes up for office again, and all the taffy Candy can give the toiers will not suffice to wipe out remembrance of his insult last Monday evening. LABOR'S MEMORIAL SUNDAY. On Sunday, May 8, at '3 o'clock in the afternoon, Labor Temple, "La bor's Memorial Sunday" will be duly observed. Every unionist and his wife and every union sympathizer and his wife, is invited to attend. And it Is the duty of every unionist to attend. It is the duty he owes to himself, to his comrades who have gone before, and to the men who will come after him to carry on the work of unionism. The mere announce ment of the fact should suffice to fill the Temple to overflowing. Rev. Mr. Zenor, pastor of the East Lincoln' Christian church, and fra ternal delegate to the Central Labor Union from the Ministerial Associa tion, will deliver the memorial ad dress. A special musical program will be rendered. The daily newspapers love to tell in detail all the trouble during the strikes. Ever notice how they unani mously refrain from telling of the troubles that euuse the strikes? But don't, for heaven's sake, quit taking the daily rspers. If you did you wouldn't have the excuse of "too many paper now" to use when askei to support your own labor press. 'A hundred years from now the people will understand me better says John D. Rockefeller. You bet they will! And a hundred years from now our great grandchildren will be wondering what kind of dadbinged asses their great-grandparents were to stand for a man like "Rockefeller. We are inclined to think that Emil Seidel has made Milwaukee vastly more famous than any brew of beer ever sent out from that burg. Councilman Schroeder has again made evident tne iact tnat ne is a mighty good man for organized labor to stand for. Mr. Schroeder is al ways fair. ,' Do not ask for "Elgin" shirts with the idea that it is unlcn made. That firm has refused to continue the use of the label. "There is no room in this country VALUE in clothes as you get it here means something more than good fabrics, good linings, good tailoring. You expect to get these things in any clothes that you pay a good price for. but you don't always. Mm ftp beauty of finish; prices range from $27.50 to $40. Come in m for a statue to rebels," shrieks the Schnectady Leader, referring to the proposal to erect in statuary hall, Washington, a memorial to Robert E. Lee. O, fudge! That sort of policy would prevent the erection of statutes to Washington, Putnam, Marlon or Warren. The greatest men thai ever lived were "rebels." Some1 of them won and became "patriots." Some lost and remained "rebels." Sam Gompers is a "rebel." So la Gene Debs, and John Mitchell, and Raymond Robins, and every other man who is fighting present-day In justice. We'd rather be a rampaging 'rebel" any day in the week, pro viding we were rebelling against In justice and oppression, than to be a do-nothing "patriot" whose patriotism consists in kissing the hand that rules and smites. The Thirty-second congressional district of New York is republican by 10,000 majority under ordinary circumstances. Last week a special election was held In that district. The republican candidate was an en emy of organized labor. The demo cratic candidate was endorsed by the American Federation of Labor and elected by 6,000 plurality. What's the answer? A little bit of verse entitled'Treach ing vs. Practice," is still going the rounds of the labor press, but it long since lost its credit. The verse orig inally appeared in Tlie Wageworker, and if It is worth reprinting, it is worth crediting, brethren. President Tef t has asked for an ap propriation of $250,000 to pay the expenses of an investigation into the workings of the tariff law. O, thun der! Just ask any workingman or his wifew We greatly fear that Mayor Jim underestimates the mental capacity of the people when he figures that thoy will put the state house on the trail of the bunghole in a whisky bar rel. If the democracy of Indiana swal lows the senatorial candidacy of the odiferous and notorious Tom Taggart, we hope the blamed old party wiU die of blood poisoning. The Chicago board of education made up of men appointed by Mayor Busse, himself a tool of special inter ests, at the behest of the special In mm ples Good Clothes Merchants terests, (las' discharged thdjarchitect of the school board because he designed school buildings entirely too hand some and sanitary for the stockyards districts. Of course! Any old kind of a building is ' good enough to house the children of the workingmen. We often shudder to think what a lot of would-be politicians would be up against it if Teddy should die be fore he could get back home and tell 'em what to do. Post is due to throw another fit. There' many a reason. WORKING THE MEN. "Spotters" are now hired by manu facturers to, set the pace for other workmen. One of them will be im ported and set to work In a shop, and for a large salary, will work his head off for a month. He then retires on his laurels and rests up for two months. In the mean time the em ployers try to induce the men to equal the record of the "stool pigeon" for a day's work. No man could stand the pace set any length of time. When worn out permanently they are ready for the junk pile and cast adrift. Lansing, Mich., Square Deal. SOCIALISTS IN WISCONSIN Milwaukee was not the only city in Wisconsin where the , Socialists showed their strength recently. Simi lar victories have been won at Wash burn, Superior, Manitowoc, Two Riv ers and Cudahy. G. A. Hering was elected mayor in Washburn, and Hen ry M. Parks was elected supervisor. In Two Rivers Fred Athen was chos en assessor. At Cudahy a Socialist alderman was elected, Superior and Manitowoc have each for the first time elected a Socialist supervisor. CAPITAL AUXILIARY. Capital Auxiliary met in regular session Wednesday, April 27th, at the Labor Temple, Mrs. O. Hoffmeister being the hostess. Mrs. W. P. Hogard and Mrs. J, D. Smith were given the membership pledge. The members were pleased to have Mrs. E. J. Wolf with them again af ter a trip of two months through the southern states and Mexico. The president has asked all mem bers to attend a sewing circle at the home of Mts. C. B. Righter, 2308 Dudley, Thursday, May 5th. Those who can are requested to spend the Value here means style, means dressy looks, means guaranteed satisfaction with your clothes in thinking about them and wearing them. The value idea , is carried out the strongest in our four big lines of suits and ouercoats for $10, $15, $20 and $25; they are more than good clothes in the quality sense; they have the style that makes them look right and feel right; the greatest exam of value in clothes to In our higher priced suits the same value for the money isthere and they con tain more luxury, more richness of fabric And CL0TMMG Co day. There will probably be a special meeting at the same place, notice of which will be given in the daily pa pers, y The next regular meeting will be held at the Labor Temple, Tuesday May 10th, Mrs. Fred Ihringer, , hos tess. The Rev. William Thurston Brown of Salt Lake City, Utah, will speak at the Unitarian church on Tuesday evening. May 3rd, on "The Spiritual Significance of ' the World-Wide So cialist Movement." Mr. Brown is as sociate editor of "Up the Divide", and author of "Socialism and Primitive Christianity", "The Real Religion or Today", "The Axe at the Root", "After Capitalism What?" and other books on subjects of vital Interest. , Mr. Brown is a powerful and convincing speaker, as well as an orator of abil ity. The public is invited to attend this free lecture. Harsh Fate. He Is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave. Cicero. WANT HALF HOLIDAY. Members of the Carpenters' union of Springfield, Mass., on May 1, will make a demand for a half holiday with the same pay which they are now receiving, according to informa tion now obtainable. The minimum pay of a full fledged carpenter in Springfield is $3.25 a da?, ana in con sideration of the pay which the other union men of the building trades are receiving, they believe they are en titled to a half-holiday Sadurdays. UNION BARBER SHOPS. 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 elsei where. The union shop card Is a guar antee of a cleanly shopT a smooth shave or good hair-cut, and courteous treatment. The following barber shops SHOOT THE LANDLORD! . ifteSS By Buying or Building a Home of your own. We will lend you the money for a long term on easy qayments. Your monthly savings will soon put your own roof over your head SECURITY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION L. C. OBERLIES. Pres. 1106 O St. I. H. HATFlELD,,Sec.-Trea be had in Lincoln. ' and see them. are entitled to the patronage or union.) men: V . ' ; & t $ f ,Geo. Petro, 1010 6' St. ' . ; 'j. J. Simpson,' 1001 O St. . Geo. Shaffer, Lincoln Hotel. ' C. B. EUls, Windsor Hotel. C. W. Laner, Capital Hotel. -E. L. Scott,. Royal Hotel. i ... ' . A. L. Kimmerer, Lindell Hotel. C. A. Green, 120 No. 11th St . i W. G. Worth, 1132 O' St E. A. Woods, 1206 O 8t 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. Herpolsfyeimer 's Cafe.. BEST 25c MEALS IN THE CITY V. 7 imitch, Prop. MONEY LOANED en household goods, pianos, hor ses, etc. ; long or short time. No charge for papers. No interest in advance. No publicity orfil papers, Wa guarantee better tetms than other make. Money paid immediately. COLUMBIA. Loan co. m South 12th. y . Lincoln Printing Co. 124 South Eleventh i Auto. Phone 8083 . Will Save Yon Monty, oa Aay Kind f Printing Call a.