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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1910)
....The Reimers-Kaufman Co.... Succenor to THE REIMERS & FRIED CO. Sidewalks, Sidewalk Flags, Building Blocks, and Tile Floor Office and Yards, 12th and W Sts. Both Phones. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA Lincoln Business College AN ESTABLISHED AND RELIABLE SCHOOL Courses: Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Type writing, Penmanship, Commercial Law, Of flee Practice, etc Catalog Free. 13th and P Sts., - Lincoln, Nebraska R. C. SCHNEIDER Fresh and Salt Meats 209 SOUTH NINTH STREET. f RF.I1. 433 -:- -:- AUTO. 1433 Butter, Poul try and Eggs ..GAME in Season won The Trades Union Is Necessary to Your Well Being. A CALL FOR MEN OF ACTION.' Unity of Effort- Is tha Only 'R.aoure. of th. Wageworker to Protect and Promot. His Rights B. True to th. Union Label. t ' OFFICE OF DR. R. L. BENTLEY, SPECIALIST CHILDREN Office Hours I to 4 p. m. Office 21 18 O St Both Phones LINCOLN, NEBRASKA RECTOR'S White Pine Cough Syrup Is quick and positive remedy for all coughs. It stoqs coughing spells at night relieves th. soreness, soothes the irrita ted membrane and stoqs th. tickling. It is an ideal preparation for children as it containea no harmful anodynes or narcotics. - 25c per bottle RECTOR'S 12th and O St ORPHEUM Phones: Bell 936. Auto 1528 Week Beginning May 2nd Fine Program Don't Miss It x 1 swS3Mfc Matinees at 2:30 15c and 25c , Evening at 6:30 15c. 25c. 35c. 50c STOP! Are you Wasting your Money? You can have your suit made to your measurement wjth snap that gives the wearer a distinc tive and attractive appearance; hand tailored t o perfection, Made from all-wool fabrics. Fit guaranteed. Scotch Woolen Mills UNION TAILORS 133 So. 13th Street J. H. McMULLEN, Mgr. Bell 2522 -:- Auto 2372 Wageworkers Attention We have Money to loan.' on Chattels. Plenty of it. Utmost Secrecy. Kelly & Norris 129 So. IhhSt A Word to Parents. It Is better to keep children to their Cbty by a sense of honor and by klnd- than by fear. Terence. Dr. Chas. Yungblut The Difference In Sexes. You can judge a woman's mental capacity by her clothes much better than you can a man s. London's Shame. The Royal Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals employs over 160 officers to detect and prevent cruelty. London Mall. ' Cause Sufficient. "Why do people read the adverti sing section In the magazines?" "Say. t Euess you never tried to read the other section ! " Art of Selling. Once get a customer's boot off and entertain him with the right sort of patter a sale Is usually effected If the victim has the required amount of cash on his person. Shoe and Leath er Record. Dentist 1 BLOCK ROOM No, 202 AUTO. PHONE 3416. BELL 656 LINCOLN. -:- NEBR. DISEASE OF WOMEN All rectal diseases such Pile. Fistulas, Fissure and Rec tal Ulcer treated scientifically and ucceesfully. DR. J. R. HAQQARD, Specialist. Office, Rleharda Block. Living. Exalt the straight, set aside the crooked, the people will be loyal. Be have with dignity, they will be lowly; be pious and merciful, they will be faithful; exalt the good, teach the un skillful, they will grow willing. Con fucius. A Matter of Sight. "They tell me," said the Innocent maid, "that your marriage was the re sult of love at first sight Is it true? "It Is," answered the round-shouldered man sadly. "Had I been gifted with second sight, I'd still be in the bachelor class!" Chicago News. The need of a general organization of labor, skilled and unskilled, is the theme of au editorial In the American Federationist by Samuel Gompers. Here is Mr. Gompers' call to action: ' To work, then: Let every trades anion in the American Federation of Labor, every International, national and local organization make an ex traordinary effort this year to absorb in Its ranks all the workers of Its oc cupation. Let our movement to this end be concerted, co-operative and en thusiastic. We urgently request the officers of every affiliated trades union to issue a special circular to their members, in forming them of the fact that all the organizations of the country have be gun a strong pull, a long pull and a pull all together for the purpose of de veloping our labor movement speedily la all parts of the country, in every cuIHuk- The local unions In the vari ous communities are Invited to re double their efforts this year in organ izing all the wageworkers within their possible reach, irrespective of. craft. Individual members of trades unions are asked to endeavor on all possible occasions to advance the cause of trades unionism, especially inducing the unorganized men they meet to join the union that is open to tbein. If each member of the union would take upon himself the obligation to bring one man into the fold of unionism, the result would be an enormous impulse In the desired direction. Every union In the jurisdiction of the American Federation of Labor is also urged to appoint a label commit tee whose duty shall be to advocate the purchase of union made products and to wait upon merchants and re quest them to have on sale the prod ucts of union labor, bearing wherever practicable uniou labels. The trades union is a necessity to the modern wageworker. By its means only can be protect himself against the aggressiveness of hostile employers and secure rates of wages and conditions of employment com mensurate with the constantly grow ing demands of civilization. ,,s v The wageworkers have no other re source for common defensive purposes than the trades union. It Is now generally admitted by all educated and really honest men that a thorough organization of the .. entire working class, to render employment and the means of subsistence less pre carious and to protect and promote the rights and liberties of the workers by securing an equitable share of the fruits of their toil. Is the most vital necessity of the present day. In the work of the organization of labor the wisest, most energetic and devoted of us, when working individ ually, cannot hope to be successful. but by combining our efforts all may succeed. At no time in the history of the labor movement has the necessity for the organization of all wage earners and the federation of their organizations been so great as at the present time. No particular trade can long main tain wages much above the common level, and no particular locality can sustain wages for any length of time above the wage of another locality. To maintain high wages and a. nor mal workday all trades and callings must be organized and federated lo cally as well as contlnentally. The lack of organization among the unskilled vitally affects the organized skilled. The general organization of skilled and unskilled can only be ac complished by united action. It. Is the duty as it is also the plain Interest of all working people to or ganize as such, meet in council and take practical steps to effect the unity of the working classes as an indispen sable preliminary to any successful at tempt to eliminate the evils of which we as a class so bitterly and justly complain. All wageworkers should be union men. Their progress is limited only by those who bold aloof. Get together, agitate, educate and do! It is true that single trades unions have at times been beaten in pitched battles against superior forces of unit ed capital, but such defeats are by do means disastrous. On the contrary. they are sometimes useful in calling the attention of the workers to tbe necessity of thorough organization-and federation, of the inevitable obligation of bringing the yet unorganized work ers into the union, of uniting tbe hith erto disconnected local unions into na tional and International unions and of effecting a yet higher unity by the af filiation of all national and interna tional unions in one grand federation, All of this leads to tbe recognition ef the urgent need of extraordinary effort now by every international or ganization and by every state federa tion, central labor union and local trades union, through the appointment of special organization committees or by other means which may be deemed most advisable, to build up unions and more closely unite the labor movement. Let every union member constitute himself a committee of one to bring at least one wage earner Into the union. Organize! Unite! Federate! WHAT UNIONS TEACH. Valuable L.ssons Taught In Labor's Meeting Halls. In arguing for tbe value of trades nnionism the average friend of organ ized labor frequently makes tbe mis take of discussing questions which are debatable and concerning which thete will probably always be a difference of opinion. No doubt these debatable questions have their place in a full discussion of trades unionism, but for the sake of a better understanding of the aims and objects of organized la bor It would seem to be more tactful and more logical to first talk about what It has accomplished. There are many matters with which organized labor has to do concerning which there can be absolutely no dispute. Trades unionists would make more friends for their cause among tbe public if they presented more frequently the ethical value of their organizations. For instance, one might proclaim the fact that labor halls have come to be important social centers. Here help ful lecture courses on moral and eco nomic subjects are frequently given. Tbe labor press has its educative value. Many of the labor journals, especially those published by internationals, give courses in technical training. A real moral uplift comes through the regular meetings of the union because a man must present his facts in a definite. tangible form if he hopes to win over his associates to his beliefs. Every man has a fair chance to preach these views, no matter how unpopular they may be. Nowhere does a man get a more patient hearing than at a labor union meeting. Here, too, be learns the lesson of subordination to tbe will of others. He learns the value of team work, of co-operation. In the labor movement the working- man learns the lesson of thrift. Rare ly does a trades unionist apply to or ganized charity or any other form of charity for relief. Talk about the value of the trades union as a force for temperance. You can easily make a strong argument in this direction. The question of the education and the Americanizing of the immigrant must be discussed in favor of the trades union. The report of the labor com missioner in the Bulletin of January, 1905, clearly proves this. Child labor, the sweatshop, insani tary conditions in shop and home, are all questions concerning which trades unionism need not be ashamed to speak. Having clearly established these points, it will be easier to discuss the measures through which these ends have been and shall be secured. An intelligent presentation of the broader work of organized labor mast win to its support tbe thousands of impartial men and women whose in dorsement will be of great value ts the cause. Rev. Charles Stelzle. The Hardy Glove Distinct in a Class By Itself. Union Made. ffllThe only elove made wit Til Seams between the fingers ASK FOR THEM AT RETAIL STORES MANUFACTURED BY The Deputy-Spangler Hat Co LINCOLN, NEBRASKA LABOR LEGISLATION. Many Laws Passed In Interest of Wo men and Children. Judged by the number of laws enact ed on the subject, the employment of women and children Is the question most in the legislative mind in so far as labor legislation is concerned, thirty-two states having enacted fifty-four laws or amendments thereon in the past two years. In the majority of cases these laws are amendatory. Prin cipal laws were enacted In ten states, four of them Mississippi. North Dako ta, Oklahoma and Washington being first enactments on the subjects cov ered, while in the other six cases Kansas, Kentucky. Louisiana. Michi gan. Pennsylvania and Virginia the statutes supersede prior enactments. The laws relate to age limit, hours of labor, prohibited employments, com pulsory school attendance, certifica tion, registry and all the provisions that have been found valuable in the matter of the regulation of the employ ment of women and children. The employment of children Is the subject of the large majority of these acts. Extended and detailed lists of employments prohibited for children appear in tbe legislation of New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania, and in a number of states new laws are added prohibiting night work. In several states the hours of labor of children were re duced to eight per day. In Massachu setts and Rhode Island the hours of labor of women and children Were re duced to fifty-six per week in manu facturing or mechanical establishments. :hTTT I LABOR NOTES. The Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International paid $70,928 in sick bene fits during the last fiscal year. The Western Maryland Railroad com pany has granted its locomotive engi neers an increase in wages of about 8 per cent. Telegraph operators on the Big Four tail way system have received an in crease in wages amounting in the ag gregate to $3,400 a month. Every typographical union In Califor nia has indorsed the proposition to ob tain the convention of the Interna tional body for San Francisco in 1911. The report of Secretary Morrison of tbe American Federation of Labor for the five months ending March 1 indi cates an increase of 6,000 in member ship over the same period last year. The balance on hand March 1 was $154,603. The latest semiannual re"" f the International Association lsts shows that the receipt. ..i ull sources during the preceding six months were $211,111.02 and tbe ex penses during that period $176,423.12. The union has invested in government and other bonds $94,538.75. Roseine Oil THE BEST LIGHT FOR THE EYES. ri I J Pure- Pennsylvania Cylinder, ( 11 Engine and Dynamo Oils vJJ Rex Axle Grease, French U Automobile Oils ' Marshall Oil Co. Lincoln Clothes Cleaned, Pressed 1 Repaired Gentlemen and Ladies HATS Worked Over New or Cleaned and Blocked. Fixed under our Guaran tee are O. K. 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