THE WAGEWORKER.
By Wageworker Publishing Co.
Will M. Maupin - - Editor
W. P. Hogard - - Manager
Erind mm Mcattd-clu aiatMt April 2 1. "J 904. mt
K ccftct Lincoln. Nb.. undr lb Act of
of Much 3rd. 1879. ,
THE EXPECTED HAPPENS.
The house of representatives at
Washington, on motion of a gentleman
from New Jersey, amended the civil
appropriation bill so as to prevent any
part thereof being expended in the
prosecution of labor unions nnder the
Sherman anti-trust act. The senate
struck out the amendment and sent
the bill back to the house. The house
appointed a conference committee and
instructed it to stana pat on the
amendment proposed by the gentleman
from New Jersey. It was the only
real bit of labor legislation of the en
tire session. The senate conference
committee refused to concede to the
house, and immediately President Taft
got busy.
Did President Taft seek to induce
the senate committee to accede to the
wishes of the house!
Not by a jug full!
That isn't William Howard Taft's
way of showing his friendship for labor
unions.
On the contrary he sent for republi
can house leaders and informed them
that the house must recede from its
position; that it must knock out that
amendment and leave it possible to
spend all of that item for the prosecu
tion of labor unions if deemed neces
sary by the department of "justice."
And then the republican leaders got
busy. Congressmen who wanted cer
tain postoffice appointments made were
notified to "gig back" or see their
preferences ignored. Congressmen who
wanted slices from the "pork barrel"
were notified that they wouldn't even
get a smell of the grease unless they
backed down on the amendment. Every
sort of pressure was brought to bear
under threat of presidential disfavor,
and finally the house receded from the
position it had taken a just and fair
position and gave way to the pluto
cratic senate and the corporation ten
dencies of the chief executive of the
nation.
The man who expected William How
ard Taft to take any other position
than that of antagonism to labor unions
is too simple minded to be allowed at
large. The "father of government by
injunction," like the leopard, can not
change his spots. Taft is plutocratic
by instinct, by training and by en
vironment; he is a creature of the
trusts, the capitalists and the tariff
barons. Taft never mingled with the
masses, but always trained with the
classes. He is but following the mental
bent of a man who never fell outside
the influence of men who profit by
special privilege.
In the future, as in the past, the ef
forts to enforce the Sherman anti-trust
law will be confined to the prosecutions
of labor unions, allowing the big trusts
in restraint of trade to escape unharm
ed. And the man responsible for all
this is William Howard Taft, creature
of Roosevelt the trust buster who never
busted a trust.
til a child was eighteen or twenty years
of age it was a burden to tne parents.
In other words the New Jersey "jus-
tico" holds that the parents are really
in debt to the railroad for having rid
them of a financial burden. And we
are called anarchists when we express
contempt for that kind of "justice."
What would you think of a sheriff
who would appoint a pimp to suppress
prostitution, a tool of the gamblers
to suppress gambling, a horse thief
to nab horse thieves and a distillery
salesman to watch out for violations
of the Slocum lawt Yet Sheriff Hoag-
land appointed tools of the Burlington
railroad to act as deputy sheriffs in
and about the Havelock shops.
Last year the railroads lulled and
injured more employees than there
were killed on both sides during the
fearful battle of Shiloh. And the
slaughters of peace will continue to
exceed the slaughters of war as long
as it is cheaper to kill human beings
than to conserve human life by spend
ing money for safety appliances.
The Lincoln Citizens' Alliance is in
full working order. It is getting ready
to make a fight on progressive trades
unionism, and it will receive the active
support of a lot of union men who will
"knock" on the unionists who are
trying to advance the cause of organ
ized labor.
The poor, hard worked president who
has spent half his time traveling about
the country in special trains, will spend
the summer at Beverly-by-the-ea. ine
wage earner who has been idle a good
part of the time will foot the bills and
work every day he can get a job.
Federal Judge Morris of Iowa has
declared constitutional the sixteen-hour
law enacted for the protection of rail
road men. That's good, for if Judge
Morris had been so minded he could
have nullified the work of the congress
of the United States.
Speaking for ourselves only we desire
to say thatxwe would be quite content
to have the championship of pugdom
rest with the negro race. We are quite
satisfied to have the champion for in
telligence, advancement and industry
rest with the white race.
The Wageworker goes to press
too early this week to report the re
sult of the bond election. But if the
bonds fail to carry and the Traction
Co extensions are not defeated we'll
feel like coming out with the column
rules turned next week.
President Taft is quite anxious that
William Peruna Andrews seek the gov
ernorship of Nebraska. If Andrews is
nominated he'll get a dose of something
worse than rot-gut Peruna, which he so
eloquently recommends.
Of course people are moving out of
Lincoln every day. They moved out
every day under the old regime. And
we know others still with us who would
confer a benefit on the community by
moving out tomorrow.
Thank you, The Wageworker seems
to be getting alone quite well not
withstanding the "knocking" of men
who ought to be its friends and
the bellyaching of the jealousminded.
If Charles W. Post does not throw a
"personal liberty" fit in the columns
of the daily newspaper between now
and the dawn of July 4 we will have
missed our guess.
Jim Jeffries, the pugilist, isdescribed
by sporting writers as the man "on
whom the hopes of the white depend."
If that is true the white race is m
one heluva fix.
- OUR FRIENDS.
It is not pretended that those repre
sented in the column of The Wage
worker are the only friends of or
ganized labor doing business in this
community. But it is contended thnt
those represented in this issue are the
friends who are sufficiently interested
in the welfare of labor to induce them
to make the fact known.
We cordially invite the attention of
union men and women to the advertis
ers in this issue. These advertisers
want your trade, and they are entitled
to it because they openly espouse the
causa of labor.
It is high time that organized labor
began recognizing the fact that the
best way of pushing the cause of organ
ization is to stand by the friends of
organization and boost for them all the
time. We will gain vastly more by de
voting all our time to bootsing for our
friends than by devoting anv consid
erable portion of our time to knocking
on our opponents. If we'll keep our
friends busy supplying our needs our
enemies will soon disannear.
The Wageworker desires to thank
the business men represented in this
issue for their patronage, and wishes
ior mem a successful business career,
A New Jersey Judge has judicially
decided that a mil mail thof u;nj
child of two years is not indebted to
. im parents, nis ground being that un-
Lincoln ought not to do it between
puffs on .Pittsburg cigars to tne music
or imported Danas.
The community which adds the value
to property is entitled to some share
in the values it creates.
President Taft has once more reveal
ed the kind of friendship he has for
trades unionism.
Shall we celebrate Labor Day in
Lincoln this yearf That is the question.
Mr." Knocker, if you don 't like Lin
coln for God's sake move out!
Let's all work together for Lincoln
-really, not bluffingly.
There is plenty of work in the har
vest fields.
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Does not mean that you must buy clothes
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comfortable andj that are just as comfortable as
they look v
You should be just as particular about your appearance for outings,
summer or sports as you are when engaged in business pursuits and to
be sure of getting garments that are right and will look right, you
should come in and see what we are showing
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to satisfy you in every way
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The greatest collection of Summer Suits you
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GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS
OUR JULY
PRESSMEN WERE IN SPOKANE
After a strike of short duration in a
few of the printing houses of Spokane
the Press Feeders' union has won an
advance of $1.50 per week in wages,
the new schedule now being $13.50 per
week on platen presses and $16.50 on
cylinder presses. The strike lasted two
days, and was finally settled by arbi
tration. The arbitration committee
consisted of J. A. Borden, representing
the employers; Clarence Anderson, for
the press feeders, with Rev. W. J.
Hindley as the third member of the
board.
JOHN S. REED
124 So. 13th St.
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