THE WAGEWORKER.
PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY'V
BY WAGEWORKER PUBLISHING COMPANY.
WILL M. MAUPIN, Editor.
- E. L. GRUBB, Business Mnger.
EnMrad aa ncond-dus matter April 21.! 1 904. at
kVa poatoficaal Lincoln, Nab., under tha Aclaf
i of March 3rd. 1879.
GETTING READY TO PARADE.
The (trades unionists of Lincoln and
Havelock are setting ready to make
a big parade on Labor Day. Thai's
bully I Jf ever there was a time in
the history of this community when
organized labor should make, a goodly
bowiing, that time in norm And we
re aoafifent that organized labor i
going to measure up to "toe opportu
nKy. It tats been the good fortune
nd the pleasure rf ttw writer to tar
had eorue connection wish every labor
Day eelebratlon in Lincoln for the pact
eight or nine years, and so far s
his recollection runs the interest and
the enthusiasm this year la ahead of
any previous year. This is good sign.
The mere .whisper of oposition in the
form of an organized effort to fight
the unions Ihas had the effect of solidi
fying the ranks.
. But as we watch the enthusiasm
shown in fche matter of making a good
showing on labor day, iwe ean not help
but wonder what would happen if the
unionists of this county took as much
interest and showed as much enthusi
asm in concerted political action as
they take in concerted Lalbor Day Ac
tion: And why should we not take as
much interest in getting together on
election day as me show in getting
together on Labor Dayf Is it not a
fact tbat iwe too often nullify our Labor
Day efforts by our election day acnionst
Honestly now, Brother Unionist, what
' does tlbe politician care for our Lalbor
Day demonstrations as long as he can
keep us at each other's throats on
election dayf Can you not imagine
the capitalist cheering us as we march
by on Labor Day, and sneering at us
the minute we got past him and he
recalls that although we anarch shoul
der to shoulder in the Labor Day pa
rade we split up into foolish partisan
factions (when iwe get to .the polling
places f .Capital has no polities and no
partisan bias. It is republican when lit
pays to be republican, and democratic
when it pays to be democratic but
it is for capital all the time. And as
long as capital can .keep .us divided by
throwing political clap-trap at us, just
so long capital will slip in between the
divided ranks and swipe all the fruit
and leave labor all the husks.
What difference does tit make to you,
Mr. Wage' Earner, whether it is a re
publican or a democrat that gives you
the legislative relief you askt What
difference does it make whether the
lemon you get is .handed to you 'by a
republican or a democrat f
The partisan can not be a patriot.
We believe in political parties; believe
they are necessary. But of there is
any one thing that is dangerous to
this republic lit is partisanship. The
man who votes a straight party ticket
and is titrable to give an intelligent
reason for so doing, is little less than
a simpleton. There is .but one fool
equal to "the wage earner who votes
the republican ticket because his. fart her
did, and that is the wage earner who
votes the democratic ticket because bis
father did.
wouldn't it De one if union men
couiu get toge-mer ana iraroe .up a
plan to act as a unit on election day,
just as union men are getting together
these days to frame up plans for get
ting together on Labor Dayf There
will be fifteen hundred union men in
line in Lincoln on Labor Day. If they
would pick out a legislative ticket
and cast that many votes for it on elec
tion day,.they would elect every legis
lative candidate. There are 35,000 or
ganized workers in Nebraska. If they
would pick out their friends irreapec
five of political affiliation and vote
for tftiem on election day, they could
elect to state office men in heantf eym
pathy wutui organized labor.
Maybe some day we'll have sense
enough to lay aside partisanship and
personal jealousies and do that very
thing. We haven't .made much head
way 'in that direction as yet, by the
symptoms are growing more favorable
every day. A little greater effort
along educational lines, a more thorough
cultivation of tha independent spiri
now (happily, growing stronger and
then we'll begin to get real results.
to be regretted,' tha so many local
unions h'ave neglected or refused to
affiliate.- This mjlect or refusal has
seriously (hampered the Federation offi
cials in, their preparations for the coni
ng session.'. Heretofore when labor has
wanted anything from the legislature
it has "asked f.or -it in a perfunctory
manner. The special interest are not
content with merely asking for what
they rwant they keep mien on the
spot to push their bills. It is time that
organized labor followed this example.
If the State Federation of Labor were
receiving the support it is entitled to
from the locals of the state it would
be 'possible to 'keep a lave legislative
committee at the state house during
the entire session, introducing labor
bills, watching them carefully and push
ing them at every opportunity. That is
the only way labor will ever get the
legislation it wants and needs.
But to maintain this legislative com
mittee will require money, amd the only
method the Federation has of securing
this money is by dues from subordinate
unions. It is a matter that appeals to
every trades (unionist in the state, and
it is to be (regretted that personal jeal
ousies and vtter indifference have inter
vened to binder the work. But it . is
not yet too late for the delinquent
unions to come forward and help to
boost tlbe cause.
The committee on 'Sports for the
Labor Day celebration is framing up
an interesting session, and will . have
some elegant prizes to offer. Get ready
to take part in the games and show
em that you are just as young as ever,
and twice as spry. )
Gosh, just supposing we'd have had
this "wet" and "Ary' fight when
Abraham Lincoln was a candidate for
the presidency. Thank heaven, we at
least have managed to elect some big
men on big issues before this question
arose to take precedence over every
thing else. .
The Labor Day edition of the Wage-
worker will be handsomely illustrated,
and contain a number of interesting
special articles by well known unionists
in Lincoln. It will be an issue well
worth preserving.
It is natural that the man who would
pay a woman $2.42 for a week's work
should violate the child labor. law by
employing a "kid" band because it
was a chance to get a big attraction
cheap. , ;--
THE STATE FEDERATION.
Nebraska will shortly elect another
legislature, and this reminds us that
the Nebraska State Federation of Labor
should begin to prepare for it. It is
There are two classes of people who
do not drink whiskey those rwiho are
too good to drink it ,and those who
are too darned stingy to spend ibheir
money for it.
Senator Aldrich says it is the .best
tariff law ever enacted. The senator
holds a lot of stock in the rubber trust
and rubber is handsomely protected by
the tariff law.
We .believe that the Labor Day com
mittee could be prevailed upon - to in
vite the members of the Business Men 's
League to participate in the Labor Day
parade.
For an example of sticking to it
under adverse circumstances, commend
us to the striking boilermaikers of Have
lock. There's a loyal union bunch for
you.
The primaries .are over. Now select
your candidates with reference to their
friendship for your interests rather
than because of your partisan bias.
The legislative candidates in Lancas
ter county have been selected. Scan
the list and see how many union men
you can find among them.
Lalbor Day in Lincoln will ibe cele
b rated at Capital Beach than which
there is no more delightful pleasure
resort in the country.
The gentlemen who feared that the
primary system would destroy interest
in politics have another guess coming,
The smaller your union all the more
reason why you should march beneath
He banner on Lalbor Day.
If Sawdust Post fails to throw an
other fit between now and Lalbor Day
we will feel slighted.
Get ready for Labor Day. And go
after some of the big prizes that will
bo offered. '
"The injury of one is the concern
of all!" Get together on Labor Day.
001
GREAT
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HIE
. . t
of men's fine suits which range in price from $1 0 to $40
at $5.00,
$10
.00, $15.00
has attracted the attention of practically every man in
this city, a good thing is easily pushed .along Men who
have secured one of these Bargains for themselves; are
busy telling their friends about it, and so the good word
isdalo
that is booming this sale and making it one of this store's
big successes Our word for it We will not ceurry' one ',
of these suits over to next season, for the prices we have
named are unheard of and the; values and styles, offered
are the best to be had in the state of Nebraska at any price
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Here They Are-See What You Get--ee What You Save
$5.00
Is all that jrou will have to
pay for an? of our fine suits
that sold for $10.00 and
x $12.50.
$10.
Gives you choice of any $15,
$18, $20 and $22.50 suits.
You save more than half -here.
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$15.00
For the very finest suits made
at any priceimported wool
ens hand tailored. Regular
price $25.00 to $40.00. ,
Armstrong
Cloraieg
C
GOOD CLOT H ES M ERC H ANT S
Shoulder to shoulder, and heart to
heart, on Labor Day.
LAND MONOPOLY.
How It Has Practically Enslaved Amer
ica's Working Men.
Land monopoly led to the settlement
of America. It is tire landless citizen
of thie fatherland .who comes te this
country as an immigrant. It was not
so much the form of government which
sent him forth, as the inability to earn
a living. The free Iai(d of America
was a louder call than its democratic
form of government. But the oppor
tunity to obtain free land in America
has now gone by. The three million
square miles an the public domain of
the United States cost the nation $4.70
an acre. In the disposition of this im
mense area the nation .has become al
most land impoverished. The Pacific
Railroads alone acquired one-twelfth of
it. In addition to a right of way
across the continent of one hundred to
four hundred feet wide, with such land
as was needed for sidings, stations
and yards, a subsidy of every altern
ative section of one square mile on
either side the right of way was added
as an aid to construction. It is said
that the grants to the Northern Pacific
Railroad alone were worth one thousand
million dollars. The dealings of the
Pacific Railways with Congress "with
regard to land transactions have been
notoriously scandalous.
Following the railways, came the land
grabbers and ranchmen, -who have ap
propriated great tracts of land which
they are still holding unlawfully. One
individual 'became the owner of four
teen million five hundred and thirty
nine thousand acres of the richest land
in California and Oregon, an area three
times as great as the State of New
Jersey, with its population of one mil
lion and a half. The Public Lands
Commission appointed by President
Roosevelt reported that in the acquir
ing of the large number of estates
which they investigated "almost with
out exception collusion or evasion of
the letter and the spirit of he law was
involved."
Land values are increased according
to the dema-nd for land. Therefore, with
the increase of population land values
in every part of the United States are
bound to advance. It has been calcu
lated that by the mere fact of his
arrival each immigrant increases the
value of the territory of the United
States by about four (hundred dollars.
Others' have 'said that the figure is
nearer one thousand dollars. When thf
immigrant lands upon the American
shone he practically makes a eontribu-
tion of a year's earnings to the Value !
of the land. But at the same time he
makes tlhe ninety million people already
living here poorer by his coming, be
cause the burden of rent of all the
people is increased in consequence.
Scarcely a century ago the ancestors
of the Astor family invested a' few
thousand dollars in farming land lying
about the outskirts of what was then
a mere village. In less than fifty years
time the crowding of five million peo
ple around Manhattan Island has given
a .value to the Astor estate of $450,
000,000. And tihis great increase was
brought about not (by What the Astor
family .has, done but by what society
has accomplished. Meanwhile those
who actually created this great for
tune havie been compelled to pay the
price in increased rentals.
In New York approximately one
hundred million dollars was raised by
taxes on real estate out of a total
budget in 1908 of $143,000,000; in 1910
about $106,835,000 out of a total bud
get of approximately $163,000,000; or
about 5-8 of the total is Taised by
taxation upon real estate. The tenants
unquestionably pay the greater part of
this tax and the question of rent for
the poor is an almost unendurable bur
den. New York is merely typical of
every other city in this respect. Rev.
Charles Stelzle. :' ' " V !
A lot" of literary "guff" is going
around about "Labor should be repre
sented in the president's cabinet." If
laboring men elect corporation judges
to the presidency they may expect to
see corporation men appointed to cabi
net positions, whether one or more has
"lalbor" itacked to his title or not.
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Have Your
Natural Complexion
Nature intended everyone to have a
perfect complexion.
Palmolive is Nature's own aid to the skin.
The soothing, healing palm and olive
oils of which it is composed bring back
delicacy, softness, beauty to face and hands.
Baby, mother, father every member
of the family will appreciate it.
It's the one perfect soap for all the
uses of the toilet .
A single cake will prove it to you.
Jos.Deklotz 123 O Both Phones
