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JULIUS PEPPERBERG
Independent Cigar Factory
813-815 O Street
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 18, 1910
Fred Ihringer, v
Sec. Labor Temple, .
Dear Sir :
I notice your announcement in the
Wageworker that the Wage Earners of Lincoln
are trying to wipe out their indebtedness
on the Temple by another issue, of stock.
The organization you represent is a
if commendable one and I
in placing the entire issue in the hands
of those favorable to the Wage Earner.
You may place my name on the list for
$50.00 more stock.
Yours very truly,
R.V.P. JULIUS PEPPERBERG
THE EDITOR'S LITTLE EXPERIENCE
If you think it is an easy matter to
tale. the witness stand and answer the
questions fired at you by sixteen bright
young fellows who want to know -something,
and know why they want to
know it, just try it. That was an ex
perience of mine one night this week".
The debating squad of the University
of Nebraska is preparing to take the
af lirm-tive of the question, "Resolved,
That the trades union advocacy of the
.dosed shop should receive the support
of the public," in the debate with Wis
consin, and the negative in the debate
with Illinois. These young men, am
bitious and eager, for information, in-i
vited .ue to a session with them for the
purpos-e of ascertaining how little I
know. At least that is what it looked
like to me.
Glad indeed I was to be of whatever
service possible to these young fellows.
My great regret was that I was so in
capable of shedding light on the ques
tion. But I at least have the satisfac
tion of knowing that I did the best I
could. Grilling as was the examination,
I shall always look back upon it as one
of the plcasantest experiences of my
life. I sat up in front, and facing me
were sixteen young fellows, keen of in
tellect, anxious to get at basic facts,
and pureed to the limit with questions
that went right to the heart of things.
They smoothed the way for the victim
which was me by a hearty greeting.
Then they went about .the business of.
" the evening, courteously but firmly, and
the only thing I can liken to; the way
they fifed their questitfns is" the way a
, -gatTing gun section -gets 'busy; -When in
action. - ' '
The questions were not haphazard,
for 1 ,ol6zen committees had been inves-: "
tigating, each a separate phase of the
trust you succeed
' open shop vs. closed shop" question,
and each committee wanted to know
the whys and the wherefores. The ans
wers had to be to the point, too. If it
wasn't clear they simply hammered
away until they got all the information
possible which was usually not a great
deal, but the very best I had in stock.
From 7:30 until 10:00 the grilling con
tinued. Had my back been turned to
that bunch of inquisitors my courage
would have failed me. But it was an
inspiration to look into the eyes of
young fellows bent on getting at the
real facts, and although admitting my
inability to handle the question ias
ably as ia score of my fellow workers
rijrht here in Lincoln might have handl
ed them, I left the chair feeling that I
had at least given them a little in
formation which, if followed up would
make them far better advocates ' of
trades unionism and the closed shop
than I hope ever to ibeCome.
But, after all, the most pleasing fea
ture of the whole thing is that the uni
versity is getting . down to practical
things. The young mien who are delv
ing into this labor problem are going
to exercise a beneficial influence on in
dustrial conditions in the days to come.
Tt is enlarging their mental horizon; it
is enlarging their sympathies; it is
putting them into close touch with the
workers -upon whom the whole social
fabric rests. - L
If I succeeded in any degree in shed
ding a bit of .light upon the questions
those splendid young fellows are study
ing I - am moTe than repaid for the
Lerrific rrrillius thev subjected -me - to
1-ii:,b-Tuesday night. . For .the opportu-
it." r-f-eyTefrine. however feeblv, the
ea.jas for the union faith that is
"ithin me, I thank Professor Fogg and
the debating squad. For the privilege
of meeting and learning to know such
a bunch of splendid young men eager
to get wise to practical things I am
even more thankful. If the squad de
feats Wisconsin I am going out behind
the office, swell up' a bit and pat my
self on the back, claiming softly and
to myself some of the credit. If they
lose I'll merely blame them for having
made the mistake of wasting their time
in trying to, extract information from
such a hopeless subject as my humble
self.
And lastly, I frankly admit that' I
thought of better answers to most of
the questions after I had got home
than the ones I was forced to give on
the spur of the moment. But isn't that
always the case? , '
W. M. M.
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Routine Meeting in Which Usual Busi
ness is Transacted. "
Very little other than routine busi
ness was transacted by the Central
Labor -Union at its meeting last week.
The principal feature of the meeting
was the election of Frank M. Coffey
to represent the body at the American
Federation of Labor convention in St.
Louis next ' month.
Several, little matters relating to
local conditions were discussed but no
definite action taken. The chief work
before the central body now is to
finance the delegate to the Federation
convention. .Mr; Coffey will go down
there with the avowed intention of
making a game fight to secure from
the Federation some recognition of
this section of the middle west some
thing that has 'been woefully lacking
for years.
IN A PIG'S VALISE.
Union men of Los Angeles enter suit
against Gen. Otis of the Los Angeles
Times for criminal libel and he is
placed under bonds of $200 for appear
ance in court. Editor Blighton, of
The Voice" of the People, Tuscon, Ari
zona, is sued iby capitalism for crimi
nal libel, and he is thrown into jail
and bonds of $14,000 are demanded
ere he can enjoy his liberty. We are
certainly all "equal before the law."
: 'Miners' Magazine.
TEMPERANCE WORK.
Jingle Today I saw a man raising
a glass of beer to his lips. I called to
him to stop, spoke three words to him
and instead of drinking it he dashed
it to the ground, splintering the glass
into a thousand pieces
Mingle My stars! You must be a
second John B. Gough for eloquence.
What did you say to him?
Jingle I said: "That's non-union
beer." Toledo. Union Leader.
AND THEN SOME.
iWhat organized labor wants and
should have is justice. We have com
pulsory arbitration now, so why talk
about that. A federal judge acts as
a ibuttinsky board of arbitration and
settles the whole thing. Organized
labor has enough compulsory arbitra
tion. Oklahoma Labor Unit.
'Mr. Union Man, what are you doing
to combat - the determined effort that
ia being made to drive the label out
of Lincoln?
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