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Test of Quality
Test of Quantity
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Demand Liberty Flour r.nd take no other. , If your grocer
does not handle it, phone us about it.
H. O. BARBER & SON
WORKERS UNION
UNIOH STAMP
Factory NO.
Named Shoes are Often Made
in Non-Union Factories.
Do Not Buy Any Shoe
no matter what the name unless
it bears a plain and readable
impression of this Union Stamp.
All Shoes Without the Union Stamp are Non-Union
Do not accept any excuse for absence of the UNION STAMP
Boot and Shoe Workers Union
246 Sumner St., Boston, Mass.
JOHN F. TOBIN, Pres. . CHAS. L. BAINE, Sec-Treas.
ACME COAL
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The Dr. Benj. F. Baily Sanatorium
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
p0r non contagious cbronic diseases. Largest, best
equipped, most beautifully, furnished. '
HE TRADE WM
Teaches Workers the Power of
Combination.
'MOVEMENT IS NOT NARROW.
Federation of Labor' Represents and
Voices the Aspirations of the Toiling
Masses Proud of Its Past and
Hopeful of the Future.
From the annual report of President
Samuel Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor we excerpt as follows:
"The narrowness of trade unionism"
this phrase passes current, at full
face value, in every camp and even
In every grouplet of "Intellectuals."
In .going the whole round of the
"isms," sociological, ethical, legal, po
litical, reformatory, played out popu
lar crazes or "just out" social pana
ceas, one will bear expressed by the
leaders a sentiment that the trade
unionists are hidebound conservatives
because tney decline to rush in a
body to take the magic medicine for
social ills offered by the particular
"ism" advocated by the critic in each
particular case.
It is a fact that trade unionism In
America moves on in its own set and
deliberate way. In so doing it has
outlived wave upon waveof hastily
conceived so called "broad" movements
that were to reconstruct society in a
single season. And it has sufficiently
good cause for continuing its own rea
soned out course.
A full defense of trade unionism
against the charge of narrowness
would require many volumes were
each to be separately devoted to
counter statements, and argumentation
addressed to every critic advocating
his own special "ism" as against trade
unionism. But there Is one broad bot
tom fact underlying all the criticisms
of trade unionism based on its alleged
narrowness. That fact Is that trade
unionism is not narrow.
The locomotive . engine is. riot, "nar
row" because it Is not fitted tb run
on highways and byways and water
ways as It is for railways, nor is the
steamship "narrow" because it cannot
be made to run on land. But"team,
the motive power, can be so applied
that It is effective on both land and
water. An engine is adapted, to a
special use. Steam in its applications
is universal.
Similiarly a trade union Is not a ma
chine fitted to the work of directly af;
fectlng all the civic, social and politi
cal changes necessary in soicety. But
It first of all teaches the working class
es the power of combination: Thence
forward it disciplines them, leads them
to perform tasks that are possible and
permits the members of any of its af
filiated bodies to attempt any form of
social experiment which does, not im
peril the organization as a whole. The
spirit of combination has the immedi
ate effects of self confidence for the
democratic elements in unions, of
growth in the loyalty of workingman
for Workingman, of constant progres
sive achievement not confined . to re
stricted limits. It: is therefore a mo
tive power continuously Vand various
ly applicable as the- masses move for
ward and upward In development.
The spirit of combination in the
wageworkers has as a motive power
many points of resemblance to that of
steam (or. for that matter, electricity)
In the mechanical world. One of these
points is that the machine to be moved
must not be too big or too complex for
the engine. ' Theorist social reformers
' beyond enumeration have In vain off er-
. ' "" 1 ' -"-zxaia--
cd their Utopian inventions to the mass-: ,"
cs because the latter, endowed .'.with
common sense, have on due observation
refused to supply, the needed wasteful
power to make the inventions go. Jf
they had done so for a time they could
but have exhibited the folly of going;"
to greater pain's and troubles than the
present social machinery requires ' The '
history of the 'United States is plen
tifully illustrated with millennial ex- '
perlments, illusory for the reason that :
their maintenance in some way over- ",
taxed their supporters, accustomed to.
making progress in the freedom and
opportunity of America even as it is.
No other mechanism for carrying out
the will of the wageworkers in the
domain in which they can especially"
benefit themselves has . equaled the
trade union and the trade union move-
ment in bringing desired results. No
other has equally stood the test of
time. No other has thrown anything
like the lifht upon the state of mind
of the masses with respect to their '
economic education. No other bas
been able to show how Intensely prac-.'
tical the workingmen are, nor how
aevotea tney can snow tnemseives to,
o clearly defined principle, nor how ,
rendv thev are to trust to thnir own "
leadership, nor how they Invariably
refuse as a class to embark in fiction
born Utopian ventures. The trade
union has been broad enough for all y.
practical purposes.
ine trace unions are tne Historically
and naturally developed labcr move
ment of our time, clime a nd condIr
uions. cur reaeration or traae unions .
represents and voices the struggles.
needs and the aspirations of the toil
ing masses of our. continent. It helps
bear their burdens and makes them
lhrhter. It bears the s?ars and pain of -battle
and shares in glorious triumphs,
already achieved and makes -ready for
the brighter and better day now., to-,
morrow and tomorrow's tomorrow,"'.
Nothing daunted, but straightforward."
and courageous, our labcr movement, .
proud of its past, fac3 the future with ,
an abiding faith' and confidence that
that futur is onrs.
What He Wanted.
A young Baltimore man has a habit
of correcting such carelessness as
comes to his notice.
The other day he walked into a shop
and asked for a comb.
"Do you want a narrow man's
comb?" asked the clerk.
"No," said the customer, gravely. "I
want a comb for a stout man with rub
ber teeth."-St. Paul Dispatch.
Something to Look Forward To.
Schoolmaster Come to . my room
after school, and I'll give you the
soundest, thrashing you ever had! -
Pupil (who suffers from lapse of,
memory i Yes. sir. I'll tie a. knot .in -my
li a nd kerchief to remind lne.Pear...
son's Weekly.
Hard Labor.
Hobo Madam, you muster misun
derstood me. I Ms here piece o' meat
ain't what I ast fer.
Lady Didn't you beg for something
to eat?
Hobo Yessum; not for work. Cleve
land Leader. . - .
Cabbage Soup. , . '
Take one small or half a large head
of cabbage, chop quite tine and cook
in about a pint; of water niitil -dtme.
Drain and putin .enough hot milk to?
make as thin as desired Season withy;
pepper, salt and butter, or adding n'J
little cream will be an improvement,
Irish Moss Blancmange. :
One-third cup moss, four cups milk,.
one-quarter teaspoon .-sa.lt- Soak moss
in cold., water. .to coyer, drain.; add to.
ytnilk and cook in double boiler thirty
j minutes; ' r- ' v
