S OFFICE BOY'S OBSERVATIONS 8
Wot puzzles me is how girls
on their heads is foolin' us fellers
Every time I see soive woman
I feel darned glad f'r th' baby.
If I don't give up my seat t' th' shoppers it's not because I ain't
polite it's because I'm too darred tired after workin' all day t'
make it possible f'r them same women t' shop.
A lot o' women w'ot celefcale
couple o' thousard years ago are
their own.
I don't know mutch, but I know enuff t buy my goil Christmas
presents on th' installment plan.
Givin' gobs o' money t' charity on Christmas ain't no sign of th'
real Christmas spirit.
If dem filanthrofists will help make it easier f'r me t' take care
o' my mortal bcdy I'll try an' tale care o' my immortal souk
It's mighty hard t' irate me take a intrust in. th' hereafter while
I've got t' hustle so like thunder t' git me eats now.
I guess dat if.de boss can worry aftr workin' hours about gittfu'
me pay envelope ready I can afford t' hustle purty hard f'r de
eight hours.
I ain't no wise guy, but it don't strain me eyesight t' see dat
de politicians w'ot took such a intrust in us woikin'men a month
ago ain't worryin' a bit about us now.
. Just as soon as I firish me tine
a few woids't' de foreiran. Eut
dat de front dcor is wide open.
SHORT ARM JABS
Chief Malone's class in city
on him. - ' '
Doubtless Addison "Wait is quite
democratic Pool.
Augustine A. Hyers beg pardon, "Gus" Hyers is being boost
ed for sheriff by a lot of his republican friends and friends who are
not republicans. If "Gus" rets irto the primary race, he is apt
to make the man who beats him go some.
The Nebraska State Federation
the time the legislature n eets in
two bodies compared as to irtelli'
and we speak as a union man, not
Any chanre iu Lir coin's form of government-must be for the
better. But Lincoln citirers are rot going to stard for any attempt
at foisting any fourteen-councilmen-at-large scheme on them in
the name of "improvement!
The label of the Allied Printing Trades on the printing of a mer
chant is an invitation to union men always well paid mechanics
to trade with them. Its absence is semi-notice that the trade of
union men is not appreciated.
The thoughtful woman on Christmas shopping bent; will start
home from the stores tefxre the mechanics leave their work. The
mechanics have some ri:hts, ard ere of them is the right to a seat
x in the cars after a hard day's work.
"By the census figures Nebraska gained 11 per cent in population
during the last decade. In reality Nebraska gained about 20 per
centt but a padded census ten years ago prevented the facts from,
being known '. At any rate, Nebraska's 11 per cent gain means
lot more desirable lot of rew citizens . than. New Y6rk received
with her 25 or SO per cert rain. "We'd rather boast of a high ors?r
of citizenship than of mere numbers citizens. - ,: -
can believe all them fussy fixin's
or makes them look purtier to us.
missin' a pup instead uv a baby
th' birth o' th' Christmas baby a
too finickey t' have any babies o'
an' git me card I'm goin' t' say
before I begin I'm goin' t' see
ordinances seems to be sloughing
-
anxious that no one stir up the
of T abcr lr.eets in TTavelock about
I ir coln. We'd like to have the
erce loots ard value to the state
as a politician.
HARD ON WORKERS
Toil of Slaves Used to Drive Out
American Free Labor.
STATE'S SIMPLE METHOD.
Minnesota Employs Convicts WManu- '
facturo " Binder Twine That Under
: sella the Product of Free Workers.
Family Rights Ignored.
We are unable to Join in the entbu
ilasm manifested by the governing
powers of the state of Minnesota over
their "successful." methods of putting
the price of binder twine down to 3
cents below the level at which "the
trust" Is able to sell It. Nor can we
hurrah very heartily over the fact that
by the same method the state will reg
ulate the market rates of agricultural
Implements In the coming year.
The state's method is simple so aim- .
pie that the morality of It seems to
have evaded the attention of its legis
lative. Judicial and executive depart
ments and of Its citizens in general.
It Is the good old plan of reducing a
worklngman to slavery and taking
from him by force all of the product
of his labor except a bare subsistence.
Success In this, plan blinded many a
generation of slaveholders, and the
success of Minnesota Is undoubted, for
he made a profit of $189.69 last year
out of every slave in her twine works,
and with her new agricultural imple
ment works also operated by the same
sort of slave labor her total profits
from this source are expected In future
to average $300,000 a year. All goes
Into the state treasury.
Apart from our , objection to slave
labor, the feature of the plan which
results In barring the trust made bind
er twine out of Minnesota brings up
In our bosom certain disturbing sensa
tions. There are many . good trade
union people working for 'trusts" in
this country, if by the word "trust" is
to be meant any Industry conducted
on a large scale. The railroads are an
example. Actually we prefer to see
railroad men in their present condl
tlon rather than In slavery.
The binder twine trust employed
free labor to make the goods it for
merly sold In Minnesota. Each slave
who Is now handing over to the state
$189.(59 annually has been substituted
for a freeman, .whose wages must
have been approximately the same as
those prevailing In similar grades of
work in the United States, and on the
whole, after some extended observa
tlon. we believe that the general Amer
ican rate of wages is still somewhat
more than sufficient to maintain our
workingmen above the slave level. We
shall be reckless right here and now
and say. " however much the trust In
the financial and Industrial ' fie!d Is
abhorrent to Justice, we are willing' to
tolerate ' it for a little while longer
rather than to see It abolished By the
Minnesota method. There may possl
bly be some other way.
Another thing that appeals to us In
this case Is that before being thrown
Into slavery many of the men in Min
nesota's binder twine " slave works
were husbands and fathers, and their
families are now to sad need of the
proceeds of their labor whic h Minne
sota Is taking from them by force. It
Is a hard thing when even a slave's
little children are In destitute dream-. :
.-stances. .. ;
. As Is always the- eass i social prefb
. tons, tfce? bottom t At allJa a qnes
flea of .amraffiy, v--t;rts ti tMto
nesota-uoTDBen. there ts no state of .
tfio people of the state of Minnesota,
we suggest that they ask tlieir pastors
to 'address them on a given Sun Jay on
the commandment "Thou shall not
steal." -- -" -: ; .. ' - ' ' -How
easy It Is for men to lull their
; conscience asleep when they have oth
er men at their, mercy and can make
them do their blddtng! How blind
men are to the remote effects of any
social contrivance by whl b they them
selves profit! .
It might be thought that the Minne
sota method would be denounced by
every other state In the Union. A mis
take! Michigan talks of taking It up.
If the Idea spreads to other states the
working classes will have before them
an urgent task In self prote; tion. for.,
whatever their sentiments toward the
slaves who are .made to work for. the
enrichment of the state, they must see
to It that they themselves are not de
prived of the work that by the scheme
goes to the state manufactories oper
ated by : slaves.--Samuel Gompers la
American Federationist ' ;
THE WORKERS' SLOGAN.
Let every-union member' re
gard it as his mission to organ
ize to bring one worker Into
membership of his trade union.
Let the slogan be organize, agi
tate, educate! Samuel Gompers.
Spread of Child Labor Reform.
The recent meeting of the . commis
lion on uniform laws had some cheer
ful news to give on the reform in the
child labor situation. a -
In six years thirteen states and the
District of Columbia have established
departments of Inspection for the en
forcement of chl!d labor laws, and ten
states and the- District of Columbia
have established ; an . eight . hour day
for children under sixteen. In 1904
the fourteen year ape limit was In ef
fect in only twelve states; now It is in
force in thirty-seven.
UNIONISM IN WY0,V,1N3.
Miners Blazed the Trail, and Other
Crafts Followed.
The principal Industry of Yyoming
is coal mining. In 1905 the tetal of
the United 'Mine Workers of America
in Wyomiug was 471 members.- Tbare
are now: JJ.-447 in. gocd standing. In
this short tiine a distrl t treasury of
$50,105.23 has been built up. ieIds
large Icoal. trearuries. The -w;:r!?day
has been shortened from ten h urs to
eight, and wages' h:ive been rni'-e;! on
the ' average ' 20 per cent. Wording
conditions have been larjr; A-ed In
every coal mining town In tn. state.
Other crafts and trade. h.ive incle
great advances lu the 'localities wluve
they have sucecedeJ hi pprfe tin ? an
organization, notably ia Sh?il n.
where In the last five years the . ar
penters have reduced their hours of
labor from ten to eight and raised
their wages from 40 to CO cents per
hour. A state federation was organ
ized Aug. 20. 1909. and has afliliated
with it slxt-one local r.nlons. com
prising nineteen trades aud crafts.
Complaint of a" Plutocrat.
The Koose had just , .a.d tie ire-Id. -n
egg. V v':: ,'.'.. . . .r -"'I
suppose I hey will 'want, it, weighed
next.': she cried.
...Thus we see that she was up to date.
wKewYork Sun. V " '
;..rr ' The Quick Hard Answer.
Lady." said Plodding lVte.
win
that dog' blte: me 5"
That's what I'm waiting to see. If
he enres nnytMnsr- :'bViit M home he
'will " "Wayhin m : .'r
