The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, January 20, 1911, Image 15

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KOMO COAL
$7.75 Per Ton
The Best Coal in the Market For The f ;oney
Good for Furnace, Heating Stoves or Kitchen Ranges
Give It a Trial. Satisfaction Guaranteed
WHITEBREAST CO
Jg Bell 234
(8L Auto 3228
1108 O St
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Gables
The Dr. Benj. F. Baily Sanatorium
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
For non contagious chronic diseases. Largest, best
equipped, most beautifully furnished.
There is only one worse thing X I
; than -war measures in settling j
industrial disputes. It is to set- j
I tie in the "wrong way issues over
; 4! human rights. The one per- 4. j
; manent issue at stake in the
: Chicago garment workers' strike 4, i
j t Is the right to bargain collective-
' ly for the rate of wages, the 4.
$ conditions of work and the re- f
4 dress of grievances. The em- 4.
; $ ployers have and exercise this
right. Their claim to it is uri-
disputed by their employees or
4 by any one else. The wagework- j 1
ers demand the same right in j
J ? dealing with their organized and . I
I collectively powerful employers. j
4 They justify this demand by j
I the plea that they have no other j
s way to exercise their right to
! "the freedom of contract," for
i singly and alone the individual j
employee is not and cannot be
free to contract on equat terms
1 with the collective, personal and t
1 financial resources of strong
4 firms and great corporations.
i 4 Combination is not more essen-
I $ tial to business economy, safety 5
i and success than collective bar- j
4, gaining is an economic necessity 4, j
to labor. ftaaham Tavlor. !
the supreme insult. It leaves him gasp
ing and further speech on his side use
less. It is easy to understand why.
Collignon was a coachman who as
long ago as 1S55 went to the house of
a poor professor and murdered him be
cause he had protested against an over
charge. It Is satisfactory to know that
Collignon was promptly -tried, sen
tenced to death and guillotined. To
this day, then. "Ta Collignon 7 remains
the last word. raris Cor. New York
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Named for Lincoln
Made in Lincoln H
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LOUS?
vfe LIBERTY Si
Test of the Oven
Test of the Taste
Test of Digestion
Test of Quality
Test of Quantity
Test fTime
Measured by Every
Test it Proves Best
Demand Liberty Flour and take no other,
does not handle it, phone us about it.
If your grocer
H. O. BARBER & SON
SPOILED THE ACT.
His Inspiration.
"Isn't inspiration a queer thing?"
"I suppose so. "What about it?"
"Why, a few weeks ago I had a red
hot squabble with my w!u erer a
dressmaker's bill, and when T tame
down to the office I was m d enough
to chew spikes. Then I sat down at
my desk and wrote a little ioeni on
Help the Erring Brorlicr with a Single
Kindly Word" And. say. dose verses,
born of bitterness and nourished by
anger, have been copied in the leading
newspapers all over the country!
Hows thatr
"Fine. Why don't you improve oa
the idea?
"How?"
"Why, get mad enough to beat up
your wife, set fire to the house, shoot
a policeman and then write an epic
that will go thundering down the"
ages." Cleveland Tlain Dealer.
Trade Union Briefs.
An Incident That Enraged the Actor
and Amused the Audience.
Some years ago a melodrama was
being performed in a country theater,
the chief actor in which had made
himself, from his haughty and over
bearing conduct, disliked by all. In ;
the last sceae he was supposed tc
vlit the tombs of his ancestors. In
the center of the stage upon a marble
pedestal stood the statue of his father.
A. heavy fold of Crapery covered the
figure. Enter Albert, who thus ad
dressed the statue:
T am here once again to gaze upon
those features which in life so often
looked on me with tenderest affection.
Father, thy mourning son now comes
to pay thee adoration. Let me re
move the veil which from the vulgar
gaze shields the beloved image of a
once dear parent r
Off went the drapery, and, behold,
there was disclosed the statue of the
father gracefully standing upon its
head.
The effect cannot be described. It
was electric. The shouts of laughter
which followed the mistake of the su
per effectually put an end to the
scene, which changed to the next as
quickly as possible amid the jeers of
the audience, the anger of the mana
ger and the uncontrollable rage of the
actor. London Telegraph.
THE PARISIAN CABMAN.
A Deadly Verbal Insult That Will
Render Him Speechless.
A discreet knowledge of slang is a
very useful accomplishment for the
stranger or the foreign resident in
Paris. Thus if a cabman is rude or
more than usually extortionate or if
he splashes you with mud from head
to foot as he passes and then turns
around to grin at the damage done,
and cochers frequently do these things,
an inadequate command of the nice
ties of the French language leaves all
the advantages on his side.
You might call him "idiot" or "sau
vage," but this would only tickle him.
If, however, you were able to shout
"Va dono, Collignonr the result of the
encounter would be at once wholly In
your favor.
XQ say. "Collignon" to a eocher is
There are 12,000 union billposters
in the United States.
The San Francisco labor council's
legislative agent is allowed $G a day
and mileage.
The number of railroad employees in
this country has increased GT per cent
in ten years.
An amicable adjustment of the dis
pute between the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway company and the
Order of Telegraphers has been effect
ed. The American Flint Glass Workers
union decided by referendum vote to
raise its present assessment of 1 per
cent on the earnings of its members to
2 per cent.
The boilermakers lockout, affecting
50,000 men in the yards of the Ship
building Employers federation, Eng
land, ended with the acceptance by
the men of the terms made by the
employers.
The silk banner which was won by
the Big Six Typographical union at
the recent fair of the Women's Trade
Union league was presented as a gift
to the New York Bookkeepers. Stenog
raphers and Accountants union by
Big Six.
Sixty-one railroads operating south
west and north of Chicago have ap
pealed to the United States commis
sioner of labor and to the chairman
of the interstate commerce commission
to mediate in the wag; controversy
with the Brotherhood LKromottve
Engineers.
The Logical Result.
"What's the matter with your pa
tient, doctor T asked a visitor In a hos
pital as he saw the surgeon bend over
the remnants of a man.
"He got in the way of a speeding
motorcar," replied the doctor, "and
now is suffering from that rundown
feeling." Baltimore American.
A Wrong Impression.
"Plttson always seems to carry him
self with great dignity. What has he
ever done that he should hold his head
so high?"
"Nothing. He Is merely trying to
live up to his wife's hats." Chicago
Record-Herald.