The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-12-02

capital out of the deliberations of the
! convention. 1t is all well enough to
talk about "class consciousness" and
''proletariat," and that sort of thing,
but when it comes to seeking to make
political capital for the socialist party
out of the conventions called to con-
slider labor questions The Wagewcrker
enters strenuous objections. This
newspaper is in hearty sympathy with
many of the policies advocated by the
socialists, and wishes them success in
their efforts to better the cause of the
masses. But there are Just as good,
just as earnest and just as honest la
boring men who affiliate with the re-
publican and democratic parties, and
t hey have just as much right as the
socialists to seek to use the American
Federation of Labor to further their
political aims and ends. What would
+ appen if this should come to pass Is
not difficult to foresee-lt would spell
ruin for the labor movement. There is
altogether too much politics in union
ism as it is, and not enough of union
ism in politics.
If the socialists want to advance their
cause let them hire their own halls.
If republicans and democrats want x,
do the same thing, let them hire their
own halls. But this thing of having
socialists attempt to make political
capital out of the affairs OF the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor or it's affiliated
unions will either have to stop or the
usefulness of the Federation and its
subordinate bodies will soon come TO
an end.
Every Hebrew clothing merchant
who handles non-union clothing should
read Ray Stannard Bakers STORY of
the Tailor" in the December McClure's,
The Garment Workers Union rescued
the Hebrew tailors from slavery; the
triumph of the men who disrupted the
Garment Workers Union sent these |
Hebrew tailors back into slavery. And |
a majority of the garment workers are |
Hebrews. If there is anything in the |
Hebrew boast that Hebrews stand by |
each other through thick and thin. |
every Jew in the clothing business will; |
throw his sweatshop clothing into the
garbage heap.
The fact of the matter is, brother
preachers, that the labor unions are
doing tho u,orl, thot tho church ShoIIl1
nave been doing for the last three
years. but which the church
has sadly neglected, This may explain
why so many men adhere to their un-
lens and refuse allegiance to the
church. Think it over.
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The Lincoln Traction company offers
to pay the city about 20 per cent OF
what it owes in taxes if the city viii
guarantee not to disturb the Traction
company in it's efforts to blk the peo-
pie. Upon what meat does this our
Caesar feed that it has grown such
nerve?
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we IdIuCl OpIAO lA6( SAC 0oy Aoo
gone by in Nebraska when lot of
political managers will be foolish
enough to trade OF the labor vote"
for the vote of a lot of pinheaded bust
ness men who think their mission on
earth is to disrupt the labor unions.
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The press dispatches inform us that l.
General Bell is going to New Mexico.
His sojourn there will be temporary,
however. He is slated for a blamed
sight hotter place than New Mexico,
and when he gets there he will never
leave.
President Roosevelt said that Sher-
man Bell was the bravest man he ever
get. But that was before Bell made
war on women and children. We be-
lieve that President Roosevelt is man
enough to take it back now.
Every time you purchase non-union
goods because it is convenient" you
"scab'' on your fellow unionists and
admit that your own unionism is 1. hcl-
lew mockery and a sham. Think It
over.
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Every union man and woman in the
country should read Ray Stannard Bak-
er's STORY Of the Tailor" in the De-
number of McClure's. 1t is the
best plea for unionism ever offered
by any American magazine.
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The union label is not only a guar
antee of good work done under fair
conditions, but it is union labor's bull
wark against tyranny ana oppression.
Are you demanding the union label?
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II YOU are a true union man you do