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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
BEFORE AND AFTER

The manager of the transportation
company called his employees together
and made them little speech.
MY dear friends" said the manager,
eff this bill before congress becomes a
law we will. in self defense. be COM
PEELED to reduce the wages of our en-
ployes 1t is to your interests to help
us defeat the ubiquitous measure. 1t
strikes at your bread and butter, and
would not have your dinnerpails alb
breviated."
Much more along the same line did
the manager say. and the men coun-
seled together. Throwing their influ-
ence against the bill they were enabled
to see it overwhelmingly defeated. Six
days later notice of 20 per cent re-
duction in wages was posted. The men
called on the manager en- masse and
protested.
You told us that if that bill became
law our wages would be reduced. We
defeated the bill, and 10, our wages are
reduced just the same. How is it,"
MY unsophisticated friends" said
the manager, I'VE went to great ex-
pense to show how that bill would re-
duce your wages if it became law,
and we are now merely recouping our
selves for that expense
Realizing that they were up against
a master of finance the employees
returned to work, muttering however,
and wondering what would come next.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27

sharing the benefits without helping
| to bear the expense.
We know men who never do good
with their right hands for fear their
left hands will find it out.
Whenever man offers as an excuse
for wrongdoing that he is victim OF
environment it is generally safe to
guess that he che sc the environment.
The greatest successes some men
achieve are their failures. And some
men fail most lamentably when they
succeed in accomplishing their objects.
AS general proposition it is not
difficult to ascertain the party who is
in the wrong in labor dispute. Just
spot the one who is not willing to meet
the other half way.
When we hear a man making fun of
what the average woman carries in
her pocketbook we feel like Offering
him something to make a showing of
what he has in his sixteen or twenty
pockets.
Edgar Howard, one of the best demo-
cratic editors il the west, defends the
dress suit on the ground that it Is the
most democratic garment man can
wear. He says that when men wear
dress suits you can not tell the chief
guest from the head waiter.
A Lincoln mother who has two lit
tie daughters recently began scolding
because they kept the house in a con-
slant litter with their toys. One of
the little ones looked up and asked:
Mamma, which would you rather
have, your two little girls or a clean
house?"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
DISAPPOINTED

He walked into our Office with a
stately tread. and with the grace of a
Chesterfield handed us his card.
What can we do for you?" we asked
"Sir, you can help me herald to the
world the greatest invention ever Of
fered to man."
And that is?' we queried, stopping
to give him opportunity to explain.
Il have invented non-losable COL
lar button. By an attachment SO small
as to be almost imperceptible a bell
is set ringing the moment the button
is dropped, and the bell continues to
ring until the button is returned to its
proper position in the neckband or
cuff, as the case may be. In this man
ner it is rendered unnecessary that the
owner search in three thousand places
where the button might have fallen,
while all the time it is hidden away
in a place where the owner could not
have placed it by the most diligent eff
fort. This invention of mine is des-
tined to revolutioniZe business and
bring about reform in the matter of
profanity, and l am sure that you as
a man of public spirit, and"
And then two uniformed men rushed
in, grabbed the visitor and manacled
his wrists.
beg pardon, SIR said one of them,
HE is usually harmless, but if he gifts
started he's liable to git violent. He
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
ONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW.

First Friend-"Hello, links, that's a
bad cold you have Soak your feet in
boiling water and drink pint of hot
vinegar and molasses. It's a sure
cure"
Second Friend "a few moments later)
-"Bv Jove! Jinks, you ought to dc
something for that cold. Take big
dose of quinine-sure thing every
time
Third Friend (ten minutes later)-
81 say, links, there's no use coughing
yourself into the grave like that. Get
bottle of James Hopetorant-stop
it quicker'n a wink
Fourth Friend-"Got bad cold,
haven't your
links latter waiting some time)-
well, do you know sure cure?"
Gourth Friend (hoarsely)-"No.G Got
a bad cold myself
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
THE JONES VAIL

Manager Jones of the Lincoln Over
all and Shirt company wants the citi-
zens to furnish his company with a
building. Failing this he will take his
factory elsewhere. This would be Sc
we're loss to Lincoln and especially to
a large number of women and girls
who made excellent wages at this fac
tory-not Mr.. Jones is opposed to
union labor, and we have been told
that he required all employees to sign
al, agreement not to join labor union
while in his employ. We Go know that
Mr. Jones is opposed to labor organi-
cations, and we do know that he is a
very pious man. He is head and front
of the Epworth Assembly. which is a
magnificent influence for good, and
which has the best wishes of The
Wageworker despite Mr.. Jones con-
nection Herewith. But while Mr.. Jones
is loudly praising the Master and sing
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
CARDS

Not all misers hoard money.
Gossips thrive only when listeners
are handy.
A starving man finds it difficult to
interest himself in tracts.
God looks behind the sum given to
see the heart of the giver.
Some wOuldbe reformers exhaust
themselves in the prospectus.
The man who reaps joy today is the
man who sowed smiles yesterday.
The best way to measure a man is
to put him alongside big issue.
A brave man is always willing to adj
nit that he is afraid to do wrong.
A lot of men expect to wear crowns
because their wives bore heavy crosses.
When congregation goes to sleep
it is sign that it is time to wake up
the preacher.
It's a selfish man who insists on
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
Properly Labeled
CAKES AND HONEY.

SAhEo AN u
with proper acknowledgements to Mr..
J. NJ. Dryden of Watson, MOI
You may talk about your coffee and
some rolls at breakfast time,
You may sing the praise of country
eggs and ham.
You may talk in glowing measure of
the health foods fit and prime,
Or chant of chops you carve from
pig and limb.
But l tune my voice for singing of a
finer bill of fare
None better could the mind of man
ere wish
o, for breakfast ev'ry morning let me
witness standing there
Smoking buckwheats and some
honey by the dish.
Give me glowing, redhot buckwheats
and some honey in the comb
Lots of both. and then upon em
turn me loose
And with knife and fork I'll rattle out
the old tune, Home. Sweet
Home
Till my appetite puts out flag of
truce.
BuckwheatS hot from off the griddle,
lots of honey-O, yum-yum!
Talk about Our bills of fare from
3 soup to fish!
III pass up the French chefs quickly
if you'll only give me some
Sizzling buckwheats and some honey
by the dish.
I'll admit there's lots of pleasure
round the splendid banquet
board,
With rich viands brought from ev'ry
land and cline;
I'll confess I've smiled with pleasure
when rich vintages were poured,
And the quip and jest flew fast to
pass the time.
But despite the glare and glitter, and
despite the viands rare.
While l sat there l possessed a Sc
cret wish
Just wish that they would give quite
plenty and to spare
Of good buckwheats and some honey
by the dish.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
FIGURE 1T OUT

There are not less than 5000 men in
Lincoln who smole cigars 1t is safe
to say that an average of $4,000 cigars
are smoked in Lincoln every day, and
just as safe to say that less than 10
per cent of this plumber are made in
Lincoln. Men who know nothing about
unionism are invited to ponder on 4
few facts in this connection.
The average stint for cigar-maker
Is $50 cigars day. If every cigar
smoked in Lincoln was made by Lin
coin cigarmaker, it would mean the
employment of from so to IS cigar
makers steadily and at good wages.
This would mean the payment of
wages amounting TO upwai dis of $1,000
q week that would be spent with Lin,
coin merchants and run through the
channels of Lincoln trade. The citi-
zen who can not look at this from the
Ivy looking at it fIom the purely finan-
cial standpoint.
The editor of The Wageworker
smokes, and rather opines that he
knows good cigar. And here and
now he makes bold to state that he
can get just as good a cigar made here
in Lincoln as is made anywhere else,
price considered. Every time you
smoke a Lincoln made cigar you are
contributing to the business of the city
and not to the business of foreign
cities where cheap scab and sweat-shop
labor is employed. From the stand
point of "patronizing home industries
the scheme is worth pushing. The Com
mercial club is doing some good work
along this line, but it could and should
do more. Lincoln made cigars for
Lincoln smokers" is a pretty good
watchword right now.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
A BETTER SCHEME

The Wageworker from time to time
publishes I'VE do not patronize" list,
not because it is sincere believer in
this method of prosecuting the work of
unionism, but because of the absence
of better method The WagewOrker
believes that more may be accom-
plished by boosting the friends or or
ganized labor than by knocking its
avowed enemies. If union men will
talk more about friendly employers
and less about unfriendly employers,
and will advance the interests OF the
fair employers, much more good will
be accomplished
The great trouble with organized la
Dor is lack of unanimity in pushing
the interests of those who are friendly.
Instead of knocking the non-union en-
pIoyer, just ignore him and give your
patronage to the fair employer. The
way to detect the fair employer is to
look for the label on the goods he man
ufactures The label tells its own story.
The unfair list is all right in it's place,
but it should not be the sole guide OF
the labor unionist. The label is the
only safe guide. Look for it, and keep
on looking until you find it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
WHERE TO BUILD

II see that the canal commission is
undecided which plan of construction
to follow, whether to take the thirty
foot elevation, the sixty foot elevation
or the ninety foot elevation
Say, this canal has been in the air
long enough. What's the matter with
building it, and building it on the
level?'
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27

bbr trouble to interfere with his work
of gouging the public.
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1t is as easy to. boost as it is to
knock.
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And the results are far better
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So you'd better be booster
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Don't be knocker.
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Demand the label.
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All the time.
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Everywhere.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
1926 NORTH FOURTEENTH ST.
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n McnantS VINO ADVERTISE III v
! thu labor papers show that =
! they care for the union mans ;
traie. Patronize those who .
; ars wiling to help you. >
; Reid the advertisements in =
THE WAGEWORKER, and if )
you need of anything in their :,
line, visit their stores and =
make your purchases, and tell .
them why you came there. :
We desire to particularly i'm :,
press this matler upon the :
wives and daughters of the :,
union men, as they do most of :.
the purchasing. =
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
OUR SUBTLE LANGUAGE

My only desire in seeking this Of
fice," said the candidate, lis to do you
good"
did do the people, good.
However, the people may have been
to blame for not understanding the
subtleties of our language.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
POSTSCRIPT

Man wants but little here below
You've heard that oft before;
Now to that little line I'll add
But just one small line more:
Man wants but little here below
Then why his vain regrets?
He wants but little, and tbs true
It's little tina. he gets.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27

"The court has made him receiver for
Catchem and Fleecem, the firm that
failed"
81 wouldn't like that job"
'Why not?"
ITS too much like receiving stolen
property"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27

The beautiful Washington maiden
cut him off in the middle of his impas-
stoned proposal. Indeed, Mr.. Awlrite,' .
she said, you must not say any more.
There are reasons why l cannot listen
to YOU"
s'Then give me leave to print"
gasped the young congressman, too
badly ratified to know what he was say
ing.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
CORRECTED

Orator-'In the bright lexicon of
youth there is no such word as fall :"
Printer lin the rear seat).-"Huh!
That publishing house needs proof
reader"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27

The overlooking of infants has been
responsible for so many deaths recent
1y that it is proposed to legislate with
view to making it compulsory for ev-
cry child to be marked with a loadline
corresponding to the Plimsoll mark
on ships.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
APPEARANCES OFTEN DECEPTIVE

Tramp-"Please, mum, I'm almost
starved"
Housekeeper-'I saw you enter halt
a dozen houses before you got to this
one, and you stayed good while in
EACH"
Tramp-"Yes, mum, but they was all
boarcin' houses
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-05
ACTUAL CONDITIONS
IN Darkest AERIcA

In view of the periodical agitation
,of schemes for the colonization of Ger
tain portions of Africa by negroes
from the United States. the following
from the Montgomery Journal. is par
tcularly interesting:
Africa to-day is the mos thinly pop
uiated OF the continents, it being esti
mated th2tthere are but thirteen per
sons 10 She square mile. and even al
the pyesent time tribal wars in the in
tern are rapidly depopulating the
ccArtry.
The aborigines of Africa are divid
&c into tribes, and are DISTINGUISHED
by their physical features as well as
by certain tribal marks and differences
IN dialect. Unity is almost impossible
or account of the tribal animosities
With constant feuds that make seri
Iously against the prosperity and
growth of the country.
Even in Liberia, where for wears
most strenuous efforts have been made
10 elevate the masses, tribal wars are
almost continuous, which have had
and now have the effect of retardine
the progress of the country. and par.
ucularly operating TO the detriment OF
the capital city, Momowa, inasmuch as
the great shipments of gold, ivory and
cattle which formerly came to her
are now diverted into other directions
because of better protection of life
and property.
Much complaint has been made OF
Belgium and other powers because of
their administration of affairs on the
dark continent, but whatever NAV be
said, one thing is eertain-Darkest
africa can never emerge from her
darkness except through the efforts
OF some other race than the African.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-05
,rksbie Career Of
Governor ~. b. RrowaTd.
Jacksonville Metropolis ,

The Inauguration of Napoleon B.
Browsrd as governor Of Florida, as
told elsewhere in to-day's Metropolis,
places at the head-of the state govern
ment one OF the most Interesting char
acters furnished in Florida's history.
His achievements have been due
alone to his own efforts, in which
seemingly unsurmountable obstacles
were encountered.
Napoleon B. Broward is a native Gs
Duval county. and was born April 10,
1857. In 1861 he moved to Har.i lton
county, where he remained for SIX
years, returning TO their old farm
near Jacksonville.
This was after the war, and the
house and fences were all burned. and
the land covered with brush ami
briars. Young Broward and his peo-
pie, without a dollar in the world and
unable 10 buy plow, began to turn
over the soil with hoes. The work
was done by the mother a1i two sons.
while the father found work here aud
there TO provide the family with some
thing to eat.
The father died, and Governor Brow
ard and his brother remained on the
farm, where they made water oak pins
for rafting lumber at l cent each. For
years Governor Broward struggled,
and finally went into log camp and
RATED logs for living. and later he
contracted with his uncle to work on
his farm for SIS a yea.
He afterwards gave his attention to
wood chopptng, andiwhen quite ro-
bust young man he secured a place as
a routabOut on a steamboat which was
owned by his uncle, Capt Parsons.
On this vessel he cooked and assisted
the fireman. and when the boat was
not in service he attended the public
school at New Berlin.
In later years he, became a bar pilot,
and interested in steamboats, between
Palatka and Mayport, continuing in
this business until 1887 when he be-
came interested in operating a wood
yard in Jacksonville In the year 1887
he was appointed sheriff of Duval
county by Governor Perry to fill the
uneXpired term of H. d. Holland. de-
ceased, and was again. appointed sher-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-05

Governor Pennypacker, of PennsyI-
vania, devoted a goodly portion of his
recent biennial message to the legis-
lature Of the Keystone state to a de-
nunciation of the newspapers, and
wound up by submitting a draft of an
act declaring that the habitual publ
cation and dissemination by newspa-
pers, journals. periodicals., pamphlets
or circulars of falsehood, defamation
and scandal detrimental to the admin
istration of public affairs or injurious
TO the reputation and character of
public officials or of private persons,
be declared a public nuisance" Some
one must have been stirring the old
fellow up again, or. possibly, he is
after new line of free advertising.
In the drawing blythe justices of
the supreme court Tuesday morning.
the position of chief justice was won
by Judge James B. Whitfield. Chief
Justice Whitfeld's first official act
was administering the oath of office
to Governor Napoleon Bonaparte
Broward-an act which he performed
gracefully and we'll
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-05

if in 1889 by Governor Fleming fof
two years. At the expiration OF TINS
term of office he was candidate LOT
the Office of sheriff, being elected ana
reelected repeatedly until 1900. ana
was honored by the people as meni-
Der of the legislature from DuVal
county. After the adjournment OF the
general assembly. he was appointed d
member of the state board OF heaith
by Governor jennings.
In addition to his political vocation,
he was engaged during the year 1871
in the phosphate enterprise on Black
Creek in Clay county, Florida. In 1891
and 1892 he was interested in the
phosphate mining business at the head
of the Ichtueknee river. on the line OF
Suwannee and Columbia counties. IN
1885 he again became connected with
the steamboat business. having design
ed the model and mounts OF the
steamer Three Friends, and superin-
tended the building of this tug.
In 1895, and for the two succeeding
years, he served as a member OF the
Jacksonville CITY Council: and later,
as police commissioner of this city.
IN 1896 he was captain OF the
steamer Three Friends on several o.
her trips, while conveying war mater
falls to the Cubans and during the
years 1902 and 1868. was engaged IN
the wrecking business at Key West.
Governor Broward had certain poll
teal principles, and he desired TO get
some one to run for governor who sub
scribed to them He sought many
friends. who we're afraid to make the
venture He finally said: IF / don't
find a man in month III run myself.
Many of his political friends here
advised against it, but he entered the
contest. Some predicted that every
county in the state would go against
him. He was determined, and soon
began TO attract attention by his i'm
pressive speeches and honesty of pur-
pose. He rallied about him strong
men. and in the campaign he displayed
remarkable energy and much ability
He won a great victory against power
full influences, defeating one of the
best, most popular and distinguished
men in the state-Hon. Robert w.
Davis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-05
A SYRUP RHAPSODY.
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(Toledo. Ohio. Courier-Journal)
Mr. c. c. Packard, former editor OF
the Sunday Journal, now editing ana
publishing that handsome magazine.
North & South, sends Toledo friend
a sample of.some of the sweets he is
enjoying in Florida, and with it the
appended rhapsody, which gave the
recipient nearly as much pleasure as
the delicacys it heralded:
Do you like sweets? The majority
of us do and l am assuming that you
are with the majority.
| am therefore sending you today
half dozen bottles of a table condi-
Rient fit for the table of king or en-
peror; some exquisitely delicious
Florida cane syrup. Eat of it with
hot biscuits and sweet dairy butter of
a morning and note the cobwebs Of
sleep vanish, you closing your eyes in
gustatory delight. imagining yourself
In Canaan's happy land; est it on
batter cakes of wheaton derivation
or, happily, on light buckwheat' cakes
as you break your fast. or, If the frost
glistens on the grass or the fields are
covered with snow, eat it on fragrant
waffles Failing these then eat it on
sweet. white bread or rolls and as you
eat and sip your coffee thank God for
the Florida sunshine that made it pos.
sible; the sunshine and the soft,
pleasant rains. the silent dews; the
still, peaceful evenings and the glory
of the star-lit nights, merging into
the splendid mornings and the per-
feet radiant days. Eat it and smile
benignly on life. Cordially yours,
c. G. PACKARD.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-05
LAND FRAUDS
IN THE NORTHWEST.

Commenting upon the land frauds
IN Oregon, which recently resulted in
the Indictment of a United States
senator and a member of the House of
1 Representatives, and the removal of
. United States district attorney, the
Age-Herald says:
The land frauds in the northwest
are surprising only in the fact that
the government has caught in
them a United States senator and a
congressman. The senator is John H.
Mitchell. whose past is by no means
unclouded, and the member of con-
gress is Burger Hermann, formerly
commissioner of the general land Office
at Washington. Both have been in
dicted by a federal grand jury. and
both will be tried, as Senator Burton
Of Kansas was. The methods employ
Cd BY the timber rascals were about
these: Men are employed to apply for
homestead right which covers 100
acres of land. The right permits the
homesteader to clear the land, which
he proceeds to do, selling the timber
~ a profit often as high as five thou
sand dollars to each 160 acres. The
men thus engaged build shanties on
the land. and live on il until the tim
Der is removed, and then they disap-
Pear. The spirit of the homestead
law was violated, but not the letter.
and in that way the plunderers grew
rich.
The district attorney of Oregon was
a creature of the timber thieves, and
he winked at their operations. He did
whatever Mitchell and Hermann want
Cd him 20 do. He was their appointee
The president has removed him from
oHce, and special lawyer has been
sent from the department of justice
b assist in the prosecution of the land
fraud cases
No one in Oregon seems to doubt
the completely of Mitchell and Her.
mann in the land cases, but their
parts in the transactions by which
the government has been robbed of
valuable timber lands will be tested
IN the courts. If they are found guilty
Il viii 60 far to explain the corruption
that permeates the publie service; and
Il IS TO the credit of the administration
that it is not afraid 10 tackle Il even
n senator and congressman are
involved.