Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-18

and keep up with his work. lie thought
that any man ought to be willing to work
nine or ten hours a day. that most OF them
had too much time now and spent Il I'm
way they had no business TO. OF course,
he did not presume to say that the hus-
bands OF such ladies as we were would do
that, but lots did
said How many members OF .he
Typographical union can you ind who
spend their time that way? Because some
would abuse their privileges would you
deny the good of the majority on that ac-
count? DO you expect man &c simply
live an animal existence-eat sleep and
work? Is II not his right to have time TO
spend with is family to improve his mind
or to take a fair amount of pleasure? The
eght-hour day has got to come. We can
not stop the tide OF progress"
why" said Mr. Carpenter. when 1 was
a boy / worked on a farm, fourteen hours
a day. and today I work ten 10 twelve
hours" 1 suggested that l might be willing
to work that many hours, too, II received
the same compensation as he did, Judging
from results He said 1.-THE printers are
making good money and they ought to be
satisfied. 1 built up my business on less
money than that"
Gould you do Il today Mr.. Carpenter?
What is the use OF talking OF what you
did years ago? Il is the conditions Of
today we have to meet. Years ego we
lit our homes with wick set in a saucer
OF oil. Would you be willing to do that
today?"
Now" he said. you use electric light"
"Oh, no. l replied, very few working
men can afford electric light"
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proposition, and he run his on the least
possible expense. and the greatest possible
profit"
I answered, "Is that your idea of a
Christian brotherhood? Is the dollar the
aim and object OF your business methods
and humanity plays no part9''
Dollar il the Principal Thing.
well, I confess" he said. 1.-The dollar is
the principal thing in business"
Think of the good a ian like you
might do to your employees. Mr.. Carpenter
and yet you get the credit Of being the
poorest-paid place in town. You ask q
married man to work for so or $l2 a week
| Can he live cleanly, morally and health
fully and support his family on that?'
"A great many OF them do" he said.
"At least they seem to exist very well
and are anxious to hold their jobs"
| I agree with you," l said, they may
| exist, but existing is not living. Suppose
the union men Of this town would get to-
gether and send out OF town for theil
goods, what would the business men do
Then why mot give him just percentage
of his labor?"
"well," he said, ct don't expect to chang,
your views and you can't change mine, bu
I am delighted to have had this talk will
/ H.. NwaWN IL AZ lns
soon"
We left, feeling sorry for the man .wht
has so great an opportunity to make happ!
homes, but who loses sight of it in tn
almighty dollar, and yet am told tina
same man will give s. to any man who i
starving, but to keep him we'll fed all tn
time would not be conducive to his spirit
ual growth-he would be too contented
No wonder the Master said, 1T IS easie
for camel to go through the eye of
needle than for a rich man to enter tn
kingdom of heaven"
E. Il. Bruce Comes Next.
From there we went to E. E. Bruce
Here, again, Mr. Bruce knew nothing o
the situation" but we we're glad to en-
tighten him. He is a gentleman of tn
| old school-kindly, courteous, and quie
He said he would be very glad to help l
any way he could"
The head of the firm of Allen Bros. be
ing absent from the city, his brother re
ceived us knew nothing OF the affail
never mixed In such things, and did nc
, intend to; had his work done where h
could get it cheapest" The temperatur
was so chilly there we did not stay lonI
wright Denies Knowledge.
Next call was Wright & Wilhelmy. Nj
Wright received us with little surpris'
We again stated our GRAND and agai
we found someone who knew nothin
, only what he had seen in the papers" A
| for himself he had no trouble with h
' men, did not know whether they WEI
/ union or not, could not run his bushes
! on an eight-hour day as that would sin
3 ply cut off his profit 20 per cent and ths
( was all the profit he made.
y 1 was so sorry for him 1 did not say
4 word to that. He worked ten hours
, day. / said maybe his compensation wa
n large enough to warrant it. He said, pc
r haps. but when he was young he worke
- for 81 a week, fed and clothed himself ar
n bought theater tickets" 1 said: "ol
stop stop. Mr.. Wright; just write me o,
an article telling me how you did it al
r 1 will see that it is published broadca
: and your fame is assured"
n He broke into a hearty laugh but sal
e 'it was a fact" He assured us OF h
I pleasure in our visit and said his VOL
o would always be done in Omaha
e Two dollars a week and theater ticket
|. We nearly tainted and left feeling VIII
d an extravagant set of women we wer
! but resolved that we could hold out ar
y win this strike and save money on 81
week.
Pickens and the Label.
1 Paxton & Gallagher was the next, al
| there Mr.. Pickens received us. He e.
pressed regret at the trouble, hoped
would soon be settled told what a hal
| task 1t had been for him TO boom N
| braska products. Those who call loude
for unionism and home industry would st
use goods made and packed in the ca
| simply because they had been used 20 usil
that particular brand. and were hard
| persuade that the other was Just as good
Here we told Mr. Pickens of our wol
| with the label and what Il stood for, al
/ II home products carry the label l thir
there will be no trouble to sell them. I
assured us of his sympathy in the eau
and hoped to see 1t settled soon.
Frye Explains situation.
Mr.. Frye OF the Booth Packing compal
was the next. We found him looking rath
fierce and dignihed, on account, no doul