The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-27
ing with JUNCTION that good old song,

For all the Lord has done for me
never shall cease to love Him;
And for His grace so full and free
l never shall cease to love Him
While he has been singing, we re-
peat, that good old song with great
JUNCTION, girls have been toiling fifty
factory and drawing the magnificent
wage of from 80 to $13 a month for it.
While he was praising the Lord in
song, tired girls in his factory were
making overalls for 81 cents a dozen.
Somehow or other we fail to grasp the
true inwardness of the professed Chris
tian who willingly walks around and
watches girls making overalls for q
cents a dozen.
When we take note of the wages paid
by Mr.. Jones we can understand why
he will not permit any labor unions to
interfere with the management of
his business He is wise enough to
know that the labor unions are opposed
Lincoln can not afford to offer any
inducements to factories that pay the
wages admittedly paid by the Lincoln
Overall and Shirt factory. Such fac
tories will come soon enough without
inducements, and with their coming
will come all their attendant evils
evils easily recognized by those who
have visited the sweat shops and fac
tory centers of the east.
Before Lincoln people put up any
good money to substitute Mr.. Jones'
factory they ought to investigate wages
and hours. Certainly Mr.. Jones has a
right to manage his own business as
he pleases, but when it pleases him to
work girls fifty-four hours for a wage
of from 81 to $13 month loyal and
thoughtful Lincoln citizens should not
permit themselves to be made a party
to the thing.
The farmer who antagonizes labor
unions is either ignorant or criminally
foolish. The dissolution of the labor
unions would mean the practical ruin
of every farmer in the country. Unions
enforce living wages, therefore max
ing it possible for the farmer to sell
his produce. Good wages attract men
to the cities, thus reducing the COM
petition among farmers. The interests
of the farmer and the union man are
identical, and they should be working
together shoulder to shoulder for the
same ends.
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Post of Battle Creek depends almost
entirely upon small retailers for the
sale of his dyspepsia breeding health
foods" and yet he is the same Post
who is backing the parcels post bill
business and build up the big mail
order houses. The small retailer who
contributes to Posts wealth is merely
cutting his own business throat.
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The employer who treats his en-
ployes fairly and is willing to meet
them on common ground for the dis
cussion of mutual affairs. never has
any trouble with labor. 1t is the man
who denounoes labor union inter-
ference" because it compels him to be
decent, who is always in trouble and
always pays starvation wages.
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Representative Burns bill to change
the city election from spring until fall
and consolidate it with the county and
state elections, should be defeated
without loss of time. Its enactment
IS demanded only by parties having a
selfish interest to advance and would
be step backwards in civic reform.
Smash the Burns bill.
President Roosevelt's new chief sta
tistican of the bureau of labor statis-
tics is college professor who is as
ignorant of labor conditions as Car
roll d. Wright was of disposition to
be honest in his figures.
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When we can forget Homestead,
Pittsburg, Chicago and Colorado we
will begin damning the Russian gov
eminent for ST. Petersburg and Mos
COW. But just now our forgettery re-
fuses to work in that direction.
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If your local union is not on The
Wageworkers subscription books,
don't you think it would be a good idea
for you to bring the matter up at the
next meeting of the union and have
some action taken.
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You will never be square-toed
union man until you invariably insist
upon seeing the label or demanding the
card of the man who does your work.
Get into the game.