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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

When the average socialist speaks
of the church he becomes hysterical.
To his mind, no other man has right
to an opinion which differs from his
own. If that opinion does differ from
the one which he holds for the time
being, the holder of it is, according to
that socialist, CRATER" tool of
"hypocrite" When discussing such
an unfortunate, the average socialistic
writer will dip his pen in vitriol and
figuratiyely burn him at the stake.
Granting for the moment that the man
he is abusing is intolerant, he himself
is too intolerant to tolerate intoler-
ance, although he expects to find that
virtue in the man whom he is roast
ing If the reply is made that the
socialist who does these things is not
representative of true socialism, then
answer that neither is the church
man who practices similar methods,
representative of the church, although
there are occasions when both the So
cialist and the church-man may be jas
tilted in vigorously protesting against
the words and actions of a particular
individual who may be on the other
side.
Just as the socialists insist that their
movement must net be Judged
by the mistakes Of their predecessors.
so the church Of today has right to
demand that it shall be judged by its
present attitude towards particular
problems, and not by its past errors.
The church has made mistakes. To
deny this, would be absurd. But som
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

social refOrmerS are asking the church
to stand for a specific social system
which may some day be accepted by
the majority, as slavery once was, thus
again subjecting herself to the ridicule
of a future generation, which shall
have outgrown that system.
But, it is insisted, the world is on
the verge of crisis, and the church
must declare herself with regard to
socialism. The world has always been
on tn ) verge of a crisis. 1t always will
be, because the world is moving To
say that even the introduction of So
cialism will at once settle every social
question is a sign of egotism If So
cialism should ever be accepted, it
would simply be step in that process
of evolution which will never end, for
the labor question will never be settled
until the last days work is done.
1t has been said that the church
should recognize and endorse social
ism because there are so many social
lists. There is no particular point to
his argument, for there are probably
as many people in this country who
are directly and indirectly interested
in the saloon business as there are So
cialists. Must the church therefore en-
dorse the salooD, even though some
saloon men are just as sincere as some
socialists?
1t is true that certain churches of
today have taken action with reference
to socialism. Let these churches be
Socialists are careful to accept as
authoritative only such statements as
,are issuedsby their particular branch
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

The The Methodist Book Concern
of New York City, of which Revs.
Eaton and Mains are the agents and
managers, locked out it's fifty union
came an advocate of the open shop
For a number of years Revs. Eaton
and Mains have been members OF the
New York Typothaete, OF which Will
liam Green, printer of the notorious
Town Topics is president Of all
in New York City the Methodist Book
Concern is the only one which refuses
10 grant the shorter wok day. The
publishers of The Christian Advo-
cate" and Town Topics" are fighting
side by side for the "open shop" and
the longer work day.
The local book committee of the
Methodist Book Concern are three mil
lionaire laymen OF New York, and
naturally are not in sympathy with the
labor organizations The publishing
agents declare now that they stand for
The open shop" but prior to the lock-
out they agree to sign up for "closed
1t will be seen, therefore, that they
are not so much interested in the free
and independent workman" as they are
in the longer week. But it is not of
these things that The Wageworker de-
sires to speak. but of the business
course of Revs Eaton and Mains, the
publishing agents.
The avowed purpose of the founding
furnish good literature to the member
ship of the Methodist church at prices
within the reach of all, the profits of
the business to go to the support of
supeannuated ministers of that de-
domination. The Wageworker desire
T., call the attention of loyal Metho-
tists to some of the good literature"
published by the Methodist Book Con
ctrn. One OF it's publications is a
book entitled STORY of the Riot, ;"
among the negroes in New York in
the summer of 1900 This book con-
tGins language so vile that no news
paper would dare to print it. Another
publication is pamphlet entitled
Record of Events" miscellaneous
collection of police court news, prize
fights, etc The introduction states
that the contents Of the book ARE OF
Importance to all who desire such in
formation" and among other informa-
ton for all who desire it" is list
containing the names and location OF
all the dives of New York. This book
and this pamphlet were printed by the
Methodist Book Concern from the
same type and on the same rresse-
that print the publications pointing
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
THE PAINTERS.
Getting Ready for Another Effort K
Secure Better Conditions.

Getting Ready for Another Effort to
Secure Better Conditions.
The Union Painters, Paperhangers
and Decorators of Lincoln are just now
engaged in another effort to secure
recognition, fair wage and the shorte,
work day, and they are making splen
did progress. The committee feels
greatly encouraged by the develop
ments of the past two or three weeks
aud just now it looks very much lik.,
substantial victory for the men.
Nothing definite can be given to the
public just now, but the committee
hopes to be able to publish some gooJ
news in the very near future. The
sudden return to winter has had the
effect OF greatly retarding work, but
there is every Indication that business
will soor open UP in good shape, and
that work vii. Ee even more plentiful
than it was last year.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

of socialism 1t should be remembered
also, that in practically every instance
where a church assembly denounced
socialism, it had in mind the grossly
materialistic and morally antagonistic
features which have sometimes found
place in the system, just as it has fire.
cuently denounced the same tenden-
cies in prevailing political parties.
AS a matter of fact, however, what
is the real attitude of the church as =
whole with reference to the questions
involved?
First, it recognizes the right of every
man 10 be a socialist, if he is con
vinced that socialism is morally and
econmically sound.
Second, it recognizes the fact that
there are some good things in social
ism, for which socialism should be
given credit.
Third, the church does not stand for
the present social system. 1t stands
for no particular social system. 1t
accepts only so much of the present
system as is in accordance with the
principles laid down by Jesus Christ
It insists that these privileges shall be
applied to. society in all of its ramiA-
cations, but it believes that others be-
sides socialists have both the brain
and the heart to interpret these priyi
leges.
Fourth, it is not offering the gospel
| to workingmen as a mere sop, nor be
cause it is afraid that some day they
| will bring on revolution. 1t is offer
ing the same gospel, with all of its
privileges, as well as all OF ITS obliga
tions, to their employers.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.
Some News Concerning the Better
Halves Of the Printers.

a goodly number of Auxiliary mem
bers responded at the last regular
meeting at the home of Mrs. w. F.
Moore, on South Eleventh street. Mrs
Moore proved herself an admirable
hostess. The business session was
full of lively interest. Two more
printers wives were elected to mem
bership.
Mrs. Wathan's little daughter has
been quite Ill.
Mrs. II. w. Smith and husband and
Miss Hazel Smith visited Mrs. Smiths
mother in Omaha over Sunday.
Mrs. Bustard is visiting relatives in
Wahoo.
Mrs. C. s. Hoyt and Mrs. II. c. Peat
are members-elect.
Printerville has captured the presi
dent, the Norton family having moved
in opposite Mrs. RICHTER this week.
Mrs. A. L. Compton will venture
into suburban life at gath and j.
Mrs. Norton will entertain at the
next regular meeting. Friday after
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
WHAT WOULD HE Do?'
The Wageworker Ventures an ArsWer
to the Pertinent Query.

The Methodist Book Concern is one
of the few printing offices in the coun
try which refuses to grant the printer;
an eight-hour day. Wonder what Christ
would do ii he should happen to ste1
into the Methodist Book Concern some
day?-Fairbury (Nebr) Journal
1t was Patrick Henry who said, 81
have no way OF judging the future but
by the past" We have no way of tell
ing what Christ would do under the
above circumstances, save as we read
how he acted under similar circum-
stances some 1900 years ago. We
quote from Holy Writ:
And the Jews passover was at
hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusa-
lem and found in the temple those
that sold oxen and sheep and doves,
and the changers of money sitting:
and when he had made scourge OF
small cords, he drove them all out OF
the temple, and the sheep, and the
oxen; and poured out the changers
said unto them that sold doves, Take
these things hence; make not my
fathers house an house of merchan-
disc. The Gospel According to st.
John, 2: 1876.
If this does not answer our esteem
ed Fairbury contemporary question
we admit our inability to answer it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23


mands, and when they We're refused,
quit work, as they had an undoubted
right to do. They have asserted their
rights, but they have done SO In a
manly, law-abiding fashion. They have
respected the rights of others, and
they have thereby won and deserved to
win the consideration and respect of
the public.
We earnestly hope that fair and
just and reasonable settlement OF their
troubles will be speedily reached.
We did not hesitate moment TO
grant their demands; in fact, we vol
UNFAIRLY met their wishes before they
were formulated into demands, and We
do not feel that we have lost q penny
by having done so.-Richmond fva)
Evening Journal.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
LET THE MAN DIE.
Would Cost Too Much to Rescue Him
From Threatened Death.

Frank Miller, a Polish lock tender
working on the Hudson river tunnel in
New York City, became imprisoned in
the big steel air lock of the caisson.
The mechanism refused to work, and
the unfortunate man could not work
his way out When asked what would
be done about it the superintendent re-
piled:
Il don't know. But l do know that
we do not want to smash any valuable
apparatus until we have to-.
Certainly not. !, Apparatus costs
money, and human life doesn't cost a
cent The cheapest commodity on the
market is human life Even the mules
in the mines receive more considera-
ton than the miners. If the mule dies
the company has to buy new one. If
miner dies a new one can be imoprt-
ed from Lithuania without costing 4
cent Of course no costly apparatus
should be smashed merely to save the
life of common laborer The idea
would be absurd.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
AFTER COFFIN TRUST.
Chicago Unionists Say 1t Costs Too
Much To Die.

Chicago unionists are going after the
undertakers' trust in that city. 1t costs
too much to die in the Windy City A
union man reported that when his baby
was born the total expense was $22
The baby died inside of three months
and it cost $125 to bury 1t. The un
dertaker made 800 profit" declared
the afflicted father
Resolutions denouncing the trust are
being adopted, and if the trust does
not take a tumble the unionists will
proceed to establish an undertaking
business for themselves. They have
already taken steps to own their OWE
already take nsteps to own their owr
Semetery.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
THIS EMPLOYER SATISFIED.
commcnds Dissolution of Injunction
and Praises Printers.

commcnds Dissolution of Injunction
and Praises Printers.
The opinion of the supreme court,
sustaining the decision of Judge Grin
nan, of the chancery court, dissolving
the injunction against the striking
printers, has met with general ap-
proval.
1t is the province of court to en-
join against violation of law, and
restrain all unlawful attempts to at
tack and interfere with the rights of
others, but this injunction was so
broad in it's scope, so sweeping in its
character that it trenched upon COM
mon rights of the citizens Moreover,
the striking printers have borne them.
selves with decorum and self-contro1,
have been guilty of no disorders, and
have given no ground for any such
injunction.
It was most properly dissolved, as
we generally thought it would, and
ought to be.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

noon, April 6, in her new home, north
west corner Twenty-third and Dudley
The international election is begin
ming to attract interest.
Two members out Printerville way
Went out for a ride in a slay.
They returned from the stunt
With the ladies in frunt,
And the horse in the rear,-with nay
The ladies each pulled at a shaft,
And the neighbors who saw them laf
While the horse from his shed
Wagged his cunning old he'd
And prided himself on his craft.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
ARE YOU FRIENDLY?
A Word With Several Large Amuse
ment Enterprises Hereabouts

The Erie, n. Y, union printers have
been locked out by the Erie Litho and
Printing Co. This firm is now rat
throughout. 1t furnishes the show
bills for some of the largest amuse-
ment enterprises on the road. Circus
proprietors who patronize this house
patronize the enemies of organized
labor. Organized labor will not pa
tronize those who patronize it's enc
mics.
Watch the show bills If they bear
the imprint of the Erie Litho and
Printing Co., you will know what your
duty as a union man is.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
"THE STRUGGLES"

"A romantic story of the disease
that is eating away the heart of the
American republic. 1t is to the com
mercial, corporate and trust evils of
the times what Uncle Toms cabin was
to the slavery question, and Thomas
Dixon's Leopard's spots is to the pres
ent race issue. 1t should be read by
every patriotic American citizen" :"
Published by Vessels of New York
and on sale at newsdealers.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
THANKS, AWFULLY.

There are mighty few cities in the
United States that has such good
defender as the union men of Lincoln
have in the Wageworker We venture
to say not a town of it's size in Ameri-
ca has as good labor paper. The
union men of Lincoln have everything
to gain and nothing to lose by staying
with Maupin for keeps.-Omaha West
ern Laborer.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
BEHIND THE TIMES.
Black Hills Club Women Talk on
Musty Topics.

Inquiry among the Lead members OF
the Woman's Club reveals the deplor-
able fact that the worthy ladies who
make up the membership of that or
ganization have dropped woefully be-
hind their sisters of the Nebraska cap
ital in the subjects they discuss at
their meetings. Instead OF consider
ing the nation-saving problem of teach
ing the working people of Lead how
to care for their priceless Oriental ne
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

Rockford Carpenters have adopted
new scale calling for 35 cents an hour
after June 1, and the eight-hour oav
after April /. Under the former scale
the Carpenters received 80 cents an
hour for nine hours.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

The railroad managers have been
pursuing very smooth game with the
engineers all these years. They have
been woefully strict in enforcing the
rules, and the rules are made as nu-
merous and as difficult as possible
along all minor lines. The result is
that there are hundreds OF engineers
without jobs all over the country, and
the railroad managers are relying on
them in case another engineers strike
is pulled off.
There is not a big city in the country
that could not be officered by union
men or the staunch friends of union
ism if union men would quit their par
tisan foolishness and vote together In
their own interests. And the same
thing is true of more than 0ne state.
and scores of congressional districts
What's the matter with keeping poll
tics out of the unions, but taking
unicnism into politics?
THE HISTORIAN.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

Speaking of the engineers naturally
Necalls the great Burlington strike.
fnuesska1sR~eost1y lesson to both the
Brotherhood and the Burlington man
agement The Brotherhood would
have won that strike hands down il
it had not been Sfor one fatal mistake
made by it's leaders short while be-
fore the strike. The engineers on the
Reading road used to be knights of
Labor and not Brotherhood men. The
Brotherhood endeavored to secure con-
troll Of the Reading engines, and with
that end in view gave the knights the
worst of it. When the Burlington
strike was pulled off the Knights Of
Labor engineers saw their opportunity,
for revenge, and once more the fatal
jealousy that is always cropping out
in labor cicles got in its deadly work.
The Reading engineers came west in
droves, and it was through their as
sistance that the strike was made a
failure.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
Bits of Union History

en- it would be denounced from one
cid of the land to. the other. Last
week Sherlock Holmes, Jr., The Wage
workers famous sleuth, visited seven
different printing offices in Lincoln
and found 'scab" soap used by the
printers in all seven Of them.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

The trouble with the railroad broth
erhoods is that they are selfish Each
brotherhood is looking out for its own
members and neglecting the members
who belong to the other brotherhoods.
II there is any class of workingmen
who ought to be standing solidly to-
gether it is the railroad employees.
They ought to have a central council,
just like the building trades and the
printing trades The variation in the
wage scale of railroad employees is
greater than in any other line En-
glneers, who boast of their good wages,
permit themselves to be endangered
every hour they are on duty by under
paid boys who are entrusted with the
handling of train orders. And the
maintenance of track upon which the
lives Of millions depend is entrusted
to foremen who get the magnificent
wage of $45 a month and section men
who get the munificent wage of SINS
day. Railroad managers have always
been shrewd enough to keep the diff
ferent classes of their employees di-
vided, playing one against the other.
1t is up to, the engineers, the fremeR,
the conductors, the switchmen and the
Lrakemen to get together, fight to-
gether and remain together through
thick and thin.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

Here's bet if you want to take it.
The Wageworker offers to bet good
union cigar that if you will stop the
first five railroad men you meet who
are dressed UP in their Sunday best,
three of the five will be wearing "scab''
Stetson hats.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

The Typographical Union is FORUM
ate in that it is patronized by every
other union. A union that would put
out job Of printing without the label
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-18
PINEAPPLE PLANTER
IN PASADENA

PASADENA, January 31.-W. B. Nc
Cormick who could have sold his Pas
adena properties for $4,000 during the
boom days, and later left here for
Honolulu practically BROKE" was in
the city yesterday. He met many old
time friends. While Mr. Mccormick
is reputed to have lost his all during
the BOOM he is now the owner of a
rich pineapple ranch near Honolulu.
He used to own the Durand place on
Arlington Court.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-18
NEW PARKS
PROPOSED
F.. B. McStocker Favors
Professionalism
Culture.

Il think that. in this country where
there is so much talk about good roads
for automobiles, we ought to pay some
little attention to the development of
pedestrianism," Frank B. McStocker
remarked, adding:
I'VE are coming into the car habit.
where we used to have the hack habit.
sidewalks, giving them good breadth
with a strip of grass on the side to
make them attractive.
1T may be a question if the side
walks do not properly belong to the
Government. The great hindrance to
the private development of sidewalks
is that it is a burden of expense To
me it seems that if the Government
put down sidewalk pavements and
charged the actual cost to abutting
private owners, we might soon reach
the desired improvement.
Regarding parks it is my idea
that parks should be established
where it is convenient for people
1
but in and through them-and the most
convenient places for such purpose,
| that would make show places in town
are the slopes of Punchbowl and the
flats down by Kakaako.
These locations lie conveniently be-
tween different sections of the town.
That on Punchbowl slopes is between
Nuuanu and Pauoa valleys, while the
Kakaako site is between the down
town business section and Waikiki.
Also the town at it's narrowest part
lies between these two proposed loca-
tions. In riding in from Waikiki you
will see that where Punchbowl breaks
steeply toward the summit is within
easy distance of the cars on Wilder
avenue.
with regard to the PunchboWl park
the question is one of water, but with
the new reservoir any such difficulty
would probably disappear. In fact the
water might then be delivered on top
of Punchbowl and led over the ridge
to form a beautiful cascade the water
being saved from waste below by hav-
ing it conducted into the Beretania
pump service reservoir.
Fine effects might be produced in
the proposed park at Kakaako by the
formation of lakes. The Hawaiian viii
lage lately suggested might also DE
established there. By using the dredg- |
ings necessary in forming the lakes |
the low lands in that section, inhabit- |
ed by the laboring people, could be /
filled UP to required sanitary grade. |
An Incidental advantage of the scheme |
would be that the laborers would be |
near their work, thus avoiding the eX-
pense of carfare
"Withal, let Ala Moana driveway be |
continued around, by way of King |
street to connect with the Punchbowl |
park. 1t would make one of the incest |
drives in Honolulu.
II am sorry that nobody is moving |
on the waterfront Improvement lately |
suggested anew-the continuation of /
Allen street along the harbor front to
Queen street and the removal of those |
unsightly shacks.'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-18
TELEPHONE SERVICE
TO Be IMPROVED

F. W. Macfarlane is responsible fol
the statement that the telephone COM
pany viii commence the work of put
ting its system in better shape by en-
closing the fifty wires the length of
Punahou street in cables within the
next sixty days, and will replace the
present puny poles with ones better
able to stand the strain.
The question of running the electric
light wires underground, which has
been talked of at various road i'm
provement clubs meetings lately is
that will come eventually,
but if done now would require a doub-
ling of the company's capital
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-18

After a warm verbal encounter in
the habeas corpus case, between Depu-
ty Attorney General Prosser and Mr..
Humphreys yesterday morning, a
chunk of plaster fell from the ceiling
and crashed upon the very spot where
Mr.. Prosser had a moment before been
standing. Let justice be done though
the heavens fall" Geo. D. Gear ex-
claimed. Judge De Bolt later dictated
an order of court calling the attention
of the Superintendent of Public Works
to the dangerous condition of the court
room.