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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

"HAT a high minded heather, who
had no well-defned nor we'll
l. grounded belief in a future state
of rewards and punishments, should nave
regarded renown as the greatest prize of
life, is nothing strange. His conclusion
comes logically out Of his premises. and
so we find Tacitus saying that the only
difference between men after death is the
difference between oblivion and renown.
That Tacitus himself desired and ex-
pected posthumous renown cannot be
doubted by any thoughtful reader OF his
works. 1t was for this, indeed, that he
"scorned delights and lived laborious
days" We find him saying: Il tell TINS
story because | think that such an ex-
plot ought to be preserved for poster
ity." And this proves that he expected
posterity to know his works 1t was no
idle hope: for his renown today is that
of the greatest pan that ever wrote his
tory in Latin and one of the greatest that
ever wrote history in any language.
Frederick the Great, who was g skeptic,
voluntarily confessed that he committed
some of his worst actions that his name
mi1ht be talked about. He gained ms
end. for he is still talked about as one
of the greatest scoundrels of modern
times.
On the night of the birth OF Alexander
tho Great. $50 B. c., one Erostratus, an
Enhesian. set fire to the splendid tenn
ME of Diana at Ephesus and utterly de-
stroved n. He was arrested and under
the torture confessed that his motive was
"to make his name immortal and he Is
still remembered as the champion fool OF
all the ages. III,
Lord Bacon, in writing MS Will was
,o,sciouS that his reputation was under
cloud in England; that he had been
corrupt Judge and had taken brides; and
vet he said of his reputation that he left
il to foreign nations and the next age.
His ken seems to have been prophetic,
for the ablest commentators upon his NE
and works are Germans; and the next
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

According to the figures given on the
sheet the total shipments from these
ranges prior to 1890 were 4sS60,393 tons,
but the additions of the several items
makes a total of 47,901 IFS tons But taking
the figures on the sheet and subtracting
from the grand total of 35S,173,135 tons
tie shipments since 1890 amount to 29l,-
s12. 742 tons. In other words during the
sixteen years since 1890 the shipments
of iron ore from the lakes are more
than six times as much as for the entire
period preceding 1890
1t is difficult to appreciate the enormous
changes that have taken place in the
iron industry during the last sixteen
years. From an output of 16,03604S tons
of ore in the country at large in 1890 the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

at a certain furnace in Alabama, the
cost of making pig iron was given at
1901, including material, ss.32 labor sl.ss
and sundries sss. During the year 1889
90 the lowest cost reported in the Uni
ted States was 1915, as per returns made
TO the census bureau.
How closely present costs In Alabama
approximate the costs ten years ago one
is not now in position to say. but it is
doubtful IL we shall again see pig iron
made here for less than IS a ton. II
is likely that at some furnaces the pres
emit cost is more than double these fig
ures.
During the last few years there has
been a steady Increase in the cost Of
living and in many cases this tendency
has been shown in manufacturing costs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10

IT HE Iron Trade Review of Cleve-
land has issued its usual sheet
of iron ore shipments from the
lakes. statstics of yearly shipments
from 1890 to ami including 1906 are given
an it is of interest to observe the
growth of thu great industry The Me-
sabi. Gogebief Marquette, Menominee and
ermilton ranges are represented together
with some miscellaneous districts not
Regularly hcluded among the Others.
From the lake mines there We're shipped
In 1905. 3S522,239 tons of ore distributed as
follows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-10


The Mesabi range began to ship in 1892
and since that year the total shipments
amount to 122742,93S tons. Prior to 1890
the Menominee had shipped 1O,537.652 tons,
and since that time $685. 1893 making the
total shipments IS, SIC. 1856 tons.
Prior to 1890 the Marquette range had
shipped %, 7eS, 123 tons and since that time
81 ,0S9,67S. making the total shipments So
S57 sol tons
Prior TO 1890 the Gogebic shipped 5,642,-
612 tons and since that time A, S25, 294
making the total shipments 50,467,906 tons.
Prior to 1890 the Vermilion shipped
Isl tons and since that time 2s,141,-
36s. making the total shipments 25,1OO,-
159 tons.
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Miscellaneous. 80. sec. 12s,742
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
STRANGE, BUT TRUE.

Mention the words trades unions"
ately throws a fit of horror.
This is strange but true.
The average farmer is honestly of
che belief that the trades unions are
made up of anarchists, bomb throwers,
incendiaries, rioters and thugs.
This H. strange but true.
The average farmer is ignorant of
the facts. This is true, but there is
nothing strange about it. 1t is because
trades unlonists have neglected to in
form the farmer of the facts, but have
allowed him to gather his misinfor-
nation from the daily newspapers
that never lose an opportunity to put
unionism in a false light, nor to ex-
aggerate every little labor trouble in
to a riot of anarchy and violence.
The farmer, of all men, should be
the staunchest advocate of trades
unionism. He benefits more by the
success of trades union principles than
any other man. When labor is EN-.
ployed at high wages and short hours
the farmer realizes more for his pro-
ducts. A well paid workingman is a
better consumer than an underpaid
workingman or a child worker in a
sweat shop. A contented workman is
a better consumer of farm products
than disconnected workman.
we'll organized industrial community
supports better farming population
than an unorganized community peo
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
FOOL THINGS THAT HURT.

The Illinois Federation of Labor
meeting at Rockford, ILL.,, refused to
receive an expression of brotherly love
from the Illinois Baptist association
because the telegram was sent by
scab operator. Therefore, after read
ing the message and discussing it
,or half of one day, the labor conven-
ton returned the message marked
"Opened by mistake" -Kalamazoo
Gazette.
II all this really happened it is a
disgrace to unionism. Just such fool
things as the action of the Illinois Fed
Grafton of Labor have hurt organized
labor more than can be estimated. The
chances are that not one Baptist in a
thousand in Illinois-unless there is
a greater proportion than that of Bop
fist unionists-knows anything about
the union label or the patronage OF
union employers. For this reason the
sending back of a courteous, kindly,
Christian greeting because it was un-
Willingly sent OVER the Western Union,
was boorish in the extreme, an uncall-
ed for exhibition of idiocy and dis
grace TO the name of organized labor.
II there was any way to decide the
matter The Wageworker wouldn't be
afraid to wager a $500 dog against a
couple of $3.50 tom cats that there was
more non-union chewing tobacco in
the pockets of the federation dele
gates than in the pockets of the Bap-
list delegates. 1t would wager the
same thing that many federation
delegate who voted to send that frater-
nal greeting back spent the evening
spouting unionism through the smoke
of a 'scab" cigarette under 'scab"
hat.
We are loath to believe that the Ill
inois Federation of Labor was guilty
of such boorish act, but since it is
reported in a labor paper it must be
true. How many of the delegates
who attended that convention took
care that the conductor who punched
their tickets was a union man, or the
engineer in the cab was a unionist, or
the. motorman a union man? How
many of them would walk from the
depot to the hotel rather than ride on
streetcar operated by non-unionists?
The Wageworker is often made weary
by the fool things done in the name of
unionism, and in this particular case
it's WEAKNESS is excessive. The ILL
nois Federation of Labor, If guilty OF
the above, owes the Baptist associa-
ton an humble and abject apology.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
Cards.

True unionism is unselhsh.
You can not saw wood with a ham
| mer.
The cheapest thing in the market is
| human life
disconnected workman is dear at
any wage.
Union made should be the synonym
| of we'll made.
Abuse is not argument, and billings
gate is not logic.
The genuine union man plays the
label game to the limit.
The working union practices what
the average church teaches.
The marciful man is mercifM to MS
beast. and to mis- employe.
The way to boycott ''scab" goods is
to buy nothing without the label.
The man who fails to attend union
meeting has small right to object
to action taken.
The devil lets man get far behind
in his dues, but he always collects up
when he needs it.
No man can have proper under
standing of unionism when his feet
are clad in non-union shoes.
If unionism is making no progress
| in your community it may be because
YOU will not get out of the road.
| Cain was the first advocate of the
open shop. He insisted on conduct
| ing his sacrificing business as he
pleased.
| The average union man is played
for sucker" during political cam
raign, and for an easy mark the
rest of the time.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

pied by overworked and underpaid en-
ployes.
Industrial prosperity means ngri-
cultural prosperity, and industrial de-
preston and discomfort means agricul-
tural depression.
The farmer is not TO blame for his
prejudice against trades unionism.
The blame rests properly upon the
shoulders of trades unionists. For they
should have been, through all these
years, demonstrating to the farmers
that their interests and the interests
of the toiler in the mills and mines
and factories are identical.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
THE BOYCOTT.

1t all depends upon the point of
view 1t was along about 1875, if we
recollect rightly, that a lot of Boston
gentlemen disguised themselves as
Indians and threw into Boston harbor
lot of tea. They had boycotted tea
because Great Britia had put tax on
1t. And for more than century and
quarter we have been praising these
boycotters and calling them patriots.
But federal judges today would
throw boycotter into Jail
Those colonists went into the boy
cotting business for fair. They post
ed boycott notices everywhere, and
they made their boycott good. And
for more than century we have been
patting ourselves on the backs be-
cause we were the descendants of such
patriots.
But IL the workingmen OF today try
to benefit themselves by working that
sort of a boycott. some federal Judge
enacts new federal law without the
aid of congress, then sets the consti-
utional guarantee of a trial by jury
aside and throws the boycotter into
JAIL
And we, the descendants of patriots
who were willing to fight and die for
their rights, are such towards, Or
fools, that we must submit to lit,
although We do holler our heads off
about it every day iii the year but the
right day-election day.
Can 1t be possible that we are the
unworthy descendants of noble sires
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

unfair Kimball Piano company, says:
For every sale last through the boy
cot of our pianos by organized labor,
two other sales are made" Now
wouldn't you think that If this is
true, the Kimball company would be
willing to pay good money to have
the boycott pushed? But it isn't. 1t
is contributing to the fund to pay for
the prosecution of the officials Of the
American Federation of Labor who
are on trial for publishing the 1--WE
Don't Patronize' list Mr.. Conway
must be great joker
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
Largest Meeting in Years Was Held
Lest Sunday Afternoon.


The largest meeting in two years
was that of Lincoln Typographical
Union No. 2O9 last Sunday afternoon.
Every seat in the hall was occupied
and several sat in the windows.
Notice was received that the inter-
national assessment of 2 per cent
week would be reduced to 1 per cent
beginning with the week of Nov. "a.
The union Immediately voted to con-
tinue the assessment at 2 per cent
and devote the 1 per cent to label
boosting and other purposes. This
will continue until the union decides
to call it off.
Without dissenting vote the union
decided to subscribe for 100 shares OF
Labor Temple stock. and warrant
was ordered drawn for the amount,
$10O.
The executive committee reported
what it has been doing in the label
campaign during the past month, and
it was instructed to keep right on
with the good work.
The anniversary celebration was
called off temporarily and another
plan will be tried 1t was decided to
at least hold an annual ball.
Arrangements were made to push
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
Modern Banking.

The cashier sneaked into the bank
about the midnight hour, and by the
light of a dark lantern worked the
combination and opened the SAFE
Thrusting all the greenbacks into
his satchel and all the gold into a
shot sack, he shut the safe door and
started out.
Aha, | came near forgetting he
muttered. Setting satchel and shot
sack down he seized pen and paper
and wrote for moment. Then he
put the paper in tie safe and disap
peared.
The next morning the bank direc
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

tors sat around a table, glooom upon
their brows. Before them was the
paper written by the absent cashier
And this is what they read:
PAY to bearer 75,867.32. John
Kersmith, Cashier
There being nothing else to do the
note was returned to the safe and
used as basis for certificates OF small
Ter denomination.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Monday evening. minister of the
gospel said: Yesterday in a, Lincoln
barber shop, brewery promoter said
that IL certain minister did not leave
town he would have to-" Must be a
mistake. The day before Monday was
Sunday and Lincoln barber shops are
not open on Sunday. Sunday barber
shops are against the statute law,
just as bearing false witness is against
the moral law
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Politics is funny business. During
the democratic panic of 1895 a good
check was paid in cash at any bank
During the republican prosperity" of
1907 check is paid in certificates"
Workingmen got the worst of it in
1895, and he is getting the short end
of it in 1907. But isn't the working
man to blame?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Last Tuesday the proprietor of one
OF Lincoln's largest industries called
at The Wageworker Office to learn
where he could engage fair employ
er of painters to do big job of work
The Wageworker could not tell him,
owing to the fact that of more than
one hundred union painters in Lincoln
only two are subscribers to this little
labor paper
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
How Sad.

Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish bemoans the
fact that the millionaire's wife is
asked to pay $50 for hat that the
pay $25 for.
This is very sad indeed. Every
time workingman' wife pays SIS
for hat she is guilty of adding to
wife.
This ought not to be.
Far be it from such
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
SING ANOTHER TUNE.
Once Said "Boycot Don't Hurt" But
Times Sure Have Changed.


When asked about Van Cleave's
suit, Secretary Frank Morrison, of
the American Federation of Labor,
said: THAT he was gratified to learn
of the admission on the part of Presi-
dent Van Cleave that the boycott is
an effective one" He said, .sMr. Van
Cleave and other members of his as
ISOLATION have often declared that the
unfair list of the Federation is use
less affair, and that no results are
ever obtained from it. But it seems
that matters have changed, and the
members of the association are able
to see the results, as do the men who
put it into effect. We will fight this
to the end, and feel confident that no
court will sustain Mr.. Van Cleave in
his present course. Sunday Trades
man.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

the ''sticker" campaign to the limit.
and the interest manifested in this
very short time.
A new member was obligated and
one application went over under the
rules.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

through with subscriptions to the La
Dor Temple fund-the Electrical
Workers, the Printers and the Car
penters. There are twelve or fifteen
more unions yet to hear FROM
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

1t remains to be seen whether the
officials of union can sell the rank
and file of the organization into vir-
tual slavery for two or twenty years.
Judge Thompson said yes. but the
union pressmen deny it and will fight
it to the bitter end
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Business Man, are you not glad that
during this financial furry there are
are drawing good wages and working
reasonable hours and in a position
to pay you ready money for your
goods? Think it over.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
WHISKY WORKERS STRIKE.
Co Out for Higher Pay and Shorter
Hours,

Six hundred distillery workers
struck at Peoria last week for higher
wages, shorter hours and recognition
of the union. The strikers, include
skilled and unskilled workmen and
yeast makers. The management of the
distilleries offered an increase in
wages, but declined to treat with
union committees. The strike may ex-
tend to other cities.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Mr. Workingman, if you think you
are being treated equally just try this
scheme: When you get your wages
next Saturday just stick it down in
your pocket and try paying your bills
with Certificates"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Every congressman who votes to
re-elect Joseph Cabnon speaker. of
the house of Representatives should be
blacklisted and opposed at the polls
by every loyal union man in the coun-
try Speaker Cannon is a virulent
enemy of labor.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

The Wageworker will still accept
bank certificates on subscription in
unlimited amounts. Bring in your
certificates and get a receipt
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

If Mr.. Van Cleave has legal right
to publish the names of people who
buy his ''scab" stoves, haven't we a
legal right to publish the names of
those who will not buy those same
scab" stoves?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Election is now over, and there will
be considerable depreciation in the
love recently shown for the dear work.
ingman.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

If your merchant does not handle
fact that you and your friends have
nave not made demand enough for
them.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Confirmed bargain counter devotees
are now the chief promoters of sweat
shops Women are cruel and thought
less creatures-sometim
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
Limerick.

A bum fodder maker named Post
Kept knocking on labor's great host
But labor just laughed
And exposed his great graft
Until he just gave up the ghost.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Raw material is subject to heavy
tariff tax, but labor is imported free
OF duty.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Judge Thompson may send Presi-
dent George Berry to Jail, but Berry S
spiri. will go marching ahead through
TWO or three hundred cities in the
United States
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Nine foreigners were seriously in
jured in stabbfng ARRAY at Pittsburg,
Pa. One will probably die. All had
been drinking and free-for-all fight
started.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

The worlligman who refuses to pay
his bills promptly is garnisheed. The
mand is merely protecting the bust
mes interests Funny. isn't it?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Good morning. Have you sub
scribed for some stock in the Labor
Temple?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

A label on your ovaralls is better
the hot air you can spout in year.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
BUT


He said he was a union man
And played the game for fair,
But let non-union BARRIERS clip
His long and flowing hair.
And while he spouted union talk
And told where he was at,
He let his hot air loudly float
Up through a ''scabby" hat
He said he was a union man
And proudly showed his card,
But while he did "scab' cigar
He pulled almighty hard.
And while he spouted union talk
Until he fairly sweat
With some "PukeS Mixture" deftlN
rolled
A In1x nj
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
Union.

What is that?" queried the bride
groom as the county judge handed
him parchment neatly rolled up.
That" replied. the judge, who
knew a thing or two, lis your union
label"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

All that is left of the Taft presi-
Dental boom is an echo and a bad
smell
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

Cheer up. Christmas will soon be
here
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

But first Thanksgiving.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08

On he square now. Mr.. Lincoln
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
He said he vas a union man

He said he was a union man
And yelled to split his throat,
But pulled his paid up union card
From out ''scabby" coat.
And while he spouted union talk
And Dragged of paid-up dues,
He walked to work and back again
In 'scabbiest" of shoes.
He said he was union man
Right there when duty calls,
But while at work he always wore
Some ''scab" made overalls
And while he spouted union talk
And raised his voice on high,
He Knocked" the local labor press
And let it starve and die.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
UNION MADE STUFF.

Manufactured From Raw Material by
The Wage Worker Shop.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-11-08
i. y y y y = y y y y y y .

- "Printers' Ink" the reco0- !
y nized authority on ad~ertis- .
y Ing, after a thorough investi- .
= cation on this subject says: !
y "A labor paper is a far bet !
y ter advertising medium than !
y an ordinary Newspaper In !
= comparison with circulation. .
- A labor paper, for example, !
y having 1000 subscribers Is Of :
y more value to the business !
= man who advertises In It
= than an ordinary paper with J
= $4,000 subscribers"
y - - - - y = y y y y = )
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-06-25

OSCAR J. SMITH
Room 3, Smith Build
Ing, Reno, New, p. o. Box 5o7.