The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-04-26


evening this week printer dropped
into the Armstrong store and asked
for a shirt The clerk showed several
and while doing SO another printer
dropped in and suggested to his fellow
printer that the "Elgin' was union
made. Have you got the Elgin?'
asked the first printer. The Clerk
showed them, and they looked so good
that three were purchased, whereas
one was all the customer wanted when
he came in. The other printer bought
two. That made five labeled shirts
sold, where one non-union shirt might
have been sold. Every time you boost
the label you boost yourself.
The candidates are busy handing
out their campaign cards, and you bet
every card carries the label But how
about the candidates hats, shoes.
shirts, collars. clothing? Are they
smoking union made cigars? Are they
using union made chewing tobacco?
1t. takes more than the label on the
campaign card to make a friend of
urionism out of candidate for public
/ office
Next week The Wageworker is go
ing to tell about the organization of
| antoher new union in this CITY, 1t
will start off with a big membership,
and it will be practically 100 per
cent union" That is, it will have on
| its roll practically every man who
works at that trade in this CITY, The
organization is practically complete,
but for Obvious reasons the facts can
not yet be given in detail
Superintendent Stevens of the city
schools is trying to find out how the
wages of teachers compare with the
wages of men engaged in the indus
trial trades. He will discover that the
teachers are away. down in the wage
scale as compared with printers, brick
layers, plumbers, carpenters, lathers
piasterers, pressmen, bookbinders OIL
almost any other organized trade
hours of work and length of service
considered. The average monthly wage
OF teachers in Nebraska is less than
$50 a month, and the average number
of months worked per year is less
than eight. That an average of less
than $4O0. 1t is hard work, too, and
ought to be better paid. But as long
as the teachers are unorganiZed and
are willing to accept whatever is
offered them, they need not expect
men and women with brains enough
to be school teachers ought to have
brains enough to realize the benefits
o! thorough organization?
Frank Swigart of st. Louis has
the Labor Temple scheme, and Incl
dentally to suggest that it would b.
a good idea to ask dozen or more
: good union men to offer to donate
days work right now and donate i
to hustling among union men fol
5 pledges of days work for the temple
5 on June 8. That's bully suggestion
2 and The Wageworker would like t,
I have dozen good union men com'
right to the front and offer to pu
in day soliciting pledges for tn
l. temple fund. Such men would deserv
t to have their names writ high upon th
I union scroll of fame. The first doZel
n who offer will meet with warm re
II ception. Come on, boys.
S The Labor Temple project is lar
n gushing little, but it may be tn
If lull before the storm. Only three 0
e four names have been added thi
week What's the matter. anyhow
Afraid to get into the game? Sham
on you! If you haven't pledged YOU
= self for a days work towards tn
6 Labor Temple you ought to get bus,
If Telephone your name and street az
is dress to The Wageworker. Be
n phones S35 and F2S37; Auto 226'
II Just say Days work for the temple
e and then give your name and addres
IS Charles Turner has sold his room
" ing house business at 1900 p stree
N and is now living again. The buildin
le ht occupied was sold to a man VIII
wanted to engage in the business fo