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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
Some Talk About
The Printer Men

Charles w. Post, husband of the
stenographer.
Lincoln Typographical Union has
been aging rapidly. On February 25
1t will celebrate it's "twenty-sixth" an
niversary according to last years
count, although the union wasn't chart
cred until 1888. A cog was slipped
somewhere But this will be the ninth
annual ball, and it will really cele-
brate the twenty-fourth anniversary
of the local.
Leon Huckins has embarked in
business for himself and is now the
proprietor of job shop which is we'll
equipped and up-to-date.
Charley Barngrover is wearing a
worried look these days. He is oper
ating mill at the Freie Presse Of
f1ct, and it has German and English
characters on the keyboard. AS re-
storied Rhine and striving hard to
keep the kinks out of his tongue.
Despite the best efforts of editor and
proof reader the intelligent compos-
itor" managed to make it read Union
Club" in last weeks issue. OF course
reference was had to the "Onion Club"
President Coffey of Lincoln Typo
graphical Union is minus one dog but
plus $40 in cold cash. He shipped the
dog over the Rock Island, but the ami
NAL escaped and has not since been
seen by the owner. Coffey brought
suit against the railroad, asking judg-
ment in the sum of 800. The COM
pany compromised by paying the costs
and giving him $40.
| Adam McMullen, member of the leg
islature from Gage county, says he is
printer by trade and that he is an
ex-member of the Typographical I'm
ion.
! Mr. and Mrs. Will Bustard are pre-
pairing to leave Lincoln for ranch in
Custer county the first of March. Mr.
Bustard's health is such that outdoor
life for year or two is imperative
He has promised to send the union
enough Berkshire chickens for a feast
and has already made arrangements
to sell at reduced price to the printers
Buff Cochin hogs and Clydesdale
cows
The ball on the 25th promises tc
be far and away the best in the history
of Lincoln Typographical Union No
209. Unfortunately the Omaha Aux
iliary's ball is on the same night
which will prevent any of the Oman;
members from attending.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
Jones Gets a Foothold in
Crete and Sends Machines

suade country, girls to, come to Lin
coin and work in his factory at q
wage barely sufficient to pay board
and lodging, and in despair has decid-
ed to try the experiment of taking the
work to the country towns.
& The announcement of the Crete
move contains the information that a
part of the machines have already
been shipped from Lincoln This must
be taken as an Indication that they
are idle machines that Jones could
not find operators for. If this is true
it is an evidence of the good sense of
Lincoln girls who refuse to work the
long hours for the low wages that
this unfair firm pays.
If the fathers and mothers of Crete
want factory in their midst that will
employ their daughters at ridiculously
low wages, they certainly will have
no cause of complaint after the Jones
factory gets started. But If Crete
benefits by the establishment of such
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

continued. That is, not personally. 1t
doesn't cost him penny But the men
who are personally interested in main
tanning the relief department are op-
posed to the McMullen bill because
they see in it a danger to their cheap
insurance. And because they stand
up for what they believe to be their
rights they are charged with being
"cheap TOOLS" 1t was the same thing
last fall when they stood out and in
sisted on voting for couple of union
labor candidates for the legislature. To
do this they had to oppose two repub-
licans, and Immediately the Evening
News denounced them as tools of the
Burlington, just as it is now denounc-
ing them as tools because they oppose
the McMullen bill The McMullen bill
is opposed by organized labor gen.
orally because it is too limited in it's
scope. 1t applies only to common car
riers and offers no relief to the thous-
ands of other men employed in hazard
GUS occupations. 1t is opposed by the
Burlington employees because it
threatens their cheap sick, accident
and death insurance. And this is why
they are dubbed tools of the Burling-
ton They ought to resent the insult,
and their friends ought to help them.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

Crete is going to have an overall
and shirt factory. l.. o. Jones, after
many months of effort, has finally Sc
cured a foothold in that little city,
and there are some Cretians SO fool
ish as to believe the new enterprise
will benefit the city.
The Crete Commercial club has pro-
vided quarters rent free, and Jones
will install twenty machines at once,
and more If help can be secured. The
cutting will be done in Lincoln and
sent out to Crete to be sewed up. The
average wage for sewing machine op-
orators in similar factories through
out the United States is nine cents
an hour.
There seems to be something mys-
terious about this move on the part
of Mr.. Jones. Crete is not railroad
center, and is a town of about 1000
Inhabitants. 1t would seem to the un-
prejudiced observer that Jones has
failed in his herculean efforts to per-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
ELECTRICAL WORKERS BALL.
EcIipsed All Records in Attendance
and Genuine Pleasure.


The Electrical Workers annual ball
was held at Fraternity hall last Tues
day evening, and in point of attend
ance and pleasure eclipsed all former
records. Nearly 200 couples were
present and everybody was bent upon
having a good time, an ambition that
was ably forwarded by the commit
tees in charge of the ball Quick's or
chestra furnished the music. At II
O'clock refreshments were announced
and partaken of with relish by the
dancers. The supper room was lively
and the refreshments thoroughly en-
joyed. There were twenty numbers
on the dance program, not to mention
several extras.
This was the fifth annual ball of
the local union, and like all of its
predecessors was an unqualified sue.
cess, socially and financially. The
following committees are entitled to
credit for the success of the affair:
Door-Messrs. Rudy, Betz, Jones.
Reception-Messrs. Mayer, Ander
son. Cain, Streeter, Deveraux, Hull
Cant, Seaman
Floor-Carveth, PEBBLES, Dixon, Sea
| man
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
THE LIABILITY LAW.
Usual Attacks Made on Burlington
Employees Opposing It.

AS usual, the Burlington employees
who are opposing proposed law, are
charged with being mere tools in the
hands of the management of the COM
.pany. Because these men oppose the
McMullen bill, which is calculated to
injure Ii not destroy the Burlington
relief department, they are charged
with being political tools" and their
honesty and integrity impugned.
Now. The Wageworker doesn't care
continental whether the Burlington
relief department is maintained or dis
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
coMMoNER ANNIVERSARY.

The fifty employees of the Commona,
boarded special car provided for
them by the management last Satur-
day night and went to Fairview to
celebrate Inc sixth anniversary of the
papers establishment. Several pres
ent have been with the paper eve-
since it first started. Mr.. Bryan acted
as guide and took the employees on a
trip around the world, showing them
the many souvenirs collected by him
self and Mrs. Bryan while on their
world-tour. 1t was most enjoyable
Journey. Light refreshments were
served. Each succeeding celebration
Is voted the 'best ever, sand sthe one
last Saturday night was easily the
leader Of the six.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
THE CARPENTERS.
Grade Rules and Regulations for En-
suing Year are Adopted.

Grade Rules and Regulations for En-
suing Year are Adopted.
The carpenters met in special ses-
meeting was one of the largest held
in recent months. Several addresses
were made that aroused great en-
thusiasm, and everybody present ex-
ticipate in the meeting. The existing
trade rules and regulations were
adopted for another year. All seemed
to be satisfied with present conditions,
but expressed willingness to put
forth renewed efforts to make union
ism more of business proposition.
Work in the carpenter line is very
slack at the present time, but the out
look for the coming season was never
brighter. Some unusually large con-
tracts are being prepared, and resi-
dence building promises to keep up
the wonderful gait it has been trav-
cling during the last three or four
years.
1
which has the contract for remodel
ing the city hall building, has been
put upon the fair list and have num-
Der of union carpenters in their en-
ploy 1t is a closed shop job.
About three months ago Business
Agent Eissler learned that the Col
Inns Ice Cream Co. was about to let
contract for new factory building
He called upon the manager of the
company and ascertained that the con-
tract was about to be let to an unfair
contractor. Then he got busy with
his arguments and told the manager
the reasons why, in the opinion of the
union men, the job should be let to
a fair contractor. The manager lis
tened attentively and then said that
although the contract had not been
definitely let, it had all but been
promised to a contractor on the un-
fair list. But he asked for list OF
the fair contractors and said he would
look into it. A couple of days later the
manager of the company called up
Eissler and said the work had been
! let to l.. Dybbro, fair contractor
, The manager of the company now
: expresses his satisfaction with the
) work, saying he has got one of the
| best jobs ever put up in Lincoln. The
carpenters and other unionists in Lin
coin should remember the Collins Ice
J Cream Co. and show their apprecia
: ton of its friendliness.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
STOP THE CHILD LABOR

Now that rational attempt is being made
to secure an adequate child labor law, we
are compelled to listen to the usual tommyrot
from the opponents of such law. First we
hear from the defenders of the ''poor widows
who will be compelled to suffer untold
hardships if their little ones are not allowed
to support her and themselves. Then we hear
from the eminent agriculturalists who insist
that child labor law will prevent farmer
from working his children The widow
dodge and the farmer" dodge always show
up in cases of this kind. The farmer dodge
may be dismissed with a word. Firstly, the
law does not prohibit child labor on the farm.
But it might not be bad thing to throw
some protection around farm children. The
men who talk about the benefits they received
by being forced to work beyond their
years upon the farm sounds good, but perhaps
you have noticed that these same men escaped
from the farm prison as soon as they could.
The widow dodge is entitled to more con-
sideration, not because there is any truth in
it, but because it is a sentimental objection
and because the objection relates to woman
kind The widow dodge is as baseless as
the farmer dodge. The Clarke bill, if
enacted into law, will not work an injury to
one widow in thousand. The percentage
of cases wherein widow is entirely depend
ent upon the work of children under fourteen
is so infnitesimal that statisticians merely
represent them by the minus sign. If the
Clarke bill is enacted into law The Wage
worker will make guarantee for Lincoln
and Omaha that if such cases are found and
brought to their attention the trades unions
of the two cities will take care of the mothers
and see to it that the children are allowed
to go to school and provided for until they
are beyond the age limit fixed by the law.
So much for the objections raised upon the
two grounds given.
There is opposition from another source.
1t is based on the argument that children
should be taught habits of industry-an ar
gument that nobody disputes -and is ad-
vanced by those who want to prevent the
enactment of child labor law so they may
be permitted to continue their employment of
children at low wages in order to escape the
necessity of employing older employees at
higher wages. This argument is selfish; it is
merciess; it is heartless.
1t is not denied that an adequate child
labor law will work hardships in some quar-
tiers. But better few hardships now and
then than that any considerable proportion
of the rising generation should be dwarfed
mentally, morally and physically.
1t is advanced by some who oppose the
bill that Nebraska does not need child labor
law because we have no sweat shops, no mills
and no mines. This opposition is not based
on argument. 1t is based on short-sighted-
ness. The people of new state do not wait
until, murder is committed before enactine
IL alaw against murder They do not wait until
? horses are stolen before they enact a law
against horse stealing. 1t is true that Ne
braska is not suffering particularly be
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

cause of child labor but the disease is taking
hold even in Nebraska, and now is the time
to stop it. It would be criminal to wait until
the disease became epidemic before taking
steps. Child labor, like the Texas fever we
used to dread much, is much easier kept
out than stamped out. We.didn't wait until
Texas fever was epidemic among our cattle
before enacting laws We saw it in the dis
tance and promptly passed the necessary laws
and instituted strict and effective qlaran-
tine. Let us do the same thing with child
labor. Let lis quarantine against it now,
rather than wait until it is epidemic and then
spending years of time, enduring untold mis-
cry and disgrace, in getting rid of it.
So far the opposition to this bill comes
chiefly from couple Of daily newspapers in
terested in hiring small boys at ridiculouslv
low wages to deliver papers at unreasonable
hours during all kinds of weather, from a few
department. store managers who want cheap
help and are willing to sacrifice the children
to get it, and from the telegraph and mes
senger companies It remains to be seen
whether the selfish interests Of these men
will be allowed to make sacrifice of the chill
dren in order to fatten their purses. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether the fathers and
mothers of this state will sit idly by and
allow conditions to grow up that will soon be
demanding the little ones in increasing NUM-
bers to keep it's greedy maws sated with the
blood and bodies Of the helpless little ones.
1t took Massachusetts, thirty years to Sc
cure the enactment Of sensible child labor
laws, and during that thirty years tens of
thousands of little ones were sacrificed on the
altar of the industrial Moloch. Twenty years
ago Georgia and Alabama "did not need
child labor laws" because they had no child
labor. Today 10000 children under twelve
years of age are working in the Georgia and
Alabama mills. In Georgia, the state that
did not need child labor laws twenty years
ago, Sc per cent of the loom tenders are under
seven years of age. Think of that, you faith
ers and mothers! Child labor has resulted
i'll forcing the natural caretakers-the faith
ers-to work for starvation wages, and this
has resulted in forcing the children of such
fathers to enter the mills almost the minute
they graduated from the cradles Child
labor has forced the mother into the mill,
and this is destroying the chief bulwark of
the American republic, the home. Child
labor has found its natural result in the aw-
full sweat shop and in the tenement factory.
1t is making itself felt even in Nebraska.
The average wage Of sewing machine operzs
ators in factories making mem goods IN
overalls, pants, work shirts, blouses, etc!aA III
8 cents an hour, $40 week. This work is
done chiefly by young women and girls, and and,
child labor in the sweat shops and tenement
factories is responsible for this iniserablss,s
aye criminally, low wage. S'''s'
We do need child labor law in Nebraska,
if not to wipe out child labor, then to prevent
il from ever fastening its foul clutches upon
A. Al. ~ L. :.
the thing needed, without amendment or
alteration.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

The Methodist Ministerial Alliance
of Denver, Col, passed a resolution
condemning the employment of men
more than eight hours a day and sent
a delegate to the Trades and abor
Assembly.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

a concern it will break all records
A few weeks ago Mr.. Jones was
widely advertising the fact that he
had just added twenty girls to the
Lincoln force. But it seems that even
this addition of 40 per cent to his
working force did not begin to fill the
machines, hence he ships twenty or
more of them to Crete in the hope of
being able to get girls to work for
the wages he pays.
Crete makes some pretensions of
being an educational center, but this
boast will not long have basis II
Crete parents encourage the estab-
lishment Of shirt factories at wages
which will scarce suffice to pay board
and lodgings.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

Typographical Union Ball, Monday,
February IS, Fraternity Hall. ouick's
Orchestra.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

Cleveland, O., meat cutters and
butchers are now organizing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
ESTIMATED TREASURY SURPLUS

Treasury officials report that money
is flowing into the cash vaults OF the
at rate never before
cuuallcd since the establishment OF
the finance department II is pre-
dictcd that the surplus will reach
$75.OOO,OOO in spite Of the enormous
made by the last con
sress which provided for treasury
payments during the year OF S9lS,-
900 600. In the last two months OF the
last fisca, year the surplus increased
$40. 600 900 and there is no question
but that the same result will occur
this year.
The excellent condition OF the treas.
ury is due to the heavy receipts from
customs, internal revenue and miscel-
laneuus sources. The wonderful pros
pcrity of the people Of this country
has induced them to purchase eXpen.
sivc foreign goods. such as diamonds
laces. silks and wines. all Of which
pay large duties thereby increasing
custom receipts in ratio greater
to the volume Of goots imported than
during normal years, when luXuries
are not bought in such quantities.
Internal revenue receipts have in
creased TO an abnormal degree on
.nCCpuut of ihp consumution of UauOr
and beer, which reports show has
reached a per capita startling in
amount. and as 1t is known that a
large percentage of the veople are
wholly temperate. II Is evident that
those persons who drink the beverages
which are bringing such vast revenue
to the government must fairly swim
in It.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
-O+o--
WARNING TO ALL.

There is not township in Carter
county where there is n full ticket
announced for the township offices,
such as trustee. treasurer and clerk.
These matters are new TO the people
and those who would have been will
ing to serve their townships in these
capacities did not comply with the
Oklahoma election law and have their
names placed on the official tickets
as candidates. A number of people
have suggested that the names OF
those who are willing tp serve be
written on the tickets or stamped
with a rubber stamp made for the
purpose This matter was taken up
with Democratic headquarters in Ok
lahoma city by the Ardmoreite. The
state committee asserts that writing
ON or stamping the ticket would make
the entire ticket Illegal and all yot-
ers are warned not to write any name
IN ticket
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
ACADEMIC COSTUMES.
Square Cap or eerrettn Hood surviva
Of the Ancient Cope.


Academic costume WdS originally TIE
ordinary dress "i the p''''l in which
II was prescribed, MculaeNW sututoS
were "'''''" NOT l" 'h' wearing q"
any particular robe, hut against eS-
UaNAEdht taste 10 oi drh'"nri'S OF
dress. At lIrlI'l'"r-' Tor instance stu
GchtS w"r' ior'h9on 10 - ont without
boots unless clad IN garment reach
lhS I" tie heels The most purely
academic part ot the costume was the
square cap or herr"tta, with tuft on
TIE top uu lieu "f the very modern
hSSvh, which was th" distinctive
haas' or the ua>tcrShip. lis ppS'o'
sion was much coveted, and, according
to one authority, at Is only In post
m''Iaeval times that the hcrrcttH, trsi
without. tlcl with, the sa'rel npoN
has been nsurpcd. first 10y bachelors
then 10y undergraduates ami now tort
S''c the W,rorsIuo@ 10y mere Caoris
terS or school boys The gown, Of
toga. on the other band, was am NJ
official robe or c1s'nrk ~ various col
ors. the faNor.tc M oxford hoiu:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
Flynn Defines Conditions.

San Antonio, Tex, June 5.-Hon.
Dennis Flynn Of Oklahoma city. Nor-
mor territorial delegate in the nation
nj Congress, was in the city yester-
day. He is one of the wheel horses
Of the Republican party in his terri
tory.
Mr.. Flynn says Oklahoma's present
political condition can hest be de
scribcd by Sherman's definition OF
war He admits the Democrats out
figured the Republicans, and that
there is no hope for any of the latter
to land any of the state offices. How
ever, he thinks they will be able to
elect some of the congressman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
REGISTER OF DEEDS
OFFICE SOUGHT BY FARMER LIV.
ING VEST OF ARDMORE.
He Is Son Of A. D. Chase, Who Has
Been a Highly Respected Citizen
Of Ardmore for the Past
Twenty Years.

Grover H. Chase. who has spent
practically his entire life on the farm
west of Ardmure in Carter county. Is
before the people for the Office OF
register of deeds. Almost every man
In the county knows Grove Chase and
those who do not know him person
ally know of him Mr. Chase is a
practical business man. he possesses
every qualification 10 fill the office
with credit to himself and to the Dem
ocratic party. he always looks upon
the sunny side OF life and has a smile
and a cheerful word for everybody,
he never shirhs when his friends call
upon him for favors, he is an ideal
man for the party tD nominate; he Is
the man who holds the balance wheel
between country and town and II he
is nominated by the Democrats he
will be the means of keeping down
the prejudice that in many counties uf
the states exists between the people
who reside In the towns and those
who reside In the country. Ardmore
is too busy growing into a city to
try to capture all the county offices
and prejudice the country against the
town. Let us work to hold all classes
as "a unit tor Ardmore and Carter
county Let every man in ArdmOre
ana surrounding country place a cross
n the square opposite the name OF
Grove l.. Chase, candidate for regis
ter Of deeds.
tWtiIcn by a FriendD
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
BIyDY OvERRULEO
Secretary Garfield Renders Decision
Sustaining Hitchcock, as Against
Bixby--ordering Enrolment OF
Ninety-two Freedmen.

Vinita, |. r. June News reach
ed here this morning from Washing
ton, ID c.. that Secretary Garfield had
rem red decision sustaining the de-
cision of Secretary Hitchcock on
March 4. 1907. reversing the decision
of Commissioner Tams BiNby at Mus
kogee and ordering nlnety-two Cher
ol1he freedmen placed on the rolls
of citizenship in the Cherokee ma
ton in the Ch rokee freedmen enroll
ment cases of Moses Riley, let al.
Moses Riley and the descendants OF
Samuel Riley claimed that they re-
turned from Garnett. Kan. in the fall
Of 1866 unt'r the advice of Judge
Spriggs Of Grnett and Gov. Crawford
and reached the Cneroiee nation
within the time prescribed by the
treaty They applied FOR enrollrJ INT
and Tams BiXby denied them. Their
attorneys. Starr a Patten of Vinita,
appealed 10 the secretary Of the in
,arior ana he referred the matter to
the assistant attor(ey general for
the interior department and n decision
was rendered reversing Commissioner
Bixby W. w. Hastings, attorlJay for
the Cherokee nation, filed motior'
for new trial and this motion was
ovorruled by the department today.
This closes one ~ the largest citizen
ship cases ever tried IN the Cherokee
nation. A millio ndollars of property
was involved and the attorneys fees
ar cestimated at s250,O00.