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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10
FIVE TO FOUR.

The supreme court of the United
States has just rendered another OF
it's famous five to four" decisions.
These five to four decisions would
long ago have been jokes were it not
for the fact that the decisions have
of the people and in the interests OF
privileged or selfish classes.
Last Monday by a vote of five to
four the supreme court declared un-
constitutional the employers liability
law enacted by congress year ago.
This liability law related only to the
railway service. OF course the rail-
roads objected to that kind of law
because it made human life almost az
expensive as safety appliances. They
Immediately seized the first chance to
test the law, carried a case to the
Supreme court, and the court very &C
commodatingly declared that the law
should not stand.
A few years ago congress enacted
lie somewhat the burdens of taxation
That law made the rich pay in tie
same proportion as the poor have al
| ways been compelled to pay. This
made the rich very angry. of course,
and they fled to the supreme cour.
for relief. BY vote Of five to four
one Judge being SO accommodating
az to change his mind over night-the
supreme court declared the law I'M
! constitutional.
A few months ago men interested
in fair play for rich and poor alike
appealed to the court in the Meyer
Haywood case. BY vote of five to
four the court decided that the rights
of Meyer and Haywood had not been
irfringed upon when they were
seized, prevented from seeing friends
or attorneys and abducted and taken
irto another state.
Now, by another five to four vote
VI ealth-are handed the worst of it.
Why is it that the laws enacted with
a view to protecting the. toilers are
SO often declared unconstitutional.
while the laws granting special priv
ileges to corporations and political
| fGvorites are always constitutional?
This is a question that the toilers
Of the country are interested in, and
it is high time they insisted upon an
answer.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Individual subscribers to- The Wage
worker are asked to give their atten-
ton to a new ruling promulgated by
the postoffice department. This ruling
prohibits publisher from sending his
paper to a subscriber who is more
taan one year in arrears. There are
several such on The Wageworker lists,
and they are cordially invited to re-
new so that their paper will not be
discontinued. Those who are in ar
rears know it without being individual
ly notified. The Wageworker does not
want to lose a subscriber by reason
of the new ruling, but unless renewals
are prompt The Wageworker will
have to cut the delinquents off in order
to preserve it's standing with the P. O.
D.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

declare that by the fine workings of
his great brain ne saved the financial
situation. Another thanks God that
& wise man like Cortelyou was in
charge of the United States treasury
during that time. Another halls him
as the greatest secretary of the treas
TRY the country ever had. And so on
ad infinitum. And what are the
facts? A lot of rotten financiers
sreculated with the peoples money
Until they got in hole. Then they
tied up all the money in sight, precip-
itated a panic and holIered for help.
Cortelyou Immediately placed the peo-
PIES money-s225, 100000 of it-at the
disposal of these same rotten specu-
iators and they loaned it out to the
people who really owned it, charging
the rightful owners a healthy rate of
interest for using their own money
VI hen the people to whom the banks
the banks gave them Christian sci
eLce" currency. That's the way
George B. Cortelyou saved the day."
Now wouldn't that make anybody
weary?
The men who saved the day were
the humble toilers-the machinists
the carpenters, the printers, the rail-
road men, the masons, and others of
the different trades and crafts-they
are the men entitled to the credit.
They kept right at work, accepted the
Christian science" money without a
protest, refused to precipitate a panic
ty demanding their little savings and
enforcing the demands by legal ac-
ton. and went through the dark and
threatening days with faces alight
with hope and cheer.
Just suppose that these working
men had refused to accept Christian
science" money? Suppose they had
refused to stand for the absent treat
ment" system of paying deposits!
Suppose they had enforced cash pay
lEents or thrown the banks into the
hands of receivers? Why not even
George B. Cortelyou, with the whole
United States treasury behind him
&C uld have prevented a panic that
! would have swept things clean.
The men behind the trowel, the
hammer, the throttle, the scoop, the
brakewheel, the linotype. the press
all the hosts of labor-those are the
men who are entitled to the credit
a feeling of lassitude in the lumba,
re gions-to hear people praising Cor
telyou and saying he prevented a
worse panic.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10
THINGS THAT MAKE US WEARY.

Far be it from us to attempt to
enumerate in one article all the things
that make this humble little labor
paper weary. But we are SO utterly
weary of one particular thing that
we stop the wheels of progress long
enough to mention it.
We are weary-O, so utterly weary
of all this rot uttered in praise OF
Secretary Of the Treasury CortelyOu
because of his action during the re-
cent financial furry. Eastern papers
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Speaking of exorbitant rents in Lin
coin, here is sample: A house on
the south side that is now renting for
$3.50 rented for $14 five years ago
And there has not been a dollars
worth of repairs put upon the afore-
said house in that time. save for pa
pering the lower rooms and adding
coat of paint to the outside.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

We hasten to assure the eminent
court of the District of Columbia that
We do not patronize the Buck Stove
and Range company, and that we still
EatrOnize" and unfair lists
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

BY the way, speaking of controlling
the railroads, would the eminent gen
head of the state railway commission
be willing to call upon a railroad fire
man for medical advice in case OF
severe illness?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Bishop Worthington is dead. This
is the bishop, who, a few years ago,
declared that American workingmen
were too well educated, it making
them disconnected with the lot God
intended them to endure.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10
Mr.. McGinnis.


John Jimplecute McGinnis was a
union man for fair,
Who would insist when buying goods
the label should be there,
Because twas up to him, you see, to
play the old game square.
Hat, coat or pants,
Tobacco, shoes
Nc goods without the label
Would John J. McGinnis use.
And all the time he played the game
his heart was light and gay;
He practiced unionism as he toiled
on day by day.
Eight hours for his employer at de-
cent rate of pay.
John Jimplecute McGinnis in the
course of nature died,
And when he neared the pearly gates
they freely opened wide,
While Peter said, my good old friend,
you're welcome; step inside!
There are the harps,
One you may choose"
But no harp without the label
Would John ]. McGinnis use.
So Peter hustled out and found a
harp that's union made,
Whereupon our friend McGinnis seized
it quick and loudly played,
And angels gathered round to hear the
music that he made.
John Jimplecute McGinnis handed out
such music sweet
That Peter said, Our orchestra is
certainly complete
And escorted friend McGinnis to the
leaders fonored seat.
I'll lead no band
That pays no dues;
No musicaners without cards
Will John J. McGinnfs use. -
And thus it was they organized a
union heavenly choir,
Whose strains to better living did the
angels all inspire,
All because John ]. McGinnis at good
work would never tire.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10
Different.

They are well fed, well housed,
and cared for when sick. When there
is no work they cared for just the
same
well, that is fine. Men treated
that way certainly have nothing to
complain about"
"Who said anything about men? I
was talking about our company $
mules"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

glass trades during the past two
When a rich American is caught in
the act of violating his marriage obi
CATION there is lot of talk about
affinity Old Solomon had lot of
experience in that line, but he didn't
call 'em by any such f1ossy name
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Exorbitant rents for residences is
one of the things that is hurting Lin
coin right now. The Commercial club
might take this matter up with bene-
fit to the merchants who depend large
~ upon wage-earners for patronage.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

A framed certificate of stock in the
Lincoln Labor Temple Building asso-
citation would be handsome ornament
for the wall of any Lincoln working
mans home.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

on the pay rolls of the city of ST.
Joseph, Mo. There would be columns
of bitter denunciation of the st. Joe
officials in all the big daily papers
we're it not for the fact that the
guilty officials are not the representa-
tives Of an organized labor party.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Senator Burkett still maintains the
attitude of man desiring to hand
organized labor a lemon by appoint
ing a union hater and manager of a
non-union business concern to the
latest official job in the state.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Lincoln renters should take example
from their brethren in New York City
END organize renters union. Rents
are too high in Lincoln. Let's strike
for lower rents!
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Our good Methodist brother, Rev
Or. Jennings, roundly denounces the
unions that meet in saloons or in
rooms back of saloons Where would
he have them meet? In hacks or in
private rooms in the hotels?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

The tyranny of the unsanctified
labor unions is what Rev. DR.. Jen-
nings calls it. During the last few
days we have heard DR.. Jennings
called worse than that.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

If organized labor has conceived
the idea that the church is prejudiced
against it, the mouthings of men like
Rev Dr. Jennings will explain it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

The annual report of the Citizens
Railway company suffices to give the
public some idea of what the Trac-
ton company has been handing the
city for six or eight years.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

The safest way to boycott an unfair
concern is to demand the union label.
When that demand gets to be as big
as it ought to be the unfair concerns
will be put out of business.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

William Howard Taft's injunction
chickens, Matched in Ohio several
years ago, promise to come home to
roost in this campaign year of 1908
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Dollars that go towards building a
labor temple are not given-they are
Invested.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Every now and then the State
Journal exhibits it's gangrened sore
because it is unable to make Mayor
Brown sneeze when it takes snuff.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

In the meanwhile organized labor
cares for its own, without begging
from the general public.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Now is a good time to put your
shoulder to the wheel and give the
Labor Temple scheme shove towards
success.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

1t has been discovered that lot
of dead men have long been carried
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Human life is cheaper than safety
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Lower rents means an increase in
wages.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10
UNION MADE STUFF.

Ground Out in The Wagewors<er
Thinkery at Odd Times.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Entered as second-class matter April
81, 1904, at the postof1ce at Lincoln,
Neb., under the Act of Congress OF
March Srd, 1879.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

Published Weekly at 1877 No. 14th
St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

wages!
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12
NEWS OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN AND THE HOME y

o about my child. God forgive me,
/ feared that I should lose YOU, and I
had not the courage to tell you. | had
to choose between you, and i'm my weak
ness 1 turned away from my own little
girl. For three ear | have kept her
existence a secret from you, but / heard
from the nurse, and I knew that all
was well with her. At last, however,
there came an overwhelming desire to
see the child once more. l struggled
against it, but in vain. Though / knew
the danger, | determined to have the
child over, If it We're but for a few
weeks. l sent a hundred pounds to the
nurse, and l gave her instructions
about this cottage, so that she might
come as a neighbor, without my APP
pearing to be in any way connected
with her. I pushed my precautions so
far as to order her to keep the child
in the house during the daytime. and
to cover up her little face and hands
so thai even those who might see her
at the window should not gossip about
there being a black child in the neigh
borhood. If l had been less cautious
l might have been more wise, but I was
half crazy with fear that you should
learn the truth.
ut was you who told me first that
the cottage was occupied. l should have
waited for the morning, but l could
not sleep for excitement, and so at last
] slipped out, knowing how difficult
it is to awake you. But you saw me
go, and hat was the beginning of my
troubles. Next day you had my secret
at your mercy, but you nobly RETAINED
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12

from pursuing your advantage. Three
days later, however, the nurse M child
only just escaped from the back door
as you rushed in at the front n And
now tonight you at last know all, and |
ask you what is to become of us, my
child and me?' She clasped her hands
and waited for an answer.
1t was a long ten minutes before
Grant Munro broke the silence, and
when his answer came it was one of
which l love to think. He lifted the
little child, kissed her, and then, still
carrying her, he held his other hand
out to his wife and turned towards
the door.
I'VE can talk it over more comfort
ably at home," said he. IT am not a
very good man, Effie, but I think that
! am q better one than you have given
me credit for being"
Holmes and l followed them down
the lane, and my friend plucked at
my sleeve as we came out.
Il think" said he, that we shall be
of more use in London than in Nor
bury"
Not another word did he say of the
case until late that night, when he
was turning away, with his lighted a
die, for his bedroom.
watson said he, IF it should ever
strike you that l am getting a little
o-ver-confdent in my powers, or giving
less pains to a case than it deserves,
kindly whisper 'Norbury' in my ear,
and L shall be infinitely obliged to
YOU"
1.-THE End.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12
WEND, ZEND AND MALEE.
BY A. B. LIE MASSENA.

HA ETTH n Sylvia were paying
Alice a visit for a few days.
49, They had brought their dolls
with them of course-for what little
girl would think of going away from
home and leaving Dollie behind?-and
on this particular wintry afternoon the
time had passed very quickly indeed,
for they were the best of friends and
had much to talk about, and many
games to play, and at the end they all
SAT down to tea, for all the world like
grown-up folks. When dusk came it
found three tired girls indeed, sitting
before the fire.
Il do wish that Uncle Jack would
visit us today and tell us a story" SAID
Alice finally, and. as though her wish
had been heard and granted on the in
slant. the oor opened, and there he
was ready to receive the hugs and
kisses of his favorite niece.
ooh, Uncle. Betty and Sylvia are
here, and we do so want you to tell us
a story. Will you?'
81 suppose l will have to- he
laughed, FOR / know you will no give
me a moments peace until l do; so
bring up my chair before the blaze and
/ will tell you of three very charming
little people l met not so long ago."
Were they little glrls?" asked Alice.
mo, they were snowflakes, and we
had a very pleasant chat together"
"Snowhakes! How funny!" cried all
the girls. "How could snowfiakes talk
to your"
why, that is the easiest thing in the
world if o understand their Ian
guage," replied Uncle Jack, but listen
and I will tell you how it happened.
you all remember the last snow
storm and how swiftly the white par
ticles came ~tuinbling down from the
sky. Wen, it was on that day that l
first met Wend, Ter and Malice. Wend
and Zend were the cutest little fluffy
fakes of snow | ever saw and were
just brimful of mischief, never staying
in one place long but romping here and
there with the wind and chasing the
other snowfiakes up and down the
street. Malice. on the other hand, was
IL grouchy old fellow, very big and
lazy. l was hurrylng along when Ma
lee dropped heavily on my shoulder and
seemed prepared to stay there forever,
while a minute later Wend and Zend
came tearing along and playfully hid
themselves under my coat collar.
'Hullo,' / said. what are you rascals
doing there2' Why don't you know
us?' they cried; we remember you, for
all three of us were here last winter
and spent several days on the walk in
front of your house.
This surprised me very much, for l
always thought that whom the snow
melted it was gone forever, but my
new friends convinced me that / was
wrong. From what they told me il
seems that they are very much afraid
OF the sun. who has for ages made
war on the Snow King. So whenever
the Sun shows his face the s~nowdakes
quickly change their shape, and turn
into drops of water and run away as
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

Sherlock Holmes is employed by
Grant Munro, a rich English hop mer-
chant, to solve a mystery which has
come into his married life. Three years
before he had welded a well-to-do
young American widow. Mrs. Hebron,
who nae made over her property to
him, but recently had asked for it
again. without giving the reason. Coin
cident with this a vacant cottage near
their home was let. Munro tells how
in passing h place lie saw a face
watching. him from an upper window.
His investigation of the place was
repulsed by a strange servant and he
mystery further deepened when he
found that his wife had slipped out
of their home at midnight to visit the
strange cottage. He tells Holmes of
her later visits n of seeing her pic
ture in the cottage. Upon accusing his
wife she begs him to believe in her,
but refuses to clear the mystery.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12

fast 6s they can-down the roofs to
the street and into the drains they
scamper and soon a vast army of
them are carried down to the river and
u to the big ocean which receives
them very kindly and keeps them safe
until the Sun. who is OF friendly terms
with the ocean. lifts them up and re-
stores them TO their homes in the
clouds. Thus it is that Wend. zend
and Malice never really die, but when
winter comes again they arc ready to
pay the earth another visit. and 1 fully
expect to sec them whenever it begins
to snow"
Where arc your three friends now?"
asked Alice.
ooh, they bid me goo1-by and are
now fast asleep somewhere out in the
ocean awaiting their turn TO be taken
back to the clouds replied Uncle Jack,
'and ! think 1t is about time that you
girls were also getting ready for
bed"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12
THE PRIZE WINNERS.

THE correct answers 70 last
Wednesdays City Maze puzzle
were: l. Baltimore; ., Paris; 3,
Hartford; 4, Boston; 8, Atlanta; c.
Portland: Z, Washington.
The prizes for the best lists received
were won as follows: GEORGEANNA
rooKER, aged 10, 10 Hayward street.
Orange, N. j.. (w%ater-eolor paints);
THIRzA MARX, aged Il, 4s7- South
Seventeenth street. Newark, N j.,
(star fountain pen); HELEN G.
VAUGHN. aged II, 17o Avon avenue,
Newark, \. j., (star fountain ren);
GERALD NJ. McLAUGHLIN. aged a.
II Sidney place. Newark, n. j.,
(watch); JAMES H. SHELDON, aged
10. 7i2k Stone street, Newark, n. J.,
(wateh9.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12

water and bake. Basic frequently,
turning two or three times. Scrape
the carrots and cut lengthwise in
strips. Boil for twenty minutes in
sailed water, then place in with the
roast and cook about twenty minutes
longer. Place carrots around the spare
ribs or platter, and thicken the gravy
before pouring V the roast.
Who should a marriage en-
gagement? l.. II. c..
The initiative in announcing an en-
gagement must come from the family
of the young
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12
oNEW5
Il SHNQERS

Bargains can be found in the sale of
slightly soiled underwear. now going IN
at the David Straus store.
Writing Paper of pure linen is selling
rapidly for small prices at w. V. Sny-
der's. 1t is of excellent quality.
Tan gloves in dark shades bordering
on brown may be found at Marshall &
Balrs.
A pretty glove buttoner is of gold
with the round handle heavily en-
graved. This is found at Hartdegen's.
Remnants of fine embroidery, both
edgings and insertions. are being sold
for small sums at Ba~mberger's.
An exquisite necklace consists of a
fine chain, from which depend three
gold encircled peridots of a lovely
shade of green. This inexpensive bit
of jewelry is found at Frank Hollis.
EVE STAR w p NEW OF SHOPPErs
A muff and scarf of fawn marten is
very beautiful. The color is almost
black and Doth pieces are finished
with tails. This set is to be found at
L. S. Plaut's.
A silver purse of oxidized silver is
one of the novelties shown at Hartde-
gems. They are not so shiny and CON
spicuous as many of the sterling de-
signs.
The stores of r. Walsh & Co. seem
to have a big share of the Sweet"
valentine trade. They have heart boxes
and candy hearts of all kinds and
sizes. Rich e satin hearts holding
from two ounce to two pounds, filed
with choice chocolates, make pleasing
valentines.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12

and to having them go to a restaurant
unescorted? But they seem to raise no
objection when the women hold on to
the straps in the trolley cars while they
sit and read the papers. Newark is not
the only spot, alas, where this is true,
we all know. but maybe this town may
produce the hero who will launch the
remedy.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12

Are the s%uffragists of New Jersey
going to stand by and look On, while
their sisters in New York have a big
demonstration? Why don't these heroic
women march on Broad street and pro-
claim their rights? A mere man asked
the other day whether there were any
suffragists in this city. Why don't they
shoulder arms and show what they can
do?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12

sultana Roll-Line a cylindrical mell
with a pistachio cream ice. sprinkle
the inside with sultana ~raisins, cooked
tender in sugar syrup at about 81 de-
grees by the syrup gauge. (The raisins
may be soaked in claret first.) Fill
centre with charlotte russo filling, cover
with pistachio cream fee. Let stand an
hour in equal measure of ice and salt.
Serve in slices with claret sauce.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12

Strange, isn't it. that men object to
women smoking and drinking in public
places; to having them wear long
trained dresses because they gather
germs; to having them wear walking
skirts because they show the ankles,