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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-11
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week.
weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence olicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-11

The best way to reform some men
Is to send them back to the factory
and order a new lot in their stead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-11

CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
THE LOAN SHARK EVIL.

The Central Labor Union of Omaha
is planning to attack the loan shark
evil and has secured the services of
ar attorney to draw an iron-clad law
that will put the sharks" out of bust
Eess. In this good work the Lincoln
Central Labor Union should have a
Tart This evil has grown to appall
ing proportions all over the country,
and thousands OF men and women
have been forced into practical slav-
cry. The evil takes various forms.
enc of the worst being the salary
Joan" proposition. 1t is worked like
this: The applicant borrows $50, as
signing his wages to the lender and
giving six notes for $12.50 each, a
note falling due each month. The
interest thus secured approximates
$50 per cent year. The chattel
mortgage evil is we'll understood, but
comparatively few people know the
nardships it entails. Once the head
of family who makes only average
wages gets tangled up with the chattel
loan sharks he is enslaved. Instances
IRE known in Nebraska where on o
loan of $25 widows have paid from
SIS to $3.50 in interest" and then
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
FRIENDLY ADVERTISERS.

Union men and women owe it to
themselves to give their patronage to
friendly concerns. And surely the
merchants who patronize the columns
of trades union paper may be con-
sidered friendly. Our enemies are not
likely to encourage a paper that an
tagonizes what they consider their
best interests. The Wageworker ad-
vertisers are all worthy the support
of union men ard women. This pa
per has never knowingly advertised
IL non-union product, nor has it
boosted an unfriendly business firm.
We believe we have a right to ask
the union men and women of Lincoln
to patronize the merchants who ad-
Tertise in these columns. Without
their advertising The Wageworker
could not exist to fight the battles
CT unionism.
Get into the game for fair. If you
will patronize Wageworker .adver-
tisers, and let them know that one
reason for your patronage is the adj
vertising in this paper, you will
strengthen the paper in many ways
and make it a more potent weapon
in the union armory.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
DRAWING IN THE NET.

Little by little the enemies of the
trades unions are drawing the net.
Attention is called to an article
taken from the Chicago Public and re-
produced on the first page of this
issue.
If it is illegal for trades union to
discipline it's own members, it Ger.
tainly is illegal for trades union
TO pay sick and death benefits, pay
strike Or out-of-work benefits, or to
do any one of the score of things
that trades unions do for the benefit
and protection of the membership.
Certainly trades unionists have had
ample warning of the fate in store for
organized labor. They have seen the
legal net drawn tighter day by day.
And yet they have continued to look
on carelessly, ana to divide their
forces along partisan lines instead of
solidifying on union lines. They have
played into the hands of professional
politicians instead of playing the game
in their own interests. Today they
see their unions practically under a
legal ban-emasc ulated by judicial
decree.
Will we ever wake up to the gravity
of the situation? Will we sleep on
until every liberty is taken from us?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
CHRISTMAS GREETING.

For the fifth consecutive time The
Wageworker extends its hearty Christ
mas greetings to union men ana
women in particular, and to the pub
lie in general. May the season of
peace and good will bring joy and
happiness to every workers home,
and may the children everywhere re-
ceive visit from Santa Claus. Some
of these days, when we have solved
the great social problems that con-
front us, none will be missed by the
jolly old saint; there will be no tenc-
ments and sweat shops turning out
their hopeless and helpless upon the
charity of selfish world; there will
be no hunger and no despair.
We have made marked progress i'll
civilization since the Star of Bethle-
hem guided the wise men of the east
to the place where the young child
lay, but we yet have long ways to
go before we reach the goal As
long as there is a hungry child, a
hopeless widow, a jobless man, a
poverty-stricken home or heart full
of despair, we have not achieved So
iial perfection. But we are progress
ing, and every Christmas we see more
of the real spirit of love and good
will.
To its loyal friends and supporters
The Wageworker wants to make &C
acknowledgements of it's obligations anG
wish them the happiest and merries
Christmas of their lives. To it.
enemies it wishes only the best-in
GLIDING better. knowledge of union
ism. To the careless and Indifferent
unionist it wishes revelation of dut,
to be done. To the worker in thu
cause it wishes more zeal and mor'
progress.
In this season of good will TIL
Wageworker feels at peace with al
the world. 1t has enjoyed a reason
| ably prosperous year-better, perhaps
than it's merits warranted. 1t know
CT no better Christmas wish than t
echo the language of Tiny Tim:
God bless us every one"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
ANNOUNCEMENT.

In order to give editor, publisher,
mailing clerks, printers, pressmen and
office boys Christmas holiday in
every sense of the term, The Wage
worker will not be issued next week.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

The Electrical Workers recently
adopted resolutions in honor of two
accident. A copy of the resolutions
was sent to The Wageworker and
would have appeared in this issue
but for the fact that it was mislaid.
If another copy is forwarded to the
editor he will be glad to give them
space.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

1t is none too early for the wage
carriers of Lincoln to be getting to-
gether with a view to ma ying some
say in the selection of the commits
sioners who will be elected next
spring to transact the business of this
municipality.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

President-elect Taft and President
Gompers exchanging social ameneties
across a banquet board reminds Us
that after all it's mighty seldom we
have differences that can not be ad
iusted.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

lost their little chattels because they
missed an interest payment.
The Nebraska usury laws are not
SO drawn as to catch the sharks, >
but John o. Yeiser of Omaha has pre-
pared a bill that will fix them And
the legislature should lose no time IL
enacting it into law.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

The Lincoln man who wrote to the
Journal that he felt like a sneak
every time he passed Salvation
Army Christmas box without dropping
III coin, merely confessed that ne
was feeling natural.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

You ought to devote your time be-
tween now and New Years Day max
ing up your mini not to let single
day of 1909 get away without your
having demanded the union label.
Boost the label" would be about the
best motto the union man or woman
could adopt for the coming year.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

Having decided that it is illegal for
"a union to discipline it's members by
fine, the next thing for the courts to
10 is to decide that it is illegal for
union to collect assessments to pay
sick benefits.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

President Roosevelt is so heated ir
his denials of "crookedness'' in the
Panama canal deal that we are re-
minded of the gentleman who pro-
tested too much.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

Ever think of sending The Wage
worker to some non-union friend as
d Christmas present? Think it over
but don't think too long.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

A lot of non-union men will get d
little Christmas hand-out from their
employers in few days, and it will
make them forget all the things they
missed during the year.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

Of course it would be impolite 10
look for the label on the Christmas
present you receive, but it is your
duty to look for the label on the one
you buy.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

OF the state for first offenders" is
the best suggestion that has been
offered along prison reform lines for
many days. II should be made y
reality.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

The first of the year you'll either
have to come through with a sub,
scription to the Labor Temple or
make it known you are not interested
in the enterprise.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

1t costs so little to make some poor
child happy, and the interest on the
Investment is So big, that it is &
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

If Santa Claus brings US an extra
pair of experimentation made-we'll
forgive him for numerous former fail
ures to visit us.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

Nebraska needs a new state house,
and when it is built-as it will be
i'll the not distant future-it will not
be built by convicts.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

The Wageworker feels quite com
Portable and thoroughly at home in its
holiday dress.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

BY the way, don't forget that the
coming legislature ought to be shown
that it is its duty to repeal that III
famous garnishee law.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

No Wageworker next veek The
editor and his family are &C ing to
take bunch of holidays. "
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

A Merry Christmas to everybody
And the everybody includes even
the husband of the ex-stenographer.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

If it is made in Lincoln by your
your Lincoln made money for.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

President Roosevelt's recent utter
ances remind us of nothing SO much
as the seedlings of an irate virago
across bank yard fence.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

Entered as second-class matter April
Il, 1904, at the postoffice at Lincoln,
Neb., under the Act of Congress OF
March 3rd, 1879.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

The real Christmas joy is in the
giving.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

Warden Beemer's suggestion of a
state farm prison in the western part
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
COPY WAS MIsLAlD.

God bless us, every one"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

holiday dress
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-06
CHIEF TO PROBE c. o. P. WORK.
That Is Rumor Current in High Wash.
ington Circles.

Washington, Oct. 2.-It was learned
here that President Roosevelt had sent
a confidential friend to New York to
look into the workings of the Repub-
lican national committee headquarters
there. Some dissatisfaction is said to
have arisen regarding the conduct Of
the campaign and reports have
reached the president to the effect
that the national committee has not
been working in harmony with the Re-
publican congressional committee.
Chairman Hitchcock Of the Republi-
can national committee is expected
in Washington Friday to have q
conference with the president. 1t is
believed that the president sent for
Mr.. Hitchcock to come to the White
House for the purpose of having him
explain just why the two committees
are not working well together. In
some circles it is said that the older
men of the party rather resent the
way in which the younger men at ma
tional headquarters are running the
campaign and claim that considerable
Reorganization exists.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-06
TWO LARGE HOTELS BURNED
FIRE SWEEPS SUMMER RESORT
NEAR BOSTON.
Property Loss Put at $4,000, and
One Woman Is Believed to Have
Lost Her Life.

Boston, Oct 5.-Two of the largest
hotels, Cresthall and the Ocean View
house, and three valuable summer cot
tages were destroyed by fire here
early Saturday with a loss estimated
at more than $150.000. Mrs. A. c. Du-
mont of Cincinnati, who was a guest
at Cresthall, was reported by the po-
lice as missing, and men waited for
the ruins to cool so that they could
be searched. There were nearly 100
guests in the two hotels and many had
narrow escapes. Few persons were
able to save any of their property, as
the hotel buildings were practically
burned to the ground.
Cresthall was owned by Fred Hall
and the Ocean View by Mrs. l.. B..
O'Brien. Fifty guests at Cresthall and
80 at the Ocean View were aroused
and all but one are known to have
, made their escape before the fire
reached them. Some from the Ocean
View were able to save part of their
i effects
The fire started at midnight in the
kitchen of Cresthall. A strong north
east wind swept the flames directly
down the beach and only the timely ar
rival of aid from Boston, Chelsea and
Revere, it is believed, saved large
part of the valuable ocean front from
destruction.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-06
LIVING GERM AS REMEDY
THAT is NOVEL WHITE PLAGUE
THEORY OF PROF. BARBER.
Successful immunity from Tubercu.
osis and Other Subjects Are
Discussed at CONGRESS.

Washington, Oct. 2.-That any sue.
cessful immunity from the dread white
plague must be accomplished through
the use of the living tubercle baciln,
was the novel theory Thursday ad-
vanced before the section on 'Immu-
nifty" at the International Congress on
tuberculosis, in paper read for Prof.
M. A. Barber of the University of Kan.
sas, and Drs. W. W. Williams and
Gerald w. Webb Of Colorado Springs,
Col. The paper was entitled, "Immu.
nifty Production by incubation Of In
creasing Numbers Of Bacteria" and at
tracted considerable attention. Immu-
nifty by the incubation of the living
germs has been accomplished In but
few diseases. principally in smallpox.
but the authors declare that satisfac-
tory immunity from tuberculosis has
only been obtained experimentally by
the use of living bacilli. The expert
ments consisted Of inoculating guinea
pigs, beginning with one Of the dead
ly tubercle bacilli and then gradually
increasing the number up to the thou
sands. The result was, according to
the authors, that none Of the guinea
pigs have become victims of tubercu-
losis. as shown by post-mortem exam
nations. ITO ascertain any therapeu-
tic value of this theory" state the au-
thors. rabbits rendered tuberculous
by feeding living tubercle bacilli are
undergoing similar NEGOTIATIONS for
their cure"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-06
FROM THE
COMMONER
MIR. BRYAN'S PAPER
THIS IS THE STORY.

The most notable and important
feature Of the opening of the Repub
lican campaign at Youngstown, o..
recently was not the speech OF
Gov. Hughes. nor yet that of Senator
Beveridge. 1t was the part the steel
trust took in this formal launching
Of the Taft campaign in Mr.. Tafts
own state.
The Associated Press dispatches
briefly indicated what happened in this
paragraph Of it's report:
Along the rust-red waters of the
Mahoning river to-day the great mills
Of the Carnegie works of the United
States Steel Corporation. the Republic
Iron and Steel Company. and the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com
pany were quiet, for three day holt
day had been declared, including Sun.
day and Labor day. Youngstown is a
steel town, and the Drawn and muscle
OF her chief industry formed the body
of the parade which preceded the dis.
charge Of the heavy political ord
nance"
The extended special report which
/ the Cincinnati Enquirer gives of the
big meeting throws more light on this
highly interesting feature We quote
from the Enquirer of Sunday, Sep
TENDER s.:
THE commanding feature Of the
day was the parade which preceded
the speaking in Wick park. There
were few over $4,000 men in line.
OF these more than 10000 came from
the steel mills. Supplied with uni.
forms at the expense of the com.
panies, the toilers presented strik,
ing appearance as they marched past
the reviewing stand. Because of the
opening shutdown of the mills was
ordered till next Monday and the oc
casion made holiday. But few OF
these workers attended the meeting
In Wick park. This was easily seen
by the lack Of uniforms in the crowd
Probably not over one-tenth of the
turnout came to hear the speeches
They found other attractions that the
holiday furnished and were content
to let others listen.
There were thousands Of Hun
garians. Roumanians and other Sla,
people In this division. Each mar
wore khaki suit and carried cane
or flag furnished by his employers
They We're divided into brigades ant
were organized on military lines. hav
ing regimental and brigade officers.
'One Of the unusual incidents oc
Cured when the parade halted at the
Elks club. Some one called for {
cheer for Taft Out of the uniformed
ranks in response came roaring
shout for Bryan. and the column
moved on.
| This Is the story. 1t carries it,
own argument, and requires very littl'
comment by way of calculation
Omaha World Herald
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-06
FOR REVISION OF TARIFF.
Massachusetts Republicans Adopt Plat
form and Name Candidates.

Boston, Oct Sat the Republican
state convention Congressman A. P.
Gardner was named for chairman and
delivered speech eulogizing President
Roosevelt and discussing the tariff
from the party standpoint.
The platform, while declaring for a
protective tariff, says that changed
conditions necessitate revision "along
the present lines of protection to
American capital and American labor"
I'VE are opposed" the resolutions
declare. Ito the proposition to make
solvent banks stand the losses of in
solvent banks 1t is neither good
banking nor good ethics to penalize
the careful to recompense the careless
to assess the honest to restore to the
dishonest A more elastic currency is
needed and will be provided, and we
approve of the preliminary legislation
of the last session of congress provid-
ing for temporary relief and for the
investigation of the whole subject by
the present national monetary COM
mission"
Lieut. Gov. Eben S. Draper was
nominated for governor by acclama-
ton.
Louis R. rockingham was nomi-
mated for lieutenant governor by &C.
clamation.
The other candidates were nomi-
mated by reclamation, as follows: Sec
retary of state. William NJ DIN: treas.
urer, Arthur B. Chaplin; auditor, Henry
E. Turner; attorney general. Dana
Malone
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-06
MICHIGAN TICKET NAMED
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE MEN TO
RUN WITH HEMANS.
National Candidates lndorsed-J. II.
vahey Put Up for Governor of
Massachusetts.

Saginaw, Mich, Oct. ga protract.
ed discussion of the party platform in
the resolutions committee, as result
of the introduction of some planks
held by the party leaders to be too
radical, furnished the feature of the
state Democratic convention here.
There were but two contests in the
election OF the state ticket and in
each case they were settled ON the
first ballot
Following is the ticket, Lawton T.
Hemans of Mason having been nomi-
mated for governor at the primary
election in September:
Lieutenant governor S. ID. Williams,
Detroit; secretary of state. Frank t.
Mcdonald, Sault Ste Marie; state
treasurer. Robert j. Whaley, Flint;
auditor general, William F. Montague,
Kalamazoo: attorney general, James
q. Tucker. Coleman; superintendent
public instruction. w. Sherman Lister,
Ionia; land commissioner, ]. w. Tier
ney. Roscomon; member state board
of education, Justin r. Whiting, Jack
son; justice of supreme court to fill
| vacancy. Mark Norris. Grand Rapids:
presidential electors at-large, John C..
Mershon, Saginaw, John E. Bible.
Ionia
John T. Winship of Saginaw was re-
elected chairman of the state central
committee
The platform, which contains about
1.4OO words, is devoted almost entirely
| to state issues. 1t "reasserts our al
! legiance to the principles Of majority
rule and pure Democracy" and says
of the national platform and ticket:
I'VE cheerfully and earnestly indorse
the national platform and fully believ'
ing in the wisdom, honesty and integ
rity of purpose of our standard bear
ers, William j. Bryan and John w
| Kern, pledge to them our allegiance
| and assistance and hearty support, be
lieving that under their leadership
and by their election the people would
receive relief from the many ills
from which they are now suffering by
reason of the class legislation Of the
Republican party"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-06
THERE Is THE RECORD.

Referring to the Democratic cam.
York World says:
THE Democrats have stout rods in
pickle for the Republicans this year.
as is proved by their campaign book
of 300 pages. but they apply none of
them to the Republican president.
They are opposed to jingoism. mill
tarism and Imperialism, and yet the
most warlike of presidents escapes
criticism. They denounce extrava-
gance and waste at Washington. and
the man who is largely responsible for
this reckless expenditure finds no &C.
cuser They make war upon the priv
ileged plutocrats Of the tariff, the com
bines and the trusts, and yet the only
president who ever sent for Harri-
man and arranged for the collection
of campaign corruption fund Is no.
where condemned. They demand pub.
licity in campaign expenditures, and
yet a president who neglected at a
critical time to insist upon that policy
is held blame!ess. They reproach the
Republican party for it's failure to en-
force the laws against the pirates OF
interstate commerce. and yet the pres
ident, who holds that the laws are toe
drastic and that they must be modi
fed, goes free of censure."
Harsh words are not necessary. The
Democratic text book shows up the
Republican record, and nothing could
be gained by bitter denunciation The
facts as to jingoism, militarism, i'm
perialism, extravaganza and waste al
Washington, tariff privileges enjoyed
by combines and trusts. Hartman,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-06
LET PATIENTS GO TOO SOON.
cholera-Infected ST. Petersburg Center
of Conflict.

st. Petersburg, Oct. "a conflict
has arisen between Gen. Dracheffsky,
project of ST. Petersburg, and the mu-
nicipal sanitary commission over the
premature discharge of cholera pa
tients from the city hospitals AS
soon as the attention of the project
was called to the danger of infection
from this source he issued an order
that all patients be detained until the
cholera germs had completely disap-
peared. The members of the commits
sion declare this course to be imprac-
ticable so long as the epidemic contin-
ues.
Experiments are being conducted
at several of the hospitals with new
anti-cholera serum discovered by an
Italian named Serimberi, but the re-
suit SO far has not been conclusive.