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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-08

less than the prevailing Per Diem
Wage Rate of the class of employ
ment in the vicinity where the work
is performed.
6. Release from employment One
Day in Seven.
z. The Abolition of the Contract
System on Public Work.
8. The Municipal Ownership of Pub
lie Utilities.
9. The Abolition of the Sweat Shop
System.
10. Sanitary Inspection of Factory,
Workshop, Mine, and Home.
II. Liability of Employers, for in
jury to body or loss of life.
81. The Naturalization of Tele-
graph and Telephone.
IS. The passage of Anti-C Child Labor
Laws in States where they do not ex
list and rigid defense of them where
they have been enacted into law.
IA. Woman Suffrage coequaI with
Man Suffrage.
10. The Initiative and Referendum
of Recall
16. Suitable and Plentiful Play
grounds for Children in all cities
II. Continued agitation for the Pub
lie Bath System in all cities.
10. Qualifications in permits to build
of all cities and towns that there shall
be Bathrooms and Bathroom Attach.
ments in all houses or compartments
! used for habitation.
10. We favor a system of finance
| whereby money shall be issued exclu.
sively by the Government, with such
regulations and restrictions as will
protect it from manipulation by the
banking interests for their own pri.
| vate gains.
The above Is a partial statement OF
the demands which organized labor,
in the interest of the workers-aye,
| of all the people of our country
makes upon modern society.
Higher wages, shorter workday
better labor conditions, better homes
better end safer workshops, factories
mills, and mines. In word, better
higher, and nobler life
| Conscious IF the Justice, wisdom an /
nobility of our cause, the American
Federation of Labor appeals to all
men and women of labor to join with
us in the great movement for its
achievement.
| More than two million wageearners
who have reaped the advantages OF
organization and federation appeal to
their brothers and sisters of toll tn
participate in the glorious movement
with its attendant benefits
| There are AFFILIATED to the Amert
can Federation of Labor lis interna-
tional Trades Unions with their a.,
900 Local Unions; SO State Fedora.
tons; 537 City Central Bodies an
$50 Local Trade and Federal Labor
Unions having no Internationals.
We have nearly 1000 volunteer and
special organizers as well as the Off.
GERS of the u1Eons and of the Amer.
lean Federation of Labor itself always
willing and an .ious to aid their fellow
workmen to organize and in every
other way better their conditions.
| For information all are invited to
write to the American Federation OF
Labor headquarters at Washington,
D. c.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-08
UNION SHIRTS.

In another part of this paper will
be noticed an advertisement of Elgin
shirts, which can be found on sale
at all leading dealers in this district.
This is a product from the factories
CT Cutter & Crossette, who are we'll
known to union men throughout the
country both for the reliability of
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-08
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.

Capital Auxiliary No. II, to Typo
graphical Union No. 2O9, meets Fri
Gay at 2:3O p. M, August IA, at the
home of Mrs. E. P. Thompson, 402
South Twenty-sixth street.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-08
Western
Civili-
ZatiOn
Superior
BY REV. THOMAS EDW. BARR
Pastor Peoples Church. Milwaukee.

tons
human Science
life which unity and stability nature
realized freedom investigate the
ous atmosphere which they lived atmosphere pregnant with the
earth the Lords and the uness thereof nightly
helped them to order and unity in nature
appeals the greatest sacrifice and humanity for the high
inspiration future which makes
secondary and reveals the degraded of potential
Almighty walk thou before and be thou
unag inspiration and has rucfed the
the Inasmuh have done
of the least of these.'
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-08
Infant
Mortality
Char9eable to Neg
leCt of Medical
COLLEGES
By DR.. L. T. ROYSTER,
Norfolk. Va.

! ]. !" J: ]. !.
AEDlATRlCS should be taught thoroughly med
- cal colleges anatomy only within the
I
A whatever separate the CURRICULUM with the
E@AH result that had graduated and become practng phy
uXHn knowing nothing this class Of patients
quenly the
[94A old superstition,
The study of paediatrics to-day tie class of special
es consider the fact that 300 children born
the world $50 die during the first II months and cent of
the fifth
should directed
ton of this terrible loss to the during infancy?
To this should paeatrc the curriculum of
colleges thoroughly capable paedasts clinical
should be considered complete until of time shall
have been devoted to the study Of children.
the knowledge of
cal licensed to-day must be expected know
enough about children appreciate his limitations and when he does
this and honest with his patients and himself he will seek competent
needed conditions the
that his duty by the children his practice he
the right and wrong in handling Them and teach the
parents that they in turn do their duty.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-08

1t is assumed in the countries we
know best that there is but one form of
wrongdoing; Virtue has for us most usu-
ally one rather narrow significance, and
home keeping is Wanted as means of
avoiding the one and encouraging the 9th
en- The great, the all-embracing virtues
of charity, kindliness, generosity, are COM
paratively disdained; SO long as a certain
measure of propriety is observed, man or
woman may be as petty, as hard, as ego
tistical as self-seeking can make them, and
the puritanical, the fanatical upholder of
domesticity is satisfied this is the extreme
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-08

Of nations, as of men, the four corners
of character are integrity, industry, justice
and love- These are directly affected by the
religious life of the people, and by them the
value of religious philosophy may be known.
Taking but two of these, justice and
love, the contrast between the two sides of
the world is conclusive
With all it's imperfections the western
civilization has a standard of honor and an
administration of justice far beyond that of
the east and both in the treatment of
women and in care for the unfortunate there
is difference which makes biblical civiliza-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-08

You never hear of anybody getting
sore eyes from looking on the bright
side of things. l guess everything
would look bright and sunny if fell
low could always look through a roll
of bills. There's lot of people who
can stand prosperity and be cheerful !:
then there's lot of others who thrive
on adversely and are never SO happy
as when times are a little tight and
they can go around explaining the
cause of 1t. l guess everybody's hind.
sight is better than their foresight
We have alwys had good times in this
country and few spells of hard times
just to show us the difference We
need the slow times in order to give
us a chance to recuperate. know I've
got to have a week off pretty soon to
catch up on my back orders of sleep
Speaking of sleep. some people have
cut 1t out-don't sleep at all-while
others have adopted the no-breakfast
habit. II you're doing a phantom
breakfast act, you'll want a better
lunch than usual and we can help you
there. We are strong on lunch goods
A new lot of assorted waters just
came in and big lot of Van Camps
Libby and Heinz goods. See me
WILLIE
With Knudson & Lundholm
llS South 18th Street
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-09
CAN NOT BE ELIMINATED.
Position of the Middlemen Secure In
the Worlds Commerce.

Much is printed in the trade papers
about the cutting out of the middle
men, the jobbers and retailers. Busi-
ness revolutionists have taken up the
theme, and have aired themselves.
Socialistic economists have advocated
the annihilation of the middlemen as
class of non-producers. The farm.
ers of the country are trying to devise
means of doing away with Sharks
that produce nothing, and make liv-
ing off the labor of others" But the
ones who are so desirous to see the
middlemen done away with will have
to wait for a few thousand years.
The jobber and the little storekeeper
are necessary in the distribution of
products. They are most important
parts of the machinery of commerce.
To illustrate: A large manufacturing
company IS located in an eastern city.
It's products are sold by more than
100000 stores. These stores are To-
Gated in all parts of the United States.
Perhaps it costs the concern ten per
cent. to have its products distributed
by the jobbers. If the concern at
tempted to sell its products direct to
the retailers it would be necessary to
carry 100000 accounts.
There would be required a shipping
force of several hundred men. The
freight on the small amounts of goods
nous over the cost II shipping in
trainload or carload lots The delay
in the transportation of goods a long
distance would be costly. Should the
company not send goods direct from
the factory, distributing stations
would have to be established. These
would have to be maintained at a cost
greater than the ten per cent. paid to
the jobber for the warehouse charges
and the carrying of the accounts, and
the employment of travellers. Be-
sides, the manufacturer would be COM
PEELED to employ an army of travelling
men, or institute a system of trade
getting that would be more expensive.
The jobber sends out traveller and
he sells a few hundred kinds of goods,
the makes of few hundred different
factories. Here we have cooperation
that is sane and profitable, and it is
doubtful whether the time will ever
come when the jobber and the traveller
will be out OF business. The present
system is the development of eighteen
hundred years or more of experience.
1t is doubtful whether the inventive
brain of man can devise any other
system of distribution that will be an
improvement. Don't worry about the
middleman being driven out of the
field just yet.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-09
An ORGANIZATION Era.

This is an age of Organization"
The farmers combine to regulate the
markets for their products, the grain
dealers and the stock buyers combine
to keep prices down, the flour manu-
facturers and the meat packers COM
bine to keep prices up, and the job
bers combine to hold the combined
manufacturers in check, and the re-
tailers combine to carry on their busi-
ness in way to gain a living and
make light the eXactions demanded by
the manufacturers and the jobbers.
The working man combines to protect
himself in his work and against the
cutting of wages and so it goes The
struggles of life are many, but can
not they be lessened by having fewer
combinations? VIII not the practice
of home trade principles act in pre-
ventative way against combinations!
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-09
CHAPTER K.

The castle of the Prince of Doppel-
kim rested in the very heart of the
celebrated vineyards. Like all Ger
man castles | ever saw or heard of, it
was a relic of the Middle Ages, with
many crumbling, useless tower and
battlement. 1t stood on the south side
of a rugged hill which was gashed by
a narrow but turbulent stream, in
which lurked the rainbow trout that
lured the lazy man from his labors
afield. (And who among us shall cast
stone at the lazy man? Not ID If
you are fortunate enough to run about
Europe next year, as like as not you
will be mailing home the "Doppelkinn"
postcard.
More than once l have wandered
about the castles interior, cavernous
and musty, strolled through its gal
leries of ancient Srmor, searched its
dungeon-keep, or loitered to solil-
oquize in the gloomy judgment cham
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speak that language. You are a Ger
man"
There are Germans in the United
States, born and bred there, who speak
German tolerably WELL" replied Max
easily. He was wondering if it would
not be good scheme to tell straight
forward story and ask to be returned
to Barscheit. But that would probably
appeal to the officer that he was a cow
ard and was trying to lay the blame on
the princess.
Il do not say that I can prove it,"
went on the colonel; Il simply affirm
that you are a German, even to the
marrow"
you have the advantage of the dis
cussion." No; he would confess moth
ing. If he did he might never see the
princess again. The princess!
AS far away as yonder stars 1t was
truly a very disappointing world to
live in.
NOW, then, forward" cried the
colonel to his men, and they set off at
a sharp trot.
From time to time, as a sudden twist
in the road broke the straight line,
Max could see the careening lights of
the princess carriage. A princess!
And he was man without a country
or name!
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-09
ARE KILLERS OF TRADE.
Surcthing Grain and Live Stock Buy
ers Injure Business of Towns.

Mr. Enterprising Citizen, did you
ever consider what an influence there
is in having your town recognized as
a good grain market, place where
the farmers can dispose of their hogs
and all their products at as high prices
as paid elsewhere? Were you ever
unfortunate enough to live in a town
where the grain buyer or the hog
buyer was skinfint, and not liked
by the farmers?
There is a county seat in a western
state, we'll located in a rich district,
and we'll supplied with railroads. A
few years ago there were good stores
in the town. and 1t Was a prosperous
place. Farmers came from many
miles about to sell their stock and do
their trading There was a change in
the elevator and in the hog-buying
business. The newcomers were built
on the wrong plan. They were out
after the money, and didn't care much
how they got 1t. The elevator man re-
fused to pay what grain was worth.
He could find more fault with a load
vi "hSdI vi VI SOlu llidl nlly uldl
ought to. He skimped on quality,
every kind, no matter how good, was
a low grade, and the farmers soon
found that he was not the kind of man
that they wanted to deal with. The
new stock buyer was of the same
stripe He would beat the farmer
down to the last cent, and it was said
that the way he would weigh was
caution, and the fellows who had stock
to sell would steer clear of the town.
Farmers would drive q few miles fur
ther to another town, where they
would purchase the supplies that they
needed. 1t got so that whenever
farmer was seen in the town 1t was
for the purpose of paying taxes or
looking after some business at the
courthouse To-day the town Is a
dead one. Both the grain buyer and
the hig buyer are out of the town, but
the farmers got in the habit of trad
ing elsewhere, and have not forgotten
that the business men of the place,
judged Of course by the grain buyer
and the hog buyer, were skinners. Ii
you are unfortunate in having such
men in your town, devise some means
of getting them to move to some other
place They can do more harm than
a dozen merchants can offset by
square dealing.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-09
The Quality of Mercy.

A notorious mountain moonshiner,
familiarly known as wild Bill" was
recently tried before a federal court
In Georgia and was adjudged guilty.
Before pronouncing sentence the judge
lectured the prisoner on his long Grim
inal record, and at last informing him
that the court entertained no feeling
of anger toward him, but felt only un-
mixed pity, sentenced him to spend
six years in the federal prison at At
lanta.
Bill stolidly shifted the quid of to-
bacco in his mouth and turned to leave
the courtroom with the marshal. Once
outside, the only thing he said was
this:
well, | suah am glad he want mad
at me!"-Youth's Companion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-09
Cooperative Systems Weak.

Advocates of cooperative enter
prises point to the great success of a
few English societies. Glowing re-
ports of how great are the savings to
the people Dy these cooperative or
ganizations are given. But here the
law of compensation plays a part.
While the cooperative methods are ex-
tolled, few who are active in coopera-
tive work show the other side of the
question. If some cooperative enthusi-
asst would dissect the report of the
London board of trade, recently made,
1t would be found that since these CO.
operative societies have gained such a
foathold more than half a million
workers in various lines have been af-
fected adversely; that those thrown
out of employment by cooperative ef-
forts are objects of charity and are a
burden to the different trade guilds
The substitution of one store for a
hundred may mean economy but when
thousands are thrown out of employ
ment by the system what other field
affords them q living?
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evoked a ringing laughter. The troop.
ers eyed him curiously. He might
laugh later, but it was scarcely prob
able. A tramp through dark corridor
and they came to the west wing of the
castle. 1t was here that the old prince
lived, comfortably and luxuriously
enough, you may take my word for it,
A door opened, flooding the corridor
with light. Max felt himself gently
pushed over the threshold. He stood
in the great living-room of the modern
Doppelkinns. The first person he saw
was the princess. She sat on an orien-
tai divan. Her hands were folded; she
sat very erect; her chin was tilted
ominously; there was SO little express
sion on her pale face that she might
have been an incompleted statue. But
Max was almost certain that there
was just the faintest flicker Of a sAlile
in her eyes as she saw him enter
Glorious eyes. ct is a bad sign wien
man begins to use the superlative
adjectives.)
The other occupant of the room was
dH olu Hlil, lat anu Ddlu, Wltn nose
like a russet pear. He was stalking
if it is possible for a short man to
stalk-up and down the length of the
room, and, judging from the sonorous,
rumbling sound, was communing half
aloud. Between whiles he was rubbing
his tender nose, carefully and lovingly.
When mans nose resembles a russet
pear it generally is tender. Whoever
he was, Max saw that he was vastly
agitated about something.
This old gentleman was Cor sup
posed he was) the last of his line, the
Prince of Doppelkinn, famous for his
wines and his love of them. There
was, so his subjects said, but one ten
der spot in the heart of this old man,
and that was the memory of the wife
of his youth. (IIow the years, the good
and bad, crowd behind us, pressing us
on and onD However, there was al,
ways surcease in the cellars-that is,
the Doppelllinn cellars.
Hal" he roared as he saw the
blinking Max. 80 this is the fellow"
He made an eloquent gesture. Your
highness must be complimented upon
your good taste. The fellow isn't bad.
looking"
CTo BE CONTIFUED)
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man is in no wise concerned. l ran
away alone"
Max breathed easier.
Il should be most happy to believe
your highness. but you will honor my
strict observance of orders" He
passed a telegram to her.
Search train for Doppelkinn. Prin-
cess has eloped. Arrest and hold pair
till | arrive on special engine
"BARSCHEIT."
The telegraph is the true arm of the
police. The princess sighed pathetical-
ly. 1t was all over
Your passports" said the colone! to
Max.
Max surrendered his papers. You
need not tie my hands" he said calm
ly. Il will come peaceably."
The colonel looked inquiringly at the
princess.
He will do as he says"
"Very good. | should regret to shoot
him upon so short an acquaintance"
The colonel beckoned for them to step
forth. Everything is prepared. There
is carriage for the convenience of
your highness; Herr Ellis shall ride
horseback with the troop"
Max often wondered why he did not
make dash for it, or running fight.
What he had gone through that night
was worth a good fight.
"Good-by," said the princess. hold
ing out her hand.
Scharfenstein gravely bent his head
and kissed it.
"Good-by, Prince Charming!" she
whispered, so softly that Max scarcely
heard her.
Then she entered the closed carriage
and was driven up the dark, tree-en-
shrouded road that led to the Castle of
Doppellinn.
What are you going to do with
me?" Max asked, as he gathered up the
reins of his mount.
That we shall discuss later. Like
as not something very unpleasant.
For one thing, you are passing under a
forged passport. You are not an Amer
ican, no matter how we'll you may
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Copyright. 1905. Bobbs- Merrill Co.l
SYNOPSIS.

Arthur Warrington. American consul
to Barscheit, tells how reisning Grand
Duke attempts to force his neice, Prin-
cess Hildegarde, to marry Prince Dopple-
kim, an old widower. While riding
horseback in the country night Overtakes
him and he seeks accommodations in
diiapidated castle. Here he finds Prin-
cess Hildegarde and d friend, Hon. Betty
Moore, of England They detain him TO
witness a mock marriage between the
princess and a diS'GaCed army officer,
Steinbocll, done for the purpose of foiling
the grand duke. Steinbock attempts to
Kiss Kiss the princess and she is rescued by
good Max SCharfenstein, an old Ameri-
can friend of Warringtons reaches Bar
scheit. Warrington tells him of the prin-
cess Scharfenstein shows Warrington
a iocket with n picture of a woman in
side. 1t was on his neck when he. as
boy, was picked up and adopted by his
foster father, whose name he was given.
He believes it to be a picture of his
mother. The grand duke announces to
the princess that she is to marry Dopple-
t<inn the following week During morn
tng'S ride she plans to escape. She meets
Scharfenstein. He finds a purse she has
dropped but does not discover her iden-
ity. Warrington entertains at a public
restaurant for q number of American
medical students Max arrives late and
relates an interesting bit of gossip to the
effect that the princess has run away
from Barscheit. He unwittingly offends
a native officer and subjects himself to
certain arrest. Max is persuaded to take
one of the American students passports
and escape. The grand duke discovers
~he escape of the princess. She leaves a
tntc saying she has eloped Efforts are
Jade To stop the princess at the frontier.
%etty Moore asks for her passport. She
SKIS Warrington for assistance in leaV-
az Barscheit, and invites him to call on
Er in London. Max finds the princess in
te railway carriage. She accuses him
- f following her. He returns to her the
purse ne had found 1t contained a thou
sand pounds in bank notes
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-09
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
With Eczema-Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw-Thought Amputa-
tion Was Necessary-Believes
Life Saved by Cuticura.

II have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five years for a bad case of
eczema on my leg. They did their best.
but failed to cure it. My doctor had
advised me to have my leg cut off. At
this time my leg was peeled from the
knee, my foot was like piece of raw
flesh, and l had to walk on crutches.
l bought set of Cuticura Remedies.
After the first two treatments the
swelling went down. and in two
months my leg was cured and the new
skin came on. The doctor was sur
prised and said that he would use
Cuticura for his own patients. have
now been cured over seven years. and
but for the Cuticura Remedies I
might have lost my life. Mrs. J. B.
Renaud, 277 Montana St., Montreal,
Que, Feb. 20, 1907"