The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-25
THEIR OWN FAULT.

THEIR OWN FAULT.
We Just can't get union made
goods is the complaint we hear every
day.
Well. If that is true, whose fault is
it.
Yours
II you insisted on having labeled
gooes. and refused to take anything
else you bet the merchants would
soon get busy looking for the goods
you will buy. But as long as you ask
for the label in a perfunctory way.
and then take the -scab- stun when
the merchant says he hasn't got the
labeled goods. or sings the old chest
nut about we can't get good union
made stuff just that long Mr.. Ner-
chant will sell you the non-union
STUFF
But you can get the union made
stun IL you insist on it The editor
of this humble little labor paper wears
union made shirts that he bought in
Lincoln, union made collars that he
bought in Lincoln. union made shoes
that he bought in Lincoln. union made
hats that he bought in Lincoln. union
made garters that he bought in Lin:
coin, and he wears a union made
watch fob and union made collar but
tons. He may not be as well dressed
as some of his comrades. but he feels
comfortable. thank you, in his union
made garments He has no trouble in
finding union made cigars that suit
his taste. and the best tabacco he can
smoke in his trusty old pipe is union
made
There are lot of union men who
ask for the label like Pat asked for
fish ON Friday.
Give me a piece of boiled whale $
said Pat to the waiter.
We are just out of whale" said the
waiter
Then give me a slice of fried
shark said Pat
Out Of shark today said the wait
er.
Then bring me a double order of
pork and cabbage" said Pat God
knows I've asked for fish,
I'VE haven't got a union made suit
Of clothes that win fit you" says the
clerk when you ask for labeled stun.
But here's something that is made by
uusrv, vv,ov, ,rshruvh - h1<urs c,S tho
label 1t is better. though. than the
stun that is labeled. and the price is
not quite so much We have to pay
extra for the label
All right, III take it" you say. God
knows I tried to get a suit with the
label in il"
Then you complain that il Is almost
impossible to get union made stun in
Lincoln The chances are that you
viii roll a -piIl- With --Pukes Mixture
while you are making the complaint
II The wageworker hired a -scab-
carpenter because he could get him for
Fifty cents a day less than a union
carpenter demanded. the union carpen-
tiers would boiler their heads on Then
a union carpenter will justify his pur
chase of a --sczb suit on the ground
thae they asked . dollar more foE
the union made suit We use the
word Carpenter here just for Illus
rration- The carpenters are NO better
nor no worse in this respect than tbs
rest of the union craftsmen
You can make il easy TO purchas,
union made goods by merely refusing
to buy -scsb- goods The merchan
will handle the kind of goods that hi
trade demands Armstrong does no
handle baptismal suits because hi
trade does not demand them Naye
Brothers do not handle wooden shoe
for the simple reason that their trad
does not demand them But let tn
demand for haptismal suits and wood
en- shoes grow strong enough. an
Armstrong and Mayer Brothers vi
put in fun lines
Its all your fault If you cannot &c
union made goods in Lincoln Whe
you wake up to your duty as unto
men and women the merchant viii b
right there 10 respond 10 your demsaS