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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
HORRIBLE HoLn-up.

About ten years ago my brother was "held
up" In his work. health and happiness by
what was believed to be hopeless Consump-
tion," writes w II. Lipscomo. of Washington,
N. C. 'He took ali kinds of remedies and
treatment from several doctors, but found no
help till he used DIR. Kings New Discovery
and was wholly cured by six bottles. He is a
well man today" It's quick to relieve and
the surest cure for weak or sore lungs, Hem
orrhages, Coughs and Colds, Bronchitis, La
Grippe, Asthma and all Bronchial affections
soc and $l.0O. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
By all druggists
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
IRvINGToN, VIRGINIA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1909

filling up with surface soil and setting
his trees in this. In five years the
trees thus planted, although mere
switches, were over twice as well
grown as the others. They had good
soil to start in and had not to spend
their vital force in penetrating the
hard subsoil.
Trees may be rapidly advanced by
using fertilizers. An experiment made
some years ago proved that shade trees
well manured grew to twice the size of
unmanured trees.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
MAGAZINE NEWS.

Lippincott's Magazine announcements
for 1909, though plentiful, by no means
cover all the good things that will be
found there during the coming twelve
month. This is not feasible with any
periodical which aspires to give it's
readers seasonable material.
Lippincott's was the first magazine
to print an entire novel in every issue.
so, as leading feature it belongs pc
culiarly to the pioneers, even while
others share it as a profitable invest
ment. To maintain the high standard
of its past forty-one years is Lippin-
colts aim-not only in the matter of
novels, but altogether. In January
there is to be fantastic mystery story,
distinctly novel in plot, entitled "The
Flight of Robert SEWER" by Grace
MacGowan Cooke. There is more real
humor in this farsical tale of a modern
invention than in any recent fiction. In
February General Charles King will
contribute one of his supremely stirring
novels of army life, "Lanier of the
Cavalry, or A Weeks Arrest" His
past achievements speak for them
selves through "The Colonels Daugh-
ter" 'Marion's Faith" and numerous
other prime favorites. The plot of
this latest novel is laid at a frontier
fort where witty women and brave men
are showed in for months, which iso-
lation is to some extent accountable for
the remarkable happenings. In March
the novel will be vivid, dramatic story
of New York life called "a Knight Err
rant in Broadway" by Rupert Sargent
Holland. A tender love-story incor-
porated into sterner business scenes
is particularly winning and human.
''The pirate of Alastair," by Mr.. Hol-
land, was well liked in the May, 1908,
Lippincott's, and new one from his
pen will be warmly welcomed. Other
novelists whose work has been secured
for 1909 are Carolyn Wells. Marie Van
Worst, Will Lexington Comfort, Katha-
rine Metcalf Roof, Maarten Maartens.
Mary Roberts Rinehart, and Dorothea
Deakin.
Lippincott's promises some impor-
tant and exclusive articles for next
year in addition to its rich yield of fic-
ton. Among these will be ''The
Woman Problem" two remarkable
posthumous papers by ''Ouida." This
magazine bought the manuscripts with
the understanding that they should not
be published until after the authors
death. Surely "Ouida' was gifted
with the spirit of prophesy, so we'll do
these keen accusations hit the present
| causes of unrest and rebellion among
members of her own sex. The first
article is called "Shall Women Vote?''
and the second Glove Versus Avarice, -
both being written with the utmost
| frankness.
Among the 1909 contributors occur
the names of Elizabeth Jordan, Johr
Kendrick Bangs, Adele Marie Shaw,
| Wilmot Price, Marion Hill, Ella Mid
dleton Tybout, Will Lexington Comfort
Mabel Nelson Thurston, Thomas L.
Mason, Minna Thomas Antrim, Elsi.
Singmaster. George Allen England
Augusta Kortrecht, Jane Belfield, Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, Clifford Howard. w.
j. Hampton, Walter Pulitzer, H. c
Bailey, and Edwin l.. Sabin.
The poetry found in Lippincott'
from month to month seems to guar
antee its selection not merely as "fl
ler," but for its merit.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
Blow Falls On Producer.

Apparently, proceeding in conjunct-
ION with this, the prices to the consum-
er of most commodities have increased
to the point when the burden cannot
be born. The weapon which he instinct
lively uses is to stop buying. and the
first to feel the force of his blow is the
producer.
'1f, by concerted action, the con-
sumer should stop buying the products
whose prices have become excessive,
the producer would be crushed. The
oyster is one of the first things the
consumer thinks he can do without. It's
price TO him is so very high as to bring
it within the class of luxuries. Next
to him stands the middle man, who
| seeks to maintain the high price by re.
stricting the quantity that reaches the
| market. The producer, with a great
volume of perishable goods on hi:
hands, throws them at him at any
price. The oyster is struggling in the
grasp of these forces.
"But it is far from being a deatl
struggle for the business. Oysters car
be raised in Maryland and Virginia at {
reasonable profit and placed to tn,
consumer in Baltimore, Washington
and Richmond at 81 per gallon, and ir
Chicago at $1.20 per gallon. Provided
the local boards of health will sto,
strangling the middle man by restrict
ions founded solely on scientific re
search, and provided they will tax,
into their counsel not only the man O
science but also the practical man O
business, who knows from lifelon,
experience how to get his product be
fore the consumer in the best conditiol
and keep it there for the greatest pos
sible length of time in a wholesom
condition. In the West, where mos
of our oysters are consumed, the burn
ing factor in the high price of oyster
lies in the unwise and unnecessary re
strictions placed upon the methods @
caring for the oysters on the market
| Mistaken Notion About aier.
j ''Under the mistaken notion that cor
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
HOW,s rHIsp

We offer One HundTed Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Gu Q. J. CHENEY g. CO..
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. ].
Cheney for the last 10 years, and b, lieve him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm. wslding, Kin
nan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. act
ing directly upon the blooc and mucous sur
faces of.the system. Testimonials sent free
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
PRESIDENT HELPS ORPHANS.

Hundreds of orphans have been helped BY
the President of The Industrial and Orphans
Home at Macon, Ca. who writes: 1--WE have
used Electric Bitters in this Institution foI
nine years. IL has proved most excellent
medicine for Stomach, Liver and kidney
troubles. We regard it as one of the best
family medicines on EARTH" II invigorates
the vital organs. purifies the blood. aids diges-
ton, creates appetite. To strengthen and
build up thin. pale weak children or run,
down people it has no equal. Best for female
complaints. Only soc at all druggists.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
NUMBER 18.
BLOOD

We live by our blood, and on
it. We thrive or Starve, as our
blood is rich or poor. There is
nothing else to live on or by.
When strength is full and
spirits high we are being re-
freshed-bone, muscle and
brain, in body and mind-with
continual flow of rich blood.
This is health.
When weak, in low spirits, no
cheer, no spring, when rest is
not rest and sleep is not sleep,
we are starved; our blood is
poor; there is little nutriment
in it.
Back of the blood is food.
to keep the blood rich. When
it fails, take
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
PLEA FOR OYSTERMEN.
General Jones says Industry is in
Worst Condition ever Known.
baltimore SIM


Brig-Gen. William Albert Jones, u.
S. A. (retired), one of the largest
owners of oyster beds along the Eastern
Shore of Virginia, last night, in speak
ing of the oyster conditions of today,
said that the consumption in 1908 had
fallen off so per cent. of the year pre-
vious.
He blames the cause for the existing
conditions upon ~ the recent financial
panic! since the oyster is.commonly
looked upon as luxury, and (2) that
unnecessary restrictions by officials,
caused by scientific research, without
reference to practical men. in the
western States has caused the price in
that section to almost double itself un-
til it is now without the reach of the
common pocketbook.
In discussing the subject General
Jones said:
unnecessary Restrictions"
''The depression in the oyster busi-
ness that was precipitated by the finan-
cial panic of last winter has continued
with increasing force until it is today
in probably the worst condition ever
known The demand has fallen off TO
remarkable extent. The price which
the producer gets is too low to pay the
cost of planting and cultivating on
private grounds, and it is doubtful
whether it is sufficient to pay the labor
and expenses of taking the oysters from
the public grounds.
within the limited range of my
vision / see d number of causes for
this state of affairs, all clustering
around and accentuating the dominant
one which is affecting other branches
of business.
"1t is an accepted principle of busi-
ness that the prices of commodities to
the consumer fiuctuate with the volume
of money and credit available for their
purchase. Now, it is fact that
within recent years the increase in the
production of gold has been exceedingly
great, and every dollar of gold floats a
good many dollars of paper. Besides
this, in the United States there has
been an extraordinary increase in new
paper money placed on the market, and
every dollar of cash floats a good many
dollars of credit.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

disgrace to a city of one-fourth it's
size.
Consolidation, With the management
in the hands of Lincoln business men
who know the needs of the city and
are willing to meet them, will be a
blessing in many ways. That the
consolidated company will be man
aged by wide-awake, progressive and
liberal Lincoln men is assured. That
assurapce is all mat any fa1rminded
Lincoln citizen can ask.
1t has been but three short years
since Lincoln's street railway facilities
were archaic, antedeluvian, fossilized,
but despite the shortness of the time
that deplorable day seems almost Il
dream. Rob-tai!ed cars, f1at-wheels,
irregular service or no service at all,
rattledy-bang boxes on wheels, germ
infested cushions-all these are things
of yesterday, thanks to the enterprise
of Lincoln business men who were
willing to put up their money to force
o change for the better. No man will
begrudge them a profit commensurate
with the risks they took nor a fair
wage for the work they performed.
The entire city has reaped a vast
benefit, and now let the consolidation
be perfected, and let us have an end
to innuendo, charges of "ballooning,"
"kiting," watering and high financ-
ing
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23
SAME OLD STORY.

The first OF the week the Associated
Press dispatches carried the story of
lockout of the United Hatters Of
North America by an association of
employers. the excuse given for the
lockout being that the union had vio-
the association. The lockout was so
sudden and so general that it stamped
itself as a conspiracy on the part OF
the employers.
We know nothing of the facts in
the case, but we are willing to wager
Ii reasonable amount that the charge
Of violation OF contract made against
the United Hatters is false. This
union has been SO severely dealt with
by the courts that they might, as
human beings, be expected to resort
self-protection. But despite the cruel
injustice they have been subjected to
the United Hatters have carried them
selves with rare self-restraint, and
rave dCteO ike HELL HelI Whoio
past career gives the lie to the as
sortion that they have violated con-
tract. But of course the public mind
will be poisoned by the charge
hurled broadcast against them, and
when the real facts are made known
the truth will never overtake the lie
The employers are cunning and re
sourceful. They control the grea'
avenues of publicity and are able to
poison the public against the cause
of workingmen who are seeking only
Justice And while the employers are
availing themselves of their oppor
tunities the union men thus discrim
mated against continue to patronizt
the papers that are used against them
and give lukewa en- support, or no sup
port at all, to the labor papers tina
are trying to dcfend them and Civ
their side of the case to the public.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23
THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

The school board having asked for
the cooperation OF various organiza
tons in an effort to ascertain what
is best in the way of a new nigh
school, the Central Labor Union has
selected committee of three to act
with the committees from the Womans
Club, the City Improvement Society,"
the Art Society, and other organize
tons.
Workingmen, more than any other
class of men, are interested in the
public schools. That is, they have
more interest, although they seldom
realize it or show it. 1t is high time
that they make that interest active,
for the children of the worIingmen
what they should do. The prevalent
opinion in demagogic circles seems to
be that the school child is human
sausage skin to be stuffed full by
machinery in the shortest possible
time. The 10-year-old child in the
fifth grade can talk glibly about At
shanistan, Beloochistan, Caucasia ana
Montenegro, but is as ignorant OF Ne
braska as the average voter is of his
party's platform-and that is usually
q dense and dark ignorance. The
public school of today is highly sys.
tematized machine into which the
raw material of childhood is feo
through hopper and ground through
at dizzy rate into the so-called fill
ished product. About everything is
found in the curriculum save common
sense and morality.
The public school is about as far
as IS per cent of the children of the
average wage-earner goes in the Sc
curing Of an education, for our indus
trial system is demanding the boys
and the girls in constantly increasing
proportions every year. For this rea.
son it is high time that the wageearn-
ing fathers take a more active interest
in school affairs and strive to make
them of more practical benefit to the
children.
The Wageworker believes that the
action of the Central Labor Union will
tend towards arousing an increased in
terest in this great work, and if that
is the case, then the move will not
have been made in vain.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23
Published Weekly at 1877 No. 14th
st., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year.
Entered as second-class matter April
81. 1904, at the postoffice at Lincoln.
Neb, under the Act of Congress of
March 3rd, 1879.
REAPlNG ThE WHIRLWINp.

The Buck Stove and Range Co. is
reaping the whirlwind as the harvest
of wind it sowed when it succeeded
in having the labor leaders sentence
TO Jail for contempt of court. The
Wageworker has never had much use
for the unfair list" and it has never
seen any particular results from a
boycott pronounced by labor organ.
lzation. 1t is awfully easy to declare
q boycott and whole lot easier to
forget it after it was declared. But
once in while organized labor is
compelled TO sit up and take notice,
and this Bucks case is a case in point.
II might just as we'll be understood
row, first as last, that organized labor
is not only going to refuse to pur-
chase Bucks stoves and ranges, but
ii is going to refuse to patronize
dealers who handle the product of the
st. Louis stove works. This is not a
concerted boycott. nor is it threat.
l. is merely statement of fact. VAN
Cleave has burned few things into
the minds of organized labor, and this
is one of them-WE WILL NOT PA
TRONIZE AN ENEMY, NOR WILL
WE PATRONIZE THOSE WHO DE.
LIBERATELY FLAY INTO THE
HANDS OF OUR ENEMIES.
There is no law that can compel
us to patronize an industrial enemy,
nor can we be sent to Jail for refus-
ing to patronize those who give aid
and comfort to our industrial enemies.
We will not boycott the VanCleave
output, nor will we boycott those who
handle it. They have given us due
notice that they do not want our pa.
tronage, and that is sufficient.
The vanCleave outfit has given us
due lnotice--and We will take heed.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23
UNION PRINT SHOPS.


Printeries That Are Entitled to uss
the Allied Trades Label.
Following is list Of the printine
Offices IN Lincoln that are entitled
to the use of the Allied Printing
Trades label. together with tae mum
Der of the label used by each shop:
C. s. Simmons, No. 2.
Freie Presse. No. 3.
Jacob North & Co., No. l.
Woodruff Collins. No. 4.
Graves & Mulligan, No. 5.
State Printing Co., No. 6.
Star Publishing Co., No. Z.
Western Newspaper Union, No. 8.
Wood Printing Co., No. 9.
George Bros, No. II.
McVey Printing Co., No. II.
Ford Printing Co., No. 16.
VanTine e Young, No. "a.
Dairyman Pub. Co., 100 No. l4th.
Graves Printery, No. 5.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23
THAT CONSOLIDATION.

II IL safe to assert that the con-
solidation of the two street railway
companies in Lincoln is an assured
fact. No one expected anything else
from the beginning of the Citizens
activities. That was merely move
in self-defense to start with. and 1t
las proved successful to a gratifying
cegree. Because of the Citizens COM
rany Lincoln now has good street
railway facilities-better than the av'
erage city of it's size. Without 1t Lin
coin would still be suffering the bur-
dens of poor facilities that would be
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

Women, the ,Housekeeper, and Lippin-
colts Magazine.
All of the Butterick patterns and
publications are produced by non,
union labor
Good Housekeeping, Farm and
Home, Orange Judd Farmer, New
England Homestead, American Agri-
culturist and Current Events, printed
Ey the Phelps Publishing Company,
of Springfield, Mass.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23
UNION BARBER SHOPS.

information as to Where You Can Ge'
Your Work Done Fairly.
Following is list Of the union bar
Der shops of Lincoln, the name and
location being given:
Gus Petro. 1910 o street.
w. A. Jackson, 1901 o street.
w. E. Myers, Capital Hotel.
C. A. Green, 12O North Eleventh.
Geo. Shaffer, Lincoln Hotel.
J. B. Ramer, 1901 o Street.
E. A. Snyder, 1906 o Street.
A. L. Stern, 116 South Thirteenth.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23
UNFAIR PUBLICATIONS.
A Handy List That Good Unionists
Should Carry About.


Trade unionists and their friends
should remember that they are not
obliged to purchase the publications
contained in the following list. They
are produced under non-union condl-
tions, the shorter workday being re-
fused their union printers:
The Reliable Poultry Journal, Quin-
cy, Illinois.
All works of the Werner Company,
of Akron, Ohio.
The Saturday Evening Post and
Ladies' Home Journal, the product OF
the Curtis Publishing Company, Of
Philadelphia.
Century Magazine, Bookman, Smart
Set, st. Nicholas, Worlds Work, Black
Cat. Monthly Magazine, Men and
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

convince anybody that Mr.. Bryan IS
gifted with ambideXtry, omnipotence,
Cmnipresence and second-sight. Only
that kind of a man could accomplish
all that the anti-Rryan press attributes
to the sage of Fairview.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

Nebraska eXpends $61, 900 every two
years on the state militia, and $4,000
every two years on gathering indus
trial and agricultural statistics that
will advertise her to the world for
what she is-the greatest agricultural
state in the union.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

law compelling landlords to furnish
bedsheets nine feet long. That's ali
right, too; but we've seen the time
when any old kind of sheet would
have felt good.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

A. L. Kemmerer, Lindell Hotel.
Chapman & Ryan. 127 North
Twelfth.
H. A. Larabee, 922 P Street.
knight and Parmenter, 1872. South
Twelfth.
H. G. Leopold, Fraternity Building
Frank Malone, Havelock.
e. A. Wood, Havelock.
c. B. Ellis, Havelock
Windsor hotel, c. B. Lewis, Prop.
Apex Barber Shop. ]. J. Simpson.
Prop, 1901 o Street.
J. v. Masully barber shop, 1914 N st.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

What organized labor works for and
sacrifices for, TIL. non-union workman
enjoys without labor or expense. Per-
laps this will give you an idea of
Why union men decline to work by the
side of non-union men.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

Lincoln workingmen can now buy
ing gloves. And the Lincoln working
nan who fails to supply himself with
that kind of glove when he makes
d double dose of DR.. Boostem's Triple
Extract of Union Juice.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

Now a lot of men who never had
any sympathy fcr the principles for
which Abraham Lincoln stood are
making great preparations to cele-
Of his birth.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

The easiest and safest way to boy
colt our industrial enemies is to in
demand for the label from union men
will solve the boycott question our
way despite the efforts of federal
judges.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

The two lawmaking branches of the
state government are guilty of violat-
ing the child labor law. But what are
you going to do about it?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

If the Nebraska supreme court de-
lays long enough the people will hand
down a ringing decision in the pres
ert miX-up.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

There are some holes in the pro-
rosed charter, but at least it is not
possessor. of a hole big enough to
throw a wrangling city council
through.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

Will the gentlemen who objected to
the city council considering the char
ter in executive session now step for
ward with their neutrality-suspicious.
suggestions, we mean.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

The Lincoln manufacturer who fails
to get in on the Made in Lincoln"
exposition ought to take something for
his business eyesight.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

Employing hatters declare that the
union label is of no benefit to them.
If the statement is true it is ter
rible indictment against organized
labor.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

With all due respect to DR.. Leon
hardt and his eruditlon, we still hold
that he is darned irridescent
dreamer.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

Wait for the Made in Lincoln
exposition. 1t will be seven-times
winner and altogether lovely.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

A change of newspaporial tone will
he noted lust as soon as organized
labor gets into the game right.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

against judges like Wright. But the
trusts haye. The pull that elevated
a judge to the federal bench will suf-
flee to hold him in line or remove him.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

A court that has scant respect for
justice can not complain II the con-
mon people hold 1t in contempt.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

Another bunch of criminals" organ
lied in Lincoln-the Giove"orkers
have a charter. Police!!
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

Dan Keefe is having his troubles
with the United States senate. But
Dan will draw the salary-and that's
what Dan played the game for.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

VanCleave has got his fist in the
injunction Jar. ana now he cannot get
il put.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-23

Organized labor has no recourse