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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
Kirby Called a Coward.

William Karlin. a Socialist candi-
date for the assembly in the recent
campaign, then took hand in the
game and added to it's fervor and in
terest. He also made vigorous pro-
test against the suppression OF ques-
lions, and demanded that those sub
mitted be read.
"You are a coward" he shouted at
Kirby, while half the audience APP
plauded and the other half protested
"You have misrepresented labor, and
you are afraid to meet the questions
of the audience"
At this Kirby, who is little ban
tam rooster type of man, jumped for
ward to the front of the platform
bristling all over, and shook his fist
at Karlin.
NO man can call me. coward,
he shouted II am ready to meet an!
imam. There are a whole lot O
questions here and some OF then
have been studied out beforehand
Let me take these questions ant
study them over, and ! can answe
them all. If you have anything t
say, say it, but don't try to call nj
a coward"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20

the Asiatic coolie laborer who re-
ceives but few cents a day.
The Cleveland Citizen in summing.
up the situation says "There is No
way out of this dilemma except to
send few of the cigarmakers and
other craftsmen to congress- instead
|of smooth-tongued lawyers and others
hostile or Indifferent to the needs of
|the toilers, to kick up a rumpus and
Texpose the hypocricy and corruption
Iof the old political gangs.
This may sound like a sterotyped
Recommendation, but the trusts APP
preciate its full meaning much more
readily than the workers. They know
that the Lord helps those who help
themselves.
Meanwhile those who use tobacco
must demand the blue union label on
the packages and boxes. 1t is the
only immediate protection the tobac-
CO workers and cigar makers have,
Notwithstanding the fact that they
have patiently listened to bunco
statesmen blowing their bazoos for
years."
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
Littiefield a Ready Tool.

Former Congressman Littleheld,
who left congress to become attorney
for several union-smashing corpora
IONS, presided over the meeting and
showed himself to be the same ready
tool OF the plutocrats in a pubic
meeting that he had been in the ma
tional house OF representatives. Kir-
by's address violently denounced
trades unions and labor officials as
monstrous, vicious, immoral. GRIM
inal. barbarous and many other odi
Gus things, and when he sat down
n ,lady sang sweetly vocal solo the
burden of which was Everything
Seems TO Breathe of Love Tonight.
Then the fun began. Thirty-seven
written questions had been passed III
TO Mr.. Kirby, and after ponderins
over them for a considerable time
he declined to answer them. Chair
man Littlefield went to his relief witt
a statement that most of the ques
tons had been disposed of by MT
Kirby in his speech: that some O
them had evidently been prepare'
beforehand for the purpose or tral
ping him. and that some OF then
were very sarcastic.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
Kirby Tries to Explain.

Kirby explained through Mr.. Little
field that he had used the brick
business merely as an illustration OF
principle He didn't know whether
there was any such rule among the
bricklayers, but there was in other
trades. he said, and SO he used brick
laying as a handy illustration.
Ohio" said Moffet. so there are
no facts. only 'illustrations'-a kind OF
moving picture show of illustrations
without facts. The inference that
the bricklayers had such rule was
plain, and 1t is untrue. Are all his
Illustrations like that? | want the
rest of my questions read. Read
these questions.
Then there was lot more dlspu
tation and evasion. and finally one
question. by some one else, was read
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
KIRBY ERuP1s AGAIN
Splits out Another TRADE Against Trades
Unions At Young Mems Meeting

John Kirby. Jr., the pugnacious
bantam who occupies the bad emf
nence of being president of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
has had another emulation OF bile,
but 1t did not relieve to any great
extent his surcharged liver, for he
was compelled to eat part OF 1t after
vomiting it up. At meeting OF the
Young Mems Hebrew association
held last Sunday in New York city
he read carefully-prepared and
highly-tinted address on The Dis
advantages OF Labor Unionism," bu
before opening his sluice-gate o.
abuse he announced his Willingness
to answer any questions his hearers
might ask him.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
BELIEVES IN LABOR UNIONS.

Mayor Wing, of Tampa, Fla, in
welcoming the Building Trades de-
partment of the American Fedora
ton of Labor had the following to
say:
IF you win show me a city where
organized labor is weak / will show
you a city that is on the decline, be-
cause unionism means good wages
for an honest days work, and the
prosperity of every community de-
ponds to large extent upon whether
or not the workingmen get just com
pensation for their labor. Ii they re-
ceive proper compensation for their
work they can better support and ed
ucate their children and make better
citizens of them. From the ranks OF
your children today we must look
for our future presidents, senators
and lawmakers. In organization there
| is strength. COLORADO Industrial Re
view
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
IN TORONTO.
Labor Temple Has Proved to be
Profitable Investment.


Labor Temple Has Proved to be
Profitable Investment.
The annual statement Of the dr.
rectors Of the Toronto Labor Temple
shows that the years business was
profitable one. The receipts amounted
to $13,56e.33, leaving a balance Of ST.
|s56.1e. The assets Of the company are
the building, $35,sss.34; furniture,
81, 500. The profits show an unde-
clared dividend Of over 10 per cent.
The excess Of assets over liabilities is
$17 ,3o9.s7. The original allotment OF
stock has been taken up, and the sim
gle transaction Of $500 for the year
closed the final allotment. At present
there is no stock on the market, and
the company will not issue any more,
as the stock az it now stands IS worth
more than double what was paid for
IL
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20

for your organization against some
employer who has been unfair to
you. OF course you see numerous
articles praising the great work of
the trade union movement and the de-
SRA bility of better pay and shorter
hours and they, of course, take your
side of it when an employer refuses
to give you the conditions you ask
for. OF course that is the reason you
find SO much more time for them than
for the labor paper. May you never
have to wait for better conditions
until the pet paper of yours gets it
for you. AS matter of unionism,
don't you think it is just as neces-
sary for you to be ready and willing
to aid the other fellow as he is lleady
to aid you? Then how can you long
er ignore the only means of publicity
open to the wage earners? Get a
germ started and see if you are not
in duty bound to give your little mite
toward making your paper the sue
cess it deserves. The history of the
labor press all over this country is
ione big book of grand, self-sacrificing
effort on the part of those who un,
ldertook to run them and of the UNI
grateful, unappreciative and un-union
ism of those who should and could
have made them great powers fol-
good The labor paper is what the
| -, no ax
and hearty support of the labor pa
Iper always brings the emancipation
of wage slavery. 1t is one of the pc
lculiar characteristics of some wage
earners-they like to get licked into
submission if the hand that smite'
them is only fair and bedecked will
Ijewels-then they go around kicklns
land growing at conditions. Why don
lthey support their officers and thei
press so that the large public may b.
!; Enlightened as to the Tins of trad
lunionism and enlisted under it's ban
: liner? 1t can be done. Are you &C
: ling to help do it here in your hom
valley? Are you going to let person
| lal feeling get the better OF you
unionism? Or are you going to SUI
i port trade union propaganda first an
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20

1t was the only one that saw the
light, and 1t was: Don't you think
the best trade unionist is dead
trade urionist?'
Moffet got disguised and remarked
sarcastically: Being labor man,
I've got an engagement to dynamite
building tonight, so I've got to
hurry home" He changed his mind,
however. and stayed. making mo-
ton that his questions be read, which
was not put to the audience
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
UNIONISM.

creed? Is it part of yours to knock
the paper that is doing it's level best
for you and the trade union move
ment and all that the term implies?
Is it part of your creed to find var
icus excuses for ducking the sub
scription list, or finding excuses for
the unions not taking it as body?
! Is it a part of your creed to brag
of your 'unionism" and then say that
you have SO many other papers TIC
read you don't find time to read the
labor paper? OF course you believe
1.-THE other papers are free of seal
advertising and that they will figh
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20

employed any union men or women.
In fact, to be known to have mem
bership in a union means instant dis
charge. Nor is the output of the
other 10 per cent, to any degree, the
product of union workers"
In referring to the cigarmaking
branch of the business, he says:
This same corporation is also en-
deavoring to control the cigarmaking
industry, and is operating factories
in all parts of this country, in which
the great majority of their employees
are children, who receive but scanty
wages and are compelled to work
long hours in poorly lighted and bad
ly ventilated shops. Together with
this, the cigarmakers are confronted
with a large number of non-union
shops, in which practically the same
conditions apply. The subsidiary
branches of the American Tobacco
Co., are in control of the cigarmaking
industry in Porto Rico, and before
many weeks have passed will be in
control of a large portion of the in
dustry in the Philippines.
cat the present time, and for sew
eral years past, there have been ar
irving at the several ports along the
Atlantic coast from Porto Rico an
average of 100000 cigars month,
and the number is increasing.
Before the year has expired there
will be dumped on the Pacific coas1
another 150,000,O0O cigars from the
Philippine Islands land this amour
is to be admitted free of duty ever,
year, making the total amount of ci
:. gars that will come to this countr.
: from both places amount to abou
f300,000,00O year. The production
of cigars in the United States ha
been materially reduced in the pas
two years, and with these amount
n above mentioned, it means loss c
= employment to over 5000 cigarmaker
l. in this country"
o There is no gainsaying the fae
that this is a deplorable conditio
e that faces the tobacco an dciga
" workers., and it also exposes tn
= sham skibboleth of protection
8 American labor paraded by dem
e gogical politicians. The tobacc
e. trust, having obtained control of tn
r large factories and plantations
a. Porto Rico and the Philippines, an
e. no further use for protection" an
IT clamored to have it's coolie-made pr
/ ducts admitted free of duty-no ma
II ter whether such a proceeding woul
of drive American workers into the poo
* house.
- The trust VS. partially successf'
g and secured &C lpromise that place
e a powerful club in it's possession wit
which to pound the independent unio
factories, and Washington CORE
!pondent stated after the Aldrich mo-
strosity came downward" with
20 dull thud on the peoples backs th'
the American Tobacco Co.'S agen
IN are already busy planning to secul
s. Hesitation at the first favorable o
n portunity to admit all tobacco pr
re ducts from "our possessions" FRI
of duty.
n If this conspiracy goes through al
is because of the political helplessne
n of the workers it looks as thout
all the trust will triumph for the "inte
CO ests" control enough congressman al
he senators to gain almost anything d
he handed by "non-partisan" and 'p:
ar riotic" methods-then it will be
In sorry day for the tobacco and Gig
by workers, for it is out of the questi
ere for them to compete successfully wi
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
CONDITIONS DEPLoRARLE.
Announcement In Regard to Tobacco
Workers is Startling.


Workers is Startling.
Secretary Tracey of the Union
Label Department A. F. of L., has is
sued statement regarding the con-
ditions in the tobacco trade that are
most startling.
Secretary Tracey bases his an
nouncement on statistics recently is.
sued by the United States govern
ment that about 80 per cent of all
the smoking and chewing tobacco
and cigarettes manufactured in the
United States, are the output of the
American Tobacco Co., more familiar
ly known as the tobacco trust II
none of the factories operated b.
this gigantic corporation are there
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20

fight your personal battles outside?
Do you not think that the best way?
Do you not find extenuation for your
lack of support? Then don't kick if
you fail to get better conditions
Cincinnati Chronicle.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
kirby's Only Objection to Union:

kirby's Only Objection to Unions.
The only things that Mr.. Kirby had
against the unions were that they in
sisted on having members; that they
favored the union label and the
closed shop, that they went on strike;
THAT they were against injunctlons,
and in favor of a minimum wage and
an eight hour day, and that they had
no use for scabs or child laborers as
apprentices. With these few excep-
tons, Mr.. Kirby said that the unions
were a good thing-oh yes, except
that violence and murder were part
of their daily life.
Kirby also had good deal to say
against the limitation of output. but
evidently did not think this applied to
the hot air industry, as he talked the
ears off his audience, being very long
winded for such a little fellow.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
The CHARGE Repeated.

Karlin reiterated that Kirby was
afraid to answer the questions and
began TO talk about capitalist moral
ity as eXemplified by the Seeley din
ner The meeting was adjourned
with Karlin, Moget and others still
insisting on the questions.
The meeting began peacefully with
a song by Mr.. Brennan, tenor, who
Longs for the day, katline.
When the sky will be blue
And the grass will be green
1t was fair Inference from kir
by's speech, however, that the SIX,
would refuse to grow until the para
lying influences OF unionism were
IeXtirpated forever
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20

When the wife Of union man goes
through her husbands clothes in per-
forming her regular touching cere-
mony," she should respect the label
If she finds one in his clothes she
should go easy and at least give her
spouse an even break. II no label,
she should take everything in sight
and spend it for label goods. Western
Laborer.
The Forrest City times., 1909-02-12
ShowTnc the 1ian. snI,,.

A little boy had been naughty :. dinner, and had been sent away s-,- the table just as his favorite das.s cabinet pudding with butter .-s sugar sauee-was being served. 4ho~. nine o'clock that evening. when .S other children had gone te had s his parents were alone in the sitting room, a tear-stained little face ana , whiterobed figure appeared n 1, door.
 Mamma" 1t said, bravely. betweo, sobs, you told me never to rn = sleep when anything wrong had bao- done until 1t was all fixed by rtgs. so 1 came down to tell you that-sbs, -that-I-forgive you and papa ,os what you did to me at the diane. table"
The Forrest City times., 1909-02-12
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wishes it. out the future first lady of the land has for some time past had pew No q in this church q pew that IS Well forward h the church and in almost desirable q location as he Bresi- aeatal pew if she prefers to retain Ht5 Mrs. Taft adheres rgdly 10 everything ordained by her church. There VII be little social saeefT at the White House during Lent while he Tafts are in possession and Mrs. Tart has steadfastlv held out against he fad for Sunday entertainments which has grown rapidly in recent years in our cosmo- BoiitaH capital
 Miss Helen Taft ike Miss Ethel Roosevelt has followed in the footsteps of her mother in reIg ious inclinations.
 st Johns church. where Mrs Taft and her daughter will worship. Is built in the form of a Latin cross with portico supported by massive columns. The exterior has a pebble finish and portions of the church are well-nigh covered with ivy. The original building was erected in 1S16 and there are few churches in this country that convey such impression of great age. This church Is little more than d square from the White House, and the presidents church Is also within easy walking distance.
 The new vice-president and Mrs Sherman are members of the Church of the Covenant of the Presbyterian denomination. This edIice which is unique and imposing architecturally is located on Connecticut avenue, one of the fashionable bouJe- yards of the capital Directly opposite is the resi- dence of Senator Depew and diagoualIv across the street are the British and AustroEI EIun garian embassies. Benjamin Harrison worshiped in the Church of the Covenant during his term of office president and James c. Blaine and the late Secretary Hay were pewholders. Miss Helen Hay was married in this church and il has been the scene Of many notable services.
The Forrest City times., 1909-02-12
ONLY GOT BACK HIS OWN.
unbr ala Had Long Been Absent from
 It's Proper Hall Tree.

"Sto ries about umbrellas. sid . New Y ork physician, when that useful article was the subject Of discussion, ''are as numerous as fish storiea. and often est just as severely ths credulitr of those who listen to them. This is true one: A patient tele- phoned n hour after he had been at my office one morning that he had left his umbrella aa the hall rack. would see that 1t was kept for him? My servant found t. and that evening while We were at dinner he called, got the umbrella mad came in 70 thank me There he told a long story as to how he valued the umbrella because he had carried t ioBg time, and t vas just the right weight and showed dent in the silver handle which had been made by his little boy when he used 1t as a hockey stick I saw my wife smile while The story was being told. She understood my wink. however, and We said nothing But when the man had gone away with the umbrella under his arm we laughed for we had recognized the umbrella which I had carried out and never brought back more than three years ago"
The Forrest City times., 1909-02-12
CHILD HAD SIXTY 8oILs,
And Suffered Annually with s Rcd Scald-Llke iunnor on Her Head.
Troubles Cured by cuticura.

When my little Vivian was about six months old her head broke out in boils. She had about sixty in all and l used Cuticura Soap and Cutieurs Ointment which cured her entirely
 Some time later a humor broke out be- hind her ears and spread up on to her head until 1t was nearly half GOV cred. The humor looked like a seald, very red with sticky, clear fluid com ing from it. This occurred every spring. I always used Cuticura Soap and Ointment which never failed to heal 1t up. The last time it broke out it became so bad that I was dis couraged. But continued the use of Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resol- vent until she was well and has never been troubled in the last two years
 Mrs. NJ A. Schwerin, 674 Spring Wells Ave. Detroit, Mich. Feb. 24. 190s.' Potter Drns .s Chem. Corp, Sole Props. Boston.
The Forrest City times., 1909-02-12
NC MEDICINE
But a Change of Food Cave Relief.

Many persons arc learning =bat drugs 2-e eot tba -hius ta sabHi}d worn ont nerves. but proper food ls required
 There #Is q certain element 4a 4he cereals vheat Barley ate eHea is grown .heea Az nature for food a8 Ara3a and nerve tissue This Is -he snos- phate 0f potash. If which eirane-Aats food contains a large proportion
 in making rais food aT. .be fo6d eIe- merts ia The tWo cereals wheat and barley. are retained That is whv % many heretofore nervous and rHH down people find n Grape-Nuts a fgle nerve and brain food
 can say that Grape-Nuts food has done much for ne as a nerve renew er. writes Wis bride.
 A few years ago. before my mar riage. l was a bookkeener# in a large firm. l became so nervous toward Inc end Of each week that II seemed I must give ID my position. which ! could not afford to do
 Mother purchased some Grape Nuts and we found 1t not only delicious but l noticed from day to day that was improving until I finally realized Twas not nervous any more.
 have recommended ft 10 friends as a brain and nerve food. never hay ing found its equal I owe much tn Grape-Nuts as t saved me from q nervous collapse. and enabled me to retain my position"
 Name siven by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Read The Road 70 Well vile, in pkgs. There's a Reason.
 Ever read The above Ietfers new one appear from time ta time The, sre genutses true, and fall of humas etsr<ns-
The Forrest City times., 1909-02-12

table, 1 VIII never be WlIheAs sha' medicine in the house. Mrs. cAML LEE, 3523 Fourth St., Louisville, NY.
 Another Operation Avoided.
 Adrian, Ga.-"I suffered untold misery from female troubles, and ny doctor said an operation was ny only chance, and I dreaded it almost as much as death. Lydia E. Pinkha1l . Vegetable Compound completely cureo req me without an operation. ."-LENA f' HENRY. R. F. D. 3.
 Thirty years of unparalleled sue cess confirms the power of Lydia 2. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound v cure female diseases. The great Vof ume of unsolicited testimony coLstih., ly pouring in proves eoneluslvely tns' Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Ions pound IS remarkable remedy for tnVss distressing feminine ills from WnlsI 90 many women suffer.
The Forrest City times., 1909-02-12
1t Will Stay Thar.

In my family medicine ehes, .. remedy is permitted to remain ,,,ia- it proves beyond a doubt the hoe, 2. be obtained for it's particular Durno.N For treating all manner of skin tro.' bles, such as Eczema, Tetter P.,- worm. etc. Hunts Cure has bald ,.l place for many years. have fai,os 10 find a surer remedy. t euras i,oS ing instantly R. NJ. SWAIN
 Franklin "a
The Forrest City times., 1909-02-12
Lookind Forward.

MT Wiggins. being in frivolous mood. was giving burlesque imita- tion of palmistry-pretendi to read his wife's fortune in her palm, Six-year-old Ruth was listening with 'ntense seriousness. but neither of hem was noticing her
 And. finally" he concluded after the usual reeitals about a dark man, a light man. Journey, and large for tune, you wifi live to a great age.
 Thank God broke in Ruth. clap ping her hands ecstatically Then my children will have a grandmother.