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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

New York has enough water stored
up to last It $50 days. New York's
thirst for water never was the marvel
Of two hemispheres.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

ANY man can make his wife happy
merely by being jealous Of her.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

As refreshing as q brisk drive
WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

Women read bargain advertise
ments. because they believe there is
something In store for them.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
BURDENS LIFTED
From Bent Backs.

A bad back II q heavy handicap to
those Of m who have to work every
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

The fact that life is a grind is what
sharpens many q mans wits.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

A knowledge Of birthstones never
helps a girl to acquire solitaire.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

Why IL WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT so
popular! because It tastes good and
does good.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

For Any Disease or injury to
the eye, use PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, abb
solutely harmless, acts quickly. 25c. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

Master Lewis Daniels and His Trained
Steers.
when they were only three weeks old
and which were so well trained when
this picture was taken that he could
drive them anywhere. either riding on
the wagon or driving alongside. They
have become so handy. and the driver
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

MIA. Winslou's soothing syrup.
Yor ehildred teething softens the guras. reduces b
aammaSion. snays pain. cures wind coaic &C bostA
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

important 10 Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that II
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11

The complexion. specialist should be
onto the latest wrinkle.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
A PAGE FOR THE FARMER
What Government Experts and Other Prominent
Writers Say on Agriculture and
Allied Topics.
PROFITABLE TRUCK FARMING
IN ATLANTIC COAST STATES

Staple Market Grown.
Many Others Which Are Peculiar Certain
md Climate.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

man were paid more than the union
rate, the rest of the men would hear
of it and then they would demand the
same wages as the best man is receiv-
ing.
If this should be true, it would be
due not to the union, but to the gen
eral feeling of the average man-that
he is Just as good as any other man.
if not a whole lot better. This feel
ing crops out not only among union
men, but among non-union men as
we'll.
But why shouldn't workingman
have as much right as anybody else
to have a minimum rate of wages?
The doctors get together and de-
eide what shall be the least amount
for which they will make a call. The
coal dealers agree on a uniform price.
The same thing is true OF practically
every business in the country, Even
some preachers organizations will
not install a minister unless the con-
gregation promises to pay him the
union rate of wages. Why doesn't
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

closed only to incompetent, immoral
and disreputable characters.
Then they say we are insisting up
on a closed" shop.
There's quite difference between
q closed shop and union shop. AS
matter of fact, when the average en-
ployer runse a., so-called aopen shop
it is actually q "closed" shop to the
trades unionist, because the boss will
not employ a union man. One of the
questions that is asked every man
who applies for a job In most big
shops is this: Are you a member of
a labor union?" If he is, he steps
down and out.
The day Of individual bargaining has
gone by for most workmen. We pre-
fer to do our bargaining collectively,
through a chosen representative who
knows all about the game because he
is specialist on that sort of deal.
He knows the tricks that are COM
monty practiced on workingmen. so
that he can properly represent our in
terests. He goes to the boss and
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

somebody set UP howl about some
of these folks? Why does everybody
lump on the labor union when it sim.
ply follows the examples of those who
are supposed to know better?
It is the same with "limiting the
output"
How often do we get criticised on
this question? Why doesn't the coun-
try lump ON the coal operators, who
deliberately decide at the beginning OF
the season just how much coal is to
be mined, so that they may regulate
the price? What about the owners
of the steel plants and other great
corporations, who do just as they
choose about such matters? Nobody
seems to care very much about what
these people do, but the whole crowd
will complain of the workingman
when he tries to make a fight for a
decent living. The corporations do
these things SO that they may get a
bigger profit The worl1ingman seeks
to regulate his craft SO that he can
make both ends meet.
They call us trust.
! How can an organization be a trust
! when we are ell the time after new
members, trying 10 get every man in
the craft to join us, and sometimes
lowering or waving our initiation fec
altogether in order to make it easier
for him to do so?
A trust is exclusive. It's a close
corporation. Our union is a wide
open institution, whose doors are
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

out the help of the union. They don't
do things that way. Some of them
would if they could, but unless the
Losses as class were compelled to
do SO, the better type of employers
would find it hard to compete with
the fellows who decline to advance
wages and other privileges.
AS it is, under the union rules they
are all on common footing, and each
knows just what every other employ
err is compelled to pay his men, I'M
less there are special reasons why he
may pay more or less; but in such a
case the thing is balanced up in some
other: way. so that, they are still In
the same class. Our plan really pro-
tects the man who wants to do the
square thing by us.
A good many folks say that we have
the boss at a disadvantage because
we are not incorporated. He cannot
hold us to our contract, while he him.
self is liable to damages
Now, that isn't true.
1t isn't true SO far as his dealings
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

makes him a proposition that the
union which he represents will fur
nish him with competent men. These
men are to work SO many hours a day.
and all other details are to be settled
by mutual agreement.
Our business agent can control the
men in his organization. They will
abide by the contract which he has
made We cannot control the men
who are outside our organization, SO
that we ask the employer to employ
only our men in order to have perfect
harmony.
If these outside men will agree to
make the same contract that We have
made with the boss, they come in on
the same terms. We ask no more OF
them than we are willing to do our
selves.
I'll admit that it isn't a square deal
to force a man into the union if he
feels that he doesn't want to join.
But, if ne will not come in. then he
has no right to the benefits which
come as the result Of our fighting and
sacrifices.
Many a workingman who says that
he has conscientious scruples" against
joining the union simply means that
he is against paying dues and assess
ments for a thing which he believes
he will oct ANYWAY because the other
fellows will do the fighting for him.
call that a mean game.
It's all nonsense to say that the
bosses would have advanced us with
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

were on a strike. In comes your
agency spy, who might either commit
an act of lawlessness or get some fool
ish bona fiie union man to commit
one, which would result in the loss Of
property, for which heavy damages
might be secured by the company
This sort Of a deal would simply put
US out Of business.
I don't believe for a moment that
my boss would stoop to sucn q low
trick, but there are bosses who might.
and there are plenty of subordinates
who are none too good for q job Of
this kind. In their glee because OF
the determination Of the union. some .
losses would be strongly tempted to
close their eyes to the methods where
by this end has been secured.
But about this whole business OF
judging labor unions, why does every
body gauge us by our worst points.
whereas they themselves expect to be
judged by their best.
Folks don't treat any other organi-
cation as they do our in this respect.
It's harly square DEAL When the
average man thinks OF the labox union.
bis mind runs at once to the last
union Singing reported by sensa-
tional newspaper, which, in all proba-
tlllty was greatly exaggerated and
for which organized labor does not at
all stand.
1t might not be amiss to tell about
the way in which organized labor has
elevated the great mass of workers.
Their labor halls have become So
cial centers, where lecture courses are
given and where. the union man may
take his wife and family for social
| functions.
Why don't our enemies tell about
the sick and death BENEFITS paid out
by our national and local orsaniza-
tons, SO that a trades unionist never
appeals to anybody for charity.
What about the correspondence,
schools that are being supported. so
that q man may become better me-
chanic?
Let's hear about the technical
courses that are printed in our jour
nails.
| Who ever talks about the fight that
organized labor is making for equal
pay to men and women for equal
work, SO that the women folks NAV
get square deal?
What about the struggles for labor
in behalf of the children?
Who is doing more in a practical
way for the abolition of the sweat
shop, for the wiping out of unsanitary
conditions in shop and tenement. for
the securing of shorter work dav
so that there may be time and
strength left for the better life.
Aren't the lessons in cooperation
in teamwork, in real brotherhood
worth anything From Letters by
an American Mechanic in Christian
Endeavor World.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

in business way are concerned, for
to strikes and lockouts."
1t isn't true concerning his relations
with us, because an unincorporated
concern can neither sue nor be sued,
SO that we are still on a common
basis.
AS we are not looking for weeks
and months of idleness, there is no
particular laundering for long periods
of unemployment. If we should go
cut on strike, I guess that the loss
would be pretty nearly even. AS a
matter of fact, it is usually in favor
of the boss; for, whereas our wages
are lost forever because we cannot
work on the days that are past, the
boss in most cases can increase his
force and make up much Of what has
been lost during a time of strike or
lockout.
But why not incorporate? you ask.
First, because there is nothing in par
ticular to be gained by it, and, sec
end, because there is very much to be
lost.
There are certain concerns which
will stoop to almost any kind of a
mean deal in getting the best of work
ingmen for consideration, and there
are some employers who are in the
same class who will take advantage
of the offer of these agencies.
Suppose we had fat treasury-and
we are all aiming to accumulate big
strike funds-and suppose that we
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16
ruE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

In many respects the proposed city
charter is q good instrument, put II
contains a few provisions that Will
not meet with general appreciation
and which will surely have to be ma
terially changed before it will sue
coed in running the gauntlet OF the
legislature. The proposed limit OF
the tax levy to 40 mills is all rignt'
out 1t does not require a keen eye
70 see that the provision allowing
the assessor to raise the personal
assessment at will is bad. II the per-
sonal assessment, why not the real
assessment? And if the assessor is
to have this arbitrary power, under
the commission, why not let him take
n short cut and just fix the whole
tax business?
Fixing the date of election on the
first Tuesday in May is rank IN
Justice to large body of honest
Woodworking citizens who are home
builders. home owners and taxpayers,
whose work calls them away from the
city before the date fixed. That this
was the purpose of the majority OF
the committee is evident. however
much the members of that majority
may deny 1t. Some of them claimed
that the May date would bring out a
larger vote than a date three weeks
earlier. This may or may not be
true, hut whether true OF not 1t does
rot cure the injustice done to
thousand or more citizens who will
be deprived of a voice In the manage
ment of the citys affairs. Another
reason, given on the quiet, for fixing
the election in May was that the
citizens Disseminated against vote
c!annishly," anyhow. Doubtless this
is true, but VT is equally true of the
silk stocking" crowd that lives on
Capitol Hill. No one has ever had
the courage to charge that the Rus.
sian vote" is bought. but some com.
plain that it is delivered" by polit'
ical bosses. Granted, but the same
charge is equally true of a lot of more
enlightened" and aristocratic voters
who live further east and south within
the city limits.
The Wageworker is opposed to de-
priving the mayor of the veto power
and for reasons that will be evident
to all thoughtful citizens. 1t is also
opposed to putting the park system
In charge Of the commissioner whu
has charge of the water and lighting
plants. The park system properly be
longs to the department of streets ana
public improvements.
The provisions for the initiative
and referendum and for the recall
are excellent and should be insisted
upon by the voters OF the city.
Taken as q whole the instrument /.
a good one. 1t would have been i'm
possible. OF course, to frame char
ter that would satisfy everybody, blu
the committee has come reasonabl.
near to doing SO.
The matter is now up to the legis
lature, and citizens who are not Il
favor of the charter as presented vii
have to get busy with the lawmakers
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

An automobile dealer is advertis-
ing his wares in the Philadelphia
Trades Union News. Gosh, but they'll
be offering 2-caret diamonds and
brown stone mansions to us bloated
mechanics after while.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

An Ohio boy has been sent to the
pen for two years for breaking into
"a house and stealing eight cents. An
Ohio banker has been sentenced to
the penitentiary for two years for
looting a bank OF $35O,000. But the
banker was on the inside of the bank
already. That must be what makes
the difference.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

souri, Trades Unionist, is an applicant
for appointment to the position OF
labor commissioner by Governor Had
ley. The. governor could not find
better man for the place, nor could
the trades unionists of Missouri ask
for a better representative of their
cause. Here's hoping that Fear lands
the job.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16
WHAT TRADES UNIONS STAND
FOR.

CONTINUED from page ~
ceeded in giving him broader out
look.
There is a general impression that
in our union we demand equal wages
for all workmen, putting all men on
dead level.
This isn't at all true. We ask for
minimum or living wage. but we do
not object to an employer paying as
much more to any man as he thinks
that man is worth. If the boss makes
our minimum wage the maximum
amount which he will pay. then it
seems to me that he, and not the
union, is doing the leveling.
It has been said that ii a superior
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

The Railroad Brotherhoods are go
ing after some better laws in their
behalf, and will have a legislative
committee on duty to attend to 1t.
The trades unions will probably take
theirs out in hollering their heads off
about what happened to them in their
absence.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Senator King proposes the repeal
Ct the bulk sales" law. This is the
law that the city legislators traded
for-voting for the infamous garnishee
law in return. Both laws should be
repealed.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

The practice of running double
header freight and passenger trains
is dangerous to the railroad employees
and dangerous to the travelling pub
lie, and should be prohibited by law.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Paul raised Ned with the makers
of silver images of Diana and
Demetruius was so foolish as to try
10 raise mob instead of applying to
the nearest federal judge for an in
junction.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Christ drove the money changers
from the temple, but that was before
some we'll paid attorney had dug up
the theory of vested rights" and bull
warked it with injunction judge.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

If they build the engines much big
ger and make the freight trains much
longer. they'll have to equip the train
crew with telescopes so they can dis
tinguish and interpret the signals.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Gosh, wouldn't the jails be numer-
Gus AMI big il they contained all who
entertain contempt for Judge Wright
and his decision?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

You can buy a Buck stove or range
IL you want to, but if you are a union
man and want to you are sadly in
need of a dose of DR.. Boostem's Triple
Extract of Union Spirit Reviver.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

In the meanwhile, while waiting
to see If the leaders go to jail, you
are in no wise legally compelled to
buy Buck stove or range-and IL
you are a union man or woman you
will not.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

We have the highest respect for
the courts, but it is often a severe
strain on Our facial muscles to refrain
from showing the contempt we feel
for some judges.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Suppose we set the municipal cleo
ton on the first real rainy day in
May-how would the silk-stockinged
danizens OF the swallow-tailed and
decollete wards like It?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16
Battery Perfected BY Edison.

Thomas A. Edison has announced
the perfection of a storage battery
sufhciently powerful to operate q
street car 100 miles without recharr-
Ing. It will last from five to twenty
years.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Judge Wright talks lot about law
hut is silent In seven languages on the
subject of justice.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

vanCleaye got the judgment, b,
ne is not getting the trade.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

A president Of the United States
was elected last Monday. You thought
ne was elected on November 3, didn't
you?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

want shutting evasion We want
the shadow of victory
determined It,
the till triumph is won-N Y Call
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Will some wage-earner kindly step
forward and tell us just how the pro-
tectiye tariff benefits him?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

When Gompers accepts a pardon
we'll see the spectacle of pigs flying.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Pardon? Not much! Justice-an
that alone.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Remember the Protest Meeting" on
February IL.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Charles w. Fear. editor of the Mis-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Entered as second-class matter April
Il. 1904, at the postofice at Lincoln
Neb.. under the Act Of Congress o.
March 3rd, 1879.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Typographical Union Ball February
II.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Musicians Union Ball February
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-01-16

Published Weekly at 1877 No. 14th
st. Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar Year.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-05-19
ABOUT THE SERVICE
TO ROCK QUARRY

Practically all the evidence Is In
In the matter between the Portland
Railway Light and Power Company
aud the citizens OF Salem Heights
concerning the extension OF passenger
service to the rock quarry, and the
commission will decide on the case
within a short time. There seems
20 be question In the minds of the
street ear people as to whether or not
l.ey are at liberty to operate this
passenger service over the extension
which Is now being used To haul rock
from the quarry The county court,
according 10 testimony given during
the hearing, gave the railroad people
permission TO operate cars over the
extension for the purpose OF trans
porting rock 90 the city from the
quarry, and nothing was said con
corning a permanent franchise with
permit 10 do a regular passenger SER
vice business The company has
been busy OF late looking into the
matter of extending their service
from the line OF the city limits 10
the rock quarry and is apparently
anxious 10 accommodate the people
In the aiem Heights district II Il Is
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-05-19
IT WAS MURDER FIRST
AND THEN SUICIDE

Prineville, Or, May 19.-All
doubt as to the manner OF the death
OF Louis II. Worley and his wife
was removed yesterday by the find-
ing Of the following letter pinned
on the gate-post OF J. z. Lamb, a
neighbor. IL is evident that Worley,
after killing his wife, took the letter
to Lambs, and then returning home
killed himself. He was n degenerate.
The letter reads:
"Mr. Lamb: This Is all a mistake.
Ruth said this morning that she did
not want TO live with me. She did
not like Il here. This morning my
pocketbook with all my money was
missing; did not say she took II un-
I'll was certain that nobody else
took II. She asked me how far Il
was to Shaniko and this morning
said she was going TO Shaniko to
earn a living and go back East again.
] treated her as good as / could, and
then robbing me of all my money /
had and going TO leave me. could
not stand Il any longer, 30 think we
are both better dead.
(Signed) IL. H. WORLEY."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-05-19
STRUCK BY FALLING TREE,
DIED THIS MORNING

J w. Steel died at the Salem Hos.
pital this morning at 2 o'clock. as the
result OF being pinioned under a fall
Ing tree yesterday afternoon while
clearing a piece OF property n few
miles south Of the city.
The unfortunate man was en-
gagged at the time cutting down n
tree, along with several other men.
when two trees fell at once. He
called 10 the others 10 look out, but
neglected TO take the same precau-
ton, and one o. the trees caught him
HIS skull was fractured by the blow,
and he was removed TO the Salem
Hospital unconscious. Or. 10. T. Fish
or gave him all the medical aid pos
siDle' but he never regained con-
seriousness and passed away this
morning.
Coroner A. M. Clough took charge
OF the remains, but the disposition
OF the body has not been decided up-
on as yet, owing TO the deceased be-
Ing without relatives In this part OF
the country. II is thought he has
two brothers In Iowa, who would
like TO have the body shipped 10
them. lie was 60 years OF age and
unmarried.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-05-19
Natures Remedies for Disease.

Nature provides more effective
remedies In the roots and herbs OF
the field than were ever produced
from drugs.
Thirty years ago, Lydia Il. Pink
ham OF Lynn, Mass, discovered and
gave to the women OF the world a
remedy made from roots and herbs
which has proved more 0fficaciouA In
curing women's diseases than any
other medicine the world has ever
known and today Lydia 10. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Is looked upon
everywhere as the standard remedy
for woman's Ills.