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Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
THE CIGARMAKERS' UNION
ByF. J. Hulett, President of No. 90 Of Omaha

lighted. and the cigars made under sani-
tary working conditions.
Observing Labor Day.
Clgarmakers' Union No. SO OF Omaha
was the first union to observe Labor day
in Nebraska, which was in 1886. 1t cele-
brated the day by playing game Of
base ball The Cigarmakers' Interna-
tionaI Union was the first trades union
to adopt the union label. so as to distin-
guish it's goods from such as were made
under poor and unfavorable conditions.
Today the cirgarmakers' union spends
hundreds of thousands of dollars per year
advertising and educating the public to
patronize the union label, which is the
only safeguard against goods made in
sweatshops BY child labor, and poor
wages and working conditions.
AS a beneficial union, the cigarmakers'
international is the greatest in America.
1t has life insurance for Its members
which ranges from $50 to $3.50 per MEM
ber. weekly sick and unemployment
benefit, and also a loan system, which
enables members otit Of employment to
borrow money from one city to another
while In search Of work
In the future, as In the past, the Ci-
garinakers' international tinion will al
ways be on the alert for the moral, ma
terial and intellectual welfare OF its
members, and Of the general public, by
devoting IFS energy in combating the
sweatshop, the child labor employer, AMI
the unsanitary workshop, and help In the
uplifting OF the wage Garner In order to
bring about the universal brotherhood Of
man.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
An Entirely Proper Procedure.

Secretary Of state Walt has received
official notice OF the nomination Of W.
II, Taft and j. 8. Sherman. The notifi-
cation came from Elihu Root permanent
chairman Of the republican national con-
vention. and Lafayette b. Gleason OF
Delhi, N. Y. secretary OF the convention.
It 10 supposed that the notice was sent to
the secretary OF stats for hts information
in making up the form Of the official bal
lot in Nebraska this fell, but as the
names Of candidates for president are not
permitted on the ballot, the notice will
not be Of any use to Secretary Wait
Lincoln Journal
II our secretary Of state will read
the election laws closely he will find
that the filing, OF notice of nomina-
tion of presidential candidates is an
entirely proper procedure conveying
information for which he will have
real use.
It Is true that the names Of candi-
dates are not permitted on the ballot
in Nebraska, but we have voting
machine law in Nebraska by which a
mechanical device may be substituted
for the paper ballot. This law pro-
vides for putting the names of candi-
dates for president and vice president
on the ballot label Of the respective
party levers for presidential electors
without carrying the names of the in.
dividual candidates for electors, SC
that every vote registered for Taft
and Sherman or for Wilson and Mar.
shall, for example, shall operate a.
vote for all candidates Of such party
for presidential electors and be
counted as such"
Under this law voting machines
have been used In Douglas county
and we're used In the presidential
election four years ago when the
names OF Taft and Sherman and OF
Bryan and Kern and of the other
presidential runners appeared on the
ballot label. In 1905 the votes were
registered in this way for the respec,
tive presidential electors. So far
as we know there is nothing to stoI
the use of voting machines again
and official notice of the names o.
presidential nominees is quite IN
order for that purpose.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
,neer and Permanent Union..

Pioneer and Permanent Unions.
The Cigarmakers International union
No. % of Omaha was organized In the
fall Of 1851. and received its charter octo-
ber 8, just one day before the printers
received theirs OF the charter members
but three are still IN the city. w. r.
Schneider, who was our first president,
r. A. Rosters and A. 7. Sigwart. who is
now sergeant Of police. .
Omaha had cigarmakers' union
twice prior to 1851. The first one was
organized in 1870. and lived for several
years. The second wag short lived: 1t
was organized in 1s7e, and died the same
year. The only member OF the first
Union stiil in the, city is Joe Beckman.
who Conducted small factory and re-
tail store on Farnafn street.
Substantial reforms have been achieved
by the Cigarmakers International union
in the clsar-making industry that the
public knows little Of. The union has re-
duced the hours OF labor, which used to
be from twelve to fourteen hours day,
and also improved factory conditions.
Before the advent Of the cigarmakers'
union, cigar factories were run in dark
and unsanitary buildings or rooms. the
workmans pay was small. and in many
cases he had to take cigars for his
wages, which he had to sell to saloon
keepers or grocery story at a heavy
discount, which made his wages still
smaller.
These conditions have all been obliter-
ated in union shops The shops in which
union men are now employed are we'll
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
Another American Invasion.
philadelnhia ,RAcord.

American automobiles are selling in
England at rate that is disturbing the
eouanimity OF the British manufacturers.
The American manufacturers pay higher
wages than the English. and yet they are
able to meet British competition in Eng
land to such an extent that the English
men are beginning to cry for o duty to
protect them from Amesican competition.
They are resortins to all sorts OF ex-
plantations Of their inability to make ma
chimes as cheap as our. but the fact Is
not explained away. a2d it is highly Sig
nificant
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
THEODORE PARKER
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.


Theodore Parker whose memory Is
stil one Of the very noblest Of our coui-
try's assets. was born in Lexington,
Mass, 1O2 years ago. August q, 1870
Parker came Of splendid stock. His
father. John Parker. son OF the other
John Parker who fired the first shot at
Lexington, was physically. mentally and
morally, as sound as heart OF oak" and
his mother was a woman of thou
sand possessing, along with an .unusu-
ally powerful intellect, the most perfect
womanly purity and gentleness.
From the farm young Theodore, with
the moral training that naturally came to
him from such parentage. entered Har-
ward, meeting his expenses by his own
earnings.
Taking the divinity course later on. he
began, In 1887. his famous career as Uni
tartan minister, and when in June OF that
year he preached his first sermon he
was probably the best informed man on
the American continent.
His knowledge was phenomenal. He
knew Hebrew. Syrias. Chaldee. Arabic,
Coptic, Ethiopic. as well as the classics
and the principal modern languages He
knew practically everything and knew II
intelligently and well.
From the start men felt that giant
was In their midst, and that they were
listening to man OF massive brain power
and uncompromising honesty.
In 1S4l Parker preached at Boston "a
sermon on The Transient ard Permanent
In Christianity" which made the old sys-
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

tern OF things theological rock as If
shaken by an earthquake.
The clergy, without regard to denornina-
tion denounced Parker and declared that
he must be silenced!" But II was one
thing to denounce him and quite another
thing to put him down, When the clergy
denounced Parker the laity took him up,
put him In the music hall in 1s42, and for
the remaining fourteen years Of his life
his pulpit was the center Of the largest
intellectual and moral influence In
America. BY his voice his pen and his
utterly frank and fearless action In social
and political matters he made himself the
greatest power in Boston and the country,
People knew that his sincerity was on
a par with his clearness Of mental vision.
and his pulpit became like the old Athen-
ian Bema when filled by the great De-
mosthenes
He revolutionized Unitafianlsm, turned
the whole system Of historic theology
upside down. made every preacher in
New England preach and pray along
new lines and for new objects, strength
ened the weakened knees OF the lovers
Of freedom Of every sort, and by his
powerful sermons nightly inspired every
worker for human progress from Maine
to Texas.
Absolutely devoted to what he believed
to be the truth. caring ali for the cause
and nothing for himself, Parker wore
himself out at the age of 80, dying in
1860 of sheer exhaustion. But the spirit
Of his work survived him. and from
Lexington and Boston the lines" Of
that spirit have gone out to the ends
Of the EARTH
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
LATE IN AUGUST

Late In August when the boughs of the
apple trees are weighted;
When the small boy eats his fill and his
pockets all are freighted;
When the fruit comes plunging down, as
the breeze the branches toss,
Well we know what this portends,
'Tis the time for apple sauce.
Late In August, when the sun on the
road shines warm and yellow,
Where the dust all sifted fine tempts the
small bare-footed fellow;
When the sun shines on the fields with
all the power that 1t can summon,
Well I know what this portends,
We have some watermelons comm.
Late In August, when the sun on the gar
den slope Is resting;
When the corn gets tassled out, and the
blades look interesting;
When the bean is bulging in the pod,
then guessing is not rash;
For well I know what this portends,
'Tis time for succotash. '., ii
Late in August when the grass and weeds
are all alive with hoppers,
When butterflies make the. garden gay,
and all the fish we catch are whop-
pers; .r.,..
When the mercury has climbed to its
highest figures
Used to be when was small,
Then the time was ripe for chiggers.
Late In August when the days shorten up
and life looks sunny;
When among the flowers the bees reap
their bumper crop Of honey:
When the borders Of the walks flame
with summer phlox and asters;
Then Know the time is ripe
'Tis the season of mud plasters.
Late in August, when the trees reek with
fuzzy caterpillers;
When the tree toad pipes his lay, and we
swat the big moth millers:
When the insistent katydid argues on in
tones contrary
Then we know the time is ripe
To buy school shoes for John and Mary.
BAYOLL NE TRELE.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
People Talked About

When politicians fall out. the people
get some mighty interesting reading.
William Winter the veteran dramatic
critic Is putting the finishing touches on
a message OF $4,000, TO be Issued In book
form. For president Of the United States,
william Winter
Sammy Schepps. paymaster of New
York's Gunmen, is about TO tell his hfe
story for $l.0o0 cash. zip the Blood"
and Lefty Louie" are passing up good
money by proionging their vacation.
Police Commissioner Waldo Of New
York coolly insinuates that his job is
worth $4,000 year instead Of $500.
Judging from his cool and deft way OF
lodging newspaper hammers, the exer-
else is worth the money
Nahan Franko. leader of a New York
orchestra, on recent trip to Boston was
touched for two stickpins valued at 81,
125, which were found later tucked away
In the icebox OF the buffet car. The
porter Of the car was awarded vaca.
ton of eighteen months in the Boston
workhouse.
Harry F Nightingale, son OF the first
superintendent Of the Omaha High school,
is the bull moose candidate for the Iili-
nois legislature In the Evanston district
of Chicago. Mr.. Nightingale, according
to political blographers, possesses all the
virtues and high ideals a man of IS can
safely carry But won't he be lonesome
in Jackpot assembly,
The famous Swedish explorer, Sven
Hedin, has been expelled from the Rus
sian imperial geographical society, Of
which he was an honorary member. as
a punishment for writing pamphlet, OF
which million copies were circulated,
warning Sweden and Norway that Rus
sia was planning to seize territory on
the Norwegian coast for the sake OF an
ice-free coast.
Senator Boies Penrose knows Bnl
Finn Also. Bill knows Boies. They
have done team work In Pennsylvania,
politically and otherwise. What Boies
says about Bill. and when Bill says tc
Boies, You're another" depend upon Il
they speak from exact knowledge. Read.
ers know what Boies said about Bill, bu,
Bilfs retort was partly smothered b,
the explosion Of larger bombs. 1t was
In reply to the charge that Bill offered
100000 for a dead mans shoes "Any
one familiar with the pars!momons rep.
utation Of Finn says Bill, with fine
Hioernian sarcasm, knows that h,
wouldn't lot q man who made an offel
like that get away from him." Bill
knows Boies Boies knows Bill
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
Not So Urgent.

A letter in the Century magazine
insists that the place where we need
governmental reform more than in
limiting the presidency to a single
six-year term or changing the in
auguration to get out Of the bad
weather, is in moving up the meet
ing of congress SO that newly elected
members do not have TO wait thir-
teen months before they begin to
serve. Such a reform, we are told,
would bring congress closer on the
heels of the popular will, and make
1t more responsive to public needs.
To keep our lawmakers 80 long on
the waiting list may be a hardship,
yet II so, IL Is a hardship with some
compensating features, and the rem
edy is easily within reach. The date
of ccnvening congress In regu-
lar session is fixed by the constitution
as the first Monday In December,
subject to the action OF congress
fixing different date, and, irrespect-
i've of that. the president has author
ity to call each new congress together
in extra session at once il there is
any business to do that warrants the
expense.
The general feeling throughout the
country, however, II we mistake not,
Is not for congress to meet earlier
and oftener, but to delay as long as
possible and cut off at the earliest
moment
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
HOW EDITORS SEE THINGS.

St Paul Pioneer Press: A ST. Paul
church worker says the automobile has
done more for sin than any one thing.
However. the selfstarters have materially
reduced the output Of cusswords.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: No matter what
may be the outcome Of the Archboid-
Finn Roosevelt-s25,0 900 eontro-
versy. II makes what newspaper editor
Of the olden time called mighty in
terestin' readin'.
Indianapolis News: 1t hasn't been SO
very long ago since the cost OF the
Panama canal was estimated at $375,0o0-
0oo Later the figures were increased to
$4oo.0O0,0oo Now dispatch from Wash
ington announces that the cost will be
about s45o.ooo,000, and the end, we may
very well fear, is not yet.
New York Sun: The Hon. Angelo
George Washington Perkins of Bull
moosia will be greatly interested in the
conditions of woman labor In the Auburn
plant Of the Osborne Irvine company,
branch OF the International Harvester
company, whereof the Hon George Wal
bridge Perkins Is a director.
Philadelphia Record: Senator Borah,
who followed Roosevelt till he went out
OF the republican party. ia not pleased
with the project of increasing the presi-
Dental term of six years, with no re-
election 1t 10 too much for q bad pres
ident and not enough for good one.
There is great force in this observation,
and as TO repeated terms, we do not be-
lieye q constitutional amendment Is
needed to prevent them. After next No
vember a third term will never be heard
of.
Springfield Republican: A venerable
source Of waste has finally been stopped
by the agreement of the houses to abolish
the eighteen pension agencies in the
United States. All pension reformers for
years have proved that the disburse-
ments of military pensions could be made
directly from Washington with an annual
saving OF some s25o,0o0 In the salaries Of
pension agents and the maintenance OF
their offices But the offices have been
maintained for the purpose OF providing
easy berths for veterans possessing po-
litical pull. To say that the system has
been form Of graft Is none too Sc
we're.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
Forestry for Nebraska.

Restoring part OF the North
Platte forest reserve In Nebraska to
the public domain open for settle.
ment will revive interest In a project
that was mooted several years ago,
but apparently abandoned. This is
the forestration OF the sand hills by
the state. It has been amply proven
that the jack pine will grow on the
Nebraska sand hills, thrifty and
prolific, and that II has CONNER
cial value beyond that OF any other
crop that is likely to thrive there.
1t Is not beyond the realm of pos
sibility that the great area that is
now generally condemned under the
name Of sand hills may be made Of
much value to the state, II q little at
tention Ia given to 1t. The early set
tiers found both pine and cedar
growing on the ridges north OF the
Platte in the western part of Me-
braska. The federal government has
shown that these ridges can be re-
forestrated, The state should take
the necessary steps to acquire the
land from the United States. and
then by proper planting bring these
bare spots back to usefulness. This
will not interfere with agriculture,
will actually help grazing, for the
grass will grow better under the
trees than on the open sand, and will
in time turn a large profit back to
the state. The course is feasible, and
means practical conservation.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

with either one alone, but the upkeep
of the two smashed him. Chicago
Tribune.
Nobody knows how nave suffered"
she complained.
Does your husband abuse your her
friend asked.
mo. but he can sit for hours without
hearing word l say."-Chicago Record
Herald.
II saw you digging in the garden at
daybreak."
yes replied Farmer Corntossel. II
have to be up bright and early so as to
get the tomato cans hid from the sum-
mer boarders. Washington Star.
"Oh, ] can't promise TO be your wife"
she said. Why, you are old enough to
be my father" So.
eyes, but why should you care? None
of your women friends would believe it."
Chicago Record Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

person Of social consequence, that no
wears fashionable attire, that he >
worthy to fraternize with the best"
people
Moreover. most churches do make .
particular effort to reach and to hold
the stranger within the gates, realizing
that the handhold means eventually the
foothold. and that II they can attract
casual attendant the first time It may
lead to permanent affiiiation.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
Irritation Of warrior Moose.
K6rsa- fStk.y Ins.~rat

Governor Stubbs Is greatly inoensed be-
cause the republican leaders of Kansas
will not submit passively TO the, theft Of
the republican electors. The governor
was sufficiently peeved already by the
popular majority against him Tor the SEN
ate. and now comes this new outrage TO
annoy him. Let the people rule" and
''thou shalt not steal are air right when
used on the right side, but most exasper-
ating when employed by the opposition.
II ought TO be stopped.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
Maybe Johnny Maguire can by |

Maybe Johnny Mcguire can by this
time explain to the voters OF the
First Nebraska why he sat silent in
the house during the excoriation of
the Peerless by Oscar Underwood
last winter It can not have been so
long that Mr.. Bryan's friends have
forgotten the episode, and Johnny
will need their votes.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

A Chicago judge has won distinc-
tion BY ruling out new brand Of
insanity offered as defense in a
murder case, II this keeps up, the
time may come when the courts will
deal with murderers as murderers
and not as victims OF social injus-
tice."
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

Congressman are on the way home
to tell their little tales to their con-
stituents. Our own Charles Otto
ought to have a really thrilling one;
he has so far escaped doing anything
that would entitle him to fans Or
ignominy.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

Washington Is being stirred by the
report Of a congressional committee,
charging that the millionaire owners
of real estate at the capital are dodg-
ing their taxes. as II that practice
were peculiar to Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
Getting setllers On Nehraska ian

Getting settlers on Nebraska lands
ought not to be such a hard task.
with the present crop prospects as an
advertisement. But the discovery
Of large areas Of unoccupied territory
are not especially creditable to some
body. That so much good land
should remain unclaimed during the
Wild search for homes Of the Iaat
few years almost suggests that some
one has been careless
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

A reduction of 8 mills in the tax
levy will be gratefully accepted BY
the citizens. The Water board and
the school board alone will have no
claim to credit for It.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

r. r. will have to wait till next
month before he can face the inves-
tigating committee. but the delay
will give him time to coin some new
phrases for the occasion.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

President Taft Ii also some signer.
when the bills come to him in proper
form, as he proved when he promptly
gave his executive approval to sew
eral of the biggest bills sent through
by congress at its long session.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

Pa Rourkes boys are reaching out
for that pennant in good earnest, and
all Omaha is backing them up in the
endeavor.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

Judging from the yelps rending the
atmosphere. The Bees animadver-
sions to the pitiless persecution Of the
late Chief of Police Donahue must
have hit the mark.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

The heads OF the penitentiary and
the asylum are arguing as to which
shall have the charge OF Painting
Bertha. The public will not be dis
appointed. so long as either keeps
her securely locked up.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

Worse and more of it. A German
savant has announced that the mod
ern styles OF dress are developing X
legs among the women. "X-legs''
done into plain English. means
knock-knees.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

The bankers have o better idea Of
Omaha by this time. but they do not
know it all yet. The longer they
stay here the better they'll like 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

The bull moosers are finding out
what lot OF folks already knew
it's mighty easy to start something,
but not SO easy to finish.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

Whey should anyone want to kill a
congressman whose term will soon
be over? This is one question the
gentleman from Kentucky has left
open.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

The Burlington road has been making a
fresh study Of the transportation situation
as affected by the boom in automohiling.
end finds that Nebraska has at least
$1,000 cars, or about one to every forty
eight persons, which Is said to be larger
ratio than In any other state The case
grows worse rather than better from the
railway point of view, for 14,0C0 OF these
cars were purchased since January l.
1911, and the craze increases. Lucky Ne
braska! Lucky thought, is the railroad
that runs through dense population OF
poor people who can just squeeze out the
price Of an occasional railroad ticket.
AS for the western railroads, If their
case is as bad as they would have US
believe, what have we left TO hope for
but slump? ssq.st ssf.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.

''Mibbs, II seems, has gone into bank
ruptcy What was the trouble?"
"overconfidence. About six months
ago he got new wife. and a new auto
mobile He could have pulled through
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-27

Archbold might have anticipated
being put up at the Ananias club.
but his resentment at the distinction
Ia none the less natural.