Will Maupin's weekly. [volume], February 24, 1911, Image 12

About Will Maupin's weekly. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1911-1912

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WILL MAUPIN'S WEEKLY
AN EXPLANATORY WORD.
Will Maupin's Weekly Stands for Or
ganization of Labor.
Will Maupin's Weekly gives space
to the following article from the Ce.
dar Rapids (Iowa) Tribune for two
reasons. One is that its editor de
sires to gratefully acknowledge the
kind words said of him by Editor
Ray Stewart of the Tribune. Another
is that Will Maupin's Weekly desires
to speak definitely concerning its po
sition on certain matters. The Trib
une says:
' ." 'Will Maupin's Weekly' is the lat
est and best weekly journal of en
lightenment and good cheer to reach
he exchange desk of the Tribune.
.But with its arrival there disappears
the Wageworker, one of the best, if
not the yery best, labor papers that
ever' lived, existed and passed away in
the cause of the men whom its name
signifies. There is a story, old as the
labor, movement itself, connected with
this change of name and of the efforts
of -tfeese papers and the editor. The
Wageworker, as Frank Kennedy of
the Omaha Western Laborer so apt
ly puts it, 'made the Lincoln labor
movement what it is today. It took
it from the slough of despond with
poorly attended meetings and lack ot
a quorum and placed it in the proud
position of strength and power. With
the passing of the Wageworker,' con
tinues the caustic Kennedy, 'the
movement will soon drop back to its
old position and it is but right that
it should.' All of which is the truth
,as told by one who knows. Will
Maupin gave the best years of his
life to the men who toil and believe
in the rights of mankind that can be
attained only by organization. He
labored faithfully and, what is
as much to the point, intelli
gently, for the uplift of his 'brothers.'
He gave to Lincoln and her trades
unionists a publication that was quot
ed far and wide, a journal of which
any element in society might be.
proud. But those of petty minds and
selfish interests of boosting with the
best they undermined under cover.
Being by nature a free and fearless
fighter, Bill Maupin gave them once
and then again the opportunity to
cease their cowardly work. With op
portunities not confined to Lincoln or
the labor movement, with a brain and
talents that made him independent -;f
the petty and the ignorant knockers,
he at last and suddenly chucked the
game and is now publishing a paper
that is state and nation-wide in its
scope, but in which he is in no way
dependent upon the labor movement
for support. In the future Maupin will
be in . a position to conduct his busi
ness as he sees fit and the patronage
already bestowed shows clearly that
.Lincoln business men and others ap
preciate his .efforts, even though his
'brothers.' of the past did not."
A warm personal friendship has
doubtless impelled Mr. Stewart of Ce
dar Rapids and Mr. Kennedy of Om
aha to say some things about The
Wageworker and its editor that were
not deserved. But one thing is sure,
The Wageworker and . its : editor did
render the best service they had in
them in the cause of organized labor.
Nor has the editor of Will Maupin's
Weekly abated one jot or tittle of his
interest in and zeal for the cause of
organized labor. Mistakes he has
made, and plenty of them, but they
have been made unwittingly and
through a desire to benefit the men
who belong to the group of toil. But
it filially appeared to him that those
for whom he fought the hardest and
for whom he made the largest sacri
fices, of time and possible business
were not only the most indifferent,
but in most cases actually seemed to
take especial pains to "knock" on the
local labor paper and its editor. Be
cause the editor accepted an appoint
ment to a political office there were
those in the labor movement who
charged him with having an ulterior
motive for his support of the cause,
forgetful of the fact that he quit a
position in his own profession paying
him $1,600 a year and leaving him
with ample leisure time on his hands,
to take the aforesaid political job pay--ing
$1,500 a year less political as
sessments, subscriptions to every
charity scheme and "jnoochers" of
his own political faith who are al
ways holding their hands out for a
dollar from the men they "made po
Ktically."
Perhaps this editor should have
been a better "sticker" and fought it
out. But patience ceases to be a vir
tue after a certain point, and in the
opinion of this editor that point was
reached. - Out of a position on Feb
ruary 1, and with a business almost
on the verge of bankruptcy because
it has been neglected for two years
while he attended to his. official duties,
the editor deemed it imperative to
engage in a broader field not broader
in the sense of opportunity to do
something for the cause of humanity,
but broader in the sense that it of
fered the editor a better opportunity
to make a living for himself and the
family of which he is proud and which
is entitled to the very best that it is
possible for him to supply. Will Mau
pin's Weekly is just as enthusiastic
in the cause of organized labor as the
Wageworker ever was. The only dif
ference is that Will Maupin's Weekly
will devote less spaec to organized
labor and more space to those things
calculated to enable the editor to
make a living, pay off an indebted
ness incurred while neglecting his
business to fight for the group of toil,
and lay up a little something for the
inevitable rainy day. But Will Mau
pin's Weekly, unlike The Wagework
er, is not going to do all the sacrific
ing. The union that wants this pa
per under its present name to fight
its battles or give its side to the
public will have to supply- the am
munition we'll attend to shooting it
into the minds of the public.
Will Maupin's Weekly is a member
of the International Labor Press As
sociation of Af erica; its editor is a
member of the Typographical Union
with a clear card almost thirty years
o(j in his possession; he is fortunate
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