The emoncipation of the working
class must be -the class-conscious work
of the working class. — KARL, MARX
if-8. _ FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, JANUARY 15, 1914.__
CALIFORNIA GIVES
ANNUAL MINER
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On New Year’s day one hundred and
£orty sour Cloughs enjoyed the turkey
dinner furnished annually by Fred Mar
tin of the California. Previous to this
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year the turker dinner has been served
on Christmas day. The California has a
history nnkuown'jto many of the new
comerr in the camp. During the strike
of 1907-8 it was ordered closed by Si
Reid who was at Valdez, on the recom
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mendation of the officials at Fairbanks,
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who are said to have been the tools of
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the operators. Ahvirejwas sent out from
Fairbanks about the middle of March
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1908 allegingjawlessness on the part of
strikers (as capitalist tools always do)
and recommending that the California
saloon and the Miners Home be closed,
alleging both establishments were
rendezvous for the violators of law, and
according to the official lackies of the
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mine operators the strikers are always
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violators of law whenever Jhey lay down
the tools of production to go on strike
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for better conditions; likewise anyone
that sympathizes with them. The class
of characters that acted as " strike-break
ers and who were making an awful noise
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about the lawlessness of the workingmen
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eagerlv supported by the venal “press
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were about as lawless a crew as it woujd
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be possible to find in any page of history
Where, in all history, can you (find a
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greater monster than C. C, Morgan, the
rape fiend who imagined, no doubt, be
cause he wore a^starduring the strike
that h e^had access t o the homes o f the
people and the virtue of maidens. Where
;n alljhistory/can you find'a more will
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inghnurderer than Dave [Carmack tried
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to be, and who is now, we are informed
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trying to work the religious dodge so a s
to get out of hard labor ; onlv during a
strike does the Carujack type assert his
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fondness for^labor. “Happy” Moore
whom Judge Fuller denounced as
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ouncedjas a dangerous man is another
who insisted in a loud voice that no
body would stop him from his right t o
labor during'a strike, but whose fond
ness to labor did not prevent him from
trying to work the capitslist scheme of
getting^ something for nothing. There
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lias been considerably cquiment on the
large number of convictions of sovps.
and the miners of Tanana a-’re\patiently
toiling away at their tasks, while they
study Revolutionary'Socialism and watch
the procession of capitalist tools who
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helped to break the strike as they wend
their way outside— (.he poor ones to
Me Neils Island and the rich ones to
promote their wild-cat schemes.
In the meantime, the California and
the Miners’ Home, the two saloons that
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were closed b,'y order of Judge Reid on
the recommendation of Wickersham and
others because they sympathized with
Ihe working class, are still doing bus
iness at their old stands.
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READ THE DISCUSSION ON
THE RECALL OF JUDGES AND
FIND OUT WHY THE LAWYERS
ARE OPPOSED TO THE RECALL.
WICKERSHAM OPPOSED TO GOVERNMENT OPERATED
RAILROAD. WHERE IS STEVE BIRCH ?
Capitalist Papers Lead People to Believe Government Will Operate A
Railroad in Alaska. People Will be Sadly Disappointed. Agents
of Corporations Will See to That.
% DAN McCABE,
Comm un ication:
On Say 2nd, 1913. tlieU. S. Senate
comnittee on Territories at Washington,
D. C., began their hearings on two bills
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that had been introduced in the U. S.
Senate, one by Chamberlain of Oregon,
and known as No. 48, the other by Jones
of Washington and known as No. 133,
providing for the construction o f a gov
ernment owned and operated R. R. in
the Territory of Alaska, and ended their
hearings May 24th.
They are two of the most important
bills that have ever been introduced in
the U. S. Congress. The future of this
Territory depends largely on the result
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of one or the other of those bills. But
unfortunatelv for the people of Alaska
the real sufferers from existing conditions
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were not heard before that Committee.
Those who did appear before the Com
mittee are the very people that have
heretofore controlled transportation in
this Territory and plundered the people.
They are the ones called into council t o
devise ways and means of securing relief
not those who have been paying the ex
tortionate freight rates and suffering a s
a consequence- Take particular notice of
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the names of those who appeared before
that Committee and then judge for your
selves what interest they would have i n
lightening the burdens of the poople of
Alaska. Mr O. L. Dickeson of the White
Pass R. R., representing London capit
alists, Mr Falcon Joslin of Tanana Val
ley R. R., Mr. Webb, attorney for the
N. C. Co., John FL Ballaine of Seattle,
once of the Alaska Northern R R.. Mr.
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Francis G. Jennet, Toronto capitalist,
George H. Patrick, atty. for the Alaska
Northern R. It., Dick Ryan, owner of
Controler Bay, Charles Ileifner, rtcqttle
Chamber or Commerce and others, all
with au axe to grind, or a spurious gold
brick to sell. Any person who believes
that they attended the hearing of the
Committee for the benefit of the strugg
ling miners of Alaska would do well to
read the report and see what they have
said and done before the Committee. If
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the Committee had any sense of humor
they would have laughed to themselves
at the entire gang. Their actoins would
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recall the days and doings ot Colis P.
j Huntington, at Washington, 50 vears
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ago.
• Now the title of the Chamberlain bill
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No. 48 is very misleading, the title be
i ing : “A bill to authorize the President
of the United States to locate, construct
and operate railroads in the Territory of
Alaska, and for other purposes. ’ ’
There is one purpose very important
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to the people of Alaska that does not
appear in that title, but is carefully .con
cealed that changes very materially the
whole b’ll, That is the prevision made
i n a single line for the leasing of the
railroad to some private individual or
corporation after they are built. Hence
the appearance of the gang before the
Committee to see who will be favored
with the lease.
The other bill, introduced by Jones of
Washington does not attract the attention
of the gang. It provides for the con
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struction and operation of railroads in
Alaska by the Government. And also
the opeaatiou of coal mines in conjunc
tion with the railroads by the govern
ment. But none of the gang approve o f
that bill. While the Committee had both
bills under consideration at the same
time scarcely any mention is made of the
Jones bill, “The straw will usually show
which way the wind blows.” The only
persons who favor such government
ownership and operation that appeared
before the Committee were Gifford Pin
chot and ex-Sec-etavy Fisher, who mild
ly approved of the plan. Although the
title of the Bill plearij- pro
vides for government ownership and
operation, The great lover of Alaska and
its people, Janies Wickersham, declared
before the Committee and wished to
have it clearly understood THAT ox
PRINCIPLE HE WAS OPPOSED TO THE
GOVERNMENT GOING INTO THE BUSIXFSS
OF RUNNING COAL MINES, OR RAILROADS
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OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS INDISCRIMIN
ATELY FOR PROFIT, (see page 8 of the
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report, also page 575).
Jimmie is closely allied to the gang as
they all appear to share his opinions. But
what got that idea into his head, that
the Government would make profit out
of the railroad ? He might be asked,"
what profit does the government make
: out of the public roads ? or the post office
or the millions of dollars that it has ex
pended on improvements on the Miss
issippi River ? or tlie large irrigation
: projects that it has gone into ? tl’p public
| schools or any of the public services that
it renders ? It does a great many tilings
that it realizes no profit from. Why
should it expect profit out of the Alaska
| railroads ? The government is not a profit
1 hunter. It renders public service at cost.
But I\lr. Wickersham would not hesitate
! to turn over a government constructed
j railroad to the profit hunters, to exploit
| the people o f Alaska, knowing full well
| that their only purpose is exploitation.
I If he succeeds in so doing the people o f
| Alaska will be a long time in securing
lower transportation rates. They might
just as well depend upon the benevol
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ence of tlife N. G. Co. or the White Pass
to open their hearts and reduce their
charges as to depend on the lessees o f a
government railroad. Mr. Wickersliam
prates about regulating freight rates
through the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. But what has the Int. Com.
Commission ever done ? They have made
a lot of noise, but the railroads only
laugh a t them. The U. S. government
is powerless to protect itself against the
extortion o f the railroad companies i n
the transportation of U. S. mail, being
obliged to pay from three to five times
a s much for hauling one ton o f Express
a distance of one thousand miles $25.
Thej’ charge shippers of other forms o l
merchandise over the same road and
distance $15, showing plain!v that the
government is subject to greater extor
tion at the-hands of the railroad cpm
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panies than' other shippers. Since the
goverrment is unable to protet itself
through Congress and the Post Office de
partment against railroad extortion, how
is it going to protect the people of Alas
ka through the Int. Com. Commission?
When the government owns and oper
ates the railroad itself i t can easily pro
tect itself against all unreassonable
charges botli to the Alaska people and
itself. There will be no need for the I.
C. Commission. But i n the Chamberlain
bill we have a grand exhibition of legis
lative stupidity, that proposes to build
and equip a railroad ready for service
and then lease it to a private individual
or corporation to continue the exploit
ation of both government and people.
The Fairbanks newspapers are urging
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their readers to write letters to congress
men and other influential people o n the
outside t o lend them assistance i n sec
uring the earh- passage of that bill. They
do not call the. attention of their readers
tc the Jones Bill which is pending, and
provides for government construction
and operation, besides government oper
ation of coal mines in conjunction with
the railroads. That would be a vast im
provement on the Chamberlain bill.
They faintly hint to their readers that
opposition has developed unexpectedly
in Congress. The people of Alaska would
do well to write to congressman urging
for fine Watch Repairing
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The Li¥e Jeweler
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Socialist politicians Bat
tle Fiercely over Loaves
and Fishes.
One of our reportorial staff reports a
battle to liave taken place on Fourth
avenue, on Tuesday 6th Jan. between a
couple of socialist politicians over the
loaves and fishes. It is said that they
had a political barbecue and it is alleged
that one of the politicians charged the
other with grafting the remains, which
is supposed to have consisted of one or
two loaves of bread and the tail of a fish
and one of the politicians, relying on
his reputation as a bruiser, it is asserted,
attacked the otl>er, who landed on his
solar plexus putting him down and out.
On Tuesday, 6th Jan’ at about, as near
as we could place the time, between two
and four o'clock, a strange, unusual,
unearthly, thunderous uoise broke upon
our ears drowning all other noises and
threatening every moment to upset the.
tilings around ns. What could i t mean ?
With blanched faces the office force look
ed at one another. ‘‘Earthquake!”
shouted one, trying to make himself
heard above the awful din. ‘‘I’ve got it
roared another ! That’s Capitalism tot
ering to its fall, let us get out a special
edition and give it a parting shot.” We
set to work at once with joy in our hearts
when the door opened and one of our
reporters walked in with a smile on his *
face. Xo, reader, capitalism was not fal
ling to pieces, the horrible sounds that
reached our ears must have came from
the two socialist politicians a s they bat
tled fiercely down on Fourth avenue over
the loaves and the fishes.
the passage of the Jones bill instead of
the Chamberlain. Any person who will
read the report of the Senate committee
will see that the leasing clause i s what
the whole gang is working for. They do
not intend t o allow the government t o
operate the roads after they are built.
Alaska has heed handed its shaere of
bunco legislation already but this i s the
worst bunk of all, as the people of Alar
ka are practically a unit oil a government
railroad. There are few' outside of ben
eficiaries of a lease that would consent to
the leasing of the road after it was built
The action taken by Congress will be
based largely on the information deduc
ed from those who appear ed before the
Committee, and they were in no way re
presentative of the people of Alaska but
represented the interests, b i g business.
Therefor Congress cannot be blamed if
they make a mistake, the working peo
ple of Alaska were not heard.
Mrs. A. Lincoln.
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