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"To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or a*
•early as possible. Is a worthy object of any good government"
anranam Lincoln
Address all Communications to Dally .Nome Industrial Worker,
Bo* 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 134
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Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, at the post office at
Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 187$.
Nome. Alaska. January 22, 1916.
Tho bill to prevent the taxation
of the Alaska fisheries, said to be
suspired by Stcertary KcdSeld, is
one that will afford Delegate Wick
orsham an opportunity of demon
strating that he is still the mighty
champion of the common people of
Alaska. Wickersham has contended,
cot without proof of his contention
being offered, that tho Bureau of
Fisheries wa3 dominated by the fish
ery trust, In a lottor to the Presi
dent, and in that communication ho
clearly enough showed that most of
the time there had boon the closest
Mad of an alliance. Now that
should surprise no one. In fa<jt
when you consider what have been
the governmental activities for the
past score year? or mere, cne un
derstands clearly enough that in the
main that is what a government is
1 for.
It would not be necessary to go
to^yoad the actual alliance between
tho banks and the government to
t»rovc this, and for that matter it
may be considered quite unneces
sary to recall that Cortelyou sup
plied Wail Street with $29,000,000
in 1907 to prevent an intensification
of the panic.
Wlckersham therefore accused
tho government of no particular
crime when he showed the alliance
■between the Bureau of Fisheries
and tho fishery trust. It would
* irhve boon a nine days wonder hdl!
he, for example, shown that the
Fisheries Bureau Was working hand
in g'ovo wth the Fishermen’s union
and that the' entire scope of the
♦^hreau's work. Its officials even,
wore at the disposal of the mem
ber® of that Union.
The important part about tho bill
which. prevents tho fisheries from
being taxed by. the legislature is
that- it shows plainly enough that
ttaOrh Ls no intention of giving th*
legislature any' extonsivo power. II
to tie dbubted whether, just now
tbaf wifi tie very much of a loss
only It seems bad policy on the pari
at' ReafleM;, to- suggest that there
is ray antagonism between the fish
eries and the- legislature except or
paper. '
It Is a well known fact that tht
fisheries by clover tactics, secured
what .they wanted at the lrst lo
glslature. and (raped off tho amend
ed(• mining h|iw for a ^ote againsi
the fish traps memorial. Artemut
Ward when he suggested to hit
irined to scratch ‘‘my back and I’l
scratch yours", suggested very pro
jwrly the. quid pro quo tactics ll
was notorious secured the repeal ol
the Roden Bill, and the defeat oi
the fish trap metncrlal.
The various departmental bu
reaus in- Washington have howevei
shown, that thero exists considerablt
jealousy of control in governmem
matters, and that this is especiallj
the case in Alaska where the bureau)
struggle' to' maintain tiieir authority
against one another, has been foi
some time well known.
floneaquentiy ll Is fair to con
etude that it is pot so much to hell
the Ityiwjjrtes «U{ Ur qbtaip coqgres*
tonal recognition }>t exclusive con.
trol, t&a't is desired by1 Secretary
itodfiQlp. The rest Is Incidental.
As far as the rjgpt of taxation ti
concerned, there nyould bo clear u
no sound’ reason why the Alaska le
glslature should not have thai
power. It is true of course th<
lobby maintained in. Juneau hai
been a powerfuj- nuisance and I
great expense, .and one that it would
be desirable to: olim'nate. But Cop
Kress has donated Alaska an expen
.. siye^lt somewhat useless rattle, U
play with, and money to suppar
that plaything while making believ*
at homo, rule must be forthcoming
The gentlemen who legislate mus;
bo paid their- .mileage and. theli
salaries.. That that money, if. col
4ected. ,b£ithe government, and apen
an roads and trails and in scbooli
and assay plants would be' mor<
beneficial to tho country goes with
out saying.. Bid ail, cheerfully tole
icrnmcnt when the other follow pays.
Therefore someone has to pay for
home rule, even when It’s not home
rule, and it would appear that the
best way to secure it is from the
fisheries or from the mines which
ore exceptionally productive.
No one is going to feel much con
cern for the fishery trusts. If is
quite true that they make an im
mense profit. It Is quite true also
that peonage is genortl in the can
neries. It is quite true that they
rob Alaska of the richest of its re
sources, and shameful, waste characr
terizes the industry and the methods
which prevail. Consequently, it
would be utterly waste of time to
waste any sympathy op tho industry.
Producing through peonage enorm
ous profits, robbing the streams ol
fish, wasting thousands of dollars
of food products year after year
without lending one cent towards
the development of the country
wherein they operate, it would' rea
sonably appear that they present an
ideal opportunity for discovering the
moans of paying those legislator*
who ornamented the country, and
serve to maintain the fancy that the
country has a territorial governmem
when it has no such thing.
It is possible the strong commot
sense of the fisheries acting through
Rod field objects to this donatloi
towards maintaining a mockery anc
: a delusion, but since some ono ha:
got to pay for It, the fisheries
which have taken all and left no
thing, would seem to be tho logics
field for this taxation.
The one matter that cannot b<
too often impressed upon the work
ing classes is the vital necessity q:
organization. That Is the mail
question, because it above all, In
volves the welfare of the workers at
a class. In no other way can thi
workers hope to-obtain not' only t
botterment of their condition but
also to prevent th'esc condition!
getting worse.
In unity there is-strength. In in
dividual action there is no strength
only weakness that is actual help
lesspess.
j In all the world there is no per
son 30 helpless to Improve his cond!
tion as the individual worker, H<
is one of many. His labor Is pla
ccd in competition with that o:
thousands of. others, all Wanting t<
sell to a buyer of labor power wh<
will not hesitate to take advantagi
of this economic advantage anc
buy as cheaply as possible. To oft
set this condition in which the indl
victual worker who is not organize;
finds himself, he can offer nothing
He can do the work; he has sonfi
skill; he has considerable export
dnee; he will deliver'the goods; hi
can fill tho bill. But so can thosi
thousands of others who offer them
selves for the same job, and tho bos
takes his "pick and names his owi
terms.
On the other hand with tho work
ers organized and with a recognizee
labor scale" prevailing the sitpatiqi
Is .different, Tho wqrkqra hay
made common cause with one an
other and an injury to one being th
concern of all, their orgfxnisatiei
becomes the means whereby, th
power apt of tbo Individual but tji
collective power of the masses meet
the employers, wh° thus find tha
i the former economic advantag
I Which they.bad enjoyed is material
}y lessened.
.Broadly .speaking the, better,th
organization, the more thorough)
an industry is organized, tho mor
i completely also i», the econotalo ad
vantage qf the employer, as owne
i of the means of production; null!
fled- He owns the M,*© ffoW l
; whom,he'pleases to, toe sure,,but.th
workers. having organised their ,1s
bor power which they own, and hay
to sell , are In a position to retail i
pt a stated price whldh the#r hav
i the power themselvos to neme.
1 ip the union <of all workers q
the. eoooomle field there , grows .
solidarity founded upon the clas
instinct which eventually becomes
unconquarable. It Is the material
means whereby the brotherhood
of man becomes not an idle and ro
mantic and impossible theory' but
an actual fact: a fact full of vital
importance no less in the secure
ment of better Working conditions
as In the establishment of a society
wherein there will be no clrss anta
gonism.
In no place is there not provided
an opportunity for the workers to
join a labor organization. In every
place there exist such organization
aiming for the improvement of con
ditions of all workers, and for thin
reason there is absolutely no reason
why apy worker should be outside
a labor organization. That a labor
organization does not do what each
or every unorganized worker* would
have them do, Is absolutely no rea
son for those still remaining out
side. If they do remain outside,
it is more than likely that that or
ganization will continue to pursue
its course that they find objection
able. Whereas if they join the la
bor organization, and impress their
ideas upon the membership, they
they can thus in all such democra
tic assemblies and associations
surely effect the change which they
desire if the majority so will it.
There is no reason Why every
miner who works for wages in this
camp should not belong the Nome
Mine Workers Union. Through it
and through its manifestation of
working class solidarity, they can
secure better working conditions
and keep them when they get them.
They, may not approve of everything
that the union does, but manifestly
by remaining,, outside it*, folds they
will not improvp m^tfgrs. f,,in the
Minors U“lon, oyory man turn a, say
in its policies an# every spa# stands
an equal chance of realizing his
notion as to how a union ,should be
conducted, and as to. what tactics it
should, follow, ( There ,U no better
field foy the ypung man full of: vi
gorous thought* and vigorous aims,
to realize, them than in such, an or
ganization. And it is certain that
the young,men who work for wages
especially should direct their at
tention tb this quostlon. It is a
more important question than the
job; it involves the future and un
less their vision is of the narrowest
they will understand that their duty
to thoir fellow workers and them
selves leads them directly into a
labor organization where they can
carry on the work that has been
left them to carry on and complete,
by others who have done their
share.
The unlbtts need, the young men;
■' ...
they need the young mon with en
thusiasm and faith and confidence
in themselves. They need the youth
ful visions of the dreamer and the
youthful ambitions of the workei
and the thinker. . They need the as
sociation of many thoughts anii
many minds, so that out of such a
stimulating association will come
aims and actions which will lead
over the stony and barren present
to the highest fulfilment. ^
And It Is certain that the young
should be the first to place their
faith in organization. Everything
in this world is due to effective col
lective action. Social needs only
find satisfaction possible in organi
zation for if there is anything that
history teaches us, it is that indi
vidualism leads to chaos and disso
lution.
Out on these hills of ours, the
first stages of ruin for the most
solid rock are marked by disintegra
tion, and what is evident with re
gard to the rocks is evident in ag
gregations of men and nations ana
classes. Ruin follows disintegra
tion—not just ruin for one, but ruin
and distress for all.
Progress of all kinds depends
upon the solidarity of the social
units. That is the very first prin
ciple of evolution and advancement.
Unity and the strength and vigor
that f llows from unity Is the sign
mark of life and health, as Veil In
existing entities as the social or
ganism. • '. j.
Whet has dragged the working
classes down and left them where
they are in a subordinate and ex
ploited social position,, has been the
lack of solidarity. Employers are
not that way. Let their interests as
employers be threatened for an in
stant and they get together firm and
united—solid as the rock of Gi
braltar to use their owp favored
simile. They know their common
interests; they live »P to *t; they
cling to It and make a common
cause against a common antagonism
that they overcome, only because
that antagonism, of class which they
do encounter Is unorganized, Is
disunited, is disintegrated and is
handled as an individual and not
as a common class having an iden
tity of interest;
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