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Nome, Alasica, under the Act of March S, 1879.
“To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
nearly as possible, Is a worthy object of aDy good government."—
aoraham Llncola
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Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box £10 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 114.
Nome, Alaska, April 10, 1017.
STILL I’I'ZZLED.
The Tacoma Labor Advocate,
January 10, on its editorial page
approvingly says:
“A Kansas editor has summed
up briefly and pointedly, at least 1
one important phase of the problem :
of the high cost of living. The edi- ;
tor was shown a picture of a woman
wearing a $25,000 coat. He said ,
There is no such thing as a $25.-j
000 coat any more than there is a j
fifty cent hair cut. They just charge [
that price for it’ ”,
There is no point to this: there Is I
confusion. Doubtless what the i
Kansas editor meant to say was that j
there were no $25,000 values In
that coat as there were no fifty cent
values in a hair cut. Still as the
price is there, and as it is the price
that is charged which we have to
pay, there is nothing mythical in
that at all.
Price is the expression of values
n ’ rm: > f gold. It may very well
!■ t. at a coat may be worth $25,
000 and mor . It may be made ot
fur - or cloth which are worth that:
that in order to obtain those furs
and to - urc that cloth, the labor
employed would be tantamount to
the labor employed to extract $2 5,
000 and then some.
The fact is that some furs are
,o rare, and so much socially neces
sary labor power must be diverted
from productive endeavor to secure
it that it could easily be worth the
sum mentioned.
If the Kansan editor meant to
say that the juggling among owners .
of the supply in relation to the de-'
maid caused the high price, he;
might have gone far towards hold
ing a tenable position, nut in the
main, the situation Is to be explain
ed by the very simple fact what we
■■ operating in the world of high
pric.-i is for the most part the law
of supply and demand
Consider the situation and Cue
r>-it. is easy. In Europe the major-;
:y of workers have been diverted
from fruitful fields of production to
labor which is non-productive. The
majority of the workers in Europe
ar. engaged mainly in promoting
wmr, not in producing food, clothing
and other necessnri-• of life. They
are ‘engaged in maid’ •; munitions, j
ships of war. explosives, shells, cau
tion and other implements of de
traction essentially useless for any
thing else to human beings. Hut
these workers, whether they are en
gaged in productive labor or are in
such non-productive ways of life
as soldiers. sailors or munition !
workers. must be fed, clothed, shod 1
and shelter 'd and that must come
from the labor of the productive
workers. Manifestly European pro- \
ductive labor with its limited field
cannot do this and has to draw j
upon other nations to make up its'
needs.
Even in times of peace Great |
Britain and other countries could1
not feed and clothe its population j
in non-prcductive pursuits, when
such non-productive pursuits were
only to be directly subsidiary to
wards the production of the neces
sities of human life. But because
in times of peace being subsidiary
thereto, the labor product of the
machine shop. the ship vard. the
factory can exchange for the food
that is in a surplus in other nations,
which have need of the other pro
ducts. the exchange produces a nor
mal condition.
The nations of Europe had through
this process of exchange accumulat
ed a quantity of wealth in the
form of gold. This gold was pro
duced in a proportion to the costs
of living at the time of its being
mined. It represented a definite
labor value then which has not in
creased in the meanwhile. With
this accumulation the European
nations now enter the markets ot
America to buy certain products of
non-productive labor such as can
non, explosives and shells of all
kinds, and certain products of pro
ductive labor such as cotton, wheat,
clothing, leather shoes and the like.
To get these the European belliger
ents must sacrifice their stock ot
gold. It is a matter of life ana
death that they are supplied witn
them to maintain the vast masses of
non-productive labor engaged in car
rying on the war. Hence the gola
is dumped, and the purchasing
power that that loreign gold posses
ses is placed in juxtaposition to the
purchasing power ot American con
sumers. the general demai d ts the
domestic demand plus the intensive
foreign demand while the supply is
an unchanged factor.
Those who own the commodities
for sale meet a social condition
wherein they ran demand all ilie
traffic will bear and then soi .e, and
they get what they ask. Prices go
up and tlte.. gc up because the
goods possess a social necessity
tiiat must tie met and which it will
cost to reproduce them. Their
vein- have incr -used some, the ex
pression of their values expr ssc l
m terms cl gold a lot' more. The
price is above the normal ’alues
because of the greater demand
while the supply is constant.
W’liat i - happening today, ana
what is actually puzzling us all Is
not tin- high prices of necessities,
but r!i • low wages. Wages are ac
tual!. below their economic stand
ard. The price of labor is below
its value. The value of labor is
the i ost of reprodui ing the labor
power, and because the workers
have to live on an inferior scale of
living, ..nd because the continuance
ot that scale must in the end pre
vei t reproduction of that labor
power, labor is the only commodity
being disposed at a lower figure
than its actual value.
The reason for that is that these
is . ot a proper demand for labor,
i" .e are still too many workers
for the jobs and hence this commo
de fails to rise as do the rest.
It ought to be plain to any per
son that this is the crux of the
whole question. if one lives in a
land where labor is proportionately
as rare as are the other commodities
labor will be bought accordingly
and none feel the trouble of hign
pr. es in the least. Thus in the
Klondike iti the early days the hign
cost of living then make the high
costs of living now cheap in com
parison. Hut no one suffered, loi
the very simple reason that labor
was paid for in proportionate
manner.
But we keep on thinking that we
are being robbed as consumers: that
it is the men who own commodities
that are raising cain with the si
tuation when it comes to selling,
but that is only a part and an unim
portant part of the truth. The full
truth is that while other commo
dities are being sold probably some
thing above the actual labor values
therein, and expressed in terms ot
gold as price, the labor commodity
is being sold under its value and
this gives rise to the whole trouble.
What wTe see too, is that those
who own the necessaries of life as
they reach the consumers, are well
organized to keep up that price
wtyile labor is not organized to do
anything of the kind except in a
nondescript, ineffective, incoherent
fashion. Hence we are unable to
control the situation and the price”
of everything go up expect wges. ■
The trouble is not the high costs
of necessities, but the low wages..
Increase the wages and the high
costs will not bother anyone, even
Kansan editors or Labor Advocates.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To W. A. Nagel and Herman A. Na
gel your heirs, executors, assigns
or personal representatives:
You and each of you are here
by notified that I have caused to be
expended in labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars each
year for the years 1907, 1903, 19"9.
1910, 1911, 1912. 1913, 1914,
1915, and 1016 cn No.4 bench claim
adjoining No. 4 creek claim on the
rihgt limit of Cooper Gulch and re
corded and more fully described in
the records of the Cape Nome Min
ing and Recording District, Second
Division, Territory of Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended under the provisions of the
law concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount
required to hold said claim.
And you and each of you are
further notified that if you fail to
contribute your proportion of said
expenditure within ninety days after
the last publication of this notice,
your interest in said claim will be
come the property of the under
signed, your co-owner, under sec
tion 2324 Revised Statutes of the
United States.
ERNEST HESTER.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ., Jan. 30, 1917.
Date of last pub., May 1, 1917.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Geo. Marshall. G. It. Jackson
and VV. A. Oliver, your heir3,
executors, assigns or personal re
presentatives:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that I have expended In la
bor and improvements the sum of
one hundred dollars each year of
the years 1913, 1914 and 1916 on
O K Association, a placer mining
claim situated on right limit on
Hobson creek and recorded a’.d
more fully described in Vol. 191,
page 142 of the records of the Cape
Nome Mining and Recording Distrn’.
Second Division, Territory of Al
aska.
i The above amount has been ev
i pended under the provisions of the
i law concerning annual labor upon
, mining claims, being the amount
: required to hold said claim.
And you and each of you are
| further notified that if you fail to
j contribute your proportion of said
[expenditure within ninety days after
I the last publication of this notice,
'■our interest in said claim will be
come the property of the under
signed, your co-owner, uml r sec
tion 2:.24 Revised Statutes of the
United States.
JOSEPH SLISCOVICH.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ.. Feb., 6, 1917.
Date of last publi., May 8, 1917.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Chris Frantzen your heirs, exe
cutors, assigns, or personal re
presentatives:
You a e hereby notified that 1
have expended in labor and im
provements the sum of one hundred
dollars each year for the years 1911
1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, on
No. 28 Above Discovery, a placer
mining claim situated on Osborne
creek and recorded and more fully
described in the records of the
Cape Nome Mining and Recording
District, Second Division, Territory
of Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended under the provisions of the
law concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount
required to hold said claim.
And you are further notified that
if you fail to contribute your pro-'
portion of said expenditure within
ninety days after the last publica
tion of this notice, your interest in
said claim will become the property
of the undersigned, your co-owner,
under section 2324 Revised Statutes
of the United States.
P. A. DICKSON.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ., Feb. 6, 1917.
Date of last publ., May 8, 1917.
No. 0314.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A
PATENT.
In the United States Land Office at
Nom-, Alaska, February 26, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that John
F. Ames Trustee with residence and
post office address at Cleveland,
Ohio, through his authorized at
torney in fact V. V. Dickenson
whose residence and post office ad
dress is Nome, Alaska has filed ap
plication on behalf of himself agd
his co-beneficiaries under said trust
Mortimer P. Ames also with resi
dence and post office address at
Cleveland, Ohio, and Charles Wente
of Nome, Alaska, before the United
States Land offiee at Nome, Terri
tory of Alaska for a patent for
placer mining claims situate in the
Council City Recording District, in
the Second Division, in the Nome
Land District, in said Territory, said
claims comprising the following
placer locations:—Imperator, Mor
timer Bar, Eureka, Little Bloom
field, No. One and No. One and One
Half, situate on Dixon Creek and the
Casadepaga River, the Mineral Sur
vey thereof being designated as No.
1200. The description of said claims
as set forth in the Field Notes and
Plat of said Sur/ey, duly appro\ed
by the Surveyor General of the
said Territory, being as follows- —
Magnetic variation from 20 deg.
05 min. E. to 20 ti^g 40 min J-J
Imperator Claim on Casadepaga
River.
Beginning at (.or. No. 1 ir, the
Casadepaga River aud liable to de
struction by ice and Hood, whence
U. S. L. M. No. 12') ) bears K. 1deg
oi.o E., 3570.25 :t. witness corner,
a limestone 24x8x6 ins. chiseled W.
C. 2 M B I, 1-1200 with mound oi
earth 24 ins. base, 18 ins. high on
east side, bears N. 34 deg. 08 min.
VV\, 218.10 ft. distant; thence S.
34 deg. 08 min. E. 380 ft. to Cor.
2; thence S. 57 deg. 15 min. \V.
1223.40 ft. to Cor. 3; thence N.
43 deg. 14 min. W. 350 ft. to Cor.
4 in river and liable to destruction
by ice and flood, whence witness
corner, a schist stone 24x8x6 ins.
chiseled W C No. 3 B M 4, 1-1200
with earth mound 24 ins. base, 18
ins. high on west side, bears N. 43
deg. 14 min. W. 209.50 ft. distant;
thence N. 55 deg. 39 min. E. 1278.40
ft. to place of beginning. Area
10.409 A.
Mortimer Bar Claim.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a schist stone
26x14x5 ins. chiseled I, M B-1200
and mound 24 ins. base 18 ins. high
on south side, whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1200 bears N. 22 deg. 42 min.
E. 3345.30 ft. distant; thence S. 34
deg. OS min. E. 384.6 ft. to Cor.
2, identical with Cor. 1, Imperator
previously described identical wit
ness corner previously described
bears N. 34 deg. 08 min. W. 218.10
ft.; thence S. 55 deg. 39 min. W.
1275.40 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
with Cor. 4 Imperator previously de
scribed and with identical witness
corner previously described bearing
N. 43 (leg. 14 min. W. 209.50 ft.;
thence N. 43 deg. 14 min. W. 346.70
ft. to Cor. 4; thence N. 54 deg. 15
min. E. 342.70 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence N. 57 deg. 44 min. E. 673.60
I ft. to Cor. 6; thence N. 4 5 deg. 17
| min. E. 322.80 ft. to place of he
j ginning. Area 10.337 A.
Eureka (or Discovery) Claim.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a greenstone
24x7x6 ins. chiseled 1. E. 2, L B
1200. with mound 24 ins. base 18
ins. high on west side, whence l\
5 L M No. 1200 bears N. 42 deg
17 min. E. 3009.40 ft.; thence S.
24 deg. 54 min. E. 1HF8.50 ft. tc
Cor. 2, identical with Cor. 6 of M
B claim; thence S. 57 deg. 4 4 min.
W. 673.60 ft. to Cor. 3, identical
with Cor. 5 of M B claim; thence
N. 23 deg. 29 min. W. 1200.20 R.
to Cor. 4; thence N. 58 deg. 16 min.
E. 642.80 ft. to place of beginning.
Area 18.020 A.
Little Bloomfield Claim.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a fir post 3
ft. by 4 ins. square set 18
ins. in ground, scribed 1, L B, 1, No.
1-1200 with earth mound 24 ins.
base 12 ins. high around same,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1200 bears
N. 48 deg. 25 min. E. 2936.55 ft.
distant; thence S. 31 deg. 4 6 min.
E. 326.60 ft. to Cor. 2. identical
with Cor. 1 Eureka claim previous
ly described; thence S. 58 deg. 16
min. \V. 6 12.80 ft. tD Cor. 3, iden
tical with Cor. 4 Eureka claim;
thence N. 26 deg. 56 min. W. 267
ft. to t or. 4; thence N. 52 deg. 43
min. E. 623 ft. to place of begin
ning. Area 4.288 A.
No. One Dixon Creek.
Beginning at Cor. 1, identical
with Cor. 1 Little Bloomfield previ
ously described; Tr. S. L. M. No.
1200 having identical bearings;
thence S. 52 (leg. 42 min. W. 623 ft.
to Cor 2, identical with Cor. 4 L B
claim; thence N. 33 deg. 28 min. W.
1330 ft. to Oor 3; thence N. 65
deg. 06 min. E. 583 ft. to Cor. 4;
thence S. 35 deg. 07 min. E.
1303.20 ft. to place of beginning.
Area 18.222 A.
No. One and One Half, Dixon. ■
Beginning at Cor. 1, a limestone
24x12x3 ins. in ground 12 ins. chis
eled 1, 1%. 1200 with mound 24
ins. base 16 ins. high on east side,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1200 bears
N. 77 deg. 57.5 min. W. 3064.57
ft; thence S. 11 deg. 45 min. E. 248.4
ft. to .Cor. 2, identical with Cor. 4
No. One claim; thence S. 55 deg.
06 W. 583.80 ft. to Cor. 3, identical
with Cor. 3 No. One claim; thence
N. 21 deg. 08 min. W. 241.50 ft. to
Cor. 4; thence N. 55 deg. 40 min.
E. 624 ft. to place of beginning.
Area 3.215 A.
This claim embracing 6 contiguous
locations, area 64.491 a. is on un
surveyeif ground and situate on
Dixon Creek and the Casadepaga
River about 20 miles west of the
town of Council.
U. S. L. M. No. 1200 to which
Survey is tied is a limestone bluff
about 100 ft. in elevation above the
Casadepaga River and about 400 ft.
west of the left bank, a crpas x
marking true point, whence Cor. 1
Mortimer Bar claim bears S. 22
deg. 42 min. W. 3345.30 ft.; a cross
x cut on limestone bedrock chiseled
B R bears N. 51 deg. 40 min. E. 9.7
ft. distant; a mountain peak bears
N. 76 deg. 34 mfb. W. about 2 miles
distant. Said monument is about
1. 25 miles up Casadepaga River
from mouth of Big Four Creek, and
In Lat. 64 deg. 54 min. N. Long.
164 deg. 11 min. 30 sec. W.
Adjoining claims on all sides are
unsurveyed and claimants unknown.
The notices of location, original and
amended are of record in the said
Council City Recording District as
follows:—Imperator Vol. 23 page
81; Mortimer Bar. Vol. 4, page 115;
Eureka (or Discovery) Vol. 2, page
106; Vol. 16, page 17, Vol. 4. page
119; Little Bloomfield Vol. 16, page
18; Vol. 4, page 117; No. One, Vol.
20, page 267; No. One and One
Half Vol. 22, page 134.
G. A. ADAMS.
*. Register.
Date of first publ., Feb. 27, 1917.
Date of last pub., April 28, 1917.
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