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e«crly as possible, Is a worthy object of any good government.”—
Abraham Llncol*
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 18s.
Nome, Alaska, September S, 11»!7.
Tin: GREATEST DANGER.
When an effort is made to sup
press open agitation of any kind,
it almost invariably loads to seeret
agitation of a much more danger
ous type.
This is certainly correct if the
causes of the original agitation are
not suppressed with the agitation
itself.
Certainly also no matter whether
one approves tlie methods of the ra
dicals or not, the safety of all
classes lies in allowing free and
uninterupted expressions of tin
views of everyone.
For almost her entire reign
Qu&n Victoria in (itcat Britain
was not i ' 1 by till i i;t
c'iti-'s i. t.. d< 1. while i:> almost
every other -.uropean .slion mon
arehs and r ult rs w, rt 1 eset by men
of that type.
Yet that queen was pro; etc 1 far
less than any other monarch, far
less than President Wilson is today.
And why? Because absolutely
free dist ussiou was permitted in
England. The nihilists of Russia
and the anarchists of the contin
ent found themselves safe in Great
Britain from arbitary molestation.
Any person who has ever been is
Europe and London of a Sunday
evening who venurod into Hyde
Paik must have been struck by the
original soap boxers who gave veil!
to their opinions on every subject
under the sun. Some openly advo
cated the dethronement of the roy -
al family. some advocated the
establishment of a republic, some
urged bi-metallism, some the cause
of anarchism, some the restoration
of the Stuarts and almost every
manner of thought, freakish and
otherwise, was openly represented.
Around and among the speakers
went the police in uniform with no
guns and no drawn batons, listen
ing here and there, smiling or shak
ing their heads and without mak
ing an effort to do anything else
but prevent the audience from
mobbing some speaker whose out
landish or ultra-radical notions
aroused their conservative opposi
tion.
That was a safety valve: as much
•a safety valve as the publication of
openly republican papers as was
once Reynolds Weekly, as was Mod
dern Society which began its week
ly critique of the courts and high
life by referenece to Queen Vic
toria as Mrs. Great Britain, or
when extra atrabilious as Airs.
Brown or Mrs. IVIsraeli. This was
as much a safety valve as the open
publication ot Freedom or other
anarchist publications which even
when they circulate in this country
will eftener than not have the Lon
don publishers mark upon its front
page.
Across the Irish Sea there wa3
no such liberal policy. The story
of Irish History throughout the
19th Century is one long story of
one or other secret society formed
for the application of physical force
to the redross of the national grie
vances. real or imagined. Papers
are suppressed. Men jailed, trans
ported. Meetings bludgeoned by
police and soldiers. Courts ap
proved packing juries. Speakers
were hustled ofT platforms and
made partireps criminis in outrages
by reason of their utterances. Spies
were ever.' where. Police were at
every cross roads. Patrols were to
be seen throughout the country day
and night. Coercion acts, suspen
sion of Habeas Corpus acts, en
f forcement of century-old Conven
tion Acts, revival of Edward the
Third Statute ot' laborers and what
not—on the other hand we have
noticed landlords shot by the way
s.ide, horrid assainations, Phoenix
Park murders, premature rebell
ions. Feiiianism, Voting Irelamlors.
Invincibles and other oath bound
organizations from the Ribbonmen
and Wlii. raps to til? Spin Feins,
tearing the vitals out of domestic
peace.
The contrast which we have
pointed out was due to the fact that
in England free speech and a fret
press was inslsteed upon and the
fanatical were allowed to utter all
their views. Confidence in the in
telligence of the people was not
misplaced..j There was nowhere on
the eastern hemisphere where an
archism made less progress; there
was now lu te wln-re the views were
allowc d such free and uninterrupt
ed discu--ion. Outside of Russia
there w - no plac.- where jpon agi
tation w -o suppressed as in Ire
id, at outside of Russia t
place v... n- t errorism throve ami
flouri. !. : . - in Ireland.
In Or- ' Britain the grc.it prin
ciples c: v..r.u!ay that the cure for
ill" eic c.i liberty was more liber
ty fount', full application. in Ire
land lii idea seemed to h - that
only se pression, repression, and
oppression could accomplish
what was accomplished in Eng
ined a ml, S "Otlar.d without the use
of any throe.
riu- modern official who thinks
that hy ac'ively suppressing views
that , r antagonistic to him. with
out taking dock of the cause there
of. and without upon determining
the cause thereof doing his best tc
xtirpate 11.at cause, he will sac
'll in doing anything else other
iHan in driving the agitation inta
secret channels is making a fearful
mistake. It betrays a very short
sighted conception of tilings which
cannot but promote that condition
which is above ail the most detest
able in social fife: terrorism and
acrrecy. It opens the field for secret
conspiracies, for agents provoca
teurs, for midnight outrages and
all those fearful resorts of an ex
asperated fanaticism which is de
nied free expression and can only
choose the awful weapons of des
peration.
It is as much to promote the
j public peace as the public freedom
j that men realize the invaluable
blessings of a free press and free
speech and the right of assembly
1 it is as much to foster the beliel
, in the least that government pro
: tecteel even the minority in the
expression of their views, from the
highest to the lowest, that sucl
assurances in these rights are
given.
All history is alive with the
prudence and the wisdom of sue!
a policy. Domestic tranquility has
gene hand in hand with it. Free
speech, free press and the rig*h ot
assembly and association for the
legal redress of grievances have
been the veiy greatest force in
maintaining peace and order and
respect for the law.
To adopt the view that this or
that idea must be suppressed b:
force, is to fall hack upon the reli
ance in the power of Might ar. l
that is not very far removed from
the acceptance of might making
right.
in war time these fundamental
facts of history are not in any wav
affected. In what way could the
co-operation of all classes of the
people be secured for the defense
of the nation than by forcing all to
recognize the fact that in theif
rights all are protected. We can
see, any person can. that does this
government of the people in all its
function:, administer them without
regard to class see to it that tin j
workers are granted their demands j
to the fullest requirements of ever>
human need; compel those who arc]
revelling in opulence to surrender
of that wealth to forward the war
for the welfare of mankind, and
there will be an enthusiasm for the
nation, for the flag and for the
cause of America that nothing
could withstand.
As we see it. judging from Un
published reports in the most con
servative and the most radical pa
pers, there is a general industrial
unrest. There Is manifested a'
sullen resentment between the clas
ses There is a constant complaint
against soaring prices, against in
dustrial tyranny and against the
fact that the employers arc making
the greatest profits in the histort
of industry and the workers ar
scrimped in their wages to buy
even the necessities of life.
if the gov; rnmefjt would insist
that the cause :or this sullen re
j sentment u.r this disparity in fnr
! tune, in well being, in mode of 'if*
j be removed—and an effort is made
I to take hold of (lie industrial sitau
j t ion and cleans:' the augean stab!
of the mass of industrial tyrannies
| with which an arrogant master
i "less lias polluted it. the work ts
j will be the first to put their should
ers to the wh- el and to realize that
I this is their war as weli as a v ar
j whereby very rich corporations in
! tend to get richer, regardless o£
| the national well being.
It may be deplorable but this
! latter view is manifested In manv
I quartern, it is expressed not alone
in print, but in the industrial world
by tlie strikes and economic dis
j content that exists. Remove this
j cause for the agitation and un
rest and the result will be so
astonishing, the result will he so
wonderful that men will blame
themselves that they had not wit
I to face flic facts before.
Once let the American workers,
| thq great mass of men here, there
or elsewhsrc accused of disloyalty
and treason and sedition, realize
from the facts of their social and
industrial life that there is no land
like America, no laws like Amer
ican laws, no justice like American '
justice, no place on the earth where
human rights and human privi
leges are so sacred and so unde
spoiled and there will be such a
rallying to the national flag as the
earth has not witnessed in aii his- j
tory. But let the continuation ofj
this class war prooceed unchecked i
as to its fundamental causes; let]
employers continue to deny the
eight hour day, reasonable wages
to meet the higher costs of living,
the suppression of the papers which
voice these agitated and agitative
feelings, and regardless of every
official movement to extirpate such
agitation, they will continue, if
not in the open, at least in secret
and will interfere beyond measure
in the successful operation of the
war.
It ever there was a time when
the President and the People of
the United States needed large
minded, able, clear visioned men !
in office, now above all is that'
tine.
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Eresh snuff per box 5c.
Star Tobacco per pound 50c.
Large size canvas . gloves, blue
Unit wrists two pair for 25c.
Pearl oil, can $1.90, case $;L75.
<> inch gal. iron pipe, joint 50c.
li inch black stove pipe, joint 25c.
Lenox soap. 4 bars 25c.
Matches, all kinds 4 for 25c.
No. 17 heavy Jteddleeott Coder
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Spring clothes pins, :? doz. 25c.
Emit .Jars, 5c., 10c., 15c.
Jar rubbers 10c. a doz.
Shoe Packs $4.50 a pair.
Rubber Roots $7.50 pair.
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