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Nome, Alaska, October Iti. 1!)17.
NON Ol.KT.
H.-i-uufs our fair city needi
niote-y. it is evidently intended th-i
ho tor *b,'v I in ucipality is en
t n i‘ i to profit liv the vice that
. .: -1s in iht> town.
W- diverted already to tit- flag-!
tan: gambling that has t xistt 1 and I
II: • moderate lita s whirl! wv-r- im- I
s ii.liil a an; - r t! her 1 ha' tile
I i: '-'el..' tile II,cue;, f-r its 'latiti-,
par- titly so « was. tl is
Unit Tie p; ail- re’-- ■! tote
ia.;i,::i : . • .... Ve Idle !0 tile
I ■ j- va re i.-. t.
• t irtlt r . fi !.l in r* alms te j
a n. e. lie films sec tri at; \
fltlUT it. I re-ISa fit the rath* r lie I
I*, i sum ’ ' srai h tli : r< tit |
imn' of the city treasury,
bo it is that the ehticiuls awoke|
to the ; art i hat t here was a I e- i
, :ri t. 1 district in N’onie, and that
lie. un upatio:; of thiso wnu inha
tiit it Inina against the law, they
could without any imifoprii t> fitw.
th tit. or otherwise an n \ a i c.rtion
tit. t.roceeds so that it would aid
in relieving the pres nt financial
si: nation.
I., re fi- a luxury in the thought j
-.hat the ntagtiitit etit ntunieipali
linn --'s. oru police, or .jails. |
.
r Sigh' tie. and our -it td.- an |
uid- t.. some e>; ui‘ by the
t a . reds of ve t : and t:n*iuesl ion~ j
- we will he a 1 > 11 • te- J r::prcf;\ hi- j
, to close our .eyes to the1
source of that money, and welcome
it all with tlie laconic cynicism of
tli • lion.an emperor with \vhkb we
have raptioned tits article: it does
not smell.
Vet just because such an action
is not given mueli publicity and
because it is one of those perfunct
or., performances that all apparent
ly agree to regard as quite all
right, it is a reason why we might
onsider this action in detail.
I'irst oi all consider the Pimp
This creature is the most loathed
ant, despised of all the parasites
in the world. He is m lo an out
lay by statute and ord;r i", -. \nd
!-• is so outlawed h.'i-aus 1 of the
indecency seen in living off the
wage,- cf lln •< unfortunates who
have to pursue their calling with
in the red light district.
Now wc may reasonably ask
wherein is titer, any difft rmire
hi-’wci-n the city increasing itr
wealth it the treasury by collect
ing fines, which are not ir tended
.is a punishm tit to deter future of
fenses ol the sort, but merely -is ::
license or tax fc-r the illegality to
continue, wherein is tli. difference
between the Pimp, loathed and de
put'd of met. and women, and the
docent respf ctable Christian and
dignified cite in making moiiey from
the pursuit of their calling upon
tin* part of those unfortunates.
if Urn in lividual can not decent
ly profit from, the pro< , d ■ d the
women, *.v heron may it be de'-etitlj
done liv the city.
Yi t wo d, t-.t know What is it
that gives money a taint any how?
Is there any of it under capitalism
untainted. Suppose that this money
la paid in bills for wages ir other
indebtedness, and suppose in the
co irse of its circulation it roach the
church has it become reformed and
chastened in :ts circulation?
Truly this is an interesting, not
to say an instructive question. Sup
pose that the money is delivered up
to a worthy pillar of the church,
and he with gratitude for spiritual
favors places it in the collection
box, in what part of its circulation
has it become purified? For our
selves. we say. we do not ltrov.
But wo do know that the city l.»
brought to this pass 'hat it endea
vors to make a hit of money in he
form of fines from 'Jumbling a nil
ir"in Prostitution because those
who should pay their taxes do not
pay their taxes and because those
whc should i t the expenses of tin
eity down to the proportion of
money available do not for sonu
'Oil, Jiri oa'-dj politiejl, do so
ill” city i- oslif-d to i; f into ie- !
vious wa; . to .anther t ue liidty lir n |
that is to •leaned up by panning !
1 1' tii' vb-iot; s resor I ; of ; |, ;
, itv.
The j . .pit ci Xoni”, l.owt r
an bardic regard as a Mlisfaefory ;
xplanat >:> o t.lri , in.-i hoi of i oi
h-i I ins , i . er forteitei from
vice the snort apoloyv fit it - niph
'•‘if s tit.' '• '-v ■ " i ho fit ie- ■>!.
t l.o morn;-". Hatter "> -y resort
to the sin'i” d •laradru that 'i
moral nostrils "it does net sir. :1"
m vntl't T; ,
Because people are more inter- t
i-ted in the dramatic phases ot rhi ;
war: the great battles, the strug- j
gles for or against peace, th<
clash of rival interests, the extra
ordinary financing—and the like
they take little stork of tie* earn
plote destruction it has wrought it.
the ordimry routine of the econoni j
ie system.'
Yet it is fair to suv the-, beyotn, |
much doubt that is tlie mo.; im- 1
liortatd phase of the war. and the I
one which is attended with most ,
far reaching results. In tin first J
place tin war. we ar.* <lir< tine at
tenth n to its efteet it. l-'uropo. re
moved millions upon millions ot
men from productive occupations.
rhe labor that formerly was t n
gaged in wealth production is this
engaged in wealth destruction.
The consequence of this is hard to
fitly estimate. It wili be gigantic.
Moreover, the elfort to keep pace
with the consumption needs of
these millions must mean a drain
upon other avenues ot prductivity.
The result of this latter is no -n
in the fact that nations removed
from die immediate scene of war
have been engaged in making up
for the destruction hv replacing i’
as fast as the labor product'on of
those nations could do so.
Commerce in die strut sense ot
the word has hr o ne whol'y
abnormal. There i no country
wherein this abnormality cannot
be perceived. The fact is that the
routine circulation of commodities
is so hopelessly interrupted that
wire commerce left to it own de
vices it would have been complete
ly paralyzed long ago.
i~o it was the Rover1m7w.it in var
' ,e.s we < in .< st< . i if. i: tlirc«
.is mighty w.-ight in: ti"> move
in: ut of icmr.ioditHS, :>• ' i pro
duction and their distribution, >■ *
that the paralysis otlierv Ue qui'.i
n rtain might net follow.
In former ai.d in pone t'ul d.y.
mmer v ■ simpl opet
tii >11. Industry produced articles
liei died for i on. uniption f'or the
raw material, sold the marntv'ty
i d product and proceeded to per
form the same operation over
and over again. The manufactur
er and the industrial hief. kept his
eye upon rise markets and watched
the rise and fall ot supply ami de
mand. so tiiat he attuned ltifi < ut
nut as well as he could to that.
The opening up of new markets
was quite an important function
of industry and indeed this was a
vital necessity in modern comment*
Now this is all changed. The ques
tion of markets does not aftect mo
dern industry at all. There is al
ways a market although the pay
ment is a matter which is not at al’
vouched for.
Industry in all the nations ts
directed to maintain the armies
in the field first of all. Secondly
omes the satisfaction of dome-.ti :
wants, hut mainly as that satisfai
iion is necessary so that the armle
•an lie supplied.
The government is making oi
lers for all output that ensures the
factories and the plants running
Lo (cpaidty rrovidi d re v material
is forthcoming. 15 it it is not f* i
world or fer dome—tie n nsumptloo
wit for military com ir.' •tion.
And one r suit is. and it Is *
important one men oi gag* i in d ■
-tractive' ichor in the- arm;' .ir ■ hi
ii-i fed. 1. m -r . lathi- 1. I.oit ■ g. t.
r tly '( (•;.•- . .if • r 11; i: !i y Ir
li* ,-u while f n cay d i *: produ is :
for i!.- markets. i'i.i.- an •« *. i •
i urally t lie.' e.n i h ■ v. lied • l i i >a
-umiitivo i.11. .tty of ti.e .vorl.l
,mteased.
it is lei.mti that whil rvn in
pveeeful occupations may he uudc.i
feii and under clothed, tliev caruitt
while engaged in the non-produc
live occupation of war perform
their function unless that they ar
fed and chithed very well and cc
tainly much better than they have
liecn in their lives before. In addi
tion to this they are provided
wiMi p<:v in thi form of spending
money wlii li is ov r end above al
th :r expcia i-e, and which is men
than tiny ever had to spare ii.
pi*.** eful a. d prcduvi oceap: t i*4
• It pence.
This all ;uciv itat -s a clran'id
dii 'i-t'io tor commodities ami that
11 i:■ • i-r ■ .ii is rh-.iigo.l |,y the stimulus*
of government contracts which as
• ur* tii 'owner of the machinery or
the fields increased profits in pro
duction and distribution.
Normal profits are lean enough.
-!
Till average captain of industry is
in acute world competition ani
j 1 y tiy tiic heavier sales can lie
I hope to irvfinrin a largo profit from
his plant. Today during the abnor
mal times not only is the entire
fabric of peaceful commerce de
stroyed but the profit making habit
is enlarged by a tremendous sur
;dus due to the extravagant ord
• rs and extravagant prices which
governments allow.
Hand in hand with the destruc
tion of wealth is the absorption of
money by the few who are in a
position to control it. Owing to
I ho necessary extension of the eie
dit system in Germany, under the
Keischbank, the whoie wealth or
the country has become concentrat
ed in that concern which rests im
mediately upon the government.
This has been necessary from the
start for not only lias Germany
sought to feed and clothe and equip
her troops herself but to finance
herself with little or no outside as
sistance in the entire war. This can
only be done by an enlargement or
extension of the credit system, but
that meant the entire subversion
or destruction of peaceful 'inaiice,
commerce and industry.
The same condition repeats II
self in other nations, loss accentu
ated as to finance perhaps, but st:M
close enough to say that centraliza
tion has become highly intensified.
Centralization in industrial contiol,
in financial control, in military
direction. in production and con
sumption as well as deal ruction.
To think that after this was w ■
slide qui ti\ hack into the old time
groovi oi t he capita! 1st eociiom; * -
of coin--, ridiculous.
fi: \i 1. TA i )>u »!*>.
LONDON. Od 1" Peace talk
that was very common last week
coming from the Central powers
is now dro q><
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