Daili Name Industriåvl Markt-n
Published Daily except Sunday
By Nome Mine Workers’ Union, No. 210, International Union of Mine,
Mill and Sm elter Workers.
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Entered as second class matter March 1, 1111, at the post office at
Mome, ■ Alasxa, under the Act of March I. 187t.
“To secure to eaCh laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
nearly as possible. Is a worthy object of any good gorei-ament.”—
Abranam Llncola
All changes In standing advertisements must reach this office at all
o'clock each evening to Insure Insertion In the following Issue.
Advertising ratea made know* on appllcaUon.
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Workee,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 114.
Rome, Alaska, November 28, 11117.
Tin: ( U SK Ol IMHSTRIAI
INKIST.
industrial unrest in the I'nited
States i (’.lit* to till* fact that the!
jirotli'.' ts r.f industry in tlm t inted
States are unequally and unjustly:
divided. The workers whose labor
traits tiie wealth of the nation ;e-:
eeive a comparatively small share;
of that wealth, while the greater |
du re notes to big and powerful |
"captains of industry” v-lio have'
had no part in the creation ol
wealth. "FTom tep to bottom of 10
tiety. says me report c*f the com
mission. "in all grade of income
are an .nnumerable number of pa-j
lasites of every conceivable type.*
They perform no useful set" ice. but
drain off from the income of the
producers a um whose total can
not be estimated.”
Again we quote the renor" of
tin- Industrial Relations Commis
sion.
"We have, according to the in
<om. t;,\ returns. 44 faniilit* . with
iikme s ol 11,000,OHO or more, j
v. hos members p rforut 11t.11 e* <u i
no lie fill sci'vic* hut wh •* aggre
gate income . totaling at least tit tv
millions per vear. arc eriuivile.it to)
ilie earning:* of lOO.n'iO v.tgi- earn-'
< rs. at the average rate of 1300
in accusing contrast ti the huge
lnrtuiies of tin rich a*** the m agtr
wag.-s of flie worker-, wl’.ose use
ttil toil is iIn* stanch ami Here-sary
pillar of six iety. “(•ue-inurth lo
oiii—tin d of male woikers in fac
forie and mines. !S yes.ts of age
and over, earn less than per
week, and only ab .ut one-tenht
eatn more than f-2e per week.”
Prom iwo-thirds to three-fourths
of these workers rec. ive u wage of
le s than 51f> p?* week These
figures are based on the rate of
wages, and do not take account ot
the nig factor <*• lost time on ac
count of si -lilies . injury or en
forced idleness dm 'o itidu .(rial de
pression.
Women worker, receive even
less. "Frot.* two thirds to tnree
f*.units of oien n worker- in fac
-. ries, stores 11un Iries and in iu
• ..stria 1 oi -iipatioi;. gi r.eraliy. work
-■it wages .f less • ha.i ' * a wink,
.epprtixima • v *•:. ftU <• rn '• ss
i! an *4 and near!;
less than a wc-.*k.”
h
i r n
in appalling mm
condition is the et>r't niciit 01
children in mills and fa lories at
criminally low war.es. Chill *o*k
. r< arc paid still le s than uiale or
women workers; but the ii i oriant
aspect of child labor is the la-1 It
her the effect ot reducing tl.e stand
aid wages of adult male workers.
" in the end the father's wage are
reduced by tin amount that tne
children earn • ■ ■ Examination
of tin wages in different industries
corroborates the tbcoty that in
those industries, such as textile .
where women and children can he
largely utilized, the wages ot men
are extremely lew.'
'1 his is tie condition of the work
ers. "Mas-el in millions, it the
other end of the social scale, are
fortunes n) a size never helore
droau , of. whose very owncts <io
not snow the extent, nor without
the aid of an intelligent clerk,
even the sources of their income .
Incapable of being ‘.pent in any
legitimate manner. Mtese fortunes
are but dens, which can only he
rq pandered, hoarded, put into so
■ piled 'benefactions, which for the
most part eon titulc a menace to
the state, ir put back into the in
dustrial niHcbinw to pile up ever
increasing mountains of gold."
Do rou wonder that there is
alt >ng Hi • workers a great a ad
growing di; content with these con
ditions?
One-third of the worker- of Ihc
feitcd Stales dwell in a State of
absolute povi rtv This met ns that
millit ns oi werk rs a id their
families arc underfed, ill clothed
ml ; ,e ly sli- ltired; it mean that
they do not and cannot know (ho
meaning oi comfort or decency.
An investigation of the earnings
of 619.595 workers it. different in
dustries, aid the living conditions
of 15,726 workers’ families re
vealed the fait tha' only one-fourth
of these worker earned enough to
keep their families barely existing,
while ;he miseiable majority of
them "were living below the stand
ards of decent subsistence ' Such
poverty precludes comfort and de
cency, and even common rule of
health; "in 77 per cent of the fa
milies two or more persons occu
pied lacli sleeping room, in 37 per
cent three or more persons, and in
15 per cent four or more persons.”
Thousands of the country's work
ers. after a lile of hard and ill-paul
toil .booon e unable to work and
are brutally dismissed front their
jobs by the private masters of in
dustry They have saved nothing
front their meager wages and tle ir
aged martyrdom is in the end
relieved bj death. Tltest unfortun
ate workers die as paupers—the
shocking end which evert worker
daily dreads and look, upon as the
acme of disgrace. In New York
city one out of every twelve corp
ses is given pauper burial in the
"pc.iters’ field.”
"Children are the basis of the
state: a they live or die, as they
thrive or are ill-nourished, as they
at ' intelligent or ignorant, so fares
the state. How do the children of
An ■ mean workers fare?"
The commission find, that the
children of the workers, upon
whom the welfare of the state lar
gely depends, are killed by thou
sands a the direct result of work
ing class poverty. Children must
be propcrl) fed. clothed and sh< 1
leiod and placed in a healthful and
happy environment if they are to
live and grow into developed and
useful men and women. The en
vironment of poverty which i
fnrcee upon the children of the
workers causes them to be poorly
fed. < lothed atul sheltered and to
he sin rounded by disease and mire
ry. They die three times as fast
as the babie. of the well-to-do.
A study directed by the Federal
Children's Bureau in Johnstown.
Pa.. howul that the babies ot
workers who earned less than $10
a week "died during the tirst year
at the appalling rate of 256 per
1,000 In contrast, the babies ol
workmen earning $25 a week or
mete died at he considerably lower
rate of S4 per 1,000."
"Ti e tremendou signiti ance ol
these figures," says the report,"
will be appreciated when It is
known that one-thiul of all the
adi It workmen reported by the tm
migra’ion commission earned ljss
then $10 per week. On the show
ing of Av'IiIl u.w n these workmen
.nay expect one nut of four of their
babies to die durirg the first year
of iite."
The children of the workers who
-u. cite the murderous effects of
poverty in their infancy fare scar
cely better than the babies who die
by the hand of want. The average
child of the working class i- forced
lrom school at a lamentably eafclv
age, tears before he or she has Ac
quired a complete education "ir
even the Tudiments of learning,
thrust ill-equipped and immature
into the tierce struggle of the mo
dern industrial world.
Only a third of the children at
tending the public schools of the
countiy finish the grammar school
course, while but 10 per cent of
them go through high school. “In
tour industrial towns studied .by
the bureau of labor statistics B5
per cent of the children quit elffol
before reac liing the seventh gr;^\
Those who leave are almost en
tirely the children of the work
ers . . . . ”
Mere is plainly abundant cause
for students and humanitarians to
preach and teach intelligent discon
tent—when a thing -o important
to individual happiness aid social.
welfare as education is denied the i
children of the largest and most
important class ol American citi
zens, bceau e these children must
quit school and go to work to belli
make a living for the family.
MOVK1) INTO WI.NTi:H yi .VHTKH
Wo have now moved to our home
opposite the Pot Office for the
winter, selling oft Underwear,
Hosiery, Stamped goods, at reduced
rates. Nice line of Organdies.
Still a few potatoes left $4.50 per
c rate and kept in cellars A few
Oranges and Lemon, at a bargain.
NOMK GROCERY CO.
, Miss A F. Oestricli, Mgr.
LOST — Pl’RSK
A small double snapped purse
was Sonvenier lrom the Hoard of
l'rade, contained approximately $47
Lost Frida} evening. Kinder please
teturii and receive liberal reward.
Notify this Office or C. M. Lambert.
Gcn'l Delivery. Nome.
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On and after Monday, Nov=
ember 19th, and continuing
until further notice. The offices
and yards of this Company
Will open at 8 A. M.
AND
Will close at 5.30 P. M.
Alaska Lighterage Comercial Co.
Phone Main 14
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF \V. STEIGET. MAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WIFE RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND B STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
! Miners and Merchants Bank
Nome, Alaska
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.
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Army Shoes
EARIA' LAST SPRING WE PLACED AN ORDER WITH
ONE OE THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS FOR ARMY
SHOES .MADE AS PER GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATIONS ON
THE “MUNSON" LAST. COME IN AND LOOK THEM OVER.
YOU MAY SOON BE FURNISHED WITH A PAIR BY “UNCLE
SAM" BUT WHY WAIT?
P. A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
I North
! Pole
; Bakery
&Coffet
House
BREAD
10c. per It af
3 Loa\ es 30c.
$
THE HOI INDUSTRIAL WORKER
is prepared to handle
all kinds of
JOB PRINTING
Let us figure on your
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134 or call at
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