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Some, Alueka, August 21, 1017.
rttKK Si'KKt'H.
Some time, and it will be a much
cooler epoch when the emotions and
sentiments are more controlled by
human intelligence, some one will
rise to explain and suggest the ne
cessity of tracing the genesis of
things as quite essential to a proper
understanding of them, and equally
essential to a proper support ot
them in society.
Take this matter of free speech.
Technically how did it originate
that men could not speak the
thoughts that were in them? That
in itself is an interesting question,
but not more interesting than im
portant to the proper appreciation
of the value of a condition in so
ciety when men can express their
opinions such, as they are without
fear of molestation or punishment.
Of course we are a long way oft
such a consummation, and right to
day there are a good man persons
would get mighty short shrift it
they were to say what they think.
In point of fact toleration of that
kind is very far from us, and ti is
not in evident e that it is any more
common among the radicals strimug
for free c v, r -sion than those who
are in a position to suppress them.
It is quit a suggestive fact that
aft. r a form of ideas had straggled
against ail kinds of prohibi'; m au.!
penal lews to find exv.rcssion. when
j!. v rc -f to at! • ndan y. they too
K ti-cti-d the same arbitary use and
wont as had the tyrannies which
)!:, ;• struggled against.
It is we sav, only in the genesis,
of the suppression of freedom ot
speech and the freedom of
the press and the freedom of as
sembly observable in any country is
the true criterion of the degree of
freedom anti the plane of liberty
■which that nation has achieved.
Suggestive matter this, worth
pondering over.
MU. MARS: PIA’TOCRAT.
Ill the state ot suingiimi
great strike proceeding in the lum
ber industry. Tli lumber industry
is controlled in tin 1’ni: d States
by three or four persons or corpo
ral ions and in the west the North
ern Pacific and the Wevcrhauser
outfits ere the real thing.
The lumber industry which is well
represented on the Council of Na
tional Defence is going to enjoy
good times while the war is on.
Hence it lias been declared that the
men on strike are lacking in patri
otism. Such patriotism retuses to
recognize the great good in the fact
that whereas spurcc that was sell
ing at eighteen a thousand before
the war or even a. year ago has gone
up to $105 a thousand because it
makes good aeroplane lumber and
the government wants aeroplanes.
Hence the very undesirable citizen
ship that strikes and prevents the
even flow of such profits. Apparent
ly the workers refuse to recognize
the fact that this man Mars in a bit
of a plutocrat.
AM) A RKPlTBIilCAX TOO.
So often have socialists and other
speakers been told to move on by
the local authorities and their con
templated meetings suppressed, it is
surely refreshing to come upon a
ease where a Congresswoman and
a republican too. is denied permis
sion by those clother in local author
ity to speak tc her constituents.
Miss Rankin committed the un
pardonable crime of blaming John
D. Ryan of the Amalgamated for
the condition of things In Butte.
All the officials in Butte are Amal
gamated men. They are branded
with the mark of the beast and
they are going to allow nothing se
ditious against the beast. It may
all well be that Miss Rankin loves
her country: that she Is loyal to
the core to the American institu
tions and the American flag, hut be
cause site will not fall down before
the Amalgamated that has been
running an industrial absolutism in
Butte. she is denied by a ukase
from his honor the Mayor, the high
privilege of speaking her mind in
Butte. N'o wonder they need gun
men and soldiers in Butte.
SOMI BKRSON AI.ITV.
The deportation of citizens and
miners from Bisbee has led, natur
ally enough to inquire what the Bis
bee corporations were that inspired
the move and who was the power
behind the throne.
The Phelps-Dodge Arizona eorno
ration is certainly in control ot
the Warren mining district, and the
man behind that corporation is Pa
triot Cleveland H. Dodge.
Here are some particulars con
cerning him. w hich are collected by a
capitalist publicist Henry H. Klein
who is leading an attack against
Wall Street, lest the continuance ot
corporation absolutism precipitate
socialism which Klein doesn’t want
at any price:
“Hr is chairman of the Plielps
Dodgc Arizona copier corporation
in control at Bisbee.
l)ir. '< r of tilt Rockefei! r-.Va
tional City Bank with deposits ot
? go ft.000.000.
Kxploitcr o! 'abor in the mines of
Arizona and Mexico. Min* rs struck
against conditions in Arizona. Won
witli the aid of Governor Hunt. Op
posed the re-election of Hunt who
was counted out by thirl;, votes.
Indicted with other officers of the
Phelps Dodge Merc*, utile Co. on
October 2 3, 1913 bv federal grand
jury, Arizona, for conspiracy to
send arms and munitions of war to
Mexican revolutionists Indictment
dismissed on technicality by federal
judge appointed on recommendation
of Dodge and bis attorney in Ari
zona.
Indicted with other officers of
Phelps Dodge and Co., charged
with conspiracy to defraud the
I'nited Staes in connection with coat
and land entries in Sen Juan Coun
ty, New Mexico. Company wanted
coal land and their attorney used
[dummy to obtain them. Indictment
dismissed while Roosevelt was Pre
sident.
Charged in Hotise of Representa
tives on September G. 191G by Con
gressman William A. Rcdenberg, of
Illinois, that he (Dodge) was per
sonally interested in the shipment
of one million rounds of small arms
ammunition to Carranza’s troops in
Mexico immediately after the state
department had lifted the em
bargo on the munitions to Mexico;
also that Dodge visited the State
D: partmont the day before the em
bargo was lifted American troops
attacked at Parral. four days be*
fort the embargo was lifted.
Contributed $94,800 ($51,300 his
own money) to pre-convention cam
paign fund of Governor Wilson foi
President in 1912. Among those
who contributed through him were
Cyrus H McCormick, controlling
owner of the Harvester Trust, and
Thomas B. and David B. Jones, alsc
directors in the trust.
Contributed about $50,000 addi
tional to election expenses.
Loaned $35,000 to the Trcntoi
True American in 1912 which news
paper was leading support in New
Jersey for Governor Wilson’s eandi
dacy for President. (Perkins that
year hacked Roosevelt as Progess*
ivc and split republican vote).
Contributed $108,000 to campaigr
fund for re-election of President
Wilson.
Made millions out of sale of wat
munitions.
Director of thirty corporations
and banks whore combined assets
exceed two billion dollars."
Of such 13 the kingdom ol
Heaven!!
NOTES AND ITEMS
FROM THE TANANA
By FRANK MANTON.
FAIRBANKS. Alaska. (By Mail).
Recently' arrived here from Liven
good and Tolovana. Everything is
very quiet there; a hungry low
grade proposition, that will permit
of very little, if any profit. Very
few of the operators have made
good. Several "blew-up", and paid
off their help with time checks,
which indeed i3 a very convenient
mothod of settlement.
The prevailing high prices of sup
plies and materials will suffice to
make the camp untenable and 1
opine that very little work will be
done this winter.
Wages last spring were as follows:
ten hours five dollars, and eight
hours, later, for the same wages.
This summer eight hours a day is
quite general throughout this camp
with the one exception of ten hours,
six dollars a day on Ester creek.
There is very little real money in
circulation here and many are quitt
ing the camp.
Here in Fairbanks the prevailing
atmosphere is of gloom and appre
hension; business is practically at a
stand still and very little mining In
the immediate neighborhood. Quartz
suffered a slump lately due to the
Guggs representatives surrendering
all their options with the exception
of St. Patrick’s creek, eight mile?
from Fairbanks. This property, the
Ryan lode, I learn from Jim Fozz
ard is all right providing the body
is there. So far mostly stringers of
tungsten and antimony appear 'to!
afford no encouragement else-;
where.
Nothing new from the I'pper Ta-i
nan a. Healv river is very quiet. 1
anticipate ’a “traders" (N. C. Co. i
stampede there this Fall, due to the
fact that large supplies altogether
out of proportion to local demands
are being shipped there. Good
Pasture will no doubt this winter
be prospected right. Now the
hatchet and pencil artists are quite
buoy there.
The Nenana bubble has bust. Real
estate values are on the toboggan.
The town is for sale t^nd no buyers.
Truly Nenana town is a Joke. Built
on a low lying bend of the erratic
T.uiara, subject to the furies of all
winds and 'very frequent inri-da
tior.s. it is r. sorry location.
Originally the site selected t.nd
surveyed was directly across
river. \n ideal place nestling as it
do. -t th: foothills and safely re
nte vvu front and beyond floods.
Whatevt r induced the railroad com
mission to abandon the site is an
enigma. Whoever was respeusioie
for the change certainly lacked
good judgment and common sense.
Locally Riggs is accepted as a
josh. Sustained in place by power
ful interests despite his incompe
tence and inability, anxious and de
sirous are th,e people here for Riggs
removal. Aware of his political in
vulnerability in high places, politi
cal chicane is to be employed to bring
about the desired consummation. To 1
carefuly preserve has dignity and
not to sully his “professional” re
cord. a “soft spot” and a “conven
ient cache” is being prepared for
him. It remains to be seen if *he
local conspirators • will succeed in
dumping him in the gubernatorial
chair. As Governor Riggs he will
not impede the railroad work
anyway.
Devoid, really, of tact and savcir
faire Riggs has nntegonzed labor
beyond all reconciliation and his .
arbitary and despotic treatment of
the workers in the recent strike
truly indieae3 his vicious nature
and his hostility to the legitimate
demands of labor.
Charles Lester the socialist pro
pagandist upon whom this man
Riggs exuded his wrath was given
very shert shrift indeed Arrested
and falsely accused of sedition and
inflammatory ultcances and lack
of respect for the institutions and
the flag, am quite sure of hi3 ulti
mate acquittal. Lester said in the
course of his spech at the Etrike
meeting “Many flags fly on the
western front, soon the American
flag will be there also, but there is
one flag absent, it is the red flag.
The red flag is symbolic of the I
brotherhood of man and speed the
day when it will fly In all lands
showing the realization of that for
which it is a symbol”. He was ac
cused of saying that he desired the
red flag to fly over the Stars and
Stripes. Personally Lester is all
right. He is sincere and conven
tional. a little in arrears, a political
soiialist. but an able primary edu
cationalist. Lester was tried before
a rabid commissioner, and a reliable
jury composed of government em
ployees, property holders and poli
ticians, undefended by counsel and
prosecuted by District Attorney
itc'.h. Lester was mercilessly treat
ed. one year and a thousand bones.
The thr. e aliens interned w; re also
active ir. the strike. Their intern
ment is quite obvious. About 500 1
men arc employed on the railroad i
at impossible wages, from $70 to!
$90 per month, about eight miles
of track completed and the road
bed more or l?ss prepared for about
twenty miles.— Good night!!
Pioneer Igloo Hotel. Rooms $2.00
X $3.00 per week and up. 50 cents
| per night. Housekeeping Apart
ments.
Why worry
About wash day
THAT’S OUlt HUSIXESS.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
BOSTON
STEAM LAUNDRY
4 It Front St. Phone Main 53
BOARD OFTRADE
Restaurant
and
LUNCH ROOM
George Modini,
Proprietor
•TO THE PUBLIC
Commencing Today,
AUGUST 11,
The Price of Bread will
be 10c. a loaf straight.
Other Goods raise in
price in proportion.
Signed:
North Pole Bakery
Anvil Bakery
Nome Bakery .
Arctic Bakery
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. VICTORIA
LEAVE SEATTLE: LEAVE NOME;
VI* Seward, Valdez and Cordova
Without Additional Charge.
SEPTEMBER 2 SEPTEMBER 14.
OCTOBER 6. OCTOBER 22.
SAILING SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
R. A. Carroll, Agent, Nome
laBBWWMWmMMI
From Nome
August 31th.
SEPTEMBER 28.
OCTOBER 25.
%\From Seattle
August 18th.
SEPTEMBER 15.
OCTOBER 13.
RIGHT RESERVED TO CHANGE THIS SCHEDULE.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COT
ALASKA L. & C. CO.
AGENTS
At Dock.
F. J. O’CONNOR,
Commercial Agent.
Front St. and Steadman Ave.
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF W. STEIGEL MAIER AND OF I.EO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND B STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
S. S. Standard
Sails every SIX DAYS to
DIME AND WAY POINTS
weather permitting
Front Snake Hirer.
CHAS YVECKMAN.
INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET
W. H. Webb prop. Phone M.is
CHANGE IN COAL PRICES. ^
On Aug. 10th, Wellington Coal will be $23.00 per ton in yard.
On and after September 25th, Wellington Coal will be $25.00 pr
ton in yard. Rrhiuets will continue at $18.00 per ton in yard.
We aie experiencing great difficulty in securing anthracite
coal for winter use and cannot guarantee having any quantity
on hand.
Alaska Lighterage Comercial Co.
! THE NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER I
| is prepared to handle |
1 all kinds of 1
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JOB PRINTING
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work. Call up Black
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