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Nome, Alaska, May o, 11>17.
PATRIOTIC.
The delicate tribute which our
evening contemporary pays to the
patriotism of the saloons no doubt
will be properly appreciated in
those quarters where that sort ot
patriotism has so long been given
open expression.
it is historic and not confined to
America alone; but in truth per
vades the entire liquor trade
throughout tlie world.
It is a common fact that whenso
ever there occurs a national festival,
the most ostentatious display ot
bunting is to be found in the sa
loons and short of rigging out the
bartenders in red, white and blue,
usually the liquor providers go
the limit with national colors.
We have seen in a local joint the
counterfeit resemblance of the Pre
sident cocked right on top of the
cash register.- and every time a
round was rung up, the august face
seemed to smile from out the fest
ooned bunting that adorned the pic
ture.
And if that isn’t patriotism what
'
is it?
Nay, haven’t we seen many places
the brewers delivery wagon laden
with kegs of amber fluid decorated
with flags and colors upon such na
tional festivities and did not the
driver's whip even tip itself ofT,
nattily enough, with a rosette of the
national colors?
surely an mat is a nign oruer
of patriotism.
It is alter a few jolts of unhiber
nated whiskey arc gulphed down
the fighting spirit develops, and Hie
patriotic drunk is surely an inspir
ing sight when he begins to speak
about the flag.
And with everyone so patriotic
in connection with the business, it
is a wonder why those who want
to develop the country's military
•and naval efficiency to the limit
want to cut down the sale of li
quor and ev.en suggest the restric
tion to such an extent that nation
wide prohibition is advocated.
Perpetually the active men in the
different belligerent nations have
been urging more and more restric
tions on the sale of booze, when
there were not more patriotic cen
ters in those countries limn those
same booze joints.
In the beer halls of Germany a
lusty chorus ot Deutschland Uber
Alles stirred martial fervor of the
Fatherland to the highest pitch: a
second degree jag was quite essential
to the inspiring singing of Rule
Brittania. with the barmaid joining
in and furnishing the soprano,
while the effect of imbibing varying
drafts of Yin Blanc or Yin Rouge
and Cafe et Cognac in the French
drinking palace, was sure to enliven
the singing of the Marseillaise.
To hint that this decorating the
booze emporiums with national bunt
ing and national sentiments of patri
otism has its commercial aspect and
is on a par with the government
vodka agent who was wont in deep
ly religious communities to have
•one corner of bis den lighted up
with candles before an ikon, is too
.base a thought. Indeed it were to
vast a slur upon all phases of the
great and overweening patriotic
feeling that is being stirred up b>
many fo/ces.
So it"is truly to be conceded that
liquor and patriotism are identical
send if the worst comes to the worst
and the government decides upon
nationwide prohibition, the liquor
will be poured upon the o^ean and
the decorations will remain just
the same.
T.\KKS A RK8T.
One gratifying feature of the
war is that the international law
exports who have been rag-chewing
in metaphysical eloquence as to the
various phases of this rather in
coherent code which were violated,
contravened or threatened, will now
take a rest.
They and their boohs and docu
ments and principles and hetero
geneous theories of the law be
tween nations on land and sea will
be given a rest.
Talk is now discounted much aha
words count for very little indeed.
HAS II.M'PEXKI) li«-:i-'0!tK.
Senator Stone may have ambi
tions to lie the democratic La toi
lette. It is not an enviable, how
ever it may be an admirable posi
tion. The role of Athanasius contra
mundurn never is.
So here we are when every corpo
ration lias been treated to a dose of
patriotic whitewash, ready to sacri
fice itself for the country upon its
altars of finance, with the Senator
declaring that the evidence is in
disputable that "old storage plants
are destroying food in storage and
have been buying up crops to allow
them to rot that prices may be
hnnst
■It is not known what is the na
ture of the evidence which Senator
Stone has on this subject, but it is
well known to have taken place in
the past ar.d there is no good rea
son why it should not happen again.
These good reformers! How uto
pian is their conception of orga
nized society! One would imagine
that society was organized in order
that its needs might be rapidly,
Qffectivelv. ar.d well satisfied in
stead of the organized activates be
ing directed to the end that people
controlling or owning the machin
ery of production and distribution
make money.
There is not a man in business
today, Senator, although you may
think otherwise who is in the
business for his health, or for your
health or for that of rest of us. They
are in it, with the best intention in
the world, to make a piece ot
money, and as large a piece as
they can within the law. They buy
and pay for their goods. It is
theirs to do with it that which they
please. Their property rights are
definite aitd directly ascertainable
by law' and about their right ot
ownership there is no manner ol
question whatever.
So if they buy an auto and let
it rust, if they bfly a tank of gaso
line and spill it in the sea, if they
buy shoes and lay them on thcii
shelves, if they buy corn and sell it
or let it rot, that is their business.
And it is their business ir they
hold these thing which they bought
for a high price or give it away.
If they make a living buying as
cheaply as possible and selling as
dearly as possible and refuse to sell
if they cannot get their price—that
is still their business and mighty
good business.
It is only a fallacious idea to
think that business and social work
are identical. When discussing the
ethical justification for destroying
a certain quantity of coffee and
sugar, Havemeyc-r the elder inter
rupted the tiresome disquisition
with the laconic" damn your ethics,
this is a business proposition".
The good Senator ought to know
very well that during the piping
times of peace when industrial pa
I nies supervened. the warehouses
were glutted with merchandise and
men went ragged and poorly clad—
the granaries were bulging with
food and men starved—the houses
were empty in all directions and
men tried to sleep shelterless or
carried the banner all night. That
did not occasion a word of con
demnation for it was sensibly real
ized that good business advised clos
ing down factories when there was
no sale.
Closing dovn the factories meant
throwing men out of work, and
throwing men out of work meant
that they had no money to buy the
necessaries of life. And we would
like to know wherein it is more Im
moral or more unethical—we do not
question the legality of it at all,—
for men to be east out in the streets
to starve—able bodied men, men
willing to work, men with depend
ents , than for the owners of the
food supply which they
have legally bought and le
gally own, to destroy or to withold
from sale just as they have a mind
to.
It is all the one system. Really
what gets the goat of the Senatoi
is the right which enables private
ownership to do with its own what
it damn well pleases. But he will
not say so, for to say so in plain
English would be to cavil at pri
vate ownership per se, and that is
the deadliest of the seven deadly
sins—which is socialism.
If men may control, own and do
what they like with what men need j
to live upon, gather up by right oi
purchase and property the needs of
the nation into private hands so
that they make money in times, of
peace, they surely ought to be al
lowed to do so during war.
The .war at any rate reduces the
unemployed problem. But becaust
men cannot work effectively unless
they are fed, the employers begin
to see that food monopoly is a
crime. But it was a crime and a
social outrage when ownership en
abled a few to close up their ware
houses and to withold from thosc
in need what they did need even in
peace. The breadline was a far ’more
vicious exhibition of the evil eonse- ]
quences of private ownership and 1
the baneful effects of an industrial
system whose activities are based
solely upon profits than this pre
sent demand for labor to speed up.
and labor is unable to speed up be-1
cause its standard of living due to
the high costs of living is so great
ly lowered.
It is no worse to let crops rot
than to withold those that are
soundly stored from a working class
denied the right to labor and de
nied the means of securing what
they need. Senator Stone has a
long way to travel before he clears
his mind of the economic mists
with which the majority of such
well intentioned men surround
themselves.
FEDERATED CHURCH
At the Congregational Church
Sunday the following services wi? j
be held. Rev. John Parsons, pastor :
11 A. M. Bible School ana
childrens service. R. B. Julian j
superintendent.
7 P. M. Christian Endeavor.
8 P. M. Worship and Sermon b|
Dr. John Parsons. Subject:
“Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress,”
which will be illustrated.
Travelog, Shadows of a Great
City, a visit to Chicago, Friday
8:30 p. m.
The public is more than welcome 1
to all the services of the church. :
SPRING TIME IS HERE
For the best work in tailoring see
I us. We make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
paring -for ladies and gentlemen.
We make suits to order.
First class workmanship, modern
method and prompt service.
We appreciate your patronage.
Yours to pleaes
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next door to Sogers from & Hagen,
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC,
Notice is hereby given that 1
have purchased all interest ot
JOHN DE MARTINI and C. M. DE
MARTINI-in the scavenger business,
and I am now the sole owner of
the scavenger business in Nome,
Alaska, and
Notice is f'urther given that no
person has any authority to con
tract or incur any bills or obliga
tions for me, and that no person Is
authorized to make any collections
for me without written authority.
ED BREDESEN.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John Reddin and John T.Ioriarity
their heirs, executors, assigns
or personal representatives:
You and each of you are here
by notified that I have expended in
labor and improvements the sum ol
one hundred dollars each year for
the years of 1915 and 1916 on
Bessie Group, 60 acres off North
Home claim, 2nd Tier on left limit
Candle creek and more fully de
scribed in the records of the Fair
haven Mining and Recording Dis
trict, 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 I
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.
JOHN A. MURPHY.
■ Co-Owner.
Date of first pubi., April 14, 1917.
Date of last pubi., July 14, 1917.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To W. A. Macomber and E Macom
ber their heirs and assigns.
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned has
expended in labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars
($100.00) for each of the years or
1914, 1915 and 1916 as the an
nual assessment required by law for
the said years upon and for the
benefit and development of each
of the placer claims The Elizabeth
Group and the Gertrude Group si
tuated on Bonita Creek in the Cape
Nome Mining and Recording District
Territory of Alaska and recorded tn
Yol. 190 page 320 and Yol. 190
paeg 325.
And you and each of you are
further notified that if you do not
within ninety days frbm the final
publication hereof cause to be paid
to the undersigned your propor
tionate share of said expendiure as
co-owners, you W. A. Macomber in
t lie Elizabeth and you E. Macomber
in the Gertrude and Elizabeth, your
interest in said claim and claims
will become the property of the un
dersigned under section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes of the United
States.
CHAS D. JONES.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ., Feb. 17, 1917.
Date of last publ., May 19, 1917.
WHEN BUYING HARDWARE, let quality be your first considera
tion. Then look into the matter of price. Price without quality
results in the accumulation of a lot of useless junk.. But qua
lity at a reasonable price gives you lasting service.. We handle
quality hardware, and the price is as low as conslsrant, or poss
ible.
CARLETON HARDWARE CO.
S10 Front It Pfcoaa Mala 11.
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