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"To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
nearly as possible, Is a worthy object of any good government."—
Abraham Lincoln
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Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, al the post office at
Rome, ■ Alasisa, under the Act of March 8, 1871.
Nome, Alaska, August 15, I!) 10.
i■ KARST RANCH.
The relation between the Ilearst
mi lion acre ranch in Mexico and his
demand for American intervention
in Mexico everyone knows. But so
far no one has seen any explanation
why it was left to the other fellow
to enlist to defend the ranch and
support the intervention plan. Is
ther any reason why the Ilearst
carcase should not be excellent gun
fodder at the hands of the Mexicans
whose love of liberty he sneers at?
And why should all the militarist
fanatics want the other fellow' to do
the fighting.
RIGHT HOUR REFERENDUM.
On the ballot’ this Fall will be
held an eight hour day referendum
It will be up to the voters to say
say whether they wrant it or whether
they do not. The advantage of this
is that the man who doesn't work
at all, can by his vote prevent the
other fellow who does work, getting
an eight hour law. That, Pauline,
is known as political freedom.
GOOD MEN OK BAD MEN.
Allan Benson, the socialist can
didate for president, says that it is
not a question of good
men or bad men, but a
question of good principles or
bad principles. Not much! It is a
question whether Wilson or Hughes
gets the backing of Big Business.
Neither men nor systems, individ
uals, nor principles have a darn
thing to do with it. It is a question
on which side is the economic
supremacy going to express Itself.
POSSESSION".
A socialist critic who like most
socialists is a “Marxian”, objects to a
statement in an article in this pa
per that it is ownership that gives
an article value. And he quotes on
us the Marxian definition of value
that it is the amount of labor power
socially necessary, engaged in its
production. Which is all very well.
But surely in a world of commodi
ties such as Marx set forth to con
sider, the right of private ownership
is first of ail premised. Just as
long as there is no ownership
exercised, so long as there is no ex
clusive possessory right enforced,
just so long is an article worthless
because it has no value. But let
any proprietor exercise ownership
say over the air we breathe or the
water we drink, and at once the
ownership can be changed, through
some medium expressing relative
value for other commodities.
HOW IT CENTRALIZES.
Did you ever stop to consider how
money makes money? Not that it
does; hut to put this statement cor
rectly how money tends to central
ize.
Well here's an illuminating ex
ample. In one state, take Wisconsin
at random, the premiums paid to
insurance companies amounted to
eight millions and the losess paid
out amounted to three millions.
Figure out Big Busienss controlling
the insurance companies, and jugg
ling its funds, and you easily per
ceive what a rake off annually has
to be paid. And that’s only one ex
ample and a mere incident.
POLITICS OR EFFICIENCY.
The spoils system is upheld by
politicians of all faith; and there is
nothing backward about the demo
cratic party in trying to enforce it.
In fact as everyone knows it is not
a question of efficiency, but a ques
tion of party loyalty. Take the case
of F. D. Watson of Oklahoma. Mr. (
Watson was what is known as an i
agricultural demonstration agent in i
the employ of the government. He l
experted. He taught the farmers
how to do things along the lines or
scientific agriculture. But lie had
a Job and a federal job at that,
and was a socialist. So the ma
chine politicians first through the
state organization and then through
Washington D. C., tried to get the
man removed. The trouble was that
he was not a democrat. That he
was a first class demonstrator was
admitted. But a socialist? What
good was any efficient agriculturist
if he had not faith?
Still as he couldn’t very well be
replaced from among the machine
politicians, Mr. F. D. Watson spill
holds his job under sufferance.
Sit sir AXII PATRIOTISM.
Baltimore where the song was first
sung as the Star Spangled Banner,
has an ordinance that every person
stand up when tlie air is played.
Musican critics have found fault
with the air which, long before Scott
Keys wrote the words, was known
as the Ode to Anacreon and a
European importation of rather diff
icult melody. Yet because it has
been adopted as the national
anthem in Maryland officially, all
must stand up and show it that
much respect.
Now that sort of patriotism that has
to be ordinanced into a man is not
a very beautiful thing. Does anyone
imagine because lie stands up by
reason of municipal legislation he
is going to be a better patriot?
If the only way these patriots
think of inculcating patriotism is
through legislation and ordinances
they might as well give up the job.
Patriotism must be felt, to be any
thing real. And it must have an in
telligent foundation. The land
to be loved must do
well to its lovers, and until
it is seen to that it does, these ordi
nances and acts and statutes are
just so much hypocrite manufacture.
That and no.thing more. »
CWCTO'IEl> BEAD ESTATE
The city of Greater New York
provides the scene. Brooklyn real
estate dealers and the members of
the Health Department the actors,
and the rival claims of the city
health and the real estate dealers
profits, the subject of a Greek tra
gedy in modern style.
The infantile paralysis when it
began beared the people and it’s
scaring them yet. The death list in
the tenement district became so
great and the frequency of the
cases reported so alarming that
real estate began to experience a
slump and the dealers actually ap
pealed to the Mayor to shut up the
Health Officers whose alarmist re
ports and whose insistence upon
preventive measures caused a col
lapse in real values in the affected
districts. They held that the inter
ests of real estate men were para
mount to any other consideration,
and directly fought the precautions
which had been undertaken to pre
evnt the sperad of the epidemic.
Their view was that the public
health and human life mattered
very little compared with the inter
ests and the profits of the real
estate men. Come to think of it
that view is sanctified and venerable
with precedent, and authoritative
enactment. Property first. That’s
:he real ‘‘safety first” interpretation
ifter all.
AGAIN THE REASON.
In New York, pride of American
dties exists a peculiar breed that
lometimes also infests larger me
ropolitan communities. They are
tnown as gangsters. They are white
davers, degenerate brutes, crimi
nals, gunmen, beyond words vici
>usly degenerate. Time and time
igain they have been exposed. Time
md time again their victims have
ieen the sorry subject of newspaper
lublicity. They have killed for
amusement and for hire. Woi en's
no
virtue, and man’s life have bee:
thing to these human beasts
Why they existed in a soji. ty
calling itself civilized may
been a perpetual puzzle. But
reason was there none the less
pitalism which created them n« ded
them.
They were needed d
strikes as scabs or gunmen or t] ugs.
They were used at Bayonn
Lawrence, in Michigan, in Colo ido
in West Virginia. And they an al
ways in demand during labor ti >ub
les in New York. Notorious g mg
sters had charge of the strik;
tuation for the railroad and
with records such as Jack Sirocco
and his lieutenants Jack Poggi
Chick Davis were the professionals
hey
^ired by the Traction Trust,
are needed by these corporaions
and until they finally go to the (hair
or end their days in jail or $rom
disease, they are to be tolerated
used when required to brow
the workers. The mistake in allow
ing them to exist is not very Much
to be wondered at—the mistake in
calling the system which employs
them civilized is very wonderfu| in
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PORK.
Hughes is on more solid ground
when he attacks the democrats for
their love of Pork. They surely do,
democratic jew and gentile alike.
The larger the chunk with the
greater voracity do they approach
it. But then are the republicans
to be considered followers of a po
litical Mosaic creed that eschews
pork? Has it ever been in evidence
that while opposing the village
pump variety of the unclean flesh,
they have also abhorred it on a na
tionwide scale? The only difference
in ventures in pork speculation of
the republicans and the democrat
appears to be one of degree. With
the republicans they swallowed the
whole hog. The democrats tore it
off in widely distributed chunks. A
distinction without a difference.
BKTTKIt DAYS.
Keasuring reports are now being
issued by a number of journals de
voted to industries which did not
experience the happy boom of the
munition factories. The latter had
been so busy and made such de
mand for help that some other in
dustries saw their help desert them
for higher wages and the only way
that the employees could be retain
ed was by increasing the pay also
within the industries which they
threatened to desert.
Now it is different and there is
almost a triumphant note sounded
to the effect that munition factories
are laying off their help owing to
the completion of war contracts.
The ranks of the unemployed are
increasing in size and labor can be
got more cheaply. And these trade
journals therefore have no hesita
tion in predicting an era of in
creased prosperity. Lots of orders,
lots of idle employees to hire
cheaply and huge profits. That is
the ideal prosperity under the
system. The full dinner pail? Go
to!
OVERSTOCKED
To the Public: —
We have just finished stock tak
ing, and find that we are heavily
overstocked ,so are making enorm
ous reductions in Hardware—as
much as 50% in certain lines. Not
withstanding immense advances out
side, especially in Hardware and
Metal Goods, we are still selling on j
the basis of goods purchased tne!
past two or three years.
We will sell for cash only at these
prices, and for a limited time, until
we bring our stock down to the re
quirements of the Camp.
If you have an order to be filled,
let us figure on it; we can save you
money. We have proved it oo
others, we can prove it to you.
DARLING & DEAN COMPANY.
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