Wailu Name Industrial Markt-n
Published Paily except Sunday
3®y Nome Mine Workers' Union, Xo. 240, International Union of Mine,
Mill ami Sin elter Workers.
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Entered as second class matter March 1, 1111, at tha poat otP.ce at
*ome, • Alasna, under the Act of March I, 1871.
"To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
nearly as poeslble. Is a worthy object of any good government."—
Abraham Llncola
All changes In standing advertisements must reach thla office at all
o’clock each evening to Insure Insertion In the following issue.
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Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phoae. Black 114
Nome, Alaska, November 7. 11117.
IT TAKES STRENGTH.
J.t takes great strength to train
To modern service, your i ncestral
brain,
To lit'ht the weight of the unnumb
ered years
■Of dear! men’s habits, methods and
ideas.
To h. id that back with one hand,
and support
With the other the weak steps of a
new thought.
It takes great strength to live your
life.
|tp squaro with your accepted
thought.
And hold it there.
Herisiing that inertia that drags
back,
Kroni new attempts to the old
habits track.
ItV so easy to slip hack—to sink—
So hard to live abrea-t ot what you
think.
It takes great strength to live
where yon belong
When other people think lliai you
are wrong.
People you lo\e, and who love you.
and whose
Approval is a pleasure you would
choose.
To bear this braveh and succeed
at length
in .iving your belief—well. IT
TAKES STRENGTH.
IMtKI’KMtKMTi.
Tin- Industrial Worker is never
in any sense apologetic. Its reli
gious, political and social attitudes,
when rightly considered and under
stood. can not be regarded a- ini
mical to any good thing or person
Because the Worker's policies an
independent it does not follow that
avc are opposed to organization ii
any sense. There is such a thing
sis organized independence, and wc
wish to call your attention to this
that the “Sovereignty of the Citi
zen" implies first of all the Inde
pendent Reading, the Independent
Thinking and the Independent Act
ing of the citizen . regardless alike
of political party ties or of th<
binding force of religious dogma
If you vote one wav because £
-socialist, democratic or republicai
party tells you to. you have partec
with some of your sovereignty as t
citizen because a Board fixes youi
ticket If you worship God aftei
the iron-clad rule of some one o:
the organized divisions of His peo
pie you have voluntarily partec
with oine of your sovereignty ant
light to worship Him according tt
the dictates of your own conscience
because a Board fixes your creed.
Now there is enough of evil, wicked
ness and falsehood in most organi
zations, with their offsetting good
dominated, to damn them. Like
wise there is enough of the good
and true in most of them, without
the influence of the bad. to redeem
them.
The democrat tells the republican
1 that he U wrong, and you know
better than I can tell you what the
• republicans have nearly always
done to the democrats. The much
despised so..'alist tells them both
they are in the hands of their be
trayers, and most everybody knows
the socialists are wrong, yet some
how their doctrine*, seem to be con
sidered correct in some reputable
q uarters.
Each religious denomination
practically gives the lie to all the
rest. If all the political parties
were right there would be but one,
and brother, if all the alleged
Christian churches were right there
would be but one, and in the
humble opinion of the writer, it
would not be very large!
The Industrial Worker will de
j nounce either principles or men in
any of them and will praise and
uphold the good.
As stated in the outset we are
not apologetic but we don't want
you to think we are iconoclast
endeavoring to yank the king pin
out of cither church or party, but
wo shall certainly insist that rot
tenness in either be cleaned up. It
you are sensible you will think be
fore you blow off your bazoo about
the. Worker’s wickedness. If you
are fool we haven't time to talk to
you nohow.
SOLOMON ON ADVERTISING.
j it is usually understood that ad
vertising is a comparatively modern
i cience. As it is conducted today
it is scarcely a century old. But
notwithstanding that circumstances
indicate that Solomon understood
the science something over three
thousand years ago.
If Solomon knew nothing about
advertising why did he write this:
"There is that scattereth and jet
increaseth, and there i, that with
holdeth more than it is meet, but it
ter.deth to poverty.”
Could there be a better discre
tion of the science of advertising
in a l'ew words?
The business man who uses ad
vertising space liberally but judi
i ciously, greatly builds up his bus
i ine s. By scattering dollars be
brings in twenty dollar gold pieces.
But the business man who refuses
to advertise will not get ahead very
fast. If he will not advertise in
any way whatever but simply waits j
for trade to hunt him up, he is al
most certain to fali. If lie is con
tent to do busine s in a very limited
circle he may exist without news
paper advertising possibly, by putt
ing out signs to catch the passer
by. This is a from of advertising
of course, but it reaches only those
who pa, s that way, only a com
paratively small number of their.
Successful business men are now
unanimous in saying that advertis
ing of some kit.d is absolutely es
sential for the average commercial
enterprise, and newspaper advert
ing is better than any other kind,
provided of course, it is inserted
in newspapers that are read and
that carry weight with them.
In Socialism were all the bad
things its enemies say it is, still it
would not be half a* bad as ca
pitalism is.
"If all things were equally di
vided they would soon be unequal
again." It shows what a clivided-up
system capitalism is.
Max Nordau. being asked the
difference between genius and in
sanity, replied that at present in
sanity seen, to be able to get a liv
ing.
"If human nature was changed
Socialism would be a fine thing.”
Why, if it is a fine thing, would it
not help to change human nature?
A financial embarrassed capital
ist usually prefers suicide to work.
He knows what it is to be a work
er under 'he system he lias fost
ered.
Death may love a chining mark,
but capitalism prefers the easy
mark.
T he fellows who catch on in life
seem to catch on ot the other man's
product.
Capitalism's favorite way of gett
ing its enemies is through assassi
nation by unemployment.
Cnder capitalism the great man!
is the fellow who can tell a lie big
enough to attract attention.
if you don’t understand Social
ism it is quite possible the fault i
noi with Socialism but with your
self.
Capitalists say that Socialism can
nO', be installed without force and
hence they are opposed to it. Just
as if capitalists do not depend upon
force to make the people obey the
rule;,, of their making for the keep
ing possession of the nation's
wealth that the millions have pro
duced! They' are continually em
ploying the force of police, sheriff,
militia, army, navy, dungeon and
clectrfct chair, to force the recogni
tion of their views. The Socialist
believes in. the ballot in the consent
of the majority, in the bloodless
revolution, and when they have
gained tihs vantage ground they
will possibly make the minority
obey the law,, just as the majority
of today does—except, the death
sentence, which is wrong.
Clothing cleaned, pressed, altered
and repaired at tlie Nome Tailoring
Co., .next, door to Segerstrom and
Hagen’s.
CITY DADS TACKLE
PUZZLING PROGLEM
The adjourned session of '.he
(City Council convened at S2.0 last
night in ate clerks olt'ce All mem
bers answered the roll call. The
ei;> attroncy administered the oath
of ottice to the newly enlisted
Aldermen Kemp and Lynoll, both
of whom thanked the Mayor and
liis fellow Counctimon for the honor
• "conferred upon them and they -aid
. .hey would to the jest of theii
-ability faithfully and Impartially
perform the duties encumbered
upon them. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read for the
herelit of the newly initiated mem
bers and approved. A communica
wation was read from -Mrs. Fanny
Hal pin accompanied by a $12.50
post money order in payment of
taxes on the Merchants Cafe. The
.iss»«sor had taxed the property at
-$17.44. McAllister objected to the
vV.une.il accepting $12.50 instead of
SAT.$4 and upon motion duly
pa red lliis question was laid upon
tho table and I lie Clerk instructed
to communicate and so notify Mrs.
.Halphin, A communication from
lhe School Board was read request
ing the Council to set aside the
sura of $;!,486.30 to defray the pre
i sent indebtedness incurred conduct
ing the affairs of the public schools
! The question ot the school fund
! was thoroughly, intelligently and
, very interestingly discussed by the
City Attorney and member!’, of the
Council, and it was stated that a
copy of the following communica
tion had been presented to the
members of the School Board:
NOME SCHOOL BOARD: .
In payment 01 salaries and main
tenance bills of the School Board.
I suggest that all bills toiitracted
by the Board be presented to the
Common Council, in detail, and
warrants ordered drawn direct to
the several payees: that in each
case two warrants be issued by the
City Clerk—one for 75 per cent
ano one for 25 per cent of the total
except in ca es of maintenance
bills, when the warrants will be
divided 10 per cent and 90 per
cent of the totals; the 7 5 per cent
and the 10 per cent warrants to be
retired as soon as the Territorial
funds are received, the others to
stand as other general warrants
against the city, and paid a,* such.
When the two warrants are de
livered in each case, one receipt in
full payment, covering the amount
of both warrants, is to be signed
by tlic payees, the original of which
is to be forwarded to the Governor,
and a duplicate kept by the Board.
Nome, Sept. 29, 1917.
J. F. HOBBES.
City Attorney.
Thereupon the Mayor instructed
the City Attorney and the City
.. (Continued on Page 3.)
On “Umatilla” we expect a limited supply of
LIBERTY BONDS
If they arrive, we will sell to those desiring.. If they Sail to ar
rive, we ran take subscriptions and have bonds deposited in any
Seattle bank to order of purchaser.
GET BEHIND OUR GOVERNMENT.
Alaska Lighterage Comercial Co.
Charles L. Ross
i'r
, Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF W. STEIGER MAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL, RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
IIRD AND B STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
! Miners and Merchants Bank
I
Nome, Alaska
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.
Army Shoes
EARLY LAST SPRING WE PLACED AN ORDER WITH
ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CONTRATORS FOR ARMY
SHOES .MADE AS PER GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATIONS ON
THE “MUNSON" LAST. COME IN AND LOOK THEM OVER.
YOF MAY SOON BE FURNISHED WITH A PAIR BY "UNCLE
SAM” BUT WHY’ WAIT?
P. A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
44.
North
Pole
Bakery
& Coffee
House
BREAD
10c. per it if
3 Loa\es 30c.
Anvil
Bakery
and
Coffee
House
THE NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
is prepared to handle
all kinds of
JOB PRINTING
Let us figure on your
work. Call up Black
134 or call at
THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER OFFICE
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SIS HOPKINS SAYS:
“DON’T DO NI7TTIV FOR NO
BODY WHAT DON'T DO Nl-TTIN*
FOR YOU".
NOW YOl' WISH TO KEEP YOUR
OWN PAPER IN THE FI EDI).
And keep it
Going strong
THE OXK BIG THING THAT
YOU CAN DO, AX1) WHICH YOU
OUGHT TO DO, IS TO PATRO
NIZE THOSK MERCHANTS
WHO PATRONIZE YOUR PAPER
BY ADVERTISING IN THK
WORKER.
ALMOST EVERY LINE OE MER
CHANDISE,
' ALMOST ALL SUPPLIES.
ALMOST EVERY PROCESSION.
ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU
WANT
IS REPRESENTED BY SOMK
ADVERTISER IN THIS PAPER.
SEE TO IT THAT HE GETS YOUR
TRADE, AND THE TRADE OP
ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
THE WINTER IS WHEN SOME
ADVERTISERS DROP OUT.
That hurts
Your paper
SOME ADVERTISERS STAY IN
THE PAPER COR THE WINTER.
Some new
Ones come in
That helps
Your paper
DO SOMETHING COR SOMEBODY
WHAT DOES SOMETHING
COR YOU.