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"To secure to*each laborer the whole product of h's labor, or as
wearly is possible, Is » worthy object of any good government.”—
anranatn Lincoln
Ao.ir. .-a all ConimU!!fca«on» to Dally Nome Industrial ork-r,
i*os 110 Nome, AiasV.a. t’hone, Black IS*..
Noun*. Al isk.*, Septeml.i r IN. 1017.
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i'ar! that not one* nielli ***?' o» ,
tin. < ity toun-il and no number or
tlii- official forte may tie one cent
the rit her for the gambling that
is going on. does not free Nome
from barges of graft in this con
nection The mere fact that bail
money is absorbed by the city w hile
the gatm-s continue and such bail
money is so small in amount and is
easily forfeited- tie fact that that
baii niM'-y is used with apparent
satisfaction by tlu- 'ity merely
, • hi money a rl
>,t. w-hd ’ 'si*
oi.tinning. One mat:
■:;, ri■ is i gaim- run
Jtllia it! ill’:....' every publit resort
in the « ity ft..! im.-r in others that
;,r,. i., : regard* i as sut h in any
ovent oi late the gamblers have
11etr;id sut i. a bra/1a gtairingiy
galit d-dianre of tin law—opening
up in one joint with music thrown
in as an attraction, that it is about
time that when a raid is made the
City officials would make the hail so
still that tin men would appear for
trial and when convicted they tie
given the limit so that gambling
•would If unprofitable and that they
1... lift'd til tool tit: tl'.eir Specula
tive propensities in jail for a goon
long while.
It b, en.ant-r :cr Nome it.
r lone run if li'c City Jails tie
ge;’tv gambler- unlit .tiler lie
boats ar-- ready to pull out at any
rat. As it it is now. tiles.- small
bails and light fin-s snu-11 of gr-.U»
;.s far as tin- < ity Treasury,
if no* as far as individuals arc con
r.-med. It is about time that Nome
<iuit supporting itself on v..
-I ll 11 >1
Take the ease of one Mayshack
This man was a graduate of a <li r
man I'nivcrsily. 1 i• worked in tlv
National Oxyg it anil Machine Co ■
plant in Detroit, .Michigan as a
chemist. He had taken out hi
first paper:- and • • dr .vn in Mi
draft, He commit il,'r
i serve again
The verv ]• re.Mp*•* t o: fighting
against his folks and his people
i.a: a nightmare to h.m.
It is all very >v dl to say that be
ing in America 1." should have
dropped alt that r verenee. lov, and
respect for the country and the !"■(>
ple among whom he was born.
That is easier said than done. I'ndet
the same rir< amstances and just
under the changed conditions <d
nationality the American who would
do as he has done would be ac
claimed a hero. What then ve
il e?
(iOLIlKX IIITOIITIAITV.
Who is it that does not known
that tlie railroads of the land art
the real benefactors in industry?
If there is any doubt about it tak<
this dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa,
which says the Chicago. Milwaukee
and St. Paul have so many appli
cations for positions from women
that they cannot give them ail a
place. But give them lime, give
thorn time, people. The women are
paid so much less than men. most
of them are not organized, that the
railroads will we may rest assured
eventually find loom lor them all.
Thus we rise to the heights <>r de
mocracy. Why should the golden
opportunity—in more senses than
one—he overlooked by the roads':
m,\s im: pi'hi.ishHus:
Some sixteen publishers have had
llicir papers denied mailing rigid
anil their property thus pract .-.illy
ruined. D thevha.c I rule n the lev
they should lie prosecuted, hut why
fchould tiny lie thus ruined auc
✓
111;tr u .'i .ut ,t;i> legal procedure'.
Bad is tii- .1 iiu;i- «•. ilie injunction
by judges. but ibis power in the
hands of unrestrained officialdom is
a hundred times worse, because
nnudi more unjust.
If a man breaks the law. there is
surely a remedy. If lie breaks no
law then to punish him In this man
ner is the acme of injustice.
t oi'BKirs ruin:.
Tin report that government li
Most Economical
Coffee You Can Buy
It Goes Further
The Best Coffee at
Any Price
Vacuum packed by Special Process
to preserve its strength and flavor
Remember
fixed the price of copper is r*t
wholly unexpected. lit will this'
relieve the labor situ i a hi the
copper fields? In point .,i ■
ih<- red met a! >'<>r v...r ;oirpn -
would I" nnr. n r. ;
accomplish 1 i.y i. inn. '
mines.
Tin re ar any anion
rfieve that it th j
!y i (ii!:i,n do r. ■ tor sor
should b. even less h. -it;
eorntnonde; ring i lie
Labor v on i cert in .> i ■
ler position tc r< ml r s
to be victimize d in an ! o
by the lawless thu s. ry
bloated copper vatcpir .-.
i Ut-SEEING.
s'. 1
ri I
s i vo, r
ce, thi.
property,
■ii a ..
of work
” rront
Labnr is not far se d::a as tap:
tal. That i.- capital's lone sin;
When we say capita] we '"can ti,
• •apitali.-t ,'ii-t as >. h o. we
' i bor . m. .ii lb id: :
tin* I apb.i :s! in a -on n v war .■
Hut he is looking u long vs ahe.i
wiien In.- examines i' ii. kr.fr.
that if lie iin r. as. s v. ,u;i .» mw ..
has been to'd and vam"’. by a j
dozen experts that he has to li&vr
cheap labor to compete ' ith the
rest of the world after the war.
Even now he is getting ready for
that big event in the commercial
world when all the nations will
scramble for markets in time id
peace. The American cap!;.list doer
not want the war time wages to get
so high that he will have the ne.il
of a time lowering it to meet the
needs ot profit lusting in the aftcr
the-war period.
It
;'s immaterial that the pur
ag price of the wages is !
vawishing fast. It is material that;
he has to ke ;; wages as low as
possible so that he will be in ;.
tro g posit b . aft r the war.
Blit although he seas far ahead,
c ar; t t eil w ha t is goin| t o h a p
■ ... ■ aft tl ■ capitl lit . And he is
rc.; a • ;.r • o: ilie future struggle I
. 0 int< '.a.1 lh.it tile j
kv.-t of hi- thoughts may lie- about i
:>r» ic,i marke* .. Wisdom often j
(Yt r-r ... he s itr-olt. It is doing so j
right now.
IlKPOKTk.
Wki: all kinds of reports are !
e ■ it if tho various bellig r
ents it is well to understand that
unless one is on the spot, all of
must he taken with a grain
of suit. No one in America. for ex
ample. right':.' knows what is hap
'
• r tin war t". v>nl lie known |
u ! va will n'.i vouch r at tlu ' i
things we had imagined or M
hi v. !. thanks to this rffee’ive I
■..- is!.ip tliat aii the nations have,
huikled up. One thing that tp
! ears to he the subject of general |
• ouci rn in all the belligerent ua- !
tior.s and that is that the Public
nmy know too much. It is wonder
ful the lack of confidence the war
inspires in the Public. May be—
on account of spying and the like
-—not uuite without reason.
Just received a full line Kubber
Hoot.-. I*acs. Overshoes and Itubbers
for Men. Women anil Children at
IIOI.TS.
You'll get it right in the Worker.
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