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"To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
r.early as possible. Is a worthy object of any good goverament-"—
kbranam Lincoln
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Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial 'Worker,
Box 210 Nome. Alaska. Phone, Black 124
Nome, Alaska, November 15, 1017.
I’LENTY of room?
“There is plenty of roern at the
top,” evuant-;' the Social Optimist.
"All you need is a little self-con
fidence—a iittle real desire to get
there—and up you go to be greeted
as conqueror and crowned with a
laurel wreath.”
School teachers, mi Voters, social
workers, journalists and lecturers
have all said such things in mo
ments of unguarded enthusiasm.
Sober tought leads them to strike
a different key.
To be sure, there is always a
ehance of the workingman rising
out of the ranks of the workers
and becoming a manager or a capi
talist. The existence of this chance
to rise has never been questioned,
thought its mathetical extent lias
not always been under tood. Con
sider, for example, one of the great
est single industries in the United
States the railroad industry, em
ploying nearly a million and ihrce
quarters of men. What are the
possibilities for advancement in this
industry a shown by the latest re
ports of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.?
There were in 1914. 5,74 0 gen
eral officers directing the activities
of the million and threequarters
employees. Therefore each em
ployee should have- one chance in
three hundred ot becoming a gen
crul officer at some time during his
life, provided that the em rlcyecs
live as long a,, the general oiiicers,
and provided further that all of
the general officers are clra-m from
the ranks of the employe s. Neither
of these assumptions, however, is
correct, because in the fir>t piace,
insurance tables indicate that the
life of the general officer is cou
eiderably longer than the 'ife of the
average workingman In the second
place, the general officers are not
always drawn from the ranks.
Leaving these two considerations
out of account, however, it is ap
parent that the mathematical prob
ability that the avenge railroad
employee will become a general of
ficer is about one-third of ore per
cent.
Consider another phase of the
situation. Suppose that - t ire a
railroad trainman. Vinl.et 'ctii ally
you have one chance in i • ree hund
red of becoming a general officer
at any time during your li'e On
the other hand von have about one
c hance in ten of being injured, and
one chance in C.co 'i indred and
fifty of being killed during da. it
year that you are at work.
Supposing that your total term
Of service Is twenty years, the
chances are two to one that tlnring
that time you will be injured, nncl
one to twelve that during that time
you will be kill.-1; so that the
chance of you'- being iumred is six
hundred times as great, and the
the chance of your be’cg hi.led is
twenty times as great ns your
chance of becoming a general of
ficer in the cotupnnv which is em
ploying you.
In short, the tendency of ,m .ern
j industry is toward a form of org -
j nization which will require the
j wage worker to remain a wage
I worker. The railroad doe,, not ex
j pect a brakeman to become presi
I dent or genral-manager, but in
stead to become a conductor. In
the same way, section hands make
section foremen, and locomotive
firemen make locomotive engineers.
The railroad manager is not look
ing for an engineer who will make
a general superintendent, but for
an engineer who .will be and will
remain a good engineer.
j Tradition, aphorsms, proverbs and
sueees ful men to the contrary, not
withstanding, the room at the top
is a myth. When all is said, tne
; organization (.1 modern industry is
j such that iu the absence of some
j out ide influence such as education,
| or “pull", the wage worker is aT
, most necessarily condemned to a
1 life of labor. Receiving in most
i abjet conditions, or by exceptional
j management. Lacking training, ca
! pital, and surplus energy, the wage
worker may neither rise in indus
try nor may he begin an industry
of his own. Until recently free land
farm ownership offered him an al
ternative. Trdi^v free land is gone.
Even though land were still free,
the amount of capital necessary for
the proper management of a mo
dren farm is prohibitive to the man
without mean., or credit. The wage
worker may not change his lot by
rising, or 'iy striking out for him
self. Barriers appear in both di
rections whigli are surmountable
by the man of unusual ability and
of great energy alone. To the or
dinary man, the limitations which
they prescribe are absolute.
The worker will remain a work
er, except in the rare instance
when he joins the ranks ot' profes
sions, or secures a foothold oil the
norrow ledge of industrial organiza
tion ec-mpels most men to keep
their places on the lower rungs ot
the Industrial ladder. Therefore
th- ir real immediate problem is te
make the rungs as comfortable as
possible.
ITS POVERTY THAT AILS THE
POOR.
"The curse of the poor is their
poverty" is a favorite expression of
Bernard Shaw’s and he has good
biblical authority for his text. It
is one of the truths that is hard
est for the wilfully blind to see.
"The curse of the poor is their
improvidence,’' the banker writer
upon a card to be displayed in the
street cars. Then he orders an
other automobile and tries to make
the white lights burn red until the
bank breaks and the savings of la
bor are gone.
"The curse of the poor is intem
perance” cries the fanatic, counting
the glasses of beer of the worker
and shutting his eyes to the bottles
of champagne of the exploiter.
’The poor suffer because of their
laziness,” lolls the fat preacher of
platitude* as he sinks back into his
upholstered chair at the club.
But it is not because the poor
are improvident or intemperate or
lazy, but because they are poor that
they suffer. They are poor not be
cause of the pennies they fail to
save from the pittance they get, but
because of the dollars they do not
get from the plenty they produce.
Wealth does not come from the
industriou. . It is the workers in
every land who are poor.
Poverty is the father and mother
! of crime and misery and degrada
tion in every form. Yet the only
movement that dares to strike at
poverty is Socialism.
Socialism is a wide-world move
ment. It must be so to combat ca
pitalism, which i,.-, international in
every respect, knowing no party
lines or boundaries. The capitalists
of England, Germany, France anil
Russia have but one interest to
subserve—the perpetuation of the
wage system. in v
PUTTING ONE OVER.
The grouch was dissatisfied with
the letter which his stenographer
presented for his signature. He
signed, but made her put it back
into the machine and add: P. S.—
Dictated to a poor stenographer.
She folded the letter and put it
! in the envelope but :to . ooner was
her employer's back turned she
took it out and added: P. S. No. 2
—The reason I am poor is because
he pays me only $6 per week.
The world is a wheel and it wili
come round all right.
Covetousness and love cf quar
relxngare dangerous dispositions
even in children, and dealy disposi
tions in men and nations.
Never let your mirth, jubilation
or pleasures dull your sympathy
for the sorrow, suffering, sickne s
or indigence ol other people.
I
You find yourself refreshed by the
presence of < heerful people. Why
not make earnest effort to confer
that pleasure on otherpi
P.e choice in your friendships.
You can have but few, and the
number will dwindle as you grow
older. Select minds that are too
strong and large to pretend to
knowledge and resources they do
not really pa sess. They address
you incerely.
BOWLING ALLEY REOPENS.
The Rowling Alley next door to
the Eagle saloon is now open fot
business. Everybody cordially in
vited to come and enjoy themselves.
FORTY-SEVEN FACTORIES!
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555S
LARGEST RUBBER COMPANY IN THE WORLD!
CLOVER LEAF BRAND
ARE NOW MADE BY THE NEW VACUUM
PATENT
PRESSURE
PROCESS
PATENT
PRESSURE
PROCESS
OP WEARERS AFTER EXPERIMENTING WITH '
OTHER BRANDS HAVE COME BACK TO
THOUSANDS
GIVE THEM A TRIAL NEXT TIME AND YOU'LL SOON LEARN
WHY THE OTHER FELLOW SWITCHED BACK—
At ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS
/
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 can take subscriptions and hare bonds deposited in any
Seattle bank to order of purchaser.
GET BEHIND OUR GOVERNMENT.*
Alaska Lighterage Comercial Co.
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF TV. STEIGELMAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE
CEIVE FUOMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND B STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
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« Miners and Merchants Bank
IttmN »> W«*J MM—»»—>W* Ml
Nome, Alaska
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.
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Army Shoes
EARLY LAST SPRING WE PLACED AN ORDER WITH
•ONE OK THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS FOR ARMY
SHOES MADE AS PER GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATIONS ON
THE “MUNSON” LAST. COME IN AND LOOK THEM OVER.
YOU MAY SOON BE FURNISHED WITH A PAIR BY “UNCLE
SAM” BUT WHY WAIT?
I North
| Bakery
I & Coffee
House
BREAD
10c. per it 9/
3 Loa\ es 30c.
Anvil J
Bakery
and i
Coffee I
House ]
*«**»*»
IDE NOME INDUSTRIAL W8RKER
is prepared to handle
all kinds of
i JOB PRINTING
Let us figure on your
work. Call up Black
134 or call at
I THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER OFFICE
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OUGHT TO IK), IS TO PATRO
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WHO PATRONIZE YOUR PAPER
BY ADVERTISING IN THK
WORKER.
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ALMOST ALL SUPPLIES.
ALMOST EVERY PROFESSION.
ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU
WANT
IS REPRESENTED BY SOME
ADVERTISER IN THIS PAPER.
SEE TO IT THAT HE GETS YOUR
TRADE, AND THE TRADE OF
ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
THE WINTER IS WHEN SOME
ADVERTISERS DROP OUT.
That hurts
Your paper
SOME ADVERTISERS STAY IN
THE PAPER FOR THE WINTER.
Some new
Ones come in
That helps
Your paper
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WHAT DOES SOMETHING
FOR YOU.