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rONSCIHPTION.
That conscription may be en
forced is more than likely, although
there is cuite a considerable lot of
opposition thereto. That opposi
tion will be founded on the eco
nomic position of the people who
favor or resist it.
Those who favor it may be those
who will by no chance be drafted,
while those who oppose it will be
those who will be subject to a re-j
gulation of this kind. Strictly
speaking the president lias through
the Dick Bill the power, if lie finds
occasion to use it. to draft anyone
of military age. .Moreover employers
call see to it. without Dick Bills
that economic conditions drive men
its a last resort to fight.
Th.* propress of conscription in
fjreat Britain, throws a great light
upon this Most imagine that con
scription was only b ‘gun after the
war bad been going on several
year But that notion is far from
<urn 11 In point of real fact, con
scription bad been going on from
the very start of the war. patriotic
emplov. r- saw to that, and where
they failed the Defence of the Realm
Ad tame to tlieii assistance.
It w; - in this way; economic con
ditions forced the workers into the
army and the truth is that conscrip
tion was passed not to get the work
ers who were slackers, but thy
slack, rs who had enough money to
live without fighting and did not
wish to risk their hides.
The industrial dependence of the
working (lass is historic It is a
dependent class in peace or in war.
And just as during peace the fact
of his being without means to live
unless he works and is compelled to
tak* what lie can, so in time ot
war. lie is driven by the same eco
nouii• urge to join the army or go
hungry. Employers in Great Bri
tain. where they could, fired their
employees of military age, advised
their men to enlist and emploved
women. Where 'hey could substi
tute female labor or labor not ot
military age. either too old or too
young, they did so. and a gracious
government very conveniently sus
pended the legal limitations in the
matter of both female and child
labor. So the man of military age
nought work ill vain, and found
himself driven into the army. He
had a tree will in the matter: lie
< ould have remained outside and
starved to death, and it was not
conscription technically even il it
was conscription actually. \N hen
■conscription was enforced it got men
of the lower middle classs, and trom
that up, who had money to live
without fighting and without work
ing. unless they had a mind to do
one or the other.
The industrial requirements of the
Vnitecl States are such just now that
they cannot spare very many of the
•workers. Two or three million
wage workers removed from Die
fields of active employment would
raise the devil with established in
dustries. Employers know it and
they keep the officials posted on
this head.
But there is an enormous class
of nondescripts who are not wage
•workers: who art* not engaged in
active productive work and who can
be spared. They may not want to
go; they may prefer to read the
vvar news from the paper instead
of experiencing its thrills first hand
in the trenches, where the thrills
are also accompanied by an uncer
tainty of living that rather height
icns the sensational feeling. They
ran live without enlisting. They
don’t have to.
If they will go, well and good.
U they will not, as in England,
there will be conscription.
Likely enough there will be a
general substitution where possible
©f female for male labor and then
male labor can hunt a job in vain.
If of military age. he will be told
to fight, just as during times of
peace he was told to stand in the
I bread line. Economic compulsion
will remove the actual need of con
scription for him. He is the sub
ject of that urge to live and when
a man can only make a living fight
ing, he will fight. Many a man
has engaged in a dangerous occupa
tion where the hazzard has been
ten times as great as In the army,
because he had to do it to get
beans.
It is somewhat singular that men
should mention conscription of in
come in the same breath, though
with rather exhausted emphasis, as
that in which they talk about con
scription of men.
Yet even on this head, we need
have no very idle delusions. The
mythical idea that working men pa>
for wars is about on a par with the
myth that the working men pay the
taxes. They do neither one nor the
other. It is true that the working
man's labor produces the wealth
wherefrom wars and taxes are paid,
whence profit, interest and rent are
forthcoming, but he has nothing to
say about its distribution for all
that.
The Socialist Labor Party is to be
Congratulated upon having always
kept this fact definitely before the
workers in clear and concise matter
of fait, while the socialist party
; men hav« been joining their whine
; with the bourgeois as to the burden
of taxes which falls upon the poor
; worker!
j The worker is about on bed roolt.
i He produces as much now as speed -
, ing up systems, efficiency theories
I and all that kind of modern slave
driving can compel upon him. Of
that productivity which the worker
i develops in the course of the day’s
t labor power, which labor power has
j the happy knack of producing so
| much more than it is worth, that
i surplus is divided among a
lot of much happier gentlemen in
the shape of rent, interest, taxes,
profits. They take care ot that divi
sion by the right of ownership and
they subdivide in definite propor
tions as the economic occasion de
mands it. Thus taxes may e more
or less, profits may be more or less,
rents more or less, interest may he
more or less, but they will all come
out of a uniform surplus value cre
ated over and above the day's wages
which is about enough to live upon
usually. So the costs of the war
may be borne only by the capitalists.
They pay more taxes and if they do
profit, rent, interest, may decrease
accordingly.
But obviously all employers are
not equally situated in the matter
of paying these taxes, and the little
business fellow thinks that the pay
ment of taxes when it takes the;
form of grabbing the incomes over
fifty or a hundred thousand dollars
is about just right. That lets hint
have his whack and reduces the I
real fat fish tc his taxable staiulaid.i
It is dollars to doughnuts the j
workers, helping out little business,
will say that this conscription ot
large incomes is about the proper
caper and work themselves up to a
frenzy in its boosting. But there
will not lie the same enthusiasm for
the seizure of the industries by tho
people and the collectivization of
land and property in the interest of
the general welfare in war as well
as peace. They will not bust a big
intestine boosting the only really
practicable measure in absorbing all
profits and all industries and recom
pensing the producers with the bal
ance that was over after deducting
war expenses.
You bet not; yet as a war meas
ure there is equity itself, and simpli
city itself, and efficiency itself. It
will however throughout all these
talks of fiscal plans be the one con
scription that will never be heard
of.
Safety first. You minera coining
in from tlie creeks look up the ad
vertisers In jour paper before dis
posing of your patronage.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Chas. T. Webb and Sidney
Mudget,, your heirs, executors
assigns or personal representa
tives.
You and each of you are
hereby notified that the under
signed has expended in la
bor and improvements the sum ot
one hundred dollars for 1916 on the
Myrtle Association, an association
placer mining claim situated on ieft
limit of Dry creek and recorded and
more fully described in the Re
cords of the Cape Nome Mining and
Recording district, Second Divison,
Territory of Alaska.
The above amount liac been ex
pended in order to hold said claim
under the provisi ns of the law con
cerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount requited
to hold said claim.
And you and each of you
are further notified that
if within ninety days after the last
publication of this notice you fail
to contribute your proportion of
^id expenditure, your interest in
said claim will become the proprety
of the undersigned your co-owner
under section 232 4 Revised Statu
tes of the UnUed States.
. ESKIMO GOLD DREDGING CO.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ., Feb. 9, 19} 7.
Date of last publ., May 11, 1917.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Charles T. Webb. Holly W. Webb
J. W. Webb, C. F. Elliston and
L. C. Tanner, your heirs,
i
executors, assigns or personal rr
I presen tatlves:
I Von and each of you are hereby no- I
tided, that the undersigned has
expended in labor and improvements
; the sum of one hundred dollars for
! labor and improvements for
the year of 191G on the
I Osiris Association, an association
! claim situated on the left limit ot
i Nos. 4 and 5 below on 1 irv
j creek and recodred and moie
j fully described in the re- |
i cords of the Cape Nome Mining and j
Recording District in the Second ,
; Division, Territory of Alaska.
The above amount has been ex- j
pended in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of the Law, con- 1
cerning annual assessment war (
upon Mining claims, being the i
amount required to hold said claim. ;
And you and each ot
you are further notified, that
>'f within ninety days after the la:>t I
publication of this notice, you fail i
to contribute your proportion ofj
said expenditure your interest in said j
claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your C'o-Ownet un-1
der section 2324 Revised Statut.-.s
of the United States.
. ESKIMO GOLD DREDGING CO.
Co-Owr.ei.
Date of first publ., Feb. 9, 1917.
Date of last publ., May 11, 1917.
NOTICE OE FORFEITURE.
i To W. A. Macomber and Harry
Hicks their heirs and assigns:
j You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned has ex
pended in labor and improvements,
the sum of one hundred dollars
($100.00) for each of the years ot
1914, 1915, 1916 as the annual
assessment work required by law
for the said years upon and for the
benefit and development of the as
sociation placer mining claim known
as the Jeannette, situated on Cuss
creek in the Cape Nome Mining and
Recording District, territory of Al
aska and recorded in Yol. 194, page
213.
You and each of you are further
notified that if you do not within
ninety days from the final publica
tion hereof cause to be paid to the
undersigned your proportionate
share of said expenditures, as co
owner, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the
undersigned under section 2324 ot
the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
CHAS D. JONES.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ., Feb. 1G, 1917.
Date of last publ., May 18, 1917.
No. 0314.
NOTICE OP APPLICATION FOR A
PATENT.
In the United States Land Office at
Nom~, Alaska, February 26, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that John
F. Ames Trustee with residence and
post office address at Cleveland,
Ohio, through his authorized at
torney in fact V. V. Dickenson
whose residence and post office ad
dress is Nome, Alaska has filed ap
plication od behalf of himself and
his co-beneficiaries under said trust
Mortimer P. Ames also with resi
dence and post office address at
Cleveland, Ohio, and Charles Wente
of Nome, Alaska, before the United
States Land office at Nome, Terri
tory of Alaska for a patent for
placer mining claims situate in the
Council City Recording District, in
the Second Division, in the Nome
Land District, in said Territory, said
claims comprising the following
placer locations:—Imperator, Mor
timer Bar, Eureka, Little Bloom
field, No. One and No. One and One
Half, situate on Dixon Creek and the
Casadepaga River, the Mineral Sur
vey thereof being designated as No.
1200. The description of said claims
as set forth in the Field Notes and
I’lat of said Survey, duly appro*ed
bv the Surveyor General of the
said Territory, lining as follows: —
Magnetic variation from 2o deg.
05 min. E. to 20 ii:s 40 min J'J
Imperator Claim on Casadepaga
River..
Beginning at tor. No. 1 in the'
Casadepaga River and liable to de
struction by ice and Hood, whence
U. S. L. M. No. 1201 hears N. ii cleg
51.5 E., 3570.25 :t. witness corner,
a limestone 24x8x0 ins. chiseled W.
C. 2 M B I, 1-1200 with mound oi
earth 24 ins. base, 18 ins. high on
east side, bears N. 34 deg. 08 min.
W., 218.10 ft. distant; thence S.
34 deg. 08 min. E. 380 ft. to Cor.
2; thence S. 57 deg. 15 min. W.
1223.40 ft. to Cor. 3; thence N.
4 3 deg. 14 min. W. 350 ft. to Cor.
4 in river and liable to destruction
by ice and flood, whence witness
corner, a schist stone 24x8x6 ins.
chiseled W C No. 8 B M 4, 1-1200
with earth mound 24 ins. base, 18
ins. high on west side, bears N. 4 3
deg. 14 min. W. 209.50 ft. distant;
thence N. 55 deg. 39 min. E. 1278.40
ft. to place of beginning. Area
10.409 A.
Mortimer Bar Claim.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a schist stone
20x14x5 ins. chiseled I. M B-1200
and mound 24 ins. base 18 ins. high
on south side, whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1200 bears N. 22 deg. 42 min.
E. 3345.30 ft. distant; thence S. 34
deg. OS min. E. 3S4.6 ft. to Cor.
2, identical with Cor. 1, imperator
previously described identical wit
ness corner previously described
bears N. 34 deg. 08 min. W. 21S.10
ft.; thence S. 55 deg. 39 min. W.
1278.40 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
with Cor. 4 Imperator previously de
scribed and vrith identical witness
corner previously described bearing
N. 43 (leg. 14 min. W. 209.50 ft.;
thence N. 43 deg. 14 min. W. 346.70
ft. to Cor. 4; thence N. 54 deg. 15
min. E. 342.70 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence N. 57 deg. 44 min. E. 673.60
ft. to Cor. 6; thence N. 45 deg. 17
min. E. 322.SO ft. (o place of be
ginning. Area 10.337 A.
Eureka (or Discovery) Claim.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a greenstone
24x7x6 ins. chiseled 1. E. 2, L B
1200. with mound 24 ins. base 18
ins. high on west side, whence U.
5 L M No. 1200 bears N. 42 deg.
17 min. E. 8009.40 ft.; thence S.
24 deg. 54 min. E. 1198.50 ft. to
('or. 2, identical with Cor. 6 of M
B claim; thence S. 57 deg. 44 min.
W. 673.60 ft. to Cor. 3, identical
with Cor. 5 of M B claim; thence
N. 23 deg. 29 min. W. 1209.20 ft.
to Cor. 4; thence N. 58 deg. 16 min.
E. 642.80 ft. to place 6f beginning.
Area 18.020 A.
Little Bloomfield Claim.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a fir post 3
ft. by 4 ins. square set IS
ins. in ground, scribed 1, L B, 1, No.
1-1200 with earth mound 24 Ins.
base 12 ins. high around same,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1200 bears
N. 48 deg. 25 min. E. 2936.55 ft.
distant; thence S. 31 deg. 46 min.
FL 326.60 ft. to Cor. 2, identical
with Cor. 1 Eureka claim previous
ly described; thence S. 58 deg. 16
min. W. 642.80 ft. to Cor. 3, iden
tical with Cor. 4 Eureka claim;
thence N. 26 deg. 56 min. W. 267
tt. to cor. 4; thence N. 52 deg. 42 I
min. E. 623 ft. to place of begin
ning. Area 4.288 A.
No. One Dixon Creek.
Beginning at Cor. 1, identical'
with Cor. 1 Little Bloomfield previ- j
ouslv described; U. S. L. M. No.]
1200 having identical bearings; I
thence S. 52 deg. 42 min. W. 623 ft. ;
to Cor 2, identical with Cor. 4 L B
claim; thence N. 33 dog. 28 min. W. !
1330 ft. to Cor 3; thence N. 55!
deg. 06 min. E. 583 ft. to Cor. 4; I
thence S. 35 deg. 07 min. E. I
1303.20 ft. to place of beginning. \
Area 18.222 A.
No. One and One Half, Dixon.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a limestone
24x12x3 ins. in ground 12 ins. chis
eled 1, 1%. 1200 with mound 24
ins. base 16 ins. high on cast side,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1200 bears
N. 77 deg. 57.5 min. W. 3064.57
ft; thence S. 11 deg. 45 min. B. 248.4
ft. to Cor. 2, identical with Cor. 4
No. One claim; thence S. 55 deg.
06 W. 5S3.80 ft. to Cor. 3, identical
with Cor. 3 No. One claim; thence
N. 21 deg. 08 min. W. 241.50 ft. to
Cor. 4; thence N. 55 deg. 40 min.
E. 624 ft. to place of beginning.
Area 3.215 A.
This claim embracing 6 contiguous
locations, area 64.491 a. is on un
surveyed ground and situate on
Dixon Creek and the Casadepaga
River about 20 miles west of the
town of Council.
U. S. L. M. No. 1200 to which
Survey is lied is a limestone bluff
about 100 ft. in elevation above the
Casadepaga River and about 400 ft.
west of the left bank, a cross x
marking true point, whence Cor. 1
Mortimer Bar claim bears S. 22
deg. 42 min. W. 3345.30 ft.; a cross
x cut on limestone bedrock chiseled
B R bears N. 51 deg. 40 min. E. 9.7
ft. distant; a mountain peak bears
N. 76 deg. 34 min. W. about 2 mile9
distant. Said monument is about
1. 25 miles up Casadepaga River
from mouth of Big Four Creek, and
in Lat. 64 deg. 64 min. N. Long.
164 deg. 11 min. 30 sec. W.
Adjoining claims on all sides are
unsurveyed and claimants unknown.
The notices of location, original and
amended are of record In the said
Council City Recording District as
follows:—Imperator Vol. 23 page
81; Mortimer Bar. Vol. 4, page 115;
Eureka (or Discovery) Vol. 2, page
106; Vol. 16, page 17, Vol. 4, page
119; Little Bloomfield Vol. 16, page
18; Volv 4, page 117; No. One, Vol.
20, page 267; No. One and One
Half Vol. 22, page 134.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register.
Date of first publ., Feb. 27, 1917.
Date of last pub., April 28, 1917.
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