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Ay Nome Mine Workers' Union, No. *40. Wester* Federation of Kinerr,.
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■ early as possible, 1b a worthy object of any good government.”—
aoraham Lincoln
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box £10 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 184.
Nome, Alaska, .May :{(>, |!IIT.
in ( <\ i io\ n\v.
ro'.ta;-' i: a public holiday. II has j
lifer *et apart lor paying tribute to ■
the departed soldiers of the nation,
th it nay serve to strengthen
the
memory o: what they did and what i
they accomplished by their efforts
and tie ir s.eTifii e.
\\ ithout a doubt many noble lives
are lost on the battlefields. There,
is no question about the value ot
men being prepared to sacrifice
th insel\es and their lives for nio
tivi s which they consider worthy
and it is something to see men pre
pared to give all they have got and
surrender what is most precious to
them, so that the ideals which they
have before them may in the end
be realized.
The influence of such lives, main
ly, is tin example that is afforded
others less suseeptible to tilt* ideals
which inspired these fallen ones,
to do as they had done.
The prin ipal wars whieh engaged
the lTilted States, the war of the
revolution and tlie Civil War were
wars, too. whieh challenge all the
rest of tho world for nobler pur
pose. They were fundamentally
founded upon resistance to wrong:
soei? 1 aid politieal wrongs, and
when men were prepared to saeri
tire their lives for that purpose, not
unnatural!' the nation owes them
a reverence.
But it In not merely In outward
shows that human beings can nay
the proper tribute of respect to
those who fell fighting for an ex
tension of human liberty. Rather
is it by following the example that
has been set, and being prepared to
resist wrong and tyranny on every
field, and in every guise howevei
seeming it may present itself to
t hem.
In the reality of things nun think
that by decorating the grave of
a fallen hero they have done their
lull duty. But nothing could he
farther from the fact. These things
“indeed seem". But it "is that
within which passes show", the full
determination to do as these men
did. and wherever any invasion
of popular lights, any usurpation
of the popular privileges, an'- de
spotic attempt to rule against the
consent of the governed, any effort
to abrogate in the slightest degree
a government of the people, by the
people, for the people—wherever
any of these things crop up to fight
them to the last drop of one’s life
blood, thus can the dead he most
honored.
And how many are prepared to
do that? How much easier it is to
lay flowers upon the graves of the
fallen one? How little sacrifice is
required of lip service? Hut how
many are ready and willing and
anxious and eager to declare that
being men who owe so much to the
•all-uistir efforts of the dead, they
will resist any effort however speci
ous and well seeming, to establish
a despotism and an absolutism,
where the dead have fought and
died in an effort to establish
liberty?
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I
sr< < t-:ss.
Nothing succeeds like success.
We all know its trutli And we are
all willing to burn lamps of sacri
fice before the shrine of the God
who will give it to us.
Moreover we have all definite
ideas as to what success means. We
all really and readily recognize that
Rockefeller and Carnegie and Mor
gan mid tin rest are the really suc
cessful men. We all are willing
to identify the making of money
as the criterion of what is and what
is not success.
That’s our twentieth century ideal.
The reward whieh waits upon effort
is to be the final test of success and
that reward is a pecuniary one in
ilmost all cases
In this town or that, we have
"successful bankers", we have "suc
cessful grocers", we have "success
ful lawyers" and “successful doc
tors."
By these expressions we mean
the men wh6 male good- mace
good money. We donl mean the
banker that gave so much outside
help wi'h so scant security for
friendship's sake that he is still
doddling away as he was twenty
years ago. We dont mean the suc
eesful grocer as one who kept the
people up when they needed credit,
and cleared off to profit and loss the
account of the widow and the
orphan. We dont mean the success
ful lawyer when we speak of the
man who was always helping out
his clients and taking the side ol
the poor and lowly against the
"soulless corporation' . When we
talk about the succesful doctor we
mean the man whose well paid prac
tice enables him to whisk around
the burg in gaudy autos, with man
servants and maid servants, with
sumptuous residences and thumping
big fees.
When success is held out before
the youth, we point to the man of
substance who has risen to the head
of aff iirs and lias a most plethoric
bank account. And that is why rea
sonably enough we say nothing does
succeed like success. The world
knows it. Listen to the whole town
j laugh when the rich man unbends
.ind cracks an old chestnut. Listen
to the deference of the court itself
when John D. gets upon the stand.
Watch the newspaper write-ups ot
the a! home of Mrs. Spondulilts
when she entertains the "five hund
red".
If we had a sign language and
I wrote words by symbols as the
Chinese do in their mysterious way,
we could write very shortly suc
cess with the dollar mark thus: $.
WHY?
There is frequent complaint that
! of late, Sundays included, there
have been more intoxicated people
j in evidence than a good long while.
Most of these iiave escaped arrest
j but it would be interesting to know
what places are making a speciality
j of selling booze to those already
| drunk. These are times when men
| come into town with a few beans
I in their pocket and apparently the
| fact that it is against tlie law to ply
i drunken men with drink does not
deter a few who are anxious to
make a get away stake while the
getting is good.
It is true that not all saloons are
like this and that some carefully
refrain from selling drink to those
who are "already under the influ
ence”. That is all the more reason
why those wo do. should he brought
up with a short turn. And, clear
ly enough if the officials when mak
ing arrest take the right man in
they will soon put a stop to this
condition. The saloonkeeper who
sells booze, as some are now selling
it, to men already intoxicated are
those who should be arrested and
not their victims.
.HIM N.
Japan in this war is the country
which is really the key to the situa
tion. Throughout it all as a first
class power it has affected itselt
seriously neither as a lender nor a
borrower, and if every nation were
to delimit upon l’eace, Japan would
not lose a cent.
More than this, the great naval
and military organization which
that country has built up is still
intact. It is still intact and at the
the heck and call of men whose
range of vision involves quite differ
ent points of view to those of Occi
dental nations.
X'o wonder there lias been a mixed
anxiety concerning Japan, and be
fore Japan is drawn into the war.
it is likely to insist upon equality
of treatment from all nations con
cerned.
At the present trine it receives
nothing of the kind. Its subjects
are discriminated against in many j
paces. And it is highly improbable I
that it is going to do any very
strenuous work in co-operation
with any nation or nations until it
is received n an equality of partner
ship, absolute and without restri •
tion of anv kind.
No one will blame Japanese states
men for seeing to this, and no oi"
will blame the Japanese people it,
feeling as civilized as the best or
the races, they are to demand that
they make good in war, they be as- i
sured that the “superior” nation: |
which want all kinds of help i,.st
now, get oft their high horse ant: |
down again upon an equal footing I
with the mighty power of the is- i
land empire in the east.
Hence talk of sending trocps to
Russia without a clear understand- i
ing that Japan is to have equality j
of treatment from every nation. !
share and share alike, is wholly out
of the question and will he found
to be interesting newspaper talk
and that only.
THK ItRA IT.
There is no denying the j
interest with which every
body looks forward to the
preliminary steps in the way of con
script.ion and that reigstration day
on June ~> is being looked forward
to with varying anxiety.
Whether the people of the coun
try will quietly accept the situation
or whether there will develop n •
strong opposition to its enforcement
two possibilities equally probable,
are important questions that only
time can decide. It would be ab
surd to pretend that the war has
resulted from any popular c'lamoi
for war and that there had not been
predominant, especially in the
west, so strong a pacific sentiment
that it amounted practically to an
anti-war feeling.
So far nothing has developed to
denote any excessive enthusiasm fct
the war. and at best but a painful
duty which must be performed be
cause inevitable.
It is for this reason that special
interest will be taken in the attitude
of the people who are to be con- :
scripted, and the success or failure
which will follow the preliminary j
efforts.
There is no getting over the fa<;
that the draft law is passed, aim j
passed in deadly earnest with the
intention of meaning what it says:
there is no getting over the fact
that, the service asked is compul
sory not voluntary, and that if it
means anything, that those who will
not go willingly will he made to go
against their will.
Such an exercise of governmental
authority is not frequently felt in
the United States, and this makes
the enforcement all the more un
certain.
That the vast majority are ac
customed to compulsion however
will possibly smooth the way. The
workingman, for example, is never
a free agent. He may quit a job.
but he must get a job or starve. He
has no way of getting around that.
If he quits a job and there is no j
other job. he tramps and lives from
hand to mouth. Those dependent
upon his wages go hungry and he
has this compulsory service in in
dustry always before him. He can
not evade it. He hears men tell
him he is free, but with the iron ot
industrial compulsion deep in his
soul he knows fr<hn bitter experi
ence that industrially he is free to
work or starve—only.
Hence for him compulsory mili
tary service is not so much different
trom compulsory industrial service,
whichever way you take it. Heme
it is likely that the worker will
offer but little resistance any way.
But it is the man who has been ac
customed to have his feelings utul j
his will and his wishes and his de
sires consulted and to have hi ■ wav
more often than not. who will oe
likely to buck against being com
pelled to tight whether he Hkos i!
or not.
He will get a taste of what cor>
pulsion means. Some may accept u
without demur, but whether they
do or not they will be compelled
just the same.
SPRING TIMM IS HERE
For the best work in tailoring see
us. We make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
paring for ladies and gentlemen.
We make suits to order.
First class workmanship, modern
method and prompt service.
We appreciate your ratronage.
Yours to pleaes
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