Duily NUÆW Markt-us
Published Daily except Sunday {
Mr Nome Mine Workers’ Union. No. 240. Western Federation of Miner*.
Subscription Price
One Tear .
Mx Months.
One Month
$20.0.0
$10.90
$11.00
“To secnre to each laborer the whole product of hit labor, or as
•early aa possible, Is a worthy object of any good government”—
abraham Lincoln
Address all Commnnieatlpns to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome. Alaska. Phone, Black 114
All changes In standing advertisements must reach this office at six
e'clpck each evening to Insure Insertion In the folleialng Issue.
Advertising rates made known on application.
Kntered as second class matter March 1, 1011, at the poet office at
•tome, • Alasxa, under the Act of March I, 1870.
Nome, Alaska, February 4, 1910.
!t is not in the radical papers of
any country wherein one may most |
easily note the change in vicw-j
point that circumstances have ed-J
need— say as from this great Eur
opean war.
To all intents and purposes the
English radical press is still harping
on the same old facts of the class j
struggle, arid still indulging in the
speculative criticsm.; of the doctrin
aire; to all intents and purposes, ex
cept for a more rigid militarist
censorship, which now and then
subjects it to suppression, the Vor
waerts is the same coc'aliotically
minded journal of the ante helium
days, and the representative of the
same train of pseudo libertarian
thought that it affected to be as the
organ of social-democracy in Ger
many.
But these things really show not
a thing. They will reveal the, arrival
of no changing viewpoint from an
ultra conservatism to radcalism on
the part of those who have hither
to by r.o means identfied their views
with progress and enlightened ad
vancement.
It is with some degree of sur
prise and some degree of hope tha*.
one finds an article under the cap
tion of the Social Sense in such an
ultra conservative English paper as
the Catholic Times.
The Catholic Times has been con
sidered like the Tablet the spokes
man of ultramontaneism in Great
Britain, and it has been a deter
mined opponent of many social
changes which had impressed them
selves as imperative upon less con
servative minds.
Consequently when lie below ar
ticle appears with the lull approval 1
of its editors r.s an cffici d utter
ance in that paper, it reveals the
lact; ' that deep and powerful and
startling changes have come over
the:l most immoveably conservative
sections of the people of England.
Kurely it speaks for itself:
“It has been the great mistake of
the Coalition Government, as of th •
Liberal Government which preceded
them, that they have failed to un
derstand the soul of the people
They began by not knowing what to
do first and then blundered in
what they did next. They had a
nation in their h “ 1 to do
anything. uBt the red u p; of som
nolent official departments could un
roll only in one way and at one
rate. Consequently there arose in
efficiency, aimlessness, uncertainty
and waste, waste so appalling that
when-the war is done the historians
will be disbelieved in their narra
tives of fact. There was nobody
who from the commencement, had
tho courage to break with old form
ulas of trade and commerce and
to put the whole industry of the
country on a war footing. Every
body in the Government knew that
the safety of the Empire was at
stake, that the United Kingdom was
in peril; hut nobody considered that
at such a time the ordinary system
of profit-mongering should be check
ed. And so, while men rushed lu
thousands and tens of thousands to
fill the ranks of tho army and fight
iu defence of their country, other
men went on with their business as
usual, attended to profits, made for
tunes, and found on the altar 01
war a chance to prove the warmth
of tkoir worship of tho ged cf mam
mon. In nearly every direction
prices rose with a regularity which
suggested that the proflters were
trying the pulse of the public. The
public was helpless. It could do
nothing but groan and pray. The
Government promised a tlme-llmlt
to some exaction but forgot to insist
on it. The organized workmen,
galled at seeing tho purchasing power
of their wages sinking steadily, like
a, barometer before rain, began to
growl, threatened a strike, and
were placated by a raise of wages
or a war bonus. But the unorga
nized workers were victims doom'ed
to suffer in silence. Their lot is
hard. They have no rise in earn
iiiga to compensate for rice in prices.
Who can wonder that these mute
tollers find no consolation in the
thought that if higher prices unrig
them misfortune, they bring hug -
fortunes, to the men who put,
them up and turn them to profit?
Who can wonder that the war has
made even the poor think? Anc
once the poor man begins to think
lie gets near to action.
. . When will the ruling classes, tie:
rich and powerful, the educated
and cultivated, liegin to realize th u
the war’s ending will prove to be
Itegining of the end for many an
ideal that used to lie venerated In
In the past? The men will como
}'.oxae from the front and talk with
their mates in the factory and the
field. And their mates in factory
and field and mine will tell how,
during the war, the price of corn
and ccal rosa over higher md how
wages seemed always able to pur
chase less and less. And there wil!
be the taxation to pay for the wai
pressing constantly upon the toilers,
for the wealthy will surely rind sonic
means of passing on the burden.
No Chancellor of the Exchequer,
charm he never so wisely, can pre
vent men from easing their own
shoulders by putting the load upon
the shoulders of others. There i.i
a sliding scale in the realm of eco
nomics, and >t is easy for rich men
to tilt it down away from them
selves. They will do so—unless
they are hindered by the fear o"
the couseuqences. And it is here
that the soul of the people, the so
cial sense, has been quickened.
\\ hue tlie war has gone on, an euu- „
cation in economics has come to p
the toilers. Profits, prices mean -
more than they did. Workingmen are
asking why should the consumer be j
bled, the State plundered, the na- (
tion imperilled, for the sake of a j
system which enables one man to j
make a fortune out of the necess.- I
ties of others. If the war is for j
England, say these toilers, let it be j
paid for by those who own England, j
the men of land and property and i
money. And, whatever be the tem- ,
porarv effect of Mr. McKenna's pro- j
posals, the working classes will, 9
once peace comes set themselves to f
the task of arranging a system of :
economics which shall be fairer to 1
the producer and the consumer >
than is the present. The war haR j
toppled down many an old social j
idea. It will topple down many an- I
other. For it has begotten in the j
| popular mind the conviction that j
this England for which such larg;; j
numbers of English workingmen <
have fought and bled and died is »
country in which they can justly :
claim a fairer share. And this con
viction has spread and is firmly
held in classes that are not workers.
A social sense has prison among
us, a social sense that will aeman-i
and insist on getting justice for
every man who calls England hij
country. England muBt no more be
the land of a few rich and of thc
many poor.”—The Catholic Times
(London.)
An exchange takes the Industrla.
Worker to task f%r holding the view
that might was right. The Industrial
Worker never upheld any such opi
nion. We know that it is not so;
but we also know that the present
system of society is based upon that
fallacy and for that reason if for
no other it is bound to go. Wo
know, and there can be no question
about it, that the laws between na
tions are adjusted to the interest ot
the stronger, and that the policy
that would be thought judicious and
wise and prudent and equitable to
wards a smaller nation would be
thought the supremacy of folly
i when conducted with reference to
i strong and powerful nations.
Certainly the Industrial Worker
i is aware that every single step or
- progress that has been made by hu
i man beings hap been made by the
i assertion bf 11011100 ri|shl 'over h«V
- man might: that thflce Is he armed
**•/•jfc-. *i i -'*V «| * *«■ .
’ •'* • ' • • ' • ” • > • ' •• ■
who hath a quarrel Just basically
las been a real fact, because It has
nspircd enthusiasm and faith and
mnfldonce without which no fight
;an be won whatsoever. •
It is because the nations of the
world have built up their code
uround the interests of the stronger
end called it justice, because they
have adopted the terrific fallacy ot
might being right as the keynote 01
their existence, they thrust us back
ngalr. into the age when the country
was to the cave men, and the living
beings were red in tooth and claw.
And it is because the entire com
mercial system of the country, its
Industrial system has been founded
upon a similar policy, and unques
tlonably the entire system of hu
man jurlsprldence founded upon
the Roman economy and coming
down through the channels of pri
vate property in every thing from
human beings to the means of hu
man subsistence, upholds the might
of property over the right or human
beings, and asserts as truth the big
gest of all falsehoods, this system
is so entirely rotten.
Moreover we entirely agree that
there can be no bigger danger to
the workers as stated by our critic,
than that they should also conceive
the same fallacy as truth and exer
cise their might as a right to en
slave any person whatsover under
any principle of law or government
whatsoever.
For, it is a certainty no matter
what may be the fine theory spun
around the facts of our exister.ee,
that the deadliest of all notions is
that any person is fit to rule an
other without that other's consent
and share for mutual advancement
ir such a government.
The Alaska Bureau of the Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce gave a
luncheon at the Arctic Club on De
cember 10.
Thereat a number of individuals
urged that a law be passed whicli
would compel Alaska fishing boats
to land their catch at an American
port instead of as at present Prince
Rupert. It was complained that
they thus lost one million dollars
which properly belonged to the Am
erican ports
What are the real facts behino
this apparently high-minded patri
otic move? Why, for years the An
erican ports skinned Alaskan fisher
men. They got them going and com
ing and if they didn’t want to sell
at the price set by American buyer?
in American ports they co*ld throw
I their catch overboard.
Comes then the Canadian North
ern to Prince Rupert. It's a Can
adian port. But it is overlooking
no chance of getting business. It
provides the Alaska fishermen with
tree icing and with free bait and
bids them welcome. It takes the
catch and places it on the eastern
markets much to the satisfaction of
all concerned.
The ring that battened upon Alait
kan fishermen for years is bust, ana
they are whining about it.
Obviously it’s not prohibitive le
gislation that is needed. If Ketchi
kan and Seattle come down to cases
and .provide as good accomodations
as Prince Rupert and treat Alaska
fishermen to the same square deal
they also will get the trado. But to
expect a law passed to compel men
to trade where they have been held
up for years is about the rawest
thing has ever been attempted to be
pulled off.
By the eternal Gods, Alaskans and
Seattle business men provide us lu
this regard with a wholesome ex
ample of that spirit which would
have the government the tool of the
Interests while yelling with raucous
voice every time a wholesome labor
measure is passed that it is patriar
chal.
Complaint is made and they want
the government to step in and settle
everything. But there is no reason
why this should be a matter for gov
ernment consideration at all. There
is not a reason in the world when
the fishery hold ups arc getting the
worst of the game, government
should step in and help out the
three card monte men.
But they have got the habit and
they cannot get over it; the legisla
tive habit. There will be a law pro
hibiting this and a law stopping that
and the first thing we know a man
will not be allowed to buy an old
pair of hand-me-down pants with
out special legislation being pro
vided where, when and how he may
buy it.
Different altogether is the attitude
towards labor law. These, although
vitally necessary towards the well
being and the conservation of huma
nity, are scouted by the same class
of people that want laws for this,
that and the other thing, as pater
1 nalistic.
Just as we see the same ginks
j who want Uncle Sam to dig down in
his capacious jeans for a ship sub
sidy, opposing the shipping bill pro
' viding for a government mercantile
I marine as socialistic. It was ali
: right to allow private cnterprl31
get its grab on the treasury of the
nation, but for the nation to attend
I to itself, that is socialism.
The gall of these men who will
i not help themselves getting after
j the government to help them out
passes the comprehension of anyone
who doesn't know that their gall
as no limits.
Let us estimate on your Job Work
ruluuluhjun-n-n^-njtji-rurunjcrcnji joi :
United States Mail
VVHV NOT WRITE NOW ON THE EATON PRANK PIKE CO.
STATIONERY
THE REST IS NoVe TO GOOI>.
Box "Paper and Envelopes, 125c. per box and upward.
Writing Tablets, 5c. and 10c. and upward.
Envelopes, linen, 15c. lor pkg. of 25.
Plain white Envelopes, l®c. per pkg. of 25.
Envelopes per box of 230 $1.00.
!
I
FREE! FREE!
A Beutiful Cut Glass
FREE! FREE’ I ■
PUNCH BOWL
ONE CHANCE WITH EACH 50c PURCHASE OR PAYMENT ON
ACCOUNT. DRAWING ON LINCOLNS BIRTHDAY.
HILLS PHARMACY
i
THE !ME 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
y x.ttru.
wawramanniMBwaraen^^
NOTICE
We have been appointed agents
for the
Dodge Automobile
The popular, fully-equipped,
pleasure car that satisfies all
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE & GGM’L GO.
Cheap John Store
i FOR GENT’S FURNISHINGS
i
FLANNEL SHIRTS WE HAVE A LARGE VARIETY TO
| SELECT FROM.. A COMPLETE STOCK OF GENERAL MKR
j CHANDISE, TENTS, TARP ALINS. CANVAS, ALL SIZES.
| HIPPERS, EURECA AND V. S. RUBBERS A SHOE PACKS.
| WE CARRY THE SIWASH SOCKS.
| SEE CHEAP JOHNS STORE BEFORE BUYING. OUR
1 PRICES ARE ALWAYS THE LOWEST IN TOWN. ,
SaaaaaaaaaiaiiBaHiaHiaaBBBBaf^^
Kent Transfer Co.
General Transfer & Freighting
Coal & ogl
Phone Main 139.
FOR FELT SHOES, ARCTIC’S, MOCCASINS, GERMAN SOX,
SHEEP SKIN SOX, AND EVERYTHING IN WARM FOOTWEAR
MURPHY HAS THE GOODS
TARPAULINS ANI> SLED COVERS MADE TO ORDER.
PHIL MURPHY
HftfiftftfiKfti
ARTIC SPRING
WATER
Always at your Service.
Prompt delivery— Blizzard or
Shine at usual Rates IS
Buckets $1.00. 50c. a Barrel.
A. D. POTEET.
Phone Red 120.
FaRfaRfaftfaaaaffiRfUfafM'
INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET
Wholesale and Retail Dealer ♦
in Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal,
Ham, Bacon Poolfrj and Fish
Game in Season. AM fresh
Stock. No old or damaged.
W. H. W ebb prop. Phone M.18
. A FEW SPECIALS
ON OUR BARGAIN COUNTER THIS WEEK.
PEERLESS BORAX COAP, 5bars for.35r.
TEA GARDEN DRIPS, per can.SOe.
YAKIMA DRIED PEACHES, per pkgs.10c,
CAULIFLOWER, per can .... ..25c. 4
UNEEDA BISCUITS, 4 pkgs. for . ^.. . 25c.
SODA CRACKERS, family size per pkgs.35c.
MOLLER’S GROCERY
PHONE MAIN M Ml jpWJl STREET
|
AM YOU SBSKUra A PATRIOT?
If M It wlU pay yon to UtmUcMn
rate* «f tko Isdutalja Worte on
publication : of appUontloB theralor.
Bring your forfoltnro notices to ft*
In* trial Workor.
■ • --r^-- -*•“ -r
;*/: * •■ ' :;v » «.* y* :
I tmt na Mttault M yow fob ffvk
I
WE CAS N IT.
Far flrat clan warn and pratfl
IdlTtry pb iM Mala ltU aad tbe
People's Steam LmuArr will Crtt
and get your bmodij.
W. J. ymm—» Prep.
coir the svvrn mm. «baw
m wokhr.
•;<#>#• **€‘4* ' - ? •/'* , ••<