Daily Name Jndugtrml Markt-r
Published Daily except Sunday
Ry Nome Mine Workers’ Union, No. 240, International Union of Mine,
Mill and Sm elter Workers.
Subscription Price
Foe Year . ____ _ _ — — —-— — — —■ — HO.08
Six Months..... ... _ — ... .-—. — —-— — — — — — $10.00 j
Oae Month . _ „ „ „ .- - ——--- — — $ $ C0
Entered as second class matter March 1, 1111, at thu poat office at
t*nine, • Alassa, unaer the Act of March 1, 1ST*.
"To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
'.early ns possible, Is a worthy object of any good government.”—
Abraham Lincoln
All changes In standing advertisements must reach thla office at alx
o'clock each evening to Insure Insertion Id the following Issue.
Advertising rates made knos. od applicatloa.
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black lli.
Nome, Alaska, October 15, 11117.
yl i:STK>\S Ol I ( VAX K.
It. must not be believed that while h
;i number of progressive Senators | i
v. iT" endeavoring to rform the lit-- I
venue bill which is now a law by i
it.i reusing the t.iXes upon incomes'i
• iml upon profits, tliose with large | i
incomes utui large profits did not ] i
have resolute defenders. Indeed i
they did, and quite a number insist-j i
<-d that as a matter or patriotism. ■
the poor should be taxed so thatji
they should be afforded the oppor- ; i
tunily of paying for the war.
It is always interesting when a
Senator argues ag..nst taxing the
rich and submit) that it 's ; pa-;
triotir duty for the i>oor to pay |
taxes, apparently oblivious to the
laet that lie is showing tint those
for whom he argues the very rich,
do not s.-enj to enthuse ever the
patriotic prospect of paying for the
■war.
Much more subtle was tile argu
ment advanced by the s! rewdeu
members of the Senate that the
danger to business would lie too
great if the taxes were colic eted in
any equality to the annual expen
diture or in such a proportion as
would press heavily on business. It
was pointed out that the be'.tei
-way is to get the money b - loans
and so extend the period ef pay
ment over a number nl years
whereby the taxes would be- ’ess:
heavily felt.
The money for this war wilt
come from those who have it: and
whether it is paid by loans or col
beted as we go along front lux
nllon. they will pay it just the
.same.
Morevcr it may be freely admit
t d that quite powerful arguments
• an be cited to prove that it were
best to pay by loans and lighten
taxes so that it will be re-paid it.
the. course of time.
The argument is that business is
conducted along credit lines and
when any establishment wishes to
enlarge* itself, to embark on new
enterprises, even if there is a sur
plus available, it is considered pre
ferable to borrow !i"uu y to do so.
so that payment, n over
a period of time wii-u tii; profit
from that undertaking will begin
in lie available. To reduce'
i.s surplus 1>. cash payments is
i i endanger its own credit in a poss
i'de period ol emerge]; y. Moreover
mom today, gold that is to say. IT
lj . h :. ire va laid than in
leu y.-ars time. The purchasing
power today is the lowest in tilt I
factor: of linn; That il f 'i go':
lower with 1 he discovery of further
productive fields v i'll the ii"i■ rests .
cost;- of r.*d net Ion dm to inven
tions in metalurgya e'c-rjib ng 'hat.
lias happened so far would tend!
ic> prove. So that fur ec Tuple Pad
n nation borrowed a certain sun; to
buy supplies twenty vears ago, i!
would require almost fifty per cent
more today to do t fi ■* same tiling,
and ac tually the n the amount bor
rowed today woud be r> ■’•es- iuati 'e
ot <i sum today fifty per cent b'ss
than a double decade ago.
The important matter is tins:
the expenditure's of this war are to
be paid by those who have the
money, anil whether the govern
ment determines to have this paid
now by taxation or by loans which
will lie later paid by taxation, the
expenses can only be met by a rela
tively small pur; of the population.
Thus the first liberty loan was
subscribed for by a very small pel
rentage of the people. The rest, foi
the greater part, hail no money.
And moreover the wage scale p. id
on account of the higher costs ot
living, means that they bail little
above (lie necessary amount to feed
clothe and shelter itiensclve-c and
their families.
If there lias been anything ha:
brought into bold riief for the
observation of every one the start
ing inequality of the distribution
if wealth in this country, it is the
lucstions of finance that have re
ontlv been before the people.
At no age in the history of the
vorld. in i.o autocracy, in no feu
lalisni. in no era of serfdom or
liattel slav. rv, has that dlstrlbu
ion been so extremely uneven as
n the American democracy. And
i good deal of the failure of the
ich and the poor to understand
me anotlnr is due to the ignorance
aid indifiTi-nct of the former to
he coiiscqn nci a of that unequal!
listrihution of wealth, or to sc.
hat tli r- is anything rundattient-1
illy wrong in such a system.
it is really amazing that so many
itherwi: •• quite sincere and able i
lien, refits to realize that there is
tnything absolutely antagonistic to!
•cal democracy in the establishment |
n tliis country’s industry and con.
merce of an absolute plutarchy
Hut so indeed it is; and it is some
what amusing as well as amazing
lo find that there are numbers who
themselves without a fraction oi
wealth are to be found who wit)
support the view that this condi
tion is in no way a mi mice to pure
democracy.
Granting, however, that the rich
and well to do wMl pay for ’he ex
penses of the war, either by loans
or taxes, the q icrtion a’iscs where
will they get it from.
All knew that wealth does not
grow on tier., Ho;ther dec; it come
from Heaven like mania to the
Israelites. It is not horn spant.-m —
nusly in the mind of the plutocrat
It is not t( he ushered into exist ,
enec bv the incantation of the
wizard. It does not breed like di
sease engendering bacilli, t(‘produc
ing itself a millionfold. as is the
often repeated theory. It is abso
lately noil-creative.
livery particle of wealth in the
nation comes from the labor of
brain and hand. Theie is no other
road to it except the productivity
of labor—the ability of 1. bor tr.
create more wealth than is neces
sary to support itself.
lb-causo ownership giver those
who control the machinery of pro
duction the right to annex from
labor, cither of brain or hai d. the
product over and above that wlreh
is necessary to sustain the existence
of labor the owners acquire wealth
and come into poss"sMon cf the
nu an - when l.y they pay all taxes
and finance all the obligations oi
government.
Therefore it is from the product
of that labor that all the obliga
tions of government will be raid.
This will necessitate the f, i-c that
labor will after as well as during
the war have to he super-active in
industry in every nation. Onlj
from its activity will the wealth
that is to pay off the expenses of
this war ultimately come.
Xo matter how much would he
taken from the profiteers, there
would still be an insufficiency to
ini-vt present time obligations. This
s the most costly law in 'he his
ry of the world, because the most
icst ructive.
The wealth used up by t nprodur
ive labor in the manufacture and
ase of munitions is not itself the
most marked feature. The food,
■lothing and equipment, the shelter,
lie supplies, the hospital treatment,
lie transportation of many millions
>f men whose pursuit in life what
ever else it be. is marked by one
prominent characteristic, that of
aeing absolutely unproductive,
makes such demands upon the na
iional wealth as to mean that the
nations cannot meet it from da>
to day and from year to year with
ant mortgaging the future labor
productivity.
After the war we presume that
the profit system will be maintain
'd. Then after the.war the nations
proceed to produce wealth for them
selves. lint they will find that the
weight of taxation makes such in
roads upon their industrial opera
tions that they will have to take
into consideration plans of meeting
it,
A man works say eight hours a
day. During the first hour he pro
duces approximately the cost of his
own labor, his wages. The other
seven hours belong 10 the owner
of the machinery who gives him
work. The owner thereupon finds
that he has to pay so much for rent
so much for interest and so much
for taxes and sr much for profits
The landlord if there is one lias
to pay more taxes and he does that
by increasing the rent, the banker
who loans money to the industrial
owner finds that lie lias increased
taxes and lie makes the owner of
the machinery pay lii,alter interest.
The owner of the machinery does
not want his profits diminished hut
still lie has a fixed sum. the pro
duct of seven hours labor hired,
to pay the increased taxes, the in
creased rent and the increased in
tcrest. Wherefore he can reroui
himself only by lowering the wagr
scale < r by speeding up or by
lengthening the work day or by all
three.
To meet the increased taxation
any way the workers will find that
they will have to submit to an in
tei sitn-it form of exploitation.
That is to nay. presupposing that
they will submit. It is here wh -re
the aftermath of the war will be
realized in all it3 beauty. Further
I more the longer the war lasts, the
greater the debt which will be
i owing, the longer period will be
| c0.-ercd by obligations to pay and
| the more intensified will be the
j exploitation of labor.
Here is therefore the intimate
j corr." lion l>e‘ween questions of
' no Urn finance and the labor pro
bl'-m. i! is why tin.se who have
no money oust take an interest in
t>i.. fj:, .ncia 1 question. And it is
why, as far as tin' war is concerned,
it is tin question of supreme im
portance.
it would require a prophet o',
sorts to attempt to predict what
will be the result of the altered
condition of modern industry after
•.he war. We have said 'hat the
present system is smashing
before our eyes, it is unquestion
ably so. Tlie result will depend
upon many rircumstances, but upon
none so adequately and effectively
as upon the fact that this war will
be fought to a finish.
It is in the fighting of this war
to a conclusive victory one way or
another as far as the belligerents
are concerned, that will determine
the work that is to lie done after
the war. If however thanks to the
short sighted offices of pacificists
the war is to result in premature
peace and the world return to the
sordid conditions prior thereto, the
world will go back to the same in
dustrial conditions, with posterity
pawned to pay, and to be prevalent
for a renewal of the conflict at sonic
| later date.
The optimism that holds that this
will he the last war and thereupon
urges a hasty peace by reverting to
! the status quo ante, with the am
bitious and imperialistic designs ot
! the nations literally hounded by no
limits, is simply the folly of the
chihl chasing the foolish visions ■>(
i i hiidhoed.
Give the capitalist system war
enough and rope enough and it
will remove itself finally from til's
unhappy Vale of Tears.
HOWLING ALLKY I’KOl’HXS.
The Howling Alley next door t<
the Ijagic saloon is now open foi
j business. Everybody cordially in
vited to come and enjoy themselves
__
ITIO.M HATH TO CLOSE OF
NAVIGATION'
jail goods sacrificed legariiless ol
j cost. We mean this—come am
I see for yourselves. l-’or cash only
; during this sale.
I
HAULING & llllAN COMPANY
*•♦*»»*(
*#<*''#*«******* It*******^**®*. «*'***********
I
Army Shoes
kaki.x last si*iii\(, wi: i*i.\ci:i* ax okim.k with
(INK OI Till) OOYKIl.XMKNT COXTKATOKS IOH A KMY
slums maim: as i*i:it <;o\ kkxmknt sri.i ii ii atioxs on
(OMK IN AMI LOOK TH KM OVKIt.
voi may soon rti; FritMsiiKD with \ i*Aiit it A’ ‘-rxri.K
SAM" lit I WHY WAIT'.*
mi: ‘•Mi'xsox” last.
01
P. A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
ET7V
TO * LARGEST RUBBER COMPANY in THE WORLD!
ALL
“CLOVER LEAF BRAND”
PRESSURE'
PROCESS
yt
*3
PRESSURE
PROCESS
9
Tt-ini I^ANn^ OP WEARERS AFTER EXPERIMENTING WITH A
I nUU3rtlMU3 OTHER BRANDS have come back to EUREKA S
F
-fr
-0L
GIVE THEM A TRIAL NEXT TIME AND YOU'LL‘SOON LEARN
w ^ WHY THE OTHER FELLOW SWITCHED BACK— r
At ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS
RUBBER BOOTS 8 PAC5
ARE NOW MADE BY THE NEW VACUUM (
PATENT PATENT
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
$. S. VICTORIA
Last Sailing of the Season
LEAVES NOME OCT. 26TH.
Via Seward and Cordova Without Additional Charge.
SAILING SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
R. A. Carroll, Agent, Nome
LAST SAILING OF SEASON
1917
From Nome
For Seattle Direct
S. S. UMATILLA
OCTOBER 25TH.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ALASKA L. & C. CO. F. J. O'CONNOR,
AGENTS Commercial Agent.
At Dock. Front St. and Steadman Ave.
«*!Mt»»*»*****»*l*»!MOWaMW
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER T1IE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF YV. STEIGELMAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND B STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
S. S. Standard
Sails every SIX DAYS to
DIMK AND WAY POINTS
weather permitting
•JKMJ,*.
From Snake Kiver.
( HAS WKCKMAN.
INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET
W. H. Webb prop. I'bone M.1B •
OM-: S III*. Corliss Kn^iue.
ONK <> III*. K.iirbaisUs-Morst' Unglue.
Alaska Lighterage Comercial Co.
5 5
THE NOME IND1
V
is prepared to handle
all kinds of
»
*
£
*
1
w
aEsgaaria>-^rw3
I«
2
Let us figure on your
work. Call up Black
134 or call at
THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER
QRKER OFFICE