Bujlkyh Haku-— Yndugtrial Mattmcj
Published Uaily except ounuay
Nome Mine Worker.’ Union. No. *40. Western Federation of Miner*.
f
One Tear
■lx Months
One Month
Subscription Price
__ iio.fl#
.. I1W.0Q
. «!*«•
"To secure to each laborer the whole prodact of his labor, or as
•early as possible, is a worthy object of any good gorernmont. —•
Abraham Lincoln
Address all Communications to Daily Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 2X0 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 1S4
All changes In standing advertisements must reash this efflos at six
•'clock each evening to Insure Insertion In the following Issue.
Advertising rates made known on application.
Entered as second class matter March 1. 1911, at the post office at
Nome, ■ Alassa, under the Act of March 2, 1279.
Nome. Alaska, February H, 19IC.
Accidents do happen, and it is
apparent that the destruction of the
Ottowa Parliament building is one
of those things which are the result
.of definite un-cxpcctcd causes anu
which people with quite respectable
precedent have agreed to call an
Act of God. It Is a touching peculi
arity of faith than when any more
ferocious and unpleasant visitation
occurs upon poor human beings,
they immediately show their elevat
ed conception of divine morcy and
goodness by ascribing it to the ac
tivity of the Creator.
That is of course when normal
social conditions prevail. Now and
then when the labor world is parti
cularly agitated, occurrences
which are accidents were blamed
upon the labor unions, and it is
only reasonable to expect failing
an ability to explain an occurence
these days of war and stress, there
them should he those who blame the
Gorman bor.bists. *
Now it's just because of a fa
niiliarity witli the fact that labor
is charged in the past with all kind;-;
of dire and dreadful acts when
there wasn't the remotest reason
for it except an inflamed opinioi.
fomented to that end abreed the
land, and the puaiic fed upon a
subservient press was ready to be
lieve anything ".beut lanorltes, Uiui
one ir. inclined to believe less in
the responsibility of the German
hombists for every' accident that
happens. Not that we believe tin
Germanists have done no r;uea thing
at any time, but that a press has
i'rfully cultivated the belief that
they did far more than they haa
anything to do with.
Some of those massive braine i
editors that adorn Alaskan journal
ism have been discussing the qu s
tion of publicity and one of them
opines that the editorial publicity
given by any newspaper should bo .1
reflection of public opinion. That':,
old stuff re-hashed and although
old it‘a not the less absurd.
Public opinion has as many sides
as a cut diamond, each facet reflect
ing a certalu view point and tin
poor editor that >• a:<i > - ic 1 ho
brains to follow each various view
would find that poor ass would no:
mend itB pace with beating, linagin
any editor an'ious to please, endea
voring to suit all the public's vari
able ideas on the European war. H<
would suit no one and not ever
please his own neutral sense.
What is true of the war is tru
of every question that deserves pub
lie attention, from the pork barre
attractions to the village pump
and there is probably no questio’
whereon the hoteragenous mass cal
led the public has any such thing a
a uniform idea which needs reflee
tion in the public press.
On the other hand many paper
run often counter to public opinioi
using that in the sense of the ma
jority, and the result is a conditio:
much more productive of progres
and enlightment than those whlc;
reflect a cortaln sameness of vie^
which in itself merely is a symptor
of intellectual coma.
The opposition to the Swiss de
fense system is so strong that it I
considered impracticable politic
even to attempt, it in the Unite
States. The system that gives t
each male of military age his gu
and ammunition does not appes
particularly to the plutocrat fc
there is no knowing when th
workers might not take a notion t
go gunning not against a foreig
enemy, but against an industrial an
domestic opponent.
But in the very objection that
urged against the Swiss system 1
this country there is food ft
, thought. There is food. Jot thougl
at any time when one. section of tt
country fears to entrust anotht
with, ^he right.ty^ear armo; It
suggestive and sinister in its sug
gestiveness. It bespeaks eloquently
enough a state of national distrust
and national lack of confidence In
present day institutions.
The other day Taft speaking on a
larger army said that it would prove
as valuable in suppressing revolts at
home as in keeping the country free
from foreign interference. Taft
always was candid; and the manner
In which the army Is to be handle!
Is not along such broadly democra
lc linen as in Switzerland but along
the lines of Prussian junkerdom.
Surely if any large section of the
population And present day condi
tions become intolerable to such a
degree that they are driven to re
volt. it is far more in keeping with
the spirit of America that these In
tolerable conditions be removed ana
the confidence of the entire people
restored in the national destiny
than that it should be suggeted tha-;
whether Intolerable or not, any re
volt against them be suppressed*
This is from a famous instrument
whish was suppressed in the Phil
i lipines as an incendiary document
| some year ago during the early
days of occupation: “.all men
j are created equal, that they are
j endowed by thoir Creator with cer
tain unalienable rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty and the Pur
suit of Happiness. That to secure
these rights governments are insti
tuted among men, deriving theli
just powers from the consont of the
governed. That whenever any
Form of Government becomes de
structive of these ends, it is the
right of the people to alter or abol
ish If.
If a train of known abuses have
compelled the plutocrats to fear ti
instal the Swiss system in this coun
try, if a powerful army Is urged by
the spokesmen of the privileged
classes as necessary to suppress re
volt against conditions, is it noi
wiser and more prudent from every
point of view to abolish such condi
tions that no such fear may provai
against the institution of a syoten
gives every man arms and ammun:
tion to defend it, than to sugges
thut a large army is needed to sup
press the instinct to revolt agains
a train of abuses and usurpation:
that make the lot of those who ar<
oppressed intolerable.
The conglomeration or stuff tha
is contained in dispatches purport
ing to be war news has excited hu
: morists on two continents to dea
. with its wild discrepanicios. No
only that but it has boon shown fo
example that the Hearst paper
i made their own war dope right ii
. their offices and gave them th
i stamp of official information fror
- the front or from the various wa
departments.
i May be that is no worse than th
i accounts came out under the sig
manual of genuine war correspond
, ents who saw just enough of th
J war to stimulate an Imaginatio
i naturally active and trained to er
r large minuter facts,
i But there is quite anothor facto
in these discrepanat telegrams. The
are invented often enough bocaus
- they reflect a viewpoint which th
a disseminators of such wholly fals
s dispatches do not wish editorially t
1 circulate, because their readers ai
0 partizan and would reject suppoi
* asked for publications which woul
1 give vent to such views official!
r In this war, the efforts of the prei
e to offend nobody under any consli
o eratlon are quite amusing. Cand
n comment on the iniquity of tl
il Zeppelin raids, on the RubbIs
cruelties to the Jews, on the Britii
s arbitrary seizures are taboo. Y
h they are all wholly evil. N
r equally guilty kre these nations, b
it to remain neutral in criticism
o these actions if they are to be crtl
ir elzed, means simply that one, is co
is doning evil or passing It by as mo
prudent not to criticize.
A good many people explain away
the detestable cruelties of the cow
ardly activities of the warring na
tions against non-combatants who
are considered legitimate prey under
thq expression war is war. Just as
the Industrial injustices are explain
ed under the saying business is bus
iness. But in neither case is war
or business a justification for the
things that are to seek Justification.
The possibility of the United
States being the . field this year of
the greatest labor struggle ever
witnessed is not remote at ell. The
probable strike of the railroad
workers for the eight hour day and
the very likely effort of the coal
miners to fight for their wage in
crease demands will throw into di
rect antagonism with capital over a
million men. Besides this strike
would tie up two of the basic indus
tries of the country, and one which
would mean a dislocation of Amer
ican industry not before conceived
of.
Advices are received that the coal
miners are considering making their
strike for better jonditions co-tem
porancous with the strike of the
railroad men for the eight hour day.
This would involve all the indus
trial centers in a condliton of in
dustrial chaos that no porson can
possibly foresee the end of, unless
by some governmental action which
will definitely settle nothing.
Moreover, these strikes are inde
finite. They will dispose of nothing
but for the time being, and until
there is a complete re-adjustment
of the industrial situation, such a
strike as is here pro-figured, great
as it would be, would only be a
small thing compared to what the
future contains.
Franklin K. Lane in his annual
report again urges the commission
form of government (he calls it a
commission to establish co-ordinated
control of Alaska affairs). He ob
jects to local control of the resour
ces of Alaska. He says it would lie
too hazardous.
Unquestionably that is so. There
is no telling what sort of a legisla
ture might be elected and to what
lengths it might not proceed. If
Alaskans have confidence in their
own ability to govern themselves it
| is clear that officials at Washing-on
and ^Congress havo not.
It is very peculiar tljat every
| writer dwells at length upon the lu
I telligence ability, resourcefulness
! and practical nature of Alaskans.
! No Alaskan speaker addressing Al
i askans would think for a moment
of giving an address without refer
ring in an ornate manner to the
very great happiness it gave him to
speak to an audience composed of
men and women of such intelligence
and ability, such bravery and for
titude. such resourcefulness and in
dependence. And every Alaskan
hearing such an orator feels in
duty bound to extend him that be
coming salutation such oratorical
bouquets wring from the susccpt
ible heart.
It has a chastening effect there
fore to realize that there are many
men, prominent men too, who look
askance at the idea of extending lo
cal control over Alaskan resources;
who look with distrust upon the
very suggestion that Alaskans are
better able to mind their own busi
ness, than are others to mind it for
them. It has a stimulating effect
to have to he r many men discuss
ing Alaska, speak of it as a physi
cian might speak of a‘corpse upon
which he is about to make an autop
sy and to hear him suggest the
best ways and means of accomplish
ing a clever, profitable and instruc
tive dissection.
Secretary Lane has uniformly be
longed to that class »of statesmen
who are placed in the category ol
Alaskan friends and besides he lias
been the intimate newspaper colle
ague' in days gone by of Governor
Strong. There are few papers speak
deprecatingly of this high officialled
statesman and for that reason it Is
properly becoming in Alaskans to
listen humbly to the suggestions for
a commission form of government,
and accept the fact that not only
are they not tho most intelligent
and able and practical and resource
ful, and daring and hrave and ven
turesome people in the world, but
they are a people of dunderheads
whom it is not proper to trust with,
self government and whom it would
be exceedingly dangerous to trust
with control and disposal of their
own resources.
The Industrial Worker has searched
for some more pleasing interpreta
tion of the Secretary's suggestion
for a commission form of govern
ment for Alaska, but there is none |
will suggest itself otherwise.
! And while loth to admit that
j cabinet officials can err, the most
j charitable view is that Alaskans are
! not after all such stupid, inefficient
i and impractical people. May be the
! first legislature—but what's the
j use?
Anything in the line of job work
at the Industrial Worker Office.
| Satisfaction assured.
j CHEAP DOG FEED.—Good cooking
salmon for 4c. ID at Murphy's.
Always in the lead.
GET TIIE NEWS RIGHT. READ
THE WORKER
•fiwusHfiaafiWKfnRfiifi «HEfz»a«RMa»a5.
United States Mail
i
WHY NOT WHITE NOW' ON THE EATON PRANE PIKE GO.
STATIONERY
THE REST IS NONE TO GOOD.
Box Paper and Envelopes, 23c. per box and upward.
Writing Tablets, 5c. and 10c. and upward.
Envelopes, linen, 15c. for pkg. of 25.
Plain white Envelopes, 10c. per pkg. of t$5.
Envelopes per box of 250 $1.00.
1
I
FREE! FREE!
A Beutiful Cut Glass
FREE! FREE!
PUNCH BOWL
ii
ONE CHANCE WITH EACH 50c PURCHASE OR PAYMENT ON
ACCOUNT. DRAWING ON LINCOLNS BIRTHDAY.
HILLS PHARMACY_
fafBfm^|aiBfi!fi»fi!fBiiifi!fi!fi!lill«!filf«HilfiHBfgfgfBiBii $e<ii*i!Wi^iiii*i!fi!f»!fMB*W»!f>!#i!fiWfll>iliefaigWWW8Wa»
THE NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER!
i
i!
is prepared to handle
all kinds of
JOB PRINTING
Let us figure on your
work. Call up Black
134 or call at
HIE ML WORKER OFFICE
NOTICE
We have been appointed agents
for the '
Dodge Automobile
The popular, fully-equipped,
pleasure car that satisfies all
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE 8 Gil GO.
Cheap John Store
FOR GENT’S FURNISHINGS
FLANNEL SHIRTS WE HAVE A LARGE VARIETY TO
SELECT FROM.. A COMPLETE STOCK OF GENERAL MER
CHANDISE, TENTS, T ARP ALINS. CANVAS, ALL SIZES.
HIPPER8, EURECA AND U. S. RUBBERS Jt SHOE PACKS.
WE CARRY THE 8IWASH SOCKS.
SEE CHEAP JOHNS STORK BEFORE BUYING. OUR
B PRICES ARE ALWAYS THE LOWEST IN TOWN.
if <
SaaagfiBiBB
Kent Transfer Co.
General Transfer & Freighting
Coaj & OH
Phone Main 139.
FOB FELT SHOES, ARCTICS, MOCCASIN'S, GERMAN SOX,
SHEEl* SKIN SOX, AND EVERYTHING IN WARM FOOTWEAR
MURPHY HAS THE GOODS
TARPAULINS AND SLED COVERS MADE TO ORDER.
PHIL MURPHY
WfiRJMSiaiBfiWRKfiMfiBWSSHWSfiSbfiSfafiUi
ARTIC SPRING
WATER
Always at your Service.
Prompt delivery— Blizzard or
Shine at usual Rates IS
Backets $1.00. 50c. a Barrel.
A. D. POTKET.
Phone Red 120.
tt*iaaaaas««uei^^
I
INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET
Wholesale and Retail Sealer
In Beef, Pork, Matton, Teal,
Ham, Bacon Poultry and Flail
Game in Season. All fresh
Stock. Mo old or damaged.
W. H. Webb prop. Phone M.1S
A FEW SPECIALS
ON OUR BARGAIN COUNTER THIS WEEK.
PEERLESS BORAX COAP. obars for.25.-.
TEA GARDEN DRIPS, per ..Mr.
YAKIMA DRIED PEACHES, per plcgs.l«r.
CAULIFLOWER, per can...3»c.
UNEEDA BISCUITS, 4 pkf(s. for.3Bc.
SODA CRACKERS, family aUo per pkga.35c.
MOLLER’S GROCERY
i
!
PHONE MAIN M
»
« . 1 I -* ..
AIM TOT HBBlie A PAT*Bt
If M>u wUlMJTJMto taY«
ml thm MmMI W«rhar «
_Aten of appUoatten ttiiMft
Brine y*«r toMbn uIom t* A«
teAnrtrinl W#r»tt,
Mfr
WE CA2T M IT.
lint class
phna
get tons 1
Wl J.
§•
«I t SMd tfe
will «HI
* toft.
«rcr the
r>...
-.1