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•early as possible, Is a worthy object of any good government."
Abranam Lincoln
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entered as second class matter March 1, 1211, at the post office at
Borne, ■ Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1873.
Nome, Alaska, July 18, 1 !>HS.
O WAD SOMi: POWKR!
The most startling fact in con
liection with tlie American attitude
towards Mexico, including the
Pershing invasion, is the scathing
denunciation ot' that attitude and
♦hat position by the South and
Central American countries. The
press breathes open distrust of the
American nation and deliberately
accuses it as a stronger nation, of
trying to grab a weaker one. And
this position is unanimously sus
tained by the reproduction of a
liearst cartoon wherein Uncle Sam
is represented as painting the North
American continent as far as the
Isthmus of Panama with tlie Stars
and Stripes with the significant
wording “It lias to be done Souic
Time, Why not Now?”
The Soutli American nations,
therefore, are not allowing them
selves to be convinced by the hu
manitarian motives alleged by the
American Government. They se ■ in
that a pretense; they regard the
declarations of good intentions as
an hypocrisy and they refuse to
accept t lie statements that the
country of Mexico is invaded to pro
mote the ends of peace.
It is too bad that people of a
country cannot see themselves as
otiiers see them. Nations like In
dividuals might then be saved fine
many a blunder and fulish no '.on”.
NATIONALISM.
American radicals are free to cri
ticize the European brethren in
that v.nentl i war alarums rung o-.t
through the belligerent nations, the
latter let go their international sen
timents, jettisoning their former
opinions, and clung fast to nation
alistic patriotism.
The probability is that most every
one of these critics of the Euro
peans would do exactly the same
thing and in the event of a war
with a great power or an alliance
of great powers, would be ultra
nationalists.
Certainly the attitude taken up by
the German social democrats and
by French radicals of the Herve
type ought to give these earnest
radicals pause.
It is unscientific to subject tnera
to invective and to scorn, and to
persist in deriding the forceful
energy of the nationalism which la
tent enough during peace, sprung
full vitalized enough during war.
Not enough attention has been
paid to this instinctive feeling
wtilrh lui ft people possess. Surely
if internationalism is bound even- j
tualiy to supersede it, even then, It
would be worth inquiring why it
does not yet.
Evidently it cannot be denied
that the men who espoused inter
nationalism during peace really be
lieved what they asserted to be
true. They thought themselves ty
l ieal internationals and proletari
ans with confidence in the de
claration that they had no country
and no flag—that all men were
brethren.
Hut when the time came to put
this sentiment to the acid test, they
were fighting as cheerfully as ihe
rest of their fellow country men
and loud in their protestations
against would-be invaders of the
national soil.
We believe nationalism spr.ngy
from roots that are basic in hu
manity. They can be traced bach
tmough the ages to the race, to
the tribe, to tne 'Ian, to the fi
mily. This instinct reaches back
beyond humanity and is evidenced
in much lower order of beings than
the primates. We believe that the
instinct is shown in another form
in fishes returning to streams to
deposit their spawn where they
themselves were bred; in birds that
return to the same fields where
they were nested; in the greatest
carnivore which sought the caves
where they found shelter in those
places where the struggle for exist
ence was better satisfied with re
; suits. That same instinct prompted
the union of the members of the
same family; broadened into the
j wider instinct of the clan, and again
into the still wider field of the na
j tion uniting many clans. Eventu
ally it may evolve to the uinon of
all the races, and internationalism
become a reality.
But just as we see it possible for
the family to broaden into the
clan and the clan to widen into the
nation, so it is not an absurd position
to hold that the nation can widen
into the comity of nations, without
any intervention of national anta
gonisms preventing that assimila
tion.
The difference between fact
and theory however is to
be insisted upon. During
that period when the human
j race evolved its social demarcations
| of family clan and nation there ex
isted no such system of exploitation
as now prevails and as has pre
vailed since the dawn of civiliza
tion. It is not the nationalist spi
jrit that has kept humanity apart
i but the use and preversion of that
instinct by the exploiters whether
modern capitalist economy. Yet, it is
self evident that this has been more
.or less inevitable. Feudal cliief3
made powerful use of both the
family and the elan—the archetypes
of nationalities—to strenghten their
predominance as exploiters of the
|serfs and hinds, and in the same
; manner the capitalist chiefs shrewd
j ly use the nationalistic instinct lo
(promote their dominance as inclus
I trial exploiters.
it has therefore to he insisted
upon that nationalism is perverted
under the system and it is this
perversion which is blamed for a
condition of things has made na
tionalism itself abhorred by a good
| many who see it abused instead Oi
j used for the social advancement.
\'one the less, we have to insist
that nationalism is the nudes
v hereon is grown the international
spirit which realizes the brother
hood of man. It is impossible that
such an ideal can be realized or
that, to put it properly, national
ism can evolve to a higher social
state such as internationalism, un
til the exploitation systems be ut
terly extirpated.
There is nothing more bigotted I
than the spirit of perverted nation- ]
alism. It prevents any of the good
qualities of other nations being ap
preciated. It begets hate which is
invariably blind, and it makes
healthy criticism of one’s own na
tionality impossible. When this
condition develops and cri
ticism of a nation’s un
just acts are regarded as treason
able, when the industrial and finan
cial chiefs use the national powers
to promote conquest of other ana
less powerful nations, when the
predatory instincts of commercial
ism and finance find expression
through the national activities, the
perversion of nationalism reaches
its height and instead of promoting ;
the freedom of mankind even In
the nation itself tends to enchain
it—instead of welding the nations
together for the furtherance of i
human liberty and happinebs,
plunges the world into the miseries
of an enslaving peace, and the hor
rors of a predatory war.
Not the least important of the et
feets of capitalism is the unfortu
nate reaction it manifests upon the
natural scheme of evolution, inter
rupting the instinctive efforts at
progress living beings manifest,
and requiring cataclysmic revolu
tions which are necessary to over
throw the retarding and perverting
forces of the reactionary system.
MACHINE GUNS,
The United States spends %n
enormous pile of money on its
army. Yet when the Mexicans
raided Columbus, the fact of their
getting away so easily is blamed
upon defective machine guns which
jammed. Or more correctly the
army officers, who had approved
these guns, to save themselves,
blamed it upon the lack of skill In
the men operating them.
It would be hard to comment
more severely upon the deficiency '
of the army officers, than just such
an incident. Imagine a factory
using an automatic machine which '
would jam when the crucial moment1
of operation came. Yet the o.-.li-’
nary factory does not take any •
pains to train its machine tenders, j
it replaces one with the other day ;
alter day. In the army the man
who enlist cannot quit. If he does
not have the skill to operate a gun,
then the fault is with those who
are responsible for his skill. The
enlisted man is allowed little or no
initiative. He must do as he is
told. He is given just that oppor
tunity which his offiecr and super
ior allows. If he is incompetent
at what he is called upon to do,
that is not his fault but his officers’
fault. In these days of prepared
ness hogwash, it is essential to un
derstand that preparedness might
very well begin with what Is now
spent for the army, and with the
army as it is, without trying to
enlarge it when such an Increase
would only mean also an Increase
in graft for contractors, and in
efficiency for the individual mem
bers.
SEATTLE
Barber Shop
FIRST CLASS SERVICE,
Next door Miners Restaurant
JOHN' H. NICHOLAS.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Charles T. Webb, William Vinal
Junior, Mrs. William Vinal Junior,
Cleorge A. Barbour Senior, John
C. Barbour Junior, your heirs, ex
ecutors, assigns or personal repre
sentatives:
You, and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned, co
owner has caused to be expended
in Labor and Improvements the sum
of one hundred dollars each year
during the years 1909, 1910, 1911,
1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915 on the
Gold Pan, a placer mining claim
situated on the right limit of
Shovel creek a tributary of Solomon
river and recorded and more
fully described in Volume 176 at
page 477 in the records o\
the Capo Norn-. Mining and Record
ing district, in ti.e Second Division
in the Territory of Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of the law con
cerning annual labor upon mining
claims, heing the amount requ'red
to hold said claim.
And you and each of you are
further notified that if within
ninety days after the last publica
tion of this notice you fall to contri
bute your proportion of said expen
diture,, your interest in said
claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your Co-owner,
under section 2324 revised statutes
of the United States
GEO A. BARBOUR, Junior.
Co-Ownor.
Date of first publ., July 18, 1916.
Date of last publ., Oct. 17, 1916. ,
WATCH US GROW.
Arrived at HOLT’S CASH STORE.
New Sewing .Machines.
New Stoves and Ranges.
New Crockery and Glassware.
I have also purchased a full line
of Gents Furnishings (Drummers
Samples) on Sale this week % off.
Also Carpet, Rugs, Linoleum,
Matresses Hardware, Tinware etc.
No war prices here. To busy to
mark up Goods.
HOLT’S CASH STORE.
Tel. Main 90. 411 Front St.
The House that Saves You Money.
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^ tween St. Michaels and all „
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4 way points, including I’.lufV, 4
4* Solomon, Nome, Teller, York, 4*
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OX STEAMER UMATILLA: CAULIFLOWER, GREEN I'EAS,
CELERY, RHUBARB, GREEN ONIONS, CABBAGE, CHERRIES,
BANANAS, PEACHES, PLUMS, WATER MELONS, TOMATOES,
CUCUMBERS, HEAD LETTUCE.
Mollers Grocery
211 FRONT STREET PHONE, MAIN 80.
Steamer Arctic
will sail for Teller, Lost River, York, Tin City, Wales, Deer
iiiK, Keevalik and Kotzebue, MONDAY, JULY 17TH, 7:30 P. M
For information call up Al-aska Lighterage & Com. Co. or
U. S. Mercantile Co.
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SEPT. 25TH.
OCT. 25TH.
SAILING FROM
SEATTLE.
JULY 20TR.
AUG. 15TH.
SEPT. 11TH.
OCT. 7TH.
SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
F. J. O’CONNOR,
Commercial Agent,
Front St. and Steadman Ave.
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AGENTS
At Dock.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. VICTORIA
LEAVE SEATTLE:
JULY 25.
AUG. 23. <■
SEPT. 18. ;
OCT. 15.
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AUG. 7.
SEPT. 5.
OCT. 1.
OCT. 20.
VICTORIA LEAVING NOME JULY 11 AND AUG. 7 will
call at Seward, Valdez, Cordova; Steamer will also visit Colons
bia Glacier. At Cordova steamer will remain long enough to ai
iow excursionists time to make special trip out over the railroad
to Miles Glacier, from Cordova the Steamer wUl return direct
by the outside route to Seattle.
R. A. Carroll, Agent, Nome
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We have reseived on the
Umatilla a nice line of
SLICKFR COATS before
buying see
Cheap John Store
ONE PRICE TO ALL. TELEPHONE MAIN 48.
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Kent Transfer Co.
General Transfer & Freighting
Qoa/ & Qi±
Phone Main 139.
WE CAN DO IT.
For 0r*t class work tad pronpi
delivery ph >ne Male 1M ud Um
People’* Steam Laundry *ui oil
and get foar laundry.
W. J. WILLIAMSON Prop
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It so It will pay you to Investigate
rates of the Industrial Worker am.
publication of application therefor.
Bring your forfeiture notices to tkai
Industrial Worker.