HEXEli Xixmk Zudugtrial Ænrketc
Published Daily except Sunday
ity Nome Mine Workers' Union, No. 240. International Union of Mine,
Mill and Sm elter Workers.
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Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Blsek 184.
Nome, Alaska, December 18, 1!»17.
i.h.h h i: v«.i: company y\i>
THK KK.HI llOl li l,AW.
The spectacle of the Alaska
Light r pc- company advising "its
men" war t to do about the eight
hour law is wondrous like the fox
adtising the barn yard foul to
scratch a little closer .o the hedge.
Will they fall for the bunk? That
depends upon whether the company
van succeed by favoritism, or what
not. in corrupting the "leaders" of
the men or whether the men are
that stupid they cannot see what
this wise and just law means for
t hem
First of all the move of the com
pany is in strict keeping with the
fake "patriotism” of other big con
cerns in sfck ng to evade the ope
ration of » law made for the best
interests of the community, a law
which the I resident has approved as
being the "verdict of the best wis
dom of so iety", by taking advant
age of its emergency fe turcs not at
Jill applicable here.
There are three angles from
which th:.s matt r is to be consider
ed. that of the community, that of
Ih-1 Company and tint of the men.
For tin ('onitnunitj it must be
i now u that Ill Fight Hour Law
will i- -ice in the employment of
me ■ men. b alUin r men and men
!. ■ 1 iat>I.■ to ■ v . "s. and in time
'•( i’ ;:lf( rilled :tml 1 ■ 'tier t ill!' ilted !
'I business limit wiil on*
• ■ • t ".| list iin on -;iill.: iiowi-f '
i i is i <i:iiunii " ;!! he r ii. d.
. . 1 i!.. i '.etipa’iy. j! tin \ could I ■
r Foil- pr < d 1 ng ei.oupl: 11>. v .
v, m ! h:ii t hi", will til inti'!
n ii!i by <• jui• ■ yii.i_ Ihi-'" men in
. it 11 n! eight hours for twenty four,,
tin’ll i> employing one nni for'
twi",t\ ii ur, ami they will have two!
• ui',ivio’.iiI meii to oaeli one to he-t
,(mn patrons of their s rvlee. fix \
... ■ e< i i ether employer’, goi ■ to
i-how they will have less a. widenls.. ,
dr.mrges ami les: ol good... j
III the long run tlier will lie less I
occasion for them to rive to a har-j
iii". llemy Ford, the most sue-j
i ssful fit'h century capitalist. ar
tivini’. at af iin ome of sixty live mil-1
lio;. dollar -, annually in ten years, j
til es that ’ey e -im - tin’ nnsrs
in h:.- f ictory i • ; , i y.nt.
using preeifa ly Hi .me in.:.. Iii.s j
prodm-t. in income was increased! j
Then tie voluntarily rnis-d their
wages, enabling the men io live bet !
tor. increased their ill Poa i. and
added to Itis profit!.-.! From a tntrely i
imsiiiess point of view he found that
i ot h In t! aided him.
N'o.v tor tlie men. and this is
in! nittedly the i>o:i■ t of view with!
v. I i'h we t-f" i' no. re-d. Now yon!
I’I n. d.on.t lie per undtT 1 hat the
• c‘il hour d.iv will n ifin1 vo'tr ill
Tin < on. pai)> will .ry to j,
ki you believe tli;it tm! i' isn't
no-. iioth to: mo i an! experience
i lion it isn't. What dots expert* nee
show'.’ What happened lo ilia print
ers They were w>.tiling twelve to
sixteen houis a day. were sitting
Iv.elvi lo titteeii dollars a week and
were nearly till Intnibs. Tramps
anions thetn went about from plaee
taking ,!oh.> of other men at any j
wage they e< aid get. They orga
nized thcmselvi ; and got an eight j
hour day. Did their wages go down?
Their wages went up. Their wages
:ro now forty dollars a week for five i
■ nd e:n* half days Ttur1 are not
more tramps among them. They
i m and do live d> eetitly. They can
have wives and kiddies and flowers
growing now. When Henry Fords
employes' hours went clown their
wages hi id up That has been the ex t
perlenre everywhere the . liorter : '
work day lias la 11 put on. tli wages >
j.o up.
What is the reason for it? As
polatees gt I scarce I heir pri< e goes
up, doesn't it? You may nut like
ii but the sooner you know it the
h aler lor 'on That’s just the way
it is with your wages. Now the
si • ri Hu hours tie- more mbs, are
they not? And the more jobs ihe
fi wa 1 n.en tin re ar to compete for ; i
your job? Then the more valuablej
J becomes your labor power. Wages
will go up. They have to go up. The j
■ buyers ot' potatoes don’t pay what
| they want to pay. They pay what
j they must. Employers are buyers;
j of your labor. They pay what j
j w. (!!•; they must pay to get you. Is j
i not that plain? The Lighterage Co. j
j knows that wages will go up. That’s
| the reason they are busy advising |
I you. It's a hell of a job you fellows'
j have on the Nome longshore. It's]
I very, very important work that you i
! do. Which would be better to work
I eight hours at $2 00 per hour or six
teen hours for $1.00'' The Lighter
age Company have probably sent the
! governor wilt's telling him "whats
beat for you". Vou send him a wire
to enforce the lew as she stands.
THU HIM OK ALL.
'1 hose who work must produce
the choicest food, finest elothing,
and grandest mansions for the ruling
(class of wealthy parasites who doi
! no work, besides providing a little
I coarse tooil and some r and a hut
I for their own families.
For the sake of keeping up the
i courage ot the u >rk'Ts one now ana
'then is permitted to make a winning
(after years of hard toil, and he feels
, lik< ; capitalist. Tile poor nicker
doesn’t rcalizi that lie is still loser J
to the extent of every day lie has!
worked to feed some re li idler who
goes ail through life without work-*
ing.
Sum life's game up as you may j
under a capitalistic or money form I
of government, that when all of life]
is ever this great fact will remain—L
the workers will have fed. clothed)
and sheltered the wealthy non-pro-j
dueers in the greatest of extra- j
vagance and luxury, while they and
ttieir ragged families have spent
their live as good obedient servants
eating at tlie second table and at ,
the foot of the table at that. The
ruling class didn't dare to pass laws
openly making ttie workers the di
rect servants and supporters of the
,'irh and don't need to as long as
they can make the dollar scheme
work. When we ail get to heaven
there will lie a big laugli on the one
gallus guys who worked all their j;
lives trying to get ahead a few j
thousand dollars. There will be i
some Socialists among them and J
thev will exnlaii- the lioiilt of the I
joke to them if ti e i iplit of free
sp< ech is not denied them.
Under capitalism there are fur
nished incentives to rob. to steal,
to burglarize, to kidnap, to hate, to
plunder, to pillage to burn, to strike
and to do a thousand and o :e other
deplorable things. The basis of all
these incentives ;s the possession of
so-celled “productive” property. If
these are the kind of incentives
that Socialism will destroy may the 1
gods hasten its coming. '
Ilon't be afraid to be a radical;
there never was any progress with
out them nor every little accomp
lished but through them.
The man that needs wholesome
things to eat to keep his body in
goed working condition doesn't get
it. The man who gets it wastes it.
Perhaps the reason the masters
object to revelations of capitalism
is because they realize that of ne
cessity it must he indecent expos
ure.
Prepare for tlie winter by patron
izing the advertisers of your paper,
Mr. Miner!
You'll see it first in the Worker.
U E L L
eR
has the new Am=
erican Maid Ex=
tensible Ribbon
WATCH BRACELETS
This is the
present for her
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The Elite Hotel and Baths
Now Open
I’MIKI! NEW MANAGEMENT. REFITTED THROUGHOUT.
Mot am! roll] Baths.
Kt oil tn Bat Its.
l ine Barge Tubs
f Competent Attendance.
f MASSAGE II-’ O REEKED. OPEN NIGHT AM) DAY.
5 1, ton cat Lighted and .Meant Heated Booms at Beasouable rate® )>>
J Day, Week or Month.
f EVERY MOr.EBN ACCOMODATION AND IMPROVEMENT.
> W. R. ANDERSON
1 COR. FRONT AND R ST. PHONE BLACK 171.
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Prop.
USEFUL AND VALUABLE
DHRISTMAS GIFTS
SII.VKK M(H NTKI) STAR (ARVINR SKTS, <T TI.KRV, Al.l
'II\ l'\l AMI NH'KKIi WARK, SAVORY ROASTKRK KT<
CARLETON HARDWARE CO.
Kill Front NIL PkOM Main It.
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RED GROSS
Christmas Membership
Campaign
SCHOOL CHILDREN’S
SPECIAL
DIKING CAMPAIGN WEEK
The Alaska Lighterage and Commercial Company will pay
one half of I 111 8 Dollar MemlKtrship taken by School Children
of the Nome District for themselves.
Join The Red Cross
A-V'.Jg
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Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF \V. STEIGEL M A IKE AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND B STREET. RHONE BLACK 162.
Miners and Merchants Bank
Nome, Alaska
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.
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; UNTIL TOMORROW TO SELECT YOUR
: footwear for the
mm GARDEN
Consider what you will need and conic in and
make your selection TOD A Y
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Anvil ;
Bakery |
and !
Coffee |
House I
THE NOME INDUSTRIAL
is prepared to handle
all kinds of
JOB PRINTING
Let us figure on your
work. Call up Black
134 or call at
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