iailg Nmitf Snimstrial Horker.
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Nome Mine Workers’ Union, No. 240. Western Federation of Miners.
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“To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
•early as possible. Is a worthy object of any good government."—
Abraham Lincoln
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
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Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, at the post office at
Rome, - Alaska, under the Act of March 8, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, August 3, 1!»10.
ALASKA FOR ALASKANS.
It was quite an entertaining fea
ture of the Democratic rally that
the speakers avoided any really im
portant issues, and while giving cre
dit to both speakers for much elo
quence, it is net likely that the
workers will find in either address
much matter for consolation or hope
in the event of both being elected.
The best that can be said, and it
is the truth, as far as the man
who toils is concerned, it will make
no difference whether Senator Sui
ter or Judge Wiekersham will be
the' choice of the people. Alaska
for Alaskans is not an issue upon
which Judge Wiekersham will be
prepared to break a lance. He and
his followers have long ago appro
priated that slogan and will not
differ with the democrats upon its
application. They have a prior lo
cation on that buncombe.
But the use of it Is becoming a
weariness to most who have not
any sympathy with the heart aches
of the jobite who hates to see the
gent from Virginia or from Oregon
get the job upon which lie had un
wisely set his heart.
It is a common fact in connec
tion with all political meetings in
Alaska, that they are given to Halt
ering themselves with an unusually
large application of salve. They
(a he credit for achievements which
rightly or wrongly are not wholly
theirs.
Even the Alaskan pioneer was
not such a daring individual as it is
taken for granted that he is, and
for pioneering under difficulties and
for laboring under hardships, many
camps on the outside about which
little is heard, have Alaska backed
off the map.
Since the discovery of the Klon
dike, travel in Alaska has even ap
proached luxuriousness. And the
bountifully navigable streams gave
way to poling boat rivers which
brought Alaskans within the ken of
the land of heart’s desire.
Alaskans are in Alaska not be
cause they love the tundra, the
blizzard or the mosquito, and have
the strong man's red bloded love of
conquering obstacles. That mythical
idea is due to the circulation of so
many Rex Beach or Jack London
stories, for it is the certain truth
that men are here because they in
stinctively believe that they are do
ing betetr than they would do on
the Outside, and because they are
reli ved from the cruel and vindic
tive struggle for existence that
they have to face there.
The idea that the pioneer is al
ways the bravest and the most dar
ing may be ture physically in a good
many cases. But he has not always
the greatest moral courage. It
takes some grit to battle against
circumstances outside; to face the
sordid miseries within the cent belt
invariably requires greater moral
stamina than to flock to the land
where drinks are two bits a shot.
Life is a struggle everywhere. A
hard remorseless and never ending
struggle against man’s inhumanity
to man has to be faced everywhere
That struggle is not any keener in
Alaska than the Outside, nay not so
keen. And there is not a little
truth in the fact that what we have
clone who have come hither, is to
abandon the fight against the sea of
troubles we had to oppose outside
•because of the struggle here bein^
against the forces of nature solely
And not so very intensive at that,
■was cleaner and freer than the fight
of man against men.
Alaskans have nothing to lose in
•either self respect or in principle
toy recognizing that the major por
tion of the population has been
driven here by economic pressure.
As far as officials being Alaskans,
the Industrial Worker has long ago
taken the stand that that is wholly
Immaterial.
We see no good reason why the
gentleman from Nome should, be
cause he is from Nome, be any
better appointee than the gentle
man from \ irginia or from Oregon.
Surely as far as capacity to fulfil
certain duties is concerned, that
depends entirely upon the capacity
of the persons receiving the office.
But it seems somehow to be accept
ed that the very best Alaskan, the
most able and the most efficient,
will be chosen, while the very worst
Virginian or Oregonian is selected.
Now what in the world is the use
of entertaining such preposterous
ly ridiculous ideas? Activity in po
litical strife in Nome any more than
in Virgina or Oregon does not im
ply of necessity fitness for posi
tion, and the Alaskan who is a po
litical sluggard is hardly permitted
to be a matter of consideration.
Any how, this cry of Alaskans for
Alaska jobs gives one a pain. It
makes no difference who is appoint
ed as far as we can see or hear, and
we believe that you could bunch the
whole caboodle of federal officials
from the very first to the very
latest, and grab sample them with
out finding any startling differences.
There have been very fit men and
there have been very inefficient
men, but by and large whether Al
askans or whether from the Out
side, they tipped the scales at about
an average weight. We have yet
l to observe, moreover, the politician
who will come right down to cases
and prove that the Alaskan appoint
ed to office is any better than the
Outsider who is appointed thereto,
as far as the miners—thereal pro
ducers—-are concerned.
It is really absurd to be running
off on such political wild goose
chases when much larger and more
deadly game is at hand if the poli
ticians would only dare tackle
them.
It is contended as a eorrollary to
the declaration Alaska for Alaskans
that inasmuch as the conservation
ists have tied up the resources of
the country, Pinchotism has been a
blight and a curse and the very
antithesis of the principle invo.ved
in the slogan.
While the Industrial Worker nas
always contended that the conserva
tion theories affected neither for
better nor for worse the working
classes, none the less the cry of
■•Pinchotism”, in demanding the
opening up of the resources, did not
mean exactly what .it was Intended
to imply. Were it not for Pinchot
the coal lands of Bering river fields
world have been before now absorb
ed by syndicates which might' have
opened them up or might not. but
which would have patented ground
obtained by prejury, by misrepre
sentation and by fraud. For years
there was a standing position for
men to go to Alaska and to stake
coal and oil ground for these syndi
cates, . soldier's, scrip was another
favorite device, and after these hire
lings from Seattle had enjoyed a
pleasant outing staking and locat
ing, they are held up as the unfor
tunate prospectors defrauded of
years of toil.
Go over this territory in this sec
tion and see what the result has
been of lax mining laws. Miles and
miles of creeks and hills are staked
by hatchet and pencil men who will
not do two cents of work upon the
ground, and who await the advent
of some syndicate to take the
ground they grabbed off their
hands. Seward Peninsula could
stand a whole lot of Pinchotism,
and it was one of the most unfor
tunate acts of the last legislature
that it repealed the very judicious
clauses of the Roden mining law
which made the land grabber work
or get out.
As we see it, the best that the
opening up these resources offer
the workers is a few jobs. That’s
the best that they can do for them.
A master for youself while you are
a good slave and dutiful, and a pat
ui)on (he back about election time.
But it is in order to point out !
that the opening up of the resour- j
ces may well be a curse to the!
workers of Alaska instead of a
blessing. The troubles upon the,
Anchorage railroad ought to have i
illumined that fact, for the deve- j
lopment that brings such tears of j
pride to democratic eyes was also ;
accompanied by the inception of a
wage scale that reduced conditions
below the cent belts outside.
We take it always that the policy |
of grab will find no real approval :
from the average Alaskan, mainly 1
because ' he practices it where he
can, and finds the other fellow
ahead of him. But let it not be
forgotten that when the coal lands
of the North were closed by Pinchot
he had introduced a leasing bill
similar in all essentials to that
passed by the democratic adminis
tration which - opened up the lands,
and it was killed in the Senate
Committee mainly through the in
fluence of Senator Guggenheim
whose papers were denouncing the
closing of the lands!
These are facts that are hard to
get over, ‘and when we find these
interests sore because they couldn’t
get the whole hog and determined
to close it down altogether, we have
less sympathy for their howling
than otherwise we might have had.
and are little inclined to repeat
their verbal denunciations much
less applaud them.
OVERSTOCKED
To the Public:—
We have just finished stock tak
ing, and find that we are heavily
overstocked so are making enorm
ous reductions in Hardware—as
much as 50% in certain lines. Not
withstanding immense advances out
side, especially in Hardware and
Metal Goods, we are still selling on
the basis of goods purchased tne
past two or three years.
We will sell for cash only at these
prices, and for a limited time, until
we bring our stock down to the re
quirements of the Camp.
If you have an order to be filled,
let us figure on it; we can save you
money. We have proved it oo
others, we can prove it to you.
DARLING & DEAN COMPANY.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Next door to Pacific Cold
Storage.
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history that is of INTEREST !
TO ALE OF L'S.
We seldom know the names of
our real benefactors, but few in
ventors and chemists are financiers,
to the promotors is given the credit.
In 1883 the United States grant- j
ed patent rights to a young man j
from Chem Switzerland, the inven
tor of valuable machinery now used
in milk plants in this country.
This young inventor and chemist, j|
failed to convert his staid country- i
men to his new ideas, they were |
condensing milk and preserving it 1
by the addition of sugar the sar\e j
as was then in practice in th* J
country.
The difference between Condensed
milk and Unsweetened milk is that
the former is preserved by adding
sugar, while the latter is preserved
merely by heat, in the evaporating
tanks under an almost perfect
vacuum.
This method of preserving milk
was first conceived and brought to
this country by J. B. Meyenberg,
a Cerman-Swiss, and since 1883
when the first plant was installed at
Halvetia, 111., canned unsweetened
milk has almost displaced milk
preserved with sugar.
Later in life, this Swiss chemist
turned his attention more to finance
that his children might work for
themselves. As Vice-president of
the Alpine Evaporated Cream Co.
Mr. Meyenberg, built the first plant
in California at Holister, San
Benito County, and later another at
Gonzales.
Before retiring from business he
installed his son in complete charge
of the Gonzales Plant.
The Alpine people believe in putt
ing into their cans, that which
others put in advertising.
ALPINE MILK will at all times
run from between 8.3% and 8.8%
butter fat, and 27% to 28%% total
solids, and every can bears a
Thousand Dollars Guarantee of
Purity.
No merchant who feels kindly to
wards the Alpine Evaporated Cream
Co. will permit ALPINE to become
cheapened by selling it over his
counter at anytime for less than
the best known standard brands.
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