Battg Nome Snhuatrial Worker.
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Hi Nome Mine Worker*' Union. No. *40. Western Federation of Miner*.
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Entered as second class matter March 1, 1211, at the poat office at
Korae, ■ Aiasaa, under the Act of March 1, 1871.
"To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
aearly as possible, Is a worthy object of any good government.”—
abr&nam Lincoln
All changes In standing advertisements must reach this office at six
• clocK eacb evening to Insure insertion in the following Issue.
Advertising rates made known on application.
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 1S4.
IMHSTItlAI- I’RKPARKDNKSS. |
One can take up harillv any tech- ;
nical magazine wherein industrial
preparedness is not the subject mat
ter of special articles or editorials
comment these days. It extends too
to the daily papers and in more or
lass veiled and not very clearly ex
pressed language, one gets an idea
of what they are all hinting at.
it is evident that to nothing else,
except in its being a Subsidiary ot
tliis propaganda, is importance ot a
like magnitude so attached.
Briefly stated the proposition (and
entirely from the employers stand
point) is this:
Alter the war is ever the Ameri
can industries will face a competi
tion with Europe which will become
of a most desperate nature. The
struggle for the control of the mark
ets of ttie world will be literally in
tense. Just now America is behind
in industrial efficiency, and only by
every industrial nerve and sinew be
ing directed with single purpose to
the conquest of the markets and the
defiance of all competition, can suc
cess attend American industries.
It is not a question of better
grade goods or of satisfaction of de
mand: it is a question of supplying
against all others, market demands
Accordingly to accomplish this,
many industrial experts have been
. giving > whole hearted attention.
They have been watching production
costs as they never watched them
before: they have been studying for
the purpose of elimination, efforts
which were unnecessary to emcien,. j
production; they have been con- .
sidering waste in by-products, labor,
raw material, machinery in use,
power, space, management, clerical
assistance and the like, also with
the idea of eliminating any such j
where possible.
They have considered purposeless ^
efforts and ill-directed energy under !
one name or another, and American |
elliciency engineers have made wond- ^
orful discoveries and worked some
wonderful changes.
First of all they have insisted I
that American industries make use j
of the very latest methods. They j
have not being doing si. They in-:
sis! that they modernize tlieir me
chanical epuipment, that they avail
themselves of a studied improve
ment in power forms; and that the
various wonderful steps have been
made in chemical os well as mecha
nical research he availed to the ut
most by the American employers.
All of that is easy. The experts
know that. They know. Tor example
that the American business manager
who would make bis plant essenti
ally tip to date in every particular
under normal conditions, can set
i,mpl c ipital to effect those im
provements. New machinery can be
obtained. New power made use ol
New chemical ideas introduced so
(bit manufacture cat) be carried on
under ideal conditions. And so for
the industrial preparationists art
finite explicit in their plans. But
they have another point of view
about which there is not the same
degree of openess. There is the
Labor factor which is only hinted
nt in more or less veiled language,
which however is easily enough in
telligible if all those articles are
read with care.
Still following out the employers
viuw point, Labor is as a factor in
industrial preparedness as in all in
dustrial activities, the most import
ant of all.
Industry is to be carried out In
any country under conditions whefre
initiative is absolutely abolished,
and the management is the brains
exclusively. It is true that machine
ry in modern industry requires a
certain amuont of Intelligence and a
certain amount of education, but
that Is relatively a negligible factor,
and it is certainly a minority factor.
The greatest essential of any in
dustry they say emphatically, is
discipline and strict subordination.
It is no less a necessity in industry!
than in the militarist activities. The
manager must be the manager; the
foreman must be the foreman. Those
who are under them are to obey,
and they must obey without hesi
tancy and under all considerations.
The most vexing feature of the
whole situation is the fact that La
bor is frequently inclined to revolt
against conditions. If that Labor
is of a highly skilled nature it is not
immediately to be replaced and the
revolt is suppressed with difficulty.
Therefore preparationists urge that
| there must be in all industries as
complete an abolition of dependence
j upon skilled labor as possible. The
| labor to bo employed must be ot
j such a simple nature that it can be
■ immediately acquired by any one
I who may be made perfect in a very
short time by repetitive routine.
The labor is thus so simplified that
I even when it revolts it can be imme
' diately replaced from the unenv
; ployed ranks and those who evid
ence such a revolting disposition
never again employed.
It is an essential therefore for a
correct condition of industrial pre
paredness that the number of “avail
' able workers” be increased. That is
to say in blunter language there must
always be an abundance of unem
ployed ready and willing to be em
ployed. These can be used to force
down the discontented to stay with
their jobs until such time as the
possibility for any revolt is eliml
naien.
A most interesting preparationist
statement has been made that the
present tendency of workers to
strike is a relic of an individualis
tic age. It has as a “right” no
place in modern collective produc
tion. Historically, he says, it is out
of place and that it is now necessary
that laws be passed whereby it will
be made a felony to strike under
I certain conditions. He points out
that a strike can be well conceived
; as great a treason as revolt against
i the government, and that it might
! well be that opposing interests could
[ use this weapon in Labor's hands to
' drive American competition off the
market.
It is quite evident that these pre
j parationists have given complete stu
' il.v to their subject, and that thpre
j is no phase that has escaped atten
! tion. Hence they have been obliged
! to point out that legislation is re
1 quired which will prevent any such
a possibility
as strikes herea’tci
| The workers may have grievances
i which they would have redressed,
1 but they cannot be redressed by a
strike. That has to be considered
! a rebellion and highly anti-social.
1 The systems advised are various.
| One writer who has watched with
j interest the methods whereby
Briand suppressed the strike of the
railroad workers in France submits
a plan of industrial conscription
whereby the workers are made part
of the scheme of military conscrip
tion. When they show a tendency to
buck the employers conditions, it is
urged that a proclamation from the
governor or the president could call
these men to their colors and made
them stay at work, pending "an in
vestigation and compulsory ad’ust
ment by a board arranged for that
purpose”.
The main idea is to have the
working classes a complete subordi
nate class. They must be shorn ot
all vestige of real power. That it is
admitted is of some difficulty be
cause of politicians to make them
selves solid with the workers play
ing upon their feelings and thus us
ing their votes. But this is to be
gotten over by a process of artificial
selection. The workers are to be
absolutely de-uniozed. There is to
be no room for any labor organiza
tion.
The chiefest ideal of all,is that
the worker be taught that he is
part of the enterprise in which he
labors. He Is to be educated up to
such a point wherein he will be sa
tisfied with the success of the firm
for which he works as his own suc
cess. For that reason a system of
bonuses must be established whicn
will “invite a healthy spirit of com
petition among the workers and
among the departments of the in
dustrial plant, while at the same
time giving the workers an in
creased incentive in the sense that
they are actually receiving higher
pay”.
Nor do the philanthropist stop
there. The health of the worker is
to be rigidly protected. There is no
such useless labor as the labor o!
the sickly. It is just as much the
duty to scrap a sickly or diseased
worker as it is to scrap a bad tool
or a defective piece of machinery
The grey haired man whose hand
trembles uncertainly from over
work, from heart trouble or from
easily aroused emotions, characteris
tics of incipient degeneracy, should
be immediately * scrapped as more
dangerous than defective machinery.
Yet it will not do to have such dere
licts around to point to the fate that
ts in store for the workers when
they reach the same stage. The
•aged must be pensioned off and
looked after so that their age may
; be productive.
Health insurance, old age insur
ance, unemployment insurance less
eagerly, are all urged. Dangerous
place must be abolished and the in
jured well compensted.
In other words greater comforts
i are to be provided. The workers
| are to be the serfs of an industrial,
I absolutism. They are to be shorn i
of every trace of freedom and perso
nal liberty, but in turn are to be
carefully safe guarded when at
work, and regarded when not at
; work. They are not to be neglected
for it would under such a condition
be as foolish to neglect a working
man as it is now to neglect a mule.
That is precisely the condition
which the workers are facing. It. is
impossible not, to understand thai
that is a condition towards industri
al management is tending. All the
technical and trade journals advo
cate it. Industrial peace, industrial
contentment, community of interest
and all the other folderols are urged
with this end in view. It is at once
the militarization and the feudaliza
tion of industry. The workers are
to be as much automatons as arc
soldiers. The ideal worker is the
one that says nothing but works
hard and obeys. Service and obedi
ence are to be the watchwards, and
all tendency towards revolt is to be
suppressed at all hazards.
The employers are down to brass
tacks. They are eliminating the
superfluous. They are after mark
ets and they are strong enough in
their domination to cast aside the
cloak which at one time was needed
to conceal their predatory purposes.
They are “ready” to get prepared.
CALL FOR BIDS.
Notice is hereby given that bids
will be received at this office for
clearing the superfluous snow from
the streets of the town of Nome for
the ensuing season. Time and spe
cificatons for the contract are open
| for inspection in the city clerk’s ot
! flee and all bids must be filed with
; the city clerk not later than Monday
; evening, November 27, at eight
] o’clock.
Dated at Nome. Alaska, this 24th
day of November 1916.
E. GRIMM.
City Clerk.
WE CAN DO IT.
For Ur-it class work ana pron ?■ :
delivery ph >ne Main lftt and tli« j
People’s Steam Laundry * 'Jl ci I j
and get your laundry.
W. J. WILLIAMHO> Proy '
Safety first. You miners coming
in from the creeks look up the ad
vertisers in your paper before dis
posing of your patronage.
PROFESSIONAL CARD. i
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
Office & Residence:
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Office Hours: 2—5 and 7—8 p. m.
Phone Main 7.
John Hancock
NIGHT SCHOOL. 212 FRONT ST.
From 0:30 to 8:30 p. m. -
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic,
hIso Art of Bookkeeping.
Terms reasonable.
fSRttfi&Kfi
FOR YOUR
THANKSGIVING
MINCE AND PUMPKING 1*1 E ETC. Leave your orders now at
The Arctic Bakery
THIS WEEK AUGUSTINE & KYER WEEK.
Fresh Salted Almonds and Peanuts.
WIN THE BASKET
One Chance with every 25r. Purchase.
HEINZ
57 Varieties have arrived at
Mollers Grocery
211 FRONT STREET PHONE, MAIN 80
PRICES MAIN REDUCED DN
FORD AUTOMODILES
Chassis price is now $ 325.00
Runabout $ 345.00
Touring $ 360.00
F. 0. D. DETROIT
PUCE VOUC ORDER HON
HA LIGHTERAGE & GOM’L GO.
Do You Like Nice Fresh Eggs?
Then Use Hollyhurst,
Remember we receive fr esh shipment of these eggs on each
boat, thus insuring their freshness.
D.E. CROWLEY
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Kent Transfer Co.
General Transfer & Freighting
Qoa! &
Phone Main 139.
TRY
PHIL MURPHY
I FOR LEATHER VESTS & COATS, THE LONG KIND OREGON
CITY MACKINAWS. HATS SHIRTS, PANTS, SHOES, UNDER
WEAR, SWEATERS, FUR CAPS, MITTS, WOOL GLOVES,
PARKAS AND ROBES.
MURPHY HAS THE GOODS
Men's Women’s Children’s
Since the opening of Navigation we have received 3270 pairs
of SHOES and RUBBER FOOTWEAR. Every boat brings more.
“There is a reason’’. Our prices are right and our business has
been built by satisfactory service to our patrons.
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P. A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
RELIABLE XAILOll SHOP.
| Front St. 8 doors west of Alaska
We do the best
CLEANING
PRESSING
ALTERING &
REPAIRING
Ladies and Gentlemens Clothes.
GET THE NEWS RIGHT. READ
THE WOKKER.
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MINERS
RESTAURANT
Opposite Industrial Worker.
FIRST CLASS MEALS.
Served in
FIRST CLASS STYLE.
Under New Management
OPEN ALL NIGHT.
Phone Main 158.
S. H. SIMEON
4,4,4, + 4,4,4*44,4,4,4
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Call at the INDEPENDENT MARKET and see the
display of fine Turkeys, Chicken, Geese, and Ducks
also Fresh Killed Veal and Pork
W. H. WEBB
TEL. MAIN 15