Dujli Name Find-agitiert Mut-Ren
rubhshed Daily except Sunday
By Nome Mine Workers’ I'nion, No. 240, International Union of Mine,
Mill and Sm elter Workers.
Subscription Price
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Rntered as second class matter March 1, 1111, at the poat odea at
atome, • Alastca, under the Act of March S. 187t.
"To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
nearly as possible, Is a worthy object of any Rood government.”—
Abraham Lincoln
All changes In standing advertisements must reach thta office at all
o'clock each evening to Insure Insertion lc the following Issue.
Advertising rate* made know* on application.
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome. Alaska. Phone, Black 1S4.
Itome, Alaska, Deeemlier 4, lf>17.
Hi:\l> THIS WINTKH.
I believe the workers have aj
tremendous kick at the system of!
■ ai'iiulis-u and wage slavery. Kif
n years of the best part ol my |
a have hi t n spent trying to tell |
them about i’ and after all 1 see,!
■.lint you are not entitled to that
kick until you read something and
■< k to improve your mind .Make
it a point to read a bock each week
a hook on the subject of labor oi
history. Join the Miners Union.
They havt hook; If your room
i> uncomfortable, bring along your
book, get in a corner and read. It
is only by thinking better that you
e. u expert to improve your condi
tion. The man who uses his head
is eoing to rob the man who doesn't
use his. To think well you should
read- hooks.
I NSK\l\(i MI N.
Il is known hy v ry few people
that the capitalists have forced
rough laws in 1 in States for a
l ew and barbarous form of punish
ment far members, of the working
< i - I'.uip'Ts, those addicted to
•siring drink (this of course, up
piles o:il\ io poor men and women
;ird not to the so in- of million
ain s i. non producers and violators
I
o: tli** la«• ar menuo* net in titer-' ^
enth'.g i ‘ ■ • port i
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!■ ■ -i in 1 •>;!]. i ri ng. J
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i ri■ li idler- who :u V r raised a *
i ni w iie.. i or built ii i-hieki .i J
coop o • w \ ,i i co ol dotli. 11 J
. taki lor gr tiled that an idler *
who live:, oil the labor of working- *
men and women is fully woinliy of J
j-i producing himself. *
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There is no mevt'on of sterihi!- *
.i:i'. the hip tru:-i magnates v.iio J
have stolen mines, corporations, *
water power or railroads. The law *
pplics strictly to l’OOR men, and *
it will ultimately be used against j
ihe serial rebels who dare to men- *
....ci the powers of the capitalist *
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In Indiana over 000 men and *
some women have been opt rated n
in bv t'i< prison authorities ,o <
prevent them front ev r having | J
i-hiUlren of their own. Ii is time] n
workingmen were informing them- ! „
selves about this latest atrocity per- j ?
potre.li'l by the inpital.st ( lass upon *
ii own victims. *
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Till: I in IT OK IMm ATK 5
OWNKnSIfll*. *
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Tliis generation realizes with (lit- J
licitltr tile mi. ning of a frontier. | *
In i-oioniul days tile man who was ■*
disgust! 1 or discouraged stepped to | *
i lie < <lgc oi civilization. lie led, j
dollied a'ld outfitted hints. It not |
public exp> ;-se, but at nature's!
< x pen so.
Today, tiie United States is
hounded by th< oceans and by Mex-i
ico n::d Canada. There is no iron-!
iitr no ‘Tree for all”. America is!
living a new life.
With the ending of the nine
teenth eentury the fret land in the
U it el State-; vanished. Long be
fore that time the hast of the na
tural resources timber, minerals,
wafer powt r and fertile agricultur- j
a) land— hi.d hern labelled "mine” j
hv a rel lively small group of pow
erful industrial ..nd financial inter-!
ests. The ownership of agrieultf.r
. I land was still widely scattered.
I’h- owner, hip of the most import
ant timber and mineral resources
was being rapidly concentrated.
What will he the result of tl;;»|
private ownership of natural re
sources0 The time has conte when |
that <| in st ion must tie fated anti
analyzed scientifically.
While resources were free for j
the asking, no man could put a
price upon them and demand to be
paid because of his land ownership.
Tin moment that free land disap
pear, land ownership commands a'
menopoly price. In the centers of
•I
envcrtnij |
trade and industry this monopoly
power is enormous. Where it is
exercised over very rich resources,
like coal lands or timber lands, the
monopoly potter of private owner
ship is likewise very great. Con
sequently immense prices arc* paid
for pieces of land that a short time
ago were practically valueless. Thus
the hard unyielding rock soil of
Manhattan all of which was sold by
the Indians for a few dollars is
now valued in places at upward of
$40,000,000 an acre. This immen
se valuation is the result of the
presence of population, of trade
and of industry The owner cf the
land need have done nothing in the
way of improvement.
Th land upon which the City of
Heston stands was valued at $366,
000.000 in 1890, and at $672,000.
006 in 1910. The interval of twen
ty years resulted in a doubling of
these 1. id values. The farm land
of the 1' cited States was worth
$13,000,000,000 in 1900 and $28.
000.000.000 in 1910. During the
name period the value of farm land
in Illinois rose front $1,500,000,
000 to $3,000,000,000. in Iowa
from $1,250,000,000 to $2,750,
000,000. M Kansas from $1,000.
000,000 to $ 1.500,1150.000. The
fact that tin land is limited in
i
amount, ai d is in great demand, is
sufficient to place upon it a high
monopoly price.
The private ownership of natural
resources was a scheme that \%is
devised to stimulate thrift, eneflgy |
and ambition. It was intended rto
give an opportunity for life, liber
ty and the pursuit ot happiness.
When the principle of individual
ownership was first resorted Vo
the United States was a wilderness.
Resources cxir.ted for all. and *in
abundance. Since that time free
land has disappeared. The whole
economic foundation of life has
revolutionized. There is no more
free iand and the frontier has dis
appeared.
Each change in economic condi
tio. >s gi.tv, rise to new needs and
new relatii ns. Social forms ere
modified because the basis for life
is altered. Two generations ago the
country's adjustment to life in
cluded a safely valve in the form
of a frontier. The frontier meant
cheap grazing land, free agricul
tural land, free timber and "ree
minerals. Today each first otiss
piece of land in the United States
has its nrice.
Sooner or later the American
public must decide whether a sy
stem of private property in natural
resources can work advantageously
utter free land disappears. Up to
the point where land ownership
carried with it no monopoly pow
er, many legitimate justifications
could be urged in its favor.
Now that private property in
lard almost inevitably carries with
it the power to lay a monopoly tax
upon the industry of the commun
ity the situation takes on a very
different aspect.
Deeds are what count in this
wcrld—especially title deeds. I
Capitalism believes in letting
| bygones be bygones. So do* all
criminals
When the workers get off the
fence the masters will get off their
backs.
The capitalist system, so-called,
j is :,ol a system in reality but a con
spiracy.
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A poor mar. may make bis mark
I in A meric t -at the bottom of a
mortgage.
Tliis Spate Reserved
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GRAND ANNUAL MASQUERADE BALL |
THE EAGLES DEC. 8TH I
Before the Ball and After the Ball |j
Visit Billy Anderson's |
ELITE HOTEL j
& AH Night Baths 1
W. R. ANDERSON Prop. 11
COR. FRONT AND B ST. PHONE BLACK 171. §j j
WHEN BUYING HARDWARE, let quality b© your first considera
tlou. Tlieu look iuto the matter of price, l’rlce without quality
results in the accumulation of a lot of useless junk.. But qua
lity ut n reasonable price Kives you lasting service.. We handle
quality hardware, ami the price is as low as cousistaut, or poss
ible.
CARLETON HARDWARE CO.
*10 FYoat It Phoae Mala 11.
On and after Monday, Nov=
ember /9th, and continuing
until further notice. The offices
and yards of this Company
Will open at 8 A. M.
AXI>
Will close at 5.30 P. M.
Alaska Lighterage Comercial Co.
Phone Main 14
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING « TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF W. STEIGELMAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILD RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND II STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
Nome, Alaska
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen's Accounts Solicited.
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THE NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
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is prepared to handle
all kinds of
JOB PRINTING
Let us figure on your
work. Call up Black
134 or call at
THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER OFFICE
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; SIS HOPKINS SAY'S:
i “DON’T 1)0 NUTT IV FOR NO
BODY WHAT DON’T DO Nl’TTIN'
FOR YOU”.
I NOW YOU WISH TO KEEP YOUH
5 OWN PAPER IN THE FIRED.
[
\ And keep it
| Going strong
• THE ONE BIG THING THAT
[ YOU CAN DO, AND WHICH YOU
I OUGHT TO DO, IS TO PATRO
I NI/E THOSE MERCHANTS
• WHO PATRONIZE YOUR PAPER
BY ADVERTISING IN THU
I , WORKER.
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| I AI.MOST EVERY LINE OF MttH
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CHAN 1>ISE,
: ALMOST ALL SUPPLIES.
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ALMOST EVERY PROFESSION.
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i ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU
WANT
IS REPRESENTED BY SOM
ADVERTISER I N THIS PAPER.
SEE TO IT THAT HE GETS YOCIi
TRADE, AND THE TRADE OP
A Mi YOUR ERIENRS.
THE WINTER IS WHEN SOVHd
ADVERTISERS DROP Ol T.
That hurts
Yourpaper
SOME ADVERTISERS STAT IN
THE PAPER EOR THE WINTER.
Some new
Ones come in
That helps
Your paper
DO SOMETHING EOR SOMEBODY
WHAT DOES SOMETHING
EOR YOl