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A* Nome Mine Worker*’ Union, No. *40. Weetern Federation of Miner*.
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Address all Con^mnnicAtlon* to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome,*Alaska. Phone, Blaek 114.
Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, at the post office at
#orae, > Alasaa, under the Act of March *, 1*7*.
Nome, Alaska, October O, 1910.
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ACQUITTED!
Comes now one Bernard Ceurte
nay, Englishman, Blacksmith and i
Pacificist. The said Bernard Courte- c
nay did unlawfully and illegally and c
with malice aforethought mutilate j. 1
his person by chopping off his trig;!
ger finger in order that he. the sai l i
Bernard Courtenay, might evade e
compulsory military service. £
The English courts sentenced s
Courtenay to nine months imprison
ment. *
But suppose that we conceive •,
Bernard obtaining a change ot <
venue to a country unmoved by the <
toils of war and in a perfectly ]
serene environment listen to the ■,
accuser and accused. I
The plaintiff alleges that the coun- ■
try is in danger; that the Germans <
menace said country; that as a sub- ]
ject of the King when ,
the - King and Country need ]
him the defendant is in duty bound ;
to sacrifice himself if necessary on
the altar of the Fatherland which
in this instance happens to he the
Somme front. But because in his
cowardly soul Bernard will not fight
and rather than fight mutilates him
self in such a manner as to render
himself useless as an efficient fight
ing man. the country and the king
are deprived of services that other
wise were needed to preserve the
glorious nation that rules the waves.
And furthermore it is shown that
were every British subject to act as
Bernard Courtenay the defendant
acts, the King or the country
would be unable to defent itself. For .
that reason a condign punishment is
ilHK t'vl IU1.
The defendant admits tliat he mu
tilated himself in order that he
might avoid military duty. He al
leges that he has no interest in the
war. He owns no section of the coun- i
try. He- testifies that all he has go:
?s 'his labor power and he is not j
sure of that. That he has suffered
serious unemployment during times
of peace and lias been, a pauper
time and time again, denied work.
That for this reason inasmuch as lie
lias only his life to defend- that ;•>
dear to him. the most effective
means of protecting himself is to
keep away from the war zone. If
lie had lands and property that were
worth protecting lie would adnrt
the right to compel him to serve
but to compel him to serve to pro
tect another man’s treasure and it
needs be to give up his life for that
purpose is unreasonable, immoral
and unjust. The defendant further
alleges that if all workingmen were
like him and refused to fight that
there would be no war for although
he has carefuly read the papers he
has noted that neither the King ot
of England, the Tzar of Russia, the
Kaiser have taken their turns in
the trenches with the rest, and ha
concludes that if they did the scrap
ping, and the workers looked on,
peace would reign for ever and a
day. He submits in defense that to
fight men. must have something
worth fighting for, but to give his
life for the sake of holding a job
under one sort of boss instead ot
another is foolish and quite uncivil
Ized.
An impartial unbiassed and ser
ene tribunal acquits the prisoner!
HIGH COST OK LIVING,
The wealth of the world has to
be perennialy re-created in order
that it may be maintained at the
standard required for the support o’
the population. There are no stores
available for emergencies and the
nations consume annually almost all
that which is produced.
At the present time productive
labor among the belligerent nations
is diverted to fields which are no
productive, and in turn the United
States and other neutral nat'ons are
id iverting of their stores to the a in
productive belligerents on a scale
never heretofore reached.
Always in the United States as in
♦•very other country of a highlv de
veloped industrial status, there is a
superabundant laboring population.
The excess which hitherto has been
listed in the unemployed ai d un
employable categories, is now engag
ed in producing necessaries for the
•arring countries and flie needs o!
.merica as well.
While this labor intensively ap
lied to the various factory 111a
hinery in the land can increase the
utput to the national require
nents, the main necessities o' life,
ood and clothing which depend
ipon the raw material from the land
re not so dupicated and there is an
dual shortage relative to tne con
tant domestic demand..
Few people have any idea how
ince the war began exports of food
nd clothes have increased. The in
rease is marvelous and almost in
redible. Breadstuffs increased one
lundred and three per cent, cotton
ind knitted gods eight hundred and
hree per cent, canned salmon dighty
even per cent, 'cheese one thousand
ix hundred per cent, shoes and
eather two hundred and sixty per
■ent. canned beef one thousand nine
lundred per cent, bacon two hund
■ed and five per cent, condensed
nilk 820 per cent, beans and peas
>70 per cent, sugar 4,200 per cent,
voolen goods 700 per cent.
In hardly any of these commodi
ies has the increase, demanded by
such an increase in export been re
ported in production, and hence
with a lessening supply the demand
jonstant, the domestic price musi
ncrease.
But that is not all.
Into this country has come a flooc
of gold. That gold is now in quan
tities in the United States nevei
before known. That gold represent:
the output of mines which naturallj
productive have had labor costs re
duced to the lowest point by moderi
machinery and ore reduction me
tliods, and so has been constant^
declining in value. Held in enorm
ous quantities as the purchase prici
lor equally huge quantities of wa:
munitions, the greater portion o
which reached an exchange valm
far beneath what was paid for it ii
foreign gold, that gold in turn i
able to exert an almost inestimable
effect in the markets because of it
reduced value. Its purchasing powe
is diminished in proportion to it
plentifulness in the banks in Ne\
York and in proportion to the dimi
nution in the stocks of the comma
dities which it purchases through
out nation.
The decreased value of gold du
to decrease in the labor costs of it
production manifests itself imme
diately even in a normal market b;
increasing prices: that is more gob
is required to pay for the comma
dities which are needed. That ha
bene the condition of things befor
the war, and today the war has ac
centuated this condition so that th
purchasing power of gold in rela
tion to food, due to the diminishini
supply of the latter, is becomini
very marked.
As yet, we very much doub
whether prices have arrived at th
war standard. It may be after peac
is reached when the actual wartlm
phenomena will begin to manifes
themselves in prices demanded. Be
cause of this fact, after ,the war i
over may witness the highest price
of all, which will end with a slum;
when the abnormal conditions o
war are removed, and the price
oscillate to their old peace tim
standard. An industrial, financia
and commercial crash is inevitabl
then, but in any event it is very un
likely that we will see prices of th
necessities of life: food and clothin,
ever as low as they have been be
fore the war. Even an industria
panic of titanic dimensions may no
bring that about.
VORWAERT8 WANTS PfcACE.
Said Vorwaerts "if the centra
authorities have still any doubts a
to the real sentiments of the peopl
in regard to the continuance of thi
frightful struggle they should per
sonally attend some of the crowdei
meetings now being held in variou
parts of the emoire”.
But it is not in evidence that th
Central authorities feel any necee
slty or interest in these meetings
Why should they? They know wha
they want and what the people wan
is quite beside the question.
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RETALIATION.
It is comforting to know that de
spite the black list the government
is going slow on the retaliation pro
position. After all the munitions in
dustry has at least contributed to
the democratic prosperity and they
should not be ungrateful.
. . 8HONTS SUPPORTS HIM.
“I stand here firmly for the prin
ciple of arbitrating industrial dis
putes and I would not surrender it
to anybody in this country’’- quoth
Charles Evans Hughes, and by the
same token the non arbitrating steel
trust and traction combines are his
ardent supporters.
GEORGE BITTEL.
Information wanted regarding the
above who left New York in 1898
and believed to have gope to Alaska.
His dear old mother is anxiously
waiting to hear news of him.
Address: CHRIS BITTEL.
Box 323 Albany, N. Y.
RELIABLE TAILOR SHOP.
Front St. 8 doors west of Alaska
Bank.
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Political Cards.
FOR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
FROM ALASKA
Chas E. Sulzer
Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
FROM ALASKA
* Lena Morrow
Lewis
Socialist Party Candidate.
Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR ATTORENY GENERAL
TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
George B. Grigsby
Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR SENATOR:
Thos. M’Gann
For Re-Election.
Election, November 7, 1910.
Ft>R REPRESENTATIVE:
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Victor A. Julien
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; Election, November 7, 15)10
’ FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Charles D. Jones
Independent Candidate.
Election, November 7, 1910
i FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
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T. M. Reed
’ Election, November 7, 1910
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Phil. Corrigan
Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Mike Young
Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
A. A. Allan
(SCOTTY)
Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
James P. Daly
For Territorial Roads. No Poll Tax
Enforcement of Territorial Laws.
Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR TERRITORIAL
ROADCOMMISSIONER
John A. Wilson
1 Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR TERRITORIAL
ROADCOMMISSION ER
Barney Qibney
Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Nate C. Coombs
For Re-Eliction.
Election, November 7, 1910.
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MR. MINER
I HAVE PURCHASED WHILE OUTSIDE THE BEST LINE
OF FURNISHINGS AND WINTER SUPPLIES TO BE HAD, AND
AM DETERMINED TO MARE THIS STORE THE BEST PLACE
IN ALASKA TO TRADE.
PHIL MURPHY
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