ME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
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3>y \ jme Mine Workers’ Union, No. 240, International Union of Mine,
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NOME, ALASKA SATUUDAY, MAIU’H, 29, 1919.
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WHAT IF THE PEOPLE SPEAK? 4
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But what if the people speak, may lords, what if the people speak? »-.
Suppose they were weary of cuffs and blows and turning the other 4*
cheek ? 4.
What if the Atlas who bears your world refused to carry the load? 4*
Tiring at last of penury’s grip and the sting of the ceaseless goad? 4*
Oh, steadily upward prices go, and yours is the lion's share, 4*
While the paupers build, with a sigh of woe, the multifold millionaire 4*
And the skies are brass and our God id deaf, or haply his rest doth *"•
seek— 4*
But what if the People speak, my lords, ay what if the Peopl spceak? 4*
Time was in Britain when your kind laughed at the cries of the 4*
“mob” accursed. 4*
But a Cromwell rose and the price you paid1—the head of a Charles 4*
the First. 4*
Time was in France when the nobles danced while the peasants 4*
writhed in pain. 4*
But the People spoke, and we pray the Gods that never and ne’er
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Shall the steets run red with a crimson flood while fiends their 4
orgies hold; 4*
Vet out of that chaos a New Earth swung, displacing the shameless *J*
old. 4.
Oh, the tale of life is the tale of strife ’tw'xt Greed and the poor and 4*
But they sometimes rise in their black despair-—and what if the 4*
People speak? • 4.
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From out of the gulf of voiceless depths there soundeth a muffled 4*
sigh. 4.
Tile fleeting ghost of a woman's sob or wraith of a childish cry. 4.
Palace anu .love!, not far apt rt they stand in the murky gloam, 4*
And one is the home of your pride, my lord, and one is your brother’s 4.
home. 4.
Your factory wheels go round arid round, grinding your golden grist 4*
While Death draws near to the toiling babes to enter them on his list 4-.
And the wealth to add to a wealth unused for ever in greed you seek »?«
But what if the People speak, my lords, ay, what if the People speak? 4*
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With the handicap of being
born the son of a countoss in an en-[
vironment of luxury, surrounded with'
the highest autocracy of England.!
and later becoming chaplain to Queen!
Victoria, and then her son. King Ed-j
ward, the pjresent Bishop of Oxford,|
the Bight Hev. Charles Gore, member I
of the British House of Lords, is will
ing to be classed as a “Guild Social
ist," and speaks a hearty and vigorous,
word for labor the world over.
The Bishop is in this country on a|
double mission. He comes as tlie I
messenger from the churches of Eng-|
land to the churches of America, and,
also as an advocate of the league of.
nations.
If anybody hod seen the Bishop sit-1
ting on a hard seat in the lobby of the |
Tale Club, his grave face, with its1
snowy heard, bend downward; had
noticed his slender form trying to ad
just itself to the uncomfortable seat;
had seen his rather Had, tired eyes;
Jiad overheard his quiet, half-timid,
-voice. and. coming nearer, had caught,
the words he was speaking, he would J
have, been unable to guess that here!
sat a Lord Bishop of England ,a
chaplain of the Boyal court, the son
of a countess.
These were the bishop's words, in
answer to a request to say some-,
thing about labor in England and the,
duty of the church in the present
world srisis:
“Labor at the present moment in
England has a quite unparalleled op
portunity. In the history ol' the La
bor movement during a considerable
period it is lamentable, as well as
marvellous, to read how good men
and liberal men. under the dogma of
the old political economy, acquiesced
in a situation in which masses of
men, women and children were tnani
testly treated as instruments for the
gain of others.
"But now, not only has Labor be
come more consolidated and therefore
powerful, but the whole mind of the
country has become inspired by ideas
of justice. And in particular the
Church, and the churches have be
come ashamed of their old acquie
sence in unjust conditions, and arc
out for a true gospel of the equal
value of every human soul. The
Church thru historical circumstances
has been very largely linked with the
interests of the wealthier classes, and
has been too content with what has
been called 'charity' to the poor. It
has been picking up the wounded
and seeking to heal those that had
been wounded in the social strife
wfyen it ought to have been thunder
ing against the strongholds of tyran
ny. That is to say, we ought to have
been demanding a basis of justice and
fellowship.
“I have been a member of a com
mission appointed by the archbishops
for the consideration of Industrial
problems. The commisson was com
posed of bishops, clergy, labor men
ind employers. It is just about to
publish its report, and it is not too
much to say that this practically tin- '
mimous report will be found almost;
o coincide in all its main pouts,!
both industrial "and educational, with'
he program of the British Labor
Party.
“I suppose at this moment the chief)
peril of Labor lies in divisions in its'
own ranks and in the suspicion which
is widely entertained that the meas
ures rendered necessary by the wA
are going to be used against it in the'
interest of capital. But 1 am con !
viuced that these suspicions and fears
aro unfounded, and that the oppor- i
tunitv of Labor after the war will
be unique and almost unimpeded.” j
To hear the bishop talking about i
the ‘unimpeded’ advance of Labor)
after the war led to the question [
whether it was true that he is a Soc
ialist, as some of his friends have
been saying.
The bishop smiled and seemed
hardiy sure how he should answer.
“Are you a member of the'Fabia n
Scciety?” he wa- asked.
“No,” lie sanl “1 suppose i am
what you call a guild Socialist.”
Asked to speak about the war »•
ilia hopes for p.-ac . the bishop told
of the plan for the league of nations
<rd his hopes that in the work
this league the spirit of humanity and
friendliness would prevail, even to-]
ward those who are at present our;
enemies at war.
He said: “As regards the war, i)
am whole-heartedly with the com-!
mon sentiment which sees the present;
necessary of a real victory over Ger-1
many militarism and the German
nilitary autocracy. I do not believe
n any parleyings for peace prior to a
^ -.Sial and real victory.
:Uk T am most anxious that while
tight the war through we shall
1 our moral aims of the war fore
ftjc-st in our minds; that even now we
should be preparing such a lea; •
nations, a league of free peop
;..at it shall be an instrument ready
o our hands, well-thought out and
>>r> pared, with which to carry forward
ihs work of making peace,
“And 1 am most anxious that we
should keep it clearly before the
mind of the German people that we
never allow ourselves to underesti
mate the great and" glorious gifts of
the German people, however-sadly
they may have been recently misused;
and that, when they have learned to
behave in accordance with the prin
ciples of justice and liberty, we shall
be ready to welcome them into our
-.inns of free peoples.
“\Ve are not fighting to crush Ger
man.. but to free it.
am, moreover t: tremely anxious
;h:i■ the churches : ball se their op
portunity, in the name of the Prince
nf Peace, in co-operating frankly and
vigorously with ilm cause of the
league of free peoples.
“I need not say how much I feel
that the fate of the world depends
on the co-operation of the great
American democracy, not only in
fighting to end the war victoriously,
but also in maintaining the great
aims of liberty and justice for all
human beings of whatever race as the
only solid basis on which peace can
be made and can be permanent.”—A.
Howland, in New York Call.
ffixr;.
He who thinks that with peace now
not tar off the main questions invol
ved in tiie world struggle will be set
tled is due to a rude awakening. The
ending of the one struggle will be the
beginning of another one, that will
seethe in evern one of the belligerent
nations. Within each country there
are views as wide as the poles regard
ing internal and international ques
tions. Every nation possesses its
junker philosophy in politics, journal
ism and industry, and these are iden
tified with a minority of financial and
baseness men who frankly intend to
reap the fruits of the settlement for
their own interests. They huve paid
homage at the shrine of “democracy”
—their democracy—which has no
more likeness to the genuine article
: than virtue has to vice. They fear
| ;he common mass of mankind within
their own borders and dread 1heir rise
to power more than they ever feared
Ihe foreign junkerdom that is sink
ing to oblivion.
Confronting them with more or
less consciousness of the stakes in
volves is this great mass of useful
workers. They have gone through
the trial of four years ot' hardship
and sacrifice and have had an oppor-■
tunity to see the profiteering order in
ail df its nakedness. The workers of
no other country have escaped this
experience and its very uniformity
h . gilded to uniformity of viewpoint
as well. They have seen the capitalist j
system is a rotten structure incapable i
of serving mankind in the period of j
is greatest need. The governments
have had to take the reeling thing In
charge, like the police have had to i
take charge of the drunken harlot in
her cups. The thing could not stand
alone, and without control it was a
menace to the health and lives of
millions of human beings. Like the
hag deprived of her hourly dope, the
I profiteer has wh ned for the return
of his business, in order that he may
indulge in another carousal of ill
gotten gains. If the creature of the
gutter becomes a shameless thing the
profiteer and his ways have become
hideous in millions of working class
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households.—Industrial Banner.
The clean u:ul complete defeat of
the Central Cowers Is now assured.
The censorship is not lifted as a re
sult of this, and is not likely to be
for some time to come. Never were
the Dominion sleuths o eager to hunt
down those individuals who are sus
pected of having literature in their
possession, that the masters consider
is unfit for the servant's perusal, than
they are at the present time. Never j
did the capitalist class display such j
anxiety regarding the thots of the |
workingman than it does at this ino-j
ment. This is the hour of victory,,
j this is the time for rejoicing and
why is it that things are railing flat?
Why is it hat there are no more
spontaneous outbursts of joy and
thankfulness? Perhaps the Flu has
something to do with it,‘ hut we have
had the Flu before, tho perhaps it
did not affect us to the same extent
as on this visit. There is something
about the psychology of the slave that
I is troubling the mind of the master.
' Instead of a bright blue sky, we have
j clouds gathering as for a storm. The
i war has drawn the class line taut, and
! in every belligerent country, with the
i possible exception of the United
masters also, instinctively realize the
position. There is not a sane man or
woman who desires to see the country
in which he or she lives degenerate
| into a condition of anarchy and chaos,
j The artisan is naturally peaceful, his
work being around the machine of..
industry, and he abhors anything that
tends tt> disturb the even tenor of his
mlustrial life. He will stand an al
most unlimited amount of provoca
tion before he can be driven to act
against those whom he has been led
to believe are his superiors. Generally
speaking, whatever they say goes
They know better than hedoos, etc.,
but there are certain limits beyond I
which the master class must not ven-l
lure, and lately in Canada the rulers
have gone too far. It is well known j
thruout the Empire that there is more!
autocracy In Canada than in any other
portion of the British Dominions. The!
Canadian horn soldier who before the |
war never had the opportunity to
visit the motherland, will come back!
with is mind broadened, and bis vision |
enlarged. His attitude toward the
workers in the Old Country will have
undergone a change. He will realize
tiow much further advanced they are
than he had any conception of, and
lie will undertake the task of setting
ills own house Inorder. This war has
enabled every thinking individual to
realize how small a place the world is,
ifter all, and how inter-dependent the
lifferent peoples are. The fate of
Canada will be largely determined by
what happens in other lands, and the
world is moving fast. The downfall of
:he Hohenzollern and the Hapsburgs
will, it is to be hoped, bring immed
iately to destruction all the thrones,
f Europe.
The rise of the German Socialist
Movement is now practically assured, j
ind if it has the same effect on the!
world at large that the Russian move-1
nent produced, we are in for stirring;
:imes. The geatest compliment ever
paid Tommy Atkins has come from;
Austria. It is understood that thej
■Austrian people requested that if any
foreign troops were sent to police!
■ heir country, they would perfer them i
io ihe English. This shows that in
spite of the hatred generated by the
conflict, Tommy has succeeded la
winning the respect and confidence’
even of his enemies.
The working class of the world is
now compelled to move as a class.
The end of the war means to some
extene 1he throwing off of the mask.
The world is now safe for the capital
ist democracy, but capitalist democ
racy is not what the working man
desires. He has been fighting this war
in a semi-conscious sort of way for a
better state of things for himself.
Has he improved his lot in life? No,
not yet, but he is going to claim his
reward. The master class has hung
more chains on him by orders-in
council and other ruling class para
phenalia. and the powers that be do
their utmost to so fix the worker that
after the war, he will stand less
chance of moving on his own behalf
than before. sAthe student looks
than before. As the student looks
around, however, he preceives signs
of another conflict arising out of he
ashes of the present one. i:eac? for
any length of time is impossible, even
tho every member of the Central Em
pire:; i3 destroyed. The economic fac
tor is the dynamic factor. It says to
the world, ,‘step in line, keep step,
or step out,” and nothing but war
can follow the war until capitalism is
replaced by the new social order. It
is not the way the human family
wants to go, but it is the way it has
to go.
Capitalism is played out. It stands
without a single lie left to conceal its
hideous nature. Germany is defeated
and now the cry must be “Down with
capitalism.” Working men of the
world, think of the sufferings your
class has endured during this war.
Think of your forbears ground up for
profits generation after generaCon.
and cry with one voice, “we will have
the hideous bea3t no longer.” The
world is fair and beautiful. It con
tains ail the material necessary to en
able every human being to enjoy life.
Life as the worker has known it in
the past, has not been worth having,
because he was denied the means of
living. Line up now once for all,
members of the working class. Vote
to get possession of the reins of gov
ernment. Abolish capitalism. Abol
ish the profit system, and the life that
is life shall be given you.—Ilritish
Columbia Federationist.
m R!on
The question is often asked how
tile dispossessed rich are living in
Russia. The answer is that most arc
reduced to absolute beggary. A few
who had large deposits in the banks
are allowed to draw a small sue;, but
since the banks have boon national
ized that is entirely at the discretion
of the government and the amount
permitted to them is not sufficient to
support life liberally at present
prices.
An ex-governor, the forruer poses
sor of a great fortune^ three houses
and a large landed estate, keeps a
small cafe with tne aid of his wife
and daughters, one of whom was a
lauy in writing to the empress.
The wrife keeps the accounts, the
daughters do the washing up. and he
serves the tea and coffee. These are
thought to he specially privileged
people. Others are reduced to street
hawking and scavenging.
A well known admiral sells news
papers—which must be of the Bolshe
vist persuasion, s nee none others are
permitted—and princesses and count
esses sell matches.
in the French revolution the aris
tocrats got away, and Europe was fill
ed with the woes of the emigres. The
Bolshevists have been wiser ni their
generation than to permit that form
of propaganda. The Russian aris
tocrat has to stay at home and stick
it out.—Westminster Gazette.
ACCUSSES
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
The Coast Bankers, the mouthpiece
of big business in the state, reports
that the bankers of San Francisco
nearly threw a fit over the recent
speech of Louis Post in that city. Mr
Post is the leader of the radicals bach,
of the Administration and holds the
office of Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Perhaps their real objection was not
so much to the character of the re
marks as to the fear that they might
*!0 *»: -a.ted to the working class
audiences. The statements to which
the tinanciars most objected were the
following:
“There are plenty of people in the
United States who would be glad to
see an end of the war that would,
make the United States the same kinu
of militarist nation as Germany.
Nothing is gained if we down
Kaiser.sm abroad and set it up at
home.
Don t you think that the soldiers
when they get back, will want to
know whose country it is? Do you
think they are going lo permit little
groups in Wall Street to own the
country they have been fighting for?
“We, the wage earners, and they,
the soldiers, will have no great diffi
culty in making all understand that
it is our country that we've been fight
ing for and not the possession of a
small group of monopolists."—Ex.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court of Koyuk Pre
cinct, Second Division, Territory of
Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of ERIl,
JACKSON, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed
Administrator of the estate of Eric
Jackson, deceased: Notice is further
given that all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased,
are required to present them, with
proper vouchers, within six months
from the date of this notice, to the
Undersigned Administrator, at his of
fice at Dime Landing, Koyuk River,
In said Precinct. Territory of Alaska.
Dated. March 22, 1919.
JOHN LAMONTAGNE
Administrator of the estate of Eric
Jackson, deceased.
Pub.—Mar.22, 29. Apr. 5, 12. 19.
NOTH 10 OF FORFEITURE.
To Felix Brown, your heirs, legal
representatives, or assigns:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended in labor and improvements
during each of the years of 1906 1907,
1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913,
1914, 1915 and 1916 the sum of on„
hundred dollars ($100) on Placer
claim No. 1 above on Newton Gulch
No. 1 a tributary to Dry Creek in the
Cape Nome Recording Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska; notice of location of
i which is rectir ; 1 !:i volume 105 page
179 of the records of said Recording
Precinct. Said labor and improve
ments having been done on said claim
far die purpose ot holding same under
he provisions of Section 2324 Revised
Statutes of the United States.
'■'on are hereby required to con
tribute, your proportion of said ex
pend fine, as co-owner to the under
signed within ninety days from tha
final publication of this notice or your
.merest in said mining claim will he
forfeited and becon the property of
(he undersigned, your co-owner, as
provided by said section of the Re
vised Statutes.
Dated at, Nome, Alaska, February
15, 1919.
AUGUST IiOMBURGER
Co-owner.
Published—Feb. 22. .Mar. 1, S. 12.
22, 29. Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26. May. 3, 10
17. 24, 1919.
NOTICE OK
KOKFEITURE.
To Joseph Kramer, Herman Piper,
John Brennan Max Anger, C. N.
Brown an<l D. M. Brogan, your heirs,
legal representatives, or assigns:
You and each of you arc hereby no
tified that 1 havo expended in labor
and mprovements during each of the
years of 1906, 1907, 190S, 1909, 1910,
1011, 1912, 1913. 1914, 1915, and
191(1 the sum of one hundred dollars
($100) on the St Anthony Associa
tion Placer Mining Claim, situated
on the left limit of Newton Gulch No.
1 a tributary to Dry Creek in the
Cape Nome Recording Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska; notice of location of
which is recorded in volume 111 page
408 of the records of said Recording
Precinct. Said labor and improve
ments having been done on said claim
for the purpose of holding same under
♦ he provisions of Section 2324 Revised
Statutes of the United States.
You and each of you are hereby
required to contribute your propci
tion of said expenditure as co-owner
to the undersigned within ninety
days from the final publication of
this notice or your interest n said
mining claim will bo forfeited and be
come the property of the undersigned,
your co-owner, as provided by said
section of the Revised Statutes.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, February
15, 1919.
AUGUST HOMBURGER
Co-owner.
Published—Feb. 15, 22. Mar. 1, 8„1S,
22, 29. Apr. 5, 12. 19, 23. May, 3, 19,
17, 1919.