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"To eecnre to each laborer the whole product of hla labor, or aa
nearly aa possible, ta a worthy object of any good government."—
abrabam Lincoln
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Address all Commanlcatlona to Daily Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 114.
Entered as second class matter Marek 1, mi, at tke post oMee at
Nome, Alaska, unotr the Act of March I. 1«7».
Ndme, Alaska, January 25, 1018.
THIS «£Ali THINli,"
Socialism is not a "beautiful and
impossible theory,” neither Is it a
horrible nightmare of licentious
ness which would have the effect of
"breaking up the home,” "destroy
ing religion,” etc. It is simply a
system of organizing society so
ihet every one who works is assur
ed full value of the product of his
labor; the means of production and
of distribution being collectively
owned by those who collectively use
them. Thereby insuring to each
one who is engaged in the opera
tion of the tools of production and
distribution,—not necessarily the
actual product of his toil, but the
full value of such product, which
may be exchanged for anything for
his private use or consumption
which he may desire. For instance
if you wish to use a part of the
product of your labor In the build
ing of a fine church edifice, and
your next door neighbor has a de
sire lor the latest improved model
of "Ford” automobile, each vfould
have a perfect right to his own
choice, with the further advantage
of being able to take his choice in
stead of merely dreaming of it as is
usually the case nowadays. Placing
work in its proper place—the
means of existence, and not the end
of existence—every one has perfect
freedom to pursue his own happi
ness in his own way, so long as he
docs not, in so doing, interfere with
the happiness and welfare of others
This would render possible, for the
first tine in history, the assurance
of a homo with every essential of
homo, for every individual, the fear
of poveriy forever shut out.
WHERE SCIENCE I VI CEO.
The bitter prejudice which exists
in this country against miscegena
tion, or marriage between people of
radically different races, brings
some curious results at times. A
singular case has come up in
Michigan. The story was circulated
about a married wcman in that
state that she had negro blood in
her veins. According to the gener
ally accepted rule in this country
a person who has any perceptible
amount of negro blood is a negro,
although the ‘'taint” may be but an
eighth or a sixteenth. This woman
was unable to got full details of
her family history. The mere
charge, however, threatened iier
with the loss of her husband, tier
friends and her home.
In this extremity, the made an
appeal to the scientific staff of the
University of Michigan for a com
pete scientific examination and a
determination of the question
whether she was of pure “Cauca
sian” blood or whether, in fact,
there was a trace of the African in
her. The scientists to whom tho
appeal was made were forced to
confess that there was no means at
their command by which such a
question could be settled conclu
sively. She was given the names
of three scientists who might poss
ible he aide to detect the a'ien
taint, if there were any, but was
told there was no certainty that
their conclusions would be absolu
tely correct.
It is perhaps fortunate that there
-are no scientific tests to d"termlne
absolutely such a question a3 this.
It would be over more fortunate it
Europeans goneiv.ly shared the pre
judices on tills subject which are
held by Americans. Considering the
wprg of centuries along the Medi
terranean, wars in which, from tho
earliest dawn of history, Africans
participated, there is doubtless a
considerable infusion of African
blocd among tho nations bordering
the Mediterranean. It is a matter
of indifference to those people, how
ever, although if the proof wore ob
tainable, it would bo a matter of
considerable concern to Americans
with American prejudices in cases
of contemplated unions of Amor
| icans with people having that poss
! ibility of “tainted” blood
DON'T.
Don’t
Drink the drinks you want to
drink,
Nor think the thoughts you want
to think!
Dcn’t
Eat the food you want to eat,
Nor meet the folks you want to
meet!
Don't
Smoke the smokes you want to
smoke.
Nor joke the jokes you want to
joke!
Don t
Swear the way you want to
swear.
Nor air the views you want to
air!
Don’t
} Spend the cash you want to
spend.
Nor bend the ways you want to
bend!
Don't
Go to the pace you want to go,
Nor know the things you want to
know!
' Don’t
See the sights you want to see,
Nor be the sort you want to be
Don’t
Die as you would want to die,
And you’ll be happy by and by!
VOTING AS A DUTY.
—
Some citizens vote because they
think voting a sacred duty, almost
irrespective of its results, but if
duty were the only motive there
would not bo a heavy vote. Many
people vote because they are inter
ested in one or two candidates or
measure.', others becauso they have
been induced by friends to join po
litical organizations, others from
force of habit. But voting is not a
duty, any more than walking down
street is a duty, unless there is
, some worthy purpose in view. A
| ballot is not mag'cal. Dropped i:i a
box or in waste basket, or used to
light a fire, it dees not of itself
make the world better or worse. It
is only a way of asking somebody
to do something. It is Just as com
j monplace and just as important as
I ordering the grocer to send up 50
! cents’ worth of sugar, and there is
! no more reason of surrounding the
out- transaction with flim-flam and
mystery than tiic other. We shall
bate democracy when people vote
as they buy eggs, with equal insist
ence on the value received.
The horrors of a battlefield are
less than the horrors of drunken
ness; loss than the horrors of tu
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berculosis. The fatalities of all
battlefields are less than the fatal
ities of cither of these enemies of
mankind. It is better for a girl to
be killed by a German or a British
bullet than to be a street walker in
Berlin or London. The slums are
} deadlier than the trenches. If a
I single European nation now at war
would abolish drunkenness, or tu
berculosis, or the victorious in the
present struggle. And yet all na
tions submit, and by inaction con
sent, to thes daily horrors. Millions
for war against man, but not one I
cent for war against disease and
poverty! Millions to desecrate the
homes of Germany and England
and France, but not one cent to
clean up the slums of their cities!
—Geoman Shield.
Work for all means leisure for
a'l.
Socialism wiil save the home from
the grip of the landlord.
—-■ - ,
Socialism will not end private
property but private exploitation.
Our fathers fought for the ballot
and we use it to enslave our
children.
You cannot eat unless you get
a job and you can’t get a job un
less you eat.
I Someone suggests that capitalism
i is legitimate because it has a ■*
“paw” and a “maw.”
Marriage, is a failure under ca
pitalism because when the means
of life are short life itself is a 1
failure.
A prayer for success in battle
sounds to enlighten man more
blasphemous than downright swear
ing.
You are expected to be content
with a living wage, but your master
doesn't pretend to be satisfied with
a living profit. Robbery wants all
it can get.
The wealth of America has not
just “drifted into the pockets of
the few.” You rammed it in tkere
by your vote.
“We give you work,” says the ca
pitalists. “We”, the workers,
might say, “give you the fruit of
our work, but we will not do it al
ways. Some day, we will give you
work.”
Teach the ignorant as much as
you possible can; society is culp
able for not giving instruction
gratis, and is responsible for the
night it produces. This soul is full
of darkness, and sin is committed,
but the guilty person is not the
mm who commits the sin, but he
who produces the darkness.—
Hugo.
When were the troops ever called
out to protect the workers?—F. H.
Alexander.
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THIS SPACE (8 VACATED BT THE
Alaska Lighterage Com'l Co.
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING A TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF W. STEIGEI, MAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND B STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
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Nome Bakery
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
BREAD 15c. A LOAF. 2 LOAVES TOR 25 CENTS.
The HOME of all kinds of First Class Bread, Cake, Cookies and
Pastry. We will make It our Business to suit our Customers.
WE GUARANTEE THE BEST CUP OF COFFEE IN TOWN.
We recommend as a Speciality our VIENNA BREAD, for family
use, Fresh from the oven. at 5 o’clock every evening.
We serve Hot Cake, Ham aud Eggs etc. from 7 A. M. to 1 P. M.
Clinches from 12 Noou to 7 P. M. Every Day.
We are in business to satisfy our Customers.
JUUL & NELSON, Propritors.
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NOME BREWING AND
BOTTLING CO.
WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THAT AFTER JANUARY 1st, IT
VRIi CHANGE ITS NAME TO
The Nome Bottling Co.
AND WILL PUT UP A FINE LINE OF
SOFT DRINKS AND
NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER
Buy Shoes I
9. A.M. TO 6 P. M.
Help maintain fail working
hours for everybody
P. A. PETERSON SHOE GO.
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North
Pole
Bakery
& Coffee
House
BREAD
15c. per Ic af
2 Loa\es 25c.
Anvil
Bakery
and
Coffee
House
818 HOPKINS HATS: 't
“DON’T? DO NirmN’ PORjjrO
BODY WHAT DON’T DO NUTTHT
FOR YOU”.
NOW YOU WISH TO HUP YOUR
OWN PAPER IN THE FIBLD.
And keep it
Going strong
THE ONE BIG THING THAT
YOU CAN DO, AND WHICH YOU
OUGHT TO DO, IS TO PATRO
NIZE THOSE MERCHANTS
WHO PATRONIZE YOUR PAPHR
BY ADVERTISING IN THM
WORKER.
ALMOST EVERY LINE OF MER
CHANDISE.
ALMOST ALL SUPPLIES.
ALMOST EVERY PROFESSION.
ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU
WANT
IS REPRESENTED BY SDMCI
ADVERTISER IN TIMS PAPBBt.
SEE TO IT THAT HE BETS YDSTR
TRADE, AND THE TRADE Dh>
AM, YOUR FRIENDS.
THE WINTER IS \va»N' BOMB
ADVERTISERS DROP DDT.
That hurts
Your paper
SOME ADVERTISERS STAY IN
THE PAPER FOR TIIE WINTER.
Some new
Ones come in
That helps
Your paper
DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEBODY
WHAT DOES SOMETHING
FOR YOU,