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nearly as possible, is n worthy object of any good government.”—
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sfome,' Alaska, under the Act of March I, 1172.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF
RAILROADS DRAWING NIGH
There is nothing more certain in a
study of the progress of humanity than
that mankind in the mass does not do
what it wishes, but what it must. And
When the compulsion is both apparent
aid Immediate there is nothing easier
than to represent the action as the re
sult of wishes. Perhaps the easiest
thing in the world to accomplish it to
"make a virtue a necessity."
There is, in fact, no labor involved in
the transmission at all; it is an au
tomatic action.
Here for example, is the railroad
question. Government ownership of
railroads is almost on us. But it will
not lie actually realized until the
"must” becomes so pressing as to lie
absolutely imperative.
The railroads are clamoring for in
creased rates; hundreds of thousands
of the railroad employees are in turn
clamoring for increased wages. Both
conditions, pressing in opposite direc
tions, inexorably push the railroads
toward government ownership. Pres
ident Wilson himself mentions this
policy as a last resort. And he is per
fectly right. It is a last resort, and
will be only resorted to at the last
iwjssible moment.
Then there is the tremendous force
of the world war, all of which is driv
ing in tile same direction. It was so
great in England, the peril was so
immediate and pressing, that in less
than a week after the outbreak of
hostilities the railroads passed under
government control. Our necessity
on this side has not been so immed
iately pressing, but in time, and not a
very long tBme, either, there is nothing
more certain than that what was done
with the British railroads will be done
with ours.
Those who “advocate” government
ownership mostly do so on the ground
that it will solve the immediate "prob
lem.” But, instantly that problem Is
solved, another one rises to take its
place. Government ownership of rail
roads becomes a problem itself that
calls for solution. The never-ending
progres of society is apparently bound
up with the successive solving of never
ending "problems”
It is almost a certainty that the tak
ing over of the railroads will be pub
licly announced as a “war time mea
sure.” To make that anouncement
leaves the implication that after the
war they will revert to private owner
ship again, which, judging by the ex
perience of England, is nothing more
than a comforting delusion. There
is no opinion in England worth taking
into account that holds that the rail
roads will ever revert to their previous
status. And it will be the same here.
There is perhaps, just one suit1 way
of knowing about when it has been de
salt'd that government ownership is to
lie tlie ultimate disposition of the rail
roads. It is when men in high places
begin making a virtue of necessity
and enumerating the superlative mer
its iind advantages of government
ownership of railroads, tint! hinting
that whoever opposes it is unpatriotic,
if not disloyal'; w hen this sort of thing
overpowers the volume of objection,
when wc begin to hear In high quart
ers that government ownership of rail
roads is not “socialistic” nt all, as
some mistaken people believe, it to be.
jcxonoraic
ou can make more cups oi
tlx less "M *j *13: titan, wi
ompare spoon
tncl be convince
iy spoon, cup
.M-J-Jl)’ is scientifically blended from
tlie finest flavored and strongest coffees
grown in the world. That's wky you skould
use less per cup. It is never roasted until
thoroughly mellow and is vacuum packed
to retain its strengtk and flavor.
Our Guarantee v
Your grocer will refund the full amount
you paid for M\J'B*Coffee,if it does
k not please your taste, no matter M
how much you have used
out of the can.
but the reason of hard, practical, busi
ness sense, then by these signs and
tokens may we know that the day of
government ownership of railroads is
upon us.
And when alii is consutna‘ad, and
Uncle Sam Is running the roads, we
shall all begin to tell each other that
It was all done by the expdessed wish,
desire and intention of the majority
of the really enlightened community;
that it was done, not because we had
to do it, but merely because ve wish
ed to do it; that it was a matter of
free choice altogether, and that any
one who talks of a compelling "must"
'.s a vile Socialist and an en'my of
society.
UNCLE SAM AND
BROTHER JONATHAN.
BROTHER JONATHAN (After he
and Uncle Sain have just finished an
argument i the respective merits of
the Socialist and Socialist Labor par
ties)—Your S. L. P. ideas are all 116:111,
but you cannot get Socialism ail at
once: you can’t have the Social Revo
lution over night.
UNCLE SAM—You don’t say so.
B. J.—Socialism is a good way off
anyhow, :utd meanwhile the working
class has its immediate needs which
must lie attended to. That’s why we
of tlie Socialist Party include "immed
iate’ demands in our program. We
are practical and you are not. See?
V. S.— T confess I don’t “see” any
thing of the kind.
15. .J.—Just like you S. L. 1’. men.
You’re a lot of stiff necks, Marxists,
uniconupromisers, irnpossibilists, dog
ma—
l\ S.—Not so fast, Jonathan. Check
yo'urself a l'ittle.
!>. J.—You make me thoroughly
tired.
C. S.—See here! You’ve been mak
ing the charges and stating assump
tions without letting me reply, and
then you tell me you are thoroughly
tired. What kind of a specimen are
you?
15. .).—Well, go ahead with your
say.
U. S.—In the first place, you are
assuming things when you say the S.
L. P. wants Socialism overnight. You
are begging the question. You can
not point me out any place where the
S. L. P. asks that.
On account of Sam and John return
ing front their (linotype-operator)
hunting trip, at sueh a lute hour yes
terday evening we were unable to
publish their complete dialogue in this
issue. We will print the rest of this,
tomorrow and afterwards we will give
pou a complete one each day until our
supply becomes exhausted.
“Sajm and John returned with en
couraging news. They say they have
located n real live linotype operator,
who will be in, in a few days.” '
UP AGAINST
THE ALLIES
“(Jet out. of here and go homo,” said
the constable to a “soaked” (Jerman who
was apaprently half seas over. "I can't,
I come from B-a-v-a-r-i-a; my wife
is French her mutter vot lives mit us
is a chew von Jerusalem;; my oldest
daughter is married to a Dago, und
der udder von is married to a Rus
sian ballet dancer. Since de war lias
begindt my own sons declare dey is
Americans. Go home! Vot. to get kill
ed? Ach, no! take me to chail. Its
safer.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Wm. Loerpabel and Sarah A.
Loerpabel, your heirs, exscutors,
assigns or personal representa
tives;
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned have
expended in labor and improvements
during each of the years 1914, 1915
ana 1916 the sum of One Hundred
dollars upon each of the following
decribed placer mining Claims, all
situated in the Concil City Record
ing Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
to wit: the L!men<one Group, asso
ciation claim, situated on the Casa
de Paga River, notice of location
being recorded in vol. 22 at page
187, records of said recording pre
cinct; the Polar Bear Group, asso
ciation claim, situated in the Casa
de Paga River, notice of location
being recorded in Vol. 22 at page
189, records of said recording pre
cinct; the Cinnamon Boar Group
association claim, situated on the
Casa de Paga River, notice of lo
cation being recorded in Vol. 22 at
page 188, records of u-«id recording
precinct; and the Bear Black Group
association claim, situated ou the
Casa de Paga River, notice of lo
cation being recorded in Vol. 22 at
page 190, records of said Council
City Recording Precinct, Territory
of Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended under the provisions of the
law concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount
required to hold said claim.
And you and each of you are
further notified that if you fail to
contribute your propqrtion of said
expenditure within ninety days after
the last publication of this notice,
your interest in said claim will be
come the property of the under
signed, your co-owner, under sec
tion 2324 Revised Statutes of the
United States
EUGENE \V. GRAHAM.
KARL KARLIN.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ., Nov. 7, 1917.
Date of last publ., Feb. 7. 1918.
J NOTH'K OK ADMINISTRATOR'S
SAFE OF READ ESTATE.
In the U. S. Commissiner’s Court
tor the Territory ot Alaska, Second
Judicial Division, Cape Nome
I’recinct. In Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of
CHRIS PRECHTEL, deceased.
Whereas under an order of sale
made and tnten d in said court on
I the 10th day of January, 1918, I
was directed to sell the following
described real estate situate, lying
and being in the Cape Nome
Recording District, Territory of
Alaska, to-wit:
Placer mining claims known as
the Colorado and Triangle placer
claims situated near the beach west
iof Jess creek, notice is hereby
ghen that on the 25th day Febru
ary, 191S, at 2 o'clock P. M. of
said day at the front door of the
office of the United States Commis
sioner for said precinct in Nome,
Alaska, I will fell tine above de
scribed promises at public 'auction
to the highest and best bidder
therefore for cash
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 18th
day of January, 1918.
WM. STIPEK,
Administrator.
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