NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
TRI-WEEKLY
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My Nome Mine Workers’ Union, No. 240, International Union of Mine, •
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Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, at the post office at
Stome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1379.
NOME, ALASKA THl'HSDAY, .JULY, 4, 1918.
IXDKPKMIKXCK DAY
Today the Unit' d States of Ameri
ca turns as ore people to the his
toric anniversary which is celebrat
ed: Independence Day.
Today the nation is at war anil
men’s minds and men’s souls are
naturally engaged in a concentrated
attention upon that great adventure
upon which the country is embark
cd.
Hut it will b well if the people,
today will hark back to that glor-j
ious period when Freedom first
came to these shores, and the re
public established itself upon the
the ruin of monarchical tyranny and
oppression.
It is not likely that the aim of the
nation in this war will be any the
less worth while for so doing, it
is not likely that the soul of the
nation will be the less chastened for
a consideration of the immortal prin
ciples which inspired those men of
lofty ideals, who in their lives and
works incarnated the Spirit of ’7 0,
and left their ideals to the citizens
of this nation for all time, to be
n light in the darkest epoch, and
an inspiration always.
The Spirit of '7 6 is essentially the
revolutionary spirit. It is the spirit
that refuses to bow the knee to
titled majesty, as it refuses to bow!
the neck to official oppression, to of
ficial tyranny, to official injustice, to
social wrong and social repression
under any consideration; and it
carries the spirit of resistance to
wrong to such an extreme but logical
conclusion as to urge in the great
Instrument which preserves its
principles for us that any govern- ]
ment ‘‘that becomes destructive of
these ends, it is the right of the
people to alter or abolish it.”
We live in tiiU'S that are not
normal. The whole nature and nor
mal processus of things changes in
the effort of tho nation to achieve
a victorious conclusion to this war.
It is not impossibl flirt with minds
bent upon that great end. for tho
lime being here or there the lofty
principles of the revolutionary
fathers may be forgotten or be over
looked. For that reason above all
at this period in our history, it is
becoming that Independence day
should be celebrated with more sin
cerity and earnestness of purpose, so
that we will rise from such a cele
bration with the determination that
tho great principles which imbued
rrd which inspiv d the fathers of this
republic shall remain alive, broad
ened as to scope, freed from the
accretions of the decades that may
not unnaturally have dulled the
sheen of those ideals, so that after
this wrnr society, not alone in
America but thruout the world, may
be established upon a democracy
broadened, as to scope and unlimited
in its purposeful vision, that all j
men thruout the world may be I
politically and industrially fre , and
the international relations become,
not the relationships cf armed bri
gands with liorts of armed retainers,
hut tile friendly interchange of re
lations between freemen and human
brothers.
Without these objects the war
will have b en fought to no avail.
Unless indeed the extension of d. m
ccratie pripclp: s in social and poli
tical life becomes the real object of
men reddening the fields with their
iilocd then will the woWd have wit
nessed a purposeless slaughter and a
wirton waste of the most sacred
thing In all tho world. It is because
bo many have d termined that this
shall be a war and a victory for
democracy men may turn with de
gree of pride to the greatest of sac
rifices that nv n cheerfully make for
those objects, and the re-opening
cl wider visions for those whoso
sight has befit limited by ledgers j
and profit and loss accounts and |
whose ideal of musical things was
the unrytlimic clink of the money'
changer.
Anti it is upon the Common Peoule
d pends in this day of Testing and
of trial whether or not the glorious
h gacy of the revolutionary fathers
will be carried forward to a brighter
future enlarging itself to suit the
enlarged environments and 'he en
larged purpose of human life. It is
upon them ultimately that depends
the carrying out of the designs which
inspires those who established this
republic, ar.d whether or not this
War shall be in verity a war for the
extension of a greater democracy
and a greater measure of human
freedom than tlio human race has
ever hitherto known. So it depends
upon them, the people, whether or
not those gallant lives in the past
or in the present will have been laid
down in vain for the cause they
loved, and whether human beings
will have succeeded in freeing them
selves for ever from the bondage of
oppression or merely have rivetted
more securely those bonds uponj
them and upon their children’s!
children. It is no light rosponcibili-j
ty. Nor will it be assumed, to be
lighter when the venerable docu
ment is r ;>d which proclaimed the
Independence of this nation in that
fateful year of 1776.
FROITTKERING
When the history of this war
comes to bo written, it will be im
possible for the writers of this par
ticular p riod to fail to ilwoli upon
the profittcers who so tarnished the
national reputation in tiio day of
the national necessity.
The report of the Federal Trades
Commission just handed the senate
is a document which tells the story
| of industrial treason. It is not:
i pleasant reading and when one
considers those treasonable men at
the head of those Reasonable con
cerns have been the very ones who
have been endeavoring to paint
j silver halos around tl.eir own profit
loving features, we can understand
the d gree of hyprecricy with which
they have covered the looting of
the nation.
When v/e begin to take stock of
tli" situation rightly and impartially
we seen c i tain facts impress them
selves up in the public. One of
these is that private ownership has
proved itself a dismal failure in
production, in efficiency and in prac
tical adaptation to the necessities
of war. And as if these Tings are
insufficient to condemn the system
we behold private owners nuking
use of that ownership to squoezo
from the nation the uttornfost dollar
for pc.son-1 aggrandizement thru
the national necessity that exists.
it is unnecessary to point > ut that
very early in the war the Govern
ment forsaw private ownership in
railroads impossible. They foresaw
the br ak down in transportation
and the insufflc! ncy er.d inefficiency
of th' administration by private in
dividuals cf the national railway.
They for •-.aw tie similar break
down of tie food production and
distribution system and the report
of the Federal Trad s Commission
is abundantly effective in showing
that where the Food Administration
fell down was in that it did not take
over tb control of tho packing
industry to the same ruthless ex
tent that the government took over
(he railroad industry.
Before this war ends, the nee ssity
for national efficiency will have
shown that not alone the railways
and public utilities such as the
telegraphs, but the war essential
industries must be controlled and
controlled absolutely by the govern
ment.
Every fact standing 0".t in bold
relief damns private ownership more
and more. It has been weighed and
found wanting, and altho the politi
cians may cling to the nor earchaic
system, for politicians like priests
of ancient churches are naturally
and as a class conservative to their
tenets, the people have become con
vinced that the day for private
operation of public functions in
industry hr.s passed for in the day
of greatest national test an 1 trial,
private ownership broke down and
broko down humiliatingly and ab
solutely.
NEWS NOTES
The for, noon's gala program
which is practically completed as we
go to press was one of the most
successful Independence Day core
monies carried on in Nome. For
this afternoon the following pro
gram has been arranged.
AFTERNOON* PROGRAM
At 2 p. m. the children of the
public school will be tendered a
luncheon at Barrack Square, by the
following committee. Mrs J Itoss,
Mrs C. Lescher, Mrs B Holden, Mrs
C Ross, Mrs L Seivonbcrg, Mrs R
W J Reed, the luncheon to be
served promptly at two.
FIERI) EVENTS
At 2.30 p. m. this program will be
begun under the direction of G. R.
Jackson, assisted, by I). E. Crowley,
Ralph Lemon. W. C. McGuire, Ar
thur Shields.
The prir.. s to b. awarded in all
contests, except those designated
a3 Eskimo Ev '’.is, to be paid in
Thrift and War Savings Stamps.
The following is the program of
sports for July 4 at 2.30 p. m.
15 yard dash for girls under 5
1st $2, 2nd $1. 15 yard dash for
boys unde; 5 1st $2 2nd $1. 25
yard dash for girls under 7 1st $3
2nd$2 3rd 51. 25 yard dash for
boys und’r 7 1st 53 2nd $2 3rd $1.
25 yard for girls under 10 1st 53
2nd 52 3rd 51. 25 yard dash for
boys under 10 1st 53 2nd $2 3rd $1.
50 yard dr.sh for girls under 14 1st
53 2nd $2 3rd 51 50 yard dash for
boys under 14 1st $3 2nd 52 3rd $1.
3 legged race for boys under 15
56. Sack race for boys under 16
1st $3 2nd $2 3rd 51. 100 yard
dash open 1st $7.50 2nd 55 3rd
$2.50. Peanut rase for girls under
7 1st 52 2nd 51. Peanut race for
boys under 7 1st 52 2nd $1. Dough
nut eating contest 1st $2 2nd $1.
Relay race (4 to team) open 520.
ESKIMO EVENTS
Omeak race 1st $10 2nd $5
Kyack race 1st $5 2nd 53. Wrest
ling 1st $5 2nd 52.50. High kick
ing 1st $5 2nd 52.50. Blanket
tossing $5.
It is expected by the committee
in charge and the marshal of the
day that each unit commander ef
fect organization at the place des
ignated and hold in readiness to
enter the procession in the proper
order. It is also urged that busi
ness in general be suspended for
the day and the city be profusely
decorated with flags and bunting,
and particularly that portion through
which the parade passes.
The Victoria will cr.il today for
the Outside via Seward and. Cor
dova, a most delightful trip at this
time of year. Advices received from
St Mickes showed that the Victoria
would reach here at nine o’clock this
morning. Ice conditions may how
ever delay the steamer. On board
the Victoria are 7 6 passengers from
Sb Michael to the Outside, while
| several are bound for Nome. The
Victoria will also take a good num
ber from here. Yesterday tlie fol
lowing had booked passage on the
steamer: William Shelton.Oscar B
Hill. San Sagook. W II Jordan, Uay
mbond Grantham, Helen Grantham.
I Airs Grantham, Mrs T Mondt, Mrs
M Shelton, Bessie Workman, John
Hoem. P Christiansen, Frank C
Dean. U H Humber and wife, Miss
Nora Thompson, E. A. Breslin, Miss
Lucy Howard, W W Mayer, Mrs
Fostwert., Miss Elexson, .1 Sundback.
Mrs Selma Tavasti, Miss Marie
Tavasti, Miss Marion Larson, tHias
E Fedor. H Marcus, L A Swing and
wife, F II Downing, Pete Miller, II
Jacobsen, Jacob Dahl and others.
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for which the change is desired.
Attention to this will save disap
pointment in not securing desired
changes with dispatch.
S. S. NOAT.VK
The Ge.s schooner Nortak will sail
from Nome for Dime and all way
points July 5 at S p. m. Freight
will be loaded from Barrack Square
but none will be received after
five o’clock on the afternoon of the
sailing day.
CROOKS 20 DAY SALE
Prieos to suit the pocket hook,
j I will take anything within reason
I for I am going to quit.
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SEATTLE
via Seward and Cordova
July 4th
R. A. Carroll Agent, Nome
S.S.ABM. WATSON
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JULY 6TH
Rsservations Received now for Future Sailings
through Tickets to all California Way Points
Five Sailings During- Season 19181
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L. C. Wolfe Agent==Nome|
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF W. STEIGER MAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE.
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WE CARRY ALSO
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