NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
TRI-WEEKLY
Published Tuesday. Thursday,
and Saturday.
By Nome Mine Workers' Union, No. 240, International Union of Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers.
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"To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
nearly as possible is a worthy object of any good government.”—Abra
ham Lincoln.
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Address all communications to Tri -Weekly Nome Industrial Worker.
Box 210, Nome, Alaska. Thone, Black 134.
Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, at the post office at
Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
By Judge Lindsey
and George Creel
(Continued from Saturday)
Or amid the noise and dust, of
the anthracite coal-breakers, where
boys just entering their teens dare
disease and death. Or in the dark
innerrooms of a city tenement, where
babies work ieu or fifteen hours a
day, making artificial flowers.
In a preceding article we have
shown the results of child labor in
the spread of disease,- the incuba
tion of vice and the manufacture
of crime. If there bethese hurts to
the body, what may be the conse
quences of the evil with relation to
the soul? A nation that builds its
religions about Jesus of Nazareth,
and erects thousands of churches
to h;s glory, and still permits its
industrial machine to mangle more
than a million little children is a
nation that is on the road to soul
losing.
Of a truth, this child-labor evil
mr.y well b- called the Great Ameri
can Cancer. It eats at the body
and it eats at the soul, it saddens
today and damns tomorrow; its de
cay i3 felt by the race no less than
by the individual, by society no less
than by the home. Very lik<ly
these assertions may be dismissed
as exaggerations, for it is the gen
eral habit to thir.k of child-labor,
as we ll as every other evil, solely in
connection with the present. It is
the future, however, that is most
system that mints money out of the
health and happiness of our young.
Much as today may be made to pay,
it is upon us tomorrow that the
full weight of fearful consequences
menaced by this cruel and stupid
will assuredly fall. •
THE PERIL IX OIK MIDST
Each year secs up spend a great
many millions upon an army and
navy which are to protect us from
some possible foe that may attempt
to overthrow our institutions, and
this fear of armed aggression is ex
ceedingly likely in a good many
breasts. Yet child labor, in the
last analysis, will he found to be
a more tervildo enemy than any
hostile fore that can some from
the outside. It is the spreading rot
ten spot in democracy.
During the days when Lord
Shaftesbury was .-ound'ng the alarm
that aroused Eng'and to the peril
of child labor, ho invited the famous
Dr. Arnold to make a tour with
him of the district whera the fac
tory workers huddled in micary and
squalor. All night they walked the
filthy streets lined with wretched
hou e.c, ar.d as tho morning b-oko,
the schoolmastc r turned to tho states
man and said: "Many year; ago the
Goths and Valid ale swept down r.nd
destroyed the civilization of Italy.
If we Englishmen do not take
thought of these thousands of work
ers, another horde here in our midst
will rise up and destroy all that
our civilization holds sacred. We
can no longer ignore these helpless
beings asthey have been ignored in
the past.”
If it is true, as has been said, that
-we of America are watching a neck
end neck race between reformation
and revolution—and if it should
happen that revolution ever wins—
rest assured that the historians who
write of it will pace the chief blame
■upon an industrial condition that
poisoned American citizenship at its
very source—the CHILD. The
physical diseases that flow from
child labor are tangible and under
standable. Consumption and small
pox. for instance, are fixed facts,
and when "garment-finishing” ear
ries the germs from tenement to
home, the process stands compara
tively clear. When one takes the
trouble to look closely, the NA
TIONAL diser.ces that flow from
chiild abor are just as visable and
understandable.
Take for instance, the West Vir
ginia uprising. Five thousand coal-'
miners rebelled against practical
slavery, took up arms and for
nearly two years resisted the com
bined forces of the state-militia,
detective-agency thugs, and court of
ficials. Driven from their homos,
systematically starved, shot at with!
dum-dum bullets, railroaded into
the penitentiary by court-martials,!
child-baring women kicked until the
poor, pitable souls conld no longer
feol the stir of the unborn—is it
any wonder that five thousand
reached the wild-beast stage of
fury.
LAWRENCE AND WEST VIRGINIA
Or let the story of Lawrence be
recalled. Even the citizens of that
staid old Massachusetts city were
surprised when the sudden strike
poured 22,000 lwid-eyod foroigr.ers
into the streets—for they had not
known that they were there, Poles,
Slavs. Kusoiansi Croatian. Belgians,
Lithuanians, Au.trians, French Ar
menians, Roumanians, Sedbs—
scarce one speaking English—shout
ed protest against a wage-cut that
brought the average earnings down
to $5.50 a week.
These two instances are cited at
random. West Virginia has long
been the paradice ofthe child-slaver,
and today stands as one of the few
remaining states that, allow imma
ture children to work unlimited
hours in mines, glass-houses and
factories. As for Lawrence, the
whole textile industry rests on the
bent backs of little children. Child
labor industries, bear m mind, are
always LOW WAGE industries, for
children are permitted to do the
work of adults, it wtill not be long
before the adults are receiving
children’s wages.
TOMORROW'S CIT1ZKNS
That indeed is the question. What
sort of masters are we providing:
for tomorrow? Just haw much id-1
ucation, patriotism, and fine citizen-1
ship he expected from the young
sters who were herded by bayonets
in Lawrence or starved in burlap
tents ontlie mountain-sides of West
Virginia? What training for civic
duties and fitness for soverignity
may be looked for in the day-and
night toil of the tenements, the
drudgery ot the miills, the glare of I
the glass-house, the gloom of the
mines and the aches and cuts of the
canning shed?
During the Lawrence strike police
and soldiery rode down men, women
and children and herded them into
the courts and tlieir treatment by
the judges now argue from this
dictum, laid down by an eminent
jurist named Mahoney. “Very
likely these foreigners do not mean
to bo offenders,” he said. “They
do not realize the gravity of their
offensees and do not know the
laws. Therefore the only way wo
can teach them is to deal out the
severest penalty.” Think o fit! The
frankest recognition of pitiable ig
norance of these poor bemuddled
children of the Old World, and the
equally frank assertion that the
one way to teach them the duties
of American citizenship was to beat
them and jail them.
The illiteracy records ore no more
hopeful. Common sense points out
that the imperative safeguard for
the ballot in a democracy is educa
tion, yet the United States Govern
ment Itself is responsible for the
treatment that NOT FIFTY PER
CENT OF THE CHILDREN AT
WORK AT. FOURTEEN. HAVE
EVER HAD TWELVE MONTHS OF
REAL SCHOOLING.
In Germany, France, Switzerland
and the Scandinavian countries it
is the exception to discover children
of ten who cannot read and write,
while in this “land of opportunity”
it is the USUAL thing. Mark these
statistics:
..There are 6,000,000 illiterates
in the United States! .One out of
every seven children between ten
and fourteen is not at school; Twelve
per cent of American citizens are not
able to read their names on the bal
lots they vote.
(Concluded next issue)
NOME LOYAL
LEGION
Copies of the following ■.•evolu
tion.^ were circulated among the
audience at last Friday night’s Pat
riotic meeting.
We prtcume that those who
gathered them in, '.rill announce
through the papers, how many sig
nature0 wore attached theret'. Also
r.o to the manner in which s-.id
Nome Ltyal Legion will be c’gar.
iz >d. ’
RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED BY THE NOME BRANCH
OF THE TERRITORIAL COUNCIL
OF DEFENSE
First—We arc convinced that the
future freedom and security of our
country depends upon the defeat of
German military power in the pres
ent war.
Second—We urge the most vigor
ous possible prosecution of thp
war with all the strength of men
and material and money Which the
country can supply,
Third—We condemn all attempts
to hind' r and ombarass the govern
uient of the United States in carry
ing on the war with vigor and ef
fectiveness and we deem all suc.i
attempts, under whatever cover they
are made, whether of pacificism or
j technicality or disobedient of food
administration orders, to be in spirit
i pro-German and in effect giving aid
! and comfort to the enemy.
! I, the undersigned, heartily en
! dorse the above resolution and here
by subscribe my name as a member
of the NOME LOYAL LEGION.
Signed
LOCAL ADV’S
A dance will be given under the
auspices of the Miners Home Club
next Saturday night. Full particu
lars in next issue.
COMMITTEE.
A chance to get S1 (Ml LIBERTY
BOND with a 25c meal.
We serve Hills Bros’. Coffee, Sour
dough Hotcakee, Ham and Eggs,
Warm and Cold Lunches, and Fresh
Ice-cream Daily, made ofFresli Dairy
Cream at
ARCTIC BAKERY & CANDY STORE
Please leave your order at the
Nome Talioring Co. (next door Seg
erstrom and Hagen), for coal etc.,
to be delivered by Keen’s express.
Orders promptly attended to.
Phone Black 28.
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An entrance o Modini’s I.unch
Counter from the street is one of
the latest .mprovements of that
well known cafe.
FOR RENT.
One furnished room, steam heat
in connection.
Enquire Mrs. F. A. Daniels,
Front Street.
CLOSING OUT SALK
Face veiling 35 cents two yards
Infants dresses, I Julies Aprons good
sizes 50 c and S1.00. Var laces, 45c
for one dozen yards. Windsor ties
good quality, 3 ties $1.00, better
quality 50c, rushing 23 c a yard.
SEE MISS OE8TREICH
Clothing cleaned, pressed, altered
and repaired at the Nome Tailoring
Co., next door to Segerstrom and
Hagen's.
Large Iron Blocks, Anchors Oakum
Caulking Cotton, Axle Grease, Oils.
SAVE MONEY AT HOLTS
First-class Cnalakleet dog sal
mon for sale at 12 cents a pound.
See Duffy O’Conner.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
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Advertisers will please note that
all changes in standing Advert is
ments must he received in this office
before 1) A. M. on day of publica
tion, to insure insertion in same is
sue.
No exceptons will be made to this
rule.
If the Courts can stand for jus
tice against the lipwls of the press
and the demands of the industrial
masters they will have weil earned
their title ‘‘Courts of Justice.”
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Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.
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Milo’s Cafe
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
NEXT DOOR TO PAGIFIG COLD
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DO YOU WANT TO ECONOMIZE?
Buy a Lang Range, or Coles Heater and save
1-3 your coal bill
CARLETON HARDWARE CO.
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Fkoi* Mill 11.
This space reserved by
Cm Wm Lewis
-Formerly Delbar’s store*
The place where you can
reasonably buy anything
from a needle to an
anchor
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF W. STEIGEL, MAIER AND OF LEO SENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND B STREET. PHONE BLACK 1C2.
Nome Bakery
Victory
BREAD !
Conforming to orders of Food Administrator; on sale at all tiniest
WE RECOMMEND OUR SPECIAL/ HEALTH BREAD 1 OR*
FAMILY USE
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IV© serve Hot Cake, Ham and Eggs etc. frovti 7 M. to 1 P. M.®
launches from 12 Noon to 7 P. M. Eveiy Day. ig
We are in business to satisfy our Customers. JP
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When a fellow feels particularly fine he usually uses the
expression: Oh! I feel like “a two-year-old!”
Y'know a two-year-old is chuck full of pep, he can rear
and jump and can make the energy of Ajax look like a pink
tea dude, suscumbing to a cigar< ttc.
Aksala has all the pep that makes you throw out your
chest and say: Gee Whiz—but I foci like atwo -year-old.
WE CARRY ALSO
COCO COLA, GINGER ALA. ROOT BEER,
BAGLEYS APPLE CIDER, UNFERMENTEI), DELIC
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hours for everybody
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