Nome Industrial Worker
Published Every
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
By Nome Mine Workers’ Union, No. 240 I
Western Federation of Miners
A. S. Embree, Editor and Manager.
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FOR PRESIDENT
EUGENE V. DEBS
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
BEN. J. HANFORD
THE SAME OLD STCRV.*
The orders recently received
from Attorney-General Bona
parte to double the foes at the
office of the district clerk, yxoept
trial fees, are certain to work.a
hardship on the workingmen of
the district. In fact, it seems as
though the workingman is the
only one who has to suffer'by it,
although it may indirectly affect
the lawyers slightly.
A workingman who has not
received his wages and wishes to
file a lien on the property of his
employer now lias to put up iu
fees at the district clerk's office
$20 insteacCpf $10, the. tugount
charged in,, the past. A work
ingman who is compelled to file
a Hen-in order to get his wages
generally would lufve to borrow
the amouht necessary to pay the
clerk's office fees. While ,Jie
would have some difficulty , in
borrowing ten dollars'- for that
purpose, it is welt known by*all
who have had any experience in
the matter, that lie would'fiucT it
more than twice as -difficult to
bn’--ow double that amount.
The big operators will not be
affected by this increase in the
fees, except to benefit by it when
some workingman or claim hold
er starts to tile suitagfciiilt tJJeiS.
The whole matter i&oirb sided.
The only ones to suffer by the
change are the workers and small
operators. The government is
benefitted a little by increase of
fees, and the big operators and
hot air employers who figure
from the start on b'eatitig their
employes out of their wages, are
benefitted much.
It is the same old story,. Those
who own the goveretmgnt are
benefitted by the laws and regu-.
lations imposed on the people by
their minions. The workers,
who do not own tliegovermhent,
are the victims of„,these same
laws
GOLD’S THE THING.
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Under this heading the editor
ial writer in a recent isshe of the
Nugget, points out that in good
times or bad gold is, the.panacea
for all the ills of the commercial
and financial world ; that during
the present panic “all the com
mercial metals, wanting the sus
taining arm of go’ld, fell in dW
mand and fell in price.i’ Jlis
climax capper was: “Some emi
nently respectable slipets talked
of a plethora of gold. Arrant
nonsense ! There never has yet
been and never will be a panic in
the world while there is a plenti
tude of gold. There was much
gold, but not enough.”
It is to be presumed that the
author of this remarkable flow of
reason attributes the cause of the
present “financial depression’’
to a falling off of the supply of
gold. As he says there “never
has yet been and never will be a
panic in the world while there is
a plentitude of gold,” he must
also attribute the panics of 1873,
1885, and 1893 to the same cause.
A workingman of very ordi
nary intelligence, evenif he were
not able to express himself in
rounded phrases and mouth till
in'? adjectives, would never be
guilty of such a display of eco
nomic ignorance as is shown in
{lie editorial in question. What
a poor opinion the management
of a daily paper must have of the
reading public, when it permits
suchsliallow and illogical reason
ing to appear in the columns of
its paper. Wo are flot sure
whether the management of the
Nugget considers it good, policy
in the interests of its owners, to
follow the example set by the
church during the middle ages,
and endeavor to keep the people
ignorant of the true cause of .the
injustice which is their portion
under the present system, or
whether the genius holding down
the editorial chair never imbibed
any idea of economics outside of
what he learned at Sunday
school.
As long as our present system
of government is in existence, all
the gold scattered through the
universe, if it were available in
coin today, would not prevent a
panic, or make the lot of the
wage worker one iota easier. As
long as surplus value, the por
tion of liis product which the
laborer has to turn over to the
owners of the tools with which
lie works, exists, thus permitting
the few to obtain possession of
more and more of the necessities
of life, and dispose' of them for
all the public can bo forced to
pay, no amount of gold can ward
off the inevitable panic.
The fact that the laborer re
ceives only enough to buy back
a portion of what he has produc
ed, makes inevitable what is mis
takenjy termed ‘-overproduc
tion.'’ 1 lie mills, factories and
other industries after several
years steady production, find that
thej* have on hand more goods
than can be disposed of. The
.opening up of foreign markets
finally comes to an end, and the
only remedy they can think of is
to close down until the goods
they have on hand can \je dis
posed of. The closing down of
the mills and factories means the
unemployment of millions of
( workers throughout the country,
not only those wno were employ
ed by these mills and factories,
but also those wbrkmg for the
great transportation companies,
'■and those at work in the mines
and smelters. A state of panic
ensues. The wageworkers, who
were only able to make a living
when at work, have no gold
(medium of exchange) with which
to purchase the goods on hand
and thus put an end to the
“underconsumption” and the
panic, and the capitalists and
bankers, who have the gold, are
not going to purchase these
goods unless they can dispose of
them at a profit.
it one of our Nome citizeus
were to find gold to the value of
hundreds of millions, the finding
of this gold would neither pre
vent nor overcome a panic, for
beyond the gratification of his
personal desires he would, with
this newly acquired gold, make
only such investments as would
yield him a profit. Thi^ would
but serve to continue the topsy
turvey system of production we
now have, and, far from prevent
ing a panic,* would be a potent
means of precipitating one.
* Under this system gold, be
ing the principal medium of
exchange, is recognized as the
most desirable form of wealth.
With it everything in the mater
ial world that the heart can wish
for is attainable. Therefore, in
order to get possession of gold,
the average individual will put
forth extraordinary efforts. The
wish for gold is the cause of
nearly every crime on the calen
dar. Nothing is held sacred if
it can be turned into gold.
Shakespeare, in Timon of
Athens, has the following on
gold:
“Gold, yellow, glittering, precious
gold !
Thus much of this, will make black
white; foul, fair;
Wrong right: base, noble; old, young;
coward, valiant.
. . . What this, you gods? Why,
this
Will lug ypur priests and servants from
your sides;
Pluck stout men’s pillows from be
neath their heads ;
This yellow slave
Will knit and break religions; bless
the accui s’d :
Make the hoar leprosy ador'd ; place
thieves,
And give them title, khee and appro
bation,
With senators on the bench ; this is it,
That makes the wappn’d widow wed
again :
. . . . Come damned earth.
Thou common whore of mankind.”
“The cry for gold, the demand
tor gold, and the search for
gold,’’ will undoubtedly continue
as long as the present system is
in vogue, and the poverty of the
masses, the cheapness of human
life, and the grinding into profit
of the bodies and souls of little
children will also continue until
the cruel, race destroying sys
tem is overthrown.
When the co-operative com
monwealth is ushered in,, the
search for gold as a useful metal
will continue, but it will be
robbed of its power to enslave
and make criminals of human
beings.
Cold at present is the tyranni
cal ruler. When socialism is
triumphant it Will, be relegated
to its rightful position as slave.
While an early closing agree
ment is, as a general rule, a good
thing for a community, allow
ances should be made by the
firms who have, signed this agree
ment for theconvenienceof their
best customers, the miners.
About once a week, generally on
Saturday evening, a number of
the^ miners come to town for the
purpose of purchasing what
goods they require. If they find
the stores closed on that and
every other evening and all day
Sunday, they will be forced to
return to camp and purchase
what they can from the commis
sary.
Early closing is a good feature,
but tlie stores should resriRk?
open at least one evening during
the week to give the miners a
chance to get what they need.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
The smoother the politician is,
the rougher the worker has it.
The special train in which Taft
is touring the country lias been
christened the “ Injunction Spec
ial ” by an eastern editor.
Taftand the “ Injunction Spec
ial” will not visit California.
They had better not; Debs and
the “Red Special” got there
first.
It matters little what laws are
enacted in opposition to “preda
tory wealth ” so long as the
friends of predatory w'ealth are
entrusted with the enforcement
of the law.
What difference is there be
tween Taftand Wall street and
Bryan and Tammany ? Take
your choice and get the same
gi'een goods. ^ "" '
If the democrats are so much
opposed to child labor, why is
the solid south cursed with more
child slavery than any other part
of the country ?
Taft and Bryan are talking
much and saying nothing. There
is but one vital issue in this cam
paign—Socialism versus Capital
ism—and that is a wire too hot
forcapitalist politicians to tackle
Of course the socialist party is
not a factor in this campaign !
When Debs’ meetings run from
4,000 to 8,000 inside the halls
where ho speaks at nights, and
these people pay twenty five
cents to hear socialism discussed,
while the old parties have not
been able to get a crowd except
by hiring bands and paraders at
so much per, of course socialism
is not a factor ? And in 1912 we
will elect a president. At pres
ent each old party is accusing
the other of being socialists to
injure each other; next campaign
they will be claiming that they
are socialists to get votes. Now
watch our smoke.
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DOCTORS
J. H. Mustard, A. B., M.D.
Office and residence:
Front Street, over Kelly A Co’s drug store
Hours:
1 to 4 and 7:30 to 9. Telephone Main 93.
Dr. W. D’Arcy Chace
Office: Nome Rank and Trust Bldg.
books : phone:
1 to 3 |*. hi. Office, Main 3
7 to p. m. House, lied 3
Dr. O. F. Searl
224 Front St.
Office Hours: 1 to 3, 7 to 8
Telephone: Main 178
U. S. Mercantile
Company
Carries a Full Line of
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UNDERWEAR
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Trained Nurse
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STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES
Front St., Opp. Steadman Ave.
CHAS. W. REED
Machinery
and Mining Supplies
Centrifugal Pumps. Upright and Hor
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Pumps. Steam Engines. Hoists. Steam
Hose. Points. All sizes Pipe. Pipe Fit
tings. Pipefitting Tools. Blacksmith
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No. 5 Front Steet.
MERCHANTS CAFE
For a Good Meal
DAN HALP1N, Prop.
trxxxxx:
For the best meal in town go to
Billy & Frank’s
Kitchen
Next 1o Hub Saloon, Nome.
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Try a Turkish Bath
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George James
Proprietor.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To F. E. Kaiser, John Kaiser, Henry
Derby’, Jos. Limberg, Chas. Limberg
and Chas. White, their successors oi
assigns:
You are hereby notified that the un
dersigned has expended In labor and
Improvements the sum of three hun
dred and fifty dollars for the years
1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908, on the placet
claim known as Upper Goose Creel
Association claim, located on Goose
Creek, a tributary to Casadepaga Riv
er, Council Mining District, Alaska.
And you, and each of you, are furth
er notified that if you do not, wlthlr
ninety days from the date of final pub
lication hereof, cause to be paid to the
undersigned your proportionate shares
of said expenditures as co-owners, youi
Interest In said claim will become th«
property of the undersigned, unde:
section 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
ANDREW GUNDERSON,
Co-owner.
Date first publication, Sopt 4, 1908.
Date final publication Dec 4, 1808.
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IS Front Street
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