Nome Industrial Worker
Published Every Friday.
By Nome Mine Workers Union, No. 240
Western Federation of Miners.
PAUL TURN Ell
Editor and General Manager.
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Entered as Src«>nd-<'lass matter July Hi. HHfi.
. 1 thi posti>:t r» at Nome. Alaska, under the
Act of' 'utnness of March J. 187W.
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Address ail communications to The Nome
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Reformers tight effects. Socialists
would remove the cause, which is the
more sensible?
Its really amusing to hear men speak
of' our country"when they don't own a
loot of it.
When workingmen stop taking off
their hats to successful fraud, rascality
will not be so respectable.
If it is true that "no possible weapon
should be ignored that will advance
working class interests.’Theu be frank
with us and yourself and tell why you
ignore the industrial form of organiza
tion and babble so much about the ex
cellencies of a capitalist craft union?
Don't hedge: answer the question with
argument and reasou: we’ll qrint it.
JOBLESS ARMY.
At several imqortant industrial cen
ters last week the T. W. W.was success,
ful in holding unPinqloved demonstra
tions without having heads battered or
getting into jail. Seattle’s joblessanny
*,000 strong, sent a committee with .1.
H, Walsh of the 1. W. W. at its head,
to visit the mayor, who confessed his in
ability to do anything. The only sal
vation for these thousands of unem
ployed men is in industrial organization
and the control of the jobs which such
organization necessarily means.
SLOWLY POISONED.
Your food is adulterated to make
more profit out of you. you are being
-lowly pni-'umd that others may amass
pri . ate wealth. If the public made the
•ood. do you believe that i: would
in !It* rap- it > own fond? And that,too,
ivl.i-u ii when i; would not profit by '
:,e mi iItcra' ion? You vote for a system
;-iiicr which yh i are robbed and poi-on
>• . bi - -a ise t lie condi! tons of product ion
make it ju-ofitable to others to do this.
Arc you blind to such reasoning? Why
not change t he conditions? :
ANY OLD RRCE.
There are no “backward races’" to
the capitalist. His race is interna
tional, every member thereof abreast
of the other. The panic in America
has caused the closing of the Ex
change in Rome, and the subsequent
failures of a number of “wealthy”
institutions. While one set of work
ers in America call another set
“Dagos,” “Dago” and Jingo Amer
ican capitalists are partners, the
world around, in skinning Amercan
and “Dago” workers.—Ex.
TO BE BOUNCED.
It begins to look as if the “Fourth
Duma" is casting its shadows ahead.
In this the third Duma the liberal
"Octobrists” have point-blank refused
to accept the dictation of the reaction
ary group.The affinity detween this
group and the right wiug of the Octo
brists has caused a regrouping, with
the result that the autocracy bloc
hisa:naj>rity. Tnis spills dissjluti on
a ..Fourth Duma." So long as the
Duma has not an absoule work-ing ma
jority for the Czar it is not ,,repre
sentative of the people,” and must be
bounced. Ex.
THE NEW $10 COIN.
Heboid, what Changes hefrd * afd
wrought
Beneath the spell of gold!
All vainly is the motto sought
Which we have kpownty old!
And liberty’s great god mess faiV/ '
Once sweet with simple cheer,
Is wearing feathers ,in her hair,
And on her face a sneerf^ - |^
Our honored eagle likewise brings
His share of strange regrets— '
They ’vechecked his ankle up in things 1
That look like pantalettes. i
PLENTY OF MONEY.
The Secretary of War has de- j
cided that he needs 23,000,000
dollars to expend in fortificat-:
ions during tlie year 1908. And j
congress is asked to appropriate
that amount. The argumout is!
raised that the government has;
plenty of money and that it
should be expended now while
times are hard. Well and good: i
but where does all that wealth
which the government wishes to
to expend come from? livery
thinking worker knows that it
comes from the sweat and toil
of the working class. Vet the i
apologists for the capitalist class
would have us deleive that a debt
of gratitude is due the govern
ment— which is but an executive I
:
committee for the enforcement ol;
the will of the capitalist class
for its desire to throw a sop at!
the workers. Give the workers
the product of their toil and they
will live without the “kind'solici
tation" of the capatalists and
without building war fortifica
tions—monuments of capitalist
greed and barbarity.
It takes a rich man like Hearst to
defray the bill of the instructive lectur
es now read to the people by the highest
authorities of the land respecting the
worthlessness of a ballot that is not
backed by the requisite physical force.
Hearts was counted out He appealed
from Court to Court: went to the
Legislature: got a law passed giving
him recount of the ballots; and now
the Court of Appeals declares the law
unconstitutional. At each stage of
the proceedings the visionaries shouted
“Victory!”—and then collapsed. It
won’t be Hearst’s fault if the lesson,
which he has caused to be taught, and
and the expense of which he has de
frayed, is not taken to heart by the
working class.
AMERICAN PEANUTS
.
Peanuts are beginning to form i
an appreciateablc and rapidly1
gorwing item in the foreign com- j
merce of the United States, es
pecially in the import trade.
Despite tlie fact that the United
State.-- produces probably 1:2,000,
000 bushels of peanuts peanuts
per anmn.her - xportal ions have
been Ip such inconsiderable (put u
tities that the Bureau of Statis
tics has only recently found it
necs ssaary to include peanuts in
its list of articles exported.
Meantime the imports have also
rapidly increased and this article!
m tne year about to end will ag-1
gregate nearly $1,000,000,the im-|
ports having grown in value from |
less than $0,000 in the year 1000
to about $3,00,000 in the present;
year, While exports for the year
will approximate about $3,000,000
West Africa and the East In
dies are the principal sources of
supply of the peanuts entering
the international market of the
world. The exports of peanuts
from the French colony of Sene
gal, on the west coast of Africa,
were, in the latestavailableyear,
more than 300,000,000 pounds;
those of British India, a little less
than 200,000,000; Gamdia,on the
west coast of Africa, about about
100,000,000; the Dutch East Ind
ies, about 50,000,000; while China
Japan, Argentina, Spain and the
United States also supply com
parativly small quanties.
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CHANGE METHODS,
Workingmen are advised to
“vote for capable and honest
men whom no amount of money
3an corrupt.” But how are they
«P kipW isj' jncornuptaljU?
-an you pick out an absolutly
lonest and incorruqtable one
imong the politicians you know?
?Vfe tddvmentyiVaiatoia .i^' ,
estimating the moral qualities
)f nen? Why not use your best
lustry that would reward honest ^
ndustry and make corruption
m possible?
‘ ‘How will you know when you
have crossed the north pole?
said a Washington debutante to
Walter Wellman.
“Oh, that’s easy,” responded
Mr. Wellman, carelessly. “The
north wind will become a south
wind
PUNCTURE!> HIS ELOQUENCE.
A lawyer in Johnstown, N. V., while
defending a little hoy who had been
apprehended in the act of making a
surreptitious entrance under the fair
grounds fence, drew for the jury a
most pathetic picture of the prison
er's “poor old widowed mother with
the tears streaming down her face
and tier gray head bowed in sorrow at
the thought of her little boy being
incarcerated.” The youthful offender
cut in at this point with “Please,
sir, .Mr. Lawyer, my mother ain't a
widow.” “Shut up, darn you,” said
the lawyer.
“I'm trying this case, not you.”
—Law Notes.
NO PEACE CONFERENCE.
“Are you going to strike, ma?”
asked the little boy,as he tremblingly
gazed upon the uplifted shingle.
“That's just what I’m going todo.i ’
“Can’t we arbitrate, ma, befere
you strike?”
“I am just going to arbitrate,'
said, as the shingle descended
raised a cloud of dust from the
of a pair of pantaloons—“I am
going to arbitrate, my son, and
shingle is the board of arbitration)”
BOHBIN BOY’S WAtiES.
John B. Lennon, treasurer of ^ie
American Federation of Labor, |e
livered recently an address on etri
Turning to the amusing features (of
the strike question. Mr. Lenipn
said:
“I remember a strike of b<
boys, a just strike, and one that
ceeded. These boys conducted
fight well, even brilliantly. Thus he
day they turned out they posted
the spinning roem'of their emplo) rs
mill a great placard inscribed Ath
the words:
“ ‘The wages of sin is death, >ut
the wages of the bobbin boyspis
worse.' ”
PREAMBLE OF
THE W. F. OF
I. —We hold that there is a cl;
struggle in society and that tli
struggle is caused by economic cot
d itious.
J. —We affirm the economic con
d i 1 ion of the producer to be that he i
exploited of the wealth which ho pro 1
duces, being allowed to retain barel; \
sufficient for his elementary uecessi
ties.
J.—We hold that t lie class struggle
will continue until the producer is
recognized as the sole master of his
product.
4. —We assert that the working class!
and it alone, can and must achieve;
its own emancipation.
5. —Wo hold, finally, that an indus
trial union and the concerted politi
cal action of all wage workers, is the
only method of attaining this end.
C.—Therefore, we, the wage slaves
smployed in and around the mines,
mills and smelters of the World, have
issociated in the Western Federation
of Miners, Mining Department of the
Industrial Workers of the World.
JUST PRODUCE.
rhe hen remarked to the muley row.
As she eaokled her daily lay.
That is, the hen cackled), it’s funny
how
I’m good for an egg a day!
I'm a fool to do it, for what do I get?
My food and my lodging. My!
But the poodle gits this—he’s the
household pet,
find he has never laid a single egg yet
Not even when eggs are high.”
rhe muley cow remarked to the hen,
As she masticated her cud,
That is the cow did), “Well what then?
You quit and your name is mud.
['m good for eight gallons of m'lk each
day,
\nd I’m given my stable and grub;
fiut the parrot gits that much, any
way—
Mlaha^an gobble—aud what does she
■3 i jiay?
Not a dribble of milk, the dub. ’’
rhen the parrot remarks to the pair,
“Yotl gits all that’s cornin’ to you!
Die,google dees tricks an’ I kin swear
That is better th’d you kin do.
You’ necessary, but whats the use
)’ bewailin’ your daily part?
lo^rjfj^t^—working your on
ly excuse;
’ou can do nothin’ but just produce
What we fellows do is direct!”
—Musicans’ Chronicle.
Professional Cards.
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. Joseph Weyerhorst
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
('oiuniUalion in all modern lumjmajes
Staples Block - - - Nome, Alaska
Dr. John W. Wilkins
Ollice and residence
over .Samuels’ Store
OFFICE HOURS 1 to .'! and 7 to!)
Telephone Main U!2.
Dr. A. E. Southward
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office Hours 11 to 12 a m to .7 p m
Nome Bank and Trust Co’S Bldg.
G. W. Averill & Son
DENTISTS
Office, Annex Building, next I^aoey,
Notice.
The regular meeting of the Nome
Mine Workers Union, Local No. 240,
of the W. F. of M., is held every Sat
urday evening at 8 p. m. at Miners
Hall. Secretary’s ollice hours: 7 a. in.
to 12 m.; 1 p. m. to 6 p. in.; 7 p. m. to
10 p. m. Phone Main 99. Postoftice
box No. (10.
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The Primary
Need of the
Workers Is
Education.
From education will spring
the necessary forces for organ
ization.
Carir a copy of the Indus
trial Yorker in your pocket
and shiw it to your fellow
worker* It will lie of great
uid in s eeping the capitalist
eolnvebsironi their brains.
Ihoustids of workers are
willing tthelp in the educa
tion and mancipation of the
working ciss, if told how.
Iutelliget, systematic and
persistent ork is the
Keystoie of
Succes
in the workg class move
ment. Let uousb the circu
lation of the idustrial Work
er and hasten;he day when
the workers all come into
possession of fcir OWN.
The capital!, have their
paid agents ev«t,n the wateh
to keep the llt«ture of en
lightenment fret the eyes of
the workers. W must meet
their plans wibvolunteers,
who shall strive o get this
literature before e workers.
There must be tiet up ia
the propaganda < progres
sive unionism, uni the cit
adel of capitalism, captured
and the working^ ]aS8 jg
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Six'Months $3l
Miners and Merchants Bank
Nome, Alaska.
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.
Nome Bank & Trust Company
Capital Fully Paid $135,000.00
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F. H. THATCHER
Cashier
C A HE LI. WHITEHEAD
President
R. E. TRENGOVE, Assa.ver
EUGENE E. AII.ES
Vice-President
ALASKA BANKING & SAFE DEPOSIT CO.
Paid-up Capital, $125,000.00
Established June 1900.
Consolidated with Bank Cape Nome Sept. 1905.
^Remember we roast our own coffee and carry the finest line
of Teas and Delicatessen specialties in the city.
J. CHILBERG, Cor. B and First Ave.
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GO TO THE
North Pole Bakery
For Fresh Bread and Pastry.
»¥»**»»**«*
THE BEST COFFEE IN TOWN.
Ivastr
m
The Store for the Miner.
Ihe best goods at prices to meet your purse. Note the
following figures :
price «2;4(|6'50’ a g0od 1111 "oo1 or "'0l'sted Suit of Clothes. Regular
price. $30 GO0’00' ^ beit SuU °r °vercoat in our stoI’e- Regular
At 25c. a pair. A heavy white wool'Sock. Regular price 50c
less thtn^LSO Me"’S HeaVV Uuderwear for *1<>0. Never sold for
At $2.00 a pair. Men’s three and four-buckle Arctics.
ALASKA STORE
Moller & Ince
Dealers in Staple and
Fancy Groceries
GOODS DELIVERED PROMPTLY
Phone Main 86
Cor. Front and B Streets
'J
THE
HUNTER
CAFE
The Workingman
Can get more for his
money here than anywhere
else.
The Epicure
GUS ALMGREN
Proprietor
Can get the choicest
and most palatabls dishes
the market affords