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TRI-WEEKLY
_Published Tuekl&y. Thursday,
and ' Saturday.
Wy Nome Mine Workers* Union, No. 240, International Union o( Mine,
Mill end Smelter Workers.
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One Yew . *20.00
Six Months .. ...' 10.00
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"To secure to each laborer the whole- product of fils labor, or as
nearly as possible is n worthy object of any good government"—Abra
4tam Lincoln.
Address all communications to Tri-Weekly Nome Industrial Worker.
Hex Z10, Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 134.
All changes in advertisements must reach this office before 9 A. Jl.
4n day of publication to insure insersion in same issue.
Advertising rates made knewn on application.
Entered as second class matter August 6, 1918, at the Post Office
«t Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
NOME, ALASKA THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 24, 1018.
A WEEKLY PAPER
The announcement made yester?
•day by the Nome Miners Union that
this paper would be placed upon a
basis of weekly publication after the
cldse of navigation, it is to be sup
posed., was not unexpected.
Thje great rush to the Outside upon
the part of so many workers and
«ven business men has resulted in
such a decrease of population that a
«]aily and tri-weekly would be out of
the question.
Work is plentiful outside but just
the same, those who imagine that
there will be a permanent removal of
the. economic pressure, which pri
marily was responsible for the move
ment to Alaska in the past, are very
far, from having a correct view of
things.
That pressure is only removed tem
porarily and not all of it is removed
«ven temporarily at that. It will be
found that while wages expressed
in dollars and cents have increased,
prices expressed in dollars and cents
have increased at an even faster pace,
and the workers have as hard a time
as ever. For those who have to depend
•on unskilled work to support them
and their dependents where they have
any this present time condition i
•outside very little improvement upon
Alaska. If work did offer in th
section of Alaska, those who could
■obtain it would find themselves just
as well off to remain here.
However this may be, one thing
•we may rest assured of. The time
■will come when Alaska will look
mighty good to a great many now
leaving our shores. The time will
come when the same economic pres
sure that dealt with us none too kind
ly in the past will drive many back
to these shores again. Nome may suf
fer an eclipse, but it is temporary and
this district will again be the scene
of activity for miner, prospector and
for those who depend on miners and
prospectors.
Now then, the effort being made to
maintain the Industrial Worker in the
field is one that is based upon the
•calculation that this paper will be
/needed here and that it is needed here,
Tight here and now.
■During its eleven years existence
«hls paper has had a somewhat stormy
and as they say in books, a checkered
career. Hut it "carried on” just the
same, an organ of labor which has
many a time and oft provided a voice
for those who otherwise *might be
Lard put to it to find expression.
The ownership of this paper will
remain unchanged; the control will
remain unchanged and it will be pub
Yished as usual on a weekly basis by
she l#ome Mine Workers Union.
This paper should receive support.
We have no doubt It will. Published
-with considerable economy, none-the
less it will supply every subscriber
•with a full quota of the week’s news,
"Outside news from day to day, local
•news as it happens, the mining game
%n all its details and items of interest
that from time to time excite thiR lit
tle burg to a condition of almost fa
natic partisanship thruout the winter.
Ton who want the Worker outside
^an have It sent to any address for
■mix months for the modest price of
five dollars paid in advance. It will
Leep you in touch with the affairs
•of this section and tbe activities that
rthose who remain behind when uavi
-jgatlon closes carry on.
Any person that thinks that this
<ramp is dead have "got the wrong
•bow by the ear.” It is true industrial
activity, the demand for labor out
side, high prices for grub and for coal
have jolted the camp a knock out in
Xhe solar plexus. Rut this is wholly
■an abnormal condition and almost be
fore that grim Referee Father Time,
Las counted ftnrae out, this camp will
p ice again and discover its latent pos
sibilities as they were never discov
ered before. When that time comes
this lit,tle old paper will be found do
ing business at the same old stand,
ready to. be of service to you and all
fellow workers.
THE GERMAN WHISPER"
The Committee on Public Informa
tion has its own idea as to who is
responsible for the charges of dis
loyalty that have been made against
the Nohpartlsan League. In a bulle
tin called “The German Whisper.” it
says;
“Along with the campaign to set
the fanner against the government's
war measures, there has' been pro
ceeding a twin campaign to arouse
feeling against him by accusing his
western farmer’s league of disloyalty.
That is equally a work in aid of the
enemy. The western farmers have
contributed their quotas to enlist
ments and to the drafts as loyally as
any citizens. They have subscribed
to the war relief work with unfailing
patriotism. They have had their
quarrels with the men whom they
suspected of exploiting them, just as
labor has had its quarrels with its
employers. But so long as it is con
ducted without interfering with the
nation's war work, the charge of dis
loyalty is itself traitorous."—Seattle
Record.
It certainly does cost something for
Germany to discover that it’s a whole
lot easier to start a war than to make
peace.
Four tobacco companies monopo
lize the trade says a news item. The
peculiar thing about this is that it’s
not news. And let's see vyasn’t it
the tobacco trust that the Supreme
Court dissolved?
Standardize labor’s wages says the
Press. By all means go as far as you
like, but is labor the only commodity
that needs standardizing these times.
And what puzzles the average man
in the matter of price regulation is
that it's a. regulation upwards.
What's become of the man that
wanted gold increased in price about
sixty per cent by government fiat?
Has he quit work when the dredges
stopped mining.
The Alaska Mines Corporation
seems to find the hardest thing for
a new company to do is to leave a rut
that its predecessors have worn deep
ly enough.
It would be a lovely world for them
ir the dear peepul would take these
political candidates at their own self
appraised value.
The scaabs begin to realize that
after all there are other things worth
while besides a job.
The nations really remember that
phrase a scrap of paper.
Speaking generally it would appear
that there is a general" demand that
the Kaiser's ship of state be spurlos
versenkt.
GREEN PRESENTS VIEWS
INDIANAPOLIS,—General Secre
tary Willian Green of the United
Mine Workers of America telegraph
ed to President Wilson the views of
this labor official for the solution cf
the present war.
The terms should be unconditional
surrender and occupation of the Ger
man cities until peace was declared.
Green’s advice was regarded as ex
tremely valuable contribution to the
present interchange between the
powers.
HON. CHAS. A. SULZER
(DEMOCRAT)
FOR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 5, 1918
„■ ,, :i - -
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
JAMES J. BOO AN
(DEMOCRAT)
ELECTION NOVEMBER, 5th 1918.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
ALMER (Slim) RYDEEN
(DEMOCRAT) of Cand'.e.
ELECTION NOV. 5th, 1918.
For Re-election
JOHN A. WILSON
| For Road Commissioner
Election, November 5, 1918
FOR ROAD COMMISSIONER
SECOND DIVISION’
BARNEY GIBNEY
(DEMOCRAT)
ELECTION', TUESDAY NOVEMBER 5, 1918"
PAID
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FOR RK-KLKCTION TO THE 1
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
■ MSM iiltitiHi ‘
JAMES P. DALY
(DEMOCRAT)
ELECTION NOVEMBER Mb, 1018.
FOR RE-ELECTION
A. A. -SCOTTY- ALLAN
(REPUBLICAN)
SCHOOLS—ROADS—8 HOUR BAX'
—EQUITABLE FREIGHT RATES—
ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5, 1018.
FOR SENATOR
JAMESFRAWLBY
(DEMOCRAT)
I ' *
ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5, 1018.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
E. B. -Duffy- O’CONNOR
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
I FAVORS BIGHT HOUR LAW, INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM;
| OPPOSES INDUSTRIAL MONOPOLY
KLB<rriON NOVEMBER 5, 1018.
FOR REPRESRNKATini
RUSSELL J. DOWNING
(DEMOCRAT)
ELECTION', NOVEMBER, 5th, I»18.
WASHINGTON STATE
‘ FEDERATION OE LABOR
EXECUTIVE ANT> LSQI8LATIVK COMMITTER
EVKRETTE, WASH. Sept, Jth, ISIS.
To Trade Unionists of Alaska,
Greeting.
Ordinarily we would not think of making any sugges
tions to you concerning political candidacies in your Territory
but in the present situation we feel justified in doing so. The
interests of labor in the entire northwestern group of states
and particularly Washington, is closely allied with the interest
of labor in Alaska. We have watched with growing concern
the efforts of large corporate aggregations to tighten their
hold upon the wealth of your country and have watched the
splendid fight waged in Congress |jy your Delegate Mr Wick
ersham.
It is because we believe Mr Wickersham is fighting It
Congress against the exploitation of labor and the great nat
ural wealth of Alaska by powerful private interests, that we
are taking the liebrty of urging our fellow unionists in Alaska
to rally to his support in his campaign for re-election.
Knowing that you will accept this communication in the
spirit in which It is written and assuring you the continued co
operation and good will of your fellow trade unionists, we beg
leave to remain,
Fraternally Tours,
E. P. MUISH '
President Washington State Federation of Labor.
CHAS, R. CASE
Chairman Legislative Committee, Seattle Central Labor Council.
J. G BROWN
President International Shingle Weavers' Union of Amerlea.
WILLIAM SHORT
Sec.-Treas. Dist. No. It, United Mine Workers of America.