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THE NOME Vr|-WEEKLY NUGGET FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26. 1919.
THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM.
The constant recurrence of huge strikes in the States, nearly :ill of
which are based on the common that the exigencies ..f living are such
that the working masses arc forced t«» demand greater remuneration in order
to provide for their immediate wants, suggests - that ameliorative remedies
must be instituted with in a ver\ short season If the nation is to be spared
a great economic and industrial revolution.
Those whose qualities of discernment en»bl< tl. in to grasp the ultimate
portent of the great industrial upheavals now taking place art* outspoken in
the declaration that something must lie imm«-d^it--].\ done to rectify tin* ad
verse conditions of which the jn-opie compl.-jin or .something is bound t-» break.
Fconomists everywhere are commencing to point out that tin* present order ..f
affairs is one that cannot endure without creating even worse conditions.
The high costs'of existence compels tie- workers to strike in order to obtain
enough to live. In response t.. the strike activities, wages increase. Find
ing themselves forced to pay more wages, the producers Increase the prices
■ •f their products, thereby forcing still higher the *-o> t <.f living. Confronted
with the necessity of meeting the increased cost: ■ f commodities accruing
In this manner, the workers are again forced to strike. Between the strikes
to increase wages and the incteas.s of p-ices resulting from the strikes, the
situation resolves itself into a form of nice in which living costs rise in
d.nrt proportion t.. the liter* uses in wages forced by tiie workers.
Continuing at the present late of progress, wages would soon rise to
twenty dollars a dn\ or more but would profit tiie worker nothing owing to
• very cent of the him as- being added to the pricey .he pays for the commodi
ties he requires. And while this is going on, the produce a.ms. lf is also
facing the problem <•{ meeting the increasing costs of existence and rtiust of
necessity add something to the already inflated prices in order to live hints If
The workers must, ther foie. pa> bad to the producers not only the extra
money they receive in wages, but .Is., an added profit to enable the producers
to meet their own increasing (s-fsonal exp'-nscs.
Fite ultimate result is that no matter how many limes the laborer
strikes to secure more wage#, the cost of supplies mounts in direct ratio to
the increase of wages demanded, and. with the added profit of the p:...it|. ••
attached, sooner or later offsets whatever gain the work r has aehiev d by
striking. Assuming that the producer adds nothing extra^n tie process in
o-der to meet his own living expenses it is clear that the worker can gain no
more titan a temporary advantage in the nice by striking. g
That such a situation is one which cannot go on indefinitely without
something giving way is clearly apparent .Vo matter how many times
the workers strike they are practically no brtt.-r off in the long run Strikes
do not and cannot provide a means of keeping the worker ahead of the game.
The‘recurrent strikes also tend to still further aggravate the situation by cur
tailing production, thereby producing added increases in prices of commodi
ties which must be met by the •workers.
It profits the workers little if the strike process brings them fifty
dollars a day for their labor as long as they have to pay it all back in meet in"
the increasing costs of supplies resulting from the addition of the wage in
crease obtained to the prevailing prices of commodities. Even supposing
that there w.,s no profiteering in connection with the purchase and sale of
commodities, under this system the cost of living would still remain in rela
tive parity with the wages received even if wages went to one hundred dollars
What process is required to remedy the situation Is still undetermined
but not even the most unthinking can fail to realize that relief must some
come from some quarter or there will he an upheaval in America the equal of
hieh the world has probably never seen. Failing to get ahead in the race
with the high cost of living through striking, ttye workers will ultimately
feci themselves compelled to resort to desperate expedients to bring about a
change. The moment they reach that shite of mind, something Is inevitably
bound to happen, which, if not of a strictly destructive character, will at
least overturn a large part of the present economic system and possibly threat
en the very stability of government. Ifr requires no prophetic eye to forsce
that a vast industrial and economical upheaval is the logical result of the
conditions obtaining today. Whether or not it will turn into bloody and
destructive revolt will be determined only by the amount of good Judgement
possessed by the masses.
Urged by the sharp prick of necessity, the populace will inevitably
demand that ameliorative measures be instituted which will enable them to
make a fair profit on their labors, over and above the essential costs of
existence. Failing in obtaining the relief demanded through governmental
processes the signs are clearly discernable. that they will very probably at
tempt to take matters into their own hands in »n effort to cast off the econo
mic incubus which makes existence a hardship.
What such an eventuality may lead to can hardly he surmised. The
unleashing of passions involved in a denouement of this character might
result in a national upheaval so great as to appall the world. That the thought
and temper of tiie people are already trending In that direction can scarcely
he denied in the light of the recent strike developments.
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Concerning the whereabouts or
relative to John James O’Brien, aged
f>5 years. Distracted relatives seek
Information regardless of whether he.
Is dead or alive. Was a member of
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aska in 19KB and followed occupation
of miner and prospector. T-ast re
ported killed In this section In 1917.
Mined and. prospected In Dawson.
Knik and Tolovana and is said to
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propelty near Knik and Anchorage.
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him will'confer a favor by notifying
his wife, Mrs J. J. O’Brien, care Nome
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