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THE NOMETRI-WEEKLY NUGGET MONDAY AUGUST 11, 1919.
THE PEOPLE SPEAKING.
No more conclusive exemplification <.f the truism that the will of the
people is the primary law of nations has ever been forthcoming in the t'nlted
States than is provided by »i.<* present haste of the government t>> tackle the
high cost of living problem, now that the governing powers have come to a
thorough realization that the people are preparing to raise a ruction over the
systematic robbery to which they have and are being subjected by the food
profiteers and other piratical caterers to the needs of the public.
The laying aside of all but the most important business by the president
and his cabinet in order to devote their fullest attention to locating remedies*
for the tremendous Inflated living costs is not by any means an act which m iy
accurately Ik* described as purely voluntary. It is animated by no altruist^
motive nor yet by any inherent desire to change the trend <>f the establishel
cider of things. To meddle with matters *.f such nature is to invite trouble
with a wide range of influential powers whose favor is the primary essential
in the furtherence of political ambitions. Inducing the high cost **f living b
a greater blow at tho so called vested interests than incomes and profits taxatior
and cannot fail to arouse the ire of those whose ungenerous manipulations nr
rudely interfered with by government regulations. Any interference *.y tho
government with the profit grabbing now going on Is certain to bring upoi
those who are responsible for it some form of retribution.
Woe betide the unfortunate political wight whom they seek to punisf
for his termity in meddling with the steady flow of . ... r.-i.i| swag wrung f;***
the pockets of the poor. Political oblivion will probably )..* his |«nti..n if the
high priests of commerce and industry chaos** n * other :o* n *.f teaching i.i.r
that it is unwise to interfere with the cunningly d. \ i . I •■ysi.*.*, of li! him: fr**m
the public all it can earn. Kvery man in congress knows hi-.. T• • presi
dent and his cabinet know it. Hence it is not to be ex pc. ;..! 11, • * * or at
least such of them as harbor future political hopes, would i. oh 11, .|;
save with reluctance.
only the most serious exigency is leading them to their prc.; *nt in !in
tion to attempt something which will force price reductions. I nionize.l i. i.oi if
up in arms and hack of the lahorites is the vast voiceless mass of the p. jpP
who are finding themselves daily driven to more desperate extremes to make
their incomes meet the elementary needs of existence. it is a matter of tht
most tremendous significance that labor today is not demanding that wages lx
increased on the old plea that labor deserves a larger portion of what it pro
duces. The old slogan of "give the laWer his due" is relegated to the limb,
of things forgotten. Now it is "give us more that we may live." and thereii
is a sermon which savors nothing of the Sermon of the Mount. It is the cr;
of distress that will lead to strenuous resistance if unheeded by those wh<
guide and guard the public welfare. Still more significant of the tone of th.
public mind is the demand of the railroad workers that the government eitho
reduce the cost of living or increase wages so that the hugely inflated livinj
costs may ho met. In the final analysis the demand is a plea for bread—
for a living in return for the labor of hand and brain.
We of Nome, far removed from tho grinding mill-wheels of the inhibi
tive industrial and economic system which permits the few to exploit th.
many, fall to realize just what the high cost of living means to the toilin'
masses elsewhere. Although it is true that increased living costs are beinj
severely felt here, thanks to a train of unusual conditions, we are spared ;
great portion of the extremes which the toilers of the Outside world are forcer
to endure. Here we have no high rents to pay; food supplies are in man:
cases actually lower in price than in the States and the average living cost o
tho Individual is at least twenty percent lower than on the Outside. This i:
not a hapazard statement but one that ran be readily demonstrated by nnyon'r
who seeks to verify It.
Living under more favorable conditions than peoples elsewhere, wr
are apt to overlook the true significance of the situation revealed to us i*
the telegrams or appreciate the fact that the furor now going on over livinj
r oHts is one that is forced by conditions that are fast becoming unbearable
to the masses of the people. Still less do we apprehend that back of th.
nation-wide agitation for reductions in living costs; back of the* presidents
haste to find ways and means for bringing government forces to bear in tin
solution of the living problem Is a threat which cannot be suppressed by spec
lous sophistries such as have lulled the public into accepting as a matter o
course the rapidly mounting costs of existence during the past few years.
The public has learned that the so called law of supply and demand ha
little or no bearing on the present living situation. They know that ther
Is unquestionably something wrong whin people can hardly make both end
meet, despite the fact that wages are two and three times greater than eve
before known.
They can no longer be deceived by tales of lack of production sine
the war has shown that the nation normally product's two and three times a
much of the essential supplies as the inhabitants use. In a word, they hav
become wised up to the fact that they are being systematically plundered b
a comparatively few Individuals by means which are no less real because the
are so cunningly concealed in trade ramifications thut discovery is almoa
impossible. And as a result of the newly acquired wisdom they are fas
leaching the state of mind which begets those enforced upheavals of humanlt;
called revolutions.
In the richest and most productive land on the face of the earth, si:
million little children are becoming weak and deficient men and women be
cause their parents are unable to supply them with the proper amount o
food, although their supporters are receiving the highest wages known to ou
history, and millions of men and women are forced to confine their wants t.
the simplest needs of existence in order to have even that little.
When one stops to reflect that such an Intolerable situation Is definite!;
known to be the result of cunningly devised methods of robbery it is hardly t
be wondered at that the president and congress finds themselves under th.
stern necessity of doing something. As Senator Johnson, of South Dakota,
recently told the Senate Agricultural committee, revolution is the certain
result of further government Indifference to the living problem. Every
news telegram reaching Nome relative to tho living situationfchows clearly that!
the temper of the people is such that Senirtor Johnson’s prediction is likely to
witness early verification If congress remains deaf to their demand for relief.
It Is this prospect alone that If** fo'rflng the hand of congress and the
president. Realising that revolt is an ultimate certainty if present conditions
are permitted to continue, they are flgureatlvely falling head over heels inj
their efforts to do something to still the popular demand for living reduction!..
Rut It remains to he seen If they will do more than throw a sop to the hear by
making a few reductions and promising others. With the interests of the
mighty In danger, it can easily he forsecn that they are likely to do as little
as they can if It is possible to find a way out of the present dilemma by
specious promisies and small concessions to the popular demands.
PEN POINTS OF THE PRESS
Evfen after the meek have inherited the earth some blustering trust
official will come around to collect the rent.
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