THK SOCIALIST PRESS
Published *i 20 Third Are.
POSTOFFICE BOX 030
Ti« Official Organ Of and
endorsed by Fairbanks, 01
nes and CJearv l-ccals, So
cialist Party.
W. J. Nicley, Manager.
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Saturday Sept. 26
Friends Of Labor.
There is a class of men looking
for something in apolitical wa\
who at some period of their lives
have been real working men but
who through some lucky turn o'
fortune or circumstance, or bo
dint of unusual energy and perse
verance, have risen above tin
common herd. Included in thn
class are often found lawyers ,
craft union officials and some ,
times farmers, mining m:.n or o
thers whose occupafi j.:s lent,
them into the open and place
them in cc: ta L to a greater or
lesser extent with the working
class. They r.fleet the sty.c and
manner ot working men, some
times claim to btf Socialist.’, ana.
are always great “friends of la
bor.” In some cares they dr.
possess a sort of mam iin sympa
thy and sentimental Iri/ndship
for labor but they hang on to
the skirts of the old parties and
are as chock full of capitalistic i
deas as an inflated balloon is of
wind In Ihe old ] allies t'.icie i."
no real friendship for la': or and
men who possess capitalistic i
deas and owe allegiance to the old
parties are not and cannot be
friends of labor, for they stand
for a system that mates for the
subjection and degradation cf la
bor. They are in fact the rncsl
dangerous enemies that the wor
king-class has to contend with.
They fool the workers into belie
ving they are their friends, are
more susceptible to the fiatteip
of politicians, easier "handled”
in every way than any other class
of iren, and in practically even
case when it comes to the pinch,
are found working hand in
glove with capitalist tools, and
the workers look to them in vain
for relief.
Governor Ammons of Colorado,
was a farmer and appealed tc
the working men of Colorado foi
their votes on the ground that he
•was their friend, yet when the
coal miners of that state went on
strike a year ago, he lost no time
in sendii g the militia to the
,cene of trouble to suppress
chem, upholding the militia in
the most brutal and murderous
assaults upon the workers that
have occurred in the United
States, fie did nothing without
consulting the mine owners’ a
tents jn Denver, tanu thp,Colora
do legislature composed largely
of the very same class of men,
assisted him in every way by ap
propriating money to pay the m;
litis, and the mine owner?’ thugs
and gun men, and by passing a
neasure calculated to disav m the
miners so that they would be un
able to d fend themselves, and to
ie their hands in other ways.
Instances of this kind could be
•ited without number. Our own
Mask a legislature did not distin
guish itself in what it did 01
tried to do for labor. It was made
:p to a considerable extent o'
‘friends of labor,” but will; one
m two exceptions they fought ev
n-y measure that promised to be
of benefit to the working class.
Such men as these are always:
in demand by the old parties ev-!
ery where, as cats paws and dum
mies to split the labor vote. The
4tn UiViiion is no exception to
the rule. This year we have Calla
han, Independent, for senator and
Barns, 1 democrat, for represent;’,
tivc. Gaustad, Non-part Ban for
senator is to some extent design
ed for the ssme purpose. By di
viding the working class vote
they hope to pull enough of their
candidates through to shut out
the Sod .’.lists, and esp ecially will
their efforts .be centered in an at
tempt to elect r.’acGcwr.n am
Griffin, who can be depended up
on to prevent any legislation
inimical to the c. rpore.tior.s and
the gang.
The Socialist candidates are the
inly dependable friends of labor..
They are committed to its car.se, •
Notice, of Forfeit
I'd Ehfa Cichkovieh In.
I'm. aila.iistnuors a; t? a..
me .
I.ei • s.
:.;fi i.
execu
You are hereby notified that you an
indebted to me, the undersigned, for
your share of the assessment won :
jerformed upon the Miners’ assoeia
• ion on Steel creek, a tributary tc |
i.ittle Chena, in Fairbanks recording
lUiriet, Territory of Alaska,
In order to hold your interest n .
said claim under the provisions ol
section 2324 of the revised statutes o,'
the United States said expenditure be
ntr for your share of the annual as
sessment stork and if within ninety
lays after the last publication of thi*
intice you fail to pay to the undersign
•d as co-owner your said proportion of
the expenditure' aforesaid and th«
tost of this advertisement your interest
n said claim will become the property
if the undersigned as co owner under
-.aid section 2324 It. S,
Lari Westenvik.
First publication Juiy 11. 1914.
Last publication 0;t. 10, 1814,
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First Class Ba'hs 50c. '
Funis hed Single Rooms, 50c.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT r
Front Street > Fairbenki, Alttka.
and the party holds them strictly
to account, If tha workers ever
receive any material benefit
from legislation it must come
j through the Socialist party.
Years of experience with "good
men” and “labor’s friends” of
,oj;her .parties have shown concluj
sively that'labor cap expect no-1
thing fromi their hands
Tom McGowan
Sume days before the * Demo
prat iy convention, the jMews-Min-.j
or had Tom McC jwan nominated
and elected. Hep,was nominated
bicause his machine herp'willed
it, and was elected because he
had n oney to spend and because
his great ability could not
help but carry him into the place
for which he is so eminently fit
ted, and where his aforesaid p
bility .would bu rx> sorely needed.
Well, hei pprmnated al
right; that was conceded from
the first, but hi* election is a dif
ferent proposition. He may hare
money to spend - money which
he openly boasts is N.C. money —'
but McGowan’s Barbary Joast
methods of campaigning will not
work in Alaska. The men of A
laska are not soaks and bums,
and while they may stand for
his guff and flattery, and some
of them .may: ta"*e his drinks and
cigars, few- if any will come
through when they go to vote.
The are on to MoGowan and hig
political and business affilationg
and will not be fooled by him.
4nd*they know the difference be
tween tfc°b and brains, as they do
between hypoeracy and Sincerity.
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Prices reasonable and we
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^ a" ^a' *'ie ^_s*- the ‘-Treat American "frontiers,the home of the t ioneer, the .ountry of the hope
, prospector, is r&pi ily becoming a thing of the past. ■,
I he dog team trai- of yesterday is about to be supplanted by the steam and electric methods of
transportation.
I he dre«ms of the lonely prospector are giving way to the ugly realities of wage slavery and job
uniting. i he nightmare of Capitalism .already hauats the v,orkers of Alaska, Capitalism is fast en
croac uP°ntii • last outjsosts of American Territory. It is only, 3 matter of time until all > the ac
company ing evils of this system will be rampant in tire Golden North Already many of the unem
P now surging along the Pacific Coa st and even extending clear back to New York ary look
ing forward to Alaska as their last hop; and salvation.
And not these ab-ne, but the oppressed and dispossessd of European countries, have their eyes
on .his land with.its fabulous wealth*
i.f - anama Cahal makes impossible to embark from a European Soapart and come straight a
and land on the Pacific and Alaskan shores.
Gbtrn the following factors: the necessity of Capitalist extension,aland of untold resources, an un
nu.noofed nost of laborers competing.fotj jobs, it requires no prophetic vision or second right to
loieqce what will be the inevitable consequences. There is no inherent virtue in the land of the mid
mg.usan that exempts it from, the dire effects qf Capitalism: and realizing as we do that ihe pre
sent system o. exploitation i*, a menace to society, a cur.jp to the working class, we declare our un
v.ompi.^rrjiaine most?Iity to the present system and proclaim our demand fora new and complete reor
ganm.u'on, 0* soe ety, based 1 rinjarjly on the rights of the workers and producers as the possessing
class.
In \ >ev. < f this demand, we believe that the workers should organize both or. the industrial and
lie n 'lineal Helds. (. apjtalist development has made trade and craft-organizations,inadequate and the
1 nee.- 1 i.n lorn not only unites the workers-mare closely.together,but contains possibilities in the di
lection oj preparing the workers for the control and management of the industries after they be
come the collective property of the workin ? class.
. Ownership, and the po-.ver to produce are the essential factors to obtain economic security and jus
tice. Ihe working class already possess the latter. It must ?et about to obtain ownership. Title
(•ecd.-,. come Liiiougn tne acts arid approval of government, They are defended through the various
functions of govern merr. It is therefore necessary for the working class to organize politically in
a jm. ty 01 its own class, lor the purpose of capturing1 the powers of go\ eminent, through which if
may, seenr. and defend its rights.
V-e appaql to thq,working class of Alaska, and all those who are in sympathy with that class to
umto with-us in our effort to establish the workers in political power, in order that they may be able
to protect and serve their own interests. >
1 he realization of this aim will moan the abolition of the class struggle, the doing away with
sconomic insecurity, and the establishment of a co-operative order of society.
Out intimate aim is tne Collective Ownership of the .means of production and distribution by all
the people. Our method-•, industrial and political organizations.
In order that wo
eorgjaxve our immediate interests while we are still und?r Capitalism, we
make;-the following-demands and urge all those who are in accord with the aims and objects 0/ the So
cialist Party to support the candidates standing on this platform:
We endorse and reaffirm our slie
C'ance to the Constitution of the Na
tional Socialist Party of the United
States and the National Platform adopt
rd at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1S12.
We demand the immediate enactment
of the Initiative and Referendum and
Recall.
We demand that on tha presentation
of 16 per cent of tha voters of the pre
eeding election, a referendum be taken
at once on the subject under considera
tion.
, We demand that all law* enacted hy
the Alaska Legislature be referred to j
a referendum of the people of the ter
ritory.
We demand the establishment of the
Australia^ Kallpt Systepi in all the
rious election* held in Alaske.
We demand from the Federal Govern
ment a law giying labor a prior lien
on any mining gronnda, dumps, maehin
ery and equipment used in operating,
regardless as to who is operating said
ground, whether it be owner or lessee,
The Government shall stand the expense
of enforcing the above lien law.
We demand that the Government |
own, develop end operate all coal mines
Socialist Candidate:.
For Dologato rPo
Congress.
John M. Brooks.
ForthoJLoQislaturo
For Senator
H. Ringdahl,
For l-ieproscnt’ves.
Dan McCabe,
A. A. Nelson,
W. E. Waugh,
Charles Rogers.
in Alaska, and that no leases or con
tracts shall be made by the Govern
nient with private individuals or corpo
rations,and that all work in and around
the mines shall be done under the direct
supervision of the Government. Wa
further demand that coal be furnished
to the People of Alaska at the cost of
production and distribution through
Government owned coal yards to be is
tablished wherever feasible.
We demand the abolition of the road
tax at)d the poll tax.
We demand that the Government on
ly shall build and operateth« Railroad
and no,t lease it out to private indivict
uals or firms op corporations. ^
We demand an eight hour day in all
industries in Ala^kq.
We demand a law forbidding any dis
crimination against a man or woman
because of his or her uuion affiliations
or activities, or his or her political or
religious beliefs.
W# demand the election of a Mining
Inspector for each Judicial District of
Alaska.
PATE 0? ELECTION, TUESDAY. NOYE^SER 3rd., 1314.
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