The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-27

hysteria9 Why this attempt to de- prive the honest working man of the work due him Why this invitation to invite birds of passage Co come In here md grab every job in sight? Why siye operators chance to cut wages py stirring up labor strifc9 What has the working man. oT operators been doing to be worked up t5 such a pitch Why are a few trying Go draw the many mo factional fights.
 The Nugget always has and always will stand up for the highest wage possible It was the Nugget that made the fight again the cheap im- portation of Russians into the coun- try several years ago The members ol The Nugget stan realize the exist enc, af our many institutions depend upon good wage the life of this pa DOT itself. so 1t behooves us to boost mp and try 10 maintain a high stand ard and uniform wage to the work ing man.
 True we stated in these columns several months ago We believed the working man would be better of if guaranteed steady work the year round at four dollars per day. than given one hundred days work at five per diem. our line Of deduction being. under tho one condition the laborer could earn but five hundred during the year. under the other over fourteen hundred or nearly Ave times as much during the same period. But when the country only affords one hundred days work out of the year the present scale seems little enough. When the days arrive that Nome miners will receive no greater wage per diem than what is now paid In Dawson. the Mug. get will have 10 put up its shutters. its editor write the usual stereotype editorial that ends with the figures
 go" which means the end. the wind up, or in the parlance of Alaska
 Nucky"
 The Nugget Is here to stay. 1t ,.ishes to remain and continue to make money. and this can only be accom- I!ished by boosting the camp and It's verklngmen. who form the backbone of the community Lnd makes It possl- ar far the town 10 exist. So when some :4nter tells you the Nugget Ia after cheap wages. look wise. and say tu yourself-that fellow las an ax 10 grind the Nugget Is not trying 10 pJt itselt out of business.
 But We have been digressing. We were asking a number of questions. trying to get at the real cause of the present hysteria. The Nugget. like many others. would like 10 know what is wrong? Has some operator tried to cut the unlon scale of wages? Is the established scale or wages generally paid In the summer threatened? Have We a strike on? Why should cooks anu NaAAfAN bf AfA4Afh A4AkO Ni4t AAbAAe What have bartenders. engineers. fire men, store clerks. bakers. printers and every other man who happens to be- long to an organization to do with toams,ers" What have the boatmen. and longshoremen 10 do with a few teamsters who are receiving the reg ular scale Of wages. yet stand upon their American rights and do as they please about joining anything but n teamsters union?
 Although the Nugget is not the of neial organ of the working people still we can offer suggestions from time Co time and they can be taken for what they are worth. We have their interest at heart like all other institutions in the camp depending upon the pay roll and number of people employed
 We do not believe there is just cause for all this hysteris. times nor conditions do not justify such steps. no real foe is in our midst they are now out in Seattle waiting for the first steamer to turn its prov Nome ward. to come in here and bounce upon every job in sight Were the hysterla 10 prevent such Q move as that. We would. too become inoculated with the germ.
 And before closing our little ser mon We wish to cal! the attention Of every working man to a few facts. viz: The calling of a general strike is q news item and flashed to the states for the Associated Press de- mands such. that no matter how much the labor unions telegraph to the states We have an over production of labor in the country there will be hundreds of fellows who will c.nch up their belt another hole. and take a chance thinking there would be no strike if an over reproduction of labor existed.