The Nome daily nugget., 1916-11-21

Il em that they may strike if they want too. They will be no further yield ing to the demands of labor by the rcads. Parenthetically 1t may be mentioned that the industrial confer ence board composed of employers of seven million people is backing he railroad conference board in its re- sisLancs to the demands of united labor. Let the issue be fought out by strike say the railway managers Now Is ss good g time as any until next fall, and the strike may bs or- dered at any :ime judging by the at- tiiude of the brotherhood leaders.
 At this juncture comes Adamson who says that general strike on the railroads would mean complete pros uatton of business and that the ad ministration would not allow that con dition 10 last long. Rather than stand that state of affairs the gov elrmont would take over the railroads Of the country and operate them. Which IS not a bad idea at all when oue cones to th.nk 1t over. There IS d large and steadily increasing num- bcr of people who favor the govern nem ownership oi not only the ra!l- leads but of the telegraph and tele- ,atne systems and steamship com ponies IS we'll. It would probably le good politics for the democratic patty 10 start in along this line and go the full limit as fast as public cyinion would allow. Ii woud thus become the true party of progress in no ,i uion of mill ons of voters in r.tding many republicans and nearly III progressives Il would then hlvo 2 real issue for the next campaign Sa strong is the sentiment agains co. .polStion control of the destinies e the nation that it IS possible th5 l,publcan party would have to adop' similar platform. It Is probabl, 1at il wcull take the opposite view and come oLt strongly for the cor porations and attempt to draw the ccnservative element from the ranks q democracy. So that in the oun thsre would ee one radically progres. give party, which would probably bC ,:ded m l nelglfe oy revolutionary disturbances of q similar nature whiet ma! be oxpes,ao il Europe at tht close of the war. and a party Of con- seIvatism and reaction. The social ists have done a lot of educatona work along the line of government ownership. just as they did with tbe referendum, initiative and other doc trines which easily slipped into the statutes of many states.
 The above is mere conjecture sug- gested by the present battle array ot capital and labor The result no man can possibly toresee. It may be fought out on onc line or on another Bu. of a number of things We may bS sure; labor is going to fight for | fairer share of the profits; capital i! not going to give up anything il ear hold on to; and the whole people vii see some day that there is only on sound basis on which industrial peace may be founded and that is a f1ii distribution of the products of labor ard. the actual, not theoretical roc ognition of the fact that Americans are not the slaves of their masters A slave. we take 1t, serves his master for his keep. The master looks af- ter his welfare in many ways solely from self interest. But the master gets all the good things of life and considers himself superior being tu those whose labor enriches him. A plutocracy is not the desire of the American masses who, we think. are likely soon to demand a democracy 1T. fact.