The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-01-03

The Industrial Worker observes with some interest that in certain exchanges there is now being d. rected against any possible radical press in Alaska something of an agitation.
 Quite recently there was ostab- lished in Anchorage another paper The Seward Gateway relieved itself of some atrabilious humor regard ing radical papers in general, and the proposed new paper in particu- lar. and opined there should be "a law to license newspapers like dogs; it would save the decent oncs".
 The interesting admission of the connection between the Gateway's existence and mans faithful friend, probably is a personal confession upo the part of Red Top from Tip which may concern us not at all. But the fact that some southeastern Alaskan papers jolt radical publi- cations now and then is not any, thing surprising.
 When the work of cleaning uD the mess of the hog pen is under taken, the swine having access to the swill troughs generally can be relied upon to emit their grunts and squeals; beyond any sort of doubt, it is lest anything car be done to interfere with the unbridled exploi. taton of men and resources, the subservient press controlled by ser vile minds protests in indignation at the existence of radical papers which subject conditions to andy sis, and comment upon actual facts
 Moreover, there is general tendency towards reaction to be marked in the coastal publications of southeastern Alaska
 They have the snug idea that anything that tends criticize capi- tai is wrorg and anything th:t tends to boost capital is always right and the master can do no wrong in the eyes of loyal servants
 Their motto is to boost along ca pital no matter what may be the course which capital takes, because it is upon the pap from the table of wealth thaG shese subservient jour nals find their source of inspiration.
 Red Top from Tip as an exploiter of exploitation has done very well. He has by devoting himself as the loyal hanger on of the larger inter- ests quite capably established him. self as the booster of capital, and possibly when he reas q diatribe against radicalism, he turns with childlike confidence to Big Biz sitt- tug in the royal box for approval ot his actions. That any of us should laugh at this Pantalobus whose am bition in life is to get on the right side of capitalism, to be the humble picker up of unconsidered trifies that are scattered in the way of Dives, is natural But it should also bus from Tip should grow angry once in a while. Besides it shows that he is earning his wages and for for that he deserves commenda- tion.
 The cry in other quarters that subjecting capitalism to criticism also tends to keep out capitalism, while even if it was, which it is not. such a serious matter, is not true.
 When exploiters come here to in vest, they come if bona fide and well supplied with the shekels to enlarge the invested undertakings. only after they have been shown that the chance to obtain fat profits is there. To think that by boosting in the papers a gold mine where there is nothing but barren rocl,, unlimited possibilities where there is nothing but a snow pile, is to think exceedingly wrong. You don't deceive Big Biz worth a cent Bis Biz if it does anything, 1t walks circumspectly, and it has staff of very efficient experts to see that it is not led astray.
 But when all this extravagant boosting is done. it's not to attract the monied man who knows what he is doing every minute of the day, but the little business man, the scanty saver, the workingman with the little accumulation of several years hard and fast thrift in a lit- tie pokc, are the little game that