The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-08

their labor power they have nothing in common with empio, et., Hence it is that the only org 'niza;jUn where every man has an tdertc2l in- terest and an identical purpose is ill the labor organization.
 There is no good reason why single man should be outside any la bor organization if he has to work for wages. He must associate him. self with his fellow workers if he is to maintain working class condi- tions, and in maintaining that, bene fit his own status.
 Materially speaking the labor or ganization has just one end in view the material benefit of it's members. It wants them to live better, to get more wages, to enjoy more of the good things of life. It knows that exploited persons, and it is the ultimate end of organization to re- move that exploitation altogether.
 This requires concerted effort. It must have concerted effort It without that the workers as individ- uals will remain powerless and weaponless to the end of the chapt- CT.
 Here is a new year beginning. ' ,i1a in be made during this year one hund- red present efficient. Local 24O of the Western Federation of Miners is liberal enough and tolerant enough and open enough to admit all wage workers. It extends an of fer to all workers to join and assist
 in the glorious work of this labor
 movement.
 ] It is a glorious work. It is the
 only work which is in touch with
 all the growing and vital develop
 ments of our day. It is not for
 year but it is for all time, and the
 workers are the builders. It is the
 social duty of every wage worker
 to contribute his effort towards it.
 If not, his acts are anti-social and
 vicious. He is trying to undo what
 the workers have who are organ ! ized been doing toilsomely and with | patient persistence.
 One of the main obstacles to the work of organization of the workers
 in Alaska is that all so many labor
 under the delusion it is for the ninety-nine per cent delusion- that they will be one day independ- ent of wage working, and that for that reason they are only troubling themselves uselessly and wasting time and effort in joining a union and participating in it's duties. There never was a more hopeless ideal. It is based upon will of the wisp that has no existence in fact, and it is really only an excuse for thoughtless and often cowardly de- sertion Of labor.
 The man who will not take hand in the work of building up improved conditions for his class is a poor mutt at best. Often enough he knows it, and he indulges ill the self de- ception to keep this fact from prey ing upon his mind, by joining some 1, hn yri D C. sociate with other classes which enable him to reach the dignified po- sition of doorkeeper or the more responsible function of contributing towards a diamond ring for the Grand High Mogul who will be gen. orally some business man, operator, lawyer, doctor or some other pro- fessional gent who runs things for the benefit of the nuts who wear the badges and make up the sorry looking rank and file.
 It can be predicted with positive certainty that ninety-nine hundreths of those who are now workers will remain workers to the end of the chapter. Therefore it is their mani fest interest-duty is too strenuous a .word-to take the necessary steps to join a labor organization. Unite with their fellow workers and in this way help in the work of build ing up working class power that it may be as it ought to be second to none any and everywhere! It can be conceded that nothing can be accomplished without orga- nization. That fact seems to be