The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-12-08
CAUSES OF iNDI SPIRAL
 UNREST.

Continued reports of industrial str,fc strikes and shut downs in tho war time when the explanation too often given they are due to German influence should be better understood.
 Ii so happens that the Federated eoyernmants own reports, that ol the Industrial Relation Commission puts the responsibility where it be longs and is a refutation of the statement that they are due to ma nipulations of the Kaiser We quote from the official report,
 We ind the basic cause of In dustrial dissatisfaction to be low wages, or stated in another way, the fact tha, the workers of the nation through compulsory and op- pressivc methods, legal and illegal, are denied the full product ot their toil
 We also fad that unrest among the workers in industry has grown To proportions that ajready menace the sgctal good will and the peace O. th, nation Citizens numbering millions smart under the sense oi injustice of oppression born of the conviction that the opportunity is deai-a them to acquire for them selves and their families that de Sroc cf economic well being neces- say To tne enjoyment of those ma tel.aI ard spiritual sati.factions which aiou. make fife worth living "Bttorncss, bred of thrilled needs for sdfL.c.t food, clothing and shelter for themselves and their wives and children, has been lurth- CT nourishcd in the hearts Of these millions by resentment against the arbitrary power that enbales the employer, under our present indus trial system to control not only the wcrkmals opportunity to earn his bread bat ottmes, through the eX- orcise ot this power to dictate his social political and moral environ meat By thwarting the human passion for liberty and the solitude Of the husband and father fer his own, modern industry has kindlcd spirit Tn these diasa 'isfied millions that lies deeper and springs from no.Iq impulses than physical needs and Lunar selfshresS.
 Among these millions and their leaders we have encountered a spirit religious jn .ts ferVcr and it it's willingness to sacrifice fer the cause held sacred, And we earnest ly submit has only in tie light of this spirit can be aggressive propa- garda Of the discortented be under stood and judged,
 The extent and depth of indus trial unrest can hardly be eXagger- ated. State and national conven- tlons oi labCl organizations, nun Dermg maly thousands Of members have checlod the anmes of leaders, imprisoned for participation in a campaign Uf violence conducted as one phase of conflict with orga- nizcd employers. Thirty thousand men in d single strike hava follow ed the !eaucr ship Of men who de nolnccd government and called for relentless warfare on organized So- ciety. Employers from coast to coast have created and maintained small private armies and have used these forces to ntimidate and sup press their striking employees by deportng, impIisOniug, assaulting anG killing their leaders. Elabc- rate spy systems are maintained to discover and !orestGll the move ments Of the enemy. The use or state troops in policing strikes has bred d bitter hostility to the mlll- 1arv system among members of thc tabor organizations and Gtates have be Il unable to enlist wage e3rners for this second line Of the national defense Courts, legislatures and governors have been rightiully ac- cused of serving employers to he dcloat Of justice and, while count CT charges cone from employ CTS and their agents, with negligible exceptions. # is the wage eArners who believe assert and prove that tho very Institutions of their coun- try have been perverted by the