The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-03-23
THE EIGHT HOUR DAE.

 II is not so long ago that any viii forget that the territory of Al asEa. in a referendum authorized for an expression ou the subject, overwhelmingly demanded a general eight hour law, The minority against it was so small that one could almost say the eight hour day demand was unanimous without much Aggression from the actual fact.
 The legislature has been now over two weeks in session and so far none of the legislators manifest any inclination to respond to this eight hour demand.
 This state of affairs is interrupted only by the introduction of such biI by Senator Sundback in tine Senate. but in the House, so far no move has been made to bring the popular demand to find realization in 8 law.
 The reason for this is because ,hg legislators do not think enough of the labor demand to enforce this expression of opinion that was made at the polls and the reason why they do not think enough of the labor demand is because there is not enough working class solidarity. as is manifested by the eXistance oi strong unions in the territory, to properlv resent this negligence upon the part of the legislature.
 ,.Th. Industrial Worker points out that such neglect of labor demands will continue just as long as Labor fails properly to come together and without coming together Labor has strength enough to get-nothing.
 We appeal to all workers to care fully consider recent events in the United States with reference to the struggle of thc railroad brother hood men for the eight hour day.
 The brotherhood men are the best paid iH the service Why? Ths brotherhood men gre the most re. sraa,d and feared in the industry Why? The brotherhood have better working conditions than any other section of workers in the employ ol the railroads. Why? The brother hood men work day ny day along side meI who do not receive pay enough after working ten, twelve and fourteen hours day to pro perly feed, clothe or shelter them selves. Why? The lowest paid mer on the railroads are not lie brother hoods by a long shot. The loves paid men are the men who do ,h' hardest work. Why?
 These questions may all be an swered by one word: Organization The brotherhood men arc organized and the permanent way employees are not. Moreover when the brother hood men themselves buried thei individual craft differences and con solidated for uniform policy an' a uniform demand they were ire sistible Oreanization-that all,
 And because the workers ot Al aska are not properly organized o arc not to a great extent organized at all. the legislators can tlcut thei demands and make what disposa they wish of the referendum deci Sions ot the people.
 Men will tumble over themselve to join all kinds of fraternal orea nizations and will ignore the labo organization. because they sacrifc to their own snobbish pride in tn vain hope that association wit some one with more money tha1 themselves will not fight openly an' organize fearlessly for ther own in terests.
 Why go far afield? There is no d man who works for wages In thi section. aye or woman either, wh should not belong to a labor orga nization. Why not make Nome on hundred per cent unionist? What change would come over condition and how irresistibly the might O such an organization would reflec itself in every avenue of activit. social. political, commercial, indus trial.
 And why not? Why not? Excep that individuals are too indifferen to the general welfare to make tn move that none the less would bet