The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-11
STILL. PARI.ENING.

In Indianapolis the miners are discussing the rate of pay which they will accept in several states.
 They are members of the United Mine Workers of America. They are men who have accepted the check-off and the contract system as the easiest way of meeting em- ployers.
 For that they have been praised by many as responsible men.
 Not that all the coal barons are willing to negotiate and bargain collectively with that organization. arc uor the examples of Colorado and Kea,uckv and West Virginia too recent 10 need mention 10 prove that many ot the operators do not want fo treat with any form Of or eauizafIoue T is only the worker who has been reading solely the ea- pitaIist papers who is a bit per suaded tLa. the opposition to tac l. W. W. ss q hit different to the opposition generally manifested against the American Federation of Labor.
 Take San Francisco for instance. Int city l@ controlled Slmost eG- tircIy by the American Federation of I.aber examinations and We do not see that there is any more in- cilaatiou tY trea. # or with it Chm with tae l. # " afoa tha vare ot thn open shoppers.
 ,t s certainly to be s.ij that th.s war has not ironed out fl" Troubles of fhe workers ana em- Jioyrrs and strikes and autaeouisn. persists quite regardless of the form of organization
 And as we see it, this is the rasic fact of the whole matter in these industrial disturbances. be cause the workers are unable to gec enough pay to meet the higher costs of living.
 t might as well be admitted that this is so, and that steps be taken 10 remedy it.
 As it is capitalists fight the work CTS. and regardlesss of the inter ruption in the production following strikes, there is no inclination to view the situation in a practical manner and to eonoede the fact that to work mel mast lt.r enough to live upon; to conserve their lives they must have ample leisure good clothing and fitting shelter.
 Without wages providing these as the minimum there will always be trouble It is merely throwing dust in the eyes of the public to assert that it is a pro-German tend cnoy then that excites this indus It is the fact that the purchasing power of wages is all shot to pieces and the workers know it as they cannot help but know it when the marketing returns show half oi former purchases for the same amount of money,
 We have always held that indus trial preparedness begins upon thi. fundamental basis that wages should be ample for all purposes ot living in decency. It's not such g minimum that will buy just euougl adulterated impure and un"hoie some food as will keep body anC soul together in a working maI until his place can be taken by an other. It is such a minimum d! will provide workingman witl everything he needs to live wei and live wholesomely and live with out his health being endangered.
 We don't believe that the natiol realizes the full extent of the crisi' that is now reached in Labor The supply of workers is limited. rC think that the employers may pur sue the same hap-hazard methods of exploitation as before is absurd The supply is too inadequate tC meet industrial needs that even onc life should be lightly treated i'll in dustry even rom an employer standpoint Formerly in the day. of peace there was am inmers! stream of immigration arriving Laaor could be supplied from tha