The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-09
lies, and Congress will not"

LOT brcs5 yc, l aint axir for nc money, no suh! All I want is jess a job e wukk. Kain't you all fine me airy oib?''
 The Mississippi was high at the tine, and lots of drift wood was floating down the stream. The off, ciai tried bit of pleasantly.
 'Ill give you a job," he said to the old man. There's lots Of drift wood coming down the river. You so out there and gather all you can, and I'll let you have half what you gather"
 "All right boss" said the derkey to his new employer; and away he went. By the next nignt tho dili- Gert employee hGd piled up a con- siderable stack of weed. He was co1Sratulating himself on the suc- cess of his work, and making a mental survey of his half of the proceeds. when he was approached by man whose gold-braided cap gaEe cviiclce of officialdom. That's a pretty good pile of wood you've gathered, uncle, said the newcomer. "Tll take this half over here" hes aid as he indicated ] one end of the pile.
 LOT bless my soul!" calculated the old fellow. You done look like dc FredEan's Beuoh gemman
 No" he replied; 'I have mo- thing to do with the Bureau, but I'm the wharf master, and accord ing to the city ordinance Tn cntit- jed to ono half the wood that's piled on this levcc."
 "Ef Gats de law, all right; go ahead. You tekk your harf, and de Freedman's Beuoh tckk his harf- only 1 hope you gemman won't mine ef I tekk one little stick off Il you alls h;rfs SOS 1 kin mekk a fiah to cook mo, any little ting I mout be able to steal fore nornin. :" I tell this little story to illustrate in convincing way that there's no excuse fCl any able-bodied man ever to be out Of a jCb. There are | lWays benevolent employers who will give us work. We cGn hear this sane truth from every pulpit though perhaps lacking the anec- dotal form. Ald there is always some sort O. government that stands ready % protect inc pro duccr against the curse oi sur plus. Nor do these various govern mental agencies neglect to protect the employer i'll his share of the product-and help him get it from ;h2 producer.
 There is a legend: "ohce there was lawyer who declined to immolate himself on tho alter of patriotism. It is further stated that he would have had to surrender a practice worth $1,200 per annu;n for a Judgeship ct that tine paying but $500 a year. Later he was suffici- ently patriotic to accept a job as senator at $S,000 a year. There is dignity about public service which private service does not Srant. Our legislators are public servants. When we consider the difficulty inherent in serving some ono person, we car understand the sacrifice that our public servants make in tho multiplied duty Of serving the many.
 Great is democracy! Under its palladium even the humblest of us has a voice. We gre permitted to vote. We elect onr public ser wants. Then we permit our good masters to select watch our appolntese. Then we permit cur good masters to select committee to watch our appoin- tees. Then we have q voters league. And so ad infinitum. Our public servants manipulate the tax. ing power very much as my Eng fish friend wields his clever on chicken-kiliing day. Plucking is good for chickens and taxing is good for the producers of commo- dities. The government charges you so much for being protected from all aggressions, and when they have failed to protect, and you have been aggressed, there are more fees which you pay, by way