The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-03-15
Not that we love less, but we love liberty more
LABOR Vs. Coal etc.

Our Delegate to Congress ou1. Terri torial Representat1I es and the differ ent Chamber of CSmmerce's, as well as numerous others have a tendency to boost the resources of the terri tory.
 They never weary of expanding upon this subject. It is general, North South, E&st and West There is gold, silver. copper coal. fish, lumber and hundred other kinds of natural wea.lth-fa factors in the treasure house of the nation.
 It is very likely that its gold de- posits have as yet only barely been touched. Millions upon millions of this yellow metal exist in the bosom of the countly--wealth beyond the dreams of the avarcious
 And the-COAL-they say it is as good as any-COAI4-which has been found in any part of the world. Enough for all the Pacific Coast, enough for all the navies that ply the seas. If so it is feasible consist ent and logical for the Citizens of Alaska to eXTect the present adninis- trtti0n to operate the COAL FIELDS IN A?.ASKA as well as tre rai!roaGs and ,ther Industries throughout the whole of the United States. The trend of things today, has d tendency to- wards government ownership in the near future of many of the leading industries of the countl.y, and that is as it should be.
 Apparently there is no reason what ever why the businessman, as well as every citizen in the community should not thoroughly discuss the future fuel question of .Seword Peninsula.
 We realize that we have some math- tmatical financiers, and able orators m our midst, and the joint meeting of representatives of the various or SanizatiOnS within the city, which has beeu announced will convene on March 21st, ought to be a very interesting one for our scribe to report.
 Government reports reveal tremen- dous riches which are agriculturally possible and which soo..cr or latter will materialize. it Is enormous wealth 1t is wealth, that on one can possibly conceive, so great .s it's magnitude, AND 4>ul ONE CENT CAN-BE-PRO- DUCED WITHOUT LABOR. Not a cent can be produced in value unless labor applies it's magic energy to the latent wealth and call it forth.
 Capitalists, promoters, experts, men of Judgement, may come and go, lit erally by the thousands but they can not without labor produce a dollar
 Labor is the Magician whose magic touch gives life to the wealth of the land.
 Labor is the Creator whose energy says to the nltchless resources of the land Let there be wealth." and there is wealth.
 Alaskan papers may decant upon the resources in numberless issues. Cham ber's of Commerce may frequently meet and Councils of National Defense may hold secret conferences, but until labor is applied, there is, as if nothing were. Until labor has access to these resources, they are, as if they had never been, worthless, inanimate things, useless to all.
 LABOR PRODUCES ALL WEALTH So therefore when we consider the 'lnatchless" resources of the country, it's marvellous natural wealth, it's mill lions lying latent in the mountains on the tundra, in the streams let us con- sider first that which is essential to it's realization---LABOR.
 Not the resources of the country go toward the upbuilding of the greatness 0 fthe land. But the degree of comfort, of happiness, of freedom enjoyed thoro- in by the people who labor. With the eXpenders of labor power happy in the land, the country will smile with pros