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LOUIS F. PAUL,
C. O. PARKS,
EDITOR
BUSINESS MANAGER
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BEGINNING THE WEEK
The hardest thing' to do in life
is to forgive a wrong. The easi
est thing is to foi*get an obliga
tion. The second easiest thing
is to meddle in other people’s
business.—Exchange.
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MAKING INDUSTRY
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The management of the Alas
ka Railroad and the Copper Riv
er and Northwestern Railway
have announced a policy of let
ting contract for the making of
railroad ties to residents of those
two districts to aid in combatting
the unemployment problem. The
f orest Department will die of
enlargement of the heart by fol
lowing such a policy if it is not
careful.
Thirty camps are said to be op
erating in the Kenaii Peninsula
district. Between two and eight
he wers will be employed in each
camp. They will cut and haul
- their ties out during the winter
months in the Chugach National
Forest.
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TAXLESS TOWN
Waterville is one of those towns
tax reformers would love; it has
no municipal levy.
The. Town Council voted to
suspend the 1932 levy because
the town is out of debt, has cash
in the bank and the only antici
pated expenditures are costs of
running the government, which
can be taken care of with city
light and water receipts.
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IIAR! HAR ! HAR
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George Herriott of Grants Pass
Oregon has contracted for a big
smellful by signing with farmers
of that community to catch fif
ty skunks. Raids on hen coops,
for which the skunks were blam
ed, led to the action.
“Oh say, can you see, by the
dawn —.”
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CHARITY BY FIAT
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The local Chamber of Com
merce passed a resolution asking
the City Council to pass an or
dinance making it illegal to so
licit funds for charitable pur
poses without a permit from the
City Council.
Public sentiment does not en
dorse this resolution and it is to
be hoped that the proposed ordi
nance do not pass.
Alaskans have always been
noted for their generosity and
their willingness^to give assist
ance where and when it is need
ed and as soon as needed. Many
a worthy case has been handled
in Petersburg and other towns,
in a quiet way but with credit to
the community.
The passage of such an ordi
nance will bring nothing but ri
dicule upon the town and its ci
tizens. Enough of that is done
without inviting more.
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AMERICA SPELLS ‘JOB’
General Smedley Butler’s Fourtr
of July speech is beginning to fil
ter through the country, and i1
is different from the traditiona
fireworks of that day to call foi
comment.
The nation’s most pungent ane
popular leatherneck put the tra
aitional Fourth of July phrasei
about life, liberty and the pur
* suit of happiness into curren
language. It means, the genera
remarked .‘THE RIGHT TO EAT
If the general had stoppec
there, he would have left roon
for discussion. THERE IS N(
SUCH THING AS AN INHEREN'
RIGHT TO EAT. Nowhere in tht
field of economics, ethics or reli
gion can one evolve an unmitl
gated right to eat.
The general of marines, happi
ly closed the avenue to this dis
pute. The right to eat, he con
cluded, contemplates that “OUR
WILLING MILLIONS HAVE THE
EIGHT TO WORK.” This clinch
ed the argument.
To the sick, the aged and the
helpless young our normal hu -
mane impulses concede an un
quaified “right to eat.” To tlm
rest, the simpest considerations
cf justice accord an unquestion
ed right, by means of their own
labor, to eat.
Wallace Brett Donham is a
lawyer, a successful business
man, a director of various im-j
portant corporations and. final-]
lv, dean of business administra-j
tion, the post graduate school of j
Harvard. Donham ha" written]
a book on the business problem
and the problem of unemploy
ment in which the same conclu
sion is reached.
American liberty and Ameri
can citizenship mean nothing if
they don’t mean a chance to
work. The rough soldier of
Quantico and the polished schol -
ar and business man stand to
gether.
America approaches a hard
winter. Every charitable agen-1
cy in the country looks toward,
R with dread. There ere 6 000,000 ]
jobless new. There wi1! be morq.i
These millions look forward,
with apprehension which may,
easily turn to bitterness. Sur-i
pose now that American bus-i.e r
or if not that, then an Ame’ ier i,
President stepped forward now
and said, in keeping with Pat.-j
ler and Donham: America stare’s,
Icr opportunity, opportunity
n eans a job. There is plenty of
food, fuel and clothing in Ameri
ca for all.. We mean to sec that
everybody is permitted, through
a job to share in this supply.]
It we do not permit him a chance
to work, then we guarantee that;
he shall eat anyway.
“No industrious American cit'
zen is going to suffer, this win
ter. from hunger or cold, By
whatever means may be neces
sary, jobs if possible, doles if not,
we shall see to that.”
That would lift a weight off
the hearts of millions. It would
make America stand for the reaii
ty of its Fourth of July speeches.
And we shouldn’t wonder if,1
in a trice, it restored the hope,
the energy and the reality cf
prosperity.—LABOR
A WORD TO THE WISE
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In a recent issue of The Alas
kas Weekly, (Seattle), the editor
calls attention to the drive being
j made by the Los Angeles Cham
I ber of Commerce to make direct
commercial contacts with . Alas
i kans. Says the editor: “In last
week’s issue of The Alaska Week
ly we dilated upon the fact that
many Alaskans coming out for
the winter through inducements
offered by Los Angeles,, instead
j of wintering in Seattle stop od
{just long enough to look around
meet oldtime friends and ai*e
are headed for the Southern
. California metropolis.
“Seattle to a great extent owci
, her rating as a metropolitan cen
i ter and a port to Alaska’s golr
■ and her proximity to the North
land. Alaska’s products have al
[ ways found a market in Seattk
■ and this port for years has beer
>jthe chief distributing center fo
-1 anything and everything tha
: j has originated in the Territory
l'That this may change is evi
’ I denced by a concerted effort ii
l California, both north and south
i! to promote a trade with Alaska
)| * * *“Now comes Northerr
n California making a bid for Alas
» ka trade and with the idea of de
- vising ways and means, the pre:
■ ident of the San Franciscc
Chamber of Commerce on Tues
ing business men of that city to
form an Alaska department and
to discuss Alaska development
and the promotion of a more in
timate relationship between
Northern California and the
Northland.
“That Alaska needs a market
for her products is evident. The
advertising that California at
large can give her would be
world-wide. When it comes to
spending money for advertising
and publicity, there is not the
slightest doubt but that Califor
nia knows how and will not per
mit any obstacles to stand in the
way of her progress. That is
just one of the reasons why San
Francisco and Los Angeles are
today leading Pacific and many
eastern ports in world commerce
This editorial is not written
nor is it published with any ob
ject than to endeavor to point
out to the business men of Seat
tle that they are treading on th'n
ice. With San Francisco and
I os Angeles taking concerted ar
tion and going after the trade
with Alaska. Seattle is immi
nent danger of ’osing the posi
tion she nas held since 98 and
which should rightfully be hers
for all .-ne. Of course, it's an
established fact that one can’t
expect to ‘eat his loaf and hawe
it.” and the same thing may be
said to a ?ply to any port or city.
Seattle can’t afford to sit stid
and let Alaska trade flit by her
gates. he business interest; <
the Chamber of Commerce and
the other commercial # bod'as
must busy themselves and find
ways an l means to hold Seattle’s
trade wit a Alaskr
“Cn the other ; and there ’.s
not the slightest doubt but that
Alaska owes a great deal to Se
attle for it is the plain truth
that Seattle has played a very
prominent part in Alaska’s de
velopment. With these facts
staring us in the face, doesn’t it
seem incumbent upon us to wake
up from any lethargy into which
we may have permitted ourselves
to fall and make up our minds
that we are not going to have
Alaska sing—“California, Here I
Come”!
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A WISE WORD
Alaskans are not unaware of
the fact that Seattle was nothing
but a sawmill town when the
gold fever struck Alaska and
many men crazed thereby. If
Alaska had not developed, noth
ing could have put Seattle on
the commercial map—at least
she would not have been any
more important than Tacoma or
perhaps Aberdeen.
While it is true that Seattle
has contributed to the develop
ment of Alaska we must point
out that benefit to Alaskans was
only from the crumbs which
dropped from their tables. Alas
kans point to many discrimina
tions they have had to suffer as
a penalty for being Alaskans. So
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any overtures on the part of Cal
ifornia will be doubly welcome.
They will at least awaken Seat
tle to its obligations to the Terri -
tory in a large commercial way.
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GENTLEMEN: A MAN
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By Hill Billy, in Seattle Star
Every time Lindbergh cleaves
the sky in a new stunt, I think
not of the young eagle, but of his
father, who flew with high coin
age and no sense of consequenc
es in the upper reaches of inde -
pendent thinking. But not much
is heard of the elder Lindbergh
these days. That is sad, because
what a monument Charles in his
world spotlight could raise to his
fighting father.
There aie not many books that
cannot be found in the library of
Congress, bid you will not dis
cover Congressman Lindberghs
“Why We Are at War” in Wash
ington, D. C.; nor anywhere else
that I know about. If any reader
knows wrhere there is a copy of
this work I can rake up consid
erable cash to buy or borrow if.
Indeed, if you will tell me where
1 can steal a copy I will see if
matters can't be arranged. In
the cause of liberalism I have no
moral scruples; none whatever
“Why We Are at War” was
published by Congressman Lind
bergh as we were dragged into
the overseas mess and he gave
the entire snap away. Had he
not had considerable influence
lie would have joined Debs at At
lanta, and so intense was the
pseudo-patriotic feeling against
him that his son had to fly him
ever the mob and land him se
creteiy in a field that he might
make a speech to his constitu
ents. I regard that as the great
est flying fear of Cbanes Lind
bergh and more worthy of me
dals thar those minor Hying*
’■hat governments and G. O. P.
presidents so gayly pin :>-• his
(nest today.
Not a'-, rher man in o fioial po
sition dared do what Congress
man Lindbergh did in those first
days of this nation’s warphobia.
It was even a bigger thing than
Debs did, though Debs would
have done the same thing had
he been Lindbergh; nor does it
make the slightest difference
whether Lindbergh senior was
right or President Wilson was
right. Any man who is ready to
fight for his convictions against
120,000.000 raving maniacs has
my enthusiasm and undying loy
jalty and, seeing that there are
'only one or two in a generation
in any given nation, piy enthusi
asm does not get Unduly burden
ed with work.
Gentlemen—To Congressman
Lindbergh; a MAN!
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SOME SAMPLES OF PUBLIC
OWNERSHIP
Virginia, Minn., with a popula
tion of 14,000 furnishes its citi
zens with current for lighting at
2 cents per kilowatt hour, and
for cooking at 1.8 cents. The
town proudly claims to have the
lowest electric lighting rates in
the United States.
It does this ’WITH A STEAM
j PLANT, which has paid for it
i self out of receipts, and last year
[cleared $60,000 profit even at
these low rates.
Litchfield, with less than 3,000
inhabitants, has built up a plant
worth $169,000 from an original
investment of $25,000, and re
cently turned over accumulated
profits of $40,000 to the general
fund.
Jackson, smaller even than'
Litchfield, is making over $12,-!
0C0 a year profit from its power j
plant. j
Gwatonna, with about 8,000 i
inhabitants averages profits from
its power plant of about $75,000
a year.
Rochester, home of the famous
Mayo brothers, surgeons, with
20,000 population, put power
plant profits of $153,000 into the
city treasury last year. The city
owes less than $20,000 on a plant
worth more than $2,000,000.
None of these little cities charg
es more than the private plants
in the same neighborhood. Most
of them charge less.
The unfailing cry of Power
Trust propagandists is that “pub |
[lie ownership’’ is inefficient. It
must take a good deal of gall to
I repeat that yarn in Virginia,
Minn., or in the other towns
; mentioned. I
If private enterprise can pro
! duce current from a steam plant
[at less than 2 cents a kilowatt
hour, which Virginia does, and
[makes money at it—why doesj
'private enterprise charge an av-j
jerage of nearly 7 cents a kilowatt1
J hour all over the United States, j
Either the Power Trust is not|
[so efficient as it claims or its ef
ficiency is shown chiefly by its]
Shameless extortion. It may take!
its choice.—LABOR.
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