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' GOD GIVE US MEN
jGod give us men. The time de- j
mands
(Strong minds, great hearts,
true, faith and willing
hands;
Men whom the lust of office
does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office
cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a
will;
Men who have honor; men who
will not lie;
Men who can .stand before a
demogogue
And damn his treacherous flat
teries without winking;
Tail men. sun-crowned, who live
above the fog
In pubiic duty and in private
thinking!
For while the rabble with their
thumb-worn creeds,
Their professions and their little
deeds
Mingle in selfish strife; lo! Free
dom weeps!
Wrong rules the land, and wait
ing Justice sleeps!
—Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819
1881).
AN APPEAL TO THE INTEL
LIGENT PEOPLE OF ALASKA
by Wm L. Paul
Can we not in the ensuing
political contest, address our
selves to the ISSUES that are of
vital importance to all Alaskans?
In the matter of pulp mills
without accompanying “com
pany towns” and “cheap foreign
labor,” but as ideals, do you not
yourself favor “pulp mills in or
near the cities of Alaska” and do
you not yourself “oppose the
company town and cheap foreign
labor?” If you do, then we are
in accord.
Do you not favor a law protect
ing our local merchants against
the irresponsible travelling ped
dler sometimes called ‘soliciter?’
Such a proposition once passed
our local legislature. Do you not
iavor the discriminatory tax on
non-resident trollers? Would
you not then support men who
would place a discriminatory
tax on the non-resident seiner?
If so, then you and I are in ac
cord. .
Don’t you think that it is nov*
time to revise our labor laws sc
that when disputes arise, the
laborer would be protected in a!
« cases where it is shown that the
employer contested the case
without good cause? Don’t yoi
believe that marriage is a part
nership and that property ac
quired after marriage should be
declared the joint property o:
husband and wife? We do.
Virtually every state in the
Union has a workmen’s compen
sation fund to protect its injurec
workmen except Alaska. Alask;
is the only unit in America whicl
does not guarantee that its in
jured workmen shall be paid
Don’t you believe that every em
ployer of five or more person
should be compelled to pay ;
premium into a Territorial fun(
for the benefit of men wh<
might be injured unless such em
ployer can satisfy the Territor;
that he is financially stroni
enough to pay the benefits with
out insurance? We do.
I believe you do favor thesi
progressive measures. Then wh;
not favor candidates who wil
support these measures? Let u
leave out of the political discus
sion the race question which yoi
must admit is unAmerican.
To many of you, politics i
more or less academic. But fo
the Indian, it is his bread am
butter. Why not give the Indiai
a chance? “Bread and butter
is it? Yes. His average earning
is less than $200. per year pe
family. That is what makes th
fish question so acute to him
Do you think that is right? Th
Indian too is “endowed by hi
Creator with certain inalien
able rights, and that among
these is life, liberty and the pur
suit of happiness.”
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ALLEN SHATTUCK
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From the Alaska Fisherman
To those who have met Shat
Luck only casually, or mose who
believed the Juneau Empire and
the Chronicle, Shattuck was very
disappointing as a statesman.
The best expression of this was
a statement by a man of Shat
luck's own bipartisan party in
the legislature, "I thot Allen was
a smart business man, but he
doesn’t seem to understand even
simple business.” When the mis
management of the appropria
tion bill is considered, we are
i forced to say that it never was sc
i badly handled as by Allen Shat
i.uck, erstwhile representative of
big business. He was made chair
man of the important committee
on Ways and Means, and for a
limd some of his colleagues con
sidered that he was an excellent
man for the place. But as the
lays passed, it began to dawn
on the House members that Al
ien was just another false alarm,
small in body and mind.
Take his position on Roads. He
■ould not understand that roads
ire a prime necessity for the
development of Alaska and so
~.e lead the slashing of the road
• ppropriation down to $300,000.
When Senator Sundquist suc
ceeded in getting the sum rais
'd to $400,000 , the Honorable
Allen Shattuck lead the on
’aught and cut it successfully to
:320,000. Allen Shattuck like the
Tuneau Empire cannot see be
v’ond Juneau, and seeing that
• uneau has almost 100 miles of
he finest kind of roads used for
little else than pleasure by the
tederal officials, he seems to
think the era of road binding
in the Empire of Alaska is com
plete.
Allen is mislead by the false
cry of “keep down taxes.” So he
cut roads and schools. The re
duction of the school refund
from 85 per cent to 75 per cen*
is the result of hie work.
Shattuck claims to be a Jeffer
sonian Democrat, and yet he
fought against the Control lei
Bill which seeks to give the peo
nle of Alaska the right to elec;!
their own officers. In his grea'
r-peech against the bill, he show
^d that his real objection war
1 that the people might elec1
James Wickersham to that office
^or this he blamed Dan Suther
iand. His personal hatreds are s
! ’'eon that he has lost all sight o‘
■ the great principle involved ir
self-government.
! We venture to predict tha
■ Allen Shattuck will never b
i ducted to the Alaska legislature
i again, certainly not when th
i ~>ecp!e realize that he looks tr
• editor Pegues for all his politic?
. inspirations.
5 GROVER WINN
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l Grover, while one of the mos
) opular members of the House
- had the same trouble every othe
1 new member has-lack of expert
l ence. The ethics of lawyers i
- such that when a lawyer tell,
his fellow attorney that he wi
3 do so and so, he does it. Grove
1 had to learn that this is not th‘
1 case among politicians, and the
3 good fellowship would not com
- to his rescue. The hard boiles
i bosses were only receiving. The1
had no intention of spciprocitTy
3 However, he did some ver;
3 good work for a first-termci
i and secured a lot of experieno
i which will serve him well ii
’ future sessions,
s Grover demonstrated his cour
r age when that wonderful me
3 morial of praise of the Governo
. was introduced. While the Shat
J tucks, Donnellys., Murrays wer
3j jamming the resolution thri
and tried for unanimous support,
Grover voted against the reso
lution.
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ADOLPII H. ZIEGLER
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Much was expected of Mr Zieg
;ler.
Very much was promised by
his boosters.
Ex-Senator Forest J. Hunt
violated a rule of political ac
tion for the first time in his
long Republican life, where he
advocated the election of a Dem
ocrat, Mr. Ziegler and said
“We have, in — and A. H. Zieg- j
ler, two public spiriteded cit i-;
zens, of fair and intelligent J
minds who will, in my opinion,
do faithful work when elected.
It is a public duty to give them;
a rousing vote in their home
town.”
Even more enthusiastic was'
Edward G. Morrissey, a recent
Republican office holder. “He
is a lawyer and he knows busi
ness. He is so thoroughly inde
pendent that he is never deterr
ed in bringing lawsuits for rich
or poor whenever satisfied that
his clients are right. He has good
judgement, legally, financially
and industrialy, is alive and
knows what is going on in th
Territory.”
HIS RECORD
Mr. Ziegler arrived at the le
gislature two days late, intro
duced as his first bill, a bill to
permit prize-fights in the Terri
tory of Alaska, a sort of dedica
tion of his public career, remem
bered his principal constituents
of Ketchikan sufficiently to pi’O
vide that these prize-fights
should be managed only by resi
dents of the First City of Alas
ka, got a two weeks’ leave of
absence from the legislature, flew
down to Ketchikan to defend
some of his bootlegger clients,
(clients who were so hopelessly
guilty that even a Ketchikan
jury found them guilty,) flew
back to Juneau and valiantly
aided the federal Governor’s
political machine as led by Jo
seph. Murray.
The only thing ' (and that is
very significant) which Ed Mor
■■•issey claims for Mr. Ziegler is
this—that he increased another
nans bill to tax non-resident
■ rollers from $150 to $250.
Tnose resident seiners who
voted for Mr. Ziegler are wond
ering why no protection was
nrevided for them.
While we esteem Mr. Ziegler
very much, we are of the opinion
that whreas he was generally re
garded as the best hope of the
democratic party for their can
didate for Delegate to Congress,
he is no longer so considered.
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DOES IT WORK IN POLITICS ?
When, in the midst of the “oil
candal discussions” in the Unit
ed States Senate, Senator Lodge
made a brilliant defense of Pres
ident Ccolidge, every one knew
the latter was innocent of the
slightest “taint of oil.” But it
was extremely embarrassing foi
the Republican leader to be
reminded very scathingly by
Senator Caraway of the un
i sportsmanlike way in which
President Wilson’s very bed
chamber had been assaulted, tc
ascertain whether he was too ill
to stay in office. Even in politics,
nothing but the Golden Rule
really pays. It paid wonderfully
, in China, when two decades oi
longer ago, the embargo againsl
. American-made goods was sud
3 denly removed when Americar
5 gifts of food, money and clothing
1 came to relieve the suffering ir
famine-stricken provinces. Both
» battleships and diplomats hac
t argued the case in vain; bul
3 what the iron rule of force anc
1 strategy failed to accomplish
r the Golden Rule of kindness suc
. ceeded in doing at once. What £
j pity we cannot remember always
, that a question is never settlec
? until it is settled fairly! What i!
l it which makes the Golden Rule
so effective? It is the motive o!
- goodwill which it expresses anc
- puts into action. Favors to other;
r just to get favors in return arc
- merely selfish deals. They settle
3 no issue and win no one’s heart
i ; But the honest facing of oui
brother’s rights, when we live' (
the Golden Rule in Christ’s spirit j
of love and goodwill, brings the i
reign of God’s justice just one 3
step nearer, for our brotherly
spirit breaks down all barriers in (
our brother’s heart. The old In-! j
dian chief was right when he j j
said, “If only the Great Spirit!;
who made man should put into1.
man a new heart, this Golden J ]
Rule of yours would be quite ji
possible, but only then.” p
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ALASKA WILL DEMAND
ITS SHARE
Representing the Chamber of
Commerce, with the hope of in
ducing the American Can com
pany to establish a factory in
Ketchikan to care for the needs
of the salmon industry, a comit
;ce left for Seattle this morning
on the Princess Mary.
Newspaper reports from Seat
tle during th last ten days have
indicated that this can com
pany has started the construc
tion of a large plant in Seattle
io “care for the needs of Alaska.”
Business men of Alaska gen
erally have shown a resentment
that this company or any other
should establish outside of the
Territory a plant to “care for the
needs of Alaska.”
It has been pointed out that
m Southeastern Alaska some
S3,000,000 worth of cans are used
annually. No Alaska labor is used
No revenue is derived by the
Territory. The sawmills of the
Territory are deprived of busi
ness that otherwise would be
theirs.
The total value of the cans us
ed in the whole Territory is con
siderably more, and laborers,
business men. fishermen and j
others resent the fact that all!
>f this business is being handled1
n outside factories while they
>elieve it could be handled eco- ■
lomically in Alaska.
Seattle newspapers tell of the!
sxtensive plans of the can manu
acturing company, rather boast
ngly of what it will mean to
Seattle and its prosperity. But
\laska, producing the fish, will!
tot share in this. The cans will
)e made in the states. The cans
vill shipped north in containers
tot manufoctured in the Terri
tory. The tendency will be to
}ome to the Territory, to take
tut the product of the north but
o leave as little as possible and
less than formerly. This applies
particularly to boxes.
The committee of the Cham
aer of Commerce is going south
as a goodwill organization, but j
the people of Alaska are rapid-i
[y losing their goodwill when j
they see annually a diminution
af a responsive goodwill and they
are going to demand that to
which they believe they are en
titled—Alaska products produced
in the Territory by Alaska fish
ermen, packed in Alaska plants,
in containers, cans and boxes
made in Alaska. Nothing else will
suffice or satisfy.
Producing in a rather small
way Alaskans have today their
awn wire factory for traps. They
want their own can factory and
they want their own boxes used
for their own fish.
It becomes a battle of Alaska
against the world. As long as the
Territory produces the funda
mental product, the fish, it must
and will insist upon manufac
turing, handling and turning
aut in its entirety the delicious
commodity which gives so much
aleasure to the epicureans thej
world over.
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and secured the passege of the Act of Congress of August 24,
1912, creating the Alaska Legislature. I wiil support self
! government in Alaska geme, fur and fisheries, and, full Terriior- j
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