Prohibition—Suspicion
By James E. Little
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One of the great evils caused
by prohibition is found in the
fact that a large population Ql
our country towns.are giving up,
end have given up their homes
and taken apartments and
housekeeping rooms; that the>
have more freedom from domes
tic duties and more time for
social life, and night parties
where you “Whisper Moon
shine,” because this age like'
speed, and the night whirl oi
publicity better than the quiet
and privacy of a residence thej
can call their own. The lawful
use of these apartments anc
boarding houses is for most peo
ple while in transition; but as 3
terminus they are in many case.'
demoralization, utter and com
plete. That is the point at whicli
families innumerable have be
gun under prohibition to disin
tegrate.
There never has been a time
when so many families—health}
and abundantly able to supporl
and direct homes of their own
But how can they do it undei
prohibition? They have left
home and taken permanerJ
abode in these public city estab
lishments. It is an evil where
young girls and boys are throw*;
into the society of rooming hous<
bootleggers, for without boot
leggers, few of these roomins
houses can operate and pay then
rent. In these public caravan
saries the demon of gossip is apt
to get full sway. All the roomer'
or boarders run daily the gaunt
l?t of general inspection—hov
they look when they come dowr
in the morning and when thej
get in at night, and what the}
do for a living. They whisper!
So, and so, must be a prohibi
tion spy, “Stool pigeon,” or a
bootlegger, and who they re
ceive as guests in their rooms,
and what they wear, and how
they eat, and how their breath
smells of moonshine, and what
they do not wear, and how little
they eat, and how much they
drink. They count the telephone
calls and look in the garbage
can and count the empty moon
flasks, and whisper about it in
the halls. If a man proposes in
such a place to be isolated and
reticent and close, they will be
gin to guess about him; What is
he? Where does he come from?
How long is he going to stay? Is
he a bootlegger? A prohibition
“snooper?” A real detective?
Or just a plain stool pigeon?
Has he paid his room rent? How
much does he pay? Or perhaps
he has committed some crime
and does not want to be known.
The whole apartment house goes
into the detective business. They
must find out about him, right
away. If he leaves his door un
locked by accident, he will find
that his rooms have been in
spected, his trunk explored, his
letters pawled over. Who is he?
is the question asked, asked
with intenser interest until the
subject has become momomaia.
i ,The simple fact is that he is no
body in particular, but minds
i his own business. Such is the
I apartment house since prohibi
tion in our country! Houses of
' whispers, suspicion and submis
sion. Evil suspicions are aroused,
and scandals started and the
parliament of the family is
blown to pieces by some “guy
jhawkes” with gun powder re
putation. They gather in each
other’s rooms, and spend hours
in consultation about others. If
- they had to walk a mile before
they got to the willing ear of
some listener to detraction, they
would get out of breath before
reaching there and not feel in
full glow of animosity or sland
er or might, because of the dis
tance, not go at all. But rooms
2, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, are on
the same corridor, and when one
carron crow goes “Caw! Caw!”
all the other crows hear it, and
flock together over the same
carcass. “Oh, I have heard some
thing rich! Sit down and let me
tell you all about it.” And the
first crow increases the gather
ing, and it has to be told all over
again, and as they separate,
each carries a spark from the
alter of gab to some other circle
of crows, until from coal heaver
in the, cellar to the maid in the
top room of the garret, all the
apartment house will bear it tc
other houses until autumnal
fires sweeping across Montana
praries are less raging and swifl
than that flame of consuminq
reputation blazing across the
city or village.
So, while the private home
may brood into life, an occasion
al falsity and take a long time
to do it, many of the apartmenl
houses and family hotels today
under prohibition, afford 8
swifter and more multitudinom
style of moral incubation, anel
one old crow gossip will get ofl
the nest after one hour’s brood
ing. Clucking a flock of 50 lie*
after her, each one picking ur
its little worm of juicy regale*
ment. It is no advantage to heai
too much about your neighbor;
for your time will be so much
occupied in taking care of theii
faults that you will have no time
to look after your own, anc
while you are pulling the weed<
out of their back yard, your?
!will get all overgrown with devil
clubs fiftd horse sofredd and
mullen-stalks.
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Demogogues
In the past elections in Alaska
Dan Sutherland and others were
accused by opposition press of
being a demogogue. A high
scunding, high-faultin’ term
that most of the electorate does
not understand as it comes roll
ing off of the tongues of the
professional politicians. Now
comes along Alfred Smith of
New York, candidate for presi
dential nomination from the
Democratic party who declares
that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt
cf New York is a demogogue be
cause of his recent speech to the
public wherein he touched on
issues before the campaign.
In plain terms a demogogue is
a man who misleads the people.
Immediately following this
charge by Alfred Smith, many
leading papers, Republican and
Democrat rallied back of Mr.
Smith. And because of this be
lated rally, word goes forth that
Mr. Smith is in fact being used
by the Republicans to defeat
Mr. Roosevelt.
It is hard to conceive of a big
clean man, standing four
square on political issues de
liberately mis-leading the peo
ple. In the case of Dan Suther
land, when that term was ap
plied to him by the Alaska pro
fessional politicians Dan had
the support of the great majori
ty of the people. And it has well
been said that Dan is and always
was a clean, upstanding man
and politician. Yet according to
some lights he was demogogue.
It would appear that the reac
tionaries should find some other
term to apply to men who* have
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Mis for the many things
she taught me.
OIs only that she is
growing old.
TIs for the tears
she shed to save me,
His for her heart
ofpurest gold.
Els for her eyes
with loye light shining.
RIs right
and right she’ll always be.
Put them all together and they spell
MOTHER a word that means.
the world to me.
the gumption to stand up and
speak out for the rights of the
little fellows.
2,700 Workers Are
Imported by 1 Co.
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The geese have passed these
parts and are now along the
Copper and Yukon Rivers be
ginning to fatten up for their
annual fall trek to warmer
climes. The geese bring nothing
to Alaska and leave only their
droppings, then fly south where
they become the target for
Southern sportsmen.
Not unlike the geese, the an
nual pilgrimage has been on to
the Alaska fishing grounds. Five
thousand tons of foods and sup
plies for ten canneries alone in
Bristol Bay; 2,700 “Alaska Fish
ermen who contribute nothing
to its support and who only fat
ten off the land while resident
Alaskans must sit on the bench
es or rob the creeks for a living.
The Alaska Packers’ Associa
tion a subsidiary of the Cali
fornia Packing Corporation
which virtually controls the en
tire Bristol Bay fisheries and
which is sufficiently strong
enough to secure favorable re
port from the committee on
merchant marine, radio and
fisheries to chase the small
floating cannery operators out
of that part of the country.
Mr. Business Man! Are you
getting a part of that 5,000 tons
cf supplies go through your
books to add to your business?
Is any part of the earnings of
the 2,700 San Francisco fisher
men going through your tills?
Not a dime! What do you owe
the Alaska Packers’ Association
or the California Packing Cor
poration that you must lose all
'semblance of independence and
!bow your heads in servile sub
mission to their federal-paid
representative Henry O’Malley?
Without going any farther
along with these ideas, we sug- j
gest that our readers go back,
and read the Declaration of In- j
dependence and ask yourselves,
If you were living in the days
of the early colonial would you
have had the spirit to throw off 1
the yoke of King George. With
out casting any reflection upon
the people of Alaska, all things
being equal, there is plenty of
ground to believe that America
would still be a part of old
England.
I | “THE FLEET STARTS NORTH”
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I California Packing Corporation
j Cable Address Calfruit <
> (San Francisco 1
>, Calpack Code
j Postings No. 7016, April 7, 1932 1
| TO OUR BROKERS: i
The Fleet Starts North '<
• Across San Francisco Bay, at
\ Alameda, the shipyard of the
\ Alaska Packers' Association is
\ bustling with activity. All winter
\ a considerable force of men has
l been working in the machine
l shops making necessary repairs (
\ a n d improvements. Twenty ]
J Salmon gill net fishing boats
were also built for use in Bristol
Bay, where fishing is carried on
entirely by nets. The fleet of
steamers is having its final over
hauling in preparation for its
run to Alaska.
On April 1, the cannery tend
er “Alitak” led the fleet on its
annual trip North. The ‘Arctic” p
left the next day, loaded with a £
contingent of approximately five d
hundred men and five thousand £
tons of materials for the can
neries at Kodiak Island in Cen
tral Alaska. Six additional „
steamers will follow until a total1 ir
of 2,700 men from San Francisco
nd a widely diversified cargo of
supplies will be transported and
distributed among the ten can
neries located on Bristol Bay tf
and Central Alaska. In fouv J
months the fleet will return to es
San Francisco Bay with the si<
year’s pack of canned Salmon. di
The heavy consuming period sc
for Salmon is here. Prices listed co
in Circular No. 64 are competi- pa
tive and are guaranteed against let
our decline until July 1, 1932. cli
Our brands are firmly estab
lished, and you also have the
opportunity to sell for buyer’s!
labels. Shipments can be made| »
in straight cars or in less than sh
carload quantities with other1 sh
canned goods without assembl
ing charges.
We expect every broker to
thoroughly acquaint himself
with the Salmon situation in his
territory; to post us on competi
tors activities and especially to
secure new business for us on all
grades of Salmon offered. Your
particular attention is required.
Yours truly
California Packing
Corporation
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Canucks Fear Loss of
Sockeye Industry
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That the Canadian govern
ment is giving serious considera
tion to plans fo rsystematic de
pletion of the sockeye salmon
fisheries of Fraser River by re
moval of restrictions on Cana
dian fishermen is stated in a
letter Senator Wesley L. Jones
has received from Acting Secre
tary of State Castle.
Senator Jones inquired as to
authenticity of reports that be
cause of non-ratification of the
sockeye salmon treaty between
Canada and the United States
the British Columbia govern
ment has applied to the Domin
ion government for permission
to proceed with a fishing pro
gram which it is assumed would
provide a few years prosperous
fishing but destroy the industry.
Castle states that the Ameri
can minister, who is in the na
tional capital, confirms this re
port, but is unable to predict the
outcome. The sockeye treaty
rests in a pigeonhole of the
foreign relations committee, af
ter a protest by Governor Hart
ley of Washington.—Seattle
limes.
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American fishery interests will
be to blame, rather than the
Canadian, says Senator Dill, if
in the end the dominion gov
ernment at Ottawa sanctions the
destruction of the sockeye salm
on industry on the Frazer River
system, following the deadlock
over the unratifled treaty be
tween the United States and
Canada. However, he takes the
optimistic view, and expresses
belief that Ottawa will not grant
the request of the British Co
lumbians for removal of restric
tions on Fraser River fishing.
As an alternative, he suggests
* new treaty, under v/hich defi
nite clauses will be written for
the protection of the seiners. The
iast official word was that from
the State Department to Senat
or Jones, saying that the domin
on government is giving serious
consideration to the proposals of
; h e provincial authorities of
3ritish Columbia. The interna
;ional treaty is slumbering in the
Senate committee, without sign
if life.—Seattle Times.
Affect on American
Life is Told
The white race in the Ameri
cas will eventually absorb the
Indian race, and future Ameri
can populations will be consider
ably influenced by Indian char
acteristics, it was stated by Dr.
A’es Hardlicka, curator of physi
cal anthropology, National Mu
seum, delivering the George H. 1
Kober lecture at Georgetown
University, Washington, D. C.
“There are about 20,000,000
pure and mixed-blood Indians in
the two Americas,” he said. “In
dian blood is widely diffused, and
I this diffusion will continue until
; it becomes a general assimila
tion. Indian qualities and at
tainments will exert no small [c
influence on future American j ^
populations. For this reason v/e
should study the pathological
and physiological attributes of
the Indian and his close cousin,
the Eskimo.
The study of records left by
early and late friars and mis
sionaries, notes of traveling me
dical men, special studies by
scientists, and study of skeletal
collections have revealed a com
paratively comprehensive know
ledge o f Indian pathological
characteristics.
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Empty Pockets
“Is your wife a butterfly?”
“She thinks she is, but the way
she goes through my pocket’s a
she is more like a moth.”
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With Reference
To Democrats
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i Extravagant claims of the op
position that Republican defeat
at the next presidential election
is foregone; that if Hoover bears
: the standard then will defeat be
overwhelming —a Democratic
landslide, the like of which—etc ,
etc. Vanity, Vanity! Saith the
Preacher all is vanity.
The outstanding weakness of
the Bourbons, in our view, is
that they too strongly rely upon
Republicans to elect a Demo
cratic president. Already they
are figuring upon certain victory
at the polls because of coinci
dent “depression” and Repub
lican sorespot, and exultingly
exclaim:
“We are elected!” Overlooking,
| by some strange quirk, that an
I independent, constructive, forth
right platform, trod by a leader
I of known appeal, are the impor -
| tant stepping stones to victory,
i Democrats meet in hair-tearing
I convention, ignite the very air
with fervid oratory, flay the
Republican party and all its
works, strew their own deed
about them in mart on - ught
for place and preferment, nom
inate Tom Brown, Dick Smith,
or Harry Jones for the Presi
dency of the United States,
voice their hearty approval of
Andrew Jackson, then go home
tc wait for the spoils of victory
to fall into their laps—and get
licked to a frazzle!
With victory, as certain as
human calculations could offer,
|“just around the corner,” Demo
crats turned their backs on
McAdoo and nominate some
body from West Virginia.
Even when the Republicans
stepped aside and nominated
the not too well known Harding,
Democrats went them several
better, and selected cox.
They are now talking of nom
inating a man whose leadership,
four years ago, alienated the
south, the Democrats stronghold.
Apparently Democrats have
not yet recovered from the
shock of frenzied joy that was
there when it finally dawned
upon their startled conscien
r.esses that Wilson had actually
beaten Hughes.
There is no special reason,
that we can see, why Republi
cans should worry. Not so long
as Democrats are allowed to run
their own conventions, and to
do their own nominating.—Sel
dovia Herald.
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AFRICA GIVES TO
STARVING AMERICA
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A native evangelist of the
West Africa Mission read an
article in the Bulu news sheet
a.bout the economic depression
n the United States and indi
cating that there were in Ameri
ca people who did not have
enough to eat. The evangelist
old his church people about it,
md entirely of their own voli
ion, they contributed from their
loverty $3.77—some gifts as low
is two cents.—Women and Mis
ions.
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A NEW SCHOLARSHIP
A $2,000 scholarship fund has
>een created at the University of
Nebraska for the aid of non
moking university students. The
cholarship was created by Mr*,
rellie E. Barnard of Beatrice,
ieb., Mrs. Florence E. Kribs of
os Angeles, and Prof. H. C.
illey of Lincoln, Neb. Off hand
; might be said that such a
cholarship should be rather
ifficulty to secure by Young
merica.
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Price of halibut went down to
and 1 cent per pound in Peters
irg this weex. a number of op
■etors have indicated that they
ill lay up their boats and gear
i they are unable to operate at
profit at thdse figures.
Word from Wrangell comes
at they are paying 4 and 1
nt for king salmon. The prices
king salmon and halibut are
iout the level of 1908 with
ices of commodites not in the
me relation and fewer fish to
t.
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Do not fail to see ‘HOT COPY"
the Coliseum Theatre, to
ffht only.