The Abt-kan
LOUIS F. PAUL,
C. O. PARKS,
- EDITOK
BUSINESS MANAGER
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Facing A Few Economic Facts
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“I know as every thinking
man knows, that the more pros
perous the masses become, the
more profitable will business b?
We all, employes, business men,
farmers, everyone, prosper in
proportion to the prosperity of
our neighbors.”
Sounds like the “bolsheviki”
editor of The Alaskan, does it1?
Well, this statement is made by
Edward A. Filine, merchant
prince of Boston.
But read on: “This is no time
to be over-cautious,” he declar
ed. "This is a time for action.
With millions out of work, with
our warehouses overflowing with
goods and food that the masses
need to sustain the lives of their
babies and wives and themselves,
words and explanations cannot
and will not take the place of
action.
“I am no alarmist, but no ex
planation will explain away
these terrible economic facts.
Crises like this, that bring un
employment, are due simply to
bad thinking—bad thinking es
pecially on the part of the busi
ness men and financiers.
“Purchasing—the consuming
—power, depends upon both the
wages available for spending
and the prices of the things
those wages should buy.
"Wages and prices—those are
the factors controlling purchas
ing power and prosperity. One
should be as high as possible,
the other as low as possible.
“If wages are not raised about
in proportion to the increase in
production, it is not mass pro-j
ducticn, for it has not done the
utmost possible to raise purchas
ing power and so put its pro
ducts within reach of the mass
es.
“For the most selfish reasons
—greater profits — enlightened
management has discovered that
it is essential to raise wages and
"educe prices to the greatest
possible extent.
“The masses want a higher
standard of living. They are
certainly having difficulties get
ting it. But they are going to
try, and the fact that they do
not know how to get it- is not
going to keep them from trying.
“When the standard of living
c; any nation is going constantly
lower and lower and no definite,
planned movement is launched
to raise it, one of the things that
is sure to occur to the masses is
to overthrew the government.
. “On the other hand, no gov
ernment was ever overthrown
by revolution if the masses o*
ihe people were enjoying pros
perity and if their standard of
living was constantly being rais
ed.
“The method of raising it is at
hand through the development,
cf modern industry. It must be
raised if we are to have peace,
profits,- prosperity and stable
governments, and it is a step
that must be planned for on a
world scale and on a ground
work of facts rather than opin
ions and guesswork.”
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If Alaskans Were Treated Fairly
Approximately 4.000 fishermen
on the Columbia River earned,
this summer approximately $500
per man putting up 300,000 cases
of salmon and 26,000,000 pounds
of raw fish.
The salmon pack of 4 million
cases (not including shipments
of raw fish) takes about 3.000
fishermen in Alaska, almost half
of whom are members of the
Alaska Fishermen’s Union of
San Francisco.
Comparative packs, Columbia
River and Alaska, Alaska should
employ 30,000 fishermen instead
cf 3.000. Using the average
earning of the Columbia River
Fisherman, 30,000 men would
earn $20,000,000—ALL of which
would be spent in Alaska.
! Are Alaska business men so
| economically dumb that they
' can’t see that it is to their In
lerest to give every support to
the Alaska Native Brotherhood
in its effort to secure absolute
abolishment of fish traps? Or
ore they afraid of reprisals?
Were the rebel colonists afraid
of reprisals from King George
If I, Alaska probably would still
oc a Russian colony. But the
rebel colonials did not not think,
of reprisals and consequences —
they were men, fought and died
i like men for principals they be
! Jieved right.
And don’t forget, the colonials
had to masquarade as Indians to
have their Boston tea party. ■
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Why Not a Few Big Fry, Too
From Seatle Star
New York police worked a
whole day rounding up gang
sters and netted “172 of the
small fry.”
Oh, yes. And why didn’t the
police round up some of the lig
fry?
' )0'.:-sn’t anybody know who
the big fry are?
How come ’that all the small
fry are well known to the police,
but the big fry aren’t?
Isn’t it strange that the po
lice would know all the little
fellows but none of the big fel
lows?
Wouldn’t it be strange if mov
ie fans knew all the extras but
none of the stars?
Yes, pretty strange—and also
a bit miraculous.
P. S.—Any old-timers around
here who can remember when
they were going to put this fel
low A1 Capone in jail?
And is A1 Capone one of the
.small fry? Oh, no!
1 He’s one of the big fry, and he
Jisn’t in jail, is he?
Very well, then.
Census Reveals Illiteracy in America
A United States, population 4 3
per cent illiterate—4,283,753 per
sons above the age of 10 years
are unable to read or write in
any language, was revealed by
the Census Bureau recently.
This represented a numerical
orop of 648,152 since 1920, when
the illiterates totaled 6 per cent.
Women, once the less literate
portion of the population, sur
passes men in percentage able
lo read and write for a second
decade.
Iowa held its lead as the mast
liberate state, with but 0.8 per
jcent of its population unable to
[read or write. Washington and
Oregon tying with 1.0 per cent,
were second. The white urban
population was 2.5 per cent il
literate; rural farm, 3.4 per cent
illiterate; rural non-farm, 2.9
per cent illiterate.
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INTELLIGENCE TESTS
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Results of intelligence tests
given applicants for original en
listment in the United States
Army for the three-month peri
od ending June 30, 1931, show
that 3,077 were rejected because
of failure to pass these tests,
out of a total of 41,047 appli
cants. This is 7.49 per cent of
the total.
A total of 19,689 applicants
for original enlistment were re
jected for other reasons, mak
ing the total rejected for all
reasons 22,766, while 18,281 were
enlisted .
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Education An AidATo
Development
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Education, by increasing the
earning power of the individual |
and by broadcasting his culture
rnd increasing his desires, has
been of great importance in de
veloping industry and promoting
prosperity. And yet, there are
business men in Alaska whose
every effort has been to hinder,
delay or obstruct the education
al opportunity of half of the ci
tizen children of Alaska. Some
men do cut off their nose to
spite their face.
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Salmon’s Worth Held
Insufficient
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“Unselfish intelligence” is
needed to build up the Puget
Sound salmon industry from a
$5,000,000 a year enterprise to
one worth $25,000,000 a year,
and to keep it from total extinc
tion, Dr. Henry Baldwin Ward,
head of the Department of Zo
ology at the University of Illi
nois, declared in Seattle recently.
The sockeye salmon is threat
ened with extinction, Dr. Ward
declared, but intelligent conser
vation could save and build up
its present proportions.
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GOODBYE ROOSEVELT
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Governor Franklin D. Roose
velt, probable Democratic nom
inee for president of the United
States recently proposed state
cnemployment relief by taxing
“those who can pay.” Some of
his friends predict his nomina
tion on the first ballot. Others
say he alienates “those who can
pay” and strengthens Hoovers
political fences.
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LIKE FATHER LIKE SON
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Hypocrisy of parents is to
Llame for the crime wave, Prof
Henry W. Thurson, internation
ally-known authority on child
delinquency, stated recently at
the University of Washington,
where he is holding summer
classes.
“They tell the children not to
drink, for example, and then go
right ahead and do it them
selves,” he declared.
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WHEAT CHEAPER THAN COAL
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Wheat will be burned instead
of coal in several Walla Walla
buildings if a campaign started;
by Frank Crowe, Walla Walla, j
Wn., business man and farmer,!
is successful.
Crowe presented figures to!
show wheat was less expensive j
fuel than coal at present prices, j
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STEPPE BY STEPPE
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A Russian was being led off to
execution by a squad of Bolshe
viks one rainy morning.
“What brutes you Bolsheviks
are,” "grumbled the doomed one,
“to march me through a rain,
like this.”
“How about us”? retorted one
of the squad. “We have to
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DRY COST FIXED
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Federal prohibition enforce
ment costs every man. woman,
child in the United States 32!
cents a year, according to the
Wickersham Commission report
on the cost of crime.
State and city costs in addi
tion could not be ascertained.
The 1929-1930 fiscal year ex
penditure for federal enforce
ment was $39,657,819.85.
This amount was 1.03 per cent
of the total cost of the federal
government. <
Law enforcement of all kinds1
was 1.49 per cent of the total
cost of government.
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RASKOB WILL OWN PARTY
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John J. Raskcb, chairman of
the Democratic National Com
mittee loaned his party another
$30,000 during the past three
months. Listed in outstanding
obligations of the party is a note
of $422,900 from a New York
t^nk and $325,250 due Chairman)
Raskob.
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Government officials revealed
that British Columbia made a
profit of $2,003,104 on its liquor
business for the six months end
ing March 31.
The amount brought the total
profits for the year ending on
that date to $4,021,510. This
was $600,000 less than the pro
fits for the year ending March
31, 1930.
TENAKEE
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John Anderson, fisherman who
was brought here recently died
of hemhorrage of the lungs. He
was well known having worked
in the canneries in these parts
for several years.
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KLAWOCK
^ Frank Paul was arrested by
Deputy Marshal J. H. Neilson,
charged with shooting with in
tent to kill. He was bound ever
to the Grand Jury at Ketchikan
and there lodged in jail.
Roy Williams is serving a 90
cay sentence on a drunk and
disorderly charge. Ketchikan is
to be his place of residence.
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SITKA
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Dr. and Mrs. James H. Con
o'itt left on the last sailing of
the Admiral Rogers for their
home in Pasadena, Calif. Dr.
Condit had charge of the Shel
don Jackson Museum this sum
rner. He plans to return again'
next summer.
Thomas Long was committed
to the Industrial school, St. An
thony, Ida., for destruction of
government property.
KAKE
William Weir, fisherman from
Security Bay, went to Juneau
for medical treatment. He died
of heart complications.
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WRANGELL
Mrs. Mary Shaksh had a fall
and broke her leg. Removed to
hospital for treatment..
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Engstrom1
returned to Juneau after visiting'
relatives here for several weeks j
Peter McCormack, Jr., left on
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