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HOGUE&TVETEN
Not Being Mental Institutes, We Write
Our Own Editorials
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It is called to our attention
;hat we were quoted as declaring
;bat Auditor Cash Cole had writ
i,en a certain editorial in our re
cent issue, on banks, banking an l
t,he territorial reserve. The art
icle hurt—pinched somebodie 5
toes so that they want to mak''
a smudge to hide the real situa
tion.
No one writes our editorials.
If you don’t believe it, come in
at any time the fore part of the
week and we will write them
while we talk it over. We have
many ways of securing accurate
information—as has any other
reputable paper. We do not have
anyone write our ideas for us—
even though there are a few who j
believe that no Indian save Wii- |
ham L. Paul can write editorials.!
On an occasion or two before;
this, effort has been made to
take credit or to place blame for
certain editorials. When anyone
sends in anything we care to
print, we publish it over their
names. Otherwise any statement
made, unsigned in this paper,
is our own brain storm. So for
get Cash Cole—insofar as blani
j ing him for writing the editorial
jon banks. If we have done a
j wrong, blame us—if we have
[done a right, give us due credit.
At least we can say, no other
paper in the country dares print
as much of the truth as we do.
Machine ‘Corrupt’ for Repudiating John
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We wonder if John Rustgard
ever gave thought to the votes
that elected him? At Cordova
two years ago he inserted an ad
vertisement in which he damn
'ed the “ignorant Indian vote”
land the “corrupt political ma
chine” which supported Dele
gate Wickersham.
| If the Alaska Native Brother -
; hood wdiich supported John
Rustgard for several years is a
j“corrupt political machine” just
what can we say of the honesty
| of the man who goes out to in
| vite such “corrupt” support?
I Wasn’t he a part of that “cor
1 rupt” machine for the pa^t
twelve years—along with Dan
Sutherland, five times elected as
Delegate to Congress and which
helped to elect Rustgard as at
torney general.
If the Honorable Rustgard is j
new so finicky of the “corrupt”
opposition* of the Brotherhood,
(just what was it that made it
| not corrupt during the time he
tasked for and secured that “cor
rupt” support. Birds of a feath
jer flock together is an old adage,
and. if the Brotherhood is a cor-;
rupt machine then by his as
sociations with it and elections,
John is branding himself as
corrupt. John will be honest and
deny that he is corrupt and ho I
will also deny that the Brother-,
hood is a corrupt machine.
From the Mouth of the Wall street Journal
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When anyone declares the
evils of the capitalistic system j
wrong and unjust, they are ac~|
cused of being “radicals” in a1
nasty sort of way. We reprint
from the Wall Street Journal the
following radical statement:
“It is doubtful whether so
rapid and extensive a deflation
of the wage-earners income has I
ever before taken place in the
United States, with so nearly a
total absence of open conflict
between masters and men . . .It
seems a far cry back to the
Homestead riots of 1892. to the
Pullman and railroad strikes of
two years later, or even to the
Colorado mine disorders of 1914.”
“Labor” published by the six
teen standard railroad labor
unions stated recently:
“This is not a passing de
pression. It is the stormy dawn
of a new age, and we must meet
it with new methods. With our
natural resources, trained skill
and industrial plants, we need
not wait for any other nation.
We can lead the world back to
prosperity instead of following
it deeper into the abyss. It is
high time for our political doc
tors to stop dawdling with opi
ates and palliatives for our
'economic ills, and root out the
cause.”
| We have pointed out, just as
has the Wall Street Journal, that
the income of the resident lab
orer was undergoing an ex
ttnsive deflation and that with
out any open conflict. The terri
tory is now feeling it. The Ju
r eau Fair Association perhaps
never felt it worse than at the
recent fair when the Indian
fishermen failed to spend their
usual $25,000 to $40,000 in less
than a week at the fair. Busi
ness houses all over the division
are feeling it and will] feel it
worse as time goes on.
There always has been a way
cut of the morass of entangling
alliances with the canning sys
tem of Alaska. Abolish the fish
trap. You can do so by support
ing those candidates who are
I
outspoken and frank in their
| opposition to the trap system.
S Support given those candi
dates who hedge around and
only let others speak for them
or who permit by inference such
opposition, is effort to continue
the ’ “deflation” of the wage
earnings of the resident labor
ers. Whatever happens in the
next election—election or de
feat of men pledged to work for
ycur interests—will not be the
'fault of the candidates. The citi
zens only get the kind of repre
sentation in government thau
they want. If it hurts, there is
no one to blame but yourself. If
it is a worthy government, then
take the credit.
U. S.j EXPORTS TO THE SOVIET
I In 1930, the United States ex
ported to the Soviet Union goods
j valued at $114,399,000. In 1931
ithe total of exports was $103,
669,000. During the first four
months of 1932 the exports had
dropped to $5,116,000 as against
$50,799,000 in the same period of
.the preceding year. A reduction
' of tenfold which certainly has its
effects upon industry.
Through these years the Unit
led States government has re
fused to recognize the Soviet
Union—merely because of the
antagonism of the capitalistic
economic system to the Soviet
system. The scare of “commun
ism” has been used against
America’s best customer,
j Russia has the trade—Amen-:
ca has the industrial fields and
commodities to supply Russia.
Russia has the credit and the
ability to pay. But some foolish
ideas still drive the trade from
Rus'ia to oiher nations. And
Americans wonder why?
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In or^er to further protect
Canadian salmon packers, the
minister of national revenue fix •
ed the value for duty purposes
on imported canned salmon en
tering the dominion under the
general or intermediate tariff a.~
follows: Alaska red, or sockeyc
per case of 48 tails or 96 halve;
$9.15 and $9.85 respectively.
Medium red, or cohoes, per
case of 48 tails or 96 halves, $7.55
and $8.25.
The values are based on Ca
nadian funds and become ef
fective September 8.
Wickersham
Library
(Continued from last week)
Unexpected Developments
When the case came up in this
strange Unalaska court, Hardy
and one other man had been
picked up. Proving Hardy’s guilt
was no easy task, and only the
unexpected developments of the
trial ever convicted him.
It appeared that Hardy had
taken the men’s guns from the
camp, then gone into hiding to
await the return of the men.
Soon they came, all four of them.
Hardy, an excellent shot, open
ed fire without warning and fell
ed three of the men immediate
ly. The fourth, with a bullet rent
in his clothes, made a successful
getaway. r±e was louna on the
ether side of the island a month
latpf', half delirious, half-starved,
fls he recovered he told a coher
ent story and the crews of the
revenue cutters started the in
vestigation. Hardy and the other
man were found, each with pos
sessions taken from the dead
men. Hardy, for instance, still
had $2,000 which had been taken
from Con Sullivan s body. Hardy
and his companion each blamed
the other.
Then McGinn came into court
with a strange old Eskimo chief,
W'ho spoke little English. Hardy
had denied being on the island
until after the murder. The Es
kimo, however, said he had seen
Hardy at a time which would
have blasted the man’s defense.
“How do you know you saw the
man at that time?” asked the
judge. “I know,” was all the Es
kimo w7onid reply.
Chief Unmoved
The defense attorney repeated
the same question, and hammer -
ed it at the Eskimo witness time
after time. But the decrepit okl
chieftain was unmoved. He re
fused to amplify or to change
■ his statement. It looked as if his
testimony would have to be
scouted. “His very appeaance, ’
recalls the judge, “led one to
think that the Eskimo never
could be relied upon to tell the
; truth.”
But finally, in his halting Eng
lish, the Eskimo told the do
jfense attorney that he knew the
jdate because he had written it
'in his log. The defense counsel
jwas happy. He felt sure, as did:
‘almost everyone in the court
j room, that this Eskimo could not
‘write—could keep no log. So the
'counsel called the witness to a
! table—and the table was placed
jjust in front of the jury box so
i that all the jurors might see this
j testimony blasted away. The Es
kimo stepped down. He took the
ipen that was handed him, and
ithen, before the startled eyes of
i there jurors and court attaches,
he wrote a beautiful Russian
script!
1 Later he produced his log—his
diary—a complete record of his
; daily activities which, when
translated, confirmed his story.
Hanged in Nome
I That was only one of the many
startling developments in the
| trial. At another time Hardy, en~
j flavoring to explain his pos
| session of the $2000, said he had
been in the service in the Philip
pines, The story sounded pre
posterous, but the testimony
| given in front of a score of mem
bers of the revenue cutter’s
crews recalled to some of those
who had seen sevice in the Phil
lippines that the man’s story had
| no germ of truth. He had served
jwith a Tennessee regiment, but
had been involved in a shooting
scandal that ended his days of
service and sent him to hiding
in Alaska.
In the end, of course, Hardy
sentenced to hong. The hang
ing took place at Nome in 1902.
The last week of the closing
cut sale of the Hogue & Tveten
Company’s stock will be ^n next
week. There are still many
bargains remaining for those
who would look them over.