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L OUIS F. PAUL, -.EDITOR
C. O. PARKS,.BUSINESS MANAGER
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Safety First
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The clear frosty weather of
the past few days has introduced'
a traffic danger on Petersburg
streets which should be con
stantly on the mind of every
vesicle driver. Frosty streets and
excellent coasting has encourag
ed every boy and girl who can'
buy, borrow or improvise a sledj
to join in the game of sliding)
downhill, and many are the old-!
er boys and girls who secretly!
wish for a return of the spirit of
leckless abandon which charac
terizes the “days of real sport.”
Play days are all too few at best,
and soon those hands will be at
the wheel of industry and must
spare yet other children even as
we ourselves have been spared.
No one would deny them their
brief hour of fun, even though
the sleds do come helter skelter
clown the hills and out onto
streets where passing autos may
take toll of life and limb. How
then, may they be safe? Children
should be taught the rules of the
road and a wholesome respect
for the rights of others who also
use the streets. Their safety may!
depend in large measure upon
careful instruction, but their ig -
norance or childish carelessness
or failure to recognize the rights
of drivers should not entail the
death penalty. Xa the final an
alysis, the man at the wheel
must take the responsibility.
Always and everywhere, children
should have the right of way. Is
would be hard to imagine a busi
ness errand so urgent that a
driver would be justified in tak
ing chances on killing or crip
pling children who have no place
but the street in which to play.
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Why? Whence? Whither?
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Old King Solomon was consid
ered wondrous wise, although he
admitted there were some things
he did not understand. Neither
his current prestige nor his sub
sequent reputation have suffered
because of such an admission
The Farm Board, lacking in in
sight (or the grace to admit it;
has dogged along through many
weary months praying for a
break of luck. With its head
buried in the sand it still refuses
to admit that there may be “cir
cumstances,” forces unseen and
imponderable, which somehow
sway or supplement, artificially
stimulate or depress the effec
tiveness of the so-called law of
supply and demand. Americans
are about convinced that that is
but another law made to be
broken. Bemoaning the lack of
“demand” for foodstuffs in a
land where thousands starve
seriously considering the de
struction by fire of millions of
bushels of wheat which it dared
not give away even to those who
could not have bought it at any
price; approving the destruction
in California of hundreds of
acres of orange trees and thou
sands of crates of eggs in order
ij help people pay high prices
who cannot pay low prices; en
couraging American cotton
growers to plant no cotton, thus
yielding the supremacy in the
world’s market to the cotton
growers of Egypt and India, the
board has held to its hallucina
tions like the King of Terrors to
a defunct Ethiopian. And now
as its latest and crowning bit T>i
wisdom, the dairy committee of
the Board in all sei iousness ur •
ges the American dairymen to
destroy one dairy cow in every
ten and to veal all heifer calves,
presumably in the interests of
the thousands of under-nourish -
ed children who require milk
and other dairy products but
cannot get them because the
price is beyond their means to
purchase. The demand is com-!
mensurate with the need, butj
the wherewithal to satisfy it is
lacking. Will the wanton de
struction of present supplies en-j
able the people to buy and con-!
sume? Would it not be better for
our government to concern it
self with the securing of a new
deal for the American wage
.earner, elimination of wasteful
imethods of distribution, need-,
less duplication and other con-i
siderations which make present
prices impossible for both the
producer and the consumer? (
Should not our Joshua frankly |
admit that none of us foresaw
the end from the beginning andj
about face now. instead of lead-1
ing us farther into the wilder
ness with its headlights on
behind?
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A TIMELY PLEA
Representative Celler, of New
York, has made an appeal to
President Hoover in behalf of(
unemployed Americans that will]
also interest unemployed Cana-j
dians, and deserves indorsement
by the thoughtful citizens of the
United States and Canada.
Mr. Celler urges Mr. Hoover
to open negotiations for a reci
procity treaty between Canada
and the United States that will
revive trade between the two
countries and bring back pros
perity to both.
As a result of extortionate
schedules in our tariff law which
have provoked Canada to retali
ate with excessive increases in
her own tariff schedules, Mr.
Celler points out that “our
trade with Canada has suffered
a decisive and impressive decline,
both as to exports and imports.”
Unless these new tariff walls
are lowered, Americans will lose
a large part of their Canadian
market. And the peoples of both
countries will be penalized by
this fatuous tariff warfare.
The swift and sensible way to
end this economic strife between |
the next-door neighbors of |
North America is not by the log-1
rolling method of general tariff (
revision, but by the scientific
method of reciprocity. j
Closer commercial relations
between Canada and the United
States will bring new prosperity
to the peoples of both countries.
A reciprocity treaty negotiated
by President Hoover now could
be and doubtless would be ap
proved by the new congress
which convenes next December. (
Toward the negotiation of i
such a treaty, the leadership of
action is essential.
The American people will
earnestly hope that the timely,
appeal of Representative Celler
to President Hoover will not fall
upon deaf ears.—Seattle P. I.
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Three short weeks ago wheat
was still in the doldrums, not
worth the price of the sacks—
quoted variously at 21 to 27c per'
bushel. This week Montana hard'
wheat was quoted upwards of a'
dollar in Seattle. During that
time the available supply has
not materially changed, nor has
our ability to consume it. Why,
then, was the prico so low and
why, now, thus higher? What
measure of thanks is due the
Farm Board and its destruction
methods? Must we still believe
that a hard and irrevocable law
of supply and demand was re
sponsible for both extremes in
prices? d
Items of Interest to Alaskans
It is reported from Sitka that
the M.arlyn Fish Company will
maintain its central office in
that town.
Mike Murphy of Juneau smear
ed “Young” Richmond of Ketchi
kan, all over the ring in their
recent go in Juneau.
Geoge Jones of Hoonah last
week took a prisoner for incar
ceration in the Juneau federal
jail.
The town of Wangell is con
sidering lowering the light and
power rates now that they have
their municipal plant in opera
tion.
The fine new school house was
formally opened last week in
Wrangell with a large crowd at
the exercises
Mrs. P. L. Stump and sister,
Mrs. Lena Belle Alexander, left
Wrangell recently for a visit in
the states.
William Snyder of Douglas, re
cently plunged with his auto
mobile from Willougby Avenue.
Juneau, to the beach a distance
of fifteen feet.
Frank Mercer, member of the
Fxecutive Committee o f the
Alaska Native Brotherhood, is in
the hospital at Juneau. He says
he is much improved over his
condition in early fall.
Mrs. Fletcher, government
nurse at Klawock, was a patient
in the government hospital, Ju
neau and planned to leave on
the Zapora for her home.
The Thomas Basin harbor
project is now complete and the
mosquito fleet of Ketchikan now
have a fine harbor.
Jimmie Connors of Juneau,
was married recently in Sunny
dale California.
M. J. O’Connor, formerly of
Juneau was nosed out in a may
oralty contest, Bellingham re
cently.
Sandy Stevens of Douglas has
’>een in the government hospital
at Juneau for a long time, hav
ing undergone two operations.
When seen a few days ago he
said he was getting ready for
the third operation Not so good,
but his friends hope that this
will be the last operation and
that he will once more be up
and about his work.
The “Osprey” of Klawock will
take Mr. and Mrs. George Dem
mert, and John Skan to their
home after looking over the new
industrial school at Wrangell.
These people are returning dele
gates from Yakutat.
Mr. O. D. Cockran of Nome,
attorney for the Hammond Con
solidated Mining Corporation,
and territorial legislator in 1921,
was a passenger bound for Seat
tle, on the Admiral Evans.
Deputy Marshal Ross of Uni
mak is taking an insane prison
er from his district to the asylum
in Oregon.
Sheldon James of Yakutat,
who has been on the sick list' for
a long time, is leaving for Port
Townsend, on the Alameda.
Tom Gardiner of Juneau, who
has charge of the new road con
struction work at Yakutat, will
be through with that work and
plans to return to Juneau. Later
he plans to visit with friends
and relatives in the states for a
while.
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RESOLUTIONS BY TITLE
ADOPTED BY THE
CONVENTION
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and doctor and declared that
there were suitable buildings for
a hospital at a minimum of cost.
Elukwan again petitioned for a
resident nurse.
12. Sheldon Jackson School’s i
request to the Presbyterian
: Board of National Missions for a
.Director of Religious Education,
was endorsed by the convention
13. Kake Camp’s resolution
asking for appointment of an
officer to receive depositions in
the sealing of fur pelts was en-;
dorsed.
14. Request that the emergen- j
cy prohibitions against the kill
ing of migratory game birds be
set back to the length of season j
as prior to the change in regula- i
tions in 1931.
15. Kake and Hydaburg request
harbor improvements.
16. Protest the blocking of cer
tain salmon streams in Gasti
[neau Channel.
\ 17. Ask removal of U. S. Com
missioner of Yakutat on the j
ground that he maintains his!
residence on a fox ranch 15 miles j
from Yakutat and at times it is j
inconvenient and impossible to
secure his services when needed;
further alleging his indifference
to enfocement of the lSws of
the United States.
18. Petition the Territorial Le
gislature to remove the discri
minations which now do not
permit extension of territorial
aid to the aged, widows and or
phan children and requesting
the attorney General to draw up
a law which will be equally ap
plicable to white and Indian
citizens.
19. Protest the law passed by:
Congress last year which permits \
the se’arch of cabin, boat or re
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