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(This quaint prayer hangs outside
the door of the Refectory of the i
Cathedral at Chester, England.)
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Give me a good digestion, Lord,
And also something to digest;
Give, me a healthy body, Lord,
With sense to keep it at its best.
Give me a healthy mind, Good Lord,
To keep the good and pure in sight,
Which, seeing sin, is not appalled
But finds a way to set it right.
Give me a mind'that is not bored,
That does not whimper, whine or sigh;
Don’t let me worry over much
About the fussy thing called “I”
Give me a sense of humor, Lord,
Give me the grace to see a joke,
To get some pleasure out of life
And pass it on'together folk.
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An Ordinance Is Law Hence Must Be
Enforced or Repealed
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A casual glance at the .news-'
prints shows a trend at reduc
tion of operating expenses ins
many cities. Wages are . being
curtailed and operating costs
end appropriations being cut.
Inability of taxpayers to pay
their taxes is forcing redaction
in taxes and is the impelling
motive for the city councils’ ef
forts to reduce city costs.
Locally Mayor Locken present
ed the City Council the idea of
curtailing on city expense by
returning to the employment of
one man as fire marshal-street
commissioner. He points out that
city ordinance called for one
person to fill the two- positions
while under the present system
two persons are filling the posi
tion.
A casual glance at the ques
tion indicates that as a saving <
the idea presented by Mr. Locken
is correct in principle.. Under the
ordinance the salary of the
city-marshal-street commission
er was $175 per month and the
w'ork was carried out with not a
few major improvements.-Under
the present unauthorized, might
it be said ‘illegal system,’ the
city commissioner has been un
der a salary of $200 per month
and the fire marshal’s salary at
$125., or a total of $3900. Under
the old system the total salary
was $2100 or a difference of
$1800. A saving not to be sniffed
at- during the present economic
stringency. Even with a ten pei
cent cut on the salary of th:
street commissioner, there wouk
be sufficient saving for the coun
cil to give serious consideratior
to the recommendation of th<
Mayor,
It is perhaps true that th*
hours for a city-marshal-stree
commissioner are long—but the;
is always a matter which can b<
arranged by the man in office
It is not expected that then
will be any major improvement:
undertaken this year. A stree
commissioner does not neces
sarily have to pack around a sav
and hammer- nor have to gei
down and. dig up water pipes t(
see .that proper repairs are made
There is no sense in being a bos;
on a-job just to make sure o
swinging tools. There are< mer
to do that job and the counci
is willing, according to its or
dinance, that the street com
missioner shall supervise any re
pairs or construction work. Anc
so long as 'the simple < arrange
ment of hours will save the citj
over a thousand dollars in a yeai
the * idea is worthy of a seconc
consideration. Ten years on thb
item alone will mean a saving o:
ten thousand dollars and at th<
end of ten years, when.the flna
payment on city bonds is due
that, money , might well be ap
plied in that way.
Wireless ^Versus Cable
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For the past several months
the radio service has surplanted
the old cable system connecting
Alaska with the outside world.
The radio system has had a very
fair trial during that time. The
personnel has measured up
fully to their work and have
been as assiduous about their
duties and courteous as could be
desired by the most critical. But
experience has shown without a
shadow of a doubt that Tadio is
much more slow in handling the
business which comes to and
from Alaska. The cable system
permitted two or more messages
going over the wires while the
radio will permit hut the one.
The recent primary election
shows the failure of the radio
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system most glaringly. At nc
point along the line did the radi<
service hold up under the trying
pressure of. election returns. A
no point is there satisfaction ex
pressed because of the change
To make matters worse the sys
tern does not pay back operation;
oosts near so well as the cabl<
system.
If it is a scheme to sell Alas
kans., the idea qf getting rid o;
the cable system, that schenn
seems to be working out prettj
Veil. At-any rate the dissatis
faction with the slower methoc
of transmitting messages is evi
dent all along the line. Not witt
the effort of the. personnel, bui
j with the tools ..with, which thej
have to work.
Millions Squandered for Rich
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One of the easiest ways to bei
prosperous in-hard times- is to <
own a steamship line and get * i
nice, fat subsidy for carrying a
few pounds of mail. t
The United States se n ate
found that out recently when it 1
was running > thru postoffice J
estimates. ’ - 1
It discovered, : for., instance
the Export Steamship corpora
Ion is extraordinaryly lucky al
exporting money from thetrea
iury.
Let (Senator Black » * tell yoi
tboutthls outfit:
“The steamships (operated b]
ihis line cost the ■ governmen
►42,000,000. They were sOld t(
hei company for $1,299,000.
* A Nice Fat Dividend
“After the company bought
| them, it secured large loans to
operate them. The operating de
ficit, it was claimed, was $315,
000. The lin&ibas a subsidy of
$1,400,000 which gives it a divi
dend on what it receives from
the government of more than 25
per cent annually.
“In addition to that, before
the dividend is paid, the presi
dent of the line gets $100,000 a
year out of money supplied from I
the United States treasury!”
But that isn’t all:
Just a Little Mail
The line, to earn this subsidy,
carried just 12 pounds of first
• class mail—for $1,400,000.
And who do you suppose are
on the board of directors?
J. P. Morgan and Vincent
IAstor—beneficiaries of a govern
ment dole!
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■ And that-Isn't all:
Senator Black discovered one
mail contract that should have
cost the government $35.
It cost just $35,000.
During oner year a shipping
concern carried three first class,
letters from San Francisco to
South America; it also carried
just 45 pounds of parcel post.
Just Coining Money
How much do you suppose it
got for that?
The government got 6 cents
for the letters; -about $3 for tiie
parcels—you paid the rest.
Forty-four shipping lines now
get subsidies totaling $37,000,000
a year.
Some of them even fly foreign
flags!
t Oppose Completion of Fish Monopoly
In Bristol Bay
Minority Views
< By Hon. Sirovich and
The undersigned members of
the Committee on Merchant
Marine, Radio and Fisheries are
unable to approve the bill (H. R.
6483) to provide for the protec
tion of fish by requiring reports
on the location of canneries in
Alaska, and prohibiting certain
salmon unlawfully caught from
being brought into the United
' States, and for other purposes,
and report thereon with a re
commendation. that it do not
pass.
On December 21, 1931, Mr.
: Welch of California introduced
• the following bill,: which was re
i ferred to the Committee on Mer
t chant Marine, Radio and Fish
eries and ordered to be printed,
i The body of the bill with amend
> ments, reads.as-follows:
That the act entitled “An act
for the protection of the fisheries
of Alaska, and for other pur
poses,” approved June 6, 1921
(U. S. C., title 48, secs. 221—228),
is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new sec
tion:
“Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful to
operate any cannery within the
jurisdiction of the United States
in Alaska unless a report shall
have been filed with the Secre
1 taryof Commerce not later than
; December 1 of the preceding
| calendar year, stating the pro
posed place or location of opera
1 tion, nor shall such a cannery
[ be operated in more than one
place or location in any calen
dar year: Provided, That in re
spect to operations in 1932 the
1 required information regarding
place or location of operations
' may be filed within thirty days
after approval of this act.”
Sec. 2. The second paragraph
[ of section 1 of such act is a
niencjed to read as follows:
! “It shall be unlawful to im
1 port or bring into any place
’ subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, for purposes
other than for personal use and
not for sale or barter, • salmon
from waters outside the Juris
diction of the United States
( north of 54 degrees and 40 min
( utes north latitude, taken during
; any closed period provided for by
! this act or regulations made
thereunder.”
The majority report approves
the foregoing, bill and. recom
, mends that.it do pass.
’ A somewhat similar bill was
introduced by Mr. Welch of Cali
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H. R. 6483
Hon. James Wiekersham
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fornia in the Seventy-first Con
gress, third session, H. R. 16480,
Report No. 2480, referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine
an<J Fisheries, reported favor
ably, but did not become a law.
! It was again introduced in this
Congress by Mr. Welch, and ex
tensive hearings held on it by
the committee. Many witnesses
from Alaska, appeared in op
position tq the bill and a cloud
of telegrams and letters and
(petitions signed by Alaska flsh
| ermen were filed before the com
! mittee in opposition to its ap
proval or passage. No witness or
telegram or petition from the
people or fishermen of Alaska
was heard in its favor and it was
vigorously opposed by the resi
dent fishermen of Alaska, both
union and nonunion.
Limit of the Hearings
While the bill on its face ap
pears to be general in its appli
cation in Alaska fisheries, all the
witnesses supporting and oppos
ing the bill confined their testi
mony to that part of the Alaska
fisheries and fishing conditions
on Bristol Bay. This bay lies
immediately north of the Alaska
Peninsula, and by reason of the
natural conditions there and the
character of the fish resorting to
the salmon spawning streams
entering its waters, is the most
valuable salmon fishery in Alas
ka, and probably in the world.
But little consideration was giv
en in the hearings to any Alaska
fisheries outside of Bristol Bay,
and it may fairly be said that
the bill was drafted and sup
ported by the non-resident can
nery companies engaged in the
Bristol Bay area for the protec
tion of their special interests
there.
The proponents of the bill
stated that it had its origin with
the Alaska Packers Association,
a San Francisco fishing corpora
tion, with canneries in Bristol
Bay. This company is a subsidi
ary of the California Packing
Corporation, also having its
common headquarters in San
Francisco. It is one of the largest
fruit, fish, and food canning
corporations in America, owning
and operating many other sub
sidiary companies on the Pacific
coast, and in various parts of
the United States, Canada, and
the Philippine Islands.
(Continued Next Week)
Freedom of Speech.
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In a recent, issue of Scribner’s
Magazine, President Butler of
Columbia annunciated the. fol
lowing principles:
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; "* * * It appears that liberal
- ism is a hard lesson to learn.
Liberty as a personal possession
may be highly acclaimed, while
liberty as an institution for the
protection of all men may at the
same moment be violently, even
'passionately, attacked. * * Those
who continue to manifest this
zest to persecute- are - out of
t touch with the march of pro
gress— - are flying in the face
r of the fundamental principles of
• that American political philos
> ophy to to which they give such
voluble lip service. It would be
an interesting bit of edientiflcr
' inquiry to ascertain whether
that hypocrisy which is now so
widespread among our people is
an act, an achievement or a
habit. * * * “Give me liberty to
know, to utter and to argue free-!
ly according to conscience, above
all liberties,” said John Milton.
This is the doctrine and the only
doctrine upon which free gov
ernment and free society can
rest. ' * * * Proscriptions , black
lists, demands that individuals
be deprived of posts of honor
and emolument because of their
lack of conformity to some more
cr less outrageous law or doc
trine . . . are all vestigial re
mains of that older and wide
spread habit of persecution
which is now so happily on the
wane.
The lingering zest to persecute
is a challenge to the twentieth
century university. In the uni
versity at least there is freedon
to seek the truth and to proclain
it as found or believed, provide*
only it be done with scholar!
competence, sincerity and goo<
manners. The university be
comes in this way the ideal com
munity where men and womei
move in an atmosphere of free
dom, enjoy the stimulus of dif
ference of opinion and view, an*
gain the inspiration which onl
the honest and earnest seeke
after truth ever really knows.
It is hard to reconcile th
above quotation from Dr. Butle
and the forced resignation an
expulsion of Mr. Harris, studen
editor of the Columbia Specta
tor who was pulled on the carpe
for his honest criticism of poll
cies relating to the managemer
of student athletics in that in
stitution. All of which leads v
to believe that liberty ond jus
tice, freedom of speech and sue
doctrines are only a lot of hooe
lor some while others enjoy th
benefits thereof.
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