i-OUIS F. PAUL, - -- -- - - - EDITOR
C. O. PARKS, ----- BUSINESS MANAGER
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A FELONY
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Did you know that if you
know your neighbor is in posses
sion of intoxicating liquor ami
fail to report that fact to the
federal officers, you are guilty of
a felony? Such is a fact, accord
ing to a recent decision handed
down by a United States court
net. so many moons back.
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JOINING THE BANDWAGON
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During the recent Democratic
convention in Petersburg we
felt rather lonesome wandering
hither and yon and meeting
only Democrats. On every side
men who have been “Republi
cans these many years” were
singinng praises of the Demo
crats and promising to support
them at the next election. Not
until late Friday night did w;
ask a man: “Well have you join
ed the Democrats too?” The im
mediate reply was “I don’t own
any part of the Democratic
party and I don’t intend to own
any part of it.” Rather a bit of
refreshing honesty which we
enjoyed.
At each national election
wherein it appears that party
power is bound to change, there
i- much crossing of voters from
the party in waning power to
the party gaining in power.
There is always a desire, on the
part of some, to be on the win
ning side. Such are poor citizens
and poorer partizan party men.
Parasites that feed on plant life
give the plant no strength and
eventually destroy it. We just
can't get away from the belief
that laws of nature work out in
human life and contacts.
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REGISTRATION LAW
If we remember correctly the
last legislature enacted a law
which allows a voter to do some
voting while outside of the ter
ritory. by placing his ballot in
the hands of the clerk of the
court. Rather a good idea, don
cher know—-for the men who
live in the country a few months
in the year and winter outside.
Gives better control to the Fifth
Division over the four real Di
visions of Alaska.
At this time, when the politi
cal bees are buzzing back and
forth, we suggest to one or two
cf them that they adopt the idea
o» introducing a law which will
require registration of and by
all votes by the first of April, at
the latest and unless so regist
ered. no one shall vote.
What a scurrying of the rats]
there will be if such a law were
to pass. That would be even a
better law than the rotative
ballot. You know, the Indians
can’t read nor write so automa
tically their ballots would be
thrown out by failure to register.
Especially in the other three
Divisions of the Territory. The
more we think of this idea, the
better we like it.
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SELLING THE ALASKA CABLE
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We have not expressed om'
selves anent the sale of the
Alaska-Washington Cable Sys
tem. We have utmost faith that
if President Hoover has decided
to sell this cable system, he will
do so regardless cf any and all
the yelling that we might do. In
fact, we know that he has had
absolutely no regard, in any
respect, for the weeping and I
wailing we have done in the]
past ten years for a people who
have been slowly ground down
under the weight of the power of
Money Bags. If Mr. Hoover has
decided—Mr. Hoover will not
change his mind.
However, we understand that
the cable has paid for itself al
most from the start. Perhaps
the only department in Alaska
that is paying its cwn way—and
also paying the toll charges on
all government messages. It is
such a darned gocd paying pro
position that our government is
going to be right generous and
let some private corporation
make a bit of change out of the
system. And as per usual, thei
people must pay the entire
freight.
Again we say, the system will
be sold—regardless. So what are
you going to do about it?
FUNNY BUSINESS OR
MONKEY BUSINESS
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Hubbel & Waller, contractors
built a bridge from West Peters
burg road to Sasby’s Island in
order to get sand and gravel fori
their road work. Having com-1
pleted their work they were ord-'
ered by the government to re
move the bridge. Private citi
zens wished to get hold of the,
shore ends of the bridge for
private purposes but this was
disallowed. Said the department.
“You may have the material and
permission to build the wharves'
after the contractors have torn
down the bridge. Not before.”
The lack of sympathetic un
derstanding in such instances as
above is what brings on the
quarrels with the various bu •
reaus in Alaska. It costs nothing
to the agents of the bureaus to
be a little kind and to bend a
little from the stiff, autocratic
policies of the bureaus. But,
there is something in being a
little god, even if it is a cheap
job for there is a certain satis
faction in denying to citizens j
little favors asked.
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riME TO BE DOING
SOMETHING
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The herring fishermen have j
been complaining about the re -1
gulations which make it hard1
for them to secure any herring.
The recommendations of Mr.
Rounsfell, Jr., special investiga
te! for the Bureau of Fisheries,
indicate that regulations will be
enacted of even a more strict;
nature. The fishermen have
been requested to gather infor
mation and data which will
show without a bit of doubt
that their contentions are cor- !
rect, in order that such infor
mation may be presented to the
proper officials. So far the fish
ermen have done nothing and|
the time is so short that they]
will hardly have time to do any-j
thing. The failing of all fisher-j
men in Alaska is that they want
others to fight their battles for
them. When it comes to doing
their own battle, they lack the
information, knowledge or just
plain guts to go out and do their
own fighting. That is one reason
why they receive so little favor
from the powers that be.
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SCHOOLS
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The school board for the State
of Washington reports that 90
per cent of the youngsters be
tween 14 and 17 are in high
school. In 1924 the percentage
was only 68. The average age of
high school students has come
down from the 20’s to the early
teens in the past two decades.
Some say “modern systems of
education” is the cause; others
declare it is greater school op
portunity. And still the United
States stands fifth in illiteracy.
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A perfect wife is one who
never throws her ashes on the
floor.
Polished brass will pass upon
more people than rough gold.—
Chesterfield. I
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Advice is seldom welcome.'
Those who need It most like it
the least.—Johnson.
DEPRESSION—BRAINS
AND UNEMPLOYMENT
By James R. Little
Down where muscle is cheap
and brain rare, everybody is
sweating, but few can scheme
well enough to keep the wolf
sway from the door These
‘ stuffed money shirts,” during
this depression have a tendency
to discriminate against and to
point out as a “Red” anyone
who has seemed dissatisfied
with or suggested changes in the
present government or economic
systems of the United States.
Should that tendency exist at
this time? It seems to me that
there should be a welcome for
any suggestions in the way of
reeding, clothing and giving
employment to the millions of
people now out of work in .this
country. In fact, the “stuffed
money shirts” and profiteers.
“The Money Power,” should be
eager right now—before it is too
late to see a reform for our sake,
and for prosperity’s sake. One
that might enable the good old
Red. White and Blue to be loved,
honored and upheld as it was in
the long dim past.
At present we see at least 10,
000,000 people unemployed, cold
and hungry in this richest coun
try in the world, where food is
going to waste, warehouses full,
and banks overflowing with
money; farmers unable to mar
ket crops for prices that will pay
for the raising. Farmers going
bankrupt, losing farms, homes,
and life earnings. Small or in
dependent business frozen out
by large chain organizations
with which they cannot compete.
Even the “chain fish traps” in
Alaska have made living of
the resident and native fisher
man a crime and torture. In
adequate wages paid to laboring
classes, wholesale crime among
youth and women, disrespect
for law, corruption in politics,
in courts, in society and in the
law-enforcing bodies. “Our great
men (?) being bought off and a
detrimental propaganda broad
cast for the benefit of special
privilege, grab-interests. Discri
mination against certain reli
gious factions.
“The rich getting richer,” “the
poor getting poorer,” Is this
v/hat our forefathers fought for?
.And had in mind when they
formed the Constitution?
Everything evolves with time,
and so should our systems be
changed to meet the require
ments of the present day. The
present conditions are under
mining and will completely un
dermine, the foundations of our
government. These conditions
can be remedied whenever the
dollar sign ($-$-$) is no longer
our God, and when our execu
tives and influential men, and
women, turn their efforts to
ward the interest of the majori
ty instead of the minority and
in someway, limit or control
wealth to a place where there
shall be again competition in
business for all. There has been
a step or two toward that goal—
the income tax for instance. If
Mr. Mellon doesn’t give it all
back to the rich corporations
again. It is my opinion that any
man, or woman, who upholds
the present system and stands
contendly by and refuses to ac
knowledge the present situation
and the period of our people as
a wholt, they are not loyal
Americans and are damned rot
ten citizens!
We might still be under the
rule of England, still be usiii^
oxen and candlelights, even be
in a barbarous state, had it not
been for George Washington,
who saw “Red,” and agitated
for a better world to live in!
Even Jesus was a reformer and
agitator against the money
changers and profiteers who
existed in his day—and they
exist with us today. The same
gang, with more money, more
power, more influence and more
shady schemes to rob the poor.
Jesus wanted better things for
the masses and so do we! who
toil to live. This is certainly a
time for the people as a whole to
see “Red” and express them
selves, as free American citizens.
We must elect men and women
to cifise who have vital inter
est of the toiling masses at
heart. From the present bunch
there seems to be no ear to hear
the proverty of our people; no
eye to see the tears of widows, I
of mothers, and hungry inno-j
cent children. No emotions, nor]
feeling, to know the cots where
poor men lie, and the- struggles
that poor men and women en
counter.
Under the present system,
the “stuffed money shirts” and
profiteers are, it seems to me,
in their heaven and high glory.
We must have real “he men” in
office who will suffer and fight
for human rights; who will ever
strive for human welfare; who
will work for truly human ideals;
men and women who will fight
the “stuffed money shirts” to
conserve human hopes. We must
elect men and women who are
something more than bargain
counter sale; more than a car
penter of dollar marks; more
than an activity of price tags!
God give us true men and wo
men, mellowed and moved on by
a Soul who will lead us on to
human hopes, human welfare:
who will strive truly and hon
estly for lives of little hungry
children. And when after elec
tions, the votes are counted, be
sure your vote was counted
from your neck up instead of
j vour neck down—in other words,
! don’t have your brains in your
I belly when you vote. I often
j wonder, dear friends, what
f would beome of these “stuffed
I money shirts” if they tried to
| live on plain roast beef, instead
< of caviere and terrapin? and
(how they would itch if they
wore a woolen coat instead
of a fur coat; they had to drive
a ’28 model Ford instead of a
Rolls-Royce? I often wonder
i what flesh have these profiteers
jfed on that they have grown so
I great, and what so much, and
'put so high, so unsurmountable
a barrier between themselves
'and other men who are flesh
land blood like themselves. Are
net they afraid some honest
man like God, some so-called
| “red” will raise up a champion
| for the masses of hungry men
land women? You who fear re
! volutions the most, do more dir
ty tricks to bring them about
Capital today is in a position to
play square with the toiling
S masses of our people. But they
I are not doing it by cutting wages,
j Has capital ever worn thread-;
bare underclothing threewinters *
old? Has the “stuffed money
] shirts” (capital) ever gone to(
the larder and found nothing
but a dry crust? Has capital ever
i sat beside a cold stove or gone to
i bed to keep warm? Has capital
'ever gone hungry or picked its
food from the gutter or out of
i garbage cans? as men, God help
them, are doing these days—in
the richest country in the world
I Unless these people are fed—un
less this wage cutting mania
stops, unless these toiling masses j
get work, and your Mr. Stuffed
Money Shirts do not curb you:
‘hot air, foodless and workless
promises, something will happen
in our beloved country that will
leave you shirtless and power
less—moneyless and hopeless.
J am sure if the disturbance
comes it will be hell on “stuffed
shirts.”
FISHING INTERESTS OPPOSE
EACH OTHER
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At a recent conference of the
International Fisheries Com
mission in Prince Rupert, the
fishermen favored the abolition
of the closed fishing season
I rather than to have it extended
i and ask that at least the season
be not made different from the
present season .
The small vessel owner’s urge
that the seasons be changed so
Jthat the smaller vessels may
1 operate during the summer
months and the larger vessels
operate during the w i n t e 1
months. They believe that under
; this plan the catch will be more
| evenly distributed and there will
not be danger of over-fishing
and there will be a supply af
^halibut on the market at ail
'times. , ; l
The hew community building
at Metlakatla will receive it.i
grand opening on the 10th of j
December. The estimated cost of j
the new structure is said to be
iround $40,000 and was put up
'iom trap and cannery taxes
eceived from operations on An
nette Island.
Grover C. Winn, Juneau at -1
torney is a returning passenger
on the Victoria to Juneau.
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