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The American Flag
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June 14th was Flag Day. A dayj
which should have the deepest ^
meaning to every true Ameri-j
can. It'was on the 14th of June
in 1777 that Congress resolved!
“That the flag of the thirteen
United States be thirteen stripes
alternate red and white, that the
Union be thirteen stars, white , in
a blue field, representing a new
constellation.” This was the
authority delegated to General
Washington to design the flag
and that same day, tradition has
it, he visited Betsy Ross, with
Robert Morris and George Ross,
one of the signers of the De
claration of Independence and
the uncle of Betsy Ross’s de
ceased husband.
The “grand union” flag was
designed by Washington him
self during 1776 at Boston and
the new order displaced the
Washington design. In a homer
fashion was the flag designed
and in a few moments did the
nimble fingers ply over the pat
terns to perfect that flag which
has flown over the nation since
designed.
Flags have flown for the vani
ty of kings and have been hated
by millions of people because of
the cruelties and injustices
which have come of such rule.
Prejudices have dominated and
racial animosities have ruled.
But with the making of the
“Grand Old Rag” and with the
Declaration of Independence,
came a new era of promise—
that all men were born equal;
that liberty and justice shall
prevail.
In these times of economic
depressions; these days of the
rule of greed, it would be well it
the dominant class would take
up their old text books and so
back to the fundamental princi
ples set forth not only in the
Declaration of Independence,
but in the speeches of George
Washington. Not only read them,
but make an earnest and honest
application of the principles set
forth. A real conscientious effort
at so doing will make the
“Grand Old Rag” something
that even the worst enemy of
organized government will re
spect.
The Flag Salute
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Rev. George O. Fallis of Van
couver, B. C., declared recently
that flag saluting, flag waving
and “goose-stepping” was not
Christian patriotism.
“The curse of the world today
is that through rampant nation
alism each nation is determined
to build itself up at the expense
cf some other country,” said
Fallis. This preacher so distin
guished himself as chaplain with
the Canadians in the World War
j that he won the Order of the
| British Empire.
i And do you remember when
the preachers were praying for
victory and for the damnation
and destruction of the enemy?
Yeah! Every nation was right.
There was no wrong—Allies,
United States or Germany. This
“Love thy neighbor as thyself"
is a lot of hooey for the consu
n ation of the heathen Chinese.
Isn’t It the Truth
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The national party conven
tions now hold the center of the
stage. The Republicans will stage
their big circus first; then the
Democrats will come along with
another circus and a couple of
sideshows to make it more inter
esting.
After the conventions are all
over most Republicans will re
main Republican and most
Democrats will remain Demo
crats. Both parties are trying to
sidestep the prohibition question
and the Republicans have prom
ised to come out with a resub
mission plank. Carrying water
on both shoulders never accom
plishes much in the end for the
carrier—except that a kick in
the pants oft times will make
him spill the water. But anyone
taking any satisfaction in the
idea that the wet voter is going
to give the Republicans a kick in
the pants just wants to remem
ber that the Democrats are flirt
ing with the same kind of a
plank.
The lack of a virulent, positive
leadership in both parties is the
greatest evidence of decadence
of the parties.
The Third Party
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There is a call of a combina
tion of elements to meet in Kan
sas on or about the 24th of this
month. Out of this group will
come the platform ond candi
dates for a third party. Just how
far this party will get is hard to
conjecture at this time. It is a
lead pipe cinch that the party
will not have sufficient strength
to elect the next president. But
if this third party aligns itself
with one side or the other, it
will mean a deal of difference —
or If it takes away considerable
of Republican leanings, it will
strengthen the possibilities of a
Democratic candidates.
In the meantime the two mai
or parties will have nominated
their candidates—the platforms
will have meant just about as
much as past platforms. Busi
ness will get settled down to an
other yank at labor and every
thing will be rosy again. Which
is another way of saying that
there is a lot of hooey which
American citizens are always
willing to swallow.
CONVENTION SET BY
‘THIRD’ PARTY j
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Dissatisfied Republicans and ^
Democrats have been invited to
attend a third party convention
to be held in Kansas City on
July 1, Prank Elbndge Webb,
candidate for president on the
Farmer-Labor ticket, announc
ed recently.
The convention, to be known
as a unity convention, will in -
clude the Farmer-Labor Party,
the Liberty Party, the National
Progressive Party, the Blue
Shirts and the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
Looks like a hot convention
year.
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Just Plain Impossible
Down in Ketchikan this win
ter was formed a new canning
company which is operating a
cannery at Scowl Arm. Every
member of the corporation is or
has been a resident of Alask;r
for over twenty years and one,
at least, has been a resident of
Alaska for about 35 years.
^ This company, when it came
to operate its plant, brought up
a crew of whatnots from Seattle.
Mind you, residents of Alaska,
so-called business men, bringing
in a complete crew of cannery
labor from Seattle. One of the
company is married to an Indian
woman and has children by her
—one would at least suppose
being wedded to the country he
would have sufficient interest in
the people and country that he
would insist that local labor be
employed.
This is one of the responses
that the canning outfits have
made and are making to the
appeal of the Governor of Alas
ka to employ local labor.
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A Clear Squeeze
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Last year was a bad year for
the canning industry. Most of
the operators declared it a night
mare and they have not yet, nor
will they soon get over their
nightmare. But whose fault is it?
The price of pinks and chums
last winter was shot dowm to
85 and 65 cents per dozen. The
small, independent oprators
vrere forced to sell at that price
and lower, in order to protect
the banks in loans that had
been made. Either liquidate at
the forced low prices or go bank
rupt.
This spring, a group of can
ners including the large cor
porations, organized a “broker
age company.” The members of
the corporation would sell direct
through this selling agency, cer
tain rules laid down and all
competition as between these
corporations eliminated.
Their next step was to force
the prices back up the ladder so
that now it is virtually impos
sible to purchase a job lot of
pinks or chums under $1.10 and
85 cents a dozen. The little fel
lows have been kicked out of the
game. The big fellows have con
trol of the production end -
thanks to Henry O’Malley, Unit
ed States Commissioner of Fish
eries, and the “brokerage” com
pany.
Alaska is left holding the pot.
Resident business has not yet
awakened to the fact that there
are more nickels, dimes and
quarters in circulation than
dollars, five and ten pieces; that
the resident labor is the real
producer of wealth and that
only the crumbs fall from th?
tables of these companies which
gorge themselves with the good
things of Alaska. To awaken
late is better than to die of
starvation—but it entails a pro
cess of acquiring wisdom which
in the end will not be fruitful
for the territory.
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JANITORS AND
SCHOOL TEACHERS
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In Chicago there is one school
where it pays more to be janitor
than school teacher. In this
school the janitor is paid $5,750
and the principal $4,000. Said
Dr. Strayer, expert in school ad
ministration, Columbia Univer
sity: “Of all the incongruities I
have ever seen, a head janitor
getting more than a principal
takes the prize.”
Following his recent survey ol
the Chicago school system, Dr.
Strayer recommended 1 to the
Board of Education that salaries
of all janitors be cut 21 per cent.
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Home—The place where we
grumble the most and are treat
ed the best.
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It is better to be alone than in
bad company.
WHY ALL THIS TROUBLE
Here are some of the reasons
for the present economic condi
tion—deflation or depression or
what have you:
In Senate Document is pub
lished the following: Coal oper
ators reported profits as high as
7856 per cent and nearly half of
the coal mines reported earnings
equal to their capital stock.
Canners of fruit and vege
tables made as high as 2032 per
cent. Meat packers made as
high as 4244 per cent.
Woolen mills made 1770 per
cent and the furniture manufac
turers made 3295 per cent.
Clothing and dry goods stores
made 9826 per cent.
It has been shown in the de
bates in Congress that 17,000
new millionaires were made in
the hectic days of 1916-17—fig
ure that up seventeen thousand
million dollars. That is more
than was loaned the Allies dur
ing and immediately following
the World War.
The bread lines grow longer
while those who made their vast
percentum are trying to hold up
to the bloated days of inflation.
The Good Book was not far
wrong when it said, “To him
that hath shall be given and to
him that hath not, even that
which he hath shall be taken
away.”
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PHYSICIAN HAS TOTAL
OF 142,000 PATIENTS
Family physician to more than
142.000 persons is the man-sized
job of Dr. H. Veazie Markham,
medical worker under the Ameri
can Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions at Dondi, An
gola, West Central Africa.
Dr. Markham, now in the
United States on furlough, re
ceives patients from an area 300
by 150 miles and treats about
40.000 persons yearly
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