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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 5, 1916
LABOR DAY CELEBRATION.
The Labor Day celebration in Anchorage was a huge suc
cess, from every view point. Despite a slight rain and threat
ening clouds, the day was observed with tlie utmost euthusi- j
asm. the disagreeable weather not dampening, in any degree,
the spirits of the populace, who proposed to celebrate, rain or
shine, Labor’s great day. The program went off without a
hitch or omission, reflecting credit on the committee in charge:
of the festivities. By far the largest crowd that ever irsem
bled at the Recreation Park saw the tine program of sports, in
cluding the base ball game.
The Alaska Labor Union, which numbers a membership of i
9.400 sturdy workmen, skilled and unskilled, which took the j
initiative in tlie celebration, did more than merely give the peo- i
pie a good social time, a line tiling itself; it took advantage of
the opportunity afforded to let the fact be known that the ut
most harmony prevailed as between tin* union and tlie Alaskan
Engineering Commission. Mr. Charles Peters, organizer and
one of the prominent labor leaders, in a speech at Recreation ;
park, told something of the aims and ambitions of the mem- j
bership, declaring that the union and the Engineering Comnus- j
sion were working in harmony; that the Commission had ren-1
tiered every possible aid in making the Labor Day celebration J
a success; that the members of tlie union were not anarchists. I
agitators or disturbers of the peace—that they were men band
ed together for the purpose of bettering conditions of the labor-1
ing classes, and in seeking to bring about this laudable object,
peaceful methods had been employed.
If there was any lingering suspicion that the Alaska Labor ,
Union and the Alaskan Engineering Commission, the large j
employer of labor in these parts, were not in accord, that sus
picion was dispelled by the splendid, frank and patriotic speech j
of the accredited representative of the laboring man.
The Alaska Labor Union and those responsible for Mie suc
cess of Labor Day are to be complimented for the success that
attended the celebration. The festivities were wholesome and
clean. Good order prevailed throughout the day and the night
following, and everybody entered into the spirit of the occa
sion with ardor and enthusiasm. There was not a discord to
mar the success of the day—the biggest celebration in the his
tory of Anchorage.
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THE RAILWAY STRIKE.
It is to be hoped that the passage of the eight-hour law by
the congress will serve to avert the threatened strike of the
employees on the great railway systems of the country. Such
a strike would be far-reaching in its results. It would spell
disaster and disorganization; want and suffering, throughout i
the country. One result of a strike, a- affecting Anchorage,
would be a lack of an electric lighting and power system this
winter, because if a strike is called and the railways are tied
up, necessary equipment to complete the plant in course of in-1
stallation here, would not he able to get through from the east. |
.lust why the railway systems of the country should be so i
reluctant to yield to the demands for an eight-hour day i- not
comprehended by the layman. It may be taken for granted
that the railway companies will not suffer financial loss by the
change. The increased cost in the operation of the railway
lines will fall, as it always does, on the patrons of the systems.
A slight raise in the freight rates would offset the increased'
expenses.
In any event, it is but a question of time before the gov- j
eminent will be compelled to take over these great railway sys
tems of the country, and the action of the railway presidents in
this crisis is but hastening the day when this result will be ac
complished. It is a question if the transportation of the coun
try should be left entirely at the whim or caprice of a few mon
ey kings.
OUR FUEL SUPPLY.
Quite a number of householders are anxious to know if the
local coal dealers will be able to supply fuel throughout the
long winter which i- fast approaching. This is rather a serious
matter and one that should be definitely determined before it is
too late. It will take, at a rough estimate, from five to six
thousand tons of coal to supply this community during the win
ter. aside from the Commission’s uses. Are the coal dealers
preparing to make the necessary shipments to supply this de
mand? That is the question the coal users would like to have
answered. If the coal dealers are preparing to meet this de
mand. well and good. But if they are not, the people should
known in time so that other arrangements may be made. Here
is a matter about which no uncertainty should exist. House
holders who have installed coal-burning stoves and heaters,,
naturally wish to burn coal, and they wish to know definitely
if they may depend upon the local dealers to supply their;
wants. Tn the interests of patrons, we should like to hear from !
local coal dealers.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1916.
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Experimenting With
Nonessentials a Fault In
Teaching
By Professor GEORGE TRUMBULL
LAOD, Y»le University
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IN our present system of educa
tion, in its lower and its higher
circles, we have lost out of sight
—or at least we have too little re
garded—the end of education in our
:eascless and LARGELY FUTILE
EXPERIMENTING WITH THE
INESSENTIALS OF THE
MEANS.
Our great need is an improved
personnel among our teachers and
;hus an enlarged personal freedom
!or them in their difficult and too
>ften thankless task.
Our need is also for a stricter dis
lipline—however kindly and sympa
hetic—over the children and youth
>f the nation and, above all, a re
urn to the tic': of breeding in
lividual men women whose
talue can be e- ' on the basis
jf their moral * r and their
moral conduct in ti. .:e of citizen
rod member of society.
THIS ALONE WILL REALIZE
THE END OF A TRULY "PRAC
nCAL" EDUCATION.
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Preservation of the Na
tion Depends on
Character, Not Force >
By President JOHN M. THOMAS,
Middleburg College
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IF our eyes are really open we
shall be stirred to something
far more serious, far more rad
ical, than a burst of naval and mili
tary enthusiasm. There is a super
ficiality in the present preparedness
movement that is all too character
istically American. If we are threat
ened by one or more of the em- <».
pires of the world we shall not meet
the situation BY THE MILITABY
TRAINING OF A FEW THOU
SAND MORE AND THE BUILD- 4
ING OF A FEW DREAD
NAUGHTS.
It is a time for deep searching of
heart as to the national character,
on which alone eventually the na
tional preservation must depend.
We can no longer blunder our way
to prosperity; we must earn and de
serve it.
WE MUST PRODUCE BY INTEN
TION AND RESOLVE THE CHAR
ACTER WE NEED TO HOLD OUR
OWN AGAINST THE NATION8 OF
THE WORLD.