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CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DKCKMBKR •>» UH7.
WHY DISCRIMINATE?
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\ Governor Strong has issued
f a proclamation suspending the
eiffht hour law with respect to
(salmon canneries. This is a
good move and is to he com-'
i mended. The governor was
I reouested to do this by the
s'eretovv of the interior and
A the council of National defense
\ at AVashinvton, IX C. The no
was taken because the
yornmeet believes that dur
thc war nothing should he
he to hamper or reduce the
r^o.iiwtion of food. America
the granary of the world to
' v, and tin* hungry people of
. ^.'utral wid allied countries
Europe look to us to keep
i-T-ofio,! c-’otti their door this
Liter. The action of the gov
ior has the approval of Food
Bninistrator Hoover and was
Mbtless done at his request
lg suggestion
r a|ie proclamation as it
| Jgsds. however, is discrimina
I Perhaps the governor did
■Mv-now that there were oth
'•inneries in Alaska putting'
W>d besides the salmor can.
i vi'- U 1S hard to believe
v Jlii face of the large ship
‘ P "|' canned giants from
•vu .the summer,
ndustry fs in Us infancy,
.■'seeds protection against
. ivlit hour law far more
the salmon industry. The
' ?r is old and well establish
rich and powerful with a
K'One lobby at the nation’s
. yyi + »y1 lnforofifa
■ lie elain industrv is new and
JP-tniggling. but giving promise
of being an important part in
the industrial life of the Terri
| torv. Tlie conditions in both
industries are somewhat simil
ar with the exception that the
>' clam canneries employ to a
large extent local white labor
, and the salmon canneries em
ploy to a great extent imported
Oriental labor.
There is no reason why the
production of clams for food
pun »oses should not be encour
aged as much as the production
of canned salmon, during the
present emergency. It is to be
hoped that Governor Strong
will remedy the injustice done
to the elam eanners as soon as
the facts are brought to his at
tention. All that the clam can
ners }>«k is that they he treated
as fairlv as the salmon eanners,
and no man can say that this is
asking ton much. Cordova is
particularly interested in this
matter as this city is the only
place in the Territory wherf
the industry has firmly im
planted itself. Nevertheless
the reouest that the law be sus
mended as to clam canneries if
based not on the local self in
forest of Cordova in preserving
its local industries, but on th<
broader fact that the produc
tion of all foods should he en
con raged during the war, am
therefore the hasty legislatioi
of the last legislature shoult
not be allowed to help the Ger
mans win the war.
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Any wav, events in Russit
have shut up the prophets wh<
were telling what was going t<
happen next. There is no long
c v ( vi a room for a guess.
SEEING THE LIGHT.
Right along people are see
ing the light.
After playing into the hands
of the Germans for months, the
Appeal to Reason has changed
its name and dropped the char
acter of an anti-war organ. It
announces that it gives full ad
herence to the war aims of the
nation.
The Socialist party, priding
itself on its progressive ideas,
has lost thousands of adherents
since the war began by allow
ing itself to be dominated by
the pro-German element.
Many leaders in the party,
including Charles Edward Rus
sell and John Spargo, have de
nounced the party and with
drawn from it.
The editor of the latest So
cialist paper to right about
face, says that he cannot do
anything but support the side
that stands for right and jus
tice.
Certainly he can’t, even if it
did take an incredibly** long
time for him to see on which
side is right and justice.
The nation has been having
a great deal of patience while
certain people recover their
sight. But the time is soon
conVTng when those who can’t
or won’t see straight will Ire.
regarded as helpers of the Ger
mans arid nence, at least, near
traitors to this nation.
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Unless the territorial eight
hour law is suspended during
the period of the war there will
he no opportunity for labor to
earn any extra wages bv work
ing overtime after next Mon
day.
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Lord Xortheliffe says that
when President Wilson s mes
sage reached England it was
like a “bracing breeze.” Part
in passing over the channel it
dried ont and bit Germany as
a hot wave.
A god resolution would b<
to resolve to “do your best’
to aid Uncle Sam in a speed\
victory over the Huns, by join
ing the Red Cross and co-oper
ating in the food conservatioi
movement.
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Alaska is not the only ]>lac<
where the government is t<
control and operate railroad
as the transportation svsten
of tltc United States vesterda-'
passed into the hands of Unch
Sam.
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The English named thei
tanks after drinks When th
Germans saw Cognac, Cham
pagne, Creme-de-Mente an<
their sisters coming over th
trenches, no wonder thei
heads grew light.
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The boxers of the machin
i gun company, 362d infantn
[ at Camp Lewis, are known a
. the Blizzard Gang. The;
should be able to snow unde
all opponents.
-o
i*1 The Russians will not believ
> that the Germans in offerin
a truce may be only practising
a ruse.
i
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The best pipe organ player,
on earth cannot use the soft
pedal so well as an ordinary
ward heeler.
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But one more “wet” day
and Alaska will be the driest
of bone dry sections.
MRS. MOLLIE R. NICHOLS
Mrs. Moilie Roberts Nichols, a na
t've of Ind.ann, has *ad the responsi
bility of issuing more than 75,000
passes to visitors to the war depart,
merit since the war began. The state,
war and navy building is inaccessible
to visitors except by pass, and each
department has a representative at the
main door to admit visitors who have
legitimate business inside.
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All work has ceased at Happy Sta
tion in the vicinity of Fairbanks un
til spring, all the crews having re-|
turned to town. This virtually fin-j|
ishes all work on the Fairbanks end.1
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In accordance with a custom es
tablished three years ago at Metla
katla, a number of the residents un
der the auspices of the returned 3tu
dent£ presented a concert and enter
tainment. Three of the directors were
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graduates of Carisle and the rest stu
dents of Indian industrial schools.
r ; ii '"Y I;,”1'' 1 “ 'V1','’®'- <>:;!;#!«SiUiMii ir.v £.
You’re Invited
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To attend the Fireman’s Ball
<r 1o conserve certain articles of food
I To join the Red Cross
; j To pay numerous war taxes j
f. necessity for the common good is back of each. i
>vy Banks have consistently asked during peace and war time
'fhat our government now requests: that YOU become !
thrifty (not stingy).
jj 1917 required your best efforts to live. |
j i918 requires the aid of a fully equipped bank to insure p
your success. }l
t You will not be embarrassed in securing information from g
j Bank of Alaska
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