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MONDAY. MARCH 29, 1920
PROLIFIC WITH PROMISES
R. M. Semmes, who holds the posi
tion of “traffic adviser” of the Alas
ka Territoriay Board, the organiza
tion which promises us so much and
has done so little, says he can save
the territory a million dollars a year
in the operation of steamers to Alas
ka. The Shipping Board has been in
operation a year now and aside from
having two very high priced men on
the payroll, we can not see that it
has accomplished anything. It is true
that is is prolific with promises of
what it intends to do, but Alaskans
are getting rather fed up on promises
don't you know. The freights have
gone higher instead of dropping and
it costs nearly twice as much to go
from Valdez to Seattle as it did
two years ago. We would prefer to
see the board give its expert advice
to the steamship companies, so they
een make money and lower rates:
rather than attempt to force out the
splendid vessels we have and place
a few inferior vessels on the run. Mr.
Semmes may be able to deliver the
goods, but if he can that hundred
thousand appropriated by the legisla
ture will not go far, as he is worth
»ore than that sum to the steamship
companies.—Valdez Miner.
Those who think the Republican
party can be induced to nominate a
presidential candidate this year, re
gardless of his political affiliations,
Merely on the ground that a non-Re
pnblican could more easily be elected,
mmst really believe that there are no
differences between the political par
ties and that they exist solely for the
» purpose of getting the offices.
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The state department, in response
to a request from Salvador, has issued
an “interpretation” of the Monroe doc
trine. James Monroe, unlike certain
of his successors, used the English lan
guage to express, and not conceal,
thought. The doctrine he declared
nearly a century ago requires no in
terpretation, because it says what it
means and means what it says. It is
notice to Europe to “keep off the
grass” in this hemisphere.
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The New York Democrats declared
in their platform that “The Demo
cratic party of the nation has enacted
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more constructive and progressive
laws in half a dozen years than the
Republican party in half a century.”
Why didn’t they state something they
« onld prove by just claiming that the
Democratic party of the nation spent
more money in a half dozen years than
all the other parties did since the
establishment of the federal govern
ment?
What a pity“ that the considerations
which prompt President Wilson to de
mand that Italy give up Austrian
territory on the Adriatic failed to
prompt him to insist that Japan give
up the Chinese province of Shantung
i© China! In one case President Wil
son demands that an ally be de
prived of territory formerly belong
i»g to an enemy country; in the other
he consents that territory belonging
fo an ally we induced to enter the
war shall be turned over to a power
ful, imperialistic and autocratic neigh
bor. The course of President Wilson
Vb this matter is a Chinese puzzle.
The $636,000,000 lost by the people
i* political operation of railways, and
tie billion-dollar annual increase in
freight and passenger rates, are not
the biggest part of the bill to be footed
U»r this experiment in state socialism
The demoralization of the railway
service, the overloading <jf the railwaj
payrolls with superfluous employes
the increased costs of operation al
along the line, and the depreciation ol
equipment, make the problem of re
construction under private ownershii
a staggering and almost impossible
task. The railroads have been reduced
! to the point where what they now need
! is a wrecking crew.
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VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
Burleson says he is a much mis
judged man. He should write it in
a letter to himself and he would
change his mind.—Valdez Miner.
The Eastern states have again been
visited by sleet, blizzards and all
kinds of storms. Millions of dollars
damage was done. Again we have
reason to be thankful that we live
in Alaska where such things do not
happen.—Douglas News.
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If the commercial clubs and cham
bers of commerce and one hundred
per cent American organizations
throughout the Territory desire to be
of real service to the Territory they
should telegraph to the state depart
ment at Washington repudiating the
falsehoods being circulated in the
National Capital, by the governor,
maligning the patriotism and loyalty
of Alaska’s citizenry.—Ketchikan
Times. ,
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