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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918
GOLD STARS FOR THE FALLEN
HEROES.
A mother wrote to a New York
newspaper and asked if a star should
be taken off the service flag when the
young man it represents is lost at the
front.
The newspaper answered that no
rule or custom has been formulated
covering the matter, but that in such
a case the star representing the boy
who gave his life for his country
should not be removed, but should be
changed in color from blue to gold.
A noble conception and fit to be
put into general practice.
Every home in the nation should be
proud of its service flags. These flags
will be more highly prized after the
war than today. They will be the
silent recital of the work of that fam
ily to win the war.
There will be on the flag a star for
each member of the family who went
into the army or navy. These stars
will shine for years from the flag
over the mantle piece, and the family
wrill talk about them and reverence
them and the brave men they stand
for.
But the stars that should shine
brightest, those that should shed the
purest light of hope, those that should
most deeply inspire to worthy things
and noble sacrifices, should be the
golden stars on the service flag that
stand for the young men who lost
Aheir lives in freedom’s cause.
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RUSSIAN GOVERNM ENT “BROKE”
Few pictures ot “free’ Russia come
to this country. Those that do get
through depict conditions darkly and
give an idea of the ruin that the Reds
have brought to that rich land.
The Russian minister of finance re
cently told of the distress of the gov
ernment through the inability to raise
money. The minister has plenty of
time to reflect on the situation, as in
the last six months but three and a
third billion rubles have passed
through his hands while the ex
penses of the Russian state, if it can
be called a state, were 40 billions of
rubles.
Russia is in such an uproar that it
it almost impossible to levy taxes for
th8 national treasury. Local taxing
units refuse to collect money for
what remains of the central govern
ment.
Doubtless the Russians figure that
they are paying enough for their mis
erable central government when they
pay nothing. Anarchy probably looks
good to any Russian who can under
stand what his government has done
for his country since the czar was
dethroned.
EFFICIENCY VERSUS FREEDOM
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, says
that socialism in this country is noth
ing but a branch of German socialism
and that it should be classed with
other Hun propaganda. He warns
workingmen not to take up this. pc»li
tical theory and attempt to impose a
socialistic form of government on
themselves.
In Germany the government gov
erns as much as possible, and the
socialists there would extend its func
tions indefinitely. In a democracy
the government governs as little as
possible.
The people of this country will nev
er place over themselves a form of
government that overshadows them.
Wte are not seeking to mould every
man in this nation by hard laws and
to set al our institutions in adamant.
We are too great respectors of free
dom.
Before this war there was a great
deal written about German efficiency.
It was pointed out that German cities
were the best governed on earth, that
German workmen were the most
painstaking workers, and German ad
ministrators the best trained.
What does all this matter?
Who wants to live in the best and
most governed city in the world if
he thereby loses his freedom and be
comes less of a man?
After the war is over there will be
much less talk by college professors
and others lauding German efficiency.
That efficiency is being seen close
up, and the more we see of it the
more desirous all of us are that we
keep away from anything resembling
It.
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CHANCE TO ROUND-UP ALL
CRIMINALS
It wuld appear that the war offers
the opportunity for the greatest clean
up of criminals that has ever taken
place.
In New York City this winter bur
glars have stolen goods worth five
million dollars. There is more thiev
ing going on in the metropolis than
heretofore, and insurance companies
are expecting to raise their rates.
Large numbers of people make
their living dishonestly, and they of
ten find this such an easy mode of
existence that they never turn theli
hands to honest toll. In ordinary
times it is difficult to pick out the
dishonest. Many men who are tem
porarily out of work are mixed in
with those who will not work.
Now the chances are that every
person who is not working for his
lining is either too rich to work or is
a j/iminal. Whichever is true the
whole aggregation of loafers should
be rounded up every place. It is a
crime in these times for a man to be
idle.
The country cannot afford to har
bor those who toil not nor spin.
It should be strong presumption in
any court that a man is guilty of
some crime if he cannot show that
he has a job. His least offonse will
be that he is a loafer, and as such he
should be put to work under the su
pervision of the state.
New Jersey has a law against loaf
ers. It is a good law for the present
emergency. It should be made so
hot for loafers in every section that
they will get to work to keep from
going to jail and to still harder work.
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The local merchants are handling
the Matanuska potatoes, and while
they may not be as good as the im
ported ones, the federal food adminis
trator advises their use. They are a
home product, cheaper in price than
the Outside spuds, and it Is our patri
otic duty to .purchase them.
Second-hand linoleum at Rawson's
Bargain store. 7-tf
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Quality talks. Smoke an El Roi
Tan Cigar and be convinced; they are
mild. tf
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The Admiral Watson, which sailed
direct from Seattle to Bristol Bay,
will call at Cordova on its southbound
trip and is due here May 15.
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Victory is a
Question of Stamina
Send- the Wheat
Meat Fats Sugar
the fuel for Fighters
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
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Rocks—Sulphurous Waters—Oils
—just as they come “Hj
Press” takes them on and
beats them. There never
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“Our business is War”
Keep that one big thought in mind.
The financial part of the war is as important as the physi
cal though not as glorious.
An important thing is a bank account. We would advise
you to open an account if you have not already done so with
The Bank of Alaska
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and have more than enough to meet installments on Liberty
•Bonds or other obligations.
It is a step forward to associate yourself with a bank such as
Bank of Alaska
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Alaska’s Branch Banking System
| Good Printing
Is Essential to Good Business
Better Let Us Figure on your
Work and Save Money.
The Daily Times Job Dept.
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT
CHA'S. A. SULZER
Candidate for Re-election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
. “In deciding to enter the primaries as a candidate for Delegate to Congress
from Alaska, I feel impelled to make a brief statement to the people of the
territory. It is now nearly a year since I was seated in the House as Alaska’s
representative to congress. During the most of this time the United States
has been engaged in a world war, and every resource of the nation, including
qjoney and man power, is being devoted to the single purpose of winning this
great war. Every member of congress in considering legislation for tlfe na
lion has placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the United States
“Alaska has responded nobly to the nation’s call. She has given her share
willingly and unstintingly. When the Democratic party went before the peo
ple of Alaska in November, 1916, it stood for a certain constructive
program which embodied as its principal elements a wider measure or
home rule for the territory, and a sane and rational polidy in the develop
ment of natural resources and every possible aid to the pioneers of the coun
try.
“I ha\*e introduced among others the following bills in congress which I
am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
“Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home rule the
dominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair to all, and
the protection of the salmon supply from depletion.
“Making changes in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty rod
reservation.
“Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in isolated sections.
“Changing the game laws so as to give the people a better opportunity to
use the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
“Providing for the care of Alaska’s insane within the territory.
“At all times I have endeavored to keep constantly in mind the needs of
the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the war some meas
ure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in passing a law which
helped the prospector by suspending assessment work on claims during the
years 1917 and 1918. The extension of the wireless and cable system in Alas
ka has been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension.
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appointments to
the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts which prevented
the farmers of the interior from supplying army posts with their vegetables
are canceled.
“Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of Alaska have
come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reiterating my desire to
serve the best interests of Alaska I am submitting my name as a candidate
for the democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress.”
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