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CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1918.
LOYALTY EVER.
Every citizen should be deeply im
pressed with his obligation to do his
best, whatever his walk of life and
whatever his occupation, assuming it
to be legitimate. Loyalty is just as
important in the furrow or the forest
as it is in the trenches.
Id a recent address to the officers
and employees of the railroads, Secre
tary McAdoo said that “the govern
ment having assumed possession and
control of the railroads for the period
of the present war with Germany, it
becomes more than ever obligatory
upon every officer and employee to
apply himself with unreserved energy
and unquestioned loyalty to his work.”
This is an unfortunate expression,
and, if the idea should be generally
accepted, it would tend to make men
in private employment less apprecia
tive of the importance of faithful work.
Railroad employees are under no
greater obligation to apply themselves
now than they were before ^he govern
ment assumed control. The emergency
is no greater now than it was before.
It was and still is every railroad em
ployee’s duty to devote the best there
is in him to the task of moving traf
fic as promptly and as speedily as
possible. It is the duty of every man,
in either private or public employment
to make every moment of time and
every pound of effort produce the best
results for the strength of the nation
at a time when all that nation’s
strength is needed for self preserva
tion.
A FRACTIONAL FACTOR.
It seems to be freely conceded that
the President’s influence was a large
factor in producing the favorable vote
for the suffrage amendment in the
house of representatives. His influ
ence, of course, was with members of
his own party. The vote showed 104
Democrats voting for suffrage and
102 Democrats voting against it. The
majority for suffrage in the whole
house was exactly two-thirds of one
vote. We do not know whether these
figures are to be taken as a measure
of the President’s influence or not.
They are fairly suggestive, at any rate.
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THE MANY IN ONE.
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“The President,” said Secretary
Lane, “is our war council.” The sec
retary’s truthfulness exposed the
weakness of the system under which
the United States is now waging war.
The President is not a soldier, he is
not a business man, he never was a
legislator. Yet he “is our war council.”
The council of National defense, even
if he were inclined to listen to that
body, is no better off. Its member
ship comprises two lawyers, a college
president, a retired business man, an
editor, and a labor union official. And
so “the President is our war council.”
This narrows the responsibility, even
as it widens the danger.
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THE REAL FUEL BLUNDERS.
Dr. Garfield, head of the fuel admin
istration. has been criticized harshly
for various features of the coal short
age which should not be charged
against him. His defenders in Wash
ington go to the other extreme and
shift all responsibiity to the secretary
of war, who upset the price arrange
ments negotiated by Secretary Lane
with the mine operators. Both groups
of critics concentrate on merely a few
features of the fuel administration
that should be considered in the dis
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cussion of cause and effect which will
come up for congressional considera
tion. The fuel administrator has had
a hard path to tread. Many of his
greatest difficulties have been thrust
upon him through no fault of him own.
But some of his chief troubles have
grown out of the bad judgment he
showed in the organization of his own
department. The complaint of one
disgruntled mine operator, that there
are "too many college professors, and
not enough roughneck coal men in the
fuel administration,” is based on a
foundation of fact. If Dr. Garfield had
surrounded himself with fuel experts
' at the beginning of his administration,
trusted them to fill minor positions
with employees drawn from the coal
and other fuel industries, and freed
himself entirely from unnecessary
| petty problems, he would have avoided
embarrassments that have curtailed
his ability in a most exacting position.
The war work of the government has
moved more swiftly and efficiently in
bureaus where men brought technical
knowledge and long experience to the
duties they were called on to perform.
—Leslie’s.
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WHY BUY IN ASIA?
It is announced that the soy bean
is three times richer in protein than
wheat bread or eggs, five times as rich
as corn meal flour, has ten times as
much fat as our commonly used cer
eals, contains twice as much protein
as porterhouse steak, and is easily di
gested. Just now wre are importing
soy beans from Japan and China. We
shall probably continue to import our
principal supply from that source after
the war is over, because of the lower
cost of production in Asia, unless there
shall be established a protective tar
iff which will encourage the American
farmer to produce this valuable agri
cultural product.
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CONSERVATION OF FOOD
Alaska is used to high living. Alas
kans demand and pay for and get the
best. Moreover, Alaska Is more iso
lated from actual contact with war con
ditions, possibly, than is true of any
other American possession. Neverthe
less, Alaska has given liberally of its
manhood, of its funds and in its co
operation for carrying on the war. This
perhaps is more noticeable in food con
servation, from voluntary action, than
for anything else. With scarcely an
exception wheatless and meatless and
pieless days are being observed in the
homes and boarding houses and res
taurants and hotels.
And it may be said to the credit of
the business men and other Alaskans,
that they are co-operating with the
food administrator. The first case of
selfish profiteering remains to be re
ported. There has been, so far as
known, no hoarding of foodstuffs or
attempts to secure a corner on those
foods which people have been asked to
conserve. Alaskans are not that kind.
They take a pride in doing their bit
to help Uncle Sam win the war.—Ju
neau Empire.
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ALASKA’S GOLDEN CATCH
Like the soldier who wrote lacon
ically from the front that he had not
much to complain of except the war,
the salmon canners of Alaska and
British Columbia ought to find noth
ing to complain of in last year’s catch
except the canning. The catch has
been so huge that the wonder is that
the packers find the cans and the
“hands” in sufficient number for the
packing. The value of the canned
salmon of Alaska for the past year
was $40,000,000. It Is twice the value
of the record production of the year
before, and much more than the total
yield of all the Alaska gold fields. In
British Columbia more than 500,000
cases of salmon were dispatched to
Europe, as against something over
200,000 before the war. It looks al
most as if the salmon were taking a
patriotic interest in the war.—Chris
tian Science Monitor.
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| of the Future Now”
Neither political nor financial conditions will ever he the
same as before the war. Economic conditions mould the
political. We must think, work, and save NOW to make con
ditions better when the war is over- Careful and consistent
saving is an absolute necessity. Bring or mail your wages or
income to us. We will help you and you will help the com
munity and the Natioi.
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Bank of Alaska
has that strength. It has the resources, connections, and facil
ities to satisfy you.
Checking Accounts.
Demand Certificates of Deposit.
Four per cent on Time Certificates for twelve months.
Savings Accounts paying 3 per cent subject to withdrawals.
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