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CORDOVA. ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917.
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HOLIDAY SEASON.
In less than two weeks
Christmas will be here, with all
of its .joyousness, and in Alas
ka, as elsewhere, it will be ap
propriately observed. It is the
season when you truly feel that
it is more of a pleasure to give
than to receive—and thus are
many people made happy.1
While Christmas is anxiotisly
looked forward to by children
principally on account of the
annual visit of Santa Claus
and the time when turkey and
other good eats are plentiful it
is also taken advantage of bv
the grown-ups as a season for
merry-making and the ex
change of gifts.
CRITICAL AUDIENCES.
To sit in a showhouse in
Fairbanks and hear the criti
cisms of the show as it pro
gresses and grows upon the'
screen is to make one thank
their stars that they are not in
the show business or trying to
nlense tie1 critical public of
Fairbanks. Nor are all the
criticisms entirely intelligent
or just. For instance, last
night “Rill” took his mother
to the picture show. At one
point in the game Mme. Petro
vaw as dressing for her wed
ding. She was arranging her
bridal veil, which was yards
«—l* "v"* a pretty scene a'fxl
superblv aetAl, hut “Bill”
shouted out:
“Now, isn’t that a PRETTY
wav to put on a mosquito net
'—See! She's putting it ALE
down her RACK; and not a bit
of it over her face!”
Who wouldn’t be a show
man.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
HIGH COST OF COURTING.
All tin* wotfd may love a
lover, but the framers of the
new war tax bill adopted a
roundabout way of showing
their alt ction. The congress
ional measure to raise addi
tional r.'gillie makes a partic
ularly effective assault on the
bankroll < f the youiig man who
wishes to demonstrate hi« de
votion to a maid. If tin* ob ject
ol the vouth’s passion lives
reasonably near him, he may
escape the new tax on tele
grains and telephone messages
that cost less than 15 cents.
F-verv love-letter lie writes
will cost him an additional
penny, however, even if he in
closes only a single burning
poem. If a trip to the theatre
is planned, commuting lovers
who live more than thirty miles
from th<» playhouse must give
financin' assistance to the war
on tlm I !■ ihenzollerns. Actual
admission to the theatre de
mands an additional 10 per
emit on 11 h* cost of the tickets.
NafuraMv. the dear girl will
wish to make herself parlicul
arlv alluring to her ardent
swain. To do so, she must pay
a 2 per cent tax on tin* perfume
essence, toilet water, Up mage
or face powder that to her
seems tin* most effective dev
ice.—Leslie’s.
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Now is the time for all good
men to come to the aid of their
Nation.
EIGHT HOUR LAW.
Although a general eight
hour law was overwhelmingly
demanded by the voters of the
territory one year ago, and en
acted by the legislature in res
'imis" to such expression of the
popular will, the only interest
in the subject now appears to
be for the finding of a way to
get rid of or suspend operation
of the law, which would be
come effective January 1.
The measure contains a pro
vision that its operation may
be suspended by the governor
until the close of the war at the
request of the secretary of the
interior or the national defense
council.
The method of procedure
therefore appears to be for the
governor to request those pow
ers at Washington to request
him to suspend the eight-hour
law for the period of the war.
Such action would be rather
peculiar, and withal somewhat
embarrassing to the governor,
the legislature, and the people
of Alaska generally; but it
would appear to be the only
course, unless the Washington
officials should become aware
of the territory’s predicament
and kindly come to our relief
upon their own initiative.
However it is done, there b
little doubt that flu* law’s op
cmtioas will be delayed, as ii
is now pretty'well realised that
the enforcement of such a dras
tic measure would seriously re
tard industrial development of
the territory, and in conse
quence prove inimical to tin
welfare of all its people. And
while the war lasts the curtail
ment of the output of Alaskan
fisheries and mines would b<
i contrawise to the interests of
the entire country.
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eight-hour law would alsi
nrove a serious handicap ti
those principal industries
which may be prosecuted ir
the Northland only during
■ part of the year. Thus the re
1 peal of the act, or its mollifica
tion, should follow its suspen
i sion as a war-time policy.
'Phe history of Alaska’s gen
oral eight-hour law promises tr
furnish in the end a good ex
ample of making a law back
wards'-—first passing the lav
and then taking it up for dut
consideration.—-Petersburg Re
cord.
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The wise merchant speaks ti
the people of Cordova and tin
Copper River valley of his
holiday offerings through tin
1 columns of tin* Dailv Times.
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A soldier at Camp Lewis
near Tacoma got shot without
; going to France. His best gir
took a pop at him—and wing
I ed him.
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Why not do a good .job of it.
while we are fixing the prices
of everything else, and Lx the
prices of Christmas gifts’
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La Follette seems to have
moved off the front page and,
so far as future prestige is eon
cerned, he might just as well
keep moving
THE PROFITEERS. !*
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When the secret service un J J
covered foodstuffs and sun 3
plies amounting in value foil
some seventy odd millions of j
dollars, that were cached some- 3
where in New York, a popular; j
wave of indignation swept over 1
the country. Whether these lj|
commodities were intended f*u 1j
German or home consumption ?
does not matter; the fact re- 3
main that it constitutes a plain *
case of wholesale profiteering 1
that disturbs normal market J
conditions and deserves the j
most severe punishment. Think j
of the size of this one cache:
Enough supplies were stored
away to grub-stake the entire ,
population of Alaska for a per
iod of several years.
But while this particular
ease ot profiteering is stagger
ing in its proportions, we
should bear in min<f j.hak the
little profiteers are just as vic
ious as the big ones. Also, we
cannot afford to lose sight of
the fact that there are all sorts
and conditions of profiteering,
as well as sizes, and that it is
not necessary to search far to
tind them. In such matters the
trouble with us is that we see
better at a distance than we
do at short range. We exper
ience no difficulty in detecting
the profiteering that is going!
on among the cotton growers
of the South, or the wool mer- j
chants of the East, or the grain"
speculators of the Middle;
West. And the farther away!
we find the profiteers the'
louder we yell.
nut what about the profit-1
eering that is going on around!
us, much of which we are eith-'
er a party to or encourage in
directly ? The storage of food-]
stuffs and fuel beyond all rea
sonable needs may, in normal
times, be construed as a tfisej
provision against the proverbi-i
alp-ainy day, but if l pre
caution taken in ftle'l'a^givgate!
tends to disturb market condi-l
tions, then it is a mild form ofj
profiteering. We still con fin
lie to eat lamb and teal with *
extreme satisfaction-4our only
scruples being confined to our
ability to pay the price—and ■
wi> forget altogether tlmt the;
slaughter-of Iambs,'calves and]
brood stock for food purposes
is one of the worst forms of j
‘profiteering And what about
iarmors and others who are'
storing supplies and products
which they cannot ponsiblv
1 hope to utilize themselves; are
. not such as these profiteers of
the worst type?
' Some one has proposed that
there he formed a loyal detec
j five league, each citizen con
stituting himself a committee
of one to apprehend the wan
ton destruction of foodstuffs,
supplies and property. It i8 a '
good idea, providing the scope
of tig* proposed enterprise is!
extended to include all forms
of profiteering that one might!
find next door or across lifts.!
There is an old adage that each
man sins according to his ca
pacity and if a truthful roll of
the profiteers were read some!
of those who talk the loudest
would find considerable sur
prise and shame in store fori
themselves. In other words.!
a little profiteer is just as bad!
as a big one.
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\\ heat less, meatless, and!
partially greasoless days are
now with iis and boozeloss days
are only one month off. And
the latter will be a continuous
j program—not one, but sevens
days in the week.—Domdas i
! News.
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j -'one too early to prepare
those New Year resolutions,
even if they are subject to re
arrangement before January 1.
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