THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1919
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PREPARATIONS FOR RECON
STRUCTION
Approximately two years after Great
Britain entered the war she took /oc
casion to consider the problem of re
construction and formed a com
mittee in her cabinet to study the
subject; and it was not until a £ear
later, August, 1917, that her ministry
of reconstruction was established. The
work in this direction in France was
ahnost coincidental with that of Eng
land. America did not take so long
to set her reconstruction engine in
motion after she entered the war, for
she made use of the experience of her
allies. It was in May, 1918, that the
first real step toward creating an
agency for reconstruction was taken.
This initial move was made by Gros
venor B. Clarkson, then secretary,
now director, of the United States
Council of National Defense. Mr.
Clarkson had been with the council
since its permanent organization in
March, 1817. He submitted to Presi
dent Wilson early last June a memo
randum in which he stated the need
for making a survey of reconstruc
tion and readjustment problems
against the soldiers’ return. The time
was at its darkest for the allies;
France and Britain's backs were at
tilt; Wall, uicy luiucbdcu, auu umy iud
coming of America's men could save I
them. America’s troops were just I
stepping into the fighting ring; the
future was unknown, and it looked to
all the • world as though the strife
were to be a long one. The question
of reconstruction and readjustment to
peace-time conditions lay far in a
future.
But President Wilson and Secretary
Baker, chairman of the council, knew
that a day of victory would come, and
knew also that the country must pre
pare for it. The President answered
Mr. Clarkson’s letter accordingly, en- \
couraging the Council of National De
fense to take up its study of recon
struction. From that day on the Coun
cil of National Defense has been build
ing up a foundation for the investiga- 1
tion of reconstruction problems, tak
ing advantage of what other countries
have done to add to its own research. 1
Director Clarkson organized a staff
which began the assembling of valu- 1
able data. Its bibliography on the *
subject is regarded as most compre- 1
hensive. It has acquired file after <
file of matter selected with minute t
care. This matter has been digested t
and indexed for reference by trained t
men and women. In assembling its
foreign material an examination has i
been made by experts of the recon- ■
struction research division of official i
publications of this and other govern
mums, or tne aauy press, and other
periodicals of this country and Europe.
The preparation of this matter, re
lating to forty-eight foreign countries
and groups of countries, has included
its classification and arrangement for
reference in a series of a dozen or
. more pamphlets, Indexed according to
countries and chronology.
The council selected men qualified to
study the nation’s problems of read
justment. One of these is O. M. W. '
Sprague, professor of finance and
banking at Harvard. The council has
also built up a substantial working
library on reconstruction and related
subjects.
The dissemination of this Informa
tion has b^en carried on effectively.
Original matter has been sent In
pamphlet form to government officials
and others especially concerned with
the sutylect of reconstruction; charts
have been sent out and a dally digest
goes to the desks^of the six members
of the cabinet who are members of 1
the Council of National Defense, to
the director of the council, and to such
« officials of the council or federal de- 1
partments as find it of special service. (
bourgeoise and bolsheviki
Somewhere back in the earlier days
of socialism the protagonists of that^
cult kidnapped the word "Bourgeois”
from the ranks of respectability and
made it a term of reproach and con
tempt. Originally it had reference to
a size of type named after its founder,
bourgeois, a size between long primer
and brevier. Then it came to mean a
citizen of the middle rank of society,
as between a gentleman on the one
hand and a peasant on the other; one
Df the shopkeeping class.
The socialistic implication was
always one of derision. The aristo
crats were hated; the Bourgeoise
were despised. An aristocrat could be
respected even while he was hated,
but the man of the middle class must
always be regarded as ridiculous by
the radical who would revolutionize
society. An aristocrat, despite his in
herited tendency to enslave his fellow
men, often was cultured and at least
laid claim to nobility and grandeus.
The radical regarded him with feroc
ity, but did not consider him absurd.
The poor Bourgeoise, in radical
eyes, was always a subject for inex
tinguishable laughter. The socialist
looked upon him as too dull to know
that he was enslaved, too servile to
resist even if he knew. And so it
came about that the middle class
uiLizeu was nit; o^muui iui
was stupid, narrow, mean, and sub
missive. It was altogether to be ex
pected that even his virtues should
come to be despised by the reformer
who prided himself upon his ability to
remake the world according to a bet
ter model.
Historians had displayed a fondness
for the middle classes and were there
fore anathema to the socialist who
had formed a new conception of his
tory. Some historians had even gone
so far as to say that this or that na
tion—Poland for example—fell be
cause it had no middle class. Some
of us within yie last few years have
been wont to point out a similar con
lition in the social and economic
structure of Mexico.
The reformer with Bolshevik tend
sncies has neither admiration nor pity
for the Bourgeoise. Perhaps that is
due, in part, to the desire of the
Bolsheviki to substitute one kind of
jlass rule for another. The Bolshe
riki want to be the ruling class. After
loing away with aristocrats and all
their devices the Bolsheviki would
substitute their own devices—their
3WU1 economic and social systems—
and Impose them on all other classes.
It ’ is old-fashioned and absurd, In i
the opinion of the Bolsheviki, to re
spect the middle class virtues. They
sneer at it as “middle class morality.” 1
\nd thus we have before us the pheno
menon* of Russia. The Bolsheviki have i
adopted the lecheries of the aristo
:rats rather thaai the purities of the
md cruelties of autocracy come natur- :
illy to the new autocrats. In fact, all
hat the world formerly held in vener- i
ition as virtuous' and honorable has
;ome to be despised by the red re- :
ormers. Like autocrats they regard
:ontracts, covenants and treaties as •
‘mere scraps of paper.” If a man still ,
larps upon a point of honor they de- ]
■ide it as an obsolete refinement. And
is for morality, it is utterly contemp- ,
ible. In the place of wife they would ]
mthrone the goddesses of free love, ,
vhom old-fashioned people have long
:alled by uglier and shorter names. ]
Honesty, too, is a mere Bourgeois^ g
•irtue. It is a false view forced hy
he owning class upon the weaker t
lass. Like all the commandments of 2
Christianity it enfeebles the common 8
ran and makes it impossible for him 8
o throw off the yoke of the strong j
^ho made the commandments.
It is true that this view is older n
han Christianity. The same charge (
vr.s hurled against the pagan religions
it Greece and Rome before Christ was
torn.
How long will radicals regard the (
niddle class citizen in that light? (
Yill Bolshevism so triumph that he
rill be considered a ridiculous crank (
vho still deems family ties binding, ,
lebts payable and personal honor (
nore priceless than l^Je? What (
trange world it is that can turn old
hings so awry that the common man
vho once venerated these attributes
hould come to be considered a target
or the derision and scorn of millions
jf human beings. ,
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‘‘Alaska’s Big Year” is the way 1919 ,
coks to the Seattle Times. Not if
Wickersham and the WIckites can pre- |
rent it. If they can have their way
Uaska will devote 1919 to personal ]
politics or stand by and watch Wick (
tnd his mac hind throw mud at every- ,
Dody who is do^ng something. They
vant no “big years." They want of- .
ices, and to satiate hate with veng- ,
tance.—Juneau Empire.
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Fresh shipment of Brookfield saus
ge arrived on this boat Blum, i
I’Neill Oo. s
RESULT LOCAL
EECTIONS IN
ALASKATOWNS
J. W. Pritchett, editor and publisher
Df the Wrangell Sentinel, and lorm
3rly an employe of the Cordova Pally
rimes, waB elected mayor of Wrangell
ind Samuel Cunningham, Thomas Dal
gity, G. E. Diemark, members of the
city council.
P. C. McCormack and Dr. H. P.
dorser were elected members of the
school board.
The city election at Skagway was
postponed there on account ot the
prevalence of influenza, and the death
of William Bunting, a member of the
city council. The postponement was
jnder authority of the recent act of
the legislature passed in response to
the appeal of Mayor Howard Ashley
to Governor Riggs.
There was only one ticket in the
field at Valdez, and a small vote wag
polled. The following were success
ful: •
For Mayor—A. J. Diamond.
For Councilmen—John H. Iiiggs,
Thomas G. Quinn, C. B. *mith, Wil
liam Whalen, Fred Wilson and Ed.
Wood.
For School Treasurer—Joseph L.
Reed.
R. L. Petty was elected mayor of
Ketchikan over former Mayor AI. J.
r r_„ _
The vote for counc.lmen was as
’ollows:
Ed. J. Williams 246, G. E. Paup 228,
H. Nixon 225, Dean C. Cannon 209,
Walter Thomas 209, N. R. Walker 193.
Ira H. King was elected School
trustee without opposition.
The campaign for mayor and c-oun
3ilmen was spirited.
By a vote of 218 to 31 the people
decided in favor of the construction
t>y the city of a commodious wharf on
;he waterfront to accommodate the
ishing fleet.
Dr. Wallace E. Peterson defeated
\. G. Shoup for mayor of Sitka by 20
rotes in the most exciting municipal
r.ontest ever conducted in that city,
rhe total vote cast there was 196, and
he result was as follows: life '
Dr. Wallace E. Peterson 106, Dr.
lames W. Johnson 101, J. P. McNulty
17, J. T. Cunllff 90, Hans Anderson 86,
I. . G. Shoup 86. The three first
tamed were elected. Sitka is a mu
licipal corporation of the second class,
>rganized under the territorial law
vith three trustees, one of whom is
nayor.
The vote for school board members
fleeted was:
DeaVmond 110, Ulrich 108, Sarvela
05.
E. Holt was elected mayor of Nome
vith 195 votes. Others elected fol
ow:
Councilmen for two years—C. Ca
ey with 192 votes. E. Tarnutzer with
73 votes and Geo. Maynard with 157
otes.
Councilmen for one-year term—Fred
’etersen with 213 votes and Feo
leidenverg with 135 votes.
E. Grimm with 223 votes was re
lected city clerk; Grant Jackson with
11 votes was elected city treasurer,
nd O. D. Cochrane was elected city
ttorney with 194 votes, defeating
'red Harrison, who received 100.
J. Morris with 212 votes defeated
'homas Ross with 84 votes for presi
ent of the school board.
About 300 votes were polled.
The election at Petersburg was
iuiet. More than 100 registered vot
irs did not go to the polls.
Rasmus Enge was elected mayor
>nd L. C. Berg, L. J. Israelson, Peter
lorgenson, Erick Ness, Jacob Otness
:nd Chris Tveten were chosen coun
:11m en.
There was a light vote at Fairbanks,
is only one (dll ticket was In the field
vith only one Independent candidate
or city councilman. The total regis
ratlon was 382.
A. L. Wilbur was elected mayor
vithout opposition by a vote of 312.
The vote for councilman, two-year
crm. was as follows:
C. H. Woo’dard 276, H. H. Ross 26S,
lobert Lavery 236, Qeorge Moody (fn
lependent) 208. The first three named
yere elected.
For councilman, one-year term—
oseph H. Smith, with 274 votes, wr.s
lected without opposition.
Qeorge Hutchinson was elected
chool treasurer without Opposition,
The reorganization of the fire and
olice departments are probable re
ults of the election.
PACKING PROBE DUE TO
STOCKMEN’S ASSOCIATION
EL PASO, Texas, April 5.—A bit of
inside history of the packing probe
was revealed during the Panhandle
Southwestern Stockmen’s Assoqiation
convention by one of the speakers,
who told how, in a back room of the
Hotel Sheldon, in 1916, a few cattle
men attending the American National
Livestock Association convention (the
present organization) organized a
marketing committee. “This commit
tee went to work quietly and suc
ceeded in bringing; about the federal
investigation of the meat-packing In
lustry,” the speaker said.
New York Cafe
First Avenue, two doors below
Modern Laundry.
DINNER A SPECIALTY
STRICTLY HOME COOKING
E. SPARROW
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OP SALE
United States of America, Territory
of Alaska, ss.
Notice is hereby given that I have
this day levied upon that certain one
story frame dwelling house known as
he McVae house, same being situated
upon government laqd of the United
States of America adjacent to station
grounds of the Copper River & North
western Railway Company, near the
town of Cordova, Alaska, under and
by virtue of a certain chattel mort
gage given by pan McVae to the
First Bank of Cordova, at Cordova,
Alaska, and by said bank assigned to
John Muller; said mortgage being
foreclosed and said property sold un
der Section 749 of the Compiled Laws
Df Alaska. And I hereby give notice
by virtue of the authority vested in
me that I will sell aald house and
the whole thereof to the highest bid
der for cash to make the sum of $600
with interest thereon at the rate of
12 per cent per annum from the 24th
day of August, 1918, together with
308 ts and increased costa of sale. Said
jale to take place on the premises
>n the 12th day of Atfril, 1919, at the
lour of 2 p. m.
Dated this 2d day of April, 1919.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
U. S. Marshal.
By JVM. L. FURSMAN, Deputy.
TRAPPERS ATTENTION TRADERS
• SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, Inc.
DEALER IN
RAW FXJRS
Seattle— New York—
Alaska Building 127 W. 27th Street
We do business direct with you and solicit all Raw Furs. Your ship
ments are handled by expert graders and New York market prices are
paid on correct grading the day received. If desired, your shipments will
be kept separate in order that our prices may be approved by you. Pro
viding that our valuation does not prove satisfactory, the furs will be
returned to you, transportation charges prepaid. Ship by insured parcel
post or express. Ship in a dry condition. Always inclose an itemized
list of contents, with name and address. Also attach duplicate list to
the outside of bundle. Special instructions, if any, must accompany ship
ments. Payments are made by check on the Seattle National Bank, or
in any other manner desired. Ship now.
GET READY FOR THE VICTORY LOAN
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NOTICE
I have sold my stock of second-hand goods to Mr. Keist
| and from now on will devote my entire energy to the
| workmen’s trade. Come in and look my stock over, see
| the quality of goods and get the prices.
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| Here Are a Few of the
1 Articles I Carry I
1 GENERAL LINE UNDERWEAR AND TOP SHIRTS 1
1 BLANKETS AND QUILTS
I LOGGERS’ SHOES AND SHOE FINDINGS
RAIN GOODS
| MATTRESSES AND SPRINGS 3
I TENTS AND A LINE OF CANVAS GOODS
3 KITCHENWARE, STOVES
I CLAM DIGGERS’ SHOVELS AND SUPPLIES
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My Store’s Name Has Been Changed to
RAWS* >N’S
S GENERAL FURNISHINGS
1 We are with the Cash Store, in the Northern Block
1 Everything Delivered Together
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