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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918.
ALASKA’S RICHNESS.
The Alaska bureau of the SeattR
Chamber of Commerce has issued i
booklet containing facts, frequentlj
noted but significant enough to b<
worth bearing in mind, relating to thf
vastness of the resources of the north
cm territory. Alaska is twelve times
as large as the state of New York. Its
imports during 1916 amounted to $30,
834,703, its exports $79,533,385. Gold tc
the value of $16,329,437 was produced
in 1916; copper production broke all
records with a value of $35,314,993
Alaska has the only tin mines on the
continent, and $110,000,000 worth ol
the metal was mined in the last year
i Jr which figures are available.
Coal deposits ranging in grade from
lignite to anthracite, and said to be
greater in area than were originally
contained in the state of Pennsylvania,
are waiting to be worked in the terri
tory; mineral oil is being produced and
refined from one claim patented, and
further development of this industry
■awaits throwing open oil lands to en
fry. Fishing is a great Alaskan in
dustry, and the fishing banks off the
^outh coast of the territory and the
Aleutian islands are greater in area
than those of any other country; rein
deer in Alaska number 85,000, and
',u,,ac ue an important source of
iood supply; agriculture is being found
more profitable year by year; spruce
'forests will furnish the raw material
•or a large paper industry, not to men
Uiom airplanes; vast water power
•awaits development.
The shortage of necessaries which
Alaska produces plentifully may turn
greater public attention to the north
ern “empire.” It is the only American
possession with extensive undeveloped
^Jnerai resources. Full use of these1
■ eammot P$ un*il adequate trans-1
portattan facilities are Provided. The
possibilities of Alaska as a factor in'
*111*-world war must not be forgotten.—'
Indianapolis News
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THE NEWS ALL THE TIME
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The increase in membership of the'
Associated Press in 1917 represents'
more than the combined increase in
the preceding nine years. At present
there are 636 evening newspapers, 391 j
morning newspapers and 61 Sunday
morning newspapers, or a total of
1,088, receiving the service of the As
sociated Press These newspapers, the
smallest of which receives a 500-word
daily telegraph service, to the largest,
which receives upwards of 50,000
words daily, show a net increase in
the membership of the Associated
Press in the year 1917 of 140, of which
95 are evening, 34 morning and 9 Sun
day newspapers.
In 1917 there was a great expansion
In the Morse leased wire service of
the Associated Press, more than 2,000
(additional miles of wire being added,
making the leased wire system of the
organization over 53,000 miles in
length and more than twice the mile
age of all other press associations
combined.
Receiving the report on these leased
■wires, which would stretch more than
twice around the world, are 308 even
ing newspapers, 269 morning news
papers and 48 Sunday morning news
papers.
While there was a rapid extension
<of the leased wire service, the increase
In the number of papers receiving the
Associated Press pony service, or
services smaller than the Morse leased
wire, was still greater, showing a
growth of 87 over that of the preceding
year.
With the extension of the Morse
service it was necessary to emplo>
additional Morse operators. The num
her of Morse operators employed b>
the Associated Press at present tc
copy the report, which costs mor<
than $3,500,000 to collect and dls
tribute, is 660, representing an in
crease of 59 over the number em
ployed for the preceding year.
This body of operators, who havi
to be the most expert of their kind ii
the telegraph business, and who cop:
the report in every state in the Unioi
with a single exception, is greater thai
the combined operating forces of al
the other press associations In th
world.
Nearly one hundred Associated
Press operators have gone in military
and naval service during the past
■year, and 200 others are voluntarily
teaching National army recruits.
News department men have also
joined the colors to such an extent
that there are almost 200 stars in the
Associated Press service flag. The or
ganization has claimed no exemptions
and has encouraged rather than dis
couraged governmental service on the
part of its staff.
During 1917 the sick benefit fund
took care of all operators who were
[ ill. and the directors at Christmas
announced that the organization would
insure the lives of all employes in the
amount of $1,000 for the benefit of
their heirs or dependents.
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INDUSTRY IN THE SIXTY-FIFTH
CONGRESS
Superficially at least, it would ap
pear that the great duty of the Sixty
fifth congress, now in its second ses
sion. is to provide the ways and means
for carrying on the war. It must sup
ply the government not only with
funds and with laws for raising these;
funds, but it must also give all the
authority which is necessary to en
force the rules and regulations, to
make feasible and possible the carry
ing on of the war with efficiency. This
is, as already stated, merely the super
ficial duty of congress. These things •
it can accomplish because the United
States possesses the necessary wealth
and possesses the necessary patriot
ism to make possible the raising of the
revenue, and to make easy the enforce
j ment of any rules and regulations
which may be ordered or ordained
But the congress of the United
States is charged also with maintain
ing the prosperity of the country. That
may not seem to be an easy order, but
as a matter of fact that is actually
what congress must do. In carrying
out this order it is necessary for it
to display a financial and economic
and political wisdom of a very high
order. Congress must levy taxes, it
must lay imposts of various kinds in
order to provide the government with
revenue. It must, in laying these im
posts and levying these taxes, take
into consideration their effect on the
country, upon the investor, upon the
manufacturer, upon the wage earner. '
Indiscreet legislation or legislation'
that is unwise or uneconomic will have
a serious effect.
Congress is not merely concerned
with legislating for the moment, with
the raising of immediate funds, or
building of ships, or making of guns,
or transporting of troops, but with fur
nishing the sinews of victory. It is
concerned with preserving to the
United States a measure of prosper
ity, that resiliency which will be nec
essary to enable us to rise above the
war and continue on our course when
peace has been declared. Congress
must view its enactments not merely
in the light of what they accomplish
today, but upon what effect they will
have upon the United States tomor
row, the tomorrow of peace. There
fore congress is charged with an ex
ceedingly grave duty, and it is a good
thing to be able-to say that congress
is aware of its duty and gravely con
cerned with its own acts and activi
ties.
It is true that there are some who
would utilize the power of congress
to strip the industries of the United
States of everything which they pos
sess, who would take away from the
financier and investor that which they
have struggled to gain through years
of work and service, and who would
also deprive every man who had more
than a few dollars of all surplus. These
men may be influenced by local condi
tions or by something else, but the
fact remains that they are in a mi
nority. Neither must the fact be over
looked that if their propositions were
carried into effect absolute paralysis
would follow throughout the country.
Congress, therefore, has the duty of
conserving the industry, the prosperity
and the resources of the United
States.
The industries of the country have
taken their assets and deposited them,
figuratively, at least, at the feet of
Uncle Sam, to be used and utilized in
any way that he deemed desirable.
These assets did not merely consist
of their mills and mines and factories,
nor in bank accounts or investments
nor in raw material. They consisted
i also of the brain and energy and en
! thusiasm and patriotism of the of
■ fleers and stockholders and the work
■ ers. These latter assets are the great
• est of all. All that was asked of Uncle
Sam was that he should use them to
s the best advantage, but preserve them
l if possible for the future use of the
’ country and of their owners. The
l only stipulation, and that was merely
l implied, was that there should be no
l willful destruction of the property
3 which was handed over to Uncle Sam
That willful destruction was not
j merely of the physical property of the
f mill, the mine, the factory or the raw
t material. There could have been a
. destruction of those spiritual assets
of patriotism and mental activity also.
3 When a man volunteers and gives
t to the country all that he has, and
, then the country turns around and de
, stroys that unnecessarily, there i» de
stroyed not merely the physical but
the mental assets, and such destruc
„ tion means the paralysis of the United
States. Happily, the government if
a ignoring the clamoring of the Social
^ 1st. the anarchist and the paid (ler
man agent that the industries of the
j country be stripped either by govern
mental action or by the Bolshevik
f idea of turning the property over tc
the workers.
During the present session of the
Sixty-fifth congress man bills will lx
^ introduced dealing with industry. Urn
gress will have to scrutinize these
bills carefully, because there is no waj
of telling how seriously legislator
may prove injurious. It may be thal
legislation which appears perfectlj
3 fair on its face, in its application maj
be detrimental. Congress has beer
(j -careful of the rights of labor, and con
s! gress today will be careful of the
l rights of industry. By conserving both
labor and industry much will be
1 gained, but congress has a right tc
demand from both labor and industrj
absolutely full measure, and withoul
full measure the government can
. not carry on to a quick and easy solu
I tion the problems which confront it
( Congress may be absolutely fair to
industry in every respect except one
and that is by giving immunities and
privileges to labor which are both
unnecessary and undesirable. Indus
try is entitled to equal privileges with
I labor, and labor is entitled to equal
privileges with industry. Congress
must see that there is no discrimina
tion in the attitude of the government
towards industry or towards labor, nor
must industry be penalized for the
benefit of labor, nor labor exploited
for the benefit of industry. There
fore the duty of congress today is a
serious one. It must bold the force
equal between the worker, the manu
facturer, the banker, the clerk, the
women of the country, and even the
children. There must be equal par
ticipation of all in the work of win
ning the war, and there must be spe
cial privileges lor none. Congress is
u
liable t©' make mistakes. People for
give mistakes, but people'do »©t read
ily forgive a studied attempt to dis
criminate or to develop classes in the
United States, Every pevson* should
give all possible help to coogresa, but
congress should at the same time in
vite this help and invite the informa
tion and assistance of all who1 may
throw light on the problems involved.
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“AN INSTITUTION OF STRENGTH AND CHARACTER”
As a badge of service. In these tiroes
when only servfce of some kind counts,
the apron has come Into Its own. All
i women don the aprons that signify real
. work is to be done by their wearers,
with a degree of satisfaction and pride
which the handsomest evening gown
cannot hope to rival. Aprons are *Tas
1 silled by the materials used in them
• and by design awl color Into the vari
t ous sorts of service aprons besides
r those that are made for wear at borne
I In the occupations that demand »enrice
there.
5 Chambray, gingham and percale fur
nish the goods for service aprons with
’ other durable weaves In the list of
f avallables. Pique, cretonne and print
1 ed cottons lend their touches of white
i. or bright colors In collars, caffs and
t pockets and wide, old-fashioned rick
it rack braid has been resurrected to
s take the place of honor as a flnlsh on
fl aprons for wear at home.
Starting out with these, there are
l" “bungalow" aprons, so cheery looking
- that one A tempted to acquire one and
f* buy n bungalow to match It. One of
t- these is shown In the picture. It Is
e of striped percale with deep cuffs nnd
0 collar of white pique. It does not
open straight down the front but folds
over from right to left, with the right
e side trimmed into a point. It fastens
e with a button at the left side, Is pro
y vided with a capacious pocket and
o held In plnce by a flat belt of the per
y cale, which fastens In front with but
j tons and buttonholes. The belt slips
!
through slashes In the apron and mod
estly hides Its good work in support
ing tbe garment. This trick of the
belts is featured in other styles.
The prettiest of bungalow aprons is
of blue chambray with collar and cuffs
of gay cretonne edged with white rick
rack braid. Across the front a big
pocket of cretonne looks tike a knit
ting bag attached to the apron. It
suggests that the wearer will always
hare her knitting or her sowing at '
ha ad.
Aprons for “cierltal sendee” In war
work are made of dark gray chambray
and are really plain ooe-pieee dresses,
that fasten with small pearl or hone
buttons. Their sleeves are finished
with a band at the wrist.
For “conservation service,” that is
for one’s own housework, aprons of
blue chambray are shown with targe
chambray pockets and deep cuffs and
collar of white piqne. The apron is
cut straight at the front and buttons
over from right to left. The belt slips
through slashes as in the apron illus
trated.
There is a “refreshment service”
dress of blue and white striped cham
bray with white collars aud cuffs. It
Is worn with a white serving apron
wherever it*; owner Is called upon to
serve food to soldiers or in the Inter
est of war work.
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