THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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H. G. STEEL
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MONDAY. JANUARY 13. 1919
ENTITLED TO BETTER PAY.
It is an undisputed fact that not
withstanding the fact of a general
raise in wages in practically every
vocation in life tne public school
teachers throughout the country are
underpaid. They spend years of their
time and considerable money in the
preparation of themselves for their
chosen profession and when they en
ter upon what to most of them is a
life work they do so upon what is
now merely a sustenance. This is
not its it should he. Wages have in
creased in all other lines and why
not among the educators?
In litis connection we. take pleasure
in piloting from a statement made by
Secretary of Interior lame, who
places himself on record in favor of
an increased salary for the teacher
and expresses the hope that a large
portion of time in mir public schools
shall In' given to the teaching of the
principles for which we have been
lighting abroad. He states: "Ameri
<nn hoys and girls should he taught
entirely in the American tongue, be
made to think in American terms, to
judge by American standards, to con
tribute to the American Idea, by
learning to know our history, not as
a series of incidents, but as the de
velopment of a philosophy, by making
every boy so passionately devoted to
our form of government as a grow-1
ing expression ot the love which men
have for justice and liberty, and that
lie will he willing to light for it and;
'naki In in self able to light. To do
tin t, the work of the teacher must
he elevated in public esteem The sal-'
arie of teachers must lie raised. The
profession must lie made to draw to
it men and women of superior kind, J
t" teaching is the most important
o! till tlic professions,"
FINDING WORK FOR SOLDIERS.
The excitement displayed In con
gress and In the columns of Ihe news
paper press throughout the country
as to the condition to be created In
Ihe industrial world by the return of
the two millions and more of Ameri
can soldiers to civil life would seem
to he entirely unwaranted. And the
question arises as to whether there
Is not a great deal of ‘'camouflage”
i to use an expression which has re
cent ly become popular) in the some
what hysterical concern of some
statesmen lor the welfare of the lab
oring men.
A large per cent of the returning
soldiers are men who will again take
up the occupations they followed
prior to the war. Many of them were
business men, professional men, ar
tists, farmers and so forth, who do
little to disturb industrial conditions.
Large numbers, also, are skilled me
chanics and artisans who will find
plenty of work at the respective
crafts when the country finally gets
on to a peace basis again. But a very
large number of the soldiers who will
return to civil life are young men Just
out of school and college, who will be
prepared to make their way in the
world just as though there had been
no war, and in a majority of cases
they will be far better equipped th in
had they engaged in the task of earn
ing their own living a few years
earlier. Likewise, the man with a
service badge may depend upon it
that he will not be unemployed long
if lie desires to work. The people
generally and the government itself
will find means of profitable employ
ment for the man who has shouldered
a gun in defense of his country, just
as they did in the days following the
civil war
And another thing that should not
be forgotten is that, as a nation of
hero-worshipers, we shall find that
the hundreds of thousands of elective
offices throughout the country -muni
cipal, county, state and national—
car be worthily filled by the men in
klv.ki. Kverywherc ii "ill he found
that the service badge "ill be a won
derful vote-getter, and, other things
being equal, litis is at is should he.
Hut what makes the present agita
tion seem ridiculous is that these re
turning soldiers, who it is feared will
upset the labor market, are till Am
ericans—men who left good positions
or good prospects at their country’s
call. For thirty years or more prior
to the war there were dumped on
American shores annually hundreds
of thousands of foreigners, men and
women who could not even speak the
language of the country, all but lit
tle short of destitute, and yet there
"a no hue and cry from the coun
try- guardians to the effect that the
labor market was being disturbed. In
fact, the agitation was ail in favor of
raising the liars even to Oriental
labor, in order that the country's In
dustries might not he restricted for
lack of cheap labor. In the years im
mediately preceding the war the im
migration had reached more than a
million and a half annually, and yet
American Industry quickly assimilat
ed this enormous influx.
During the war there was persist
ent agitation on the Pacific coaat for
the repeal of the Chinese and Japan
ese exclusion laws, In order that
cheap labor might he provide for the
California agriculturalists and horti
culturists. And, under the sanction
of the war board, labor was imported
from the West Indies under contract
for the durutlon of the war, to Pro
vide labor for the southern industries.
There need be little fear that the
American soldier will find his right
ful place in American Industry. In
view of the circumstances it would
seem that there is a great deal of
insincerity and nonsense about this
agitation.
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WITH ALASKA EXCHANGES.
The Anchorage Times wants Sena
tor Thomas (', Price to Introduce a
husband's lazy man act at the com
ing session of the legislature.
Owing to the increased cost of
production the Juneau Empire has
raised its subscription to $1.25 per
month.
The Seward Gateway says that a
mail for that town was routed from
Seattle to Anchorage and "its only
about three weeks late in arriving at
its proper destination.
NOTICE
In the Matter of the Kstate of Charles
Leslie Hale, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been by the United
States commissioner and ex-officio
probate Judge, Cordova precinct, ap
pointed administrator of the estate of
Charles Leslie Hale, deceased.
All parties having claims against
the said estate are hereby required
to present them with proper vouchers
within six months from the date of
this notice to the undersigned at the
office of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, Cordova, Alaska.
Dated Cordova, Alaska, Jan. 10,
1919.
FRKD n. TRACY, Administrator.
First publication, Jan 10. 1919.
Last publication, Feb 7, 1919.
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notify the carrier boy—report your
new addreHH to the office.
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