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PROPAGANDA”
Without opposition, the senate has
adopted a resolution offered b> Sen
ator James Reed, of Missouri, for the
appointment of a committee to investi
gate and “report to the senate wheth
er there is an organized effort being
made to control public opinion and the
ifKiMd 11 \ r
matters through propaganda or by the
use of money by advertising, or by
control of publicity.”
Probably the Bok peace plan was
chiefly in the mind of the democratic
senator, but the committee will also!
take up the Mellon tax program, and
the soldiers’ bonus—“whether or not
the profiteers of the war are now con-;
tributing to the defeat of the soldiers*
adjusted conpensation bill by money
or influence, and what if any, such in- j
fluences are being employed either by
American citizens or the representa
tives of foreign governments or for
eign institutions to control or affect;
the the foreign or domestic policies
of the United States.” The commit
tee is given power to subpoena such
persons, books and papers as within
its discretion may be necessary.
It may be that the “irresconcilable”
senator has some knowledge of infam
ous means that are being employed—!
as the resolution insinuates is being!
done; and if that is true the country j
should know it.
But the larger probability is that;
nothing tangible will come of the in-1
vestigation. It is a common habit of
congress to start an investigation at
the least provocation. That propa
.1 i t_~ ^^^ lxoin ciinnort of
and 1 nopposition to the programs cit
ed is evident. Senator Reed, arch en
emy of the league of nations, hints
that foreign governments are behind
the Bok scheme. Recently the king
of England, in, his speech from the
throne, said his government would
strive to make the league a greater
I»ower in world affairs. But it is not
probable that any foreign government
is supplying Bok with the wherewith
al to put over his plan. In tact, there
is plenty of money in this country a
vailable for the purpose. It is not
possible to carry on propaganda with
any degree of success without ample
funds. Whether Bok is supplying all
the money from his own purse one
does not know. Maybe the commit
tee will uncover an international con
spiracy. But the greater probability
is that it will not. The Bok plan pro
bably was inspired by worthy motives
but it will get nowhere, regardless of
the source of supply.
Of course, propaganda is being con
ducted in behalf of the Mellon plan.
Some of the leading newspapers and
magazines of the country are strong
ly supporting it. Roger Babson fore
most statistician, has an excellent ar
ticle on the subject in one of the re
cent issues of the Saturday Evening
Post. The New York World and the
New York Times, leading democratic '
organs of the land, are fighting for it i
and denouncing democratic partisans
in congress who are opposing the pro
gram for political reasons as stupid
and mischievous.
Propaganda is being carried on for
and against the soldier bonus. The.
president himself said: “I do not favor!
the granting of a bonus.” The Am
erican Legion is conducting propagan- ^
da in support of the bonus. Yet with
in the legion there is an active anti-:
bonus element. It is called “The Ex-;
Service Men’s Anti-Bonus League.”'
“To seek a reward for patriotic serv
ice is an act repugnant to the ideals
of American citizenship,” it proclaims. |
The committee will have no diffi
culty in uncovering a hot-bed of “pro
paganda,” for “propaganda" is now
our country’s middle name. Wheth
er it will find any sinister influence
behind the propaganda on both sides j
ot national issues remains to be dis
closed. But we are all eagerly wait-,
ing to be horrified and scandalized.;
Let the committee proceed.
A COMMUNICATION
So ward Game Club,
Seward, Alaska.
Gentlemen:
In regard to the proposed changes
in the present game laws I would like
to call your attention to a few factsj
that apparently have been overlooked!
First, in regard to the proposed
reserve one mile each side of the rail
road. It is not quite clear to me
whether it is the idea to eliminate all
in this reserve, or to limit it to small
game; however the outcome would be
practically the same, for, unless this I
reserve was surveyed and plainly i
marked no hunter COCLD live up to'
it, and unless it as constantly patrol-;
ed practically none WOULD. Why?1
We will assume that John Smith in
tended to obey the law, went out for
a hunt and after leaving the railroad
track he took a course diagonally from ;
it. Now, after traveling for some time
he sees either a bear or a moose. Jack
really wants to obey the law but he
doesn’t know whether he is a mile
away from the track or not. conse
quently he will get his game and in
vestigate the distance, later. Or,
After hunting all day he heads for
home and knowing the direction the
railroad track is from him he takes
for it through timber. After travel- j
ing for some time he runs into some;
game and, thinking he is well out of
tne reserve, Kins game, ne men euu
tinues his journey home and after
traveling a few hundred yards comes
out on the railroad track. Uninten
tionally Jack violated the law, and is
just as guilty as though he had done
i it intentionally. Now
How about the man that lives along
the railroad? Is he going to leave his
cabin in quest of meat, find it •ithiu
a few hundred yards of camp, pass it
up and go on for a mile or more in the
HOPE of finding another prize? He
is NOT, neither would you or I. Again,
If you were five miles from the rail
road track and jumped a moose, then
tracked it for four and a halt miles to
i ward the track saw it standing a hun
dred yards from you, would you pass
it up because it was in the reserve?
POSSIBLY you would but I doubt it.
To my notion this proposed law cre
ating this reserve would be harder to
enforce than the “Eighteenth” Am
endment, and would receive just about
as much support from the public; pro
bably not quite as much if such is pos
sible.
Now as to the proposed change in
the Moose Law. I will admit that if
the season was extended to February
the first it -would be VERY much eas
ier to get a moose and considerably
HERBERT RAWLINSON
A TWO-REEL CENTURY COMEDY
“AMERICAN PLAN”
WITH LEE MORAN
AND A FINE PATHE NEWS
iHAIRMAN WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE
Representative William R. Greeny
at' Council Bluffs, la., Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee in the
Couse. and spokesman of the old line
Republicans.
easier to get it home after it was kill-;
ed, BUT, the point is this: IT WOULD
BE ALTOGETHER TOO EASY. It
would be nice indeed, for one to be
able to leave here on the train in the
morning go down Kenai Lake when
it was well frozen over, arriving at
the “Landing" that same evening,
then go out next morning and find on
account of deep snow that the moose
was all bunched on the flats. It would
then be an easy matter to kill your
moose that same day and start for
home the next. Fine! Great! BUT,
how about the moose? How long
would they last? I can assure you
they would not last long under those
conditions.
Respectfully yours,
W. R. SHELLHORN.
A COMMUNICATION
Editor Gateway:
Just a few lines to explain my posi
tion on the game that seems to be oc |
cupying the time of sporting men and
hunters in our game lands. ;
Our game law's as they stand need !
improvements in some one or two j
points. One point is hunters coming |
into Alaska hunting moose for the i
head or horn and leave the meat to
be destroyed or spoiled. Every hunt-j
er that kills a moose should be com- j
pelled to deliver the meat to some fa- j
mily or to citizens of Alaska who will
see that the meat will be taken and at
the same time do some good. One oth
er point is to open the season the 1st
of August for the reason the one j \
moose killed about the first of August! >
is better meat. It is fatter and has a j
better flavor and will give better sat-1
isfaction than two moose killed the j
first of November. Open the first of j
August and close the first of January, j
There is one other question that!
should be allowed to stand as it is
i and that is the number of moose to be
j killed by any or all hunters in Alas- i
ka. One moose is not enough for a
man with a family to give him meat
j for the year or until the season opens
| again. There is many a hunter that j
| treks to the moose country to hunt I
and try and get a moose, because he j
needs the meat. He figures like this: j
; I have not got any money to pay for
j transportation and I am entitled to 2
moose. I can kill two and give one i
tor my rare ana tor carrying my meal
home, but, as the law stands, he can
get a moose if you change it to one.
This man will get no moose. Now
there is one more point that I under
stand one club is agitating and that is
to establish a reserve one mile each
side of the railroad. Now gentlemen,
what is the cause for this change?
Our game warden in his last report
states that the moose and big game.
Moose and bear, grouse and ptarmi
gan are all on the increase, then, why
this precaution? See it mentioned a
bout what the the men on the rail
road do destroy game and so on. I ^
have been along this railroad for the j
past fifteen years and I have never
yet seen a section man or any other
railroad man kill a moose out of sea
son or kill a cow moose. But, I have
known of men coming from Seward to
; kill a cow moose and calf and also kill
j other game out of season. We have a
I few goats on one of those mountains j
I close to Bear lake that we tried to pro
tect and the law did protect and some
of you would be club men and sports
men of Seward sneaked in and killed
them and carried them to Seward at
night.
Now, I for one, as my home is close
to the railroad and if you put this re
serve over on us can’t you see
what position it puts us in? All you
j have to do now is open your eyes and
I read, “No shooting on these premis
I es.” No two will read, ‘ No trespass
ing on these grounds;” No. 3, “ No 4
fishing in this creek,” and, if our
friends have their way, No 4 will read
“You must not fire a gun inside the
1-mile limit on each side of the rail
road track.”
I do not want any man or club of
men to tell me what to do or not to
do on my own ground. Gentlemmen,
let us protect our game and protect
one and all inside the law. Let us be
1 true sportsmen if we only need one
i moose. Let us only kill one if we
need two, the law as it stands gives
us two. Let us not do anything we
will be ashamed of or something that
will work a hardship on our neighbor.
Let us do this, and then watch them
come and watch Seward grow.
james McConnell,
Woodrow, Alaska.
GEORGE SEXTON FILES
DELEGATE CONVENTION
George Sexton, the pioneer hotel
man of Seward, has announced his
candidacy for National Committeeman
to the Republican convention at.
Df the Republican wheelhorses ot' this
vicinity, having lived in Seward for
many years and serving in various ca
pacities. Mr. Sexton served several
years as game warden for Kenai pen
insula and westward points, and has a
yery large business and political ac
quaintance both in Alaska and the
States.
CORDEL LFLAYS GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Chairman
Cordell of the Democratic national
committee issued a statement declar- j
ing the oil reserve disclosures was an- |
other evidence that the government
was dominated by a crowd of “ruth-!
less reactionaries.” He flayed and
bared various republican scandals of
the past three years saying the issue
is bluntly—“shall we have a corrupt
or a clean government.”
ONE-MAN CAR JUMPS TRACKS
NEW YORK, Feb. 5—Sixty were
hurt, and ten being seriously injured
when a one-man street car jumped its
track and coasted into a larger car. :
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