Of SEWARD, ALASKA
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MISPLACED SYMPATHY
A petition is going tli Grounds in Washington
to secure the release ol‘ Ruth Garrison, who fed a
rival poison and calmly watched her dying strug
gles. At the trial gallons of tears were wasted over
the youthful murderess, and mawkish spectators
sobbed and sighed as she told the story of the bru
tal murder. And so it goes, day by day, a pretty
woman, a few tears, and a plea of being wronged
turns loose upon society one who should be incarcer
ated for life, and made to do useful work for the
taxpayer who puts up for her keep.
Ruth Garrison took advantage of her youth
and beauty to barbarously murder another woman.
She was found guilty, but shrewd lawyers and a
silly judge commuted her sentence to imprisonment
in an asylum instead of calling for the extreme pen
alty. Their acts will undoubtedly lead others on
the brightly lighted path of crime, knowing that
they will be exonerated in case they can work upon
the emotions of the jury and spectators. The United
States leads the world in the number of murders
committed, and also leads the world in laxness of
punishments.
WIIY NEWSPAPERS PREACH ADVERTISING
To the critical observer it might appear selfish
for a newspaper to continually spread the gospel
of advertising. But no matter how much the news
paper urges the public particularly the potential ad
vertiser, to a more consistent method of serving the
people at large through the medium of a paid ad,
it can hardly go too far. The reason is that the
more advertising the newspaper carries the more
the public is served.
A very elementary problem in logic presents
itself. First of all, it is a world-wide admission
that all legitimate advertising is a direct form of
service to the particular class of buyers or general
clientele it seeks to reach. It follows, then that
any suggestion, argument or persuasion that increas
es the number of advertisers or the amount of
space used is a very vital factor in causing or help
ing this advertising service to be rendered.
“Enterprise” is the biggest word in commerce;
and advertising is enterprising because it shows en
ergy, progression and inventive spirit in practical
affairs. Men who study advertising scientifically
all agree that “suggestion” is a fundamental of all
true advertising. Therefore, if the newspaper can
suggest to the advertisers that they themselves use
the fundamental or suggestion by increasing it thru
advertising, a genuine service has been rendered.
There is service in suggestion if it is timely and
proper. Thus the great fabric of trade and com
merce has been woven into American business life
because the press has laid aside false modesty and
has been foremost in urging advertising as indispen
sable to commercial stability and progress.
The Daily Times not duly believes in advertis
ing but believes it a duty to stress advertising as
one means of justifying its existence in the com
munity which it seeks to serve. We go even fur
ther than that and say that this editorial is writ
ten, not as an excuse to stimulate advertising, but
as an apology for not urging more it it.—Cordova
Daily Times.
Chicago Tribune—We see nothing to be gained
by the American people through intercourse with
Moscow, up to this time at any rate, which could
compensate us morally or materially for giving aid
to the communist regime.
THE international institute of agriculture at
Home reports that there will be a shortage of rye
next year. That may be good or bad news for the
bootleggers.
If Bill White could handle the Klan as Ma
Ferguson does there would be something new the
matter with Kansas today.
TOBACCO AND TOLERANCE
San Francisco Bulletin
The passion for interfering with the pleasures
of others is not one of the exclusive beautiful fea
tures of the American mind, despite appearances. It
uicatvs uut (Uwujk IIuiuujs, Japanese, Russians, piub
ably Senegambians and Eskimos. Perhaps the
Latins are more free of it than others, but no doubt
it seizes them occasionally. Its latest manifesta
tion appears to be among the Wahabis of Arabia,
who have either taken Mecca, or failed to take it,
according as you read the paper on an odd or even
day of the month.
The Wahabis are an exceedingly moral brand
of Mohammedan and are said to have prohibited
smoking in Mecca, and to have ordered several thous
and narghiles or hookahs burned as though they
were opium pipes, on the ground that Mohammed
would not wish his followers to burn tobacco in a
pleasurable manner.
Where the Wahabis got their warrant is not
stated. Surely it was not from Mohammed, for
he has been dead a long time before Sir Walter
Raleigh and Jean Nieot had introduced smoking as
an art in the Eastern hemisphere; over which it
spread like the flu. Mohammed forbade the use
of alcohol as a bevreage, but so did the Eighteenth
Amediment—forbade it, but did not stop it—but
he could hardly have said anything against tobacco.
Yet the Wahabis, by extension of the prohibition
principle far beyond the Prophet’s authority, in
clude tobacco, silk garments, jewelry and shaving.
They will doubtless succeed in introducing bootleg
cigarettes and cut plug.
It is a preverse exercise of the meddling prin
ciple. Humanity never seems to get over the idea
that meddling with people’s private practices is a
sacred duty. General tolerance may be reached
some day, but that day is a long way ahead.
WTILL ROGERS AS AN EXPERT
Politics in the American tradition, is something
to discuss solemnly. If any Washington corres
pondent or other political expert gave the most
offhand opinion without mentioning undercurrents,
drifts .factors, post-war reaction, agrarian discon
tent of economic security, he would lose Ills union
card. But along comes Will Rogers, well-knowli
employee of Mr. Ziegfield, and upsets all this. Here
are some of his sayings clipped from the New York
World: — — J•.•****
A Lame Duck is a politician who has had his
salary shot from under him.
John W. Davis ran on honesty. It was too
radical for politics. Mr. Coolidge ran on common
sense, and the returns showed that there were over
eight million people in the United States who had
common sense enough not to believe there was hon
esty in politics.
If Lincoln, Neb., fell down three times electing
a President, what made you think they could elect
a new Vice President.
Mr. Rogers not only refuses to be solemn but
into his impudent badinage he crowds an uncom
fortable lot of sense—nay, more than sense, horse
sense.
INTERNATIONAL WAR ON NARCOTICS
With Japan and Great Britain accusing each
other of bad faith in carrying on the international
war against opium, it is pleasing to observe that
Canada and China have thrown their support to the
American proposals at Geneva for the control and
ultimate eradication of the narcotic evil. The
opium conference, called under the auspices of the
league of nations, was threatened with rupture when
Japan and England started their sparring match,
each accusing the other of questionable practices,
with the burden of opinion being that Japan was
slyly trying to evade its pledges. ' The United
States came to the rescue by offering a program that
was generally considered to be effective if adopted
and adhered to honestly by the principal nations of
the world. This in substance would provide for
striking the evil at its source as well as practically
abolishing distribution of narcotic drugs. The plan
has received the enthusiastic endorsement of China
which for centuries has been a victim of the hide
ous monster, and Canada, through whose ports much
of the narcotics distributed in the United States
is received. Other nations are also lining up in sup
port of the program and the epd of an international
crime against humanity seems to be in sight.
The new Congresswoman from New Jersey is
opposed to prohibition. That ought to make her
solid wTith the boys in the cloak room.
You can’t convince those sand-shooting army
flyers that it ain’t gwine to rain no mo’.
TOMORROW NIGHT
ONE SHOW—EIGHT O’CLOCK
NORMA TALMAGE,
IN HER GREATEST PICTURE
ASHES OF VENGEANCE
A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE
DANCE
A. B. HALL
SATURDAY NIGHT
FOUR MISSING WHEN
SEAPLANE FALLS TODAY
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 10.—Four per
sons are missing and three seriously
burned as the result of an aviation
attack this morning at the entrance
of San Diego bay when a big navy
seaplane fell into the ocean.
Dancing is good exercise and so
is just wrestling.
BANDITS HOLD UP BANK
DETROIT, Dec. 10.—Five robbers
held up a Grand River Avenue Bank
in Detroit today and escaped with 1
fifteen thousand dollars.
At least Cain didn’t call it patriot
ism.
Thank goodness, a man can die
i without waiting in line.
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