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Of SEWARD, ALASKA
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LET ED1T1I TELL THEM.
Bishop Charles II. Brent, of the Episcopal
church, might have taken a lesson from Edith, sales
girl in a department store, who was found at her
post though suffering from a severe cold.
“We’ve, all got to have our money,” she said be
tween sneezes.
It’s that way with China and India and Per
sia and Turkey, and all the other opium producing
nations of the world. They’ve all got to have their
money. Therefore, the international opium confer
ence, convened by the League of Nations, adjourns
with nothing accomplished, and Bishop Brent says
he will never take part in such a conference again.
The good bishop ought not to be downhearted,
but he should keep his feet on the ground. In the
present state of the world, the only way to limit
the production of opium to the amount needed for
medical and scientific purposes is to fulfill the re
quest of some of these nations, and find other crops
suited to their soil and climate.
Persia and Turkey, especially, have expressed
themselves as willing to limit their opium produc
tion if they can find other adaptable crops. China
does not look upon the plan with disfavor. India
is the most obstinate.
When that is done, certian benefits will accrue
to mankind, but mankind will pay for them. If
the opium prdoucing nations turn to cotton, for ex
ample, the effect will be felt in a diminished demand
for the cotton of Egypt and our own South, unless
the world can be made to use more cotton. We must
all have our money, and we must all pay.
WEALTH IN THE DEPTHS.
Mother Earth has given generously of her treas
ures for the benefit of mankind, but it appears that
she still holds in her bosom riches even greater than
those already yielded up.
Recent news from the Cripple Creek gold dis
trict in Colorado tells of the successful operation of
mines to a depth of 2,700 feet, whereas the older
workings rarely exceeded 1,000 feet in depth.
Numerous instances can be pointed out in which
new and greater oil deposits have been found at
lower levels, after the wells drilled to ordinary
depths had been exhausted.
The same thing is true of other mineral wealth
discovered at ever increasing depths, where modern
machinery makes it possible to work with profit.
These facts, together with the desire of scien
tists for greater knowledge of the earth’s interior,
have led to the serious suggestion that a great hole
be dug to a depth of several miles into the earth’s
crust, in the combined interests of science and in
dustry.
It has been proposed that such an enterprise
be undertaken as a government project, it being
pointed out that it could be done for the cost of a
modern battleship. Here lies a limitless unexplored
field for adventure, with possibilities for astonishing
results.
THE PROBLEM OF YOUTH.
From the earliest times it appears that the prob
lem of directing young folks in the proper way has
engaged the serious attention of reformers and up
lifters—and busy-bodies.
A book on etiquette published in 1850 gravely
warns young women of the perils of the waltz and
declares that “unmarried ladies should refrain from
the waltz altogether, in public and in private.’’ It
is assumed that married ladies were supposed ,to be
immune to its demoralizing effects.
Every once in a while someone digs up an old
aiewspaper or magazine containing an article which
throws light on this tendency to worry about the
young people of the past. The boys and girls of the
present generation are causing consternation among
the self-appointed guardians of morality.
But, getting down to brass tacks, the young
sters of today, in spite of their seeming frivolity, are
the sanest, cleanest and most promising crop of fu
ture citizens the world has ever seen.
FACTS NOT POPULAR.
It is a strange trait of most humans that they
care little for facts which would increase their store
of real, knowledge. We Spend many hours reading
trashy fiction, which, if devoted to the acquiring
of useful information would make us really cul
tured.
With the greatest wonders fo the universe over
head every night, few persons know the names of
half a dozen stars. Few know or can distinguish
the difference between a fixed star and a planet.
This is merely one illustration of how little
interest is taken in the great facts of nature. Even
with regard to current events, small attention is
paid to new developments which mean so much to
mankind. The greatest discoveries of science are
hardly ever discussed, while details of the latest
murder are on every tongue.
While a relatively few people in the world are
giving thought to the marvelous developments of our
wonderful age, the vast majority confine their read
ing and conversation to a narrow range of the most
trivial subjects. Facts worth knowing are not popu
lar.
IN THE INTEREST OF BETTER
UNDERSTANDING.
Iii this issue of the Alaska Weekly, in common
with other territorial newspapers, carries the open
ing advertisement in a series to be run by the can
; ninjx industry. This advertising, according to their
! announcement, is being run in the interests of bet
ter understanding.
If this advertising constitutes an honest effort
at the dissemination of information designed to bring
about better understanding and a greater measure
of cooperation between the fisheries interests and
Alaskans in general—then it may well be of great
value to both, since it is only through understanding
that the best may be had from anything.
We have read the entire series and we believe
it to be such an effort. More and more, corporate
interests are coming to the realization that much
of the antipathy of the public is due to lack of un
derstanding of the problems confronting those di
recting the activities of industry, just as the “pub
lic be damned” policy of some corporate interests
is the result of failure on the part of those in
terests to grasp the viewpoints of the public. Fric
tion retards progress. This is an true as a business
maxim as it is in physical law. No industry can
render society the greatest possible measure of serv
ice where there is friction. Since the measure of
success is in direct ratio to the measure ef service
rendered, no industry can reach the maximum of suc
cess unless working in harmony with the public it
is endeavoring to serve.
A genuine understanding on the part of Alas
kans of the problems of the canning industry and
of the industry's attitude toward those problems
would be of inestimable value to Alaska. An un
derstanding of the Alaskan viewpoint would be of
equal value to the industry.
We believe that this series of advertise
ments will help to create that .understanding and
will, at the same time, tend to show that the can
nerymen do recognize something of the Alaskan
viewpoint and are attempting wherever feasible, to
accord it proper consideration. Nothing could be
of more value to Alaska than a degree of under
standing which would permit of getting the best
out of the territory’s greatest industry. Study
these ads as they appear—they are worthy of your
serious consideration.—The Alaska Weekly.
It must have been a great surprise to Teddy
Roosevelt to hear A1 Smith had something the mat
ter with his feet—T. R. couldn’t possibly have told
it from the way he run.
Coal users are advised to buy for a year by the
Coal Shortage Committee of the American Engineer
ing Council. Thanks for the compliment.
And do we have to stand when London is
broadcasting “God Save the King?”
Now the Chinese leaders are discussing how they
are going to mend poor, broken China.
A Paris paper thinks baseball is too mathe
matically precise. Perhaps this view might be
changed if our players used a delicate perfume and
kissed one another at exciting moments in the game.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
A WOMAN WHO GAVE LOVE—
OR A WOMAN WHO
BETRAYED LOVE?
Bud Doyle met both when he broke jail.
One Feared Him. One failed him. One
prayed him to make good a vow of ven
geance—the other, just to make good.
A Drama of Dual Personalities, Changing
Faces, Love that Never Changes
With MILTON SILLS, FLORENCE
VIDOR, MARCIA MANON
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EXPLOSION IN STEWART GRILL
Victims of a terrific explosion of its
cooking range in the kitchen of the
Silver Grill irf the Hotel King Edward
at Stewart, J. S. Stickney, proprietor
of the establishment, and his assis
tant, known as the “Blime Me Kid,”
are in the hospital suffering from
severe lacerations and bruises. The
explosion was caused by the water
system being frozen up. The force of
the explosion was so great that every
article of furniture in the room was
wrecked and the windows blown out.
Congress Will Enact
Fanning Legislation
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—President
Coolidge expects the recommendations,
of the Agricultural committee to be so
good that they will obtain sufficient
support in Congress to enable them
to be enacted into laws before March,
thereby eliminating an extra session
of Congress.
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