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RATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Wednesday, May 9, 1951
ANCIENT ROME AND U. S. A.
In answer to a speech made recently by D. E.
Skinner, vice-president and general manager ol the
Alaska Steamship Company, concerning the necessity
of raising freight rates in Southeast Alaska, Neil P. i
Moore, Territorial Auditor, likens the present economic
situation of the nation to the years preceding the
fall of the Roman Empire.
Skinner in his talk pointed out the circumstances
which make freight rate increases to Southeast Alaska
unavoidable: Termination of the “Interim Plan, by
which steamship companies had chartered vessels from
the government at $1.00 per year. In 1948 when the
plan ceased, other companies turned their vessels back
to the government—or suspended operations to Alaska
entirely. The Alaska Steamship Company kept Its
government-chartered ships, but the cost jumped from
$1.00 per year to $100,000 a year per ship: a costly
strike tied up shippng for three months in 1948;
cargo-handling costs have risen and freigher crew
costs have increased approximately 76 per cent since
1947.
Skinner pointed out the cost of living index na
tionally which has jumped from 159 in 1947 to 183
today. He cited the costs of the Territorial govern
ment which has gone up 95 per cent since 1947; in
creased and climbing costs of every business, which
any merchant, wage earner or professional man will
readily admit.
Neil Moore, in his letter to Skinner blames “taxes
and bureaucratic interference in the lives and busi
ness of the people and selfishness plus incompetence
of those elected to conduct governmental affairs."
He cites the history of the Roman Empire, as told
by Max W. Ball, president of Abasand Oils, Ltd., in
1941:
"During the early days of the Roman Empire, the
Roman citizen enjoyed economic political rights sim
ilar to our beginnings ... he was free to follow his
own bent, to earn Ins own living in any manner he
saw fit and had' a vote and a voice in affairs of
the state. Hard times came, prices went up. To re
lieve distress in the cities the government bought
wheat and sold it to the poor below market price.
Many abandoned their farms and moved to the cities.
This enlarged the pressure groups who were demand
ing lower and lower prices, until, at last, the pi ice
was removed . . . and a sizeable and increasing popu
lation lived on the dole.
"This period continued about 400> years. The
ascending scale of relief threw business askew. Those
who lived on farms found themselves helplessly and
hopelessly in debt. Buying power shrank — there was
a surplus of goods and surplus of merchants. To meet
these evils, laws and more laws were passed, including
the prototyes of almost all of the ‘curative’ legisla
tion with which we are subject to now. There was
credit aid, resettlement projects, public works proj
ects, crop and manufacturing restrictions, price and
wage laws, restrictions on types and amounts of busi
ness a person could do. Currency was depreciated to
one-fifth its value. The government went more and
more into competition with its citizens. Pies\uie
groups and insistence grew until it was necessary to
pass the famous ‘Diocletian Law’ which fixed a maxi
mum selling price on practically every article known
to commerce, including labor and services. Penalty
for breaking the law was death to both buyer anl
seller. The result? No business or personal initiative;
food riots, pillage, and finally, surrender to the bar
barian who, it was hoped, would institute improve
ments . . . Thus died liberty which could not survive
both freedom of enterprise and government interfer
ence through controls.” «
Moore pointed out the loregoing as a parallel
of our economy today, and added that if people do
not hold on to their economic liberty they will lose
their civil liberty. He cites the vicious circle of
government-imposed controls, find then government
subsidies to aid industries “out of the spot these said
controls forced them.”
Moore ends his letter by asking the opinion in the
states as to the right of the Federal government to
nppose taxes on the people of the Territory.
"It was not the government that made this coun
try worth living in,” Moore writes, “but the un
restricted personal initiative of the people. At pres
ent the Government is inclined to hold back the
| natural increase of and for a higher standard of
! living through planned economy . . . Man has tried
repeatedly to improve his condition by substitution
of edict for effort, statute law for economic law. All
such efforts have failed.”
“Americans spend more money gambling than
they do for shoes.” If baby needs a pair of shoes, it
would be cheaper on the average to go direct to the
shoe store, without stopping at a dice game en route.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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difficult problem staring me stark
in the face.
Up until that point, things appar
ently had gone well. The farm
hands had taken the presence of
visiting royalty and Hollywood
glamor in their stride. The dairy
man’s children did not even ask'
Miss Hayworth for an autograph,]
nor did our conscientious colored
helper, Harry Clipper, a plate-pass
ing deacon at the Seneca Baptist
Church, ask for a contribution. No
body was thrown by the horses,
Harry Truman did not break down
the fence as he usually does on
the slightest excuse; while the dog
wood, the tulips, and the iris put
on a glamor show rivaling any
thing in Hollywood.
No Bath For Rita
However. I could see the minute
I got out of my car and greeted
Mrs. P. that all was not well. Mrs.
P. had that steely glint in her eye
which I had not seen for a long,
long time—in fact, not since the
hogs got loose and made mince
meat out of her deck tennis court.
“The water,” said Mrs. P., "is
off. Just how is Rita going to take
a bath?”
“Have you called Leon Lowery?”
I asked, referring to our neighbor
who can fix anything from my
grandson’s nursing bottle to the
twine-knotter on a New Holland
pickup hay-bailer.
"Leon is busy and won't come,’
replied the little woman.
“I'm sure if you told him that
Rita Hayworth needed a batn he'd
come in a minute,” I suggested.
“It isn’t only a bath," reminded
Mrs. P., who had been faced with
the drought all day. “How do we
wash the dishes? And what do we
drink?”
“Well, we could try gin.” But the
crack didn't go over at all big.
“Maybe your cows would like
gin, too? shot back Mrs. P., aim
ing at a weak spot. “If you're not
worried about baths for Rita and
the Jackson Leighters and all the
dirty dishes, at least I know you’ll
worry about your cows.”
This, I confess, made me think
twice. Because when cows get no
water to drink, they give less milk,
and when they give less milk my
score goes down; and I have been
aiming for a milk score that would
beat Carroll Morgan’s, who taunts
me with his high score every time
we meet.
Finally. I got Leon Lowery on the
telephone. He had ordered an ex
tra part for the pump a month
ago, but Jake Snyder of Farmers
Supply had forgotten to order it.
So the pump couldn't get fixed that
night, Rita couldn't get a bath,
the dishes couldn't get washed, I
couldn’t shave In the morning, and
my cows would get a lower score
than Carroll Morgan’s.
“Maybe Rita could do without a
bath,’’ I suggested hopefully.
“I’ll bet when she was a kid back
in Brooklyn she even argued with
her mother that she didn t want to
bathe at all.”
"Yes. but what about your cows?”
reminded Mrs. P.
“Well, that’s different,” X admit
ted.
“And we can't flush the toilets.”
“But we can use the Byrd house,"
I argued, referring to the Chic
Sales job up near the dairy barn.
“Anyway, your and my ancestors,
and even Rita's, never had any
toilets to flush. Why should we be
so snobbish?”
Lizards in the Pipe
Furthermore,” I argued, I con
fess a little desperately, "look at
New York City and all the trouble
they had about water. We're not
the only ones who have problems.
Or take Los Angeles, Mayor Bowron
out there is always making my
daughter quit watering her lawn.
“Furthermore,” say I, “I would
like to quote an issue of a noted
column—The Washington Merry
go-round — which reecntly said,
A calamity worse than the atom
bomb is being studied by scientists
—the increasing shortage of water
in the United States.’
"You and Rita will just have to
get ready for the ultimate future,”
I concluded, "and the fact that our
pump broke down is just good prac
tice for the days that lie ahead.”
However, it didn't do any good.
By this time I had a strong sus
picion where the argument was
heading. There has long been a
difference of opinion inside the
Pearson family about the relative
merits of water from a spring and
water from a well. Miss Hayworth
as far as I could see, was not really
perturbed about her bath. I imag
ine there were a good many days
traveling through Africa with
Prince Ali Khan that she never
got a bath at all, and I gathered
this was not the grounds for their
impending divorce. So I had sort
I of an inkling of what was coming.
"Don’t you think," said Mrs. P.,
j changing to her most dulcet tones,
"that what we really need is a
1 well all our own—a well that we
don’t have to share with your 47
thirsty cows and the farm families?
After all. a well would be so much
better than a spring, with all those
lizards always crawling into the
pipe. I think you should call up
a well-digger and get started to
morrow. After all, you're always
building some silo or other that
doesn't do any good except stick
up in the air and spoil the scen
ery."
But how is Jackson Leighter go
ing to reduce if he doesn't help me
fill the silo?” say I, referring to
my well-padded radio agent, who
with Mrs. Leighter, has been trav
eling with Rita.
However, I saw it was no use.
Rita Hayworth is a charming gul
and a swell sport. She didn’t mind
the water shortage at all.
But she has done me a great dis
favor. Thanks to her, I have been
euchred into drilling a w’ell.
However, though Mrs. P. doesn’t
know it yet, I am going to connect
the well to the cow barn. I just
can’t afford to let my milk score
drop.
JOE ALTER TALKS
TO KIWANIS TODAY
Joe Alter, Department of Health
engineer, gave an interesting review
of his recent European trip to mem
bers of tl)e Juneau Kiwanis club at
the Baranof hotel Wednesday noon.
Gene Vuile was appointed to in
vestigate the possibility of obtaining
a boat for the Girl Scout Mariners
group sponsored by the Kiwanis.
I Stanley Baskin will be program
[ chairman next week.
Visiting Kiwanians were Lowell
Puckett of Anchorage and Gene
Holland of Seattle. Lloyd Clark, con
sultant engineer for the health de
partment, was also a guest.
Mary Nickery of Mt. Edgecumbe
is at the Baranof Hotel.
May 9
Baz Harris
Everett Erickson
Warren Wilson
May Sabin
Mary Francis Thibodeau
Theodore Tisdale
Genevieve White
Marcus Russell
Janet Ramsaur
Jane Hibbard
C. Richard Nelson
Manuel Diaz, Jr.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 7:30 p.m. —WSCS meets at
home of Mrs. H. Schultz, 60G
Tenth street.
At 8 p.m. — Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekahs meet in IOOF
I hall.
At 8 p.m. — VFW Auxiliary busi
ness meeting upstairs in CIO hall.
May 10
At 10 a.m. — Mother’s Day sale by
Dorcas Ladies in Superette Mar
ket on Franklin.
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
At 4 p.m. — Marble tournament
starts at ball park.
At 7:30 p.m. — Girl Scout Court of
Honor in high school gym.
At 8 p.m. — Alaska Potters meet
at home of Mrs. Holmquist.
At 8 p.m. — Emblem Club meets In
Elks Auditorium. Final business
meeting until September.
At 8 p.m. — Lutheran Ladies Aid
meets in church social room.
May 11
At noon — Soroptimist Club lunch
eon in Baranof Terrace.
At 2 p.m. — World Service Society
meets in NLP church.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Spring
bazaar by Ladies of Salvation
Army in Red Shield Reading
rooms in Decker building.
At 6:30 p.m. — Scottish Rite dinner.
At 7:30 p.m. — Scottish Rite con
ferring of 32nd degree.
May 12
At 2:30 p.m. — Style Show by high
school Ec Students in high school
gym.
May 13
At 8 p.m. — Special Mother’s Day
musical program at Methodist
church.
May 14
At noon — Lions club, Baranof.
At noon — BPW meets, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Drill team I
practice in IOOF hall.
May 15
At noon — Rotary Club. Baranof.
At 8:45 p.m. — Community Center j
Night for adults at Teen Age club j
with square dancing.
May 1G
At noon — Kiwanis club, Baranof.
May 18
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble
Grands meet at home of Mrs.
John Geyer, 320 West 8th street.
May 19
At 10:30 p.m. — Douglas VFD 53rd
Annual Spring dance.
REV. PROCTY RETI RNS i
AFTER G MONTHS ABSENCE j
The Rev. Paul H. Prouty return
ed to Juneau Tuesday morning on
the Baranof after six month in
Ketchikan serving the Presbyterian
church there. The former Ketchi
kan Presbyterian minister, the Rev.
Edward Freeman has been trans
ferred to the states.
Next Sunday the Rev. Rolland
Armstrong, field representative for
the Board of National Missions,
will conduct a Mother’s Day service
at the Ketchikan church.
ACROSS
1. Piece of money
5. Doleful
8. Textile screw
pines
i 12. Mythical
monster
13. First even
number
1 14. Siberian river
13. Sunflsh of the
M ississippi
valley
17. Sacred image
18. One who dis
patches
19. Inner covering
21. Feminine
name
23. Meshed fabric
24. Flower
j clusters
27. Social unit
30. Lubricant
31. Official of
ancient
Rome
33. Negative
34. Small enclosed
field
36. Hindu
governor
38. English river
39. Sea eagles
40. Give
43. Having vas
cular fibers
47. Not far
48. Rope along the
upper edge
of a fish net
50. Feminine
nickname
51. Knack
52. Metal
AP V- *7
1
w
A
£
53. Vehicle for
snow travel
54. Draw game
65. Impertinence:
dialectic
DOWN
1. Short-legged
stocky
horses
2. Make eyes
3. City in Spain
4. Sewing imple
ment
5. Moved
6. Shoemaker’s
tool
7. Girl's toy
8. One that brings
into line
0. Speaking from
memory
10. Soon
11. Chanted
16. Mathematician
20. Confine I to
one locality
22. Apart
24. Huge fabulous
bird
25. Manner
2G. Blockhead
L's. Barg *
20. Sul fix of ’ •if.
nal numbers
32. Masked
35. Was afraid
37. Egyptian <l'< ty
40. Writing fluids
41. Ground grain
42. Pronoun
44. Ibsen character
45. Kpie poem '
40. Animals’
homes
49. A son of Gad
20 YEARS AGO THE EMPIRE
MAY 9, 1931
i With a large cargo and 19 passengers, the motorship Northland,
I Capt Leonard Will. m: arrived in Juneau from Seattle Passengers from
Seattle were: Mi K. Pickering. Mrs. S. Sandstrom, William Meyers,
William Coates, Paul Mitsule, Ole‘solbakk, J. Popoff, G. Nelson. From
Ketchikan: A. Van Mavern, Bob Brindley, Katherine M. Cook. R. E.
Lavtrence. A. Carter, A. L. Hammond. From Petersburg: T. E. Shafer,
G. H. Cole. Harry Berkeley, P. Paulson.
Henry Roden, well known attorney, was to deliver the “Mother”
tribute at Elks Lodge exercises on Mother's Day. On the program
j was to be a mixed quartet composed of Evelyn Hollman, Eva Tripp.
! Wilfred Leivers and Homer Nordling. Cash Cole was to sing a solo and a
male quartet was to conclude the program. Taking part in the male
quartet were Wilfred Leivers. Loral Dana, Ferrel Brems and Homer
Nordling.
Gov Georee Parks was scheduled to throw the first ball in the
1931 baseball ear on the following Sunday. At the plate would be Chief
l0f Police George Getchell and catching. Mayor Thomas Judson. Bat
teries were Schmitz and MacSpadden for the Moose and Manning and
Boyd tor the Elko.
At a Mother’s Day program to be held in tyc Douglas Congregational
Church the followin ' were to take part: Astrid Loken, Jessie Frazer,
Jennie Johnson, Glen Edwards, Mrs. R. R. Brown, Mrs. Glen Kirkham,
and the Rev. P. A. Bauer.
i -—
I v.' H 45; 1 '• * * • showcts.
STYLE SHOW BY
STUDENTS OH SATJ
On Saturday. May 12 at 2:30 p.111.'
mothers of all high school students j
and of grade schorl heme econom
ics students and friends are invited
I to attend the t vie show sponsored:
by the Sears Roebuck Foundation'
j and given m the high school gym-;
nasium by the home economics i
class of Juneau High School.
Besides high school models, there :
will be seventh and eighth grade
girls and several pre-school child- 1
ren who will model garments made
by home economics students.
There will be two commentators
to elaborate on the clothing as the
gills appear on the stage. There
will also be a musical part of the
program; this is being kept a sur
prise.
The co-committee heads are as
follows; Publicity, Ruth Posey,
Freda Greenewald; Invitation .
i Margaret Maloney . Pat Carroll;
Stage Decorations, Sandra McCrea,
Jean Pernod; Program and Pro
grams, Lynn Bodding, Anne Par
sons; Tea, Ann Reischl, Joan Os
born; Models. Adeline Barlow, Ir
ene McKinley; Awards, Jean Pen
rod, Freda Greenewald; Gym Dec
orations, Paula Cook and Donna
Wood.
This style show is made possible
by the Sears, Roebuck Foundation.
Awards amounting to $75 will be
given to students and a ribbon will
be given to each student participa
ting in the show by the Founda
tion.
NUGGET SHOP JEWELRY
STOKE BEING MOVED
The Nugget Shop jewelry store is
being moved from the mezzanine
location to the main floor of the
adjacent shop, Mrs. Belle Simpson,
said today. She is closing out seme
lines of china and picture prints
to accommodate the change. The
space previously occupied by the
jewelry department will be rented.
LEW HALL HERE
Lew J. Hall of Sedro Woolley,
Wash, is registered at the Baranof
Hotel.
Parcel Post packages, food and
faneywork at the Dorcas Sale—Sup
erette Market on Franklin — May
10. 804-21
Weather at
kh ska Pomfi
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:ao
a m., 120*h Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as loilows:
WEATHER .
Anchorage 42—Rain
Annette Island 45—Partly Cloudy
Barrow . 20—Drizzle
Bethel . 34—Partly Cloudy
Cordova . 40—Drizzle
Dawson . 43—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton . 46—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . 28—Clear
Haines 43—Cloudy
Havre. 45—Partly Cloudy
Juneau . 43—Cloudy
Kodiak . 42—Cloudy ;
Kotzebue . 30—Partly Cloudy
McGrath.37—Partly Cloudy
Nome . 33—Clear
Northway . 45—Cloudy
Petersburg . 43—Cloudy
Portland . 46—Fog
Prince George . 49—Rain
Seattle . 46—Fog
Sitka . ... 43—Cloudy
Whitehorse .. 42—Cloudy
Yakutat . 42—Cloudy
ALASKA POTTERS TO
MEET THURSDAY NIGHT
The Alaska Potters will meet at
the home of Mrs. Florence Holm
quist, 633 Gold street, May 10 at
8 p.m.
Mrs. Minerva Butler will explain
how to make divisions on a model
containing many under cuts. Any
one having a model from which
she would like to make a mold is
asked to bring it and Mrs. Butler
will mark off the divisions.
Mrs. Butler is leaving soon for
Fairbanks and this may be the last
opportunity the Potters will have
to discuss their problems with her.
FROM VIRGINIA
I L. F. Stevens of Arlington, Va.
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM NORTIIWAY
P. Pringle of Northway is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
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