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ALASKA’S BIG BROTHER.
(Leslie’s Weekly.)
Seattle, too, the great, big good
1, other of Alaska, that has done more
loan all the rest of the country to in
duce the newspapers of our great
Lilies to give Alaska a fair hearing,
Seattle, too, the star-lit city of the
sen, is to celebrate Alaska’s fiftieth !
birthday. And it will do it as It does
everything, as it did the recent splen
did welcome to the Shriners, with an (
open hand and a hearty welcome. Se- j
a.tie is quick to recognize what the
opening of Alaska means. It is Al
aska’s gateway. Seattle knows that
Alaskan trade hits doubled in ten years
and will quadruple in the present
decade. Keep your eye on Alaska, and
while you watch it don't lose sight of
-..Little. The latter’s growth has only
begun. Its destiny Is fixed and looms
big on the horizon of the Pacific as
«me of America's greatest commercial
h.—John A. Sleicher.
LABOR KNOW NO HPYHEN.
(Philadelphia Ledger.)
In the whole unsavory business of
strike-buying there has been one re
deeming feature—the patriotism of
American labor, union and non-union.
There have been several strikes In
munition factories, hut they are only
such strikes as naturally come In a
pi i lod of exceptional activity. The
• foreign agitation has signally and Ig
nt tniniously failed.
Samuel Gompers, preisdent of the
American Federation of Labor, has
s; VI that plots to foment strikes among
longshoremen, munition workers and
others were known to him. He knew
also that "the corruption influence was
I lug conducted by agents of a for
eign government." In the face of this.
President Gompers was willing to rely
on the honesty of American labor. His
trust was well founded.
The offers made to workingmen
were liberal. The arguments adduced
were of a sort that have turned many
sober minds. Yet American labor has
remained faithful to Itself and to Its
country. (I knows no hyphen and
needs none.
HAY HASTEN PEACE.
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(Seattle P.-I.)
The present tremendous exertions ^
made by the armies of the allies to
press back the German lines In France j
anil Belgium will encourage the end- !
tng of the war, whether or not their j
hopes are realized. Intrenched armies ^
at stalemates are capable of sustaining ^
war for a long time. This has been j
the condition in the west for many !
months.
In the face of the artillery defenses, [
tlic complicated lines of irttrenchment, I
the poisonous gases, the entangle
ments and the permanent strength
given to the German positions by
months of prepartion, it is a heart
breaking task for the allies to attempt.
It i« doubtful if mere flesh and blood,
even though inspired by the highest
courage, may prevail over these hand
icaps. That portions of the German |
line have been forced back, even a, few j
' ai ds, is testimony enough to the valor J
of the attacking armies.
A dreadful toll of life Is being taken, j
out of all proportion to the Importance
of the results achieved. Following
along this line, the war would be fore- J
<>d to a conclusion In a few months {
through sheer exhaustion and decima- 1
•ion of the armies.
It is evident that the long delay Is
over; that the British army now has
its needed men and munitions; that
the great forward movement scheduled
by Kitchener for last May is now In
progress. Human life is being saorP
fleed at a prodigious rate. It Is a
strain that no armies could withstand
for very long. If no Important prog
ress is made, if the opposing armies
tait stand and destroy each other, a
stronger Invitation to peace than has
.. et appeared will be manliest.
IN ONE BREATH.
(Centralia Dally Hub.j
Met a rellow on the street and he
j started in to tell me all about our na
tion's unprepai edness and Just then
nis wife came along and told him that
the woodshed was empty and he told
her not to bother about that for win
j.er wouldn't be here for several weeks,
j and that shows that this matter of
preparednes sis only a question of
viewpoint like running for office and
gel ting married and other things like
that that may or may not happen but
are sometimes discussed by folks when
> ,ity have nothing better to do and it
reminds me of a Wall street broker
with a sense of humor who had a mot
to on his letter heads that said some
thing about the Lord tempering the
wind to the shorn lamb and one of the
broker's customers said that was easy
because when that broker got through
with the lambs they oculdn’t possibly
inlse the wind so there would be noth
ing to temper but to return to the
question of unpreparedness and its
.ocal application brings up the peculiar
condition existing in this town where 1
there are a whole lot of fellows ex
pecting to be elected to office by the j
duly qualified voters of the city of |
Centralia and darn few of those be- j
foieinenlloned voters have qualified for I
the task and what 1 want to know is,
who is to blame for this lack of pre
pa redness?
GERMANY SOLVENT TILL 1920.
(New KepubllC.)
No modern jiate would find difficulty
in levying taxes that take for public
purposes 15 per cent of the private
income o£ its citizens. No state in the
world’s history has succeeded in tak
ing so much as 3u per cent and it is
very doubtful that even German effi
ciency could extract a proportion ap
proaching this limit.
Apart from the productive revenues
I the imperial government and the
states—against which we have already
set an appropriate share of the public
debt—two billion and a half may be
regarded as the maximum amount that
can be raised by the empire and states
in time of peace. The inevitable cur
rent expenditures, civil and military,
will absorb a billion and more. With
all deu allowance for underestimation
of such requirements and for overs
timation of total revenues, we may
safely claim a possible billion of rev
enues for the service of the debt. On
a 6 per cent basis, a billion of rev
enue would provide for a debt prin
cipal of sixteen and two-thirds bil
lions. Germany can by this reckoning
carry on the war until the autumn of
1920 without becoming actually insolv
ent.
LEND ME A BILLION.
(New York Sun.)
Here is borrowing absolutely without
precedent. Never in all the world nor
in all financial history has one nation
,been asked, merely in the way of busi
ness, to find so much money all at once
for other nations so that the borrow
I rs may trade with the lenders. The
only doubt even suggested relates to
the possibility of agreement on terms
i nd methods.
American finance has more than
m e startled the world by manifesta
tions of resourcefulness and courage.
There has never been a more marvel
ous exhibition of the economic power
of the United States than that which
these foreign loan negotiations af
ford. When all has been said that can
be said about our Interest in providing
the stupendous credits sought for for
eign customers of our Industries, and
when all allowance has been made for
the circumstance that the proceeds of
the proposed loan are to be made avail
able In the shape of exported goods
and commodities, there remains the
I
I r.m.scendent fact that we can do what
I ne borrowing nations ask us to do.
• have the ready money. It is a
miracle which gives a new meaning to
thep l.rase “a billion dollar country.”
| ind it Is none the less a miracle be
I cause nobody seems to think it one.
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MEN OF FIGHTING AGE
CANNOT LEAVE EMPIRE
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i AMSTERDAM—Males between the
ages of 1? and 4u years are prohibited
I from leaving Germany. This Informa
| tlon is conveyed in dispatches received
! from Berlin today, the reports stating
j that an order lias been Issued by the
j imperial government making It impos
sible for subjects of the empire to quit
j the country.
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