WAR WILL CAST BLIGHT
ON CHILDREN FOR 50 YEARS
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Europe’s war will cast a blight upon
humanity for half a century. For three
generations the children of warring
nation* will sulfer. Such la the opin
ion of Dr. Abraham Jacobi, foremost
•-hlld specialist.
"It Is my belief that In the repopu
lating of the world It will require fifty
years at least before humanity reaches
the state of physical perfection It en
joyed before the war," said Dr. Jacobi
yesterday.
"A million men, young and vigorous,
are killed, more than a million are
maimed. There can be but one eon
elusion. Humanity will suffer. There
will be children yes. as there Will al
ways be children But they will laok
the virility, physique and. poMllkly.
the mentality of the men of today.
"But It Is then atlons that are thej
most dilatory concerning their man- j
hood that will suffer most.
“A nation'like America, for Instance,'
care nothing about Its progency. It
Is slovenly, careless and unmlndfu
of tl.o future children. We look only i
upon the present. We are ever think-!
ing of ourselves. The future does not
mattei The children of the future do
not matter.
'And so It is with most of the other
nations. They are not prepared In
this respect They will feel the ef
fect Germany, I am sorry to say, 1*
not likely to experience this hard
ship. With the precautions she 's
taking she will be better prepared
than any other nation. The soldiers
she sends home from the front from
time to tlz&e are strong, rigorous, and
their progeny will not be blighted like
the rest,"
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office.
FUR MARKET SHIFTS TO
U. S. AS RESULT OF WAR
tlndianapolla News.)
The war baa enabled St. Louie to
regain something of that leadership in
the international fur trade which It
formerly enjoyed. Last year raw fur
riers began a movement to transfer the
international auction from Kngland to
the United States. This was accoin- j
plished, the sales at St. Loula Just
having been concluded Transactions1
amounted to at least $260,000.
Importance Is well attached to the j
St. Louis auctioti. Furs were greatly
advanced In price. The United States
government had a supply for sale,
there being 513 blue foxes, slxty-Ove
white foxes and seventy beavers in the
lot. The blue foxes each brought an
average of *144.47 as against last
year's market average of *42.21. At
the private sale a pair of sliver fox
pelts was sold for *2,610. A sea utter
Drought *6S0. The government skin*
ante from the 1'ribllof islands, off the
loast of Alaska. Private dealers had
furs shipped In from all parts of the
jountry and from Canada. Few, of any.
:ame from abroad.
The chief fur markets of the world,
jntll the present war. w ere London and
Leipslc. Half a dozen brokers ars said
to have controlled the British market.1
Yuctlon sules were held four times a
tear, the principal markets being In
January and March, and the lesser ones
In June and October. The general fur
sale at Cel pale ordinarily was held at
Custer. Frankfort-on-the Oder also
had a small market la January. Rus
sian furs were sold in the month ol
February at Irblt, Siberia. Persian
lamb was a feature in August at the
fair of Nlshnl Novgorod. Chinese pelts
und ermine were offered In August and
December .it other points In Siberia.
The world fur prices have for years
depnded on the sales In Condon anti
Cuipslc. chiefly those In Condon.
Felts have been shipped In great
uuantltlea from the United States and
Canada. Recently, however. Quebec,
St. Couls, St. Paul, Seattle, and San
Francisco have assumed greater Im
portance in local fur trade
ALASKA SHIPPING
PROMISES BIG INCREASE
The extraordinary growth of our
commerce with Alaska this season has
moved the steamship lines carrying
Alaska traffic to large extensions ot
service. Six large passenger and
freight ship have been or soon will be
placed in the trade In addition to the
regular fleet. These have been ac
quired on the south coast, the great
lakes and from Atlantic coast lines.
Local shipping Interests feel that even
these additions will not be adequate
tor the business that will offer Itself
next season, and that more ships will
be needed before the close of 1918. The
present fleets, with their recent pur
chases, supply more than thirty ships
to the trade.
In freight and passengers next sea
son should be a record-breaker. The
government railway construction will
be under full headway and will re
quire far more supplies than this sea
son. Alaska towns are growing and
their commercial needs are greater.
The movement of colonists, of farmers,
business men and laborers will eom-j
mence In earnest.
Alaska has received In recent months
countryside advertising. Its resources
and possibilities are generally known I
the "truth about Alaska” has been told.
and thousands of Americans are ready
to cast their fortunes with the great
northern territory. In addition, there
Is the growing tourist traffic to be
cared for.
Seattle shipping Interests have been
fully awake to the needR of the grow
ing northern trade. They have main
tained regular sailings when business
was far from encouraging, and now
that better times are coming to them
no one will begrudge them the reward
of a prosperity In which the whole city
will share.
To get the news reed the Nugget.
INDIAN HUNTERS HAVE
THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Stephen Busch. Tony Drlsco and two
Indians wore wrecked a short time ago
in the running Ice of the White river,
and lost their outfit and much game
and barely escaped with their lives,
says the Dawson Times of November f>.
Busch says:
"We started from Lake creek, near
tho head of the White, with a small
scow, 31 by 10 feet by 10 Inches, which
we had built at tho canyon of lumber
that cost ten cents a foot. We had It
loaded with moose meat, furs, horns,
17 dogs and tho likes, besides our
selves. We struck a snag 12 milos ^
below Lake creek, and lost everything
but a few sheep. Tony's furs and other
material must havo been worth $2,000.
The Ice was thick. Wh6n the boat
struck she swung toward tho bonk.
Tony and one Indian Jumped ashore.
One Indian swam, and I grabbed the
snag. They threw mo a rope, and Z
hail to plungo in and swim In the Icy
water while holding the rope. Wo
built a llro and dried out
"At Donjek Tom Kirkpatrick out:
fitted us with dry clothes. Tony went
back to try his luck again trapping,
and I took a skin canoe the Indians
made me, and some sheep, and started
for Dawson in the heavy running Ice.
Fifteen miles above Dawson, in the
dark of night, I landed, throw tho sheep
ashore and went to build a Are. When
1 went back tho ice had broken off
and carried my boat away, and I was
left stranded on the Island. I was
there three days and nights, and could
not get off, had no rope and nothing
with which to help myself, other than
a Jack knife. I built a raft with wil
low things, and pushed Into the wild
erness of running Ice with only a polo
to steer. The poles of the raft kept
slipping and rolling, and I had to lie
prone on the raft, and became soaking
wet. I drifted down a mile or two
across a wide stretch, and was numbed
and chilled, but, luckily made shore
on the other side, walked hurriedly to
a hunter's cabin, was given a warm
meal and allowod to dry, after which
I mushed to Dawson. I will go back
when the river freeses solid."
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office.
SIR GILBERT PARKER’S
WARNING TO BRITISHERS
Sir Gilbert Parker, the Canadian
novelist who has removed to England
and who now represents an English
constituency In parliament, knows con
siderably more about this country, its
people and their Ideals than most men
ocupylng similar positions In England.
He has recently taken occasion to de
precate In the strongest possible way
tho tendency displayed by many Eng
lish periodicals and by some men In
public life In that country to sneer at
tho United States and Its attitude to
ward the gigantic struggle In Europe.
In concluding a recent address on
this subject, Sir Gilbert used this grave
and significant language:
“We shall be wise If we keep ever
In mind that the peopte of the United
| States must sooner or later bo the
largest controlling factor In the desti
nies of modern nations. There la pop
ulation; there Is wealth and there Is
character."
It Is a fact not completely realised
even among the people of the United
States. When it 1s realised, the ef
fect should be to encourage among the
American people rather more sobriety
and a more thoughtful recognition of
the enormous responsibilities which
will rest upon us, rather than the ex
uberant boastfulness which was some
what a habit of our people when the
things which have now como to pass
were in the hopes Instead of In the
realisation. .
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