CHESTERTON ASSAILS OUR
AMERICAN PROHIRITION
BY G. K. CHESTERTON
Th« Well-Known English Essayist.
I am glad to see that protests are
beginning to rise against those crazy
exaggerations of the philanthropists,
who are always wanting us to sacrifice
the natural to the unnatural, and the
certain to the possible. Our social re
formers have a wondcrfid way of man
ufacturing fifty fresh vices in the pre
tence o* suppressing one.
For instance, there is the maze of
immorality that spreads whenever a
State attempts the ridiculous expert
ment called Total Prohibition I was
told by a friend who had traveled in
what tho Americans called "a dr\
State," that his innocent request for a
glass of whiskey in a hotel had been
answered by radiant and animated di
rections ns to where he would find "the I
hat room," His first feeling was that I
the hat room was tlie headquarters of j
the Mad Hatter, who evidently ran tin
hotel. Ills second was a dim specula
tion as to how whiskey tasted when
drunk out of a hat. At last IT oc
curred to him that “hat room” was
American for what tvc commonly call
“cloak room," but even then he could
not imagine what It had to do with
whiskey.
ITc soon found out; for everything
was quite ready, and the i ustom was
clearly in full swing. In the cloak room
were stored a number of strapped
trunks and suit cases labelled in the
names of carious fictitious Vmerlcan
citizens and crammed with bottles of
beer, wino or spirits From these he
was handsomely regaled.
See what a number of new sins the
"dry State” succeeds in creating, in the
course of failing to cure that of drunk
enness. The man going to the hat
room has all the drunkenness he wants,
with the following agreeable additions
(1) He has become a liar, railing
things by false names and doing one
thing while pretending to do another.
(2) He has become a rebel and a
had citizen, intriguing against the law
"f his country and the effiicency of Its
public service.
(3) He has become a coward, shrink
ing through personal fear of conse
quences from acts of which lie is not
morally ashamed.
(4) He has become a seducer and a
had example, bribing other men to soil
their own simplicity and dignity.
(5) lie has become a most frightful
fool, playing a part In in ignominious
antic from which his mere physical
self-respect could hardly recover,
(fit He has, in all probability, come
much nearer than lie would in any
other way to having a craving for al
cohol. For anything sought with such
horrible secrecy and pertinacity has a
great tendency to become magnetic
and irresistible in itself; a sort of
fetish And all that brought about in
order to prevent a man getting a glass
of whiskey—which he gets after all.
People who support such prohibitions
can have no care for human morality
at all.
NATIVES OF YUKON
ARE NOT PAMPERED
Joint Hawkaley, superintendent ol' In
diun affairs for V ukou territory, re
cently received a letter front the Teslm
country slating that the dire effects of
the Kuropeun war on the fur market
are boing felt in that region by ike In
dians. The writer stales that the in
Chuns llnd the prices offered them for
furs so low they scarcely cun afford to
trap, and that the meager returns will
not permit them to earn enough to con
tinue living on the white man's grub.
They have to forgo such luxuries as
flour, sugar and possibly tea and to
bacco. Kequests are made for contri
butions from the government.
Mr. Hawksley has hud a wide ex
perience in this country with Indians,
covering a sojourn of twenty-seven
years, and understands the Italian na
ture thoroughly'. He has decided that (
the natives Jo nut need the white man’s
luxuries, and that they are much more!
healthy and happy when in tlie hills
hustling tor their food, as they did be
fore the whites came, and that they;
are much more thrifty when thrown on
their own resources than when stall
fed on government rations
nl accordance with this deduction.
Mr. Hawksley is not going to rush an
expedition into the Teslin with bonbons ;
or doughnuts, nor even the* ingredients
for bannocks. He says, however, that
the natives will he assisted with an
ample allowance of ammunition, and
that they must do the rest. lie has,
applied the same rigid rule at other j
points in the Yukon since taking
charge. At Moosehide, near Dawson, I
where many Indians once received ra
tions regularly, all now have to earn
ihuir own way with the exception of a
helpless native woman of xo years, one
buck appeared recently and asked l'oi
rations. He was given cartridges and
told to make for a hand of caribou
which was reported in the hills lie lias
made tracks, and if he gets any bakery
luxuries this year he will have to con
vert sonic of the results of tlie chase
into cash. The government pays out
about $25,000 annualh for assistance
to Indians of the Yukon, and .Mr. Haw
ksley is trying to divert it, he says, into
more permanent benefits for them.
Strictly fresh eggs $1.25 per dozen
at Prosser's Harness Shop. Prone
Black 5.
SIGNAL CORPS MAN IS
LEADER IN VILLA ARMY
From telegraph operator at Ncnana
to chief signal officer of the Villa
forces in Mexico is the jump taken hy
Samuel T. Fiske, formerly a first class
sergeant in the United States signal
corps. Seven years ago Fiske was an
operator at Nenana and at other points
along the Tanana and Yukon rivers,
working for a comparatively small pit
tance, while today he is making money
fast and enjoying his life as a soldier
of fortune.
In the signal corps. Fliko was con
sidered a man of unusual ability as a
wireless export, and after leaving Al
aska was in charge of some of the
larger stations in the States.
The news of Fisko's new position
comes from signal corps men now sta
tioned on the border, who have been
iii communication with iheii former
i onirado since lie changed from a small
fish in a big pond to a big fish in a
small pond.
it was but little more tlmn a year
ago that ho quit the service of the,
United States and joined the Villa
forces, but owing to his ability as an f
instructor and organizer, he climbed
rapidly.—Ex.
RUSSIANS TAKE AWAY
FINE WORKS OF ART
I
V1RNNA,—The Ossolinski Library
Museum at Lemberg from which the
Russians recently carried off a large
number of art objects and manuscripts
is considered the most important po
lish national art and bibliographical
institution in existence. According to
authentic reports the Rusians trans
ferred to Retro grad 1,034 painting
24,000 etchings, 5,000 autographs, and a
quantity of manuscripts of which as
et il been impossible to even
make an estimate. Austrian l'oles bit
terly resent this raiding of their art
and literature holy-of-holics, since
among tlu- objects carried olT there are
many priceless specimens of all original
literary and art-historical character
which it would lie impossible t" replace.
The institution was founded about
1MH hj Count Joseph Maxmilian Os
solinski von Tenczyn. The collection
grew rapidly and in 1S37 it included onej
of the largest and best collections ofi
plaster-of-Paris easts in Europe, in
addition to coins and medals, paintings,
copper plates and a comprehensive col
lection of objects related to natural
history.
The Nugget will print vour static i
• ry at reasonably prfey* on short
| notice.
STOP COAL LAND
SPECULATION
The Fairbanks newspapers state that
the coal land speculator has disap
peared in Alaska since the leasing bills
went into effect. The Citizen adds:
“Over at the land oftico it is explained
lhat the inquiries concerning coal
lands have stopped since the bill passed
congress, providing means of securing
leases for the coal lands. It is ap
parent from this that the host of peo
ple who seemed so anxious to get hold
of a lease of coal lands, did not really
want the leases for themselves, hut
were hoping to speculate by holding
them until others would take them off
their hands at advanced prices.
“Under the new law, there is no pos
sibility to speculate, for ib« regulations
will not permit of it. Before a person
is given a lease on an Alaska coal mine,
lie must explain fur what purpose he
wants the coal, and ho must show hisj
own records and give other ideas of
his good faith. Ho will also be re
quited to tell how much coal he ex
pects to mine, and he will he informed
that lie will not he permitted to sell
the coal for much moro than enough to
nnike a reasonable profit."
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Here is an interesting little poem
that seems to fit most apropriately into
a storv of the development of Alaska,
'll was quoted anonymously h> Repre
| sentetive Joseph A. Oonlden, of New
1 York, as the last*word on the passage |
i of the Alaska railroad bill. The meas
I ure )iad been appro veil in its final form
by the senate and was read\ for th<
I drop of the gavel in the house, when
! Representative Oonlden read these
| verses •
Up Where Alaska Begins.
TTp where the hand Hasp's a little
stronger,
I’p where the smile dwells a little
longer—
That’s where Alaska begins
I’p where the sun's a little brighter
Where the snow that falls i« a frith
whiter.
Where the bonds of home are a wee j
bit tighter—
That’s where Alaska begins
I’p where a fresher breeze is blowing, j
Where there’s laughter in every |
streamlet flowing.
Where there's more of reaping and less
of sowing —
That’s where Alaska begins
I'p where Alaska is in the m iking
Where fewer hearts with despair are
aching,
Where there's more of giving and less1
of taking—
That's where Alaska begins
Where there's more of singing and hiss
of sighing.
Where there's more of giving and los<
of buying,
And a man makes friends without half
trying
That’s where Alaska begins
Whereupon as the Congressional!
Record puts ii "the Hill was passed."
TELLS PLAN
TO END WAD
WASHINGTON. I». (' I >i'N. rilling it
as "the most startling scheme ever ,
suggested for ending the tOut* >!»■ an
war," Mme UosiUa Schwimtncr an- I
nounccd to an audience here recently <
that -she expects to have the f’nited |
States send an arbitration committee to j
Kttropo within a few weeks to put a
stop to the conflict. The arbitrators
whom .Mine. Sehwimmer has selected
tiro Secretary of State Bryan, .lane Ad
dams and Carrie Chapman Catt.
Her plan has progressed so far. she
I declared, that a lingo mass meeting of
women will be held here in the near
I future to declare in favor of it and to
seek to influence the president to teat it j
! into effect.
She lias announced as the principal^
| speakers at this mass meeting her
Iself. Miss Addatus. and Mrs. Catt. She
I was not certain whether Secretary
I Bryan will address the meeting or not.
Mme. Schwimmey told her audience
she is perfectly satisfied her plan will
he successful if President Wilson adopts I
It.
Elephants, Tigers, Lions. Bears. Mon
keys, snakes run amuck at the Dream
i Tuesday.
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