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NOME, ALASKA, DLC 28, 1916.
The cultivation of public opinioa
through the press has in our day be
come one of the line arts. The
amount of press agent stuff that
comes to the editorial desk, even way
up here in Alaska, 13 little short of
aiuu„.ng. it conies in form calculated
to appeal to the editorial eye ana ;o
his uesae .o do his work as easily is
may be. That is to say, the matter
is pruned or typed only on one side
of the sheet, it oeals with live topics,
and has a catchy headline. In sheii't
it looks readable. Of limes a casual
reading may not disclose the real pur
pose of this matter that is seat free
utiu unaonc.ted. The editor must be
on his guard against helping along
some propaganda. Not that it ratt
lers particularly except that he may
dislike having anything put over on
him. By this is not meant the danger
ui g...ng iie-e auveras.ng. Any one
Who lias lino the slightest newspaper
experience cun see a free ad a mile
away. But the thi. g that hurts is to
p.ck up a Harmless looking tiller h'kI
run it only .o Had that it was pu.
out by a press bueau as part of a
general, clever, ana persis-cnl cam
paign to cultivate public sentiment
on some subject. Many such cam
pa gnos are proper and legitimate.
Others are vicious anj usuuuily repn—
sent whai our ruuicul fneuus call 'he
grasping monopoly of the capitalistic
Clc»3.
Ii is humiliating to a country editor
to get fooled in this matter in the
hurry attenuant on getting stuff reuly
for his little sheet and it is just as
humbling tor him or anyone to r tad
a lot of this propaganda stuff and ac-,
ctpt it as houest news. Now for at
least one illustration. Every one who
sees the papers and magazines at ill
must have read about the marvelous
Lewis n.a rune gun now being lined
so successiiilly by the British in their
campaign against the Germans aud
elsewhere. We have read w>'h
Sh.s k.a surprise that this remarkable
weapon was the invention of Colonel
Isaac Newton Lewis of th United
buttes army, that he offered his in
vention free to his government, that
it was tested and pronounced of no
use to our army, that the doughty col
onel then asked to be retired, and '.hat
he took his gun with him to England
where it was enthusiastically accent
ed. it has since been manufacture! in
geal quantities for use by ihe Briti ;h
forces. \» e are futher told that to
atone for the mistake in judgment, or
cold bloodeu lack of appreciation of
Americans .nventions, on the part of
our ordnance 3taff we will have to pty
.1 mgii pr.ee ior this gun in the fu
ture. We are also informed posi’ive
, i. a. we aecu in..ny thousan .3 of
Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Dr. A. F. lieimlich
physician and surgeon.
Office and Roaidencs.
OVER HILL'S PHARMACY.
Office hours: 2-5 and 7-S p. m.
i'Ueas Maid J.
IN ORDERING YOUR
Don’t forget that we have sonic of the choicest wine? ami]
cordials to offer—Imported Purgundies, White and Ked [soon -
tiling delicious.]
IMPORTED SPANISH WINES
Dutf Gordon, >heriy [viiy pale and eh nr.] Daithaz & Co.,
Miperior 1 oit [very rieli and lull bodied.
We al >o eairy a lull line of Domestic Sautcrns, Port and >ln rry.
We will take great pleasure in fillin', y ur order. Call Main 34.
Cioods Delivered to )our home free of charge.
Board of Trade
the Lewis gun immedately to repel our
to.s. Lk/Uouess everyone remembers
reading something oi tins sort. L
sounds reasonable. Most of us agree
on piepartuue. a. We know that lli>\xm
Maxim vu.lea w tin.; a market for his
inv. nuons in us own country and
took them to England to his and iha
*_uuu., s i.u.u.i a-vantage. So W3 are
disposed to ti lieve that the like is
aue of Colonel Lewis and his mu
ch ne gun.
Now what are the facts? Why,
nothing more than that the Savage
Aims Company h-s ihe patent rights
in America to -he Lewis gun and sa-.
having found the British demand till
ing off, the ccmpany wants to bu 'd
up a mark ; at home. The Lewis gun
.s not beiag b mined in the pri<-' !>e
cause it Is ths be3t gun of iu kind
or from any fatriouc impulse l > li t
.11 #the protec.ion of our common
uoun.ry. Ear from it. The Savag. Com
pany has a b,g plant specially equip
ped to make this gun. It has pud
for this new plant and made two tnd
a halt million dollafs additional from
i.s English war orders. Now it wjn.s
to make a like raid on the l nMsd
States treasury. So strong is its le
sire to tducaie public sentim.nl qp
to the Lewis gun that It allows its
press ageu.s to lie repeateulj aua
regardless of ihe harm done the rep
utations of some of our ublest army
men. The press etufl stales that
Lewis offered his gun free to tt»«
government. This is a lie, it was of
fered by a company presumably on
the same terms as other arms urr oi
feied. The gun was tried and per
formed badly therefore it was reje.t
cd. Since the gun has been pm to
such extensive use by the British ’be
war depur.mnt has asked for an
other test. Two guns were provided,
one to use English ammunition, *J<e
other des.gr.-.d ior Lnited S-ates army
cartrdtges. The one with the En
glish car-r.dges passed the test ve*>
well, but the one using our army cur’
■Uuge did not do well at all whi - i
perhaps was not astonishing as it was
uot suit'd to this ammunition whim
is stronger than the Br.tiSh. Th-s
are »se facts sulis-untiallj as stated
L . Gem ml William Cio..er, chief oi
ordnance of the war department.
Ii certainly makes one fell cheap to
ha-e grown ind.gnant at a stiii
nocked army bureau-crat because
thteugh professional jealousy, of
course, he turned down a meritorious
■ mention which would have savid Mi
lives of all of us only to learn ’ha
the gun was offered for sale, w s
.esieu, and found unsuited to our am
munition, tiiat m short we do not Win.
the gun at any price. The thong’
..m ,ne L g i iant at Utica mav be
idle does not both r us a bit when
we learn lhat it has served its purpo a
,-,rd besides paying for Itself has earn
ed a profit of 230 p r c .it. But the idea
. u. g t.. g ii.kcn in by this press
agent’s s u.f is a bittc r pill.
If ihis were an isolated case the
hatm would not be great but as a
matter of fact!, it is typical of a great
deal of gro s misrepresentation foisted
on us as news anl put forth regard
less of all else except the private
gain of "soul-less corporations." A
case In point is the immense amount
oi pi.ii-.d matter in magazine, news
paper. and other formB that was sent
forth to decive the public regarl-ng
the er ct.on of a government plant to
manufacture armor plate. It is as
serted that the amor plate trust,
headed by Chas. M. Schwub of ‘.he
Bethlehem Steel Company, spent mil
1 lions of dollars to head off the ap
.jopr.uti n oi sixte n million of dol
lars to build this plant.
And so it guts. There is an able
-au expensive pixos bureau maintain
-d in A \v Volk ior the purpose of
i billing munic.pal and government
ownership, it employes bright men,
some of whom believe what they
write, but the men behind the bur-au
j .are no..ling whatever for the right
I or wrong of the question, nothing
whatever for what is be3t for all the
people. They are think.ng only of
i their own private fortunes which are
■ nves.ed a private monopolies of pub
I he ut.'itics.
Instances could be multiplied but
enough has been indicated to sho v
that one must be on one’s guard
.fains* i.ionop ii;?::c propaganda in
seemingly mn cent news stories. Ii
is almost enough to malie*a rabid deni
er.it ou' of a p •rfectly g od repub
lican to find ore's favorite pape>r
printing the Lewis machine gun press
notices as g nu n’ press dispatches.
In ti e home or in thi camp, the',,
s no co.nmod ty so haUiis vely us,,
as meat, theieore it ia upon *ti«.i
commodity that you should look to
• or economical buying. Following are
a lew 01 our prices:
Beef by tne siae.$. Vj
Round st4ak. "5
airlom steak . *0
Ro* Roast. ... . 2
stew . 2(
dutton by carcasa . ,<5
Mutton chops. snoulder . 25
Mutton chops, loin and rib. 36
Mutton legs .. 30
Dork loin chops .. s. 30
Fresh Remdeer from th# Coirum
herd. dr. s*td in a skillful and •s’'
tary manner.
Sweet 8r ar Butter 40c per pnu"h
by the cn'i'.
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to be held December 30. No other charge contemplated. Your one
subscription pays for the entire evening fun, so make It as large
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