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Newspaper Comment on live
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CHILD WELFARE.
(Seattle P.-I.)
A great store of wholesome Informa
tion has been disseminated at the
itiild welfare Institute In this city. The
children, boys and girls, are like plastic
»lay in the hands of the artist; they
me molded according to the skill and
the design of those who have direction
over them. And what manner of man
or woman Is molded of them, and
their success or failure In life, are
largely determined by the quality of
Intelligence given to their rearing.
Men and women, skilled In the train
ing of character, of good citizenship,
of health and morals, have been sharing
their knowledge most helpfully with
the public.
\s a people, we do not give the time
end attention to these matters that
their importance demands. Yet the
shaping of those little men and w'o
roen, the training of their minds and
bodies into wohlesome channels of
thought and action is to fix the condi
tions of life in this country in the
generations to come. We give most
earnest attention to the care of prize
poultry, the fine stock, or the family
dog, but we often allow the hoy and the
girl to grow up like weeds.
The diet, the companions, the daily
habits, the home life, the groove of
thought of the child determine its fu
ture life, and the success or failure of
Its adult endeavors.
Th^re are well defined rules for the
wholesome influences, and the shoals
of danger are well charted. There Is
no more Important duty before Amer
ican parents than the application of
rules to the dally lives of their
children, so that they shall be duly
armed and equipped for citizenship,
with sound minds In sound bodies.
SMOKE AND LITERATURE.
Pome of the patrons of the public
library who are accustomed to absorb
ing literature In large portions have
grown restless under the Inhibition
against smoking a pipe or cigar or
cigarette within the library, and have
found some sympathy with their cause
on the part of members of the city
library board. There Is no question
that many patrons remain at their
posts so long that they feel the need
of some soothing recreation. It is
proposed to erect a portable building
upon the library tract and allow the
absorption of nicotine and literature
t„ proceed simultaneously, under ade
rtv. te ventilation.
This is entirely in keeping with the
■ nstnotions of democracy. If a man’s
personal habits conflict with the com
fort of his neighbors he must delete
the habits or practice them at a com
fortable distance from his neighbors.
Out in the portable house, with the
ventilating fans working" well, every
body will be satisfied. In time, no
doubt, a cup of cofree, a light lunch
and Just a wink of a nap might be
found desirable also, for the more In
dustrious patrons. But these, of
course, are matters that will shape
themselves.
EFFECT OF CONSERVATION.
(Cordova Times.)
It will be recalled that Gifford Pin
shot once dilated upon the value of
ti e standing timber of Alaska. He re
pented It time and again and brought
It out quite prominently in the Sat
urday Evening Post of Philadelphia.
In December , 1911, an entire article
which was proved to be a tissue of
falsehoods. Alaska was pictured by
Plnchot as possessing the greatest
area of valuable marketable standing
timber known to the world. Now
comes the United States government,
prepared to build railways in Alaska,
Initial work having started sixty days
ago. Among the first orders were those
covering approximately two million
feet of rough lumber, which were
placed In Seattle and the lumber ship
ped north. Now let every eastern
conservationist who ever has any faith
in Gifford Plnchot answer this one
question. If Plnchot was even partly
correct, why should the government
not put In a small sawmill and pro
duce timber rather than send to the
city of Seattle, 1,660 miles away, and
purchasing same und shipping It to
the north at considerable expense? If
there is one sincere individual con
nected with the national conservation
society, let him answer this question.
If the Saturday Evening Post possesses
a remnant of editorial deceny, let it
now correct the informous article of
Plnchot It published In 1(11.
CHILDREN ALIENS AND
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
(New York American.)
Commencing' upon the assertion of
Seantur Hughes that as he voted to
Impose an income tax upon women, as
upon men, he should vote to give the
suffrage to women, as to men, the
Times says:
“Some women are taxed. Therefore
all women should vote. What has
taxation got to do with the matter?
The estates of minors, the property of
aliens, are taxed. Therefore children
and foreigners should have the ballot.
Q. E D."
Of course, through the tariff ALL
women, not some women, are taxed.
But aside from that error of statement
the Times is slipshod In Its argument.
Children and foreigners ultimately can
;et the ballot, the children when they
itt.iin their majority, the alien when
he gets naturalized. Only to the self
supporting. educated, patriotic Amer
ican women is the way to the ballot
blocked by an lllogi al and unjust law,
which in New Jersey and New York
the people will soon be able to sweep
out of the path.
ALASKA DEVELOPMENT.
(Seattle P.-I.)
Alaska should be due for a great
season of mining development next
year. Much prospecting work has been
accomplished dutrng the past summer,
due In a great measure to the promise
of early railroad transportation, the
opening of the coal fields, and the
cheapening of fuel. These activities
ire outlined by Alfred H. Brooks, gov
ernment geologist In charge of the
division of Alaska mineral resources, In
a recent report.
The area of placer mining Is believed
*o have been extended by recent pros
pecting. Nearly 6,000 men are now
•-ngaged In plgcer mining, and It forms
an important part of the industry of
the territory. Cheaper fuel will stlm
ilate the working of lower grade grav
els, nnd Increase the output of gold.
Gold lode mining will also be stlm
■lated by this seasons’ prospecting.
Vapltallsts are taking much Interest
in Us possibilities, and there will be
’arge sums of money invested next
year in the Juneau, Y’aldez and South
Central Alaska districts. The coming
vear should be a notable one. not only
'n mining, but In every material ac
tivity.
\LASKA'S WONDERFUL GLACIERS
(Leslie’s.)
A glacier is a gigantic field of ice
'lushing its appalling weight from the
mountain fastnesse into the sea. Co
lumbia glacier is from S00 to 400 feet
high and extends for over four miles
It has been calculated that its area of
ice would cover a large fraction of the
•mtire state of Rhode Island.
We need not go to Europe to see
glaciers. Here they are within five
days of Seattle—the finest in the world
and "all in America.” Everybody was
on deck drinking in the magnificent
spectacle. Nearer and nearer the
Watson drew. The vast field of ice
was sweeping across the horizon, show
ing masses of clear, translucent blue,
masses of gray and others of shaded
brown, sloping at the ends Into a dark
Mne of snow, ice and gravel. The
steamer moved cautiously until the
excited passengers, with exclamations
of delight, found that they were with
'n 1,500 yards of the magnifleant gla-'
lor. The warmth of summer had given
way to the coolness of winter as the
stiff breeze from the enormous mass of
tee swept by. The glacier’s sea line
was streaked and splintered. At the
-enter a mammoth cave extended a
‘housand feet. Enormous masses of
‘he crystalline palisade broke off at
ntervnls and fell into the sea with
‘he sound of distant thunder. The
shrill bugle call to lunch sounded, but
’he passengers were deaf to the call
that had been always welcomed. They
stood enthralled and left the deck only
when the steamer turned back on its
•ourse and the glacier was slowly lost
from view.—John A. Sleicher.
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