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SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1013.
THE ALLIES’ ADVANTAGE.
The Balkan allies have shown
that they are skilled diplomats,
as well as good lighters in the
field They have practically re
fused to give ,any heed to the ad
vice and orders of the European
powers, relating to the peace
terms for Turkey.
The allies have a distinct ad
vantage in this situation. They
know; that the powers, while os
tensibly working in harmony, are
4torn by jealousy and greed and
would probably find it impossible
to enforce any of their orders.
The allies are naturally making
the most of this knowledge. Tur
key has gained nothing by ap
pealing to the powers and adopt
ing dilatory tactics.
JURIES NOT INFALLIBLE.
Judge Foster of New York, who
visited Valdez last summer, turn
ed to a taxicab driver .just ac
quitted on a charge of murder
and said: "You may go home
now, get another taxicab if you j
feel like it, and go out and kill
somebody else. Tin* jury has giv
en you permission to do so.”
Then to the jury he said:
“Gentlemen, you seem to think
that a drunken chauffeur can run
recklessly through the streets
with his machine and go unpun
ished. Your state of mind in
reaching such a verdict is best
described as the peace of heaven
which passeth understanding.”
tllere was one case where the
court was right and the jury
wrong. Popular sentiment would
undoubtedly so hol'd. Hut again
it may he remarked that we hear
no demand for tin* recall of jur
ies.
Yet how often do juries err;
perhaps oflener on the whole than
court s.
A STEP TOWARD PEACE.
Winston Spencer Churchill,
first lord of the British Admiralty,
has recommended Ilia! Great
Britain and Germany slop build
ing warships, cancel their pro
grams of construction for 1911
and “stand pal" with I heir pres
ent armament, looks to economy
if nol to peace. Great Britain
now has .'ifi dreadnoughts to
Germany’s 23. and of submarines
83 to Germany’s 20.
Be characterized as insensate
folly the present struggle for big
ger. faster and more powerful na
val equipment. Each year dread
noughts and guns are more pow
erful than before. They not on
ly surpass anything that has been
turned oul by a possible cont
peti'or, Iml render obsolete the
ships in fheir o\j^i navy that have
preceded them. The si niggle is a
persistent.ceaseless and remorse
less waste of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars. “Every year,”
Mr. Churchill explained, “all the
naval powers are making not on
ly the fleets of their rivals, but
their own fleet, obsolete without
adding to I heir actual relat ive
strength or security. Could any
process he more stupid?”
The adoption of Mr. Church
ill’s suggestion could do no harm
and it might awaken the nations
to a realization of the tremendous
cost of their rivalry in the naval
expansion line, a cost that is be
coming burdensome upon the tax
payers. The suggestion is re
spect fully referred to Kaiser Wil
helm.
THE COST OF FOODSTUFFS.
Health Coinmissionelr l.cderle
of New York, says that in 1912
in his city alone food inspectors
condemned and destroyed 23,950,
321 pounds or 11,975 tons of
. foodstuffs, a supply sufficient to
have maintained a good-sized
community.
Dr. Lederle points out i.hat if
the problem could be solved as to
how Ibis great loss could be
avoided the cost of living, now
so great, should be appreciably
reduced, as the extent of New
York’s losses is “hut an index of
the total losses from these causes
throughout the country."
Such waste of material that
was good to begin with is little
short of criminal. Nobody gains
anything by it in the end, and the
public loses.
What can be done to prevent
this loss? |)i*. f.ederle suggests
that were it possible to estimate
the amount of certain fruits and
vegetables that flood the markets
at limes, residing in a lack of
demand, and preserve this sur
plus in cans or jars near the
points of shipment, a considerable
economic gain would follow, as I
refrigeration would have a ten- (
dency to decrease loss. In such
an event, lie says, the establish
ment of some central board of
control that could regulate tile
quantities of material to be ship
ped to cities at any one time
would perhaps be an aid.
Whatever the remedy to be ap
plied, we ought to be beyond such
economic sins by this time. They
are neither civilized nor sensible.
Mr. Taft was greeted with a
frog- chorus mi li'is arrival al
Yale, hut dial is no sign llial lie
is a croaker.
—
Some one proposes an official
song for Chicago. To he snug
with an accompaniment of wind
instruments, of course.
More Ilian 150,000,00(1 parcel
post packages have been mailed
since the system was established
on January 1. Still, none of the1
express companies have gone mil
of business. Increased facilities
tegc! increased business.
Cilforu Pinehot is Ihrralening
lo cun for the United Stall's Sen
ate in Pea isylvania eg; n.- t Hois ■
Penrose. The public sentiment
has changed so rapidly in Penn
sylvania in the last few years that
it is doubtful if Senator Penrose
could he re-eleeled, even if no
one ran against, him.
The True Patriot.
How blessed is the man who
asks no office, low or high, who
ensiles al his useful tasks, nor
yearns lo bleed and die. No spoil
ed ambitions make him sore or
cause him to repine; and every
day, al every door, he gels the
“Welcome" sign, lie is no poli
tician's pup. lo follow him
through (own; no whippersnapper
higher up ran ever call him down,
lie does not need to whine and
sob in some cheap statesman's i
ears, that he may hold his dinky
job another term of years. It
isn’t needful lo pretend he loves
(he unwashed jay; he needn’t call
his bosom friend each rube who
comes his way. lie cares not for
I lie smiles or frowns of people in
high place, hut. in his old blue
! hand-me-downs, he toils with
.skill and grace. From all official
fetters free, he herds his lowing
kine1, and prunes the spreading
pumpkin tree, and trains the cab
bage vine. Administrations oft
may change, and patriots may
weep; such tilings do not his
plans derange, or make him lose
his sleep. I,el other break (heir
hearts to nab those prizes dear
to men; all (juielly be keepelh tab
upon bis selling hen. How bless
ed is the man w lin'd lake no office,
small or big. Who’d rather stay
at home and make a boudoir for
his pig. WALT MASON.
LYING.
IK (leorge Mali hew Adams.
Lying is Ihe mos| despicable
id' all Crimes. The Liar is the
King of Criminals. The Iasi clean
spot In a man’s raiment turns
Crimson when he lakes up the
Business of Lying.
Truth is file Highest Tiling a
man can keep.
The Hear) of an honest man
melts away almost unto Death in
the presence of t he Liar. The very
merry of a kind God blushes with
how<*d head in Sadness at the
sight and sound of (he man who
plies his Lies. Scorned by Soci
ety, Ihe very Soul of tin* Liar re
volts at the carrying about of
Bones and Flesh so vile.
Truth is the'Highest Thing a
man can keep.
A few days hgo a young man,
large of Mind and Future, left his
employment in Gaiinda with a Lie
upon his lips. Homing into the
seething whirl of Ihe Great New
York lie sought tiis former
friends. Immediately he began
to hand out his stock of Lies.
More abominably than any aban
doned thief he slyly exchanged his
Lies for Favors and for Gold.
Then nervously yet ipiietly sneak
ing away under cover of his Lies,
his Soul now naked of Honor and
Character, he sought refuge un
der his own-made Tent of Lies,
There self-convicted he now
awaits Judgment.
Truth is the Highest Tiling a
man can keep.
Mark Twain spoke more than
humor when he said: “When in
doubt speak the truth.” Kven the
Devil hates a Liar—one of his
own children. And Nature itself
closes itst eyes in shame as Ihe
Liar passes by.
Truth is the Highest Thing a
man can keep.
You--Young Man, Young Wo
man. Business Builder. Doer of
Things—whoever you are, and in
whatever groove you work your
way—Listen. Starve, die, rather
than Lie. Flee from Ihe pres
ence of a Lie as from the Plague.
Grasp the Clean, Strong hand of
Truth and follow in its path
through the livelong hours of ev
ery single passing day. Remem
bering that
Triilh is the Highest Thing a
man can keep.
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New York Life
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Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
THE SALESMAH
makes more sales and
makes them with greater
facility if his work is re
enforced by Electric Light.
It shows his goods to the
best advantage,and colors
may be readily matched
under its rays.
A brilliant electrically
lighted store stamps a
merchant as a hustler.
And trade follows light.
A. W. L. & T. Co.
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ROOMS
Steam Heat
Always Clean
and Comfortable
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P. S. HUNT, Prop.
Copper River
Draying Co
; Freighting and passengers to all parts
of the Interior. General Trucking
hid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKioiej St. Valdez
Steam Heat Electric Light*
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