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TIK8DAY, DKCKMBKH. 18, 1918
THE SMOWCn.
By JAMES W!J;v.O.'.li: KIEEY
{Copyright M87. tfc!«. b\ James W hitcomb
Itlley.)
THK landscape. like the uwed tars
of it child.
Qrew c uriously blurred; a hush :
of deutrt ]
Fall on the fields, and in ths dark
, ened wild
Tha zephyr held Its breath.
No wavering glamour work of light and
■hade
Dappled the shivering surface of the
brook;
The frightened ripples in their ambuscade
Of willows thrilled and shook.
The eullen day grew darker, and anon
Dim flashes of pent anger lit tha sky;
With rumbling wrheels of wrath came roll
ing on
The storm's artillery.
The cloud above put on Its blackest frown.
And then, as with a vengeful cry of
pain.
The lightning snatched it. ripped and
Sung It down
In raveled shreds of rain—
While 1. transfigured by some wondroup
art.
Bowed with the thiraly lilies to the sod.
My empty soul brimmed over and my
heart
Drenched with the love of God.
SOCIALISM VINDICATED
The patient work of long years has1
been swept aside in a few months of
war. The socialist’s hour of triumph
has come. Those ideas long advocated
by the socialist party, which have
been jeered at in times of peace are
the first to be adopted when the na
tion is in peril. Big business is being
ruthlessly swept aside and govern
ment monopoly obtains. The recom
mendation of radical reforms by the
socialist party which were deemed
visionary a year ago have been taken
up overnight. The United States is
on the verge of a vast economic
change.
Almost daily the government in
vades the preserves of business and
appropriates some delectable trade
morsel for its own uses and ends, and
by the end of the war if this course
is continued the United States will
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have no business—It will all be ab
sorbed by tbs government. The eco
nomic revolution wrought by the war
has resulted in:
The conscription of men for the
army. ,
The conscription of Incomes—by
taxes.
The conscription of wealth—by ex
cessive war taxes.
The conscription of industries—by
control and price-fixing.
The conscription of the merchant
marine.
The conscription of transportation
of all kinds.
The conscription of the small bus
iness—by price-fixing.
All of which has been advocated by
socialism and declared to he unsafe
and Insane by both republicans and
democrats.
Another revolutionary things is the
entrance by the government into the
insurance field, as is evidenced by the
war risk policies, the marine and life
insurance business, all held as pre
rogatives of private business until the
past few months.
Under the new system of govern
ment control the President has urged
upon Congress the enactment of a law
urged by the federal trade commis
sion authorizing Americans to form
monopolistic cartels and combinations
for the purpose of controlling foreign
trade after the war.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has recommended the taking over
of the railroads by the government.
The Federal Trade Commission nas
recommended the taking over of the
coal mines by the government.
The postmaster-general has recom
mended the taking over of the tele
phone and telegraph companies.
The Shipping Board has taken ov
er in effect the entire merchant ma
rine.
The Food Administration has prac
tically effected government monopo
lies as to certain of the more funda
mental foodstuffs.
The Fuel Administration is work
ing toward the control of the supply
and distribution of coal.
Under court order, the Federal
Trade Commission has been given
control of the newsprint paper thru
out the country. The director of the
mint is now engaged in fixing the
price of silver.
The Federal Trade Commission and
War Industries Board under the direc
tion of the President have fixed and
will fix prices of commodities vitally
concerned in the war program.
A new board shortly will be creat-;
ed under the Council of National De
fense to provide for the conversion
of non-essential industries, under gov
ernment direction.
There are scarcely any activities or
the Industrial world which are not un
der government supervision and the
plan Is to be greatly extended so that
the industries of the entire country
will work liktf one vast shop, all ac
tivities under a control centralizing
at Washington.
LOVE thy neighbor as thyself is
good precept but in practice it would
land the subject in the divorce courts.
FAMOUS KLONDIKE WORKED
CLEAN
With the freeslng up of the Klon
dike and the closing down of the
dredges for the winter, the cream of
the placer ground of that famous
stream is practically cleaned out. The
big dredges of the Yukon Gold Com
pany finished the season's work by
dredging the entire creek from end
to end and also completed dredging
Eldorado to 27 above discovery.
These operations take about all of
the best of the ground. The once rich
dirt is exhausted, or practically so.
There is still seme pay dirt to he
handled, but the biggest part of the
.iob is completed, and part of „ the
dredges will be taken to other sec
tions.
Crews are now engaged In knocking
down two of the largest dredges and
they will be hauled in during the win
ter so they can be loaded and shipped
to the outside on one of the first boats
next spring. While it is not known
where they will be sent, it is thought
likely that they may be taken to:
Murray. Idaho, where one of the com
pany's dredges from here was shipped
last June, and which has just been
Installed and is now working.— The
Alaska (Fairbanks) Citizen.
A IXH'BLK INCOME TAX
Shortly after the latest Income tax
law was passed an announcement was
made from Washington that the new
tax would require a single man to
pay two per cent income tax on such
sums above $1,000 as they may earn.
This was given out as the basis of
income tax collections for the pres
ent year. But those who caused to
be issued the explanation of the in
come tax law failed to note the fact
that the old income tax law was not
repealed by the new and that it Is
still in existence. This will require
an additional income tax payment of
two per cent on the basis of the old
law, which exempted incomes of mar
ried men under $3,000 and of single
men under $2,000. So that a single
man whose income exceeds $2,000
will pay four per cent on the excess
and married men whose incomes are
above $3,000 will pay four per cent
on the excess.
It is a pretty heavy tax in a sense,
but these are war times and it is no
use to complain if it were a just thing
to do so.
A GREAT DISCOVERY?
'
Users of gasoline await with great
concern a report that a substitute for
gasoline has been discovered by a
German chemist in Minnesota which
promises an unlimited supply of li
guld fuel for gasoline engines at a
nominal cost.
To add to the importance ot the al
leged invention, a federal judge has
issued an order restraining the inven
tor from selling his secret to Ger
many or to any enemy of the United
States. It is said that this inventor
has proposed to sell his discovery to
the United States, but that he de
mands $600,000 in cash and a bonus
of $16,000,000 a year for the re
mainder of his life.
The story, but for the federal in
junction would be regarded as a fishy
one, but that injunction appears to
be of a serious character, and it may
be that the public will shortly be
startled by an announcement of a
great contribution to science.
THE adoption of an eight-hour law
in a country where a man must labor
sixteen hours to live is inconsistent.
The better plan would be to adopt a
twenty-four hour law until after the
war is over.
ABOUT the poorest excuse that we
have yet heard is that of the man who
advocates the appointment of a man
of the opposite political faith because
“you can’t get anybody else.’’
MONSTROUS evils always dis
guise themselves under | catchy
phrases.
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PERHAPS one of the reasons that
Ruth Law was refused permission to
fly was the fear that she might do It.
THE people used to believe the blue
sky was the limit, but it is now being
demonstrated that there is yet a land
beyond the sky.
WHAT are you doing to help the
Red Cross?
YOUR membership is earnestly de
sired.
YOU may be the chief benefactor.
OR H may be a friend or relative.
JOIN NOW!
McCarty and Donnelly hold the re
cord today, the mercury standing at
60 below sero in both places. Oul
kana reports —68 today. A terrific
north wind is reported on the Sum
mit..'
What will I give?
is the question that is bothering
many people just now.
Bring your Xmas problems to *his store, the
man behind the counter will suggest many sui
table gifts for any member of the family or
friend you care to remember this Xmas.
Hart Schaffner
&
Marx Clothes.
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The Famous
Styleplus Clothes
COMFY SLIPPERS FOR ALL
A very fine line of neckwear now on Bath-Robes for men and women. Ker
cKsplay in Holiday Boxes. Also scarf &chjef8 in Xmas Boxes. Suspenders, arm
tie combination, sox & tie, etc. . .
bands, etc.
Florsheim & Crossett Shoes. Mal
lory and Stetson Hates, Gloves, etc. Kayser Silk and Holeproof Hose
Hand Painted China Electrical Nov-make a nice remembrance. We have a
cities, Bronzed Pottery, etc. good stock to choose from.
SLEDS AND SKATES
for the v
BOY OR GIRL
S. BLUM AND COMPANY
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GOOD GOODS
New table linen, round table seta
with napkins to match; also linen by
the yard. At E. Winter’s. tf
Housekeeper wanted at G. J.
Zlnns. tf
Fresh taffy, cbews and brlttlee, at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen., tt
Toys! Toys! Toys!
Of all descriptions at the Valdes
Drug Store. tf
Ansco Filins Will
fit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard, uuy B. Cam
eron. tf
Second Call
We will accept Liberty Bonds tor
stock In the Valdez Iron Works.
Make your money earn 25 per cent
Instead of 4 per cent. tf
Fresh bulk chocolates and a new
NOTICK TO COAL CONSUMERS
There is every reason to expect that
the price of coal will advance on
January 1, 1918, therefore, we will
advise all coal consumers to fill their
bins before that date as we cannot
contract for delivery at the presnt
price after Dec. 31st.
tf VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY
Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty-five per oent. The
houae that sella direct to consumers.
Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co.,
Inc., fit Marlon 8L, Seattle Wn. tf
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
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Tilllkum Club.
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