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MONDAY, JANUARY 0, 1913.
NOBLESSE OBLIGE.
The Seattle Alaskans are the
most accommodating' people in
the world. *.
There is a dear realization in
Seattle of the fact that Alaskans
are busy men. The accommodat
ing Seattle Alaskans are ready at
any t lime to put in a few hours
acting as I he mouthpieces of
Alaskans. Seattle, in the judg
ment of a good many Seattle
Alaskans, is the metropolis of
Alaska.
As usual, the Seattle Alaskans
are busy with the politics of
Alaska, and ar. engaged in out
lining the federal appointments
for this territory. Thify feel en
tirely competent to take the re
sponsibility out of the hands of
the president-elect, and evident
ly feel, that they know more about
what is good for us than we know
ourselves.
They have already informed
ex'-Chairman Norman Mack who
ought to fill pretty much all the
federal offices in the four divjs-,
ions. There are still a few dep
uty marshalships left off the
slate—perhaps that they hope
somehow the Alaska Democrats
who make their homes in Alaska
may find time to express a choice
for these offices, without taking
too much responsibility in view
of the fact that they still live in
the country.
All this is said, however, with
out any. intention to critcise.
The Seattle Democrats are kind
hearted men!1 imbued with a de
sire to relieve the inhabitants of
the matter of so much import
ance, and it would be ill-natured
of us not to appreciate so kind
ly a disposition_Juneau Dis
patch.
THE RIGHT TO WORK.
The right of every mail to work
is sacred, of course, amt the
most sacred thing about it, ac
cording to .modern practice, is
the right of.,every man In pre
vent every other man from work
ing. Throughout the .United
States I his familiar right now
being demonstrated with clubs
and gu-n.s-.il sed with felonious in
tent. and with fatal effect, upon
“scabs!’ so hold as to take the
.jobs which other men had aban
doned. So long as !lie strikers
held I heir .jobs nobody interfered
with I hem, but when they aban
doned their jobs their right to
kill and maim the men who'took
what they left came into effect.
This is right in line witli the
testimony in Indianapolis where
the dynamiters teslitied I hat $10.
.000 was allotted by the union to
pay the lines and lawyers’ expen
ses for similar assaults upon 1
non-unionists. In JtlOti, accord
ing to the evidence, there were
sixty such attacks with revolv
ers and hot lies of ammonia. One
man was thrown into the river,
a policeman was killed, and a
reign of terror was instituted in
liehalf^if- the sacred right of one
tenth of the working class to
prevent nine-tenths from work
I"g.
At present the nine-lcnth&>4re#
leaving I heir protection In sdci
ely. which is not making as vig
orous a 'job of il as the union
ists who work for themselves, and
trust nolhing to snciely. II is
' necessary In admit that the un
ioniss are having things pretty
much their own way just now,
but they fare two possibilities.
Perhaps society will perceive the
retil' meaning of I he unionists’1
creed about the sacreducss of
their monopoly of the jobs, and
havnii pefeieved it will awake to
I he urgency of elfecl ively pro
tecting those who how are braye
enough to face clubs and guhs
while working to earn w^ges by
serving V^oci^ty. The unionists,,
if prudent, would not push eith-'
er sqciety of the non-unionists
too far. •
NO PEACE PRIZE THIS YEAR.
v
fteveifSeen'' o
of dynamite, thp Mprwegian Par
liamentary Committee was com
pelled to confess itsplf baffled.'
There was no award of the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1912. In the whole
world the Storthing’s committee
was unable to; discover a person
who had, within the year,’’work
ed most or best for ithe; frater
nization of nations, the abolition
or reduction of standing armies'
oi\ the pacing or propagating of
ppace congresses.” The amount
set aside for the prize, about
$39,000, was turned into the No
bel general fund. When we think
of., the, heartaches this decision;
caused among the energetic and'
ever militant advocates Of peace,
when we reflect how many of
them have cause for regret that
they did not know of their op
portunity and make their claims
known, it seems a pity. Yet,
what was the Storthing to do?
If a reasonably careful scrutiny
of the civilized world failed to
discover a friend of peace as fit
for recognition as the ex-presi
dent. of the United States, of
whom a native poet once exclaim
ed:
His sword within its scabbard
sleeps,
But, gracious, how it snores,
clearly the wisest thing to do is
to keep the money at interest.
Col. Roosevelt got thc’prize in
1906 for his services in bringing
about peace negotiations between
Japan and Russia. None of the
other winners, except the two in
stitutions, that of International
Law and the International Perm
anent Peace Bureau at Berne, can
be called eminently distinguish
ed: Ducommum; Dunant, Passy,
Gobat, Cremer, Bajer, d’Estour
pelles de Constant, Beernaert,
Asser, Erie, all estimable and
sincere, doubtless, probably are
more deserving of the title of
peace advocate than Roosevelt,
but the arid knows little of thera.
The remaining prize-winner, Ba
roness von, Suttner, we know now
better th^n we did. But assured
ly 1912 has been a bad year for
peace.,, _;;.
EDITORIAL ROTES.
Santa Glaus lias not yet tiled
his report of the contributions
made during his, recent world
wide campaign.
A correspondent wants to know
if ptarmigan hunting is danger
ous. A ptarmigan informs us
that it has some risks.
The Mexican Minister of For- I
eign Affairs assures our govern- )
merit of its ability to protect I
Americans residing in Mexico,
hut discreetly says nothing of its I
intention in the matter. j
There is some hope for the’
stage when Ethel Barrymore
breaksJieD aputract on the ground
That*is toorisquepfof*
r^sibin^ V' | j
hea^ ci l^t^tlaska byroad
Seattle. Chjsijpber of efti^erce, it
might he well, for-the. legislature
to engage quarters in the Cen
tral Building, Seattle, Washing-'
ton, U. S. A, -
Today the:‘Turks refuse . ;to|
surrender Adrianople. nut Mimwilp
row they may be ahv.ous for tb'e
Uulgars to take the place T
t'ie:.r ihgnda.. The s-'uud ‘I !he
tenrons voice, these days is
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Arguments May Be Disputed, But
“Facts Are bads ”
It i a fact that Valdez heer is a food and not a tonic.
Ask any doctor you know. Valdez beer aids digestion. Use
it a few times with your meals and you’ll find we’re right.
If you drink beer you should use Valdez beer in preference to
others. First, because of its unquestionable high quality.
Second, because it is a home product; brewed in your home
town and all who are interested in the growth and prosper
ity of Valdez should patroniz home products.
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It would be a fortunate day for
Alaska, if Col. Goethals were de-,
tailed to the riorlhland to assume
charge of railway construction.
All that would be necessary would
be money oandn> transportation
would rapidly follow.
John I). Rockefeller has grac
iously consented' to- obey the
government’s.summons to appear
before the Money Trust Commit
tee. But he has made no rash
promises not to be evasive in re-!
plying to the interrogatories to
bn propounded' to him.
Ever since the recent Chicago
Bull Moose conference the. ad
herents of Roosevelt, Perkins,
Flynn and the other bosses are
predicting a glorious victory in
19 Hi. Probably starting in early I
so they can adjust themselves j
gradually to a continuance of i
Democratic rule. i
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The protest of the Cordova, and
Chitina people against the Fair- !
banks mail being routed by way
of Valdez, savors more of self
interest than a desire for the
public good. It reminds the Pros
pector of Seattle’s unselfish pro
test against the adoption of the
flat rate in the parcels post ap
plying to Alaska.
After all is said, the govern
ment might find itself in some
difficulty assigning a sufficient
reason why ex-president Castro
should not be permitted to land
in the United States. Should ev
ery country take the same posi
tion adopted by the United States
the Venezuelan would either have
to take to aviation or return to
his own country' and be shot.
No better way could lie con
ceived to keep the Cordova post
office from being blocked with in
terior mail than that apparently
adopted of not shipping the mail
out of Seattle. We hardly be
lieve the people of Fairbanks
and the entire interior country,
including Nome, would so incom
mode Cordova and Chitina in
their pursuit of shiney simoleons
as to insist that the mail he
routed by a traversible road.
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