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PROSPECTOR, -PUBLISHING CO.
H. B. 8KLBY, Editor and Proprietor.
VALDKZ. ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23. 1*12. at the uostofflce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act of March S, 187f.
• us*newH Oil ice and Editorial Room a
TEL. 161
\uveiiisui* Kates on Application.
Monday, iikctembkk 17, 11117 j
WAGES IN GERMANY
Frequently one bears admiring I
comments on the efficency of the|
German system of dealing with labor j
problems. Before the United States
entered the war this song of praise'
was rendered on a particularly loud
pedal by pro-Germans. We heard
that, thanks to the benevolence of
autocaracy, Germany had practically
no poverty; that provision was made
for the superannuated, that every
care was> taken that the people be
made happy and contented through
some fine-spun system of kaieerlike
altruism. . i . .
Nobodf without a- hym -ef hate in
his system- would deny that certain
economic. Industrial and sociological
reforms have been brought about in
tiOrmany -which have been adopted, i
and are. being adopted, by other na-!
tions—just as Germany has borrow-;
ed ideas from her neighbors.
Yet there is another side to the!
picture, as the German bureau of sta-!
tistics itself proves. The Bremen
Zeitung, published in Bremen, on
September 1, 1917, printed an article
which the United States department'
Of Commerce has translated and is-1
sued as a report. The article deals
with an official survey of wages paid
in 369 main establishments of Ger
man industry in March and Septem
ber 1914, 1915 and 1916. Wages, ac
cording to figures reported by the em
ployers and accepted by the Buerger
Zeitung as “typical for the better
paid class of workmen,” were in
creased between one-third and two
thirds in the different trades from
March, 1914, to September 1916, and,
then, at the high point, German
workmen were averaging from $1.32
per day in the wood industries to
$1.96 in the iron and metal trades.
"And that meager reward is the
best the German toiler ever had,” ob
serves Collier's Weekly in comment
ing on these statistics. “No wonder
that just before the war a social sur
vey of Berlin found 56 per cent of
all the families in the kaiser's capital
lodged in one room for each family.
They couldn’t pay rent for two rooms.
That’s where the rulers of Germany
got some of their money. They prac
ticed the class struggle while their
dupes were talking about it.”
For the benefit of socialists and
laboring men In this country who are
too ready to praise the German sys
tem to the disparagement of the Am
erican, we suggest that they write to
the department of commerce! for a
copy of this report.
CONSCRIPTION OR NOT
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Canada just now is ' laboring to
fnake its conscription law effective.
The *’opposition is using so-called
"higher arguments”' which appear to
catch some- public favor. The con
scription proponents see in the issue
the honor of Canada upheld or fal
len1 and1 that country’s glorious or'in
glorious part in finishing the war. The
Vancouver World says: *■ >'
“ ‘National unity' is the-(thief ar
gument of - the atiti-conseriptloniBts.:
Setter, they say. far better that the
Military-Service Act should -dot be
enforced than that it should destroy;
the unity of the Canadian people and
.set one race against another. Which
is, of course, an argument of some
cogency; • " • '1 < ■ •
"But to consider the reverse of the
shield. Suppose conscription is de
feated; suppose a referendum is tak
en months later, with all.the slack
ers. and enemy aliens and pacifists
in the Dominion voting thereon; sup
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VALDEZ j Mui.li ui .iuuaic luiwum uu*i ,ui Al ■ Ad A A
pose that the referendum show*—as
it is almost certain to show—that
Can adsn Is out of thwwar tor good—
what' then wlll'ibe^tge situation
C?)<lt will 'be this j* that every loyU
Canadian will1 he Shamed and bh
millited before the world; that he
will And he belongs to a nation of
quitters, to a people so weak in will
and cowardly in action that they can
not continue a war even agaipst
beasts in human form. He will not
dare to travel abroad and ten a rei
low-traveler (as he now can with
proper pride) that he is a 'Canadian'
a citizen of a land, small In popula
tion. but supremely great in its love
of freedom and its sacrifice of itself
for democracy and for the political
salvation of the world.
“Instead, he will hide the fact of
his citizenship as if it were a brand
of disgrace. He will know himself for
a deserter in freedom’s cause, a trait
or to his brothers In' the' trenches,
false to his Anglo-Saxon ideals, false
to his boasted democracy, faUe to the
clalmB of the dowft-trodden and op
pressed amongst the nations of the
earth.
"This is no exaggerated or rhetor
ical language. It is the bitter truth.
If Canada rejects conscription—her
only means >of continuing the war—
this is the price her sons must pay.
It is'well they should make their de
cision with their eyes open.
“When the bitterness of that day
comes——which • God forbid—Where
then Will there be national unity?
Will the men who dragged Canada’s
name and fame in the mud of a dis
honorable ‘ surrender to the 'German
kaiser be greeted as frfends by those
they have betrayed? Will the rem
nant of Our returned soldiers lire on
terms of amity and goodfellowship
with those who deserted them In the
hour of their utmost need?
“Here is the truth of the matter
"If conscription Is defeated In this
Dominion an outraged national con
science will take its revenge. Those
who sought to save Canada and those
who. consciously or uncon&iously,
betrayed her can never be friends
again. The country will be torn by
hatred, riven by strife, cursed by the
contempt of one race for the other.
And we shall be lucky if that is all
that happens to us.
“For it is as true now as it was iu
the days of Hampden and of Lincoln,
that the way to national unity lies
not by the path of national disgrace,
but by the path of national honor."
M)HHKS IX WAR
Roger Babson, the noted statistic
ian. bears out various statements that
the losses at the front are not near
ly so heavy as might reasonably be
expected or as they are popularly
supposed to be. His conclusions are
in no sense guess work or approxima
tions, but are based on the official cas
ualty lists of the French army dur
ing the first three years of the war.
“Fourteen men out of fifteen so far
have been safe,” is one of Mr. Bah
son's agreeable surprising statements.
“Under present conditions where man
power is being saved, no more than
one in thirty is killed. Only one man
in five hundred loses a limb—a
chance no greater than in hazardous
conditions at home.”
Attention is also called to the fact
that losses during the third year were
appreciably smaller than for either
the first or second years of the war.
“Most of the wounds sustained in
the trenches,” the writer continues,
“are clean cut and of a nature that
a few weeks in a hospital makes the
subject as fit as ever. But .100,000
French Soldiers have been discharged
from wounds during the three
years of the war. Most of the wounds
received in the trenches are- on the
top of the head, simply scalp wounds.
Practically speaking, a wound. Is eith
er fatal or slight, with but few in be
tween these two1 extremes.”
The misconception on the part or
many people that every man who goes|
to the froht enters a shambles arises
no doubt from a lack of perspective. i
When it is recalled that millions of
men are in the trenches the deaths,:
heavy as they are, do not seem ap
pallingly large. * -
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THOSE in charge of the Red Cross
membership-drive about to begin are
hopeful of enrolling everybody in the.
city under the banner of that organ
isation. Everybody should share the
same ambition and help bring about
the desired result. * j
Fred Cameron, formerly United
States Deputy Marshal at Seldovla,'
left on the steamship Alaska this af-’
ternoon for Seattle and the States on
a business trip. He will return in i
about 30 days.
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FOUR HUNDRED TO ONE SHOT
U_i_ju
Eatlnfod W AJnWnhWwnUI Brokera
That Lord 'Kltehdnw la Net
Among the Living.
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Legends once well rboted die hard.
Many people believe fhnt Eurl Kitch
ener survived the sinking of the
Hampshire, and Is either a prisoner of
war. or, escaping In a-email bont. has
reached some remote port of the
world and Is living In nno»iynious re
tirement.
The romance gained n fresh lens»“
of life when Mrs. Parker, a sister of
the great general, publicly announced
nt lb-stings not long ngo her tirin be
lief that her brother was alive nnd
would one day return.
It Is fmimssihle to argue the matter
One can only believe or disbelieve. A
measure of credence which business
men attach to the story Is to be found
In a letter printed In the Liverpool
Echo. Messrs. A. Letton. Perclvnl A
CV>„ insurance brokers of that city, say
that a client of theirs wanted to know
what rate could he quoted to cover the
following risk:
That Lord Kitchener was alive oh Au
gust 31. ItlJT, the onus of proof to be on
the assured, and to be furnished within
three months from peace being signed.
Lloyd's underwriters were prepared
to accept ten thousand pounds at five
shillings per cent, and the insurance.
If that is the right word for It, has
been completed.
The, chances of Lord Kitchener be
ing alive are, therefore, regarded hy
unsentimental brokers as one In four
hundred.—London f'hronlcle.
SAVES MONEY FOR THE ARMY
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Indiana Mete Sergeant Feeds Hla Men
for Leas Than Twenty-five
Cent* Each a Day.
How an Incxtierlenced man Can feed
government troops and'ifavo imtney on
the Joli Is being demonstrated at f’nmp
Taylor by Lucas Lincoln of this city,
shys the Indlnnnpolls ’News. Lincoln
Is mess sergeant of the Forty-kecond
company, Kteventb battalion. He was
one of the first drafted men to go front
here, having volunteered out of his
regular order of obligation. He Is a
son of a fundi lire manufacturer here,
and Is married. : »
In a letter home. Lincoln tells how
he Is feeding 145 men for leas than 25 |
cents each a d’tv. He soys the food Is
Well cooked, end fhuf the men have
plenty. A sample menu. Inclosed In
tin letter, shows bow Lincoln made a
"living of !S17.:tS on the government's
food nllowalice for the three meals
scheduled.
For breakfast the men bad ham
burger steak, biscuits and syrup,
hashed brown potatoes and coffee. The
dinner menu was vegetable soup, mac
aroni and cheese, broad and hot tea.
and pencil cobbler. For supper the
men hndshoiled ham. mashed potatoes,
bread and syrup, ten and stewed
pmnes.
Love Their Airplane*.
A thrilling story Is being told which
Illustrates the attachment of our fly
ing men to their machines. A .voting
pilot, not yet out of his teens, was fly
ing high over the enemy lines when a
hall of bullets suddenly overtook the
machine. One struck him In the face
putting out hN left eve. another shut
tered his leg. and the Airplane wic
riddled. To descend t iming the enemx
and receive medical attention would
have been easy, hut with the numb
ness of death upon him he still re
tained consciousness enough to make
out our own lines and steer steadily
towards that goal. Amid tumultuous
cheering the machine at last came
down on friendly soil. The young avi
ator died that night. Ills last word
were; “Iloetor. I’m sorry I eouldn t
bring the old bus home intact.1 I*on
don Tit-Hits.
No Gladnes* Among Them.
Nearly a thousand years had passed
since the birth of Christ before the
IliiSstHii Slav s were converted to Chris
tianity. Already the Rngltsh. the
Pranks and the Hermans had been
Christians for some i-entnrlea. when.
In 887. 1‘rlnee Vladimir sent euvoys to
study the religions of the various
neighboring nations whose represent
atives had been urging him to em
brace their respective faiths. • Nestor
describes' their report 'III amusing
terms, or the Musaulraans they re
ported. ■"There Is no gladness among
1bem. only sorrow and a great stench;
their religion Is not a good one.” At
Constantinople they said, “We no
longer knew whether were In' heav
en or on earth, nor such beauty, and
we know not how to tell of It."
Bad Performance. >
• K. Berry Wall, the New York chile
t*fw arrived one afternoon rather late
at an opera matinee that was evidently
not good.
The doors were closed till the end
of the first act, and aa Mr. Wall stood
In the lobby with the false strains of
the opera floating round him, a lady
tried to' enter the auditorium, but the
doorkeeper shook hts head.
'•No.'no, nmdkmi""Said Mr. Wall.
•The doorkeeper dare not' Open the
door during the singing. Half the nu- *
(lienee would rash out"
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vsi . .'Snelly Explained. (
“Tour friend wae euapected of being i
<r counterfeiter or'■'bank robber when ■
be grid# to get a 11,000 bill changed:”
i irMvbut be Boon straightened
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antf %feSW*n’‘%dtf‘a bWF df knitter le
noroltttton In "hle“week’s ealary.”
is the question that is bothering
many people just now.
Bring your Xmas problems to +his sto.e, 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.
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Hart Schaffner
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Marx Clothes.
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The Famous
Styleplus Clothes
COMFY SLIPPERS FOR ALL
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« ',4.) very fii)e line of neojcwear now on Bath ]Robea for men and JVQjpen. Ker*
display in Holiday Boh*. Also scarf in Xmas Boxes. Suspenders, arm
tie combination, sox & tie, etc. ,
• •* _ . bands, etc.
Florsheim & Cfossett Shoes. Mai- ( J n .
lory and Stetson Hates, Gjloves, etc. Kayser Silk and Holeproof Hose
, Hand Painted China Electrical Nov-maJ^e a, nice remembrance. We have a
elties, Bronzed Pottery, etc. good stock to choose from.
SLEDS AND SKATES
for the
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BOY OR GIRL
S. BLUM AND COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
New table linen, round table sets
with napkins to match; also linen by
the yard. At E. Winter's. tf
Housekeeper wanted at G. J.
Zlnns. tf
Fresh taffy, chews and brlttles, at
Hunt's Candy Kitchen. tf
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Toys! Toys! Toys!
Of all descriptions at the Valdes
Drug Store. tf
Aesco Films Will.
lit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Guy E. Cam
eron. tf
Second Call
We will accept Liberty Bonds for
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 aAvanoe on
January- 1. 1918, -therefore, we will
advise all coal consumers to fill their
bins before that date as we caanot
contract for delivery at the presnt
price after Dec. 31st.
tf VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY
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Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty-five per cent The
house that sells direct to consumers.
Randall Grocery ft Brokerage Co.,
Inc., 8)1 Marion St.. Seattle Wn. tf,
, J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points -
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
SAFETY FIRST
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Travel On The
'Al •(. ' \ n r i s i ' i L
“SHAMROCK”
Prpmpt Service
"s rFm Kl C (. Ci
D.D. STEWART Matter
. saw* «**f»r*f*
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L W. HUNT—U Owl Dr»» Store.
j FOUNTAIN DRINKS
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E LAUNCH OELLA
{ . Capt. H. L. Rider
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J Weekly trips from , Valdes to
J Kllamar, 'handlock, Kldalgo and ]
J way ports. Passengers landed J
| at all points. J
t Carrying freight and passn- J
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E For rates apply oe board. J
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THE SQVTHERN
NRft BLAOXWm,' Prop.
Nice, Clean Room
' Bathe lacoanootion
PRICES REASONABLE
Phone 104
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vmifoz Miners MM Co. 188
Western Federation el Mteers
W. M. CONLEY IVnUsat.
' ‘Vsidte auu.
GEORGE M. BARRY Becrebr*
_ Valdes Aladte.
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
/ Baths In Connection
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'HONE 133 MRS. STRING, Pis,
VALDEZ LODGE
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BD WOOD. SMNtary.
PROFRiSlONAL GARUN.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offloaa In Fish Building, adjoining
• ••-> i i THUkum Club.
Rwm 00. McKinley Street.
Contract Surgeon, o. 8. Army
A. > Surgeon. U 8. Public Health Sere
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Gniute NaMmal Calami<t
Wtoltaftw, D. a
DENTIST
In Valdes Since 1808
PHONH 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
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DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTORSBYI-AT-LAW
OBm Ofpoiltr (a art Haas*
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Pbaa* M VALOBL ALASKA
JOHN LYONS A B ftlTCRin
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORSBYI-AT-LAW
llOcta la w kallaa BaUAIac
Phaaa ISI ULDRL ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt D.
JUNKAU, ALASKA
OlM«e» Pitted liensea Ground
VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Room*
Tens* Reasonable
JOS. A. S1LVEUAM, fkG^B. D. Pit*.
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IJe*. A. iihrennan PL G.V. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office been—1 te 4 p. ■ —7 te 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. TeL 17t Office TeL It
Boyle Block Valdes
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