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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1913.
THE CONSUMER AND THE TAR
IFF.
President Wilson's critics are work
ing overtime in their efforts to make
political capital out of the new tariff
act, some of them going to the rep
rehensible extent of predicting indus
trial stagnation and a lowering of
wages, without compensating benefits
to the consumer. Some phases of
the law and its operation will be
determined only by a fair test of the
measure. As y t there are no in
dications that the act will fall short
of the splendid results predicted tor
it by its advocates.
What more keenly interests the
practical man of today is the direct
effect of this change in national pol
icy. In dollars and cents the benefits
may not be immediate; it may re
quire some time for the country to
feel the full measure of relief which
the lower rates will bring ultimately.
That they will give real relief in due
course of time is evident from the
fact stated by Mr. Underwood, that
“this bill, with its twenty-six per
cent average, is almost as low as the
famous Walker tariff,” and that in
contrast with this twenty-six per
cent the Payne-Aldrich law had an
average of more than forty per cent.
Such a reduction must mean a sub
stantial benefit to the consumer, es
pecially when to this decided lower
ing in the average of protection is
added the absolutely open door for
many articles which have been put
upon the free list. The fact that ev
en the manufacturers who have
fought against reductions most bit
terly have ceased their predictions
of ruin shows how fair and sound
was the crusade the Democratic party
has waged in the popular interest,
and how well justified they were in
denouncing former rates as shame
less and extortionate. In point of
fact, the effect of the new -tariff
should be as beneficial to manufac
turers as to the people, in stimulat
ing their independence of character
and their business and their commer
cial energies to meet competition
without depending entirely on the pro
tecting arm of the government.
But the great and incomparable
value of this new iaw is in its char
acter as an act of national morality.
Whether the theory of protection as
an economic doctrine be true or false,
its practice in this country has been
a species of licensed robbery, in con
flict with every principle of justice
and fair government. No system so
dishonest could fail to be corrupting,
and the same agency which has built
up the colossal fortunes of a few at
the expense of millions of the plain
people has served, by its pernicious
example, to spreao the poison of de
moralization through every rank of
society. If we are more material,
more luxurious, more eager for
worldly wealth and more careless
about high standards and ideals than
in the earlier years of the republic,
it is largely because public and bus
iness virtue ha\fe been corrupted at
the fountain head by a system which
took one man’s money arbitrarily and
gave it to another and which tended
by its results to lender nfen cynical
and greedy.
Thoughtful Americans for years
have recognized that the tariff is a
moral, as well as an economic issue,
and the law just enacted promises
to have a pronounced and lasting ef
fect in redeeming and strengthening
the national business character.—
Tacoma Tribune.
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Is a turkey an animal? This ques
tion was recently answered in the
affirmative by the Supreme Court of
Michigan. Defendant’s dog _ killed
plaintiff’s turkey, and plaintiff sued
for double damages under a law which
provides such a payment if a dog
“kills, wounds or worries any sheep
or other domestic animal.’’ And 4
will be only a few weeks more until
most of us will begin making a more
careful study of the turkey, its hab
its and price.'
Fresh eastern oysters at the Val
des Cafe. tf
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Whatever may be safd about Seat- ■
tie for It* deep-rooted propensity for
anything Alaskan; however impudent
we may think it for trying to "an- ■
nex” our northland and all things ap
pertaining thereto, the fact still re
mains—and we may as well admit it
—that there are a good many big- !
hearted and generous men in the
Spirit City who would not permit
Alaskans to suffer without offering
help.
Let us take the Nome case, for in
stance, when the news of disaster
was flashed over the wire, sympathet- 1
ic Seattle arose and extended a help
ing hand just as a mother would to
her fallen baby, and the result was
that Nome people received assistance
which no doubt they sadly needed.
How many did likewise?'
Of course, Seattle being the gate
way of the north, it receives the most
benefit from Alasaa, consequently it
behooves her to help, yet, being in
different to our needs would not re
move her geograpnically and it would
still be the gateway through which we
have to pass on our way out. Mani
festly, it is a case where for some
reason or other it is imperative that
we should be friendly to Seattle, at
the same time it would be a wise
thing for us, never to forget for one
moment to keep our hands in our
pockets as we pass through, for sure
as fate, whatever it has given us
w!ll find its way back into the hands
of the Seattleites. The chances are
that it will anyway.—Petersburg Pro
Favorable
REBELS CANNOT
SOLVE PROBLEM
Washington, Nov. 4.—President
Wilson has abandoned the hope of
being able to use the Mexican rebels
in any scheme looking to the restor
ation of peace and order in that tur
bulent country. He is not inclined
to place faith in the assertions of
General Carranza that he will settle
the rebellion if America will permit
the free passage of arms and ammu
nition across the border.
It is understood European nations
which have large investments in
Mexico are pressing for intervention
or some other means of restoring
peace in order that the capital which
is lying idle there may become rev
enue producing. The announcement
that the Mexican elections were a
farce is generally accepted as what
was to be expected, under the cir- j
eumstances. The German and Eng- j
lish governments have expressed 1
their complete confidence that Presi- I
dent Wilson will solve the question !
in the near future, but the capital- :
ists whose money is lying idle are j
growing restless under the delay.
SOUGHT SHELTER
. FROM STORM
The launch Three M, wnich left
Valdez under charter by ten citizens
of Cordova to take them to their
homes early Sunday morning, reached
Ellamar in the afternoon after a buf
feting by the waves. She did not
intend to call at the copper town but
was forced to seek safety there, as
the storm prevented her making head
way. She remained at Ellamar until
Monday morning, when the wind and
sea had subsided sufficient to permit
of her continuing her journey.
Hand laundry, corner of Hobart
street and Keystone avenue. Flannels
and silks a specialty.
MRS. H. SHARTS & CO.
FOR SALE, rent or lease, a 20,
room lodging house; central loca
tion. A snap. Call at Prospector
office.
Geo. Reinke, the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
Chinese Chop Suey and Noodles at
the Valdez Cafe, after 7 p. m. tf
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Don’t neglect your health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with die purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
Copper River
Drawing Co
Freighting anil iieaaenf era tn all i»rli
of the Interior. General Trucking
l)2d. Wood, • Proprietor
MoKiniey St. Valdei
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A Large Line of
RUGS
Direct From Factory.
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BELIK LEAVES
ON NEXT BOW
Deputy Marshal Horace DeLine will
eave on the next boat for Seattle,
where he plans to make his future
lome. Mr. DeLine has lived in Val
iez for the past eight years, coming
lere with Colonel Swanitz as his pri
vate secretary when the Valdez & Yu
ton railroad was first started. Later
le was appointed a guard by Mar
shal Love and became office deputy
under Marshal Sullivan when he took
the oath of office more than four
years ago. So well has lie done his
work that upon the recommendation
of tlie attorneys and business men
of Valdez Marshal Brenneman offer
ed him the same position with the
new administration, but the call of
the states was strong and the next
boat takes him from Alaska. Mr. De
Line leaves a large circle of friends
who have learned to respect and ad
mire him because of his pleasant
manners and his competent, efficient
work in the marshal’s office.
STORM RAGED
Judge George Robbins came up
from Ellamar yesterday afternoon on
business and left early this morning
on the return trip. He made the trip
v. itli Piledriver Gus. He reports that
the storm, of which the owners of
launches tell of encountering, raged
for two days and was the worst that
the oldest inhabitants of Ellamar
have ever seen. The wind was from
the southeast and the sea rolled in
huge waves outside the narrows. The
storm threatened to raze the build
ings from their foundations, but for
tunately no damage was done.
Underwear Sale.
The big reduction sale on winter
underwear, sweaters, komonas now
on at Harvey’s Toggery.
For Sale.
‘ Our* Home” roadhouse at a bar
gain, on Valdez-Fairbanks trail, fur
nished and ready for business. Gar
den under cultivation. Berries in
abundance in season. Good trapping
and prospecting ground in vicinity.
Possession can be given at once.
Dougherty & Ferguson.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $6.00 we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital service and
care for any eight weeks out of the
year from date of your ticket, when
incapacitated by injury or sickness.
See \V. H. Ziegler.
Stockholders Meeting.
The regular annual meeting of the
Bunker Hill Gold Mining company
will be held in the office of George
J. Love this evening at 8 p. m.
E. J. ANDERSON,
Secretary.
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Schedule of the Donaldson.
The following schedule for
launch “Lieut. V. Donaldson”
will take etfecl today. All orders
to the contrary are revoked.
Daily. Saturday and Sunday, ex
cepted :
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska,
8:15 a. m. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 0:45 a.
in-, and 4:00 p. in.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska,
8:15 a. m. 1:15 p. in. and 5:00 p.
in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 0:15 a.
ill. 2;00 p. in. and 5:30 p. m.
Saturdays:
. Leave Foil Liscum, Alaska,
1 :15 p. m. and 7 :00 p. in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 4:00 p.
m. and 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fri
days of each month, these days
being used to clean hollers.
Soecial trips or cancelling of
the above will be made without
notice only to meet the exigen
cies of the service.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
R. G. SHERRARD,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry,
Quartermaster.
If you want to sell or buy any
second-hand furniture, stoves,
etc., call up City Express. Telc
I phone 82.
H Chas. R. Crawford i
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□ Wall Street Phone 159 :
H Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
ft building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
rt ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders'
5 hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish- ;
R ing Lumber
g Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT—Survey No. 993
Serial No. 01618. United States
Land Office, Juneau, Alaska,
August 20, 1913.
Notice 13 hereby given that In pursn
ante or the act or Congress approved
May 10, 1872, I'red Llljegren, whose
postolTIce address Is Ellamar, Alaska, has
made application ror a patent for 1,500
linear feet on the Copper Bullion No. t
lode mining claim and ror 1,500 linear
feet on the Copper Bullion No. 2 lode
mining claim, bearing copper, together
with surface grounds as allowed by law,
lying, being and situate In the record
ing precinct or Valdez, Alaska, and de
scribed by the official plat and by the
Held notes of U. S. Mineral Survey No.
993, on file In the office or the Register
or the Juneau Land District, at Juneau,
Alaska, as follows, to-wit:
Copper Bullion No. 1 Lode.
Beginning at Cor. No. t, whence U. S.
Mineral Monument No. 8 bears N. 46 de
grees 44 minutes 21 seconds E. 613.92 feet
distant; thence N. 61 deg. 09 min. W. 600
feet to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 28 deg. 51
min. E. 1500 feet to Cor. No. 3; thence
S. 61 deg. 09 min. E. 600 reet to Cor. A
No. 4; thence S. 28 deg. 51 min. \V. 1500 *
reel to Cor. No. 1, place or beginning.
Area 20.661 acres. The Additional and
Amended Location Certificate or the Cop
per Bullion No. 1 lode claim is duly or
record In Book 14 of the Records of the
Valdez Recording Precinct at page 361.
This claim Is bounded on the north by
the Copper Bullion No. 2 lode claim.
voppor Bunion nv> c kvuv.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, Identical with
Cor. No. 4, Copper Bullion No. 1 Lode or
this survey previously described, whence
U. S. Mineral Monument No. 8 bears S.
17 deg. 12 min. 50 sec. W. 934.98 reet
distant; thence N. 61 deg. 09 min. W.
600 reet to Cor. No. 2, identical with
Cor. No. 3, Copper Bullion No. i Lode;
thence N. 28 deg. 51 min. E. 1500 reel
to Cor. 3,- whence a witness corner, a post
marked C B No. 2 Cor. 3 W C bears S. 28
deg. 51 mill. W. 383.40 reet; thence Troni
true corner S. 61 deg. 09 min. E. 600
reel lo Cor. No. 4, whence a witness cor
ner, a post marked C B No. 2 corner 4
W C bears S. 28 deg. 51 min. W. 141.70
reel; thence from true corner S. 28 deg.
51 min. W. 1500 feet to cor. No. t, the
place of Beginning. Area 20.661 acres.
The Additional and Amended Location
Certificate of the Copper Bullion No. 2
lode claim is duly of record in Book 14
of Records or Ihe Valdez Recording Pre
cinct at page 362. This claim Is bound
ed on the south by the Copper Bullion No.
1 lode.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion or said mining claims or sur
face ground, are hereby required to hie
their adverse claims with the Register
or the 11. S. Land OITtee at Juneau, Alaska,
within tile time prescribed by law, or they
will be barred by virtue of the provis
ions or the stalu to.
FRED LlLJEfiREN,
Claimant.
II is hereby ordered 1. at the foregoing
notice ol' application he published m lie
Valdez Daily Prospector, the newspaper
published nearest the said mining claims,
for a period of slxly days.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
Date or ttrsl publication Aug. 27, 1913.
Date or last Duplication Nov. 6, 1913.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
Valdez Sheet Meta! Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iroi Dipe, Fittings.
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Small Stores Made Profitable
The amount of business done does not always depend on the
size of the store. Many small stores properly conducted
are doing more business than some of their larger neighbors
handling the same line of goods.
The amount of business done by a store of a given
size depends directly upon the effectiveness of .he methods
employed to draw trade.
One of the mo .t effective methods is the use of good
light—plenty of light—electric light.
Light ap your stare jaith Edison Mazda Lamps and
watch your business grow.*
Our Lamp Man \vi:l advise you how to use them
as profitably as thousand '. . f others are using them
throughout the count rv.
A. W. L. & T. CO.
GET THE HABIT
Orpbwm fflovies
Every Evening
BE A BOOSTER
A. H. PINKUS, Mgr.