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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1915
THE FOREIGNER.
There must be something radically
rong with the laws of a country
hich will permit a foreigner to set
3 here, send his children to our
hools, derive all the benefits of our
jeral educational institutions, and
the first sign of trouble in his na
re land, drops everything and rushes
ick to take up arms against other
■untries, with whom America is not
war. Many times these aliens
ave a wife or family dependent on
e ready generosity of our eelemosy
iry institutions, knowing that they
ill be provided for out of American
xes. This country in the past ten
•ars has been flooded with Greeks,
ontenegrins, Bulgarians, Russians,
sehs, Servians, Rumanians and Ital
ns, who have crowded into every
ill and factory at less wages gen
ally than the American will accept,
id have been adopted and protected
our benign government, and fat
ned financially until a crisis comes,
len, no longer Americans, they turn
eir backs upon the land of their
.loption, and this country sees them
> more until time of peace, when the
■ocess is repeated.
The trouble is with these alien sons
a warring nation, that America
ay find herself opposed to them,
id the result would be that a hun
•ed thousand foreigners would be
> familiar with the topography of
..is country as the American him
•,lf. With the military training they
id ergo', they are enabled to grasp
-ery strategic point and would make
far worse adversary than one who
as unfamiliar witn tne country.
.' This is only one viewpoint, and
\ther far-fetched at that. The most
aportant fact is that no man who
l unwilling to make his home in this
tuntry and enjoy our economic sys
‘ims; no man who would not at a
nch be ready to take iip arms in
sfense of America; no man who if
3ed be would not be willing to offer
p his life for the Flag; no man who
unwilling to assimilate with our
icial and political systems, should
3 permitted to enter the country un
1 he pledges himself to these things.
No matter how fit physically, men
illy or morally these peoples are, if
ley are ready to forsake the flag at
le call of the mother country, they
re not intending citizens. Their
ivent into a community inevitably
leapens wages, and crowds the
merican citizen back and back, un
1 at the present time they are roam
ig the country by thousands in
:arch of the work which is given
i one who in our hour of need will
3sert us.
The Scandinavians, the Germans,
nglish, Irish, and French come to
• merica, apply for citizenship pa
3rs, and assimilating with our race,
3come good, staunch, true Ameri
ms, ready to take up the burdens
le country imposes upon them, and
lending their money where they
take It.
This country thrived and prosper
for years under a protective tariff
\>r the merchant and manufacturer;
Sn’t it about time the working man
as protected?
LONG-RANGE LEGISLATION.
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A curious example of long-range
nowledge is shown in the La Follette
laman’s bill. La Follette is from
n inland state, and the fact that he
oesn’t know the main truck of a ship
x>m the dolphin-striker carries no
•eight. With a bunch of corn-flower
tatesmen of progressive ideas and
mited nautical knowledge, he draft
d a set of laws to govern our ship
ing and manning of ships that would
lake the owner of a South-sea cata
laran sit up and take notice. One
f the most absurd of the many nox
. lus provisions of this regulation was
d the effect that all sailors must be
ble to understand orders in the En
lish language. Now the greater
art of our American ships are oap
ained by Scandinavians, the finest
ailors on the face of the earth. Many
f them were sailors when La Follette
i/as plowing corn, and what they do
■ot know about navigating, a ship
*as not yet been found out. Many of
'hem speak imperfect English, and it
oes not impair their efficiency a whit,
.'he men under them are in most re
pects of the same race. Their abil
ty as seamen have been proven time
nd again. We know the law is aim
;d chiefly at the Asiatic race, but the
ihief trouble is that, with but few
t
exceptions, American ship-owners do
not man their ships with Asiatics,
only those boats plying to Asiatic
ftorts. This places the American
ship ip competition with ships under
foreign flags, which clo not come un
der our laws, and can never be forc
ed to come under our laws. The av
erage man can plainly see that to
man a ship with a fifty dollar man
and compete with a vessel employ
ing twenty-five dollar men must re
sult in the higher-priced ship going
out of business. This is as absolute
as that two-and-two make four. For
several hundred years the American
marine flourished until the blighting
hapd of legislation touched it, and it
was quickly driven from our seas.
And industry after industry has
shared the same fate. Every dema
gog or fanatic who goes down to
the National capital with a cranium
full of crotchety notions is hailed as
a saviour by the unthinker. The
harmful legislation he enacts is nev
er noticed so long as it is directed at
capital or combinations. La Follette
Is a brainy man and an able states
man, but if we were picking out a
man to legislate on the cotton ques
tion would go where they grow
the staple to find him. Therefore,
why should a man from the prairie
states be able to legislate intelli
gently upon shipping. The vessels of
the Great Lakes, ton for ton, have
cost more lives than have all the ves
sels of the Seven Seas. Football has
caused more deaths than accidents
caused by foreign-speaking seamen.
The Eastland disaster filled more
graves than any wreck on salt water
in the past year. The men who are
responsible for the Eastland accident
talk as pure English as anyone and
sit at their desks in Chicago. Most
of the great accidents like the Slocum
affair, the Great Republic and others,
are caused, not by captain and crew,
but through the orders of the own
ers, who save on gear and life-saving
appliances at the passenger’s risk. If
the captain and crew of a vessel could
fit her out, loss by drowning at sea
would be neglible. But La Follette
strikes at the branches and lets the
root of the tree alone. Long-range
legislation, while popular, is danger
ous, as it inevitably proves a boom
erang and destroys but never bene
fits.
Charles G. Wulff and family de
parted this morning on the steamer
Evans for their new home in Brook
lyn, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Wulff will
be greatly missed, in both social and
business circles of our city. Mrs.
Wulff for years has been identified
with the club life of Valdez, and has
been an energetic and consistent
worker, looking always for the bet
terment of conditions; a progressive,
public-spirited woman, universally
admired by her associates. For the
past several years Mr. Wulff has been
editor-manager of the Prospector
Publishing Company, and with his
great executive ability and business
tact has placed that company’s pub
lications among the foremost in the
territory. He was a loyal supporter
of his principles, and broad-minded
and generous to a fault. Valdez has
lost her most loyal boosters by the
departure of Mr. and Mrs. Wulff. We
join with their many friends in wish
ing them the best of luck in their
new home.
Those officials who refused to grant
a permit to the soldiers of Fort Lis
cum to hold a smoker in this city, at
which wrestling, boxing and athletic
sports were to be indulged, have come
in for some mild criticism from sev
eral of our subscribers. Boxing and
wrestling! Well, now if the boys
will send over their champion ring
a-round-a-rosy or blind-man’s-buff
players, we might take them on in
some of those rough games, but
wrestling and boxing? How shock
ing!
The city council should exercise
plenary powers and fine every man
who sends his wife outside for the
winter. At the rate the ladies are
leaving, Valdez will be a wifeless
town one of the days, and we luckless
husbands will be forced to roll out
of bed and shovel our own snow from
out sidewalks. Single-blessedness
has many drawbacks.
Valdez has had no boat from the
southward for seven days now, and
with the exception of this great palla
dium of cheerfulness, our citizens
have had no fresh reading matter.
Every ill has its bright side, hffwever.
We haven’t had a dun from the States
for seven dajte.
Two new sidewalks, seven dogs and
one new baby is the sum total of Val
dez’ blessings, the past week. At the
rates the dogs are Increasing over the
babies our population may yet prove
a howling success.
Take thine enemy by the hand
these bright mornings, and if he don’t
hold his grudge and swat you,. he
may < turn out a pretty good fellow
after all.
Ptarmigan are being served at lo
cal restaurants, and the bon vivant
has come into his own.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
New Fall Coats received on the
Evans. Mrs. E. Winter. *
Do Ypu Know How to Choose a
Good Wife? *
Hot-point Irons, Heaters, Cookers,
and Electric appliances; men’s and
women’s suits, overalls and aprons,
at Emporium. *
FOR RENT—One room furnished
cabin. Apply Mrs. ChaB. Kreamer. tf
Special Communication Valdez
Lodge No. 168 F. & A. M., Wednes
day evening, Sept. 29th. Work E. A.
degree. All Masons welcome.
9-28-2t ED WOOD, Sec.
MRS. E. WINTER
Will retrim or make your hats to
order. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sev
eral years’ experience before coming
to Valdez.
LADIES’ FURNISHING STORE,
tf. McKinley Street.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Men’s waterproor Dress Coats,
$7.60 and up. S. Blum & Co. *
Fresh cream and buttermilk always
on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
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Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198. tf
Do You Know How to Choose a
Good Wife? *
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Fresh cream and buttermilk al
ways on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
Rubber tootwear to fit all at S.
Blum & Co. *
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Stanfield’s Famous Unshrinkable
Underwear for sale at S. Blum & Co.
Every garment guaranteed. *
Mrs. Merchant, Milliner.
Hats remodeled and made to or
der. At Emporium. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland's.
Prices reasonable. •
How does a ride to Camp Comfort
with a dance and a dinner before re
turning strike you? Fresh killed
chickens and Alaska vegetables at
your command. For particulars see
CITY EXPRESS.
tf Phone 82.
The native witnesses in the Shu
shanna case returned to their homes
yesterday, mushing over the Richard
son trial.
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
John Enlund, the Portage bay saw
mill operator, came up to Valdez last
night.
FOR SALE—My new Ford deliv
ery car, $500. Joe Stanton. tf
■ Mrs. H. DeLine and daughter Hel
en arrived on the Evans to visit with
friends.
Just received, a large line of Lino
leum, Rugs and Mattresses. S. Blum
& Co. *
C. C. Georgson, in charge of the
governmental stations in Alaska was
a through passenger on the Evans.
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Private Fish reports that the smok
er to be given in Valdez, by the boys
at Fort Liscum, has been called off
on account of a failure to get a
permit.
See S Blum & Co., for the latest
styles in Boys and Youths Hats. * ,
Do You Know How to Choose a
Good Wife? •
James Fish, who is local agent of
the New York Life, has taken over
the local agencies of the insurance
companies represented by C. G.
Wulff, and reports that he is kept
4>usy attending to the affairs of his
now numerous agencies.
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Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver,
in an’8, the tailor. Telephone 198. t^
Gus Swanson and Geo. Dorsh, wh9
have spent the summer on Slate creel^
have returned to Valdez and will
take one of the first boats to the
states. They will visit the San Fran
cisco exposition and spend the win
ter in the sunny south. —It is report
ed that Mr. Swanson is very anxious
to get to the states, where a young
lady is preparing to become his bride
and visit the fair with him.
For the Nu-Bone Corset see Mrs.
Leavell, phone 200. tf.
“Who's Your Tailor?1 1— ,
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The question that made the
best tailor house in America,
Ed, V. Price & Co,,—
The house that made a million
men well dressed,
S. Blum & Co.
Who will show you the line.
Associate the first two, remember
the last, and the combination
spells satisfaction.
S. Blum & Co.
Valdez Hospital
Largest ant) Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Terms'and Particulars’Apply to
E. £. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge,
OPEN UNTIL 9 P4M.
We Grew Our Own Vegetables
Private Tables
Jack Callin_-_ Proprietor
Something New
Don’t Miss It!
THE EVENT OF
THE SEASON
Refreshments The Best
NO PROGRAMS ~
Admission 5Dc
: Tickets Now on Sale
HELP TO
INSTALL A PROPER
ALARM SYSTEM
Price’s Candy and other new goode
at the Emporium *
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University,
' Washington, D. CX
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
phone i9 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 tc 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone HI VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY S-AT-LA W
Offices in Whnllng Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Masons.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary. '
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone and^Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms forfPatienU.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX. Matron1
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
i Fourth Aye, Seward, Alaska
! Somebody
ii With Money
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!! idea, a good business ven- > >
; [ ture or a good mining pros- \ \
•1 pect; otherwise a good many ;;
I! of today’s successful busi- • >
; | ness enterprises would still |!
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Stanton Auto Stage Line
TWICE A WEEK ACTOMOBIUE
TRIPS TO TEIKHELh
Regular trips twice a month to
Gulkana, leaving Valdez the 1st
and 16th of each month.
Mall, Freight and Passengers
taken to all intermediate points.
Special Trips by Arrangement
JOE STANTOX, Mgr. Tel. BBS
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Ware, Light Rooms--The House of.Comfart
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates^By the Math
’HONE 133 MRS. SYRING, iVyr
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT’SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mina
CHAS. McCALI.UM. Secretary.
Valdez, Alaska.
Dougherty & Ferguses
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
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Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company ,
Office In Pinzon Cigar Store
general Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance