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RAILROAD OWNERSHIP AND
CONTROL
\ ivcvh; Washington teleffraill to a
l’.tc dlc-mast tie .v>pap**r savs; Leading
direct tv •■from Wall st reel. and. trotn
die liaiikiiiff Inm.-es coni rolled directly |
j,\ tin- .1 or;, an and 1 lock efel ler
oMip-," inform:-, ion which has come j
i ,i.) (|n> o issc^iion o! the railioad i
. t,,.ij,i - is “show s i hat there has
proceed - .1 a -v - > mm i/.etl plnnderioff of
„.,,o-\ puina* iiiffhway in th/- United]
S ,tes." the House interstate mm- j
iii-ive eommitiee "as told today hy -
t; i,.on K. 1’ imiti. of ('nicaffo.
MI'loino. w h * apiit-ared in -cup port :
, ,f tie* -■ a ■ -1 ted 1 ’lutno plan h *r tin- re- j
k »(• i; 1 /.. * 1 1 ( M I oi I IH’ l‘;tl ll'OlUN f>.
I i,ji,..i Siaics. .;i i,l t In- ill format ion '
Mill'll to sin 1 a lint th • w roe kin;u id 1
j,, i-jee o! t if N "a II i Vim. t 'liicayto A ■
Alum, I lock I' t a ml and Frisco l.im-s
were examples of the hiuhway robbery ■
!u which the A nericai) public had iumi
s.ibjec'cd as to i s t I'ansp >riat ion hioti
ua)s _
I’he most screfs dantrer which
threatens tie1 peace of the count r\ at
the present t inn-—a dancer which J
inie'iit develop into revolution -is t If i
threatened tie ion of the rail mad em- |
plow*' m iif 'r i t.deavor to raise their •
w ■ i ■ ’ e s and lower the c ist id li v i11e .
Tills strike wou id include two nit' 1 ton ;
emiiioves o’ tile ro,i-is anil w 11utd in ’in
i ,rm11era i t*'".i inti or pract 11 11 w all 111
dos t’tes and m a.lmost instant state of
starvation in tin' cities, followed b,\ :
, iots ai d htooosif i. V. ntcti local p )lice ;
could not handle, and which would h
heyorid the power of the government t
quell without, adequate transportutio
facilit ies.
The unions demand government owr
ership of t lie railroads under t he I’llim
plan. This plan is for the governmen
to purchase the roads by a bond issue
and for the employes to share in t ft
profits under government ownei ship.
The concensus of opinion of the lead
ing newspapers of th>> Idniteii States i
against this plan for many reason*
They dawn that, under the I’lumli pla
that the employes are ahle to dec
two-thirds of the hoard of director
who have the power to regulate tli
wages and the tariffs, and that thi
w ould he only I raiish-ring I lie powe
formerly In-id by the owners to the etu
ployes, and would lie no solution. !>b
irihution is a, function of t ho goverr
nit'ii t. tin* pa pers claim, and it is onl
through nation-i - ownership I hat I hi
function can !>■ properly exetvisotl
The I’lnnih plan dm-s not conceive no
make am allowance for the roads eve
having a less under government ownei
ship a coni inireuey winch intent tun
pen l !i I'niej'h a cmp hai I lire.
The Re pu 1 il ica n I’utdieit) Assncia
lion, conducted lay Former Senato
Jonathan Bourne, jr., ol Oregon, ha
issued a mauifesto in answer to the dt
mauds oi I he unions, which reads i
part
"The raiiroa I employes constitut
onlv a sinaiI pari of oreani/.ed lab,a
atet or<>an;zed labor itself is only lb pe
to -ill . of our people. .Are tile other S
per cent, to permit themselves to b
lield tin af the point of a pistol and to!
that the oryaio/. ition of the wliol
countrx must lie aecotumodaied to th
denial tis of the feu? If we must hav
revolution le; it come now anddetet
mine wheifter Government by the ma
jority is to survive."
man and the world
The world owes you tiotnine, unies
!i\ votir own aclnvt meals you hav
made it your debtor. The man wlr
im-iGines t hat the world owes h m
li villG lias t:lk"n t he first step toward
knaverx ; tiles,mini step is taken whet
E. FULLERTON |
DKALK1I IN ^
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Twenty "Two Years’ Experience in Alaska and^JYukon
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Saddle Horses and Teams for Hire, j
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The Only First-Class Doj< Harness in Alaska *
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»j he tries to collect/ the debt which t
> j not due him. The greater his success
i in tins, the greater thief he is, it he
takes out of the world more than he
- puts into it. Dr. Lyman Abbott.
j ... "
1 It was very thoughtful and consider
■ ate of tlie nril) leaders at I’ueblo, Colo..
‘ to explain that, the lynching of two
| Mexicans was in no manner designed
- I to complicate affairs internationally—
s ! that the whole thing was merely a bit
• | of local enterprCe.
CHILDREN
s i A drears place would be I bis earth
r I Were there no little people ;n it;
. | The song of life would lose its mirth
Were there no children to begin it:
i No little forms, like buds to gross.
. And make the admiring hearts >ur
, i render;
No little bands, on ineast and brow.
To Keep the thrilling love-chords
,. tender.
. ! No ha lie within our arms to leap,
I No little feet toward slumber tending;
No little knee in prayer to bend.
_ j Our loving lips the sweet words letid
rj ing.
s Life's song, indeed, would lose its charm.
j Were there no babies to begin it:
, | A doleful place tills world would be,
Were i here no little people in it.
, j Anon.
OH 0 IING
1 I New York. Sept. 1.’5. ( luirlcs Stnne
! limn cV < «)., one of the ouiest firms in
‘i New N *' k» predict we :u e due for ji j
I ! lung period of great activity in copper.
' I gold and >i;ver mining. Silver will:
command a high price for the next lid
j years. The white metal will have to
| take the place of the yellow metal.
1 IYomto pay in gold are an abso
] iute impossibility. The world ts flooded
| with paper money. Last week iri Her-j
jiin then- was a wild scramble htddirg j
, for gold. The people offered papei j
, | money at the rate of OO an ounce for
t i ,Vi,! . , . . !
_i What is t lie cause of t li is comlit ton i |
1 \ ;ick ‘ > i cohlideta-e in 1 ho paper, c 11 j
I t'l.tiiM1. You have seen the Kny: mil j
i pound (it'HI to tile lowest point III hi>-|
tori. •:'4.'Jfi. The American do !,.r i • |
. -e ; 1! >, i 11 g t i 1 e s t 1 a ' 1 01 - s t o I them all. j
* nut even at that the I'. S. currency i- I
’ ! 111 avily d - •ounted in foreign count ries. t
II livery '.at. mat) ka.mvs t h it the demand j
1 tor copper will be tremonduus during
, | the rerun-a r ict i m peri od.
\ It is si.u.ed North America bus passed I
1 1 he /eoi. li 1 if her power in copper urn- |
j duel ion. a nil that the ties' live years 1
will see t he total output grow less, ami .
: less each parsing y ear.
In gold and stiver mining we passed j
} the peak of production long ago. and j
.thisya-at will w i t ness a furl her decline. |
in France, made public by tlie War De |
I nartti eui today, give tiie total battle!
deaths as i!).4!)S, total wounded 205,000.
land prisoners 4.480. Only slight revt- ’
! sions will be made in this report, it was
iannounced.
Recent corrections in the list of miss
ing have reduced the number to only \
J1 127 natm-s as compared with 204,000 for |
| France and 121,000 for Britain.
I i To July I the army had reported j
140.44.4 cases of disabled soldiers to the!
; War risk insurance bureau. It was es- j
| i imatted that tiie final total would be I
i close to 200.000
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Washington, Sept. 14. General John
| .1. Pershing celebrated his 50th birth-I
J day today, hie has re-established the
| headquarters of the American Expedi-j
i tionurv forces at the War Department
j to wind up the affairs of the overseas j
i army. The House is considering a res-1
I olution to give Gen. Pershing a $10,000 !
! sword. _
Gen. Foch Wants Son’s Body
! Paris, Sept. 18.—Gen. Foch has asked
: Belgium to search for the body of his
j son. who was killed in 1014 on the Bel- |
j gian front.
Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
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ALBRECHT and TAYLOR,
Attorneys»»-Counselors at Law
lditarod, SetUli's
Alaska ^ a-dniiytui:
DR. MOORE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DR.H.BEHLA
Flat
Petersburg Bill PassesHouse
Washington, Sept. In. Hie House
l-oilav passed the bill perm i 11 i tie the
town of [Vtersliuryr, Alaska, to issue
$50,n00 in bonds to build a power plant,
and $25,000 for school buildinjz- I in
bill now no.-s to the Senate
Very Good Way to Save Time
A f>.ins shopkeeper wrote to om* if
his customers as follows: “I am able t
offer you cloth like the enclosed sample
at 0 francs the meter, in case I don -'
hear from you I shalI conclude that \->
wish to pay only $ francs. In order to
lose no time. I accept the last-men
tioned price.
PROBATE NOTICE
In the Probate Court for Otter i're
cinct. Fourth Division. Territory ot
Alaska: before Hon H. H. Muoiv.
Commissioner and ex-officio Probate
.Indue.— In the Matter ot the last at-•
of Fred F. Souie, deceased. — No 42.
N’ot ice to <'reditors.
Notice is hereby uivt-n that Letters
of Ad in i n i 'I rat ion of the estate of hr- u
K. Smile, -1 - ceased, havinn- heretofor--.
to wii: on the 24t ii day of December
1DI S. been i-sued to t he uridersie i,ed, a 1 i
persons having c minis against said es
tate are required to present the same
to Dm administrator, each duly verified
arid with proper vouchers, at the office
of Oeo. W. Albrecht, attorney for the
csiatc. iri the town of Tditarod. Alaska,
within - \ months of the dale ot this
n a ice. Oat eil: A uu 30. ldlb
IRA F. WOOD. Administrator.
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