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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1913.
THE TAX ON THRIFT AND BENEV
OLENCE.
In these days of progressive mor
ality it is singular to find our gov
ernment taxing the instruments of
thrift and benevolence which other
governments establish by the taxing
power. Yet that is the effect of the
taxes collected from the insurancej
companies, the agencies of those who
voluntarily do for themselves what
the laws of some governments make
compulsory, and which some govern
ments do for those who are unable
to do it themselves. England and
Germany have long been held up to
us as examples of monarchial sys
tems in advance of ourselves in the
matter of social justice by aids to
the afflicted, old, sick, unemployed,
and so on. Y’et the income tax, like
the corporation tax, is levied upon
the insurance companies whose activ
it’es relieve our government from the
necessity of much of the government
al insurance of other countries.
States and nation are alike to
blame. President Kingsley, of the
New Y'ork Life company, has cal
culated that if his company had paid |
the nation at the same rate it paid
the states the taxation on the com
pany’s income, paid by the policy
holders, would have reached 4.4 per
cent. That is about the rate col
lected from the malefactors who are
wealthy enough to pay the additional
income tax. Other governments that
levy any tax on this form of thrift J
levy it upon the policy holders, who j
know what is done. Our governments j
levy it upon the corporations, and the i
policy holders neither see nor appre- !
ciate the influence which saps their
security. In England the tax is one
fourteenth that paid in the United j
States, in Germany one-twentieth.
In France, Germany, Spain, Denmark :
and Russia, the tax Is simply for the
cost of the administration of the in
surance department of government.
Those governments make the tax
negligible, merely the cost of super- '
vising the business, because they I
know that what the companies do the !
government is relieved from doing, i
Our governments regard the accumu
lated wealth of the companies, the se
curity of 42,000.000 policy holders j
against penury through bereavement, j
as a proper source of spoliation. The j
process is indirect, and the policy ■
holders are not aroused against the !
government capable of such unwis- j
dom.—New Y’ork Times. i
WHO SHALL SAVE MEXICO?
The common question is, “What j
is going to be the end cf the trouble j
in Mexico?” and the common answer j
is, "Nobody knows.” The outlook j
seems to grow more bewildering and ;
more desperate every day, yet when
ever an intelligent Mexican opens his i
mouth to express an opinion on the !
subject all he can manage to say is ;
that if intervention is attempted pa-j
triotism will unit all Mexicans in op- j
position to the invader. The kind of '
patriotism which would induce all, or !
any considerable portion of them, to
unite to save their country from an
archy, however, does not seem to ex
ist.
Yet there must be thousands of
law-abiding Mexicans in the profes
sional classes, among the merchants
of the capital and Guadalajara and
Monterey, the manufacturers of Oriz
aba, who have given much sober
thought to the reawakening of the
old revolutionary spirit in their coun
try and the havoc iv has caused since
Porfirio Diaz fled. These men must
have some idea of a way out of the
difficulty. They must favor some
plan for the restoration of peace, and
it is not credible that they believe
that any lasting benefit to their na
tion can come from either the dictator
who kills men who question his polit
ical actions or the murderous brigands
of the north. What do they expect
to happen? What do they hope for?
These are the really important Mex
ican questions.
Certainly the fate of Mexico is in
the hands of its patriotic and Intel
ligent middle class. There is no
reason at present to tell us how Its
members would °ct in case of inter
vention. Nothing can b" much clear
er than the indispo it*on of Washing
• ton to intervene. No policy of Pres
ident Wilson has a heartier support
than ’ >s policy of non-'ntervention in
Mexico. But there is an eager desire
all over this country and in sev ral
j European countries to know what the
j better class, the intelligent, middle
! class, of Mexican citizens think ought
! to b done to save their country’s
I honor and restore to it the confidence
of the world which it possessed while
j old Porfirio was its chief magistrate
; and something more.
These are the people whose with
! drawal of support from Diaz made
the well-intentioned but tragically fu
j tile revolution * Madero successful.
■ What do they want now? Restora
t:on to the Cathol'c church or the
powers which Juarez took away from
it? That might be one way out. The
j masses in Mexico are fanatically re
; ligious. The church could restore a
semblance of order, and it would tol
' erate neither a Huerta nor a Villa.
! Or have they in mind the possible
| formation of a commission of the
ablest men in Mexican political life,
j men like Manuel Calero, Pedro Las
curain, Jose Y. Limantour, and a half
dozen others representing all shades
of political belief to form a provis
ional government which would re
tore peace and prepare for a Con
stitutional election?
The address of Gen. Huerta to the
new congress, the legal election of
which the Washington government
refuses to recognize, is little more
than an apology for his recent usur
pation of all power, and it still leaves
room for his early retirement, which
is not at all unlikely. But that event
might precipitate a con ’ition of an
archy throughout the country unless
provision were made before hand to
put the machinery of government
temporarily in safe hands. As to the j
outcome, we cannot safely predict an j
exact repetition of Mexican history.
The middle class of merchants, bank
ers, manufacturers and professional ;
people scarcely existed in the era of j
Santa Anna or Alvarez. It was de- j
velopt-d in the thirty years of peace j
and prosperity under Don Porfirio. !
The question of the hear is whelaer !
Mexicans of this class have the in- j
telligenco, he devotion, end the con •
age to save the country from present
destruction.—Ex.
MEXICAN CONGRESS
FINALLY ADJOURNS
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 16.—The Mex
ican congress, which convened No- '
vember 20th, in spite of the protest
of President Wilson, and which has j
been in session since that time, ad
journed today until April, after first i
passing resolutions of confidence in
Provisional President Huerta.
Dayton Wants Roosevelt.
DAYTON, O., Dec. 16.—Now Theo- 1
dore Roosevelt is proposed for City ;
Manager of Dayton, under the new I
commission form'of government. Lu
cien E. Wilson, organizer of the 1
Greater Dayton Association, and since j
last spring’s disastrous flood public- ;
ity man for the city, said today that |
if the effort to get Col. Goethals, the j
IJanama canal builder, to take the
place should fail, as now seems cer- ,
tain, the city commissioners would ;
offer the managership to Mr. Roose- j
velt. The salary talked of is $25,- 1
000 annually.
Voyage to Last-Two and Half Years. 1
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 16—A Danish
scientific expedition headed by Dr.
Mortensen will start from here to- i
morrow on a journey of deep-sea ex- j
ploration and biological and zoological
investigation. The expedition will j
first visit the Philippines, and from
there will proceed to Japan, Austra- J
Ha, New Zealand, Hawaii, Vancouver, j
and the Gulf of Panama, and will re- I
turn by way of the United States.
It will occupy two and a half years .
in the work. |
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Holiday Novelties.
Harvey’s Toggery is showing a fine j
iine of holiday novelties.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Hubby, don’t forget to buy me one ;
of the pretty Parisian ivory Toilet
Sets at the Valdez Drug Co.—Wifey.
Nothing more appropriate than, a
bex of Lowney’s dainty candies as a
Christmas gift. Valdez Drug Store.
Buy one of the nifty combination ■
purse and card cases at the Val
dez Drug Store.
Fine watch and jewelry repairing ,
all work guaranteed. H. V. Hern I
don, witj Owl Drug Co. 1
Get your wife or girl a set of furs
at Blum’s.
THE LOVELIGHT IN HIS EYES.
He Thought That Was What Made All
the People Stare.
“You have read in novels how a
great emotion will transform a man’s
countenance, bow a poet’s face In the
hour of inspiration sets the sparrows
singing on the housetops. My own
features are of the commonplace type
—nobody thinks of regarding them
twice—yet 1, too, have had my experi
ences. declares a contributor to Punch.
“They occurred on the morning when
1 received a letter from Phyllis, which
said briefly. ‘Yes, I think so.’ Not
much in that, you may say, but when
I tell you it was the delayed answer to
a proposal of marriage you will under
stand. Shortly after reading it I step
ped out into the street to walk to the
office.
"What a walk that was! The light
in my eyes seemed to brighten the very
sun; the song in my heart was echoed
from a hundred motorbuses. Never
have the winds of May wooed so win
ningly a February morning.
"Every man I met turned his head
as if loath to take his eyes from my
irradiated countenance. Every girl
seemed to take the keenest pleasure in
my huppincss and smiled at me pret
tily as if infected by its contagion.
• ’Tis well,’ I thought (in blank verset.
that Phyllis now is pledged to me or.
by ray troth, these flattering glnnces
shot from beuuty’s eyes might make
my heart unfaithful.’
“It was only when I reached the of
fice and looked in the glass that 1 dis
covered the large black smudge on the
end of my nose.”
COURAGE OF NAPOLEON.
The Way It Carried Him From Aspern
Essling to Wagram.
Professor J. Holland Rose In “The
Personality of Napoleon” writes of Na
poleon's courage. lie says that his
personality "never stood forth so
grandly as after a defeat." The most
serious blow' in the middle part of his
career was that dealt him by the Arch
duke Charles at Aspern-Essling. north
east of Vienna. The Austrians were
nearly double him in strength. The
bridges over the Danube had beeu
broken down in his rear. His great
marshal, Lannes. bad been killed, and.
in fact, he had suffered a terrible re
verse. All his generals were for re
treat. but he withstood them, and Pro
fessor Rose ranks the next six weeks
“among the most glorious of his mili
tary career.” He secured new troops,
deceived his enemy by false move
ments and finally defeated him at
Wagram.
But a decline came to such a pro
digious man. He himself said at St.
Helena that he had been spoiled by
success. It was natural that the vic
tor in fifty pitched battles and innu
merable smaller engagements should
come to believe himself omniscient
and invincible. It was this hardening
of the mind that betrayed him into the
Russian campaign, that caused him to
refuse all compromise in 1S13 and 1H14
and that led him to defeat by his in
feriors. Wellington and Blucber. at
Waterloo, just as Hannibal was final
ly beaten by Ids inferior. Seipio. at
Zama.
Putting Tree* to Bed.
An interesting method of protecting
peach trees from frost during the win
ter lias been practiced for several
years at the agricultural experiment
station at Canyon. Colo. Early in No
vember tbe eartb is removed from a
circle about four feet in diameter
round each tree, and water is turned in
to saturate the soil. When tile ground
has become soft the tree is worked
back and forth to loosen the roots and
is then pushed over on its side The
branches are brought together and
fastened with a cord, and burlap cov
ered with earth is put over them
Thus the trees lie snug until spring,
when the covering is gradually loos
ened and dually removed, and they ar»
raised and propped up. —Rocky Moun
tain News.
But She Hadn’t.
“Wlmt’s the matter, old chap? You
look as if you hadn’t had a wink of
sleep till night.”
“1 haven’t You see. my wife threat
ened never to speak to me again if l
didn't come home last night before 10
o'clock, and I didn’t.”
“1 see. You're limling out the loue
xomuness of solitude because she kept
her word, eh ?"
“Not by a jugful I wish she hud."
—Exchange.
Shut Her Off.
First Deaf Mute lumking signs!—
Did your wife complain because you
stayed out till after midnight? Second
Deaf Mute (chucklingi-Did she? You
should have seen her! But when it
began to get monotonous 1 just turned
out the light.
Fox Hunting.
In communities where fox bunting
is considered a g|K>rt catching one is
the cardinal offense. The rule in fox
hunting is Hint you may chase the
quarry, but you must not overtake'It—
Philadelphia l.edger.
Mothor’s Tongue.
“Don’t yon realize yte power of tbe
mother tongue?” asked the young tnau
who professed Interest in llteraran.
“Yes. and so does father.” replied
the vmiug woman.-ButTiiio Express.
Mostly All Talk.
"I don’t feel quite well, doctor Do
yon ilmik I could go to a coffee party
this afternoonV'
"Certainly, miss. Your tongue la all
right " - Fllegende Blatter
Copyright Hart SchaSher & Mane
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....OUR LINE OF....
Holiday Goods
Is the largest ever
shown in town.
There'is no better Xmas Present
for a Man than
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Fine Suit or’Overcoat
We are 'showing all the latast
Styles and Colors.
WE ARE SOLE AGENTS
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Light and Power
Since the organization of the
Valdez
lectric
Company
Valdez consumers are getting
electric current at a reduction of
forty per cent in rates.
Support the new company and
keep rates down to bedrock.
Office in Copper’Block
Phone357
MILK—MILK—MILK
Fresh^Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone order* to Phone 187
The prevailing fad is Parisian Ivory
Toilet Articles. A handsome line is
being shown at the Valdez Drug Co.’s
store.
Schedule of the Donaldson.
The following schedule for the
launch "Lieut. C. V. Donaldson" will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Daily, Saturday and Sunday except
ed: \
Leave Fort Liscum. Alaska, 8:15 a.
m. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m., 2
p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 8:15 a.
m., 1:15 p. m. and 5 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m..
2 p. m. and 5 :30 p. m.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 1:15 p.
ni. and 7 p. m.
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 Fridays j
of each month, these days being us- j
ed to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
R. G. SHERRARD,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
Removal Sale.
Removal sale—City Express store
is removing to Adler’s old stand. Will
sell at your own prices in order to
move quickly. Come at once and pick
out the bargains. Lyncb & Spenard.
Prospectors,
Don’t neglect yourt health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open for freight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Hor;ei on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Feurteen yearapn
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
i hone >» THE DENTIST
Office rooms over «iwl Drug store. Office hours
9 st. in., to 6 p. ni.. 7 p. ill., to 9 p. m. Sundays
bv appointment A11 work guaranteed
DR. C. H. VANCE
I THE
OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Klkraville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS—9 la 12 a.. 1 laS p. a., ar kr
appaeteaat.
Trail kiildiac.' Wall Ttriat. PHONE 203
F. BUTTERWORTH
|Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor ■ •
Blue Printing lira |>b,me. iki,
Geo. f. white
The Assay er
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ. ALASKA
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Naponre on Minim
Pptmt tumrmrm
GnnmmiL Minima Knainumina
'mnonm No. tom
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORN l'’Y-AT-LA \V
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
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i‘HONi:'i:iij Valdez, Alaska
; CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
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Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock ia
Ragle Hall. All members are requested to
attend- T. 13. QUINN. Arctic Chief
S. MCNIECE. Secretary
Valdez I/Odge
No 168.
I' ree and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday it
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H Patterson.. W. M
C. C- Reynolds. Sec
VALDEZ LODGE NO. 6.1.0. 0. F
Meets every Monday at 8 p. ni in
ODD FRIXOWS HAUi
Visiting Brothers especially invited
Wm- Thomas, n. g. P. ft Hup- p. t sac
HUGO FELS
Contractor Md Bonder
Day Wark if Daairad
Estimate* Furajabad
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