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AH AMERICAN GERMAN
The recent strained relations between the l ruled States and Ger
many have brought home to the foregn-bovn population a realization
of their true position regarding allegiance to their adopted country,
h was only natural that those of Teutonic birth should have been
stirred by the achievements of then mother country, and that a feeling
of pride in the land of their birth should have filled then hearts. But
-when the possibility of choosing between their love of the fatherland
and their loyalty to the flag which they had sworn to uphold was pre
sented to them, it was only natural to expect that sober judgment would
prevail, and as in former c rises of the great republic, the German-born
American citizen would be found arrayed with me government which
represents the ideals oi personal liberty and equably—that stands be
fore the world as the representative of democratic institutions.
Oswald Garrison Villard, publisher of the New York Evening Post,
himself a sc ion of a German father, and born on German soil, sounded
a patriotic and common-sense warning to htr compatriots ;n a recent
speech at Stockbrsdge, Mass., when he said that the movement among
American citizens of foreign, especially German, descent, to form
bodies apart from citizenship presented a far-reaching domestic issue
which the Amercan people must conquer. Mr. Villard said an impor
tant factor in the continuance of the "American melting pot lay m
educating immigrants to the proper duties of citizenship. Foreigners
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wcomill^ /WiCTCrtll Cii/Zt'ns M1UUM4 lildur vu Uiiucuwnvj, ;»it. viiictiu
said, shat there can be no divided citizenship or allegiance under the
American flag; that no one can accept political obligations here while
at heart loyal to another social system, entity or code of laws.
Mr. Villard quoted from an address made by Carl Schurz, in which
Mr. Schurz said that no matter how warm the affections German-Ameri
cans had held for their native land, they had never permitted their af
fections to interfere with their duties as American citizens, nor to
seduce them to use their power in American politics for foreign ends.
*’How amazed Schurz would be to return to us today.” said Mr. Villard.
“He would find, to his horror, that at this moment the presence on the
soil of German-Americans adds fuel to the flames cf bitterness. Natur
ally, Schurz would scan the horizon for some discriminatory act on the
part of our government, or manifestations of racial prejudice against
German-Americans, but he would find nothing of the sort. The mighty
convulsion we are witnessing he would ascertain to be due entirely to
foreign complications, to a determination on the part of our German
Americans to stand by their fatherland, right or wrong. V. hat would
amaze him more than to find Germans who, like himself, came to this
country to escape the very militaristic autocracy they now uphold, to
day denouncing the nation that adopted and sheltered, fed and clothed
them?”
As ac lincher to his argument Villard asked if it were true, as con
tended. that German culture and the German political system were su
perior to the scheme of life and government in America, why the hordes
who have flocked here did not go to Germany instead.
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PERSONAL LIBERTY THREATENED
we are so accustomed to regarding the United States as "the land of
the free'' that it takes an incident similar to one which recently oc
curred at Chicago to bring home to us a realizaton of just how much,
or how little, of individual liberty we really enjoy. During the latter
part of August the Chicago Teachers’ Federation, composed of teachers
m Chicago’s public schools, and considered to be the most influential
organization of its kind in the United States, was ordered abolished by
the rules committee of the board of education. The news dispatch
states that Jacob M. Locb, vice president of the board and chairman
of the committee, offered an amendment to the rules of the educational
department prohibiting any public school instructors from belonging
to the federation. Locb announced that the amendment was "aimed
directly at the federation." He asserted his belief that its existence wa«
detrimental to the welfare of the 345.000 pupils of' the public schools.
The amendment was adopted later by the board by a majority of one
vote. According to the terms of the amendment, every school instruc
tor in Chicago will have to signify in writing within three months that
he or she is not a member of the federation, in ord&r to remain on the
school board pay roll. I he Chicago Federation is affiliated with the
Chicago Federation of Labor and the American Federation of Labor.
Loeb s amendment declares that such affiliation is "detrimental to the
welfare of the public sebooj system.”
As is well known, the profession of teaching the young of this coun
try is the poorest paid of any of the professions, in many instances the
remuneration falling below that at the command of the unskilled la
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uac uiai years ui preparation ana gttiav are
required to pass the examinations. Even in the institutions of higher
learning the salary of a professor is frequently less than that of an ordi
nary skilled mechanic. It is only natural that in these days of organ
ized effort the teachers should look around lor some means of bettering
their condition and placing their profession upon a higher financial
plane, and what more natural plan could suggest itself than an organ
ization based upon trades-union Ines? This was accomplished in Chi
cago, as in some few other sections of the country, and the teachers
were able to deai collectively with the educational boards, instead of
the boards beng the sole arbiters as to salaries and conditions of serv
ice. Realizing still further that they desired the co-operation of others
working along the same lines, they became affilated with the regular
labor organizations, thus placng themselves in a position to assist oth
ers as they expected to be assisted, fhe improvement in their lot was
marked from the inception of the movement.
It will be somewhat difficult to harmonize the order of the Chicago
board of education with the generally prevalent understanding of the
rights guaranteed under the constitution of the United States. That
the school board had a perfect rght to refuse to negotiate with any or
ganization and to deal only with individuals might be conceded; but to
issue a dictum that the teachers should not belong to a certain lawful
organization, whether trades union, church, political party or social
dub, would seem to be encroaching upon persona] liberty to a degree
] which may be considered alarming in a democracy such as ours. The
veiy fact that such tyrannical ideas are entertained by men in position; ■
of public trust and authority is in itself a matter of grave concern.
if trade unions are lawful organizations (which is not denied by any
legal authority), and are pursuing lawful objects, there is no more rea-1
son why a teacher should lie debarred from their benefits than there j
would be for denying their protection to any other craftsman or laborer
1 or hire, in whatever field of endeavor.
It s one of the signs of the times that the methods of private business
enterprises should be introduced into the handling of public affairs, j
But the mistaken ideas will not prevail when they come into contact!
with the guaranteed rights of the citizens.
The United States government Iras had some experience with this |
question in the conduct of the government printing office at Washing- j
ton. This great printing establishment, said to be the largest in the
world, employing thousands of men and women, recognizes no trade j
. organization in its dealing with its employes. It does, however, recog
nize union wages and hours. lire theory is that, being a public insti
tution, any citizen, whether a member of a union or not, may be em
ployed. But it is noted that practically all of the employes are mem
bers of their different craft unions.
The country lias not heard the last of this question, ft is probable
that the American Federation of Labor will take up the controversy
j and eventually it wili be found that teachers, like others who work for
j hire, are endowed with rights which even boards of educator: will be j
1 Km;nd to nwnprt
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EFFORTS TO DEFEAT LAW’S PURPOSE
I he insincerity of the steamship companies in their efforts to defeat
the purposes of the recently-enacted seamen's law, which, by the way, I
j does not go into full effect until next June, is shown in many ways. It |.
I already has been demonstrated that the threats of the big shipping j
j firms to go out of business on account of the new law, or their expressed j
J determination to transfer to a foreign flag, were made prior to the pas-1
j sage cf the bill whch repealed the Panama canal tolls exemption act,
! and were made at that time, just as they are at present, with the intent
I >o inline •nee legislation. The Seward Evening Post gives a sarcastc iab
at one of these unpatriotic concerns in the following editorial:
i \V<* just halo if) see education fail, but. educationally, the Pa. ilie Mud Sle;irii>hb j
J Company 111:< failed,
j Hi in patriotic enrnpany, desiring t«* beat the new seamen's act. which requires that
j Ml crewp be able to understand orders given in Kaglish. and also desiring to beat American
j sudor.- out of _ibs. undertook to teach its Chinese crews Knglbh Two months ago it
j distributed books and educator** among its Chine-e. but today it acknowledges failure to |
j educate. Many of its Chinese don't read Chinese ami sonic don't even understand Chi
| ue-e. They are the cheapest of (heap Chinese.
| It looks ns if this dear steamship company will have to carry out its threat to become j
: British rather than s. nfice its nght to entrust its passengers' liter* to its crews of
j wooden-hended Chinese,
One of the most inexplicable things about the great war, to the non
mjlitary mind at least, is the unstinted praise which has been showered '
i upon the Grand Duke Nicholas, until recently commander in chief of:
the Russian armies. Although repeatedly defeated and driven back, :
i he has been lauded as the ’“greatest military strategist” of the age. He
has been hailed as the great national hero oi the Russian empire, and
bis command of the largest armies ever organized in battle array has I
been spoken of as brilliant. Recently he was assigned to command the 1
Russian armies in Caucasia, the czar himself assuming supreme com-1
i mand of his immense armies. The czar is expected to remain in com- i
rnand until the termination of the war. The transfer of the grand duke j
j a looked upon as practically exiling him. and he is said to be bowed
. down under the weight of his disgrace. No explanation is given bv the!
military experts as to where the line which separated honor from dis-'
! grace was drawn.
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j "1 he fact tnat cue city ot London has been fortified bv the mounting
; of guns on all of the principal buildings is cited as a sufficient excuse
] icr tne attacks which have been made upon the city by German air i
j craft, according to a recent Berlin dispatch. Military writers through- j
i out the empire are backing up the claim of the government that Zep-1
i Ppbn raids are permissible under the circumstances. Sounds like the ;
story of the hunter who, arrested for killing venison out of season. |
proved to the satisfaction of a sympathetic jury that the deer attacked :
: him and he killed it m self-defense.
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j Raid thinking is actually body building. Indeed, there are some
i iC-eniists who go so far as to declare that men can get along with little
' or no physical exercise, so long as they keep exercising their minds by
thinking about the things that most interest them.” So says a writer in
the Kansas City Star. What a comrort this will prove to the chair
j warmers and soap-nox whittlers who sit around eternally bewailing the
hard times, settling political problems to their own satisfaction and'giv
: ing expert opinion on the conduct of the world war!
' MAN PREFERS ARCTIC CIRCLE
| TO ANYTHING IN SOUTHLAND
dust returned from a two months’ visit
j to trading posts at Kotzebue, Shungnak and
| Selawik, north of Nome ami inside the Arc
tic circle, E. E. Patterson of Cashmere is in
j Seattle on his way home to his apple or
i chard, says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
Mr, Patterson, with Thomas Berryman,
| owns the three posts, with Mr. Berryman re
maining Inside to supervise and Mr, Patter
] looking after the buying of supplies
Outside,
In addition to his posts in the North, Mr.
Patterson has a large fruit ranch, and as he
has been away all summer, is anxious to get
| back and see how the crop came out. Mr.
j Patterson reports business slow in the North,
| but as good as could be expected. The fur
catch, he says, is much less than normal, on
I account of the low prices not tempting the
j natives to trap,
"The natives are loath to trap, with prices
low, and prefer to stay around their villages
and drink seal oil and take it easy,’’ he said.
As an example of the fur situation, last sea
son we got five silver fox skids, but this sea
son secured but one. which I sold in Nome
before coming South." Mr. Patterson’s part
ner has not been Outside in twenty years.
“I tried to bring Berryman down with me
this time, so he could see the exposition, but
there was nothing doing," he said. "He
prefers the Arctic circle to anything the
Southland has to offer.” According to Mr.
Patterson, mining is active at Shungnak
and at Squirrel river, with a good deal of
new country being developed. An extra
stormy summer has been one of the note
worthy features of the season this year.”
Dr. Auringer has just received a stock of
lenses from the Outside. Those desiring to
have their eyes tested should apply for ap
pointments on Saturdays.
WOULDN’T THIS JAR YOU?
( The fallowing appears in the Juneau Em
; pi re. It is only just to say that Governor
Strong disavows ownership of that paper:
Seattle. Aug. 4. To the Editor: I have
' read with interest the discussion regarding
the use of some proper name for the Alaska
city of “Anchorage.” As regards the name
“Woodrow” or “Wilson City,” if we are to
honor anyone occupying an executive posi- <
tion, let us honor the Grand Old Man of
Alaska, Governor J. F. A. Strong!
So far as the suggestion of “Matanuska” 1
or any other Indian name is concerned, a !
name with a Russian twist would be just as
appropriate for Alaska; therefore I suggest
^ptrongov” as being typically Alaskan so
»ar as Alaska’s antecedents are concerned,
and a little mark of esteem and appreciation
for our good old governor, J. F. A. Strong
A SOURDOUGH.
1DITARGDERS ENJOY TRIP
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A letter from Raj- Clark, who left Dike
man for the Outside on the last trip of the
Washburn, dated “On board Seattle No. 3,
Sept. 27,” says: We arrived at Holy Cross
on the 23d, stayed one night, got on this
boat and went up the Yukon to Kaltag,
and there met the Delta. We are now
bound down for St. Michael. The Wash
burn took thirty passengers and we have
thirty-two, the balance of the Iditarod bunch
on this boat. Everyone is having a good
time.”
From other letters received it is believed
that those passengers w-ho left here on
September 14 did not get away from '
Michael before the first of October, and it
is likely that those who left here on the
21st caught the same ocean steamship as
those who left a week earlier. .
Location Notices at Pioneer ofta-s.
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> NO SUCH CONDITION HERE <>
> o
> (Valdez Miner:1 ^
> Fifteen sacks of Montgomery Ward O
y catalogues arrived in Valdez on I ri O
day's boat, and descended upon our ^
0 fair city like a blight of locusts. Just *0
0 why the average man will persist in O
y sending his money away from the C>
C> town that gives him his daily bread O
C> is beyond our comprehension. Our O
^ merchants have large stocks, and sell O
y their goods at a price commensurate O
y with the expend of doing business in O
y a small community. They are taxed O
y to maintain our streets, our sidewalks. O
0 and our schools, li a man gets sick O
y or out of work be looks to the local O
C> merchant to help supp< rt him and his O
0 family until such time as help h no O
y longer needed. They are generous to O
y the needy, and no worthy man, so far O
y as we are aware, has ever been turned ^
y down. Montgomery Ward sells tot ^
0 cash, and cash only. They pay no O
0 taxes to do business in our city, and O
C> do not contribute one peseta toward O
0 it- support. What few dollars they v
0 draw from the community are as irre O
C> trievabiy lost as though thrown inb> O
0 th* bay. so far as their circulation i- O
v> ci n corned. The customer has 1o oi O
0 Hit goods t v guess, and if dissatisfied O
0 with liis order, is forced to go to eon O’
y siderable trouble in exchanging them O
0 Wherever the mail order habit ha- 1 it O
0 a community it has wrecked it almost O
0 as certainly and completely as fire, O
0 tornado or pe-tilencm Local met O
^ chants have been forced to cat their O
0 stocks; businesses h; ve been forced to ^
C> tin* wall, cud a general stagnation in O
0 trade enstifs. Should the local mcr ^
0 chants quit budness and leave town. &
C> leaving the field to the mail-order O
> house, what would become of our city v O
0 Only by securing and holding all our 'O
0 local trade can our merchant- ever O
0 build up a larger business, and a larger O
C> and bett; r bu.-iue-s for the local mar O
0 chant mean- mme prosperity and O
0 better times for all. d>
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HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO^
MONCIER VEGETABLES
In the display window of Sam’! Apple
oaum’s grocery -tore there have been «>n
display some monster turnips raised on tlie
ground of .1. .1. Smith, across the river from
the city. Unlike the big turnips sometime.*
seen in other climes, which are almost in
variably piihy anil hollow, tho-e turnip arr
-•olid and line specimen- of the vega-abb.
The large-1 weighs 14UG pounds. and tlit
two other- lack but little of th»* samr
weight. Mr. Smith has had considerable
success willi his vegetable garden- this year.
Nice, delicious cnsab;;> just received.
Crowley & Porter.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
'u th*- I'nihate i*mirI for Otter precHcd.
r* hi Nil do -i ■ r;. Territory of Alaska,
tiefor.' 11-h. *;. o. Oeraghty. rmiiinis
sum* !' Mi''1 e\ OiTIllO probate judge.
In the ni.itter nr the estate or Charles Dra
" T'O'.-im iI. No. :tu -Probate.
Noll'e is in1 r* ■ 1 i y given py tile cutler
dgneil. ndjhtii!-Orator of tie estate of
I ■ | 1* eased, 1* tile creditor*
•f and a11 jter^ons having claims against the
'•aid deceased. to exhibit them, until the
!»•*•*• s-ary vouchers, within .-ix mouth." after
the first piddn-atioii d tills notice. ;<i the
*:mj adfii)in.-l i n; • ■ . at the ofn-e of Pled
llarri^on. a 11«* ri .• y at law. Ihaini !i n I.
iditar-ul. Al.i'ka. the -ar.*- being Hi.* place
for tlii- -ti 'U of the jiosi;jes> <r th"
olid oMap- in tie- above preiumd n:n| ictvi
Lnry.
Dated Sept, vs. io if.
PAD. L\ PLANT. \dmiuist:at* -.
k'il -1 ; libbealmn. Oet ■/. P515
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Iu II Sehotl-dd. and to your heirs, execu
tor... administrator- and assigns:
Von are hereby notified that tDo under
Mgned, a co-owner, lias expended in labor
Uid improve?; nts the sum of ope hundred
fi.liars • *-1 utLUo per y. ar for the v.-ars
I’,* Jand lull upon tint certain placer
inning claim known as The Happy .New
Vear Association, situated at th" lead of
Id at creek, a tributary of utter creek, ill
(Her recording district. Territory of
\ia>ka. in winch vmi are th*' owner of an
mdivided one-eighth >s interest.
You and * ach of you an* hereby notified
that if at the * xpiration of ninety yu,
lays :irl*• r the last pubheatiou < r this n dir.
.o*i iiaw failed or refused to contribute
nuir .-hare of the afon-.-ahl expenditures,
loiir interest in -aid claim will heroine for
feited and will become the property of (he
undersigned, according to tin* provisions of
“fi'dion dji of licvised statutes of tin*
lilted States.
DAVID STHANUUKKO. Co-Own**,*.
Date of first publication. Sept. 4. 1915.
Date of last publication, Dec. 4. 19 15.
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