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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, IDIO
THE PARASITES!
“Put the parasitical food specula
tor behind the bars,” would lie an ap- j
propriate slogan for the campaign
into which the federal government
at last has launched.
Prom the thoroughness of the prep
aration by department of justice in
vestigators, from the determination
of the President vigorously to press
the inquiry and from the reported
evidence already at hand for the sev
eral grand juries which are to act at
various big cities, it will he surpris
ing indeed if some of the most flag
rant instances of food gambling do
not slam the guilty manipulators into
jail.
President Wilson’s vigor in this
direction is palpably dictated by a
desire to provide a counter attraction
to the much-demanded embargo on
food. His ethics seem to revolt at
the embargo idea, and the prosecu
tion idea has been resorted to in self
defense, it seems. Whatever the mo
tive, it is gratifying to see the gov
ernment’s hand lifted in defense of
its people.
Brazen gambling in the necessaries
of life, screwing up the prices notch
after notch to pile up greater profits
while the poor consume'1 has to
squeeze his pocketbook harder and
harder to buy his daily bread, is ut
terly repugnant.
That it is the business of the gov
ernment to find the line between the
man who produces food and who, per
haps has the right to hold it as long
as he wants to, and the man who!
"toils not, neither does he spin,” bur. j
z-ho reaps iniquitous profits by con- |
spiring to force prices beyond the
normal balance of supply and de
mand, is beyond argument.—Tacoma
News.
SUCCESS.
There never was a young person
starting out on life’s journey, exu
berant, light-hearted, radiating cour
age, health, hope, faith, who did not
see. flitting over the hilltops in ad
vance, beckoning onward with win
ning smile, the beautiful goddess—
Succtss.
There was never a normal, calm
minded, right-thinking, earnest way
farer, toiling up the rugged steeps of
time, who did not have a mental con
ception—a beautiful dream—of Suc
cess, waiting in the valley, or linger
ing on the hilltop, somewhere on the
road, and find himself, frequently.
peering into every nook and comer
along life’s broad highway, expec
tant and eager to discover the pres
ence and win the favor.
Wherein lies the real impulse, and
in what consists the true value of this
fiiting figment—this pictur.xjue
fancy—of every individual mind?
This mirage, which is painted upon
the rosy sky, a beautiful oasis in the
desert of life’s storms, a lure, which
stimulates to renewed activity.
Is it gold? Most assuredly not.
Imok at the graveyards of the past
where countless thousands have been
buried beneath heaps of gold, whose
last wailing cry was "Failure.”
is it Fame? This is sasuredly a
semblance of temporary satisfaction,
hut fame, like happiness, is too frag
ile to withstand the ravrges of time.
Is it. Character? Mopt valuable of
aii acquisitions because character is
the real gold of life, and stands the
lent of fire without injury or loss.
Character is the substantial adjunct
of every life, but is not, in itself
alone, Success.
What then, is Success'.’ The col
lection and hoarding of all the so
called “good things of life?” The
possession of health, wealth, pleas
ure, peace, joy, contentement? Abso
lutely not! Because such acquisition
and possession—for one’s self alone
-reverses the prescribed plan of the
Ruler of the Universe, which provides
for the fullest expression, not absorp
tion, of human life. Complete indi
vidual Success, therefore, must ever
comprise expressing, doing, giving.
Real, true success can only he
measured by the development within
each individual soul of the highest
ideals, wrought into the voluntary
expression to the world for the bene
fit of the whole race. Whoever ig
nores this spiritual law finds Success
forever dancing just beyond, the will
o’-the-wisp along the road of life,
which forever eludes his grasp. For
giving is the supreme law of human
life, and only as we obey that law,
may we hope to gain the greatest pos
sible Success—Ford Times.
IT DOESN’T LOOK GOOD.
For the last twelve months or more
the cost of living has been increas
ing from day to day until prices for
the necessaries of life became such
that a cry went up from one end of
the country to the other. Petitions
were presented to the president de
manding that an embargo be put on
all commodities, etc. Humors of an
investigation commenced to fly. Con
gress was to meet soon and down
went the prices. Eggs, butter an 1
other things were released front cold
storage and took a downward dip.
This is followed by a government in
vestigation. If that investigation is
made in good faith we see no reason
why those who have been responsi
ble for the increase of prices should
not be punished, even if the prices
are brought down. They have shown
a desire to rob the people.—Ketchi
kan Miner.
A straight line is the shortest dis
tance to the desired end—either in
business or mathematics.
PRESIDENT WILSON stated that
an embargo upon food stuffs would
have no effect upon the prices: that
the war was only an incident in the
high price of living. As an answer
to his argument flour tumbled 60
THE EMPRESS
Tonight at 8 p. m. Sharp.
EXTRAORDINARY FINE PROGRAM
PATHENEWS PATHE NEWS
GABY DESLYS
THE CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL STAR IN
“HER TRIUMPH”
A NOVEL COMEDY DRAMA OF THE STAGE—FINE DANCING
ALSO THE TWO-REEL COMEDY
“MABEL’S NEW JOB”
REGULAR ADMISSION REGULAR ADMISSION
cents a barrel, and batter end eggs
from five to seven cents, two days
after Germany’s peace talk. Ameri
ca ia financing the war. The poor of
America are supplying thnir -blood
just as much as if they were u« the
trenches, and a few wealthy specula
tors are reaping a golden harvest
from their privations, just as will the
business men of Europe wring dol
lars from the blood and suffering of
the men in the trenches. A law mak
ing it a felony to speculate in food
staples, and another law ah dishing
Wall Street and the Boards of Trade
would be of real benefit to Ameri
cans. A nation cannot be happy and
contented if it is bending every effort
to get enough to eat. A nation can
not be satisfied if it sees other coun
tries given its products while its own
| inhabitants feel the pinch of hunger.
DOIT BELIEVE
III OSIER THEORY
SAYS OLD MEN MOST EFFICIENT
Fifteen Employers Testing Efficiency
of Men Between the Ages of 45 and
65—Say Better Work Done By Old
Men Than Young.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20|—The work of
testing the efficiency of men between
the ages of 45 and 65 alongside of
un equal number of young men was
begun today by the committee of 15
imployers recently organized, with
IJenjamin J. Rosenthal, a Chicago
capitalist, at its head.
The committee was organized pri
marily, Mr. Rosenthal said, “to up
set the fallacious theory that men be
tween the ages of 45 and 65 are fit
only for the scrap head.”
In response to advertisements hun
dreds of men beyond middle age have
been received by the committee, and
a large force of clerks, loaned by
business houses, today began to sift
and classify them.
“We will start our first test next
week,” said Mr. Rosenthal. “Twenty
middle aged men whom we have en
listed will be employed by one of the
largest houses in Chicago. The head
of this house, to make an efficiency
test, will put them in the correspon
dence department. Alongside of them i
will be 20 young men and each indi
vidual will be given the same work to
do. They will open, sort and file cor
respondence and do auditing work.
“If these twenty middle aged men
do but half as much work as the
younger men they will be paid half
as much salary. If their efficiency is
equal to the younger men and they
prove it they will receive the same
salary.
“Recently I took a score of men
and put them to wrapping parcels m
a large concern. They were all ex
perienced and so were the twenty
young men who wrapped beside them.
Not only did the older men do as
much work as the younger, but iii
some instances more." ' , "
Let your Christmas Candies be the
best. A full line of Haas confections
at Levy & Ross’.
GREEKS ALARMED BY
EMIGRATION TO U. 8.
ATHENS, Dec. 20.—Owing to the
great increase in the emigrati ■.. of
minors to the United States who have
not reached the age to perform their
military service the Greek govern
ment has increased the amount of de
posit to be made with the govern
ment by the parents or guardians of
any minor male child who leaves
Greece. A youth of 18 muBt deposit,
or his parents must deposit for :;..n
$120; one of 17 must deposit $iOG;
16, $90; 14, $70; and 12, $60.
Without this deposit being made it
is impossible for any male Greek of
the ages indicated to secure a ticket
on a foreign bound vessel.
CHRISTMAS TRADE ASSUMES
ENORMOUS PROPORTIONS
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—The Holidav
trade in this city is the greatest in its
history. The merchants estimate that
fully one hundred million dollars has
been expended in this city on Christ
mas cheer.
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Assorted Christmas Candies at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tf
Fresh Everyday
Bread, cake, pies, cookies, cup
takes, doughnuts, etc. Also English
plum and fruit cake at Blum’s Bak
ery.
BOOKS? Yes, we have them, suit
able (or Xmas presents; and PyraUn
Ivory, hand painted. Valdes Drag
Co.
/ ' .
k new line ot heaters priced right,
at Mead's. *
01je Store of ffitfrtotmao
(Sift Satisfaction
New Arrivals On S. S. Spokane
Shoenhut’s Wood Dolls
The cleverest novelties ever shown in dolls
and indestructible.
Doll Buggies. Toy Dishes.
Kiddy Kars. Building Blocks.
A new line of ties and fur lined gloves
for men.
An extra choice collection of cut glass.
S Blum & Co.
(INCORPORATED)
GOOD GOODS.
FOR SALE—Three large work
dogs and sled, good condition, just
over the trail from Fairbanks. Arctic
Hotel. It
WANTED—A Victrola with rec
ords in good condition. Phone No.
118. k20
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Office* over Valdes Drag Co.
Phone ’IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U- S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNKYS-AT-LAW
•fl« Opposite Const Haase
Phone M VALDBZ. ALASKA
JOHN LTONS m. K RITCHZB
LYONS & RITCHIE
attouhtm'Maw
OScm In
Phone SW
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National CrlmilO
Waaklagtoa, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
phony: no
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez. Alaska
ATLAS JUNK CO.
WholMale ud Retail D.alen in
ALL kinds of junk
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1048 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Try the Cottage Dining icoom tor
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Ranker. Phone 181. tf
Pictures and Panoramic Views
make flne presents. Valdez Drug
Ce. tt
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT GARNER, President.
Granite Mina
CHA3. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdes Alaska.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Room—The Hoaaeof Comfort
rates; reasonable
BATH-ROOM Special Rate* B; the Moeth
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prop
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR
MEN
RATES REASONABLE
Nice dean rooms, good beds,
rooms rented by day, week, or
month. At the Hopkins House
MRS. P. BHHD
Tke Homo of tho Pat-a-Cake. At
f.ove-Wk:;)ey Co. tf
Froa»e«tor all bites reaaKs.