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AMERICAN SHIPPING
Consistency is a qulaity • Inch sometimes has been greatly over
rated. It is a relative term; and he who announces to the world his
consistency unconsciouslv nd\ 'rtiscs the fact tint he is incapable of
learning from that great t • i <»r, experience. )et inconsistency can
be carried too far. When one enters into a controversy one should
keep constant!' in mind the v. ’.in points of the argument, and strive to
reinforce those points with additional argument, instead of attempting
to apply in haphazard manner every incident that crops out chinny tne
course of discussion. Ihus strength w-Ii he given to the position of the
controversialist, and his utk-ra ices w ill carry greater weight.
These remarks are called forth by the altitude of American snip
ping interests to recently-enac: c 1 and pendm ; legislation, her months
the periodical and daily pres:, ol the country has been filled with tne
wails of the big steamship) cor’.names because of the enactment of the
La Follette seamen’s 1.... We have been repeated!} and vociferously
told that unLss tins law he ;(periled (It has not yet completely gone
into effect) American shipping will be driven from the seas; and tne
poor American sailor, for who c benefit it was enacted, will be without
a job. Indeed, one prominent American shipping firm winch operated
on the Pacific already has rjfne out of business, laying the 1 lame there
for on the La Follette law. Tire fact that the sale of its vessels was ne
cessitated through other circumstances, and that such action had been
announced fully a year before the La Follette bill came up for passage,
does not prevent the Pacific mail Company from placing the blame
upon the seamen’s law.
But here is where the inconsistency of the shipping men comes in.
It the business is so unprohtr' !e as they claim it is, it would seem that
they would nut have any grew objection to Uncle Sam’s taking it up in
the interest of the whole peccle. There is at the present time a great
demand for shipping. Every hipvard in the country is working at ca
pacity, and the needs of the business cannot be met. For this reason
it is announced officially from Washington that the administration will
at the present session of congress remtroduce the ship purchase bill.
The bill will Ire made par! of the genera! defense scheme which the gov
ernment will present for the consideration of the Solon?. Briefly out
lined, the shipping bill follow- generally along the same lines as that
presented by Secretary of the 1 reasury McAdoo when speaking recently
at Indianapolis. An appropriates of $p0,000,00‘J will he asked for;
a board will be appointed to -cure the ownership of the ships now for
sale in American ports, and be board also will have control of the
establishment of needed ship ring lines. As having a bearing upon the
M--\’ V' * J , „l„k .
With the highe-t freight r:.t in th.* 1..1■ ry nf A:-. ■:*.-mm hipping, :.nd cargo
-pace almost inn osc■.• • i ■ in secure at t}»at. the varimi- .-hippimr comnaiiios which are en
joying such i pen . f excessive pros rity are pr - rat n’s pro
posed shipping hill t . \i- tdv nferences hav* 1 »een held by the various com
panics and plans nrtpn'd t> filibu-t.-r upon the b il. o i radically admitted that the
government will pr'-face the iutrodi.. ', >n of ti bill i»y ref.u-rn (f the rules winch will
endeavor to destroy :dl lili’cn-tering a- the senate.
IXith conditions as abov - outlined, how can these same Americar
shipping concerns consistently appear before congress with an appea!
for action that w:il enable them to return to the old practices, which al
lowed them to treat American sailors as chattels and feed and house
them like swine, upon the plea that such conditions were necessary to
their continuance m business?
Why this persistent end rvor to hoodwink the American people?
The La Toilette seamen’s law :s aimed to protect the lives of American
citizens and all those who journey by sea, as well as to restore to the
American sailor his status as a man and a citizen.
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A SON’S TRIBUTE TO HIS FATHER
In all branches of literature, imaginative and historical, “Mother”
always has been a fruitful theme for the sentimental writer, and it has
Jbeen taken for granted that she was the embodiment of everything good
and beautiful. In these days, however, “Father” is coming into his
own; and the heretofore unnoticed head of the household is being
compensated in verse and prose for the centuries of slights that he has
received as a mere man. The following tribute to “Father” is worthy
of more than passing notice; and after reading it one feels that he
would have liked to have ne t and known the man who could com
mand such respect and admiration from his offspring. It is signed
r. M.,’ and published in the American Magazine:
Bee at! e my mother kia ,v !:■ ,t fr<-m the day he fir.-r met her until he di.-d, or for
all the flays in fifty years, ^ho was the woman he loved. 1 should like the woman I
marry to know the same thing of n *. all our lives long.
Because he stood six feet hi h and had blue eyes that looked at you squarely.
Because he walked among men a ■ a m sn.
Because he was gentle. Became he loved all flowers, in cool woods and in sunny
fields and by dusty roadsides, and br i.t them home, gathered into clumsy bouquets
“for Mother," if she could not go her if to see them in the places where they held up
their shy faces. Because lirt lcved all children and let them climb over his shoulders and
pull hi« hail.
Because his eyes twinkled and his face was jolly. Because lie smiled at us chil
dren even in days when he was hiding black despair in his heart.
Because he never sought a quarrel with any man. Because he enlisted when The
- Company was formed in the little town of his youth. Because he offered his life without
hesitation and served his country as a soldier in the ranks. Because he walked, all his
life long, unarmed and unafraid, risking his life without thought if there was need to save
others.
Because he loved books and apples. Because when he went on his long business
trips, driving from little country town to town along the frozen November roads, hp
send us home a barrel of apples ami come himself home before '--e ad eaten them all*.
Because he loved the things that were in books of poetry, although he himself could not
express, as they, the beautiful and brave and gentle tkiugs that were in his heart.
Because, although his work kept him away from home for so many weeks at a
time, he wrote jolly letters every da to Mother and us, making jokes out of icy winds
and beds covered with snow that had drifted in through farmhouse windows, and of all
hardships.
Because he was cleep-chestd and strong, and because his strngth came from work
j in the fields in such days as he could find no work in his own profession. Because he
(hough! no work of his hands beneath him if ii brought us food and a shelter.
Because he talked to farmers and carpenters and to learned men and to diggers of
, ditches and to little girls and boys and to Presidents alike, and all loved him.
Because he wore his overcoats for ten years, and his shoes for two years, and called
h.' coat “as good :is new, with a little fixing of the lining.”
Because he thought no sacrifice of any importance if by it we were made to love
‘ m ire truly whatever is good and beautiful and true in life.
Because he used to put his arm around Mother and tease her until her eyes twinkh d
| and she said, “Go away, Boy!”
Because everybody mused him when he went away Somewhere Id e and will
: l\v; ys remember him.
rJhat is why I should like to be such a man as he was.
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It is but a short time to Christmas. An intimation that the usual
Christmas tree and entertainment for the kiddies—and grown-ups as
; well—is forthcoming would not be amiss.
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The Ruby Record-Citizen, usually so well informed, refers to the
famous “charge of the Light Brigade” as having taken place at 1 rafal
i gar. Trafalgar would have been a mighty poor place Lor cavalry to
operate in.
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I he Juneau newspapers continue to publish yards of slush about
“full territorial government” and “statehood for Alaska, ' vdrle each
day brings to the general public confirmation of the belief that the lan
ded powers already conferred on the territory are not being used for
the benefit of its residents. Let us have a demonstration of the proper
use of existing powers before asking an extension of them.
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The charges against Governor Strong emanated fiom a d s
gruntled former employe of the executive’s office, and probably will
not be taken seriously. But it must be heart-breaking to the office
hungry Alaska politicians to realize that a Republican is fining a iucra
i live pos’Lcn in the gift of the governor. Does the latter rer.i.v.e that
his good friend, the former postmaster of Iditarod, is now without a
job? And Major Wile is such a staunch Democrat, too.
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With reference to the recent murders m the Lanina vc.fiw the
Dawson News says: “The Canadian territory has had ! cl in teen
murders, and all the offenders, thanks to an efficient police force, have
been apprehended, and every one with one exception hanged. Lire
thirteenth was sentenced to life. Murdering is not looked on by cooks
as a profitable vocation m Yukon, in Alaska it seems quite d.fferert.
The marshal system is quite a farce when the marshals have no means
for operation.
1 he Fairbanks Times is somewhat unnecessarily sc\ere ;n :!r
stri'tures upon the News-Miner for its utterances cn t!:e recent
strictures upon the Fairbanks limes for its utterances on In.* recent
. adventures of the Iditarod party which was frozen m at Kotl.k lire
rimes’ assertions that the occurrence “had no extraordinary features,
“all of the vogageurs were prepared for emergencies and there was ro
; suffering,” and that “such trips are commonplace” are scarcely borne
out by the facts. It is possble that the News-Miner may have he-nine
unnecessarily worked up over the matter; but surely that is more (
;'.usable than would have been a d'splay or indifference to the fate of
: the party, ipe interest taken ;n tire matter bv the News-M.ner cer
i tainiy was appreciated and commended in this district.
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Says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: “Whether the government
: hail enter the shipping business direct or shall subsid ze American
' knee, will be the alternative likely to dominate the new imp lat.on.
j What would appear to be needed is the repeal or amendment of the
I La Follette iaw and the subsidizing of American ships to an amount
that will place them on a competitive basis with foreign lines. A rea
i ‘onable subsidy would in ail probability be less expensive than a skoul
! dering of the losses that a government-owned steamship line wou; d be
sure to suffer.” The shipping interests seem to be of the opinion t.wu
it is the duty of the rest of the nation :o set them up in business and
: provide them with the means of subjecting the shippers to extortionate
rates, and then say they like it. If subsidies be necessary to their con
tinuance in business, why not abandon it? That is what most people
do under similar circumstances.
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Foreign-born residents and citizens sometimes have a strange con
; ception of personal liberty as exemplified in our laws and institutions.
Here is a wail from a poor fellow, printed in the New York World, who
no doubt believes he is being persecuted. He is Sheikh Selim Ber.
Abdul, and he writes as follows: “1 kindly beg to offer you my in
i signify suggestions for protests concerning the untruthful liberty of this
country. It is so. About fifteen years past, when I was energetic and
voung, I hear about the great country of London, Liverpool and New
Fork and United States. So 1 leave my three wifes in Bagdad, on the
Tigris, and come to London with Mr. Daly, great sciencetific man. 1
come to London, work hard five years; then Liverpool, one year; New
York and Chicago stockyard, three years, until I do prosperous work
with chickens and eggs in Petaluma, Cal. Then I went to bring my
three wifes here. My lawyer say police put me in jail when my wifes
come. So 1 want to go to Bagdrdf myself. They tell me drat the police
put me in jail in London because'this country fight the Turk and I am
Turk subject. Is this freedom of liberty? I ask for question. When
I see statu of liberty I say it is very great, but not truthful. So you can
see for yourself. Hoping this insignify suggestion will strike you, 1 am,
sir, your obedient servant.”
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The “new rich” often have a hard time of it devising methods of
spending their fast-accumulating wealth. Some go in for ostentatious
social display, others spend millions in endowing libraries to perpetuate
a name which means nothing m lh^ history of the world’s progress other
than the ability to grab the elusve dollar, and still others carry out more
or less grotesque fads. Ail seem to be imbued with the idea that then
wealth entitles them to more consideration than ordinary mortals, and
with the belief that their opinions are enhanced in value in consonance
with their standing in financial circles. So when Henry Ford, the mil
lionaire manufacturer, announced to the world that he was willing to
give his entire fortune, and even his valuable services, to accomplish
universal peace, he no doubt expected it to be received with open
mouthed awe and wonder. Yet thousands of men daily are giving just
what Henry Ford proposes to c!o with such a blare of trumpets. True,
their fortunes may not be as colossal as his; hut the motive is similar
to that which Ford’s words convey—the best interests of humanity.
Ford’s egotism is due to receive a sad jolt, and it were better that he
had taken warning from the attitude of such humane and Christian gen
tlemen as President Wilson and Archbishop Ireland, and have dropped
his spectacular play. But possibly the London papers are correct, and
the expenses of the crusade will be charged up to the advertising ac
count of the manufacturing plant.
A NEWSPAPER GRAVEYARD
Beneath the stones they sweetly
sleep, the humble toilers of the press;
no more to sorrow or to weep, no
more to labor in distress Here lies ;j
youth upon whose tomb the tear of
pity often drops; we had to send him
in his doom because he wrote of
“bumper crops.” Here sleeps the
golden years away the faire-l of the
human tribe; we slew him at the break
of day because he called himself “ye
,-cribe.” Beneath that yew anoduT
deeps, who did his work with smiling
lip.-; we had to put him up for keeps
vvh< n he refern d in “Hying trips.’ Vn 1
one the m blest of then ail. is reyiing
( n the wind swept hill; in writing uo a
game of ball he spoke of on** who “hit
the pill.” Hard by the wall, where
rrwes bloom, and breezes sway the
(buying vines, that youth is sleeping
in hi.- tomb who used the phrase,
“along these line--.” Today the sexton
wi< !h: his spade, and digs a grave both
(!< •■:) and wide, where soon the -1 rip
! iv w. 1 be laid who wrote about “the
bb:. lung bride.” Walt Mason.
TOTED PHILANTHROPIST ILL
K»(), Dec 1 Jane* Vddam.s, th
M.r 11 known seltlemeni worker, has been
.•ken !11 ti e in. ;,d..l. mifmnrg from a .-evere
.) e of fever.
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of every liberty-laving American citizen.
Take it. Use it first to count the days or the New Year, whsen is rapidly approach
ing, and which we hope will be a. happy and prosperous one for you.
Preserve the picture. It will pleasantly remind you o’ a notable event in the his
tory of the Greatest Country on the Clone.
Keep the mat. St will tell you where our place of business is located. Sf yon ted
that we have wronged you, ccme and state your grievance. We will go to extreme
lengths to put ourselves right with you.
If we have treated you fairly, corae often, that we may continue to do no.
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