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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1913.
WHEN THE CANAL IS OPENED.
Not many of the passengers who
arrive in Tacoma on the first ships
coming through the Panama Canal
will be subject to the income tax
law. Most of them, if we may trust
the reports coming from European
ports, will be meu and women who
have the price of their tickets and
abundant willingness to engage in
the battle for a livelihood and profit
,. in this new coast country. What is
to be done with these? The econo
mic consequences of the constantly
rising tide of foreign population of
the United States are not to be treat
ed lightly or dismissed on the too
popular theory that the future will
care for itself.
We know that immigration is work
ing serious economic changes in this
country. We know that great indus
tries like the United States Steel
Corporation and the mining corpora
tions of West Virginia have done their
best to “foreignize ’ their mills and
pits. We know that it has been the
flood of immigration that has—by in
creased consumption—driven up the
prices of food products, and in some
instances—by competition—forced
down the wages of labor. Professor
E. A. Ross of the Un'versity of Wis
consin, in the first of a series of pa
pers just published, shows what
drummed-up immigration is doing.
Immigration in itself is not condemn
ed, nor is the principal of freedom
impugned. But the protest is agaist
the inflated immigration which dis
rupts social conditions and increases
the burden on the farms. We need
labor in this country, so there is no
denunciation of immigration as it re
sponds to.the natural desire and de
mand. But there is protest against
an immigration of a sort the antithe
sis of the farm pilgrimage to Canada.
This problem of the immigrant and
what he brings with him, is a keenly
alive one on the Pacific coast. ' Ta
coma will be faced with it as soon as
the Panama canal is open for traffic.
It is high time that the problem
should be taken under thoughtful con
sideration by commercial clubs and
state and municipal authorities who
will have to deal with the influx of
foreigners, now preparing to make
their homes with us.—Tacoma Tri
bune.
PITY THE POSTAL CLERK.
Postal clerks everywhere will read
with mingled sympathy and appre
hension the statement of Assistant
Postmaster General Steward that the
volume of postal business in New
York today is larger than that usually
handled in the Christmas season.
This is one of the effects of the par
cels post system, and apprehension
will be felt by postoflice employes
as to what may be their burden Yule
tide is at hand.
The department at Washington is
already making provision for an in
crease of the clerical forces in the
postoffices of the country for the holi
day season, but there is small pros
pect that the number of clerks to be
supplied will come within gunshot of
caring for the increased business, due
to the use of the parcels post. With
the certain continued growth of the
parcels post it will be necessary for
the department to make permanent
provisions for prompt handling of
this class of mail, not only during the
Christmas holidays, but all the year
round.
The certainty of congestion in the
postoffices around Christmas time
should serve as a warning to the peo
ple to send their Christmas packages
early this year, if anything like
prompt delivery of them is expected..
—Ex.
A fireman on an Eastern railroad
is said to have saved $30,000 on a
salary of $1200. Just shows that it
pays to handle coal.
Some of the foreign governments
that recognized Huerta must be
wondering now if they will know
him if they see his again.
WHITE m¥AULL
BECOI A JAP
TOKIO, Nov. 20—John Ellis, busi
ness manager of the Japan Advertis
er, arrested here Nov. 13 on a re
quisition from the American ambas
sador for alleged perjury, today is
sued an appeal from prison asking
Japan not to deliver him to the Un
ited States and stating that he desir
ed to become a Japanese citizen.
Ellis is wanted in Boston for the
alleged abduction of his daughter and
for contempt of court. He said in
his appeal that he is a victim of a
conspiracy to obtain possession of
his daughter, who was awarded by
the Boston courts to his wife after
their separation. He has never com
mitted perjury, he vowed.
The United States government op
posed the admission of Ellis to bail.
John Ellis was formerly a clergy- i
man, a telegraph operator and a brok-!
er. After separation from his wife 1
he took an office as a broker in a
Back Bay hotel at Boston. About a ,
year ago he took out his daughter
for a walk and disappeared. Mrs.
Ellis traced the couple to Japan
through moving pictures.
Abduction is not an extraditable of
fense and for this reason the Ameri
can ambassador asked for the arrest,
of Ellis on a perjury charge.
Removing the Tonsils.
The Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal, in reviewing a discussion on
the removal of the tonsils, expresses
the opinion that the operation is a
much more serious one than is pop
ularly considered, and should certain
ly not be entered upon lightly, but
discreetly, advisedly and soberly.
This admonition coming as it does at
a season when the tonsils, especial
ly in children, are most subject to
irritation and inflammation, should
be borne in mind. “Tonsils,” says
the Journal, "should not be removed
for trivial symptoms. Tonsillotomy
is not justifiable simply because the
tonsils protrude in front of the pil
lars, or because they look ragged, or
for occasional sore throat, or because
they contain plugs, or because the
patient is under ether for adenoids,
or for any remote symptoms not of
n serious nature, or to protect the
;hild from indefinite infection, or for
an occasional attack of simple acute
tonsilitis.”
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Announcement
We wish to announce to the people
of Valdez that we are now displaying
a large line of goods for the holidays
___ IN CL UDING
For Children
A large line of Toys
such as
Dolls, all sises
Baby Carriages
Rocking Horses
Rocking Chairs
Express Wagons
Children’s Pianos
Toy Animals
Children’s Books
All kinds of Games
For Ladies
Silver Deposit ware
Cut Glass, all the latest
styles
Leather Sewing Bags
Manicure Sets
Writing Sets
Scissors Sets
Imported China
Fancy Cups and Saucers
Leather Card Sets
Leather Handbags
For Men
Smoking Jackets ]
Bathrobes
Neckties
Mufflers
Fur I/ined Gloves
Comb and Brush Sets
Collar and Cuff Sets
Traveling Sets
leather Satchels
Men’s Slippers
Ladies’ and Children’s
Fur Sets
and many other articles too
numerous to mention
These goods have all been bought direct through importing
houses from Europe and large munufacturers in this country
which enables us to sell them at bed-rock prices, thus saving
you the trouble of sending out for your Holiday Gifts.
We will be pleased to have you call
and inspect our various lines