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THI RSDAV. APRIL 2 i. 1013.
CORPORATION EARNINGS.
Official re purls lo the federal
•government show that the incor
porations of tile nation had net
earnings last year of $3,000,000,
000, or $30 for every man, wo
man and child in the country.
When it is remembered that in
dividuals do a larger share of the
business, in the aggregate, than
the incorporated companies, it is
easy lo understand why the crop
of pessimists is almost a total j
failure. j
THE SENATE PERQUISITES. |
When ilie new United Slates j
Senate building was eoniideled a
few years ago, many thousands
of dollars were spent in fixing
up the most luxurious bath rooms
and barber shop in the country.
Scores of employes were placed
on the payroll to conduct these
places for the exclusive use of
the senators, without cost to
them. Senator Kenyon of Iowa,
raised the first protest, against j
this extravagant perquisite and ;
the Democratic caucus has or
dered the closing of the bath
rooms and the dismissal of the
employes.
It. is announced that the action j
is taken in the interests of econ
omy. but there is a principal in
volved. There is no reason why
the senators should have their
baths and harboring done free
than there would be for paying
their house rent or hotel bills.
It is just as well that they should
be required to recognize the fact
that the public money is not col
lected for their personal use.
TOBACCO AND LIQUOR.
The report of I he I’ll it ed j
Stales Commissioner of Interna1 j
ltever.ue must lie disappoint in j to
those nho are \»; ging a wa |
against drink and the use o'' I •_ j
bare, file report, covers I In- first I
-■evn .ill Its of the fiscal year j
whidi began .Inly I. till-’.
The report shows that in the
Illlll* I I II I I II I I I. IpUl -
dies hail been cmuisiinu*il. 2.250.
OOrt.ftOO mure Hum in the same
period last year, and (bat 12,000,
000 pounds of chewing and smok
ing tobacco in excess of last year
had been used. In Ihe seven
months .'(8.8(1 1. 000 barrels of
beer were consumed, an increase
of 1,800.000 barrels.
The figures need not he read
with misgivings, despite the fact,
that they prove that Ihe people
of this country are consuming
cigarettes, tobacco and beer.
But it must ho remembered that
there are more people in Ihe na
tion than there were seven
months ago. It is also possible
that more tobacco ami liquor arc
being exported.
Hill even with these comfort
ing reflections Ihe figures are
somewhat startling. The slalis
1 i< s emphasize the fad that if
the use of liquor and ohacco is
to he decreased, the campaign of
education jmust he continued,
part ienlarly in t he homes.
SLAUGHTER OF THE INNO
CENTS.
Three hundred thousand ba
bies less Ilian a year old d'e ev
ery year in the United Stales.
During the last decade 2,50(1,000
babies died before attaining their
first birthday.
A large proportion of these
deaths was preventable by the use
of modern methods of sanitation.
Tf birth records were carefully
kepi, so that the relative birth
and death records were able I•»
disclose areas where infant mor
tality is unduly high, systematic
efforts could he made to better
conditions in such areas and the
infant death rate materially re
duced, as it always has been
where such efforts have been
made. Lack of proper statistical
i
information makes effective com
bating of infant mortality almost
impossible.
’ That, in brief, is the substance
of the. first monograph issued by
Miss Julia Clifford Lathrop, the
head of the newly formed “chil
dren's bureau” of the federal
government. The bald facts re
cite a tale of which any civilized
country should be ashamed and
should constitute a stimulus to
the i|uick correction of the evils
which prevent the saving of mil
lions of young lives and of the
consequent conservation of the
mil ion's best asset.
Nobody is satisfied in Mexico
and nobody is safe, according to
latest reports.
Anyway, no one has yet charg
ed the Democratic party with re
sponsibility for the calamity in
Ohio.
A bill for the protection of
wild ducks has been offered in
congress. The lame ducks also
want protection.
Kentucky is proposing a big is
sue of bonds to protect the people
from floods. The Kentuckians
don't like water very much in any
form.
All doubt about the actual ar
rival of spring has been removed.
Miss Cora Dirt was married to
John R. Mudd in Kansas City the
dlier day.
Now comes a Tennessee editor
with the claim that it is easier to
ivc on -SIS a week than on fk I 5, -
100 a year. lie probably has
ril'd tin' s 15 a week proposition.
Mayor Daynor insists upon the
•afes in New York being closed
it I a. m. and confirmed New
Dickers are wondering where
hey can spend the rest of the
'Veiling.
Tin* silt* nl' Pere Marquette's
jriginal rami) in Chicago is loh,c
lsed for a big paint factory,
rroubie seems to be coming' to
Pere Marquette since he lost
■ontrol of hi* railroad.
Senator La Kollette is crit.ic.is
ng President Wilson severely.
1’he senator at least is consist
>nt. lie criticises everybody ex
cept his father’s son, who is a
United Stales Senator from Wis
consin.
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The daughter of the owner of
i big vaudeville circuit has sued
lier father for damages because
he tried to suppress her histri—
mic ambitions. Most of these
vaudeville folks appreciate the
value of advertising.
Adler is selling out. Bargains
in anything and everything.
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HASTE.
(By George Filch).
Haste is the use of excessive
speed in getting from hitheiv to
whence: This may mean thef-c
distance or it may mean other
things. The uses of haste are
as varied as I he uses of gasoline
which is an extract of haste.
Haste is as free as air and is
used by everybody, though more
extensively by some than others.
Haste users are divided into
two great classes—those who use
haste to get ahead and those who
use it to catch up.
A man may use a great deal of
haste at Hie wrong time and land
a mile behind the procession with
bis eyes full of dust after work
ing lull'd all dtiy.
On Ihe other hand a pinch of
haste, carefully distributed, will
enable a man to loaf successful
ly at Ihe head of the crowd for
months and years at a lime.
Haste is a comparative term.
Ninety miles an hour is loafing
for a racing automobile, where
as two miles an hour is a run
away speed for a messenger boy.
We are a wasteful nation and
use much more hasle than we
should. Too many men hurry
themselves to death in their ef
forts to ge( rich quirk enough
to loaf after tile age of 40.
We use more haste than any
other country. This is because
we started 1,000 years behind Hie
rest of Hie world and bad to
‘catch up.
We caught up .'to years ago.
however, and have never stopped
long enough to (hid out what we ,
are chasing now. j
Thanks to haste, we are now
able to live at the rale of a mile
a minute horizontally and Hi feet,
a second up and down. We are
blase at 15, die of old age at 40,
and Ihe auto hearse, which carts
us to the safety deposit vault,
gels Held up lor exeee.. me
speed limit.
To keep up with lhe crowd wo
have to live in tomorrow’s lime,
next month’s fashions and on
next year's income.
Still, we should not curse haste.
If this country had been geared
down to Europe’s speed, we would
still be fighting Indians in Ohio.
“Haste makes w’asfo.” And
without haste we have nothing to
waste.
We can take our choice.
MUSINGS OF THE GENTLE
CYNIC.
No woman is really mannish
unless she dislikes shnppng.
The difference between a want
and a need is that man wants hut
little here below, but needs a lot.
Imitation may be the sincercsl
form of flattery, but somehow or
other a woman doesn't seem to
feel flattered when some other
woman falls in love with her hus
band.
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We are showing a new line of men’s fine
Rl l COATS
in many different styles and shades.
CRVANETTES, RUBBER COATS,
SLIP-ONS.
Priced from $5.00 to $25.00.
Come in and look them over
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CHARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
THE SALESMAN
makes more sales and
makes them with greater
facility if his work is re
enforced by Electric Light.
It shows his goods to the
best advantage.and colors
may be readily matched
under its rays.
A brilliant electrically
lighted store stamps a
merchant as a hustler.
And trade follows light.
A. W. L. & T. Co.
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Always Clean 3 3
and Comfortable 3 3
;; Central Location
3 3 P. S. HUNT, Prop. 3 3
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all pans
of the interior. General Trucking
Ud. Wood, Proprietor
McKinicjr St, Valdez
(> Steam Heat Electric Light* < >
THE COPPER BLOCK
4 ’ Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Convenience* ],
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Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I T IRjlDCD and Building
Puget Sound L U lYlDlIuV Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
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