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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1016
THE AMERICAN DOLLAR.
The commanding position of the
American dollar throughout the world
is now recognized and freely admitted
by England, which has been banker
for the world for centuries. Mr.
Reginald McKenna, in his address
before the House of Commons last
week referred to the subject in these
words;
"It is not easy to convert sterling
wealth into dollar wealth. We must
pay in dollars for what we buy now,
not only in America, but all over the
world.”
Our good fortune in quickly pass-!
ing the other countries of the globe
in the financial race and in becom-i
ing, almost overnight, a creditor na-(
fion instead of a debtor nation, is
due, as everyone knows, to the ab
normal conditions brought about by
the war. The "Old Lady of Thread
needle Street” has been the money
center of the world so long that no
body would have predicted, three
years ago, that it would lose that dis
tinction to the American metropolis.
Btu that is the case, as England ad
mits. The American dollar, which s
only a little more than a century old,
is the unit of wealth everywhere.
This country, since the war began,
has absorbed American securities held
in Europe, to the sum of about two
billions and in addition has loaned
an equal amount to Europe. We own
half the world’s gold and are fear
ful lest we get too much of that pre
cious metal. Every day of war sim
ply adds to our wealth and strength
ens our financial security.
We cannot know, of course, wheth
er we shall maintain our pecuniary
distinction after the war is over, in
the teeth of fierce competition which
we must expect from abroad. That
problem depends mainly on the atti
tude of our government—whether it
is benevolent toward capital and, in
deed, willing to co-operate with it in
fighting the world battle, as the na
tions of Europe will co-operate with
the businessmen of those countries.
There is a growing feeling that the
sympathy and assistance of the pow
ers at Washington will be one of the
conditions of our success in compet
ing with the old world when peace
comes. With proper government en
couragement there is no question of
the ability of the American people
to hold their own in any world con
test.
It is not the wish of the United
States to profit unduly while the rest
of the world Is afire—as Is shown by
the almost universal desire in this
country for peace—but the Am*rl*
can people are not so wishy-washy as
to accept the golden apples which
fall into their laps. After all, busi
ness is tempered with sentiment; not
sentiment with business.
VILLA'S PEACE OFFERING.
“General Scott Is a good man and
we almost settled tfcb American ques
tion once,” Villa is quoted as saying
in his request for a conference with
with the American chief of steff, look
ing to “peace” between the United
States and the bandit chieftain Villa
knows Scott’s aptitude tof smoothing
over difficulties and evidently be
lieves that if a conference can be ar
ranged the bloody past can be erased.
In holding out the olive bianch to
the United States “The Tiger” as he
is known is Mexico, acknowledges the
error of his ways, or is trying to
heighten the discord existing be
tween the American government i.nd
Carranta. Probably he realizes that
he made a serious mistake in perma
nently alienating the sympathy of
this country by murderously attack
ing border towns and killing the
"White Chinese,” as he calls Ameri
cans south of the Rio Grarde. He
would now make amends by :oating
his bloody hands with whitewash and
is probably sending out a feeler tc
see how the United States will view
his proposal.
Villa realizes that ne exercisea
very poor judgment when he allowed
his temper to run away with him
when the United States recognized
Carranza. He should have taken his
medicine with a smile.
The United States, seeing that the
factions were getting nowhere in,
Mexico and that the country was be-'
ing despoiled and foreign lives and ]
foreign property being sacrificed, sent]
a joipt note to the leaders of the var
ious groups informing them that if j
they did not get together this country,
would take a hand and straighten out j
the confusion existing in the torn re
public. They were told that the
American government would strong
ly consider recognizing the faction
which showed itself to be the most
capable of bringing the revolution to
an end and restoring order in Mexico.
Carranza was the only one of the
i leading chiefs who refused to go into
a joint conference and he pointedly
told the United States that he was
boss down there. Shortly afterward
our government recognized Carranza
and helped him in his battle against
Villa by allowing Carranza soldiers
to be transported over American soil,
which viewed from the standpoint of
the Allies in the Belgium case, wasi
a distinct breach ot neutrality.
It was this hostile move against
Villa which aroused his ire and caus
ed him to swear vengeance against
all Americans, to our great sorrow
and humiliation.
No doubt Villa feels that this gov
ernment has done him a great injus
tice, and he is and will continue to be
the strongest man in Mexican poli
tics, but he has forfeited whatever
claim he had to our respect, sympe-j
thy and good will by the Columbus!
laid and the massacre of Americans
in Mexico. He has made himself an
outlaw in the eyes of the United
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Stages by.-bls.acts,. and nothing he cap
do can atone (or hU wrongdoings. In
many respects Villa is a genius. His
military ability is in marked contrast
to that of Carranza, who, while he is
more of a-; statesman than Villa,
lacks the firmness and discipline of
the rebel chief.
Whether anything will be accom
plished by treating with Mexico on
the basis of a belligerent country, is
hard to say. Diaz in the south and
Villa, Carranza and Salazar in the
north, will undoubtly differ with the
commitsion in whatever they under
take. If the United States refuse.’
to acknowledge that the country is in
a state of anarchy and chaos, and
allows Villa to gain further control
of the provinces, his rule will be hard
to overcome, once fixed.
The United States should refuse to
treat with Villa under any circum
stances, and should offer a reward for
his capture—“dead or alive.”
CANADA’S SAD ACCOUNTING.
In one of his earlier poems, thru
which ran the martial note, Kipling
recounted the cost of England of her
Admiralty power. Both treasure and
lives had been poured oat In profu
sion for this distlncl'on. Sow comes
Canada, his Lady of the Snows, with
her sad accounting of a credit of
blood for a debit of loyalty to the Em
pire. Since the great war began she
has enlisted 377,205 men, and of this
number 65,000 are dead, 47,187 are
wounded and 2.707 are missing. Sta
tisticians have discovered that the
average of casualties to Canadian
troops is equal only to the new en
listments for overseas service. In the
Bix months, from June to November,
this list of losses was 45,505, upward
of 7,000 a month. The condition is
a serious one because it foreshadows
the realization of the fear of the peo
ple of the north—that, driven by ne
cessity, their government will insti
tute conscription. This will insure
an exodus from the already stricken
Dominion into the United States,
whether it may be said many thou
sands have already come because of
the dread of being drafted *nto the
war levies.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
MR. ADAMSON, whose fame rests
on the linking of his name with the
so-called eight-hour law, is peeved
because the railroads and their em
ployes are conferring on the question
and are trying to adjust their differ
ences without the aid of his pet meas
ure. He says any effort to have the
law revoked will be resisted and that
Congress will “spank” both sides to
the controversy if they don’t quit
kickin' his law around. He helps the
supreme court out by intimating that
it “regulates hours of labor and not
wages,” and otherwise intimates that
it is about the finest little statute that
ever went on the books. No doubt
the law under any other name would
be as heavily swaddled in uncertain
ty but apparently the author is tak
ing no chances.
TOKIO newspapers assert that Jap
an will never consent to the aban
donment of Kiao Chau as a condition
of peace. Japan said the same thing
about Port Arthur at the end of her
late unpleasantness with Russia, but
the other nations soon persuaded her
otherwise. \
IP a nation has a right to whip an
other nation and take its property
why should not an individual have the
same rights? A nation is but a col
lection of individuals.
When you spend a dollar
in this town IT WILL
COME BACK TO YOU.
When you send a dollar
out of town it RE
MOVES IT FROM
CIRCULATION HERE.
Patronize
the Home
Merchant
It is plainly TO YOUR
INTEREST.
TRADE AT HOME
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Explain This Villa Business.
Editor Prospector: Folks are get
ting all fussed up over this late
Mexican news. Yesterday’s dispatches
say the administration is getting
ready to recognize Villa as a revo
lutionist. Does this mean that the
administration is sure that Villa re
fuses to stay dead and that th^-besl
way to fight him is to write notes to
him that will take him a long time
to read? And has the order to cap
ture Villa dead or alive been canceled
since lie declined to be captured
either way?
Furthermore, how is El President*;
Wilson going to square that little
Columbus foray that dragged the Na
tional Guard down to the border i*>
l ick tarantulas out of their overalls-'
Will be accept an apology from the
whitewashed bandit and send the ge.'t
an ultimatum stating what will hap
lien next time, and then put him on
the list with the kaiser as a regula*
correspondent?
.Not so long ago V ilia was an out
law, unfit to associate with horned
toads. He was also supposed to be
dead. When the dead bandit is re-,
incarnated and made over into a rev
olutionary general again will it he
good form to slip him arms and am
munition for his use in fighting our
late brother, Carranza? Also for his
use next time he hops over to the
United States and shoots up a town?
Why can’t you get advance tips
like Tom Lawson and pass the 1
along to the boys? Like President !
Wilson we are strong for "pitiless
publicity" in everybody’s game but
cur own. When do we drop Carranza
into the discard and begin rooting for
Villa?
A. Rl'FFNEK.
Feed the Snowbirds.
Editor Prospector: I am a great
lover of snowbirds and notice many
large flocks hanging around town
hunting for scraps. Would It not be
a nice thing for our citizens tp place
feed where they can secure it. Bird
life is interesting to all lovers of na
ture, and I am sure that no one wishes
to see these little feathered visitors
suffer from hunger.
A READER.
Multitudinous Canines.
Editor Prospector: I wish to reg
ister a strong kick about so many
dogs laying around on the streets. I i
the old days the dog was a necessity.
Now they are a nuisance. The coun
cil should pass a law killing oft all
dogs that are of no use; and there
are very few that come under this
class. It is impossible to keep a
smaller dog, without him being daily
torn and bitten until his life is in dan
ger. Of course a small dog is of no
more uFe than a large one. but thev
are more easily controlled than these
big, hungry malamutes that prowl
around our streets, crouch in the
doorways, and make life misearable
for women and children. Let every
roan with a useless dog dispose of hinJ
and the town will be much better off.
Forty or fifty huskies prowling thru
(he streets and around our backdoors
gets on our nerves.
A WOMAN READER.
Have you tried our poker chip
candy and also our new line of chew
ing gum, Candy Kitchen tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Officea over Valdea Drag Co.
Phone ’15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. U S. Public Health Serv.
' (Marine Hospital)
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DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYON* a If KITCHIH
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W
Offices lo » ••aliag Rulltllng
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA j
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Iws in Valdes.
PHONfE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdes, Alaska
Location notices, ootn quartz and
placer, at the Miner office.
We Have For Rent
A large list of houses and cabins
from $5 and up. Also some of the
choicest business locations in the
city. Look over our Real Estate list
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Best Sourdough hotcakes and best
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CITY EXPRESS. Phone 82; ready j
to transfer that, baggage for you. tf
Your picture will please the folks
at home better than anything you can
send them. Jenner the photographer
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A new line or neaters priced right, ■
at Mead’s. tf 1
Fresh Everyday
Bread, cake, pies, cookies, cup
takes, doughnuts, etc. Also English j
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Selects, New York Counts and
Standards, in bulk, at Love-Whitley
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See Marcus Misslck, ladles’ and
gents’ tailor, up-to-date fur remodel
ing, cleaning, pressing and altera
tions. Guarantee perfect satisfac
tion. Next to Senate saloon. tf
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W* HUNT—la Owl Drag Store.
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LOUIE’S CAFE
Everything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
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W. H. GARNER. PmUent.
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CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez Alaska.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Ligkt Roeat-Tk Hone of Comfort
rates; reasonable
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FURNISHED ROOMS FOR
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KATES REASONABLE
Nice clean rooms, good beds,
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month. At the Hopkins House
MRS. P. REED
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