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MORE FOREIGN CONDESCENSION TOWARD AMERICANS
When James Itussel Lowell wrote his essay "On a Certain Condescen
sion in Foreigners," in the later sixties, he directed his remarks mainly at
Britons, who were superciliously critical in attitude toward the republican
branch of the Anglo-Saxen race. He little thought, however, that fifty years
later the British condescension of his day would be. displayed by the British
transplanted to the Antipodes, and that the cultured Australian would shrink
from the alleged vulgarity of the American. How crude and borish we still
appear in the eyes of some observers, lot Adam Mct’ay tell us in the following
excerpts from a recent article published lit the Adelaide Advertiser.
"It is somewhat depressing to an Australian.” he says, "to realize the
dimension, the numerosity, of the low-grade section of the American people.
We have only five million people in Australia, nevertheless we are in one way
lucky. In race we are 90 per cent British: our population is all recruited or
descended from advanced European civilization. The stock we are made of
is not coarsened and lowered by the Urossness of the Central and Southern
Europe, by tlie newly emancipated Jew of Bussla and Poland, anil we do not
suffer the insiduous mental and moral influence of the nigger.”
So much for the "coarseness” of the racial make up derived from the
“melting pot", to which we so fondly allude when appraising our national vlr
amusement predilictio
i do not believe
grade Americi
nation.
combining
a s vast commonpla. •
spreading banality
"Every country has its inferior theatres,
is a poor suburban audience in Australia which
incss from the coarse fare of amusement- which tl
"A quite superior Englishman, a magazi
spondent of the London Times, once p >
intis people, the Americans,' he said. '
with such utter psychic banality.' I
I have attempted to describe as 'Amoili
“To what can we attribute tic
asks, " unless to the influence of the
low grade mind into everything?”
In considering the remarks of Mr. McCoy it is a chepring thought that
\ustralia has providentially been set aside as a domain inaccessible to the
‘Great Coarse Public," and that Its five million high grade minds enjoy im
munity from :he commonplaces of I if ••. While we continue to endure our
banal theatrical entertainments it is indeed consoling to muse on the advanc
ed standard of the damn in effete Wallaroo, Yarragobllly and Jerriwirrup.
While we struggle with the “insiduous mental and moral influence of the
nigger” and the problem of fusing out diverse radical elements into an ideal
istic brotherhood of democracy. It is quite encouraging to contemplate the
Austral Utopia, with its fine hoinogenity of culture.
Doubtless most of us are aware of the vast gap that separates the
vulgarity of our vaudiville houses from the refinement of London music halD,
where wit and philosophy fairly ooze from every turn. We have heard it
prated of by our whilom British critics often enough to be fully cognizant of It,
even tho we may never have been in “dear old Lunnon." The truth is,
however, it exists entirely in the Imagination, or in the minds that have what
II. G. Wells calls "water tight compartments." If the Adelaide music halls
conform to the English type, one can suffer therein Just as much or as little
boredom as in any variety show, be it in Paris or Cape Town. The boasted
superiority of British music halls is simply an mental illusion born of super
cilious racial-egotism—nothing more.
The most casual reader of history is familiar with the early colonization
history of Australia and with the “advanced European" quality of the settlers.
Subsequently immigration was stimulated by the discovery of gold and the
usual course of industrial development ensued. This being so one finds It
difficult to imagine by what magic methods the infiltration of coarse tastes
and inferior mentality was prevented. Yet this Is exactly what is implied
by our Australian critic.
Such criticism as Mr. McCoy's yields nothing to either the critic or
'he criticesed. Doubtless we are lacking in many of the ultra-reflnements
of Europe's upper classes. But by some singular circumstance it is those
of British blood whose refined sensibilities are most shocked by our lack of the
finer qualities and who are most inclined to offer gralituous criticism.' The
average intellectual Britisher seems very much inclined to believe himself
especially endowed to count our shortcomings and point the shaft of criticism
at any national characteristic or inclination which dees not exactly conform
to British standards; regardless of the fact that International comparisons,
• xcept for the purpose of mutual improvement, are useless.
In the common cause of civilization we should he mutually helpful in
stead of individually critical.
TURNING LEAD INTO GOLD
A British scientist the other day gave an audience the receipt for
turning lead Into gold. He did not, however, say that they might go home
and by following his directions transmute the plumbing into gold; he did not
say he could do it, or even that it could be done; he merely outlined the steps
that must be taken if dull cheap lead is to be turned Into bright precious gold.
But as for the doing of it, there's the rub. says the San Francisco Chronicle.
It may be done som* day; we have now a fair idea of what is neces
:.ry to be done to realise the alchemist's dream, but we do not know how to
take those steps. Nor is It likely, even if we do learn how to change base
metal into gold, that gold Itself will be any less precious than It Is now.
Everything indicates that enormous expenditures of heat and force would be
necessary. Transmutation would cost to much. For the present we must
content ourselves with the ability to diagram the probable course of tbs
transmutation of lead to gold.
All that Is necessary to effect this change, says Professor Soddy, Is
to expel one alpha partlcule from the atom of lead, which will leave It mer
cury: abstract one beta particle from the atom of murcury, leaving thallium;
then take away on alpha particle from the thallium atom, and *rc have gold.
Very simple, and it is not at all improbable that Professor noddy's
outline is correct. Radium, or rather uranium, gave the clew to the transfor
mation of one element into another. Before the discovery of radium tha
elements—such things as gold, carbon, oxygen, phosphorus, iodine, about
100 in all—were supposed to be truly elementary, each incapable of being
broken up or changed Into any other. Radium upset this notion. It was
found that the element uranium, by losing certain particles, changed into
ionium, this into radium, and that radium, by a continuation of the process,
was transmitted Into a succession of elements, the last of which was calculated
to be lead. By the loss of three alpha particles, that is belium atoms,
uranium becomes radium, which by losing five alpha particles becomes lead.
This process goes on continuously, which explains, probably, why there
1* so little uranium and radium, and comparatively so much lead. But
though chemists know now what this process is, they can In no way control it
or even affect It. The transformation of radium to lead goes on at a fixed
rate, which the chemists have been unable either to hasten or retard or to
reverse. The total time required for the transmutation of radium into lead
is known precisely, anil Is in the neighborhood of 2000 years.
As a matter of fact, the world does not want any one to discover a
cheap way of making unlimited gold. The result would be certain disaster
to the generation that attained it. Our entire financial structure would go
to smash, with untold ruin and suffering. Something else would have to be,
and would be. substituted for gold as the basic money metal, but the readjust
ment would be terrific. Every bank would fail, if for no other reason than
that banks are heavy holders of bonds, which, customarily being made pay
able in gold, would be worthless If gold became ns common ns lead.
The “masher" now becomes an offender against the law In a new
■ense. In the old sense a man was guilty only if he tried to make a mash
and failed: If he succeeded it was all right with the girl and the police. lint
In the new sense. If a man makes a mash the booze sniffers are likely to get
Voice of the Alaska Press
NOME’S TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY
Twenty years ago today Seattle's
waterfront* was swarming with gold
seekers bourn! for the new Eldorado
at Nome. Alaska, for the purpose of
working the rieh beaches following
the discovery of '99. It Is a great an
niversary and one worthy of being
remembered for not withstanding the
fact that Nome is at present experi
encing a dull period, exclusively due
to the fact that gold cannot be ex
tracted at the present time on the same
basis of profit as formerly, the good
old gold camp is not dead by a long
way and with her new Siberian fur
trading and a continuation of her larg
er mining enterprises, she Is yet going
to provide another interesting chapter
to the story of Alaska’s development.
Twenty years ago Nome was on the
lips of the prospectors throughout the
world and the great rush of 1900 riv
alled that of the Klondike, two years
before, In interest and Intensity. So
that the record may be preserved. I»t
It here he repeated that gold was dis
covered on Anvil Creek In October,
1898 by Jafet Lindeberg, John Bryme
son and E. O. Undhloom, all of whom
are now living in California. It was
much later before news of this dis
covery became general property. The
discovery on Anvil creek was followed
later in the year 1899 by finding pay
In the sands of the Nome beach and it
Is stated that the clean-up of ’99 rep
resented 12,000,000, or an average of
14.000 to each man working. It was
this news brought to Seattle that
started the great Nome rush in the
early days of June, 1900, and since
then the Seward Peninsula is estimat
ed to have produced $1,000,000 worth
of virgin gold. The Victoria is book
ed full on its first trip this season and
in the list of passengers are found the
names of many of the old timers who
are returning to the scene of former
successes—Ball way and Marine News.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
For the first time alnce work was
started on the government railroad In
Interior Alaska, Sunday Is to be ©b
served as a day of rest by those em
ployes of the Alaskan Engineering
commission whose wages are comput
ed by the hour. Announcement of the
change from the old order of things,
which permitted the railroad workers
to get -in every day during the brief
working season, is contained in an of*
flclal circular posted. We question
the right of the Alaskan Engineering
commission to curtail operations at
this time, when all the work possible
Is necessary to hold the Interior coun
try together until relief can come by
way of the completed government rail
road. We feel that It Is our duty to
make vigorous protest, and do so In
the hope that some good may come of
It.—Xenana News.
GOTWAL8 AND ROADS
"As far as highway transportation
In Alaska Is concerned, the automo
mile Is the means, not the old way of
packhorses. as this latter now casts
too much for upkeep. With this In
▼lew, I am advocating and will pre- i
pare plans and estimates for a na
tional highways system of roads in'
Alaska. These roads, especially In
the region traversed by the Govern
ment railroad, will be feeders for the
Government railroad and furnish ton
nage. In other sections this system
of highways will open new districts
and also connect with roads already
constructed."
This statement was made recently
by Colonel John C. Gotwals, head of
the Alaska Hoad commission, who is
enthuhiastic in discussing highways
for the Territory. Colonel Gotwnls
said that he learned, while 'n France,
that for small tonnage the auto tru*k
was the thing.
"One hundred miles can be made by
a truck train in a clay,” Colonel (lot
wals said. "The trucks can handle
the small tonnage where ra ’imd
transportation would be at a loss.
Take, for Instance, the proposed sys
tem of roads that wll’ be feeder? for
tne Government railroad. Trucks can
haul the ore and produce to the rail
road in quick time and cheaper than
by any other way. The upkeep of
horses Is now too much, as they are
Idle In the winter months and they ,
eat their heads ofT. The small mining
operator, with a truck, can get his ore 1
to the railroad and thus furnish ton
nage. It would ho Impracticable for
railroads to he bull! to all sections,
but the auto truck, over n system of
highways, will be the thing.
“I want to propose a system of
highways In Alnska on a program for
twenty years to come. In this mat
ter I want assistance of the Alaskans.
The highway is what hns built up all
countries in their pioneer stage. Back
ed by Alaskans, the road commission
officials can go before the appropria
tions committee and show them what
amount is needed and be very likely
to secure the amounts needed yearly.
The economic life of a new country
lies in Its transportation facilities and
a highway System will solve the trans
portation issues in Alaska.”—Alnska
Capital.
The statement has been made that
the Alaska shipping board already has
saved the people of Alaska, $1,200,000
in freight money. Hey? And who got
the money?—Juneau Capital.
It makes an average Alaskan bach
elor sore to read about the Californian
marrying 30 women and killing them
all. If women get to be a drug on
theT)utside market why not send them
to Alnska?—-Valdez Miner.
To the uninitiated It might seem
that Ketchikan was undergoing a
boom, similar to those of other towns
of the North which havs rone before,
but there is no more similarity than
night and day. Ketchikan has grown
because of the steady growth of two
great industries, mining and fishing,
and soon will be added the third and
possibly the greatest industry, paper
making. With these three, neither de
pendent in any way upon the other
there need be no fears as to the fu
ture, for should any one of these three
fall in any year, a thing that is un
likely, the other two will always make
Ketchikan a good town—Ketchikan
Chronicle.
• For the benefit of the bona fide
prospectors who have written this
paper we will state that the season
this spring Is extremely backward and
It is doubtful if. much can be done In
the hills before the middle of June.
Of course it is well to be on the
ground In plenty of time to bo pre
pared to follow the snow book. That
Is the best way to prospect this coun
try. The vegetation bore Is Very
dense, and because of the extreme
length of the summer days It grows
with a rapidity that is amaslng to thr
folks from the South. The snow lays
this vegetation flat and before the
new growth starts the prospector has
his-best chance. There is a vart
amount of unexplored territory with
in the presumed area of the mlaseal
belt on both the Alaahaa add Cana
dian sides.—Hyder Miner.
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WITHOUT REGARD8 TO ANY POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS.
VOTE FOR'
Hon. Dan Sutherland
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Hon. John Rustgard
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
ELECTION TUE8DAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
O. D. Cochran
CANOIOATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALA8KA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
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O. H. Flowers
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALA8KA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2nd, 1S20.
VOTE FOR
Andy Anderson
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUE8DAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1820.
VOTE FOR
Victor A. Julien
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Jas. P. Daly
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMtfiR 2nd, 1920
VOTEFOR
Ed. W. Burroughs
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAV, NOVEMBER 2nd, MSS
James B. Ivory
Independent Candidate
.FOR SENATOR
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! iif j VOTE FOR
E L HOLT
ur
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R. B. Julian
For SENATOR
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