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INDIANS NOT l NANLMOl'S
If must not be assumed that all the Indians ot Soothfast
Mki are in favor of .llowkur the Indians who cannot road and «
vote or that they are in sympathy with the methods of hose
chanct* for success depends upon the mass voting of those ucbite
tives under the direction of a politician or group of politicians,
of the Indians who can read and write and who are Tumil. r w
■working of the American Government and-the responsibilities of
can citizenship know full well that hundreds on hundreds of the
are not qualified lor the franchise and ought not be permit!• d 1
One or these natives the other day asked if the prop©-il literacy
test measure would have the effect, if adopted, of cancelling the citizen
ship certificates that have been issued to Indians under the Territorial
law which permits them to go before a court and prove that they have
severed their tribal relations and tire living oivilized lives. 1’ was in
formed that it would not. He then said that he believed in hat law
that no Indian should be permitted to vote unless he hr.d • citizenship
certificate and could read and write.
He was informed further that the white people who aradvocating
the literacy test believe that the work of educating and qualifying the
Indians for the franchise should be continued until every Indian in Al
aska would be a qualified voter of the Territory'. And yet further, he
was told that the literacy test would apply against white people as well
>.m against Indians—that under suck a law a white man who could not
read and write would not be allowed to vote.
There are Indians in Southeastern Alaska who believe this course
the proper one—the one that would be best for the Indians as well as
for the whites. They understand that the situation as t is now in
Southeastern Alaska cheapens the franchise and is an ‘nvitation for cor
ruption to enter the ballot box.—Juneau Empire.
WEIGHING THE HAWES I*IiAN
(New York World)
The Dawes plan of reparations makes progress. Great Britain and
Italy favor it without reservations, the latter as "an invisibl* whole.”
The Belgian government “is prepared to accept the experts’ conclusion
as a whole.” France raises a point of procedure, which in effect is the
old stumbling-block of security, but this should not prove inseparable.
Financiers are more reticent than politicians, but ther is no reason
to doubt the statement that the American group represented by J. P.
Morgan has agreed to take care of its portion of the ?200.000,000 credit
required to finance the Dawes plan if the Allied Governments will come
to prompt agreement upon the essentials and undertake to support it.
As a sign of the casing situation in international monetary transactions
may be cited the rediscounting agreement reached between American
banks and the new German Gold Discount Bank.
The Dawes plan presents to Europe an opportunity facilitating its
recovery' from battle shock and war psychology; a chance to recover in
material and morale. Statesmanship will be bankrupt indeed if its ac
ceptance is prevented.
SlVi ESS AFTER FORTY
f Portland Oregonian!
Forty is by no means the doleful birthday, beyond which lies the
down-grade. We fecilitate the Rotary Club of New York on having
demonstrated a truth long suspected. Why, at 40 a man is as fit as
a fiddle tuned for a country dance. Give up the shiii? H& has just
begun to fight. Entertaining the presidents of 120 business organiza
tions affiliated with the Rotary Club, and requesting that each success
ful business man answer a questionnaire on the prospects of success after
40, the Rotarians discovered that fully a third of their guests did not.
as the saying goes, begin to hit the ball until they had passed that mem
orable milestone. As for all the others they replied in unison that any
man of forty years may yet clutch the fluttering coattails of opportunity, i
But as to why some men fail, either before or after the arbitrary
line between youth and middle age, the various formulas offered for suc
cess are even more interesting than the main finding of the inquiry.
'*Fbere la nothing new about them, since they have been given as counsel
to youth by the successful men of every generation, but their repetition
on this lingular occasion lends emphasis to the truths they declare.
One capt&.n of industry assert'd tnat success j
will choose his job and stick to it. Tula seemed
recipe, inasmuch as m: per cent of the corporation
mat they began their careers in Lie position or office
lieved that every ambitious youth should study hard
o be kind." Other rules
and "Trust your instinct
the idea of
xixj. iuto business or profession for himself. Then the moralists ca
to the fore, with the maxims for righteous conduct,, of which these t
are typical: "Love your mother’s memory, keep clean in heart h
body and stick to truth..Jo be honest.
for attainment were "Work arid more work
of right and go ahead."
Most of these, you perceive, approximate the cowboy’s famous
creed. in brief, they declare that industry and honorible conduct will
wrest from the world, however reluctant, more than can be gained in any
other way. Hut—and this is terribly important— they require the candi
date for success to have faith in himself, to possess confidence in his own
ultimate ability to win. Doubtless the lack of this
those lamentable cases toward which we turn a shrt;
say. “He is a bright fellow, but "
in a sense. 4b is the threshold of real success,
tempered to the required mental keenness before il
still have trained and equipped their talents for
So we must assume thai the race k not always to t
we are pleased to call mediocrity can by dint of ho
a forged weapon not to be distiliuu
genius—at lea-st in the
of the Rotary Club's
40 is the fortunate age
accounts
shoulder
bout with (lestin>.
iwift, and that what
el of scholarship or
shed from the st
efficiency with which it functions. In the light
revelations. the promptings of common sense.
GOOD WORK FOR ALASKA
Oon.gra.tu la
Commission for
ns are due Co!. James 0. Steese of the Alaski
uring an appropriation of $800,000 for Alaskj
„rt of the amount asked for. but it is as large :i
economii
and low
Alaska by Outlook Magazine to
about the legislative needs for
need was "reads, roads and yet
ol. Steese and the Alaska Road
ae reasonably hoped for at the presf
axes are main issues before the publi
rear’s appropriation.
Sherman Rogers, who was sent
make a survey of the situation and vs
the Territory said that Alaska’s great
more roads." It is. and that is whi
Pom mission are endeavoring fa give the people of V
and yet mote roads.
No part pf thr1 Government service in the Territ
for the Territory as a whole than the Alaska Road Commission. li
nearly twenty years it has been building roads in Alaska, and ts con
tribution to development has been almost measureless. The work
should be continued, and the appropriation of $800,000 f«*r that purpose
this year is evidence that it is the impose of Congress to continue it.
Juneau Empire.
THINGS \VK THINK
Even a fourflusher can som-'inies cover 'imself with glory by ap
pearing to be wrapt in thought.
A henpecked husband has -nothing t<> cp-w about.
Unless the oil investigation raises the price of gasoline, a lot ol
people will not take much interest n it.
The trouble with starting a th-rd party is that it always finishes
What is more pathetic than the sight of a man asking a bank to
lend him money with which to pay his income tax.
Spring and fall would be the finest seasons of the year if it vver not
for the taxes.
Money is not everything and it doesn’t g-t everything, but what is
and does?
Faith without works is an automobile without an - n-ine
Some day we’ll have a law permitting pedestrians to appear on the
streets only at certain hours.
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i ‘.The n* xt nine war is declared,"
Isays Lieutenant <'ol«»nel K. A. Joyce
■’Hi** draft must be extended :o all
i men of work.ns age for duty in all
'the industries. We must remedy the
i impossible situation of one man
. making hints. If a target for bullets
at $30 per tnonth and the other
n an working in a shipyard at $20
While it is devoutly hoped that
| other draft it must be admitted that
irhe only logical form for a dernor
j r.tcy is one that calls for the near
est possible approach to an equality
I Hut to b*‘ perfectly equal the draft
j must not b** limited to w.>at are cim
jnonly called rbe industries. It
1 should apply without reservation to
(every adult earning money :n vvhat
Banker Frank A. Vanderlip or
j st« el magnate Schwab should be in
I’uded along with the butcher, the
baker and the candlestick maker.
The net income of all should- be
the income of the soldier in uniform
[and if the pay is not enough for the
I citizen to live on let the pay of the
soldier be raised. The difference
'between the pay of the soldier and
11lie earnings of the citizen will be
mop* than sufficient to pay all *>x
There must be a draft of wealth
'i.s well as a draft of labor, and if
I that idea gains ground it will mean
■:I::it all forces in the nation, in
fire the politicians, will be on
Jside of peace and for the mean
jn.oking world peace permanent
It is not the soldiers that n
; wars. Wars are mostly made
: hose that stay at home, and w
those that stay at home make
r flees as nearly is possible equa
the sacrifices --f the soldiers tl
| will be less relish for warfare
{more enthusiasm for peace.—
1* rscneisco Hill let in.
When we look at our three u
jriim line, we are l**d to wonder w
jour tourists find to drink In 1
: Kt.ymond Ditmars. the zo--log.
says that ail animals will soon 1
' mme extinct. We ll back the mi
!qultoes t«> last the longest.
1 There are t"t»«*» who insist til
the wheat grower is not ruined b
merely frightened. Obviously. th<
i: isn't the wheat; it's the timidity
Well, at least European current
•courages higher mathematics.
Don’t blame the French. The
d--ne the best they knew how.
England: "What can she pay?
America: "Can she pay?" France
Lightning doesn't strike twice li
the same place; it doesn't have to
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