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FATIH IS LACKING
The inability of the league of Nations Assembly to bring about an un
derstanding on the question of reducing armaments shows plainly that the Uni
ted States is not alone In tts disinclination to aooept the League as an effective
Instrument for the preservation of international peace and maintenance of na
tional integrity. Judging from the reports of the Assembly deliberations,
there is a potent lack of faith in the efficiency of the League as a means of in
suring lustier and fairness in international dealings, even among the signatory
The disarmament question is. of course, a difficult and preplexing ques
tion at best. It is not merely a matter of discarding arms and navies; there
ore many other factors involved which must be considered in connection.
Boms of these ure intimsutely associated with the industrial and economic life of
the nationB concerned; hence have a most important bearing on the every
<lay life and welfare of their people. These, however, are among the lesser:
obstacles to disarmament. The nations can easily disarm entirely if the pro- j
cess is undertaken in the proper spirit and with mutuality of trust and confi- ,
donee. The big stumbling block is the suspicion and distrust brooding among j
the notions themselves. Witness the declaration of Viscount Iehii before the
League Assembly that Japan "cannot reduce her armaments as long as thej
United States increases hers.” America has not and doubtless never will j
have any desire or intention of voluntarily attacking Japan. Yet because of (
the spirit of distrust ingrained into the very fabric of nations by the lust and j
greed of kings and rapacious peoples in past centuries, she cannot trust us suf
ficiently to even consider reducing her armaments. Not even our long con-!
tinued display of pacific intentions and of willingness to "lire and let live" can j
disabuse the Japanese mind of the. idea that every gun we add to our present j
store, every ship we build for naval use, is tin additional menace to Japan.
Not even the knowledge that the League would he in dirty bound to support ■
her against us in a war of aggression is sufficient to induce her to lay aside a
portion of her arms. Ft i& true that in the case of Japan there may be other
motives behind her abrupt refusal, but Japan was evidently not the only na
tion unfavorable to the disarmament proposal before the League. Unless we
consider that all of the dissenting nations have ulterior deeires lying behind
their opposition or unwillingness, it is clear that the proposal failed through
other cauoee. We believe the principal reason is to be found in anTibsence
of faith in the League's capacities to protect its members. Another thing ta
that the spirit of comradeship and altruism bred from the pains and distress
of war has now been dissipated.
The noble impulses so apparent a few months before the peace confer
ence were to a great extent an evanescertt outgrowth of the horror and dread
created in the mfnd of mankind by the bloody saturnalia of strife. Human
nature was not changed in the slightest degree. Selfishness and greed are
rtiM the dominant instincts of men and notions and distrust and fear their
natural concomitants. Hence It is that there is no real trust, no true confi
dence, in the powers of the League as ah International arbiter and shield from
usurpation and injustice. The nations fear to reduce their military strength
simply because of this lack of confidence In the ability of the League to ful
fill the purposes for which it woe created. * -V,
FOREION TRAOE 0EMAN08 WORLD MARKET
The oft repeated reiteration of the necessity tor this nation increasing
its foreign trade i* punling to .many. At one time our dooneetie trade win
sufficient, or nearly sufficient to support our Ihdufttries, because rapidly in
creasing consumption at home made possible a business growth which was j
steady enough to be healthful and sufficiently rapid to be satisfying, despite |
several interruptions caused by unsettled financial conditions.
With our exports of agriculture and other raw materials we bought from *
other nations many costly articles which we might have manufactured our
selves. We were little interested in foreign maricets and permitted other na
tions to carry on the business of the world. But conditions during the past
few years have changed radically. Industry and the country have grown so
big that world markets are necessary to support the gigantic industrial struc
ture. We all wont the present era of prosperity to continue and if so we must
do business and lots of it. Domestic trade is no longer large enough to sup
port our production and we must have wider markets or industrial stagnation
«nd hard times are certain to develop. This country can maintain its pres
ent industrial power and strength only by holding and increasing its foreign
trade. Jf foreign trade is not developed in large and regular volume, the
American merchant marine, developed largely during the war period and
which represents a colossal investment, will wither and dwindle and thousands
of industries in America will suffer.
For some time ,to come our own people will absorb most of our vastly
increased productive capacity but in many branches of production we will
soon find ourselves face to face with stagnation if we do not find new outlets
for our products. For fifty years or more the nation has alternated from
periods of hectic activity to hard times as our local demand exceeded supply
or supply exceeded demand. With wide foreign markers such conditions will
be largely overcome by ttie foreign markets acting as stabaldzers, absorbing
over production and maintaining a continuous and healthy trade demand at h.11
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UTILITIES COMMISSION
Conditions In the Territory of Alus
I ka have reached a state now that there
|te a material demand for the eetab
Mshment of a Public Utilities commis
sion. patterned after those In praoti
ealty all the -states cf the union. The
need 4e so great that another session
of the legislature, should not go by
without -favorable action being- taken
on this proposal.
Of the need of a Public Utilities
commission, conditions in Ketchikan
may be died; and Ketchikan Is in no
different position than a number of
other municipalities of the North.
■Jtie CAtiaenu Light. Power and
Water company has made aggiicstion
for a franchise for a period of years.
The oouncH has seen fit to grant the
franchise, subject to the approval of
the voters. The matter of rates, tinder
this franchise, is left to the determin
ation of the proper bodies from 'time
to time as conditions may demand.
Now, In the matter of rates, both the
company and the town are entitled to
the proper safeguards. The company
with tts large investments. In ail
equity, must have a fair shake for ns
money; but on the other hand the
townspeople must know that they too
are being treated fairly In the matter
of rates and service.
The franchise is in effect a contract.
The town and its people on the one
hand Is a party to it and the company
on the other hand Is a party to it.
Both are interested and the proper
moans of establishing rates and set-1
tltng any differences between these
parties is on impartial, outside body,:
one not subject to influence of either;
side, or subject to prejudice or bias.
With its investments and plans for
further investments, the compajiy |s
entitled to know that any new council,
for mere whim, political expediency
or other extraneous reason will not
annually put them to a great deal of
inconvenience In going through a rate
On the other hand, the people are
entitled to skilled, expert, technical in
formation in the establishment of
rates, to see that proper rates are es
tablished. As a mbtter of business,
the council of any town is not prepared
with data sufficient to permit them to
judge with certainty the merit of any
showing made- by the power compan
ies as to rates. If the Territory hod a
public utilities oonunlssion. however,
with a technical man at its head as
as executive secretary, he could gather
data not only from all points of the
Territory, but from all over the coun
try which would enable the body to
deal fairly and well with all concern
It is to the public interest, for the
Investor and the consumer that Alaska
should have a Public Utilities conunls
sion. The foregoing is but one in
stances of the good that such a body
could do, and there are many other*.
—Ketchikan Chrorifcle.
BACK UP THE HOAD COMMISSION
The cooipretietnffve statement of
Col. Hteese, head of the Alaska Board
of Road Qontfrtssioncrs,. at the' Ju
neau Oomtnercia! Association lunchem
recently, very satisfactory reading
to Alaskans. 'The program that was
outlined in taht statement should, and
will, receive the earnest support of
the people oif Alaska. The decision to
ask for $3,000,000 a year for roads in I
Alaska is timely, and there should be
no difficulty In securing the adoption
of the progiam. The Federal Gov
ernment owns, it has been estimated,
98 per cent of the resources of Alaska
and CorwrreHs should appropriate the
money that is necessary, for the devel
opment of the same. It would be
wholly unfair to compel the people
of the Territory to continue to spend
most of the money toward road build
ing when they own but two per cent
of the Territory’s resources.
There is no one thing that will
court more for the development of Al
aska than road construction. There
should 'ne roads to all sections of the
country in that tihe resources might be
made available for development. If
Congress will provide $1,000,000 a year
for roads in addition to the funds aris
ing from the resources of the Territory
that are allotted to that purpose It
would do a great deal to bring, about
an increase of the population, and Al
aska needs ’population more than any
thing else in the world.—Juneau Em
it is pleasing to learn that prices
are moving. (Townward in the States.
The slump. It the downward revision
pf prices irony be termed such, will not
benefit Interior Alaskans this year, but
if the lowering process continues thru
out Abe winter, it may be possible tot
us to replenish stocks next summer
at a price Uhat w$II make possible a
resumption of development'throughout
•the Irier or country. Could pne look
Alaska Press
forward In confidence that such would
be the case, it would moke existing
Alaska somewhat less burdensome. T*
Is not an easy matter U? face a hard
and fast market in Alaska when one
knows that the profit ears are on the
run in the States.—'Nenan* News.
THE NEW SHIPPING BILL
(By John Rustgard)
Word comes tram Juneau that the
leading political Issue in-the first di
vision is raised by the now fasnous
Alaska clause in the new shipping
bill. This clause. In substance, pro
vides that freight originating In the
east. St dipped over a Canadian railroad
line to Prince Rupert, may be trans
ported in Canadian vessels to Seattle,
but ft cannot be traraported to Alas
ka in the atdme -boat, but only in some
American boat: and that freight can
not be shipiped from Alaska over a
Canadian railroad to the east, unless
It is carried from Ala An in an Amer
ican boat.
The whole thing is a Seattle
scheme. The object of this clause
was to pthe people this ter
ritory from shipping over Prince Ru
pert and compelling them to ship over
Seattle. And this Is the effect of the
Prince Rupert and the Grand Trunk
Pacific railroad are the natural out
Ms not only for the fresh fish of
southeastern Alaska, but also for all
other shipment* to and from the east.
George B. Grigsby, democratic can
didate for delegate, admits the law is
a bad one, but says he protested
against St. His record does hot sup
port Mm on that poinit.
The closing of Prince Rupert to Al
aska trade was urged upon congress
by the shipping board and Us Seattle'
attorneys. Mr. Grtgfiby was present!
before the senate committee at the
time and nodded his assent.
After protest was wired by the var
ious municipalities in southeastern Al
aska Mr. Grigsby made a formal pro
test—so he says. But no such pro
test is of record.
When the bill came up in the house
for final action enlightenment upon
the meaning of the peculiarly worded
Alaska clause was sought by Mr.
Branton of Texas, but Mr. Grigsby
declined to shed'fhe light. He remain
ed silent and allowed the house mem
bers to vote on the bin under the 1m-,
pression that they were voting a bonus I
for the Canadian shipping in Alaskan
waters. An explanation and a protest |
from Mr. Grigsby at that time would |
have killed the biU. As it was. iti
passed by a small margin.—Anchor
age Times of October.
The carrying of the mall by way of
Broad Bin mark# a hew step forward ■
for Nenana* u flunks the beginning
dr regular travel between Nenana and1
the coast and hetMMti that Ararat
wfttl increase at a rfiajy wte. The
award of the oftII contract to Ore A.
E. C. will attract practically all the
travel to Broad Paw toning the doming
Winter and & year hence the Nen&na
trail wiH be the only one in use be
tween Interior Alaska and the Coast.
After that the railroad will put the
traffic on a permanent basis add trail
rivalry will cease for all tfme.
The unfortunate feature of the new
arrangement is that travel can not be
[ diverted from: one trail to another
without hardship on the Abandoned
trail and communities tributary to It.
As conditions are at the present time
in Alaska, there is not travel enough
for two trails and no community suf
ficiently prosperous as to be Indiffer
ent to such a loss. That Nertana’s
gain should mean loss to a neighbor
is not a pleasing outlook, but it is a
part of the scheme of development
that Is now taking form, and Is, after
all, only speeding a situation that
mudt have resulted in any case from
the completion of the railroad.—Ne
nana News.
JOHN -NOON WILL TELL
OUTSIDE ABOUT NORTH
The Pioneers of Alaska are send
ing an envoy to the States to pre
sent the needs of the Territory not
only at Wlashtngton, but to commer
cial bodies all over the United States
that have presented a general Invita
tion for the envoy to visit than. The
iToneers have chosen John Noon of
Seward, one of the most popular and
best-dnfonxned men in Western Alaska.
The Reward Ohtnmy has the fol
lowing to aay about Mr. Noon and
his mfsslon:
“Seattle is already humping Itself
to outdo any other city, even little
old New York, In the public welcome
to be given John Noon upon his ar
rival Outside .according to private ad
vioes received in Seward. Mr. Noon
leaves on the Northwestern for Wash
ington City as the representative of
the Order of Pioneers and the united
commercial organisations of the Ter- J
ritory. His general orders are to get
relief for this bureau-ridden, bureau- j
ruined Territory from too much con- ^
serration and too little prosperity.
The mission is supported by a fundi
created by public subscription, which
it is now believed by the promoters
of the plan will run to $10,000 or more j
when the other territorial cities turn j
in their quotas, and private cltlserie
willing to help have seat in individual
subscriptions. Already unsolicited
contributions are beginning to be
handed in to the banks, and there Is no
telling Just the amount that will be
“The affair has been elaborately
Stage-manage! Outi de, and already
the Alaska representative is begin
ning to be called the High Commis
sioner, Envoy Extraordinary, and other
diplomatic titles signifying the import
ance that will be attached to the mis
sion. There is a general belief that]
it will be taken by the American peo
ple as the appeal of a distressed peo
ple to the generosity of their country
men, and whatever else Its results may
be it will open the public eyes to the
actual conditions unjustly forced upon
Alaska in recent years.
ALASKA PIONEER 16
BANNER PATRIOT
The Anchorage Woo of Pioneers
recently received a letter from Peter
Peterson, a member of the Igtoa, giv
ing an account of his attempt to en
list in the war against Germany. News j
travels very slowly to points in the |
remote interior and there are proto- i
ably several men who hare not heard I
of the great war of the world powers, j
That Mr. Peterson was imbued with i
patriotism, of the highest order 1s j
mown by the following letter in an-1
issue of the Times:
TTshagak River,. Bering Sea,
' " July 37, 1920.
“Brother Pioneers:
'1 ami leaving here about the 21st j
of this month for Seward In a Bidarky |
by some called -Kyufc. T am going1
through False Pam and it will be. a;
long lonely trip, but it is not my first ]
tfffc slohe. Two years ago this spring ■
I KA ftflnuh, W6 miles up the Kus-:
Iwlilitt iiv*r, In tiro raw moose hides
tied over a frame of aider—took the
two hides with me across to Port Hay-!
den on a gas boat—made another
frame t feat long and 2 feet 6 inches
wide ait the widest part and made
CMgniC Itoy, crossing from Unangash
1g. Pnom Port Hayden to Unangabh-'
ig I had a narrow escape on the sea
coast; and from Unanga*hig to Chig
nlc one night I had a hig bi*o\vn bear
visitor. 1 had no gun, but I had a coal
oil can, wtodch was better than a gun.
it ngde more noise. And in regards
to grub, I was poorly fixed. I could
not buy any at Unangoaldg and three
days I was eating berries and reindeer
moss, baking it up, and was getting
strong on it, when I struck Lower
lake' where a native family was fish
ing and was saving up a winter sup
ply, then I was O. K. again.
What started me an the trip was
that the government called for men
under the age of 55 and I could qual
ify. We got the news in Betties, on.
the Kayukuk and I started right off.
Well when I got to Kodiak I found
the war was Just closed, and you bet
1 was sore—having come all that way
to enlist. I do not know how long
it will take me to reach Seward, but I
will get there. I know that I am be
hind in my duea. which is my own
fault, but the last two years. I must
soy that I have moved around some)
but 1 shall make it up some day ; that
is if you old tinners permit me to do
so. My /best regards to all old-timers,
I am your sincere friend, ' 1
PETER I. PETERSON. 1
James Duffy, a pioneer of Alaska
died recently at Juneau. He was a
native of Ireland and about <5 years
of age. He leaves no known relatives.
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SURPRISES NOME
The quick action of simple glycerine
buckthorn bark, etc., as mixed in
Adler-i-ka, is surprising. One spoon
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ach or sour stomach. Adler-i-ka acts
on BOTH upper and tower bowel and
removes all fold accumulation matter
which poisoned stomach. Often
CURES constipation. Prevents ap
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no more pain In back or head or gas
on stomach since using Adler-i-ka.
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