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T II E A M BKIC.X X A It M A M E N T I* II Ol'OSAI.
America, always'a leader in the advancement of right and justice
in human relationships, is again the cynosure of the world's ey<* as a
result of the disarmament proposal laid before the Washington con:- • •nee
by Secretary Hughes on tin* opening day of the session.
America not only proposes to suspend naval construction for a
ptriod of ten years as a means! of obviating future war, but has gone a
long step beyond such expedient in suggesting an immediate reduction
in the world’s three greatest navies through the demolition of ixt .- of
their capital ships, including a large number of lit r own.
In voicing this sentiment to the world, the United States has not
only demonstrated a lofty sincerity of purpose which will win h*r added
laurels as a peacemaker in the eyes of present and future generations:
but. in addition, lias lifted the disarmament question far above the plane
of mere diplomatic jugglery to which it appeared inevitably consigned
and made it a question of emulation rather than of negotiation and
compromise.
It is as if America had spread her cards upon the table and said
to the world “We are willing to sacrifice a portion of our strength anrl
might in the cause of peace: dare you go as far to perpetuate it and
help bring into being a new order of human relations?”
The genius whicli prompted its utterance at the very start of the
conference has made of it an object lesson to the world rather than a
question whose solution depended upon the artifices of diplomacy and
ulterior national desires. .
What will lie the results, only the future can determine. It i«
clear, however, that the proposal places the question of armaments before
the nations in a way th<\\ cannot evade without risk of having 'heir
motives questioned, if not snspicioned. It is in every way calculated to
he an almost unavoidable test of good faith and sincerity of desire and
purpose. In addition it will have the very wholesome effect of placing
the conference on an open and above board basis that could hardly be
achieved in any other manner.
Plain, blunt and remarkably frank as it is, the proposal leaves
no doubt as to where America stands on the armament question and it
is now up to the powers to match our effort toward the perpetuation of
world peace or subject themselves to the suspicion of harboring designs
which are foreign to their protestations of desire for future freedom
from international strife.
It t I. L A I X K
That certain monopolistic interests are destroying independent
development in Alaska is now so well understood by Alaskans generally
as to scarcely warrant reference to the charges to such effect made by
John E. Ballaine of Seward in a recent appearance before the Sena*''
Committee on Territories. The fact remains, however, that in laying
the situation before the Senate. Mr. Ballaine is doing the country a service
which entitles him to the grateful consideration of its people. We.
therefore, choose, not only to commend him for his championship but also
to remark that his testimony needs no other substantiation than a brief
survey of the Alaska situation will reveal.
Everywhere individual effort is cramped and hindered by excessive
costs of transportation. The miner, prospector, fishermap and represen
tatives of almost every other productive industry complain that high
transportation rates are the chief causes of the present stagnation in their
various lines of business. The merchant likewise charges that it is
no longer the initial cost of commodities that forces him to sell his
wares at figures double and treble those of three or four years ago and
points to the tremendous inflation of transportation costs as the cause.
That he is indeed right, and that all the rest of them, the miner,
prospector and others, are right, is amply proven by a comparison of the
cos^ of commodities in the States with the cost of the same articles
delivered in Alaska. There is a discrepanccy so wide as to in many
cases represent a doubling of the initial cost of the commodity, every
cent of which is chnrgable to the'highly inflated rates imposed by the
transportation companies.
Whether the rates charged by these concerns are justified or not.
we cannot say, but the fact remains that, justifiedor otherwise, the are
doing exactly what Ballaine claim*—destroying all efforts at independent
development in Alaska. It is especially true in the case of this section,
where one steamship company enjoys a monopoly and transportation
charges are heavier than in any other part of the territory. Mining is
crippled, prospecting rendered almost prohibitive, the fishing industry is
almost obsolete, and almost every other industry in the district is in a
state of partial stagnation under the weight of the transportation incubus
that is slowly but certainly choking the life out of them.
There is such a thing as having too many spokesmen at Washington
as time has proved, but of such champions as Ballaine. men who are
nervy enough to tell the truth about Alaska conditions without fear of
monopolistic retribution, we cannot have to many, for in them is our
only hope of relief.
Any substantial effort made by the government to aid the pros
pector and miner in Alaska will redownd ten fold to the development
end prosperity of the Territory.—Exchange.
The Holiday season will shortly be with us. and it now behooves 1
our wide awake merchants to begin to plan their window displays and j
arrange their advertising material, so that the busy housewife can mak >
her purchases to better advantage.
ALL Nmol •TLttAV ILAPWL^TKI NUMIT *rtfCC
Editorial Views of Alaska Newspapers
Ami now il is reported that Judge
“Bill” Hclsheimer is to return to
the First Division from Nome as
soon as his successor arrives. But
he is not coming to Juneau, so it’s
one on Ketchikan. Juneau Sunday
"Unlock Alaska” is ;• good slogan,
but it has been “sloging” for the
past ten years. Maybe somebody
has slipped a “w” Into it and made
it “slow-gan." Stroller’s Weekly.
The blue law. blue m.se. fanatical
jcy killers who arc* responsible for
prohibition, are said now to be about
to start a war on the plumbers for
hitting the pipe Hyder Miner.
Th<* thirsty souls of Yukon Terri
tory and Atlin section of British Col
umbia will now be able to moisten
parched throats. The Treasury de
partment has decreed that wet goods
may be* transported across Alaskan
water- and lands from the Canadian
ports where such things are made
or held for sale to the stricken peo
ple of the northern Canadian inter
ior. Of course a bond must bo given
to Uncle Sam conditioned that ndne
of the liquids shall leak while within
the domain of tin* United States.— |
Juneau Empire.
Just because a fellow buys a boat
these days and says something about
going on a prospecting trip is no
sign that he's going into the hills to
look for mineral. There i- quartz,
likewi.-o quarts. Stroller's Weekly.
Down-sound residents are peti
tioning for a mail route, which i*
badly needed, if fin* many fox ranch
ers, miners and prospectors in that
section are to hi* served. There are
! mam smaller routes in the states
with good mail facilities, where other
i facilities are available. The people
j of Prince William Sound and the
: Port Wells district, arc* e ntitled ,o
| better treatment at tin* hands of the
j postal authorities.-—Valdez Miner.
ALASKA BlItDS A HE
ELYIVO SOUTH
| official* art* beating the birds in the
i flight to the South. From every
j paring to take their wing. The last
[departed for Los Angeles. District
i Attorney 'William Munley, after a
short residence of office holding in
j the North, returns to his former
j home at Portland. His assistant.
I John B. Miller, who as a young man
'ago. has been infected with the bug
and he is about to leave for Califor
! nia to make his future home. Un
ited States Marshal F. R. Brenne
; man who went to Kodiak more than
j twenty years ago, then to Katalla.
[and eight years ago to Valdez, has
already taken his family to Califor
jnia. and he will follow them when
[ he is relieved from his present dut
ies. which he hopes will not. he until
i next January, when his term expires.
1 His office deputy John H. I). Boise
is also preparing to follow suit and
will depart for San Diego so soon
as a Republican Marshal takes over
the office. He first located at Un
Alaska twenty-four years ago and
a few years later became a deputy
marshal at Nome. In* 1!»08 he came
to Valdez to serve as chief deputy
ur.derHar vey Sullivan, and has filled
that position ever since.
Some of the lesser officials in the :
division are also preparing to light >
out. And one cannot help but won
der whether it is a wise move to ap
point old Alaskans to office. So soon I
as they are relieved from office tjiey I
hit the trail for the outside and I
their usefulness to the territory
summarily ends.—Juneau Capital. j
GONE WHERE THE
WOODBINE TWIXKTH
Another member of the Organiza
tion. yea, even unto its leader, has
been laid away peacefully to rest in
a new land. He was masterful, ns
a judge and a lawyer, with a one j
hundred per cent record of purity !
before the United States Supreme
Court and the “classic” precincts of i
Ketchikan.
Always has he been a man of ex
ceptional'ability, in law and politics,
and as his Organ grinds out. "n
student, thinker and philosopher of
scholarly attainments.” A just judge,
“always fair and impartial and of
the strictest honesty.”
He has so enshrined himself iij the
respect and regard of the populace of
the Pint Dlvtiltop that aHrefswUI
th**y “think of him in th«* terms of
the allegorical picture of Justice,
blindfolded and standing on a ped
estal.-' with a lean like unto the
Eiffel lower, or hungry Cassius.
We might emulate Jawn and -ay
many more endearing, but not en
during. words of commendation
now that lie is gone. Hut the mem
ory of this jest just Judge will
ever live. In trutlf his wonderful
and pure •‘classic" will ever be per
petuated in the leaden words of gold
en thought.
Weil and nobly did he perform h:
serviiin the grand and glorious
cause of politics. Hut. alas, there
Is no worthy one to follow in his foot
steps May he find enduring rest »-i
that foreign land where now he will
enjoy well deserved rest from the
turbulent and murky water.-, of par
tisanship.
We can forgive, but never forget,
the Judge. May his declining years
be blessed with peace and content
Follow on. follow on. — Juneau
Sum! iv Capital.
tiox i i:\oi: hum: pins i with hi
. . iJuneau Sunday Capital) . .
thought to the bill submitted to
lief and development of Alasl . Il<
dechit' s that it is the result of i
of President Harding,
will tend to abolish
heaucratic control tlm:
heretofore has hampered progres,-. of
any kind in Alaska. The Governor
is of the opinion that the people of
tin Territory should get behind the
hill and give it every possible assist
ance. It is the best that can lie got
ten for the present, and while sum
might he inclined to pick a flaw here
ami there the Governor believes that
as a whole it will prove a very valu
able aid in furthering the interests
The country at large has noted
th«* blight that has l>-n fast over
Alaska and statesmen, writ.ms
people generally are a\v: kenlng to ..
realization of the n< <-e> it-. for con
structive action that will permit
throwing off th.. vole* that has r
stricted development ,.rtd curtailed
population. I’retty Mii< !) ever;, bod;,
agrees that past methods must In
improved upon, but t-e-re is some
little difference opinion as to how
improvement is to lie brought about.
a demand that there be No Hand
cuffs for Alaska." A part of the as
tide states some of the wrongs and
Alaska does not m • u bureau-di
rected development. Alaska needs
only a chance. Alaska needs to be
somewhat let alon|
Alaska is governed by thirty eight
different governmental b u r •• a u s.
commissions, and independent or
ganizations. Each makes its own
laws and regulations, if the. rules
of one conflict with the rules of the
worse for Alaska. Everthing must
be referred to Washington. A deci
sion rarely reaches Alaska inside of
six months.
• st industry.
I'he are declining. ,
unsit from desk 'oj
plied with by t In
House Committe
illimitabl*
the intrusions of .boa-loping capital
| Its forests are fenced away from the
lumberman. Only a stout-hearted
.man dare attack that army of pen
holders which defends her rolling
! meadows from the plow,
i It is a great opportune\ ’• t th-*
^ire alread\ being made. If Alaska
lean be placed under the control of a
Federal board resident in Alaska if
th«> oppnrtunities can h>
that have been given to other terri
tories in the past it Alaskan.*
themselves and all th-- re-t r.r us join
in a demand that the red tape be
• ' national asset that will make u*
too productive, to receive tin: taight
• treatment any longer
WANT STK.VMlilC I'OIJ UKST
u \iu>. r.\\ \ si i;sii>\;
The Governor i- aski: :: > .i' i hid*
for furnishing and op t; tin.' a steam
Koggiuing. (in a tut ::tlily ehedule.
bay is closed. The vessel must have
a minimum cargo r pacitv of 4n >
passenger* and maintain a minimum
speed of 12 miles an hour. A sub
sidy of $25.One for fifteen month-’
service will he paid. Bids must ho
in by noon. Thursday. December 1st,
lit 21.- Exchange.
Legal Blanks, all U.nds, for sale u(
the Nuyet Office.
A Common Error
'I’lie Same Mistake I- Made llj Many
If the trouble c,.t)i“> from tile kid~
It s time to use Doan's Kidney
1 i i ug. .Main St . Kl
says: “Doan's Kidnev Pills are an
old standby with me. .My kidney*
troubled me and I had a lame ami
riling back. I felt tired out and
my work often had to cu undone.
My kidneys did not act right, either.
Doan'. Kidney Pills always relievo
these attacks and strengthen my
hack and kidneys. I highly recom
mend Doan's to anyone for kidney
tin.-, at all dealers. Foster-Mil
THE STORE WITH A CONSCIENCE
AT SEIDENVERG'S WHERE QUALITY REIGNS
OUR STOCK OF
LADIES
AND MEN’S
Ready to Wear and Yard Goods is Now
Complete and prices are considerable
Lower than last year
IF YOU OONT SEE WHAT YOU WANT. ASK FOR IT
CHEAP JOHN STORE
High in Quality. Cheap in Price.
MITCHELL WEISBERQ. MGR.