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SATURDAV, NOVEMBER 29lh, 1919.
T,H E FEET OF CLAY.
.Mr. Wilson’s revival of t\iefunctions of the war time Food Administra
tion in an effort to relieve the sigar situation suggests that he has at last
ienlized the palpable error commtted when he so thoughtlessly dissolved the
former food control organization jhurtly after the armistice without determin
ing its possible usefulness durlrg the reconstruction period.
Not alone in his resumotion of Food Administration functions list
week but also in his recent addrss to congress on the cost of living situation.
.Mr. Wilson proved his woeful lick of foresight with respect to the post-war
food outlook of the nation in a Manner which cun hardly fail to convince even
his ardent admirers that he is xar.-ely the model of infallibility most of them;
Ilegardless of his aduinlsiration of public affairs in other directions,!
Mr. Wilson's attitude toward the serious economic conditions resulting from
ilie war has been characterise! by a singular apathy which was in no sense
relieved by his hasty appeal t» congress for food control legislation when 'he
demand of the railroad worktrs for "cheaper food or more pay" led him to
eleventh hour realization tha: the nation was in dire straits, largely as a!
result of his own negligence n lotting down the bars to profiteering almost
as soon as the hrmistice was ligned. • j
Scarcely a year ago wt possessed a completely organized and smoot dy
operating Food Administratlms, which, regardless of its numerous defects, i
was still a most effective instrument in keeping the food situation within
hounds. It enforced reguUtions for the control of food supplies rind!
placed wholesalers, large retailers, warehouse owners and cold storage men!
under a license system whiek, if not absolutely preventing profiteering >nd
food hoarding, at least was a most effective check to those propensities. In
many respects the Food Administration system was as effective for the pur
pose designed as could be desired.
Yet, despite the outstanding evidences that the return to peace ».as
likely to create an infinitely greater demand for food control measures than
existed during the short period of our partlclpancy in the war. Mr. Wilton,
for some wholly unexplained reason, saw fit to destroy the effective rind
smoothly running food control organization and send Mr. Hoover packing off
to Europe to look after the welfare of others—to the detriment of his own
countrymen and the delight of the profiteers, who were thus left to exercise
their predilections without cheek or hindrance.
In his address to congress December 2nd, Mr. Wilson referred to the
mighty problem of reconstruction with the optimistic declaration that: "It
will not be easy to direct it any better than it will direct itself and in
almost the same breath anrfounced what may be the underlying reason for
his oblivious attitude toward everything but the peace treaty in the state
ment that ‘‘the moment wo knew the armistice was signed we took the
harness off.” Yet a few weeks later we find him hastily appealing to con
gress for legislation aimed at food price control with the declaration that
the government must "assume a national control of the processes of distribu
tion." with the added admonition that: "Nothing less will suffice,’, mean
while suggesting various controlling activities, practically all of which were
In operation in varying degree under the Food Administration which he him
self had obliterated—presumably as an adjunct to "taking the harness off."
And now Mr. Wilson finds himself under the necessity of attempting to
repair the damage caused by his ill considered action by recreating the con
trolling forces of the Food Administration, with Mr. Palmer, a gentleman
already so overburdened with the terrific strain of trying to force those rats
of industry', the I. W. W., to stop biting the toe of the capitalistic boot as it
implacably treads on their proletarian tails that he is too nervous to work,
in the place of the virile Mr. Hoover.
The idol of brass has, indeed, but feet of clay! Had Mr. Wjlson
directed but a tithe of the attention to domestic problems that he devoted to
straightening out affairs abroad he most assuredly would have seen that the
release of the food control restrictions would be a decidedly ill advised act
until such time as reconstruction had reached a point where the future course
was clear and industry again on a level keel.
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AN ANSWER TO
THE ASSESSMENT
WORK PUZZLE
The question of whether the congres
sionnl resolution of August 15, 1911
suspending performance of assessmen
work on mining claims during the cal
endai* year 1919, applies to Alaska ha
been the subject of considerable specu
lotion in mining circles since its pas
sage, owing to the provision that th
.designated suspension shall not b
granted to any one claimant on mur
[than five claims. It appears, howevei
I that the query is to bo answered in th
negative, as a recent telegram reach
ing this office from our Seattle corrc
spondent suites explicitly that the con
gressional resolutions suspending as
sessment work on mining claims ii
Alaska do not limit the number o
claims to which such suspension ap
plies. Although the telegrant bnsei
the declaration upon no definite uu
thorlt.v, it is believed to be a correci
statement of fact, as the resolutior
sped and, furthermore, does not ap
pear to abrogate in any mannei
the earlier assessment suspension
enactments specifically providing for
Alaska for the years 1917. 1918, 1919.
For the enlightenment of the public
we append below the full text of the
resolutions referred to with the fu I
belief that comparison of the docu
ments will set the prevalent doubts r.t
CHARTER SIX—MINERAL LANDS
AND MININ'*. RESOURCES;
Sec. 4<i20d. R.m July 1". 101". c "1,
and Res. Oct. 5. 1917. (*. 75, extended
and Res. Oft. 5. 1917. <*. 75. extended
landed:
That the provisions of public resolu
tion numbered ten. Sixty-fifth Con
gress, approved July seventeen t eh.
1017.. and the provisions of public ft so
lutlon numbered twelve, sixty -fifth
Congress, approved October fifth. l'J17
'are hereby. exten<led to the Territory
of Alaska. The laws requiring u»
sessment work to be made upon minima
claims in the Territory of Alaska for
ti:e years nineteen hundred and seven
teen. nineteen hundred and eighteen,
and nineteen hundred and nineteen,
are her- by suspended for such periods
and no forfeiture or relocation of ant
mining claim or mining location it
»id Territory shall be permitted or atl
Judgcd for failure to do or have done
the annual assessment work thereof
for either of said years: and no min
ing claim or location therein shall bfc
held to lie forfeited or subject to rclo*
cation for any failure to have don*
the annual assessment work thereof
where the owners or any' one for hint
complied with the provisions of public
resolution numbered ten. Sixty-fifth
Congress.—approved July 17. 1017, oi
public resolution, numbered twelve,
Sixty-fifth Congress, approved Octobei
5, 1917. and amendments thereto. (Feb.
28. 1919. c. 85. 40 Stnt.)
This section is a resolution entitled
a “Joint Resolution to suspend the
legal requirements of assessment worl
on mining claims in Alaska for th<
years 1917, 1918, and 1919 and extend
ing to that territory the provisions o!
public resolution number ten. Sixty
firth Congress, approved July 17, 1917
and public resolution numbered twelve
Sixty-fifth Congress, approved October
fifth, 1917, ns amended, and for othei
purposes” cited above.
As will be noted the above specific
ally extends to Alaska the provision
of the first congressional enactment
suspending assessment work and ex
plicitly mentions that such remlssioi
shall be effective throughout the pres
ent year. It. therefore, appears thu
the later resolution, printed below, cat
hardly be applicable to the territory m
it contains no amendment or revoca
tion of tho earlier resolution, withou
which it could hardly bee »mc effectiv<
(I't'BIJC RESOLUTION No. 1ft.
66th CONGRESS)
(H. J. RES. 160)
Joint resolution to suspend the re
qui remen ts of annual assessment wort
on certain mining claims during the
year 1919:
RESOLVED by the Senate anti
House of Representatives of the United
States of America inVongress Assem
bled: That the provisions of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of thj
United States which requires on each
mining claim located, and until a pat
ent has been issued therefor, not less
than $100.00 worth of labor to be per
formed or improvements aggregating
such amount to be made during each
year, be, and the same is hereby sill
pended during the calendar year 191$:
PROVIDED: That no such suspen
sion shall be granted to any one Claim
ant for more than five claims: PRO
VIDED. That every claimant of any
such mining claim in order to obtain
the benefits of this resolution shall file,
or cause to be filed in the office where
the location notice or certificate is re
corded. on or before December 31. 1919,
a notice of his desire to hold said min
ing claim under this resolution.
SECTION 2: That this resolution
shall not be construed to alter, modify,
amend, or repeal the public resolution
entitled “Joint Resolution to relieve
the owners of mining claims who have
been mustered into the military or
naval service of the United States as
officers or enlisted men from perform
ing assessment work during the term
of such service," approved July 17. 1917.
WOMAN WARRIER
CAPTURED AT ARCHANGEL
KKM, Russian Lapland—Among the
uniformed Bolshevik! captured by the
operated for several months, was a
woman. Olga Semenova Petomtzevu,
now serving as a cook for a Canadian
mess, who presented the strange con*
trust of an Amazon who cried over a
baby’s photograph.
Mrs. Pctomtzevn, who is 22 yean
old. was taken prisonor by Canadian
troops at ITrosozero, when dressed in
a Red Guard uniform, trousers and all,
and with the Russian ammunition
pouches strung over her breasts.
She said she had left I’etrograd on
April 4, to Join her husband, who was
a soldier in a Finnish regiment fight
ing the Allies on this front. For come
time she led the life of a soldier, with
her husband. The latter escaped at
Urosoxero.
Mrs. Petomtzeva broke down and
criod, say Allied officers, when she was
questioned about a scrap book she car
ried, in which she had pasted pictures,
cut from magazines, of many babies
She said her own haby had died and
that she had no photograph of hint,
and that she was trying to find i
magazines a picture that resembled
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