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The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06
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chuaetts, the two states that get Jle most protection, pay tho lowest wages in the Uni cd States, and in Pennsylyanil especially there is more misery among the laborins class than in any state in the
 union. In that state the trusts, these thieves f the tarin system, have brought millions of the low est class of European laborers to their works and put them to work to the exclusion of the American workman. They have built whole towns fer these foreigners and in troGuced the company store. The foreigner was in debt to the com pany, his fare from his home in Europe He was put in a company tenement house. and was compelled 10 buy in the company store. The rest of the story is story of ac- tual, positive slavery. Of course that foreigner never got out of debt, and never will, and himself and children, and often his wife were compelled to work at the wages that the company saw fit to give them. Of course an education of their children is entirely out Cf he question. That family are slaves under the worst form of slavery that ever existed. That family is simply specimen of all families that constitute the laboring class of Pennsylvania. If this condition only existed among the foreign la bOrer in Pennsylvania, it would not be so awful, but naturally the American laborer was compelled to compete with him, and the condition of the foreigner was imposed upon him. and that is the condition of the tariff taxed Pennsylvania labor CT. And such is the condition more or less of all laborers in America who work for the trusts, The condition of the laborer gets better as the eastern states are left behind and you go toward the western states. As you get into the states where the population is not so dense, the wages get higher and the condition of the laborer gets better. In later days the con- dition of the laborer in Pennsyl- vania has been materially improved by their labor union organizations
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06
4 FITTING RECEPTION.

When -he eah:uee ministers paid their visit 10 Fairbanks la~r summer "producc exhibition" ~as arranged for their benefit. and l. was ad- mitted on eyerg hand fGat ]. was he biggest success rser pulled of in the North. The actual work iu connection with the aualr Was ac- comPli-hed in something l.ss than two days. Irs success was entirely dependent m the fact .ba- all were willing tc lend a hand and TO par tieular "-ocicty" er political clique was allowed to monopol.4e it- man ascmCut
 In spite of the fact tba, last year Wa very poor enc for rhe local gardens. the exhibits of flowers and vegetables were creaitablo in the cy- irene. and 'he hoaaeifal dpnarar.rus were revelation to tha-o in a.or- dance. I, was a splendid success. aa nat ucar'y SD great a ono as can le accomplished with more tim for preparation If it fz determined early in spring O hold another aaw. er and produce exhibition when tae eoneres-iona1 doleeatn ri-;.- us. such a display can he made a- will make these cangres-mea sit up and saae notice.
 And there can be ra hettcr way of mHrcs-ing our visitor. with tHe re=oHrces of inc Tauan2 vaIIsy hn ny showing" Ohem. This ocular demonstration goes infinitely far- rher than oral explanation r. is safe 10 say that tlo gilded cubes built fir the benefit of H.-srs Wioh- ersham and Naael impressed them more with the lmmensity of the placer output of the Tanona than would a weeks reiteration on a platform of the fact that tho Fair banks district had produced nearly fifty millions. And when they saw the splendid specimens of vegetables and the beautiful flowers they could no longer doubt the richness of cur soil although it would probably have Lecn very hard 10 convince them of it before they had visited Us.
 Let Us make up our minds to he prepared with flower and produce show for cur visitors that will he the best advertisement that Fair banks could get. Make it a two or three days affair and let Flower Show Week be a regular institution Put is management, as last year. in the hands of the city council. and invite all our friends on the creeks 10 take a hand. There will be profitable results from the energy expended.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06
PROTECTION DOES NOT HELP
 WAGE SCALE.

The cnly argument that i now left in favor of a tarin for protsa lion is that it enables the Amer can workman to maintain the high American standard Of living. That such Losh has been able to infu- cucc the American voter, and espec- iaIly the American workingman is beyond comprehension. l. is a lie out of the whole cloth, and the mCanest lie that the devil has ever had the nerve to tell Of course the workingman who is the real victim can be forgiven. He has had no means by which he could get at the
 ruth. From birth, ill abject pow erty throughout his life, he has depended entirely upon the job held from the trusts, for the bread that he eats and the clothes that he wore When election day approach ed and his boss came to him and told him that if the Republicans did not win in the election, that the works would be shut down, the pcor fellow saw nothing but star yation for himself, his wife and children, and may be an aged father or mother The real argu- ment to their workmen, by those fiends who have been getting bill lions of dollars annually from the consumer for nothing on account of the high prices by reason of protective tariff, has always been the threat of starvation to them and their families. Not so much the full dinner pail as the empty stomach. It is only natural that the poor unfortunate slave under those conditions would not stop to do much reasoning along the lines of political economy, but would think only of that job, and of his wife and babies, and not take chance, and walk up to the polls and vote as the boss told him to vote.
 It seems strange that in the sec tions of the country where pro- lection is most given, that the wag- es are lowest and conditions of the working class are most miserable of all In Pennsylvania and Massa-
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06

son lu'. and one which in many aara.a.arz directly opposes the leg #zla=au suggested. hy the senator from Minnesota
 \ further quotation from the News editorial reads as follows. The Citizens extension of the stue ..us H.w the newspapers of fine Eas- took editorial notice of the r..a~. 1rAEyEIING THAT IT SHOULD uE THE DELEGATE FROM ALASKA WHO GAVE THE FIRST EXCUSE SINCE THE CIVIL VAR FOR THE USE OF THE MAGE IN THE HOUSE OF REP EESENTATiyEs."
 The ,,us.h 70 which the editor of .He %eNs will go along the line of nrr. and mafutfsratei uuruthful ness I+ indicated by this paragraph when it is compared with wha. the "i.i~en actually did say. Here is he paragraph in the Citizen. not aa. word being added or emitted:
 "The local papers make no edi- .ar.aI comment on the occurrence to- day. aut the Eastern papers have done SD. confning their discussion Hrmlina'Iv. however. to the fact of sha ht- rical mace being brought s..a u-a."
 Is ]. any wonder the Citizen real fz7s -hyr. is little chance of the public being afforded an "unsarb'ed" account of any happening of inn n.rau.e through the columns of the New-Nuer2
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06
OFFICER FROZEN ID DEATH

PANAMA, Feb. g.. - First Lieu tenant Solomon 5. West, 10th infan- try, stationed at Nome, was frozen to death yesterday.
 He was on special duty with the Alaskan road commission and was engaged in stalking trail five miles from Deshow roadhouse, 55 miles from Nome.
 Mrs. Davenport, wife of the dep uty marshal, who was accompanying him, mushed to the rOadhouse and gave the information. The body was afterward found by he deputy marshal.
 The news of the unfortunate af- fair received by the officers at Fort Gibbon says that the blizzard was the worst ever known there.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06
THE BALTIMORE JUBILEE.

lt was rip-roariug day and night they had at Balimorc-a real love feast. a genuine jubilee. There were good things to eat and drink. good things to say and hear. good things to celebrate. good things to lrok forward to; the gyid nces of a good fight won. the assurances of a good time coming Bellies and hearts wore full; wine and hopes bubbled; the cocktail crowcI the day,dawn; the canyasbacks. and the coens Va m7osed m twinklng, and the elephants folded their ears like the Arabs and silently sneakcd away.
 Truly. it was a hot time of har- mony in the old town by the Chesa, peake. harmony. as the speakers were particular 10 explain. not in posse. but in esse. Tt has been gen, orally stated in inc public press" said Champ Clark, that this meet ing is for the purpose of securing harmony among Democrats. That is not true, for harmony already ex- ists among Democrats, and this meeting is for the purpose of main taiuing rather than securing har- mony."
 And the way 10 maintain harmony, he further explained. was for the good fellows who had got together 10 stay together in the redemption of the pledges which had brought thsm together and given them a loug-dolayed opportunity to jollify. + was easy - just as easy as keep, ing in the middle of the road at monday. And over in New Jersey at the same time Woodrow Wilson was lifting the veil from the same horizon. The opportunity of our day in the fId of politics." he was saving no man can mistake who can read any. even the most su- porGcial signs of he times. We have ncger seen a day when duty was more plain, the task to he per Formed more o5yi us, lhe way in which to accomplish il more easy Q determine"
 All in all tue law and inc proph- cts of the Democratic situation may be summarized in a scnt.nce: liar mony may hc maintained by the Democrats by the fulGumcut of the pledges by which they won a chance to "col,hratc." any other sort cf harmony will prove worse than the huzks on which they have been feed ing during these years of famine for fl would inevitably insure yet longer years of famine.
 Mir. Clark. in the eXuherance of the hour of jubilee, was sure that We -houId elect not one Democratic president, but six, Let Us hope so; bal let us not rely merely on hope louisville Courier Journal.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06

vii! have of seeing for themselves inc conditions which prevail here -boald be of inestimablc benefit to them in their efforts to shape suit. able legislation for the country; and, ii the right men come. il should be possible to have that legislation passed upon and put on is passage in the house and senate in a far shorter time than hereto. fore has been the case. The right men 10 come are. undoubtedly. repre- scnta,iycs from the territories cam- minees. from the judiciary commi.- tees and from the public lands committees.
 Hitherto the greatest hindrance to the passage of measures introduced by Alaska's delegates has been the appearance before the several com mtrces of a number of hirelings f the corporations. The word of these paid lobbyists. when they out numbered the delegate, has been allowed 10 outweigh the recommen- da.ions of the representative of all the people. This has been be cause the members of the commit. tees have never been in Alaska and have had to rely entirely upon what they have been told. So well have the corporation funkies earn cd their hire that they have been able 10 convey the impression that he three delegates sent from Alas ka were never to be relied on, and that they represented only the rad, ical element in the country.
 Should several of the members of the territories committee and the public lands committee be among the visitors this summer they would be able to acquaiut themselves with tho status of many matters they later would have 10 consider in com mittce They will be able 10 rc- flute alike the exaggerated state mants of either lobbyists or dele ga,c. While here they will be given numerous object lessons in regard to c-nditi.us which have come to be considered oucrous. and they can form their own opinions as to the need for relief.
 Their coming should prove of vastly more importance than was ,he visit of the two cabinet ministers last summer. These men will have. what neither Attorney General Wick, crsham nor Secretary Nagel posses sed. the power and opportunity to initiate legislation, If the visitors are fayorably impressed with the country. as each undoubtedly will he. then wil' Alaska have II dele gates to congress instead of one. The dcloeation will be bipartisan and. a. such. is mcnhers will be heenly alive 10 opportunities to strike blow to encourage party favor. Wfcbcrsham and Nagel were a par cf the administration and saw only through the eyes of the administra. tion Dycd-in-the-wooI corporation men, their masters behest was al ways uppermost in their minds they knew what that master want ed them 10 say and they reported accordingly.
 Judged in it's proper light this visit of the congressman is cf as much importance as would be that of President Taft. While there is a possibility of the latter being pre- vailed on to come North this sum
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06

mcr it is probable ;he possibility is a remote sue. His promise to do so has been made twice, and it yet remains uufulnlied If he should come, however, he will find his past W'crauccs regarding Alaska and Alaskans have little foundation in fact. He will also be shown that here is no portion of the territory over which old Glory waves. the residents of which will go further out of their way to honor the office of president of the United States.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06

them is the Rer A Pohor,ncc. who said:
 Several instances of this sort of practice have been brought to my attention, and l know of eases so repulsive in their details that l could not give them to you To print.
 And yet, the principal argument in favor of high protective tariff is that the tariff enables the Amer ican workman to maintain the high American standard of living
 Pennsylvania furni hes full evi- dence of the "soundness' of that ar gument.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06
GOOD NEWS.

The announcement that con- gressional delegation of five sena- tors and five representatives is to visit Us this summer is good news. The opportunities these gentlemen
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06
THE LOVE FEAST.

With the announcement of the coming visit of the congressional delegation the need for organization on tue part of the Democrats in the district is emphasized, and 1t Is for
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06

If you have heard it whispered that the Democrats banquet was gotten up by politicians, for the benefit Of politicians, don't you be licye a word cf #. Come and be fully convinced that that whisper was fal.ehund
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06

The Masonic ball was a full eve ming dress affair. following is an cicnt traditions and if is wsll that it should be SO. The democratic banquet will not be a full dress affair. also following is ancient traditions of Democratic sogrdough simplicity even in dress Come in your Levi Strauss. You are wei como
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06

Do you believe that the people of Alaska are as intelligent capable and patriotic as you can find in any other state or territory in.t the United States, for self government? Then come to the Democratic ban quet. But if you think thag all the other people of Alaska are ignaram- uses, grafters and undtsirables, cX- cept you, stay away; that is no place for you.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06


 John Mitchell, and it is safe to say that the only relief that the laboring class has ever obtained in the densely populated districts, was by and through the labor unions. Tariff has never affected in the least the rate of wages. Wages have always been regulated by the supply and demand of la Dor. To show one picture of real life among the laboring class of Pennsylvania We will quote the fol lowing from the San Francisco Star:
 Pcnnsylyania enjoys the ripen- cd fruits Cf protective tariff policy Her tariff benefciaries are the riChCst. the most arrogant the most corrupt the most bestial of any tariff benefiCiaries in the world. Her tariff victims, those who labor in the tariff protected mills and factories. are the most slavish. the most helpless in their degradation and misery of any tariff victims Cn earth.
 Some eighteen months ago. condi- lions got so bad in protected Penn 7ylvani1 that President Taft ap- nCintcd a committee to make an in vcstigation. That committee uncov- cred a system. took the lid off the protective policy so 10 speak Its findings knocked the full dinner nail" argument of the high protec- 'ionist into the scrap heap. The testimony brought out was much f if unprintable. As a bare sug- "csrion of what high protective tariff means to those who labor. he following is taken from cor respond nee which aDDeared at the timc in the Philadelphia Ledger:
 The chief trouble seems to lie with the attitude of the various fore men toward the operatives, and in this connection your correspondent listened 10 an almost unbelievable uttCranCc of a Slav striker. sneak ing on Indian Mound. the strikers resembling ground this afternoon This foreigner told a company of 'ooD men that in order to hold his foh under the particular foreman that had charge of his department. he was compelled to sacrifice his wife and later his daughter to the foreman.
 '"The rovolting statement was re- "ciyed with little or no emotion by the men who heard it, they having become used to hearing of affairs "f this kind. but it was the first time any enc of their number has been braZen enough to make public ly the terrible statement.
 Ministers were asked their oDin ion of the statement; some of them were surprised and seemingly shocked, and others took it cool lv as being old news. Several we'll known Catholic priests are assidu- ous workers among the men. Among
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-22

will be electricity, furnished them by the
Cananea Consolidated Copper company.
Director A. J. Warner, of the company,
has been at the property for the past
week, returning to Duluth this week.
Espiritu Reorganized.
The reorganization OF the Espiritu Santo
Gold Silver company has been perfected,
the new company being the La Ventura
Metals company, incorporated under the
laws of the state of Delaware The
capitalization IS 100000, consisting of
$4,000 shares at SO par.
The company will issue 10000 shares
to take care of the 10000 shares in the
old company. the basis Of exchange be-
inc one share in the new company for
two in the old The old stock is $3.50
par, so the new company will be giving
2 for l par value.
The company owns IS pertenencias of
valuable ground in the Chispas district,
and its principal veins are combinations
of those of the Chispas property of the
Pedrazzini Gold and Silver company.
On account of present unsettled condi-
tions work viii not be resumed at
present.
Six furnaces are now in operation at
the Greene Cananea snelter. From pres
ent indications the April output will sur
pass that of March. The bullion yard
at the smeIter is being enlarged so that
it will accommodate two times the
amount as at present.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-22
SUGGESTS CHANGING
TEXAS STREET NAME
County Surveyor Eubank
Thinks Name Should Be
"TeXas Alameda

County surveyor J. ". EubanlI has
suggested that the city rename Texas
street and call it Texas Alameda, and
that this name apply to the road all the
way TO Fabens.
Texas street connects with Alameda
avenue between Poplar and Palm streets
and Alameda avenue connects with the
county road. 1t is proposed TO park the
thoroughfare q distance of nearly So
miles, but this would not be practical as
far as Texas street is concerned. City
engineer Herbert Num- and mayor c. Z.
Kelly are in favor of remaining the
street, but no definite action has been
contemplated. 1t is a suggestion similar
to the one made to name the county road
running west, the Anthony Riverside
drive which found favor but never ma
terialized.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-22

his whiskers, one on one side of the
limb and one on the other, like pair
Of saddle bags, until Uncle Ashdod re-
covered from his faint.
Then there was a terrible battle.
Uncle Ashdod put up his hands and
took a good hold OF the limb. and be
gan to kick the lower end of the pike,
and the pike frightened it's grip ON
Uncle Ashdod's whiskers and began
to slash at his legs with its cruel bony
tail 1t looked like about an even
fight, for if Uncle Ashdod had boots
on, the pike had tough scales, and
there they fought, face to face I'm
Gle Ashdod said he never in his life
saw anything so awful as the look in
that pixies eyes as it hung there.
Already Uncle Ashdod's boots were
slashed to strips and every blow of
the pixies tail cutting him to the bone,
while he hadn't seemed to make any
impression on the tail Of the pike, and
he was giving himself up for lost.
He didn't have knife or any sort of
weapon to aid him And then, as a
sort Of last resort, he took one hand
from the limb and tickled the pike in
the ribs
Uncle Ashdod says he had never
heard that pixies were ticklish, but he
had never heard that they were not,
either, and when a man is on the
verge Of death he will try anything as
a last resort, so he thought he might
as well try tickling the pike as any
thing else.
Well, at first the pike seemed more
amused than anything else. 1t sort of
screwed up the corners of its mouth
and grinned, but in minute or two it
began to chuckle inwardly So Uncle
Ashdod kept right on tickling it. He
says it was the most weird thing he
ever saw in his life, to see that pike
chuckling away as If it was in the
best humor and at the same time
glaring at him hatefully with its eyes.
So he tickled it a little harder and it
began to gasp between its teeth but
it did not loosen its hold on his
beard in the least So he tickled it
little harder and said: "Ketchy-
ketchy-ketchy" Well, that was too
much for that pike Its sides began
to heave and palpitate with laughter,
and its tail curled up and it tried to
throw its head back the way a man
does when he hears an awfully good
one and is going to give a mighty
hearty laugh, and it began to gasp.
When that happened Uncle Ashdod
says he began to have hope, and he
pulled his finger back and sort of
cork-screwed it toward the pike and
said:
Creepy mouse. creepy mouse,
tickely. tickely, tickely!"
At the last 'tickely" he says he
dug his finger into the ribs of the
pike, and the pike seemed to simply
double all up with laughter, and sud
denly it opened it's mouth and shout
ed: "Hal Ha! Hal" and turned blue
in the face and fell spang to the
ground as dead as a door-nail
Uncle Ashford says that Of course
he hated to take life in that way, but
he was sort Of forced to do it in
self-defense. I asked him what he
really thought of the fight and he said
he was still too wrought up to say.
asked him what he thought the pike
thought of a fight of that kind, and
he said he guessed the pike liked
it; he said the pike seemed tickled
70 death.
Copyright. 1903. by w G. Chapman.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-22
CANANEA MINE Is
ADDING EQUIPMENT
Espiritu Santa Is Reorgan-
lied as La Ventura
Metals Co.

Cananea, Son, Mex. April 22.-The
Calumet & Sonora has been receiving
considerable new equipment during the
past week, which included two new iigs
and three Diester tables. These will be
installed Immediately The iigs viii re-
place two of the three now in use, while
the Diester tables viii be added to the
present mill equipment. The company
has not been shipping for the past two
weeks and has discontinued shipments
until the plant is overhauled and the
electrostatic plant is installed and the
mill and mine electrified, as the power
to be used by the company in the future
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-22
NEARLY $4,000 BEING
SPENT ON COTTON AVENUE

Nearly $4,000 is being expended by
the city on the improvement of Cotton
avenue running up through Highland
park. Thirteen teams and 60 men under
the supervision of street commissioner J.
w Brady are at present employed on
the grading work which is progressing
satisfactorily.