The Chitina leader., 1914-12-08
LABOR AGAINST WAR

The report made to the annual convention of the Fedora ton of Labor the subject of contains much truth shows that the working people the principal sufferers from armed conflict between nations Working men furnish most of the soldiers and either directly indirectly must meet most of the The loss by the interruption and disturbance o business falls most severely this class.
 The report further points this interesting fact Before the broke ou the thoughts and efforts of civilization
 directed to the improvement and advancement of the human Since the European nations fell to fighting treated only military power Things vaued for their efficacy destroying life Big guns and little worth more than The report supports the condemnation of mtars and competitive It proposes to substitute for them tribunals for deciding the justice each international dispute and the provision of means for enforcing their judgments
 All this is indisputable in the logic of civilization the nGsputable truths of mathematics If the aborers of all would unite in saying We will not fight You take to the battle field but when there will not pull trigger the would stop But while labor in Germany France England and Austria is theoretically opposed when the crisis arrives they in to fight like ese The fudal idea of patriotism still holds If the Fedora on of Labor can convince fellow workngmen abroad t the trues patriotism lies in the securing of pacific ustc
 they will relieve civilized humanity of its greatest burden
 Seattle people begin to feel commercially metropolitan since the shipping broken day last week with carriers in port Four decades ago that city far concerned communication with the outside world isolated than Corova today steamer week from San Francisco being the maximum limit Corlova% % and industrial possibilities far brighter today with boat week from the outside, than Seattes in 1875.
 The Daily Alaskan would advise those md people of the eete east who afraid to meat because of the epidemic of cattle disease to buy few of Alaska Reds salmon taste of this king of food fish would their appetite for ee besides salmon has least double the chaore value of the best bee according to the governments food depart ment observations. 'aa# as1iaass
 Viewed from this distance appears be remarkable ncongry between American prayers for in Europe and the shipment of American material to that blood bespaered country for the purpose of proongng the war In these trying times many prayer cancelled by the money madness that has tainted humanity for ages.
 The Cordova dad" who isn't financially able to take the southern growers advice and 'sbuy bale of coon might help tte by buying bat and adornng Santa Claus with white whskers Christmas. a5 rsftg
 Dynamiters who wreck public buildings and churches in
 this country ought be depored to Europe where they can fall in with spirits of similar purposes though protesting opposite aims.
 With the nation estyng with voice to the coming prosperity still there of who waiting for melody to come along and put it into hands Seattle P-L
 Mr. Edson synthetic carbolc acid is said to be serving purnosa well and economically that the public will be
 likely encourage him in devong his energies to the produc ion of synthetic and se.vireahln heefsteak.