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The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

Once the public schools were thought to be primarily for the pur- pose of cultural development. But recently the feeling has grown that they ought to do more than merely give their pupils a taste for the beau tiful. One of the most frequent criti- cisms then advanced was that an education did not prepare the child for work.
 IL was due to this demand that the teaching Of vocational training began in the schools Some of the schools in the cities have come to be workshops for education in the manual arts. School men have long known that some children are hand minded. It is easy for such to do something with their hands, but al most impossible for some of them to work problem in algebra.
 The coming of this sort of train ing in the schools ought to be a great benefit. for it will enable such chil- dren to get some good out of their school life Much of the time of such children, and they are in the majority is simply wasted under the old system. All of the masters of the difficult art of teaching are not able to add an iota to their appre- citation of the beauties of the world or their understanding of the mys- teries of science and philosophy. Therefore the introduction of instruc- tion in the lines that they must nee essarily follow in their after life is one of the most important steps taken in recent education.
 Now that Fairbanks has taken a step in that direction the town may consider that it is progressing, Of course, the work offered here is very slight and it will take several years before the course can be worked up to a paying basis. The new courses will undoubtedly add a keener zest to the school for many of the pupils. An interest will be aroused and the pedagogues tell everyone that that is the first step in teaching a child
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

from four years ago. More men ar, at work. in spite of the war eyodu to Europe and there Is more work per man The pay envelope was never so numerous or so rreua or so heavy.
 Mr Hughes will probably agree fo this. but will attribute il to the war But if it is due to the war it is equally due to our keeping out of the war. and it Is therefore equally due to the Wilson administration. which kept us out of the war, r. words had given way to deeds % as Mr Hughes now vaguely demands and refuses tO define. this $3.0OO.- DOC. .000 would have had quite an other line Of distribution. II would have gone to the debit instead Of the credit side of the nations ae- count, along with as much and still more. and instead of increased wae es hundreds of thousands of these workers might by this time be get ting the reduced wage of the sol dier. insofar as they were able to es- cape death in the European trenches
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

sis The United States had an anti quared banking and currency law which encouraged panics and the situation had 70 be met without an hours delay
 The panic was stopped NIT Mor- gan and his associates are said to have made fortunes out ol their operations. and probably they did. II could not have been otherwise. but their gains We're small in comparison with the losses the country would have sustained if the panic had con tinued even week.
 Out of this situation, however came the public sentiment that final ly enabled President Wilson to obtain the enactment of the banking ;hd currency law which has made the United States panicAroof
 The country confronted similar situation of disaster in the threatened railroad strike. The President and congress took the swift and sure way 10 avert if. In itself this legis lation is not defensible. but as an emergency measure il was the only common sense course 10 take.
 The main difference between MT Wilson and Mr. Roosevelt is these two crises is that Mr Wilson took decisive measures before the damag" had been done, and MT Roosevelt waited until after the damage had been done
 The President and congress saved the country from a civil war and gave it time for calm. dispassionate action to prevent a similar crisis in the future What would be the state of affairs in the United States today if less prompt and effective mea- sures had been adopted by the gov ernment2 That is the complete re- ply 10 all this sponsible criticism.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
LOOSE PURSE STRINGS.

Both of the great parties in the national field have expressed them selves directly or indirectly in ia vor of a budget system for the na- ti0nal expenditures Before the Civii War there was a sort of budget system, for at that time the commit tee on appropriations made an "sti- mate of the money needed for the current year and then that report was submitted to congress.
 However, as time passed this com mittee was oyerburdened with work. and so the work of estimating the money needed passed gradually to each of the seven great committees Each of them, therefore. without any reference to the others, makes out the amount of money needed
 The result of this is that each has been eager to get as big a slice of pork as they possibly can. If one of them is charged with nosing too deep in the trough it immediate Iy passes the buck to one of the others. Hence it is almost impossi- ble to catch any of them at the game
 Then again the present system has produced d great deal of graft in that it makes 1t possible for q member from one of the States to trade appropriations with member of another The frequent pOstOtlices and federal buildings that have sprung up in one-horse towns show how the money has been wasted in that direction. Rivers have been dredged for navigation that, except in the rainy season, do not carry enough Wa ter to float row boat. Thus the money is wasted that the congress- men may stand well with their con stituents. It is a system that Is active in producing the petty poliu- clan in congress.
 A budget of the expense, prepared by the executive branch of the gov ernment with congress limited to reducing but not enlarging the amount, will go long way toward eliminating this serious form of graft. The United States is the only nation of importance that does not have this lock on the nations purse.
 The effect on congress would be good, as they would not have to play the game so much. Of course, it would eliminate a lot of those tel- lows that point with pride to the things they have secured from the national grab bag for their devoted followers. Perhaps the nation could then secure few real statesmen that would mix a little brains in their efforts al legislation.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
WHERE WILL IT END?

Now that the shopmen and allied crafts of the railroads in the west are threatening to strike unless q general increase is made in the wage scale the whole railroad proposition again. Each year it seems that the question becomes more acute and the quarreling parties further apart Each year there has been a step farther in the steps that the national government is forced to take.
 How far are the contestants going to carry the matter? Will it be at last government control as in France? Nor does that remedy seem cure all, for it was not 50 long ago that the employees on the government owned railroads in that country were on strike.
 While all Of this unrest and agita tion goes on the man who is the consumer has to pay. It seems that it is about time for him to do a little striking on his own account. At least he can turn his mind to the trouble and attempt to find some remedy, if such there is, for the evil.
 If he does this there seems to be a number of questions that he must ask himself First. is there any way un- der the present system that he can be helped? That is, will the two contestants come to an understand ing of their own volition? Can the government control the situation without owning the railroads? Will government ownership solve the prob lem? It is a serious situation and it demands the best thought that can be brought to bear on the subject.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
Phone 262 Phone
KEEPING CAPITAL AWAY

IL IS one of the curious phases of human nature that when a man has an opportunity to deal with cor poration in the way of selling It anything, the value Of the property immediately leaps 10 the sky. Ike. gently large dredge company tried to get options on some of the prol" erty on the nearby creeks but sn much was asked for the options that the corporation found itself pro hIbited from further action. Thi< corporation found that the country was q good one for dredging, ant was willing to commence prospecting next year if the high price of th options had not stopped them.
 The curious part of the whole mat ter is that the same parties "hH quoted the high price to the corpora. ton are willing to sell for much less 10 private individuals. Nov they have the property on their hands and no purchaser. Nor is there likely to be one on the basis tha. they demand It is a work that de mands a large capital. and the only way that can be secured is through corporation.
 The Guggenheims. once before. SC cured some options on property in this section, and they were forced tp give 1t up without installing dredges, no doubt for the same reason thg the recent representative of the cor poration did.
 Yet it is only by some method similar to this that the low grade ground can be worked The comin ot dredges to this camp would mean a great rejuvenation. IL would again become a great camp. As matter of fact, it is only by enlisting capital that some of the ground can be worked at all
 IL Is not necessary for the miner 10 give his property away, but he at least ought to give the dredge man a fair shake. That is, he ought not advance the price of the claims to q point that it is prohibitive for the dredge man to work. At least he shouldn't ask a corporation more for his ground than he would an indi- yidual. Nor should he ask more of a corporation because it can work the ground cheaper with dredges than 1t can be worked by individual min ing methods such as are in vogue here at the present time.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
19O7-1o1o.

Most of the criticism of the PreSi- dent and congress for preventing T railroad strike by the only means available is either so maliciously par usan or so foolishly short-sighted that 1t hardly merits serious con sideration.
 This is not the first time that eX traordinary conditions have necessi- tated resort to extraordinary mea sures, and that it has been neces- sary for the government to serve private interest in order to protect the public interest.
 In the year 1907 the United States experienced one of the most disas trous panics of it's history. Years were required to liquidate it.
 In the midst of this panic Presi- dent Roosevelt placed the resources of the United States treasury at the disposition of J. Pierpont Morgan and coterie of New York bankers,
 Some of these men were immedi- ately responsible for the panic, in the sense that it began in their deter imitation to crush Morse. They did not intend to have panic, but they loosed forces that they were unable to control.
 When the panic became a fact, however. there was no time to waste in fixing responsibility. The thing to do was to stop it. The quickest way to stop it was to turn the trea- sury over to MT. Morgan and his associates and let them re-establsh the market This was done.
 In theory there could be no act of government more reprehensible morally. legally and politically than to put a group of Wall street bank CTS into physical possession of the United States treasury. No sane man would think of defending it as m established policy of government. Nevertheless. there was no other method available of meeting the cri-
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

ment the same kind of powder Tor 5 cents a pound.
 Dewey and Wiison
 Both Stand By Him.
 You really cannot blame the armor plate people and the powder people for not loving Daniels. can you?
 Figures are terribly boring, so l will not quote any more. although the records disclose great many more that show the real calibre of Secretary Daniels and disprove ut terly the greed-inspired calumnities that have been spread broadcast abou, him.
 President Wilson has never weak. ened in his loyalty to his secretary of the navy. and there has never been a chance that his enemies could force him out of the cabinet. al though. of course. that has been their object.
 So good judge ss Admiral Geo Dewey is, or at least ought to be, 3s to the qualities of a secretary Of the navy, is outspoken in his champion. ship of Daniels
 It Is not likely that Daniels would exchange the confidence of Wilson and Dewey and the countless others who know what his record Is. for the approval of the armor plate. pow der and booze makers.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

The total amount of construction of new ships authorized during the three years that Daniels has been secretary of the navy is $655.289. .806
 The total during the four years of Roosevelt's second term was $83,- 192,938 and the total under Taft was $127747113.
 If Roosevelt had used one-half the energy in increasing the strength of the navy that he used talking about have been so fearful now as to what would happen to us if attacked
 When Daniels became secretary of the navy, there were just four ma chimes and four officers in the avia- tion division. Now there are IS machines and 160 officers and men.
 During the past three years over s5,000,000 has been appropriated for aviation. During the four years of Taft $6l, ,88S.06 was appropriated.
 Under Daniels the capacity of the government torpedo plant has been increased over 400 per cent and tor pedoes are being manufactured at saving of more than $1.OOO each.
 It is estimated that the government armor plant for which congress has appropriated $11 .OOOO 900 on the recom- mendation of Daniels, will make ar nor plate for about s230 per ton. as against $454 per ton which was the price under Roosevelt and Taft.
 Under Daniels the capacity of the naval powder factory has been in creased from 3,OOO,0O0 to 6,000.00O pounds per year. It costs 34 cents a pound to make powder in this fac tory Daniels inherited 80-cent-a- pound powder from Taft. The pow. der trust is now selling the govern
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
"HumiIiated'%oHioers
 Helped Make Smoke.

The rest of it has been made by the liquor manufacturers and small, but noisy, minority of navy officers, who were "humiliated" because the secretary acted upon his sincere be- lief that booze in the offers guar ters interfered with efficiency.
 The liquor manufacturers did not join the smoke makers because of the direct effect on their business of Daniels order, but because of the indirect effect The wide publicity given to this order undoubtedly gave much aid and comfort to the anti liquor forces wherever the fight for prohibition was being waged. This includes pretty nearly every section of the country.
 The price which Daniels has paid for antagonizing the armor plate mak- CTS, the powder makers and the whis- key makers, in the interest of hon esty and efficiency, is this: HE HAS HAD TO SUBMIT TO A SYSTEMAT-
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
s3,ooo, 100000 MORE IN WAGES.

From the records of employment and wages over the country in pos session of the department of labor, the Democratic campaign textbook calculates that $3,000,000,000 more has been paid out in wages during the Wilson administration to date than was paid out during the preced- ing Taft administration.
 There appears to be no reason for questioning the substantial accuracy of this figure. Wage rates are up some 20 per cent on the average
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

clamp the corners of the frame to- sether. Pin pair of curtains to each each scallop to cloth along one side, then the scallop end, then the other end and other side. Stretch another pair on the other side of frame This Is a great improvement over stretch Ing them on the floor.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

Saappy Young Wife-To be frank certainly marry again. Harrassed Husband-I'ye no objection. I'm not going 10 worry about the troubles of q fellow 1 shall never know
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
(By II. W. Rickey.J

WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept 2 How about Daniels Josephus Dani- els secretary ol the navy Is he a weak. yaciDIatins, indolent and al together incompetent person. Has the navy. during the three years Of his administration, gone to pieces physically and has the morale of its officers and men been so badly de moTaIjzed that the navy is no long CT d credit to the nation2
 II the answer 10 these question, or any one of them, is yes" why has President Wilson kept Daniels on the job
 If the answer to all of these ques- uons is no" why have the charges been repeatedly made2 What motive has inspired those who have been re sorting to every known form of pub Hcity to poison the minds of the pHblit dSttItNl iIit secretary oI lllt navy?
 some ancient phrasemaker made the observation that where there ia smoke there must be fire" This sound ed so good to the scandalmongers of his day that Dhey appropriated it to the uses ot their netartous business, and il has been the useful servant or scandalmonseEa ever since.
 There certainly has been d lot of smoke in the vicinity of Daniels and the navy during the past three years. Is there a real fire or is the smoke arrificially created for the purpose of making the public believe that there is d fire?
 Believing that all Americans are vitally interested in their navy par ticularIy at this time, 1 have tried to find out wha, is the truth about il.
 have examined all available rec ords and discussed the subject with many men in official and private life, who know, at least ought to know. the facts.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

rsad Booth Tarkinoton's "Seventeen" at the Geo. C. Thomas Mem. Li- brary.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
FACTS ABOUT U. s. NAVY
 SHOW FOES OF DANIELS LIED
INVESTIGATION PROVES THAT AMERICAS SEA FORGE REACHED HIGHEST EFFICIENCY UN- DER PRESENT REGIME, DESPITE CHARGES

IC AND PERSISTENT CAMPAIGN OF ISLANDER AND RIDICULE WHICH FOR VICIOUSNESS HAS SELDOM BEEN SURPASSED IN THIS COUNTRY.
 Partisan politicians and newspapers and magazines. taking the cue from the armOr plate, powder and whis- key publicity bureaus. have selected Daniels as the point of least resis- tance in the Wilson administration and have concentrated all of their mud batteries and poison shells against him.
 There is no denying that the ef, forts have been more or less sue cessful; that a good many people who have no personal knowledge of the facts are saying: How about this Daniels person? WHERE THERE IS MUCH SMOKE THERE MUST BE SOME FIRE"
 The final test of the capacity of the supreme boss in any business, public or private. is the degree of efficiency with which the business functions.
 Obviously, no man can say with certainty that our navy is efficient until it has successfully met the test of war.
 But there is such thing as theo. retical efficiency and there are cer, tain elements that the experts consld. CT when determining theoretical ef- ficiency.
 Among these elements are displace. ment, number and size of guns. mug gle energy of battery, thickness and distribution of armor speed and en- duranCe and craftsmanship.
 All other things being equal. it is assumed that the navy which scores the highest points in these elements k the superior navy By this test, the navy, under Daniels, is incom- parably more powerful and efficient than it ever has been.
 The three-year building program recently authorized by congress on tho recommendation of Sao-a,orr n,, ieIs, in response to an almost unani. nous nOn-partisan public sentiment for a greater navy, IS THE MOST AMBITIOUS AND COMPREHENSIVE EVER UNDERTAKEN BY ANY MA TlON IN THE WORLD IN TIME OF PEACE. And because of Daniels policy of having the government man ufacture armor plate, powder and projectiles on large scale in compe- ItiOn with the armor plate and pow der trusts, tens of millions of dol lars will be saved to the nation in carrying it out.
 When Daniels became secretary of the navy it was short of ships, short of men, short of officers, short of munitions, short of aircraft and be- hind in target practice. This was i following four years of Taft and 1 nearly eight of Roosevelt There can be no doubt that this was the condition of the navy when 1 it was turned over to Daniels, if fig ures and the words of experts are | to be believed.
 | The shortage of ships has been overcome by ships already built, building and authorized to the num- Der of 121, exclusive of the 90 ad- ditional ships included in the three year program.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
HOMEMADE LACE CURTAIN
 sYREYcNER,

Take a six or eight.inch board. 1% feet long. and rip in two for the sides; then two pieces same width and four feet long for tho end pieces
 Wrap with strips of cloth from old sheets or any white cloth. Tie or
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

Atkins No. Hi say, wen did 'Arold get the lower 'arf of Is face shot hoff? Atkins No. 2-Hit aint shot hoff Els a'yavnin'.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

WITH cotton at seventeen cents, the south can view the approach of old man winter with an easy heart,
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
Secretary Daniels Is Capable and Sincere.

am satisfied that Secretary Dani- els k capable, sincere man. of high ideals and that he is administering the duties of navy secretary in way that is creditable to himself and jo the country.
 So far as have been able to find, there is no basis in fact for the charges of ineAiciency and demorali- zation which have been made against Daniels and the navy.
 PARADONICAL AS IT MAY SEEM, THE BIG THINGS THAT DANIELS HAS DONE IN THE INTEREST OF INCREASED EFFICIENCY ARE THE VERY THINGS THAT HAVE CAUS- ED THE POISON CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIM.
 Daniels early in his term as chief of the navy, did what none of his predecessors seemed to have the courage or the desire to do. He de clared real war not make believe, on the armor plate combination and the powder trust, which for years with out number had gouged the govern ment.
 Later on he issued his famous or der barring liquor from every ship in the navy. When Long was sec retary of the navy he barred liquor from those sections of the ships oc cupied by the sailors and non-com- missiOned officers. Daniels order put the commissioned officers on the same non-lquor basis as the crews.
 Daniels policy as to armor plate and powder has saved the govern ment millions of dollars already and will save it many millions more, un- less another secretary of the trea- sury goes back to the old way of doing things. What the governmen: has saved. the armOr plate and the powder trust have lost
 The powerful interests in control of the manufacture of armor plate and powder have gone the limit in their efforts to get" Daniels. THEY HAVE MANUFACTURED MOST OF rrIJE, "SNInLyIH''
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
Daniels Record as Compared to Others.

ear program.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-13
Hope Will Drill Wells

Considerable excitement was
created in local oil circles last
week by the announcement that
the Hope Natural Gas Co. would
drill two wells in Sherman dis
trict. The locations were made
Tuesday and drilling will be COM
menced as soon as the rigs can
be built. One location is on the
Plant farm at Enon and the other
is on the Barnes farm opposite
the village of Russell.
No drilling has ever been done
in those sections and the outcome
of these operations will be await
ed with much interest.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-13
Spencer Road Bonds Garry

Word was received from Spen-
Ger Saturday that the road bond
proposition had carried by vote
of TAI to 377, or II more than the
three fifths majority required.
The bond issue will call for
$240, 900 and all the principal
roads OF Spencer district will be
paved. The Arnoldsburg pike is
to be paved to the Calhoun line
and the Triplett road to the Trip
lett postcffice. Work will be COM
menced as soon as possible and
it is hoped to have some of the
roads completed this fall.
These improvements will mean
much to the citizens of this coun-
ty, especially those living in the
southern part, and we should at
once take steps to do whatever
we can in the way of permanent
road building to meet the efforts
of our progressive neighbors.