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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-02
NOME ALASKA, JULY 2, 1917.
EXCESS INCOME TAXATION.

The proposal of the senate finance committee to place war tax on what is generally termed "excess" profits may be considered as one of the most timely and sensible proposals to which the august governing body has given it's attention. As to it's justice there is little question although it's applica- ton will probably make many a bond holder sauirm with wrath and male- diction.
 And the larger their income the greater will be the howl that will be sent up to high heaven at the rank discrimination that is being displayed against the solid interests.
 Yet, though their clamors may fill the earth and the skies above, their is no discounting the fact that such tax Is eminently just. And there should not only be a tax on large profits but also on all large incomes.
 The poor man who answers the call to war sacrifices home family and often life itself, in the service of the country without the slightest hope of return aside from the salvation and future we'll being of the nation.
 On the other hand the larger proper ty owners. the solid business and pro- fessional men, the men who control the great corporations and represent the larger aggregations of capital, are men of mature years and usually un- available for active army service by reason of age and impaired health and are therefore dependent on the younger and less prosperous citizens for the protection of their wealth.
 Under such conditions 1t is only fair and just that they should bear their share of the burdens of war by con- tributing financially, according to their income. By no manner of peasoning can 1t be considered as other than just that all citizens should bear an equal share of the burdens which are forced upon nation by conflict and should equally devote themselves to it's safe ty and protection. And if they are not able to do so in one way they should do so in another If they are not able to share in the primary duty of bearing arms in the service of the country they should, if possessed of large means. contribute financially, according to their income, to the SUD- port of the armies and the widows and orphans of those who perish in the de- | fense of the nation.
 Another and equally important req son why those of large income should 1 be taxed in direct ratio to the volume l of such income Is that they alone share in whatever profits are to be | derived from war.
 The poor man receives nothing from war save the benefits of peace when
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-02
NOTICE.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
"PenaIizing Health Education
. Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your publication of the letter from
Dr. Charles +. bolduan, of the New York
City Department of Health and your edi-
torial comment thereon supporting the effort
to have second class mailing privileges con-
tinued for the monthly and weekly bulletins
of the Health Department is a timely SER
vice to the cause of health education.
It so happens that during the administra-
ton of Commissioner Ernst j. Lederlc the
undersigned had occasion TO handle the de-
tails of the application for the Postoffice
Department, which resulted in the entry of
the monthly and weekly bulletins as second
class matter. On looking up the regulations
TO see if this important advantage could be
secured for the health educational publcs
tons Of the department We were surprised 20
find that specific provision of the rules
allowed state health departments to enter
their publications, but that the only posi-
bilty Of city department obtaining sim
liar privileges was to qualify under a gen
eral classification covering scientific and
educational organizations. We made the APP
plcation under that clause. having noticed
that health departments of smaller cities,
such as Toledo, had already succeeded in
entering their bulletins as second class mat
ter. The application was duly referred to
Washington and eventually granted for both
the monthly and weekly bulletins of the New
York Department Of Health.
According TO Dr. Bolduan, the Postofiicc
Department now indicates that the applca-
ton should never have been granted, since
the rules ION the present interpretation
clearly imply the exclusion Of municipal
health departments from the category OF
scientific and educational agencies II this
Interpretation is found correct the rules
should certainly be amended. On the face
Of the matter, it seems preposterous that the
highly organized Health Department Of New
York City, with its constant and commenda-
bic efforts TO reach population Of 100000
With sound instruction in matters OF per-
sonsl and public hygiene, should be denied
postal facilities which are specifically made
available to the Health Department Of q
state like Nevada, with its population Of
$4,000 CURTIS r. LAKEMAN,
Executive Secretary, American Society for the
Control of Cancer
New York, Feb. Is, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
Benevolent Torpedoes

When our diplomatic relations with the
German Empire were at length severed
there followed an explosion of loyalty in
the office Of the "Staats-Zeitung.' The
President had spoken for the country-for
all the people, and even for Americans OF
German origin there could, we were told,
be only one loyalty-loyalty to the United
States of America.
1t does not follow, however. that the
"Staats-Zetung" despaired of bringing
the country to its senses and teaching 1t
on which side its bread was buttered. 1t
is still endeavoring anxiously to convince
us that the Germans are really playing
our game if only we are shrewd enough to
wink at occasional insults and put up with
a few temporary embarrassments. Eng
lands misfortune may, as Mr.. Ridder
points out, give US a glorious opportunity
to grab something, and if only we SIT tight
a grateful Germany will probably allow
US to share in the spols. This is how he
tempts US with the spectacle of Britan's
downfall:
When one considers the tremendous in
roads that have been made into her trade
with the Orient alone it is seen how diff
cult it is to measure the vast chances
throughout the world which have been tor
pedoed into the lap of this country. The
markets that Great Britain has been com
PEELED to abandon are ours for the taking,
and if we are wise enough to keep out of
the war they will multiply to our profit
What, after all, are the lives of few
Americans compared with the riches that
Germany may incidentally torpedo into
our lap?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
German Marvels

The officer in command of the Flanders
submarine fotilla has been giving a cor
respondent of the "Deutsche Tageszel-
tung" an inspiring account Of the glories
of unrestricted submarine warfare; but
even more impressive than the story of in
discriminate slaughter is his passing ref
erence to those painful days when the
bright young men of the U-boats were not
allowed to murder all corners.
Captain Bartenbach is speaking of the
time when these young heroes were sup
posed to spare passenger vessels, when
they were forbidden to emulate the glo-
rious example of the warrior who bagged
the Lusitania and killed more than thou
sand men, women and children at stroke.
an those days" he says, (which, thank
God, are now past, our men, mostly not
vet thirty years old, daredevils aching to
get at the enemy, performed marvels in
the way of discipline and self-restraint.
Some day, he promises, the German ma
ton will hear of the aches of these young
daredevils who with bitter anger often
let twoscore or moro enemy ships sail
past" but what further evidence do we
need of Prussian heroism and self-denial
than the will TO refrain from sinking a
HELPLESS enemy incapable of striking back?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
Moral and National Suicide
,fror The Philadelphia L,dger,

b'O'l me Fhuddfiph'u iCdGCTb
ITO resume the ruthless submarine war
fare would be moral suicide" for Germany.
was the way one of the most distinguished
scientists Of the Fatherland put it last sum
mcr And the acquiescencc Of his American
confrere in this voluntary suggestion carried
with it. in addition. the idea that such n re-
sumption would not only mean moral suicide
but physical suicide for the nation as we'll.
And that is the situation which confronts
Germany to-day The act Of moral hari-kar
has been committed. The whole world, in
GLIDING all the neutrals, is aroused as never
before at the Uncxampled old-boodedness
Of the reputation Of solemnly asserted
pledges. And the circle Of condemnation is
slowly and surely widening into something
more than verbal criticism Of an oblique and
sinister form Of statecraft, so that the actual
physical suicide Of the power that holds no
treaty obligations as binding "in the face Of
necessities" OF its own invention is already
in sight The agony may be prolonged; but
the operation is already under way, no mat
ter how nonchaantly the impossibility OF re-
treating from the course mapped out may be
rcasscrted in Berlin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
Join the Allies
= of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The Earl of Derby, Secretary of State
for War in England, says: "The war is to
be even more bitter than in the past, ana
while money and munitions are being sup
piled in large quantities, men we want ana
must have. | believe the German nation IS
suffering. but still has an enormous reserve
of power and will make great and gigantic
effort to gain the mastery
As England is fighting our battle and now
needs more men and more ships to aid her
in making more effectual her not Intellectual
blockade of Germany, why should we not give
her this support by openly raising this pres
ent blockade of fear here and declaring our
alliance with the Allies?
Such move The Tribune advocated months
ago. and to-day / believe if carried out 1t
would greatly encourage our friends, the
Allies; discourage their enemies, and would
have good moral uplift for all our young
men.
Whether we will or no, the United States
is the ally or enemy Of every nation on the
globe. because American interests and Amer
lean lives are everywhere in danger, and the
elimination of the interests of other nations
from ours is impossible.
Representative Lenroot, of Wisconsin, de-
clares in favor of maintaining by force II
need be our liberties upon the sea- but that
does not mean we will vote general declara-
ton Of war against Germany or intervene IN
the European war"
Is there any policy or safety. may ask,
in this halfway measure. and is it practical
BILE? The Tribune editorial Of February II,
"Join the Entente" takes the saner view.
"Other voices" it says, "haye been raised
here in favor of conducting localized, iso-
lated imitation war with the Kaiser. This
would suit his purpose exactly" 1--WE shall
make complete common cause with Germany
other enemies, because military considera-
tons will drive us to take that course
"The Times" also speaks to the point when
it declares: 40 conduct the war all by oLr-
selves, without regard to the general plan Of
the Entente, would be the safest and surest
method of suicide" What we need at thi,
time is militant patriotism, not peace at any
price" J. c. PUMPELLY.
New York, Feb. 1s, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
MAGIC VS.. SCIENCE
A Further Plea for the Classics TO Set the
World Free

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The letter of James p. Clifford, pub
lished in your issue of February 81, was to
me something of peculiar interest and pleas
ure. ! am not one to deny that this inter
est and this pleasure may have. in part, their
source in the fact that, as the old country
man said when returning a borrowed volume
of Plato. 81 see he's got a good many o my
idees" But, in a broader sense, it is rather
refreshing to know that there are a few
especially in the young generation-who have
not bowed the knee to Baal-to-dsy's partc-
ular unitarian Basl Gan especially 'prac
teal Baal, we do assure you! o Basl, live
forever."), which tomorrow will find to have
feet of half baked clay
Mr. Clifford is certainly quite right in sup
posing that scientific and practical" people
were, even in Voltare's time, tinkering with
education. Voltaire himself was. for that
matter, although as is the case of so many
later scientific reformers, he laughed loudly
at the poor conservatives but accomplished
nothing permanently constructive. Comment
ing on his loftily entitled Treatise on Meta
physics" an eminent critic of recent times
has told us that "of metaphysics proper Vol
tare neither then nor at any other time I'M
derstood anything" He could, however, write
a readable style, which is what any number
Of hcralded practical" innovators seem un-
able to do.
Like Mr.. Clifford, do not scof at scientists.
Not at all. But ! am amused at anybody's
advocacy of science as the supreme means for
attaining the disciplinary and cultural ends
of general education. And don't believe Mr..
Wells and his radioactive substance are
going to set the world free. Worlds aren't
set free that way. Most Of the liberating of
this earth Of ours would get on very well with
out persons like the old duke in Chesterton's
Magic" who fatuously supposes that cleo
tricity must account for absolutely every
thing did read some time ago how a super
wretch killed an enemy by inserting a radio
active collar button in the back of the enemy's
evening shirt I'd sooner think that would
start new school Of crime than that Mr..
Wells is going to liberate the world with
radium or any other hocus-pocus
G. s. BRYAN.
Brookfield Center. Conn, Feb. %, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
BenzoI in Plenty

From The Philadelphia Inquirer
When the European war broke out this
country made very little benzol, because it
was cheaper to use substitutes or get it
abroad, while the local demand was not heavy
in any event. The war changed this. Benzol
is absolutely necessary in making aniline
dyes, and is more largely used in manu-
featuring high explosives, which have sud
denly become important in warfare.
Benzol is largely by-product Of coke, and
millions Of tons Of il 90 up with the smoke
every year. Now coEing plants all over the
country, and especially in Pennsylvania, are
rapidly installing apparatus which make it
easy and profitable TO conserve the benzol.
From manufacturing small quantity. which
gas, the country now produces 100000 gal
Ions of benzol a year and will soon be able TO
provide 5O,OOO,OOO.
This is a pleasing commercial development
on any grounds, and it will be Of the highest
importance in case we should go TO war. It
is a sort Of military preparedness which has
been going on in a commercial way. II prom
ises to make this country practically indie
pendent in the matter Of dyes and Of e1plo-
sives, and is capable of almost indefinite ex-
tension. 1t is also of Importance that most
OF the benzol is made in Pennsylvania, and
has added to our wealth in an unexpected
manner
War is getting to be largely a matter Of
chemistry, and the paths Of peace are trod
by an increasing number Of chemists
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
TRUST IN THE PRESIDENT


To the Editor OF Inc lrlouhe'
Sir: For two very sound reasons those VINO
voted against Mr.. Wilson in November are
now inclined TO trust him. They trust MN
because by dismissing the German Amoassa-
dor he proved that he had at least one manly
act up his sleeve, and they trust him be-
cause thew cannot conceive of any man IN MS
position not working twenty-four hours in the
day to make up for the years that have oeen
criminally wasted and prepare the country
for war.
In short, they believe him to be sane man
possessed of average common sense.
But il has not been easy for the anti-Wli-
sonites 10 reach this state OF mind IL Is
not easy for them to remain in 1t.
Each morning they read that the President
is still waiting. and that is a word that sends
little shivers of doubt through their minds.
There have been other waits, long waits ana
during them and after them there was death
and dishonor
But still they trust the President. They
believe. not perhaps that he wants to DO
right, but that he has been so cornered py
circumstances that he must do right. IL Is
rot a beautiful or frenzied trust, but 1t VIII
serve. 1t is better than nothing.
The Wilsonites are willing to forgive
Vera Cruz, Belgium, the Lusitania and all
the lesser contradictions, weather vaninSs'
if only they can remain convinced that Mr.
Wilson has turned over new leaf and IS
really putting his country before his party or
himself.
And they wish to remain convinced and
yet. as | have said above, shivers OF doubt
persist. 1t is hard for them to forget that
from hundred million Americans Mr.. WI
son chose windbag Bryan to be his right
hand man. 1t is hard to forget that at the
head Of the navy Mr.. Wilson still maintains
a bufroon, and they say:
"If he is a sane man of average common
sense. why does he keep Daniels? why does
ne not tell the great West, which has been
unable to find out for itself, that there is
difference between right and wrong, and why
oh. why. in the name of preparation, does he
not tell the country that fair exchange IS no
robbery and that every privilege involves
duty? Why does he not come out for uni
yersal service ?" GOUVERNEUR MORRIS.
Aiken, S. c., Feb. %, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
The White Outdoors

1t is not white at all, unfortunately, Tor
anv length of time in this our tickle eli
mate, and therein lies the chief reason, we
imagine. why winter sports have been so
slow TO find a foothold hereabout. Win
ter sports were one thing in those delec-
table Sunday Graphic photographs, show
ing snowclad hills and valleys and forest,
and always a ski-jumper, alluringly
snapped from below so as to convey the
general impression that he was about to
sail skyward like bifurcated comet. Win
ter sports as New Workers knew them IN
real life were quite another thing. The
snow was always melting and soled. The
ice was usually tiny pond around which
one circled endlessly--yery cheerful for
the children but not profoundly exhilarat-
ing TO the grown human beings. a very
gray business, altogether.
Evidently a new kind Of outdoors is
dawning, however. Whether the Hippo
drome skating stage deserves most Of the
credit or whether the hardy Dartmouth
College boys did the trick the historians
can decide. For the new interest right here,
more Kinks to practise in, marvellous new
skates to be purchased, crowded toboggan
slides and skating ponds at all the country
clube, we suspect that the stage skaters
our Pavlowas on ice, have furnished the
impetus and occasion. But reading Mr..
Lawrence Perry's stirring account OF
american Universities and the White
Outdoors" in the current "Scribner's' we
are inclined 10 turn our chief enthusiasm
toward those real, white spaces Of Dart
mouth and the other Northern spots where
The real outdoors has come into it's own.
Il was in the winter Of 1909'lO that the
Dartmouth Outing Club was formed. One
lonely ski-runncr had set the example
which thus crystallized; to-day the college
makes as much Of winter sports as IT does
Of football. It's strategic position, as Mr..
Perry points out, is perfect. The climate
il dry and clear, 80 that the snow lies in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26

the powdery condition best suited TO skiing
and snowshoeng. The foothills OF the
White Mountains are close at hand, and
trails Of great beauty stretch IN every
direction. To the west, across the Con-
necticut River, lie Norwich, Vermont, and
Meeting House Hill, with the beautiful
Mount Moosilauke in the distance. Cabins
have been established by the club at half
a dozen points. a long distance eXpedl-
ton TO the heart of the White Mountains
and up Mount Washington is accomplished
every winter, in addition to frequent short
trips. The annual winter carnival held
recently was the most picturesque and sue
cessfu in the history of the college.
Year before last Williams College, al
most as ideally situated as Dartmouth, be-
came interested. Two successful carnlvals
have now been held, and trips up Grey
lock and over Hoosac Mountain (Which
every cruising motorist puffs over in sum-
mer via the Mohawk TraiD are constant.
A Williams delegation is planning to join
the Dartmouth trip to Mount Washington.
Unfortunately, the list Of colleges with
proper outdoors for winter sports is not
long. But the resorts are supplementlng
the universities. In the Adirondacks, as
in Vermont and New Hampshire, there
are spots where tired business men and
their families are going in increasing num-
bers. Who knows but that in time the
cleaning white outdoors will be quite as
popular as that other outdoors, the lazy
blue and yellow of Florida?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
How Much Longer?

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II is TO be hoped that Representatives
Caldwell, Heating and the rest Of the sleeping
beauties in that national dormitory, the
House of Representatives, who scott at the
thought of ANY significance in the diplomatic
break between this country and Germany"
will sit down somewhere quietly and think
lif that BE- possible) OF what has happened
to gentlemen of their relative positions in the
Allied countries. When this country shall
finally be dynamited into consciousness
(Which will soon be-, said dormant parties
arc going to find that the demand for gentle
men who live with one foot in the pork bar
rel and the other in their mouths is at an
end and that they. with the organs, Wizards
and other denatured Americans. are going to
be put right back on ice along with the rest
of the prunes and whipped cream.
This, an unfriendly tip to them, that in the
world parade they arc not even within listen
ing distance Of the hind end.
All Of which leads us 10 the query: "How
much longer will the citizens OF these more
or less United States stand for having their
Senate and House Of Representatives used as
an aviary for somnolescent ostriches?-
Answer: Darned little.
PORTER EMERSON BROWNE.
of the Vigilantes.
Norwalk, Conn, Feb. %, 1911