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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
Seattle Should Help Alaska.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.)

Following period when Alaskan trade. ir some Of its major aspects has shown marked decline, it. is more than pleasing to learn that affairs in the Northern Territory are to he brought more definitely to the attention of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
 The Western Regional Convention of that pody whleh has just closed it's sessions at Pasa- dena, Calf, decided to place two important Alaskan matters before the National Board of Directors. N
 One resolution adopted asks that the Govern ing Beard of the United States Chamber of Com merce give attention to the fostering of the sal mon fishing industry.
 It was also recommended that Alaska be excepted from the provisions of the Jones- White shipping bill. which would restrict foreign vessels from eoastwise trade
 Due, perhaps to it's detachment from the states and to popular misconceptions abont o1i mate ana natural resources, Alaska suffers from neglect In the sxty-one years of American ownership the Northern Territory has sent ont exports amounting to considerably more than $1,250. .000000. ~
 contrary to common belief this vast sum is no. made up largely by extraction of irrep1ace aDie mineral treasure Probably not mora than d quarter or It IS so accounted for The balance represents contributions by natural resources "hieh are or which could be made largely re producing and which are potentially nernot,o, sources of vast treasure And Alaska,s otoro s minerals has scarcely been touched
 The conclusion is unacceptable that a rorr eoiy "hich mas been so productive could with steaI e "s'eneoh' tos' De made more productive, in s'eau ol Deing permitted to fall into decline
 beyohd the comparatively few along tbe Do .inc ., coast who have had intimate contact with Alaska vast dimensions, every new generation aStt i1ain something of the Territory's great to tha a,o 10 sun more or less terra incognita 'o ,ae average citizen of "the States"
 o,o II Al A,aska could be picked up bodily and placed over all United States proper the eastern end mDuia 's,oa 'oucn the Georgia coast, the western 1
 ius ,.n would reach the Pacific in CaIifornia | whle on the north the Canadian border wo,,,5 ye t toueneu at North Dakota and on the sontb | IL would extend to the line between New Mexioa and Mexico. Ne" Mexlco
 If placed in this position A1aoLa .., ,Wehty-three States and the western end os .oser Superior. ~ ehu or Lake
 ny nature of geography and by rigbt os ,ast enterprise, seattle is the gateway to this ao' enipire or the North. We should not h. 'uf interest in any efforts which may ba sn,a 0 promote it's development ~ possioie
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
RATHER LATE BUT STILL GOOD.

in spite of the circumstance of the old saving 'hat self-praise is half scandal, we shall not feifain from calling attention to the fact that the article which is going the rounds of the Alaska press. for the second time about James T. fozards being the head of the companies that are building and will operate the Ambassador bridge between Detroit and Canada was prepared Ill lhe Empire office and published in The En- piie last May The data was taken from a mono graph issued by the Detroit International Rridgo Company, of which MT Fozard is viee-presidoot : and General Manager last April 26 A con, of the monograph was by Mir Fozard to The Empire.
 However it is good story and worth the revival
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
WANT BOTH PROHIBITION
 AND LIQUOR.

Dr. Raymond Pearl, who is said to hold moro earned college degrees than any other American confered upon him by Dartmouth, University oi Michigan, Leipzig. College of London, Carnegie Institute, and two universities in Naples Director of the Institute for Biology at Johns Hopkins for the last ten years author of many scientific books monographs, etc. has made careful study of Prohibition, both pubieist and a scien- tist. He concludes that Prohibition does not pro- hibit and that Americans do not want it to do so. He says Prohibition caused reduction in the consumption of liquor. Instead it con stantly increased from the early '70s when only a few States dry, until the adoption of Pro hibtion made it impossible to get further sta tistics notwithstanding that in the meantime half or more of the States had gone dry by 1917. The only statistics that we now have to judge of the quantative of ntoxicants are those that give the number of deaths through alco- holism, and that is higher now than it was in 1910, when less than IT per cent. of the people lived under Prohibition laws
 However, as observer and a publcist Dr. Pearl thinks the people of the United States want both Prohibition and liquor This. he thinks is true today as it was back in the days when his native New Hampshire had both Prohibition and saloons-as many saloons. running wide open as she afterward had under the license system.
 He concludesa
 The American psychology regarding
 Prohibition is basical1y only a form of
 the sort of make-believe and dressing
 up that every child ndulges in No one
 would think of calling child hypo-
 crite because he dresses up as a cowboy
 or a policeman. Other peoples are in
 other respects just chld-like and
 naive in their psychology as the Amer-
 cans are about Prohibition. For ex-
 ample consider the problem of why
 Englishmen wear silk hats (They still
 do.) It is apparent to the meanest in-
 telligenee that silk hat, considered as
 hat Is a poor and ridiculous thing
 It is uncomfortable it is ugly it is
 easily damaged by the elements against
 which it is supposed to be a protection
 Why then do Englishmen generally and
 American undertakes and politicians in particular, wear it? For a simple req
 son. The silk hat is a symbol of re- spectability. Expensive as silk hats are
 they still offer the cheapest of all known
 ways to achieve the outward semblance
 of responsibility.
 In precisely similar way National
 Prohlbiton is the silk hat of the Am
 erican people. 1t ensures our renecta
 bilty and has never so far interferred
 with tlhe desired consumption of al
 cohol We are psychologicaly not a real
 istic people, but on the contrary q
 naively idealistic folk
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITES LATEST ON
 GOV. SMITH.

William Allen White sometimes called the Sage of Emporia' who devoted a good deal of time during the recent political campaien mat ins ana retracting and reierating charges against 'oV smith has just published book Masks III rageant In which he discusses prominent Americans with whom he has come in contact He tells what he knows and thinks of the e;ebt Presidents, from Cleveland to Coolidge whom bo has known But particularly interesting in view Of his youable activity during the late Pres- dential campaign is Whites reference in his book to Coy. Smith. In his tribute he says.
 He can be loyal to a friend but he
 can go to the stake for an idea over
 the body of his friend--and keep his
 friend $ His brain won his ad-
 yersares His heart held his friends
 He elected President of the
 Board of Aldermen. He was honest,
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will climb up on tn e elevated chairs in q modern shoe-shine par Tor to get it.
 If there eyer is simpler way of getting rid of the dishes after a meal found. it will be discovered by gent who has grown weary of having his wife hand him a dish towel just as he was sneaking away to read the paper.
 After the familys experience of trying to live on fathers salary, daughter feels justified in detour- ing around the love of any fellow who'll have to buy the engagement ring on the installment plan
 You always can find just who are the ladies in the community woman dislikes by checking over those who failed to receive invi- tations to her big party.
 The only reasonable explanation of why flappers survive the winter is that Jack Frost gets so busy getting an eyeful he forgets to pinch them.
 Another brute is the husband who won't bring his wife candy just because when he does she eats too much and next day has a headache that makes her crosser'n an old stick.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
 No. 6l

 In the District Court of the
 United States for the Territory
 of Alaska, First Division, in
 Bankruptcy.
 In the matter of ]. M. Giovan-
 etti, Bankrupt.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that pursuant to an order made in the above named matter and Court, the undersigned, will re- ceiye bids for the purchase of the stock of general merchandise of the said bankrupt, at my office, No :, Valentine Building, up to the z1st day of December, 1928. at three o'clock P. M.
 Terms of sale, cash on day of sale, subject to confirmation by the Court. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
 The inventory of said stock of mechandise can be seen at my office.
 V. A. PAINE,
 Truotaa in nanIxr,ntox,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
heir Fault

Some people believe in evolution. and then there are a lot of wives who think their husbands ought to be living in trees.-Sam Hill in Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Yeah, because they are eontin- ually making monkeys out of 'em. Tip, in American Legion Coun- cillor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
Woman and Her Ways

'o'' u''u 'TcF ways A wife may lose her head But you can bet lung That when her head she does She never does her tongue.
 Sam Hill She lost her head and long e'er that
 She lost her heart, you see; Now she must never lose her step, Else, she'll in pieces bel
 A Reader. Well, when she goes to pieces, this You'll never fail to find To her dear husband she will give A large piece of her mind.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

Dr. Pearl thinks Americans want both Pro- hibition and liquor. He believes, and everybody knows he is correct. that they are getting both That suggests the declaration of pr Doran. head of Prohibition enforcement in the country when he said in an interview: Even the vets must admit that Prohibition is better than no liquor at all"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
Too Optimistic

Why, you are all weti" exclaim- ed the stenog.
 Yes growled the boss, "so's the weather report-it said Fair and l came off without my um- brella.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
sez Grandad-

It used to be another mouth to feed,' but now the big worry is another dent in the fender" or another squeak in the car"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
The Idea

It is getting so a woman doesn't dare to stoop over unless she is willing to let the world see for itself how far it is from where the stockings end to where the other things begin.-Sam Hill in Cincinnati Enquirer.
 They're like an expert photogra- pher-they know the right sort of development will take care of little over exposure.-Judd Lewis in Houston Post Dispatch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
 By SAM HILL
By SAM HILL.

ooPes Badly Handicapped II the reduction dopes she buys Fer make her thin, her husband twill surprise, For she eats her three-squares 2 day
 And draws the line at taking exercise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
Goinq. Goina. Gonel

Machine Age to Simplify Dress. Headline.
 It already has been so smplified it looks as if the only possible way of simplifying it any further would be just to discard it altogether.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
Something Ought To Be Done

These muddy, sloppy days. When the bespattered legs we
 see, We wonder why they don't Invent mud guards for hosiery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
More Moonshine

His wife is suffering from corns, she tells me- said the Missus.
 Well, saw him last night and he looked like he was suffering from corn," grinned the Mister.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

Is it fair to inquire whether or not Mr Whites book is another reiteration of his high opinion of Gov. Smith another retraetion of the nasty things he had said about him?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

hard-working, good-natured, painstaking and at base. for all his happy Tam many irregularity, he was becoming a free man. He the the kind who owed good company. a good cigar. a good story after good drink, and he was never ashamed of 1t. He was a mans man. The primrose path never lured him. +* Smith makes no pre- tense Of erudition, but no one who ex- amines his career can deny his wisdom Smith has exactly the faults that mark ed Jackson and Lincoln Backwoods virtues in education become back alley excellence.
 Well, to be fair we had as well forget amnaion and .a4.o aru xxr...,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
Musinus of Married Man

When a man is sick and his Vile is the nurse there usually are two of them who hope for a speedy recovery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
More Or Less True

A woman has to want a shine mighty bad and either be long on courage or short on modesty, if she
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
The Difference

Though he gets balder than a bil.
 Hard ball,
 A man wants not to die But when her first gray hair a
 woman spies,
 She always wants to dye,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

There are indications that many Republicans are already wishing that the Solid South were still solid
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
Passing Observation

Sometimes seems like our ene- mics ought also to have been giv- en a little advice on making them- selves easier to love.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
A Second Blooming.
(NeW York Times I


 Tn gay new dress and leading Ring Lard nef py the hand, the ninety-two- -year-old Morn .ns leiegraph appeared on the news stands yes 'eruay' MT Moore and his associates who bought the paper from the Thomas estate have com peteiy changed the format and the formula and the experiment they marking will be watched with interest and cordial good wishes bv tba remainder of the Nv York press
 Ihe Morning Telegraph has gone in stronelv TOT names and columnists and for generally more cultivated type of material It's chief in. oea' remains Tn sports and the drama and tbe .h os HS type continues to be lavished on the performances of race horses But tbrouobont the the ne" product there is sufficient evidence that writing is to be one of it's large concerns and tnat the smart weekles and monthlies and tba personal columnists, going to have naoe set for them p"oe ,,, i. Laiahers return to daily newspaper work VIII De nailed with pleasure on all sides. bo ,,saa to U, uo eoiumn like this in The Chicago Tribune peioTe The Saturday Evening Post su6den, ss lo W US delight that baseball writer t s ohieago was raising its circulation hv tha th III
 N' "''n HIS stories of You Know Me Aln
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

Al Smith, it is now renorted ,;,, ,n ha He proved himself during the camna,,,n Aion' ohio, Bea-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

Wlth names like .Ujhelyi in tbe oo,, = at ilhe-up' you can't blame the printers sor ,, ellns the old familiar Etaoins and sbrdI',s 'opringheld, Ohio, Sum- 'niuius-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

Drys are claiming great victou l., .,on tn ol Hoover, but it still seems imnossih,a inta an si 'nose California grapes are being mada ih'o 1eliy- Cincinnati Enquirer A'"ue
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

We'll to be fair we had as well forget the and take Mr. Whites books word for if
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

NOW that a German cbemis+ rn absolutely fre-proofing paper. Elinor c,',., Ga, Telegraph) "o'ei-l Macon,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

Five thousand thieves were a,,o.,o, weeks Tn the Republic of Ukraine If nossth,,, would De good idea to banish them to natra,t -lAtchison Kan, Chroncle) eio'''
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

raon .nere are still those who think tbo, clnnati Enquirer) u"'a'ism'-( (Cin-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18

Old papers TOT sa;e at tho zmpire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
Figure It Out For Yourself

Yes said the dad, that young ster over there is my son."
 Huh Why bring that up?" growled the Brute.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-18
V. A. PAINE,

Trustee in Bankruptcy
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-07
fOOUey One OF Most Experienced Executives IN u. S.

ship canal into the Great Lakes.
Like everything else in politics. that
carried and carries opposition as well
as support. He early sought to
bring about a compact between the
seven states interested in the Colo
RADIO river for use of its waters and
a great scale development. One of
them, Arizona. bucked out of align
ment. and with a failure in local
agreement national discussions
quickly developed.
Backed War Debt Program
He joined, to the hurt amazement
Of some Of his old European asso-
%ciates, intellectually in the demand
Of the Coolidge administration for
collection Of the war debts from al
lied nations to the full capacity Of
their payment.
II was a poor day at the commerce
department when there was not a
committee session or two for the
secretary to attend, and n bad week
when a new campaign was not ini-
tiated. All Of it was accompanied by
effective publicity work.
In the midst Of the activity he in
spired and led, he dwelt the seven
years and remained always the same
person, ~outwardly impressive, I'M
moved, generally silent. Yet he is
highly sensitive and almost uniquely
aware Of criticism. Application Of
attention to duties lefore hm is con-
tinual rather than intense. Running
organizations is almost u habit with
him. and every Hoover machine had
something of the same characters
ties. Somebody at the top would be
responsible to him for its function
ing, and then in it there would DC a
parallel machine, of f~unctionaries
almost casually reporting to him
personally on the qualities OF the os-
tensible leaders. ~Approachable by
anybody, there is considerable doubt
that anybody got awfully close to
Herbert Hoover. The most intimate
associates speak of "the chief" and
have a little awe in the mention.
Mostly every man who got an honor
or a job from Herbert Hoover had
the clear notion that he had to make
good or get out. II is an odd atmos-
phere in politics, but IL has always
chung to the associations Hoover
built.
As said before. the dinners repre-
Senteu the COnCillatlng element IN
the long campaign. The H~oovcrs
never dined alone. and frequently
they dined with many, in a vogue
somewhat removed from the formal.
1t was a Heterogeneous company that
passed through the dining hall, and
many Of them Hoover, with the able
aid OF Mrs. Hoover, won. Nearly ev-
erybody in congress and diplomacy,
and even in journalism-toward the
end Of the seasons-passed through
the invitation lists. The two chill
dren of the family. grown and away.
left the secretary and his wife free
to the whole hearted encouragement
Of the army of people eventually en-
listed to make him president. In
the limited groups that a dinner la
BILE can accommodate Hoover's real
likeability. his grasp and hit fitness
were easily brought out.
But the work never ceased. From
Q to 9 each day the man was at his
office or meeting elsewhere people
to whom he told things or who told
him. Regularly he kept three pri-
vatc secretaries busy and on occa-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-07

variably and always a complete Hoov-
er set program. working almost auto
m%atically out as planned.
Aids Working Glasses
Among the first gatherings of the
kind was the unemployment confer
enc Of 1921. Out OF IL emerged
what were probably n set of palli-
a%tives; il apparently left Hoover i'm
bued with n conviction or so as 70
economic trends and one hobby. The
conviction was that wage levels for
all classes Of labor had been perma-
hently boosted to a higher base; that
II was the duty Of management 10 ac-
cept the fact and to work out better
ment in efficiency that would en-
able commodities-products Of labor
Notwithstanding to be marketed mt
lower prices. The hobby arose from
study Of the concept that business
activity must nov in cycles, up and
down, f%luctuating in great waves
from prosperity TO depression. New
er since then has there been a day
when n Hoover led-committee ot
some kind has not been studying this
wave theory and specializing on the
resources Of business. science and
politics whirh might be applied 10
levelling out the curve.
Promotes Standardization
Somewhere in this thinking he de-
veloped the idea of Standardization
Of a semi-national campaign TO help
along quantity production BY getting
users and makers Of every industrial
article to cut down the numbers of
sizes, shapes and qualities of things
made and kent in stock. Amazing
savings are claimed for this enter
prise, enthusiasts crediting il with
some substantial share Of RESPONSE
bility for American industrial pros
perity in following years. I%nterna-
tional trade promotion efforts nor
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-07

In il finally Hoover's concern be-
gan TO be that of trying to help
the general public while the locked
forces played out. He rathex sue
cessfully got non-union coal pro-
ducers TO hold down prices when
the union strikers eliminated COM
petition from union producers. al
though there was much rowing in
the attempt. He is at his best I'M
der pressure. in contests, and coal
producers who agreed to sell for
81 a ton when they could have taken
$40 learned something about that.
81 warn you gentlemen now" he
Numbered at one gathering where
the program was arranged, "that
either you bring about this arrange
ment within your industry 10
protect the people Of the United
States or the government Of the coun-
try will lay such a hold on your in
dustry that you will never get rid Of
il again"
These things leave political scars.
Hoover failed 70 carry the presiden-
tial primaries in the coal state Of
West Virginia. Also in 1922 Harding
and his advisers. trying to settle the
rail strike. conceived the nation that
the New York bankers could control
the rail presidents and help out a
little. Hoover went there to another
private conference; the veil never
has been completely lifted. but the
fact remains that nothing was accom-
plished. and some lasting irritations
were aroused.
Possibly the nearest to n flat
break came when the conference
method was tried on the agricultural
situation. There was an admins
t%ration rather than a Hoover pro-
gram there, but the seeds OF Nc
Nary-Haugtnism. the idea OF con-
trolling the foreign marketing Of
farm crop surplus TO maintain de-
sired prices within the country were
sproud there. Hoover. chairman
fo- the gathering, gavelled ar adj
iournment of one national gathering
before il got action on the pant. and
A sore spot still somewhat notice
able was left in his campaign enter
prises. Some farm leaders have
never forgotten nor forgiven and add
food administration policies to the
burden Of their grievance against
him.
Untouched BY Scandals
When the scandals Of 1924. Tea
Pot Dome and the other charges
against his fellow cabinet members.
Fall and Daugherty. broke, Secre-
tary Hoover and his associates in
administration stood back awhile.
There was little else to do. except 70
fend off the attempts 10 muddy up
their W records. until President
Coolidge, triumphantly elected, dem
onstrated that the country consid-
| cred guilt in the matter personal 20
individuals and not general to the
republican party. The next three
years gave Hoover opportunity for
appearing at his best. as disasters in
the Mississippi valley and in Yer
mont brought him out to organize
succor. Between whites he had been
tentatively putting together the ele-
ments of a policy that an elected
president might carry along.
He drafted and presented a Man
for making waterways a real asset
to the country's commerce., opening
the Observation-Disclosures chan
nels. and adopted the scheme for a