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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-27
WEiSEL TALKS ON ECONOMICS
 OF FORESTRY
Ch a m b CT of Commerce Program Today Features
 American Forest Week

Today's program at the Cham Der of Commerce, signalizina American Forest Week, was fea tured by a short and forceful talk by George F. Weisel, Assistan Manager of the Juneau Lumber Mills. Speaking under the aus plses of. thss local : post of the American Legion, he dealt witt forest economies as they effec the future of Alaska.
 He declared Alaskan forests are primarily pulp wood sourct rather than a source of supply 10. a large sawmill industry, ant praised the policy of the U. $ Forest Service in undertaking to promote their utilization for pulp and paper making as far-sighted
 Extent of Resources
 Compared to the great forested sections of the Pacific Northwest Alaska's forests are not extensive, he pointed out They are esti mated to contain S0,000, 900, ,000 feet while Oregon has 540,000, 900 900. Washington 390,000,O00, 900, Idaho 130,000.000,000, Mon tana 60,000 100000 and British Go lumbia 300,0o0, ,000,000. The esti- mates for the last named area. however, he said, have been ma terially reduced. The worlds an nual cut is 43,0O0, ,0OO, 900 feet, or one.half of the stand in Alaskan forests.
 If Alaska is to reap proper benefit from these forests, they must be taken care of, he declar- ed. It would be disastrous to have them cut over regardless Of reproduction and at a rate more rapid than the cut could be re placed by new growth. There are two factors most important in re- forestation moisture and soil. Of the first, Alaska's timber areas have an abundance. But the soil is almost entirely lacking. He said he believed, when real study should be made of the lat ter factor, good many ideas now prevalent would be exploded.
 Disease Is Prevalent
 The two most important sources of waste in the Territory's timber resources, he said, are in non utilized mature timber which is dying out in considerable quantity and diseased trees, infected by an insect. The latter is particularly noticeable in the Ketchikan dis trict, he added.
 No definite information is at hand on the rate of timber growth in Alaska, and this would have to be closely watched in connection with the pulp and paper develop ment which is passing it's program on a 50-year cycle of cutting and reforestation.
 Timbering and Prosperity
 Cheap lumber is one of the big gest aids in pioneer development. MT. Weisel pointed out, citing the rapid growth of western United States in substantiation of his as- sertion. It makes possible home building without excessive cost and ties the pioneer settlers to the land. He compared local lum- Der costs with those of Seattle and Missoula, Mont, showing them to be favorable and general ly lower than those in Seattle.
 He showed how the develop ment of Los Angeles and other Pacific Coast cities had been largely hastened by low cost lum- ber and declared that the future
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WHALING FLEET
 SAILING NORTH

SEATTLE. April 27-The whal- ing fleet starts north tomorrow when the American Pacific steam whalers Taginak, Aberdeen and Moran sail. Crews for the Port Huron and Akutan plants sait next Tuesday on the Lakina. Four other whalers will sail for Alzu. tan early in May.
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British Medal to Be
 Presented to Wilkins

LONDON, April 27. King George has approved of the award of Patrons of the Royal Hedal of the Royal Geographical Society for the year to Capt. George H. Wilkins for his Arctic flight,
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Capt. 4. E. Lathrop Extends Thanks to People oj Juneau

ANCHORAGE, April 26.- To the Editor of The Empire
 Permit me through your columns to extend to my good friends, the people of Juneau and vicinity, my si cere appreciation and thanks for their splendid support and their confidence in me.
 (Sisned) A. F. LATHROP.
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Harry Hill, Alleged
 Matricide, Out on Bonds

OTTAWA. H., April 27.-Har- ry Hill, alleged matrieide, has been admitted to S20,000 bail. His second trial has been con tinued until next September.
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QUEBEC PAYS TRIBUTE

QUEBEC, April 27 This city paid last tribute to Floyd Bennett. American aviator, who died here Tuesday morning as the result of double pneumonia. Mourners damned the twisting streets through which the carriage pass ed, il taking falf an hour for the funeral procession to go from the hospital to the railroad station. The widow rode in a closed car riage behind the hearse while Commander Richard E. Byrd walked, bareheaded beside his dead friend
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100 Yems Old; WW Marry Again; One Eccentricity

SADOROUS. H., April 27- Mrs. Caroline Rnhnow. cele- brating her Tooth birthday here yesterday, said she would marry again if any man was willing. Her only eccentricity is she won't drink water.
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Martin D Madden was success ful in two fields of effort which do not ordinarily overlap.
 Just as in politics he rose from an obscure seat on Chicago's City Council to q place of leadership in Congress, so in his earlier years he had climbed from pen niless English immigrant and waterboy i'll stone quarry to head of large and prosperous business establishment. A
 For him, both as business man and public servant, the magic words were effort and economy. Lessons that he learned in his earlier struggle for living were applied religionsly to public fis- gal policies in the years he serv- ed as head of the House Commit tee on Appropriations, which or iginates all the appropriations for the United States Govern nent.
 Began as Waterboy
 These lessons he began to learn .in the .seheoI of person expeT-. fence at the age of ten. when he took job as waterboy in quar- ry al Lemont, H., six years after arrival in this country from England. Out of his mite he not only contributed to the support of the family, but saved enough to buy books and meet the other expenses of a night school. Study ing in his spare time, he was able ill addition to apply himself to his daytime work with an in 1ustry that won him promotion after promotion until in the course of the years he became the highest official of the stone company where he had made so humble beginning.
 His reputation for sterling honesty and business sagacity meantime had won the attention of political leaders of the old Fourth Ward of Chicago, and he was sent to the City Council as a Republican in 1889. During a considerable portion of his sery- ice there he was chairman of the Finance Committee. The cry of "boodle" was common in those days of the city's remarkable ex- pansion, but he came through un- seathed.
 Starts Chicago Growing
 Two months after he entered the Council. Chicago entered upon a policy of annexing ad- joining. farm lands. in prepara- ton for the day it was to take on the dignity of q metropolis. With tue opening of new streets. ways and means to provide the needed revenue assumed first im- portance. He contributed not ably to the solution of these problems. During his regime
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TRIBUTE PAID
 TO F. BENNETT

NEW YORK. Apra 27-New York saluted in reyerent tribute as Floyd Bennett came homo on his way to the grave in Arlington Cemetery. at Washington, D. c, Less than three hours. after tlie train arrived from Quebec. the body had started for Washington whore burial will take place this afternoon with full military honors.
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VETERAN FROM ILL-IN 0IS DIES
 IN HIS OFFICE
Suffers Acute Attack of Heart and Passes
 Away Quickly

WASHINGTON. April 27.- Martin B. Madden. veteran Con- gressman from Illinois. died sud- ienly in his office this afternoon after being stricken by acute heart trouble.
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A. J. QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. April 27.-Alas- ka Juneau mine stock is quoted today at ss.
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CONGRESSMAN MADDEN PASSES AWA1
German Plane CyYzy Reaczes N r.; Go to WaShl


The following the in the Republican contests in the by Empire
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AvIATORS MAKE QUICK FLIGHT;
 GIVE SURPRISE
Land at Curtiss Field then Hurry by Train to
 Washington

CURTISS FIELD, N. Y. April 27.-The crew of the TransAt- lantie plane Bremen landed here at 1:4S o'clock this afternoon in the Ford relief plane.
 The plane which brought the fliers from Greenly Island, with one stop at Lake St. Agnes, Que bee, appeared suddenly over the field at 1.i5 o'clock and after circling about, settled gently to the ground. Few persons were on hand 10 greet the fiers as the gathering had been at Mitchell Field, mile away.
 Tho relief plane left St. Agnes early this morning on the way to Washington, D. G., where the fliers are to pay tribute to Floyd Bennett who died on the way to their assistance. No stop had been scheduled here and it is be- lieved the plan to stop had been kept quiet to avoid a crowd
 lic ulti ol WILL tOUtinut itie trip to Washington by train be- cause of rain.
 LAKE ST. 2 AGNES, Qhehec, April 27--The German plane Ere men crew arrived here yesterday afternoon from Greenly Island af- ter fast trip in the Ford relief plane piloted by Bernt Balehen. sfEbe plane swooned dovB rns the frozen lake, which Was ali improi yised airport, and an hundred newspapernlen and photographers surrounded the fliers.
 One cameraman had an airplane tuned up for quick take-off and after taking pictures, his plane took the air four minutes after the Ford liner landed. Miss Herta Junkers met the fllerss, having come here from New York in he9 plane.
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Starts Chicago Growing

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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-20
GOLDEN WAR LOOT GROWS
ANNUALLY

Leland Olds, the brilliant statistical writer for
the Federated Press, in a special article anent the
accommodation of the gold reserves at different
points in the world since the World War, has the
following to say which is both instructive and in
teresting:
"How the golden heart of capitalism has been
transferred to the United States is again recalled
by year-end reports on the gold holdings of the
principal countries. The latest report by the New
l ork banking firm, Dominick & Dominick. places
the monetary gold stock of the United States at
100000, more than half of the world total of
$8,261 100000.
The inflow of gold into this country according
TO the Domlnlck statement, has been steady with
the exception of the period December, 1924. to
june 1928, in which there was net export of gold
totallng Sl8O,OOOOO0 Since 1919 the average an.
nual addition to the American gold pile has
amounted to $16O,OOO,OOO while the first month;
OF 1927 saw the stock of gold increased by S14O
OOO'OOO From Jan. l. 1920, to Aug. 1, 1927, the
net Importation of gold amounted to ST. 657 900 OO(
equivalent to more than 900 of the countrv's en-
tire stock of monetary gold in 1914.
The United States now holds more gold tina,
was held by all the governments and centra
banks of the world in 1914 In that year the worl,
total was $4,297 900 of which the United state
held S1,013,OOOOO0, or 1920. Today the TTnite
State holds $3.50 of the $8,261 900 900 total
The monetary stocks of gold held bv principa
NATIONS Oh the world in 1914 and 1927 were:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-20
ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL EDU-
CATION
1O.-WHAT PART DID SLAVERY PLAY IN THE
HISTORY OF HUMANITY?
Continued from last week.

1O.-WHAT PART DID SLAVERY PLAY IN THE
HISTORY OF HUMANITY?
The tribal communal society which existed thru
a long period was a very slowly developing econ
omic organization. The natural economy of this
society, extremely low in productive methods, with
the weak social division of labor and the limited
requirements of the members of the commune
comprised an economic organization which was un-
able to develop beyond certain limits Only due
TO the devel opment of the social division of labor
between the mass of the population engaged in
the production of objects of use and the little
groups OF the privileged engagde in the organiza-
ton OF labor and exchange as we'll as military and
state affairs, and later science and art-did it be-
come possible to burst out of the limited closed-in
circle OF trlbal-communal economy and to reach
With the low productivity of Individual labor, a
tremendous (for that time) development of the
productive forces and of culture
Slavery was one of the forms of the division IF
labor, and form which made it possible to carry
out the division of labor a large scale not onlv
within the bounds of one or another branch of
economy, but also between agriculture and indus-
try. The broader it was the saveholdinp unit. the
greater number of slaves did it embrace and the
wider was the division of labor and specialization
In such economic units it was possible to cultivate
great areas of land by use of whole platoons of
slaves. Special tasks for example, the thresh
ing OF gram the baking of bread, spinning, weav-
ng' cattle-herding, making tools, sewing dresses.
olacksmlth's and carpenters work. ETC.. were en-
trusted to differnet slaves as their life occupaton
as result OF which a fairly high quality of work
was attained despite the low production methods
Slavery made possible the appearance in history
OF free and Independent leisure class at first
sui connected with production. Owing to this
many highly important inventions were made in
the period of slavery; architecture and the con-
sVructon of public and private buildings flourisbed
as ala engineering works, construction of roads
orioges, canals, aquiducts, artificial irrigation
snpoullding, Woodworking the production of tex
Cne and footwear. great number of improve
menus were also made in agriculture, both in orpa.
nlzatlon and in Methods
Having made it possible for the ancient world
TO reach high degre eof culture, slavery at the
same time dug the rave of the slaveholding sys.
sen' since the development of the productive
forces could not go beyond certain bounds on the
basis of slave labor ~
Continued next week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-20
THE SPECIAL SESSION IN NORTH
DAKOTA
(FrOm The United Farmer


Ten years ago such special session of the
North Dakota state legislature as is now being held
would have created considerable interest among
the farmers in other states.
The Nonpartisan League was then at the height
of its power, being organized in 10 western states
with hundreds of organizers busy telling about the
great industrial program which was being put IN
to operation in North Dakota.
Today, we venture to say, but very little inter
est, any, is evlnced in the present special ses-
sion by rank and file farmers outside the state.
The reason for this is not because they have lost
interest in the state industrial program. They are
just as anxious to see it succeed now formerly,
but somehow they have a notion that the farmers
of North Dakota are not at present keeping pace
with the times. The general feeling nationally, is
that they have fallen down on the job.
The Nonpartlsan League is a mare shadow OF
its former self and it is admitted by the most dyed
in-the-wool Leaguers that the organization never
can be rebuilt on the old basis inside the repub-
lican party.
The only class of folks in North Dakota who do
not want to admit this are the League politicians
They want to use the organization as long they
can vehicle to ride into office
1t is exactly these same politicians which today
are delaying and putting distances in the way of
the organization of the Farmer-Labor party in
the state
Most of the Leaguers in office have long age
lost interesting in fighting for the working farm
er. Many of them even go so far in their wander
ings "away from the beaten path as to openly
collabOrate with big business interests.
The only way in which the farm movement il
North Dakota be rejuvenated and given new
life is for the farmers to strike out along new
political lines.
They will never be able to do it in the old par
Ties under the old leadership This tactic will al
ways be failure. They must build their owl
party and create their own class leaders,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-20

Prosperity for protected railroad
owners has come to stay despite the
fact that a year of declining traffic
has meant unemployment to thOus-
ands of railroad workers. 1927 prof
its of more than $1,1OO,000,000 are a
reduction from the record profits OF
the previous year. But they hardly
afford speculative Wall Street inter-
ests an opportunity for their favorite
plant, "pity the poor railroad indus
try"
The railroads have again entered
an era of prosperity, according to a
review of the year by chairman Esch
of the interstate commerce commits
sion in the Chicago Journal of Com
merce. He holds that although 1927
earnings may not be as liberal as de-
sired, the 1926 net meant a return of
about $40 on the outstanding CAPT.
tai stock. The 1927 result will give
railroad stockholders a return of
about 71a% and will mean nearly $50
on the entire valuation Of the rail
road industry.
Railroad profits for 1927, estimated
by the Wall Street Journal at ST.
105, 100000 compare with $1,231 ,000,-
900 in 1926 and 1,138,O0O,O0O in
1925. These three figures exceed
those of any previous year in rail
road history. The 3-year total of 49,.
474,000,00O in profits eclipses any.
thing previously dreamed of in the
railroad industry.
Railroad dividends in 1927 estab
lished a new record. They totaleC
$420,000,000, compared with $500,
243,963 in 1926 and $342,O2O,OOO il
1925. Since 1924, $1OO,OOO,OOO ha,
been added to the annual cash dis
bursements made to the owners O.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-20
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
By LAURENCE TODD. Fed. Press.

Washington = (FP) = Democratic
crowds, streaming into Washington
from all sections of the country, on
the eve of the Jackson Day dinner
arranged by the national committee
of their party, jubilantly announced
their confidence that 1928 is to wit
ness a tidal wave of Democratic tri-
umph.
Five thousand of them-if the es-
Inmates of promoters may be believed
had appealed for tickets for this
dinner, at which only 1000 could be
seated. And this, despite the refusal
of Al Smith to come or to send a
speech. Party managers said he
might have come, but for the seri-
Gus illness of Mrs. Smith. In any
case they refused to be depressed by
his absence. Harmony was the watch
word of the day, and from McAdoo to
Taggart they were determined to
maintain it. All the factions that
milled around the Wilson administra-
ton were on hand. Memories of fat
salaries as directors of seized Ger
man-owned corporations dimmed the
eyes of some. Conscious of strong
bank balances, dating from war con-
tracts and attorney fees fired the
Jeffersonian zeal of others. All felt
that it was time to consider the
chances for another victory.
That the Democratic convention is
likely to nominate Smith with a
whoop is the conviction of a very
large number of the national COM
mltteemen and state chairmen now in
the capital. Bandwagon climbers are
already picking out front seats be-
hind the Tammany saxophone. Tim
Ansberry, former Ohio congressman,
who became rich in the Mitchell
Palmer period of super-spoils, has
had himself interviewed as a Smith
promoter. Joe Tumulty is enthusiast
tic. Norman E. Mack is said to be
planning the Smith cabinet. And Joe
bailey energies from the retirement
forced upon him by indignant Texas.
to defend Smith and Tammanv
against criticism by Tom Love. who
was assistant secretary of the treas
ury In the Wilson regime. Should
Smith win the presidency this year, he
could count upon instant and conserv-
ative advice permanent assist
ance-from the Ansberry-Tu
Bailey element.
On the other hand, these Demo
cratic preliminaries lack the presence
OF William Jennings Bryan. Thew
are not even influenced to any extent
by Bryan's surviving disciple-Jose-
phus Daniels. Newton Baker has
been taken over by the corporations.
Samuel Gompers is dead. From East
to West the story is the same-the
progressive element in the party has
disappeared from leadership. Walsh
OF Montana, chairman of the conven-
ton of 1924, is repudiated by many
OF the Democratic senator's on a cru
cal test on his power trust fight, on
the eve of the new presidential cam
palgn. In sum, the Democratic party
In 1928 is only as liberal or progress
sive as Al Smith may compel it to
be-. No othre leader will demand that
1t be Jeffersonian in its stand on
modern special privilege.
-
knowing this essential surrender OF
the Democracy to dictation by giant
business, the Republicans are now
paying slight attention to candidates
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-20
OPEN DOORS TO
D. B. C. GRADUATES

All professions and branches of
business keep open doors for grad
yates of Dakota Business College.
Fargo. They make exceptionally
efficient employees due to AC-
iUAL BUSINESS training Copy
righted-unobtainable elsewhere).
thompson Yards recently en-
gagged Grace Adams, their 5thD. B.
=; employee at Fargo, also Edna
MIuellerfortheir Jamestownbranch.
Aidder County Court House en-
Ployed ]. I. Severson. Otter Tail
rover Go. took on Augusta Tall.
Results talk. ''FoIlow the Suc-
ceSStuP'-Feb. 10. Write F. L.
Watkins, Pres. 800 Front ST., Fargo,
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MY COUNTRY
BY Robert Whitaker

by Robert Whitaker
MY country is the world; count
NO son of man my foe.
Whether the warm life-currents mount
And mantle brows of snow
Or red or yellow, brown or black,
Inc lace that into mine looks back.
My birthplace is no spot apart,
claim no town nor state;
Love hath shrine in every heart,
And whereso'er men mate
10 do the right and say the truth,
Love evermore renews her youth.
My party is all human kind,
My platform brotherhood;
l count all men of honest mind
Who work for human good,
And for the hope that CLEANS afar,
My comrades in this holy war.
My heroes are the great and good
vi every age and cline,
Too often Knocked, misunderstood,
And murdered in their time,
but spite of ignorance and hate
Know and exalted soon or late.
My country is the world; / scorn
NO lesser love than mine,
But calmly wait that happy morn
When all shall own this slgn'
And love of country as of clan'.
snail yield to worldwide love Oh nls'n'