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The Alaskan., 1932-08-05
IN THE LAND OF THE FREE

Ever since we can remember, We have been taught that this is the land of the free and the home of the brave" And oft times we are rudely awakened from that dream of freedom and right by the actions of those who dispense justice-mostly they dispense with it.
 In Greensburg, Pa, were ar rested two men for failure to pay school taxes and they had to stay in the jail because the court was too busy to hear their case. The taxes amounted to. $5.25 for 1881 and both declared themselves unable to pay the bill.
 We remember what a horrible thing it was, according to Ameri- can history, that British citizens were jailed for failure to pay their debts. Some where we are told. that this is unconstitution- al in the United States. But what does the Constitution mean to some of our judges who dispense with justice?
The Alaskan., 1932-08-05
BANK DEPOSITS
 TOTAL S5O,OOO, 600, ,O00

Statistics on 2O,275 state and
 national banks indicate a
 healthy condition of the nations financial institutions, R. N. Sims,
 secretary and treasurer of the
 National Association of Super Ivisors of State Banks, said in re- leasing a comprehensive survey of banking in the United States. Based on reports as of Decem- Der 31, 1881, the latest available total resources were listed as s63, ,130,55O,964.1O; deposits as |$5O,214,192,615.59. Of the banks, 13,902 are state banks and 6,373 national banks.
The Alaskan., 1932-08-05
Head in his read.

llGaQ Tn ms read.
 E. A. RaSmuSOn, Republican National Committeeman is cer- tain of national and territorial !election of that party. The De-
 mocrats are just as optimistic
 about thir chances of getting into power. Many politicians arc Inow casting about looking for a isoft spot to light on with the winning side.
 w. D. Gross of Juneau has cut
 price of theatre tickets in his Juneau house to 40 cents-no tax; 25 cents for youths and 10 lcents for children. The same
 prices are now invogue i'll IWrangell.
 Judge Justin w. Harding and
 family visited Tenakee recently
 while the Bureau of Fisheries iship Widgeon was in port. The
 Judge does not travel on the de-
 partment of Justice ship Helmar
 any more, it is reported. Roy Wise, Eskimo youth of , Candle is slated for an import ant part in the film "The Es- klmo" now being filmed in Nome. Wise has been at Hollywood for the past several years as camera man and actor. His most recent ipicture WIS the ''The Igloo."
 The receiver of the Bank of IFder was authorized by the court to sell $15,000 worth of securities to cover territorial deposits in the sum of $10,0OO. American and Canadian bonds are in the lot which is said to have only half the value paid for them.
 Rev. c. c. Saunders of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church returned from Nebraska where he and his family have lEeen visiting. Complteing this month of service MT. Saunders Twill return to Nebraska where he will conduct another church. It lis said that an independent lpreacher is not wanted in the political church.
 c. A. Rounsfell, junior biologist on the staff of the Bureau Of Fisheries is tagging herring and is heinc assisted by E. J. Dahl gren. So far, these scientists |have added nothing to tn C knowledge of the practical fish ermen of Alaska and have only borne out the allegations rela- tive to depletion of that fisheries.
The Alaskan., 1932-08-05
ODDS FAVOR HOOVER,
 SAYS COLONEL BRADLEY

Col. Edward R. Bradley, whose horses will be shipped from Arl- ington Park to Saratoga believes that President Hoover stands a good chance of being reelected According to Colonel Bradley, the betting odds on Hoover should be 9 to 10 and on Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, even money
The Alaskan., 1932-08-05
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PAYS

The good, old Associated Press, which up to date has never dis played any Bolshevistis tenden- cies, is authority for the follow ling:
 The tax rate for all municipal purposes in lola, Kansas, this lyear will be seven and a half mills, and next year, the auth critics say, they do not expect to levy any tax for city purposes.
 The explanation, according to tthe A. F., is that lola has owned it's utilities-gas, water an electricity for more than 20 |years, and although the rates are low, the city's profits are s2 large they are sufficient to run lthe city and gradually pay off it's indebtedness.
 According to the same author ity, two other Kansas cities.
 Chanute and Colby, are tax free thanks to the fact that the1r utility profits are going into the public treasury instead of into the strongbox of some Wal lStreet-controlled holding com lpany.
The Alaskan., 1932-08-05
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SAWN SHOOK INDUSTRY

Robert L. Ferral, box factory manager of the McCloud River Lumber Co.,, McCloud, California, presided at the June meeting of the Pacific Coast Division of the National Association of Wooden Box Manufacturers at San Fran cisco, California. He was elected president of the association. Tn his opening address he said.
 "The importance of associa- tion work nthe sawn box shook field to the lumber industry cannot be overe5timated. Many Of us in the past felt that the box plant was but a small factor in i the lumber industry, something , of a convenience, in fact, but tolerated because it absorbed s certain amount of material for which there was no other outlet.
 During the past 35 years I have been manufacturing boxes and naturally observed the mar ket trend of box shook and other lumber products. What I want to impress upon you is the fact that during this time I have mo- ticed recurring periods of keen demand for uppers, shop and boards, naturally at prices which proved attractive, to be followed by a period of building stagna- tion. In contrast, the demand for l box shook has kept a relatively even keel.
 "While at frequent intervals We find housing more or less ade- Guate, affording a poor market for building material, there is 6 constant and ever increasing de- mand for foodstuff and boxes for their transportation.
 "It is true that for lack of concerted effort we have allowed one of our most important shook outlets s-cannery cases-to b c appropriated manufacturers of substitute containers. We did not feel this loss so keenly for the reason that the use o fboxes and crates for shipment of fruits and vegetables increased in propor- tion to our loss in cannery case footage. The fruit and vegetable shook business is our last stand and it is today threatened to such a serious extent that the very existence of our industry i sat stake.
 "Only united action, fir o m which is purged all individual selfish motives, can save us Thank God, lumbermen are by tradition, fighters, and I believe ::n this emergency we will stand as one man to protect the in- dustry of which we are so proud and upon which depends the Ilivlihood of thousands of work men.
 "F'ew, even of the larger oper- , ators, have realized in recen1 , years the important position tht box industry occupies as a con. lsumer of lumber. Of the tota 7 cut of lumber in the United , States approximately B pel l cent is used in the manufacture Of crates and boxes. Tn the Pact l flc Greater West 50 per cent O : the pine is converted into con tainers, thus indicating the i'm. , portance of the box industry"
The Alaskan., 1932-08-05
THIS HAPPENED IN
 KETCHIKAN

A business man walked into the office of an attorney and sec ing large pile of magazines on 9 bench asked What stuff is that" The attorney replied: That is the Congressional Re- cord" To which the business man replied, T don't read those church papers,"
The Alaskan., 1932-08-05
RUSHEL OF OATS BUYS
 PACK OF CIGARETTES

A farmer has to raise a bushel Of oats to earn the price of package of cigarettes. Oats are now selling for around 16 cents a bushel, the lowest mark they have hit since 1897.
The Alaskan., 1932-08-05
wonder that you are going broke
 What Can You Do About It

 Write to every congressman il1 Washington, write your friends in the different states askin2 them to write their congressmen co protest the continued mal- administration of Alaska's fish, cries. Elect men who will pledge themselves honestly to put taxes on the traps that will virtually conf1scate every one of them; Don't continue to let the poor Indians of the country fight for your own economic existence.
The Alaskan., 1932-08-05
Here and There
 h ALaska

scatter the ashes of Doc Holmes, deceased former Alas kan, over Mt. Mckinley. Doe Holmes is we'll remembered oy the early day pioneer and waS more recently in the limelight when he was runner-up for ap- lpointment as governor of Alas ka.
 Mrs. c. M. McGrath of Sitka returned to her home after Visiting with relatives in Skag- way and friends in Juneau.
 Mrs. Annie M. Crocker oi Portland, mother of Mrs. John w. Troy of Juneau, died last week in Portland, Oregon.
 Chilkoot Barracks has gone modern-electric lights and now Q Frigidaire system.
 Rev. G. E. James, pastor of the Juneau Methodist Church has been appointed to a similar position in Randle, Washington. Mrs. James left Juneau last week for the new station. Rev. Lavrischef, former di- lrector of the Kanakanak h. Idustrial School, now discontinu- led, has been appointed to the Hoonah Station of the Indian Bureau. He was accompanied to the new station by Mrs. Lav- IriScheff. From all reports, Rev. Lavrischeff is the most compet- .ent man in Alaska to handle such a school as the Wrangell Industrial School.
 Deputy U. S. Marshal Statter, chief deputy in the office of Marshal Albert White, left with a prisoner for the Morningside Asylum.
 Mrs. Lillian Ziegler filed a Isuit for divorce against A. H. Ziegler of Ketchikan. Suit en- tered in Reno, Nevada. Married i'll 1927 one child.
 Glen Bartlett, manager of the Frye Hotel, Seattle, and family visited in Juneau recently. Ask Glen, he knows" was a slogan in those days when he was man. ager of the Gastineau Hotel.
 A. E. Karnes, of Ketchikan, Democratic candidate for com : missioner of education, will start his campaign for election the first week of August in Ju- neau. He plans to visit Skagway and HaineS and then will cover the interior towns before at- tending the convention of the American Legion at Fairbanks. He is confident of the election of the entire Democratic ticket. The Republicans are just as con- fident of election-which makes it all the more interesting. Mrs. Albert White of Juneau, wife of U. S. Marshal Albert White, left for a ten-day tour of | the westward.
 Marshal Albert White who was named on the committee tc notify President Hoover of his renomination, being unable t1 he present has designated Hon Charles P. Sisson, Assistant U s. Attorney General to act in his stead.
 Nicholas Pavloc of Wood IS- land, cousin of Father A. P Kashevarof of Juneau, died re- gently at his home. MT. Pavlof1 was one of the old human land marks left after the transfer o1 Alaska to the United States.
 MT. and Mrs. J. J. Connors Jr., of Juneau announced last week, the arrival of baby daughter in their family.
 Peluk gold strike in the Liarc district -prospectors returnine home party disbanding and re. turning to the states. Los Bern. ard, mechanic in charge of tht Daily Empire is reported in tht
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-15
Gypsy SWeatShODS

Wilbur l.. Gross, the quiet pedagog- Governor of
Connecticut, is wading into a fight that the whole
country will cheer. He is running out of his state
hy-by-nght sweatshops in which women and girls
are being employed under nhuman conditions.
These clothing manufacturers are using the depres-
sion to cloak their practices Bringing into the state
sewing machines and cut garments, usually by stealth
at night, they set up makeshft factories in vacant
buildings and then advertise for help.
The needy flock to work. After week of toll from
dawn to dusk they pay ofa few cents for Learners"
and between $3.50 and 50 for experts it is charged
One girl told the court she made 65 cents a week.
mother of two was paid $14O for two weeks work.
Many of the girls employed under 16. Factory
conditions, of course, unspeakable.
When Governor Cross heard of the invasion, he
sent his labor commissioner haul the offenders into
court. Lacking adequate factory laws, he won from
the courts what punishments in minor fines he could
He promises to ask the next legislature for a COM
pete set of modern factory laws including limitations
of hours and minimum wages.
This situation is not confined to Connecticut 1t
has spread to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and other
states surrounding New York with its modern factory
code.
1t will spread further, unless alert and watchful
public opinion halts it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-15

I ment. I think that in discussing
the Russian scheme so much en-
phasis has been put upon it's vital
economic factors that we are likely
to forget that it is also an extraor-
binary spiritual adventure.
suppose few partisanS of the
cause will admit as much, but here,
once more, there walks upon the
earth the soul of Cromwell and of
Cotton Mather. do not believe in
the philosophy of Puritanism, but
no sane man can deny the tough
ness of its fiber.
Under one name or another. it
has always held some corner of the
world. 1t is g. span from Sparta
to Plymouth Rock and back again
to Moscow, but there is a continu-
ing tradition.
1t must be obvious by now that,
even when the theological aspects
of Puritanism are swept away, it
still persists. I have known athe-
lists as grim and sedate as any par
son. Cards and high jinks are just
about as popular in Moscow today
as they were in Marblehead two
centuries ago.
You may ask a man to make
sacrifices for the sake of the life
everlasting or for the five-year plan,
and his approach and attitude to-
ward existence will turn out pretty
much the same.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-15
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

THE pale young woman leaning over the desk
shuddered. The light went out of her eyes. mo,
no. simply couldn't wait on tables" and thin
hand covered lips that quivered 1.-THE girls I used
to know would be to see me. couldn't do it.
I couldn't
The Y. W. G. A. secretary smiled "Iave you had
your breakfast" she asked. It developed that the
pale young woman had not eaten for two days After
hot coffee, buttered toast and eggs she reganed her
poise and that helped to luncheon in the
public dining room. And she held her chin up all
the while
The act was something more for her than means
of getting bit of money and meal. 1t was Spir-
itual victory. For the hardest thing to do in life
is to accept defeat
And girl who had been private secretary to an
important business felt herself overwhelmingly
defeated when she was obliged to wait tables in order
to eat.
Yet many times it is through recognition and the
acceptance of defeat that conquer To bridge the
gap between self-respect and establishment is a
moral achievement
MULTIPLIED thousands of girls have made and
Iva are making this struggle. The most heart
breaking thing is to see them being worn down as
they try to preserve their pride
Day after day they refuse to face reality and day
after day little more of their spirit dies. Once
they resign themselves to the inevitable, this girl
did, they are ready to begin anew.
In the garage where the association has made
work for the unemployed, of other girls sit pick
ing pecans from their shells. which will in turn be
peddled from door to door by other girls who must
have work, too
Three of these have A. e. degrees from uni
versites. One is graduate Of well-known college.
Five once earned excellent salaries and lived
fortahly. One was born in a home of wealth.
Now they pick pecans together all day long And
they smile at each other like good comrades
Each of them has hit bottom and knows it. And
when one hits bottom, there is only one way to 20
toward the top.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-15

honey words. Whatever has happened since through
collision of his son and Ivy Lee, the old gentleman
never laid down any barrage of>buncombe. He took
the gaff and asked no quarter
To be sure, he held the early Protestant notion of
the divinely approved character Of money-making
and often asserted with conviction that God has given
him his gold.
insult created no new industry. Rather, he nearly
ruined pre-existing one. His contributions to Sc
curing better heating and lighting service in the
United States were negligible.
His speculative intervention indeed often stihed
or paralyzed otherwise healthy operating companies
that reached and served the public
insult erected great gambling mechanism which
MIXED the legitimate public utility industry of the
middle west and some other areas. He built I'D a
vast paper empire, winding through labyrinth of
holding companies, and cribbed up by an infinite
number and variety of security issues.
He was not content, as was Rockefeller to make
money out of bringing power and light to the people
He wished to grab off many more millions out of
water.
Anybody has the right to his own opinion in the
premises but it is hard to discover that we have i'm
proved notably in moving from Rockefeller to insult
To be sure, not all of his generation were like
Rockefeller and not all contemporary capitalists are
insults
But certainly these admirably represent the
dominant business trends of the past and the present
generation. Gods gold is to be preferred to paper
pyramids.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-15
Have We GainedI

1t is the fashion nowadays to contrast the old and
the capitalism greatly to the disadvantage of the
old. On the hand there are held up to us the
old pirates of industrial capitalism ruthless and
abashed. These were the men who were attacked in
the days of undertaking.
On the other, introduced to the suave gen.
tlemen of era Of finance capitalism with their
touching devotion to the gospel of service their astute
public relations counsel and their eager desire to lend
hand in public affairs
These the men now lauded in success stories
journalistic and biographical One of the flercest
critics of the first type of American capitalist recently
has anointed outstanding representative of the
latter group.
These two types have been brought into unusually
clear juxtaposition and contrast in recent weeks
through the collapse of the insult system and publ
cation Of John Hymns defnitve biography of John
D. Rockefeller srp entitled Gods Gold"
Flynns book one of the ablest biographies and
capital contribution to economic history reveals the
elder Rockefeller as an organizing and planning
genius who built up one Of the major industries of
the modern order. The oil industry in his hands was
no adjunct to, or mechanism for gambling in paper
securities.
Rockefeller never poured any water into Standard
OH stock He relentlessly eliminated Industrial waste
He promoted productive and commercial efficiency He
introduced mass production long before Ford.
He paid relatively decent wages, except in some
ofshis accessory industries The competitors he mas
sacred few and usually well-to-do
Though he ever may have been relentless despot
he did not endeayor to conceal his ruthlesness under
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-15
Spend Money on Arms

TT should be unnecessary to re-
Il mind European governments
that they have our good will and
that we are ready to meet them
more than half way in any project
which promises to serve the com
mon good.
We are not shutting our minds
to their condition, or ignoring the
difficulties with which they are be-
set. But we find it hard to believe
they have done all they could to
restore peace, or pay their debts.
We can not forget that while we
have gone without the money that
justly was due, with the idea Of
helping European governments get
on their feet, those same govern
ments have squandered vast sums
on armament.
We can not forget that though
the recent war was supposed to
end war there are more men under
arms in Europe today than there
were in 1913. We can not forget
that our own example in this re-
Spect has been disregarded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-15
Do Own RebeIIing

IF the Puritan principle ever con-
l. quered any community entire I
rather imagine that there would
never more be cakes and ale. 1t is
discipline which makes for high
efficiency, and no troop of cavaliers
ever stands much chance upon the
field when engaged by embattled
roundheads.
But there is no heart and soul
which does not carry within its
confines some counter revolutionary
factors. Puritanism in all its many
world manifestations has abated,
dwindled, and almost seemed to die,
not because of pressure from the
outside, but because the Puritan
himself is such an inveterate rebel
that he must at times rise up to
smite his own philosophy.
Thus I find it recorded in the
dispatches from Moscow that at
the school where Nadejda Alliluieva
went to learn the technique of max
ing artificial silk cher name was
tackled up on bulletin board, with
fifty others, last spring as having
cut her classes three days out of
sixteen" And once she was cited
for failure to return library books
on time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-15

thing possible to keep themselves
in such fit condition that infectious
disease will not attack them readily.
Much infectious disease can be
prevented by keeping as clean as
possible, including frequent bath
ing with plenty of soap and water.
Thorough washing of the hands
with plenty of soap, particularly
before eating, will destroy millions
of germs which otherwise may in
feet human bodies.
Vaccination against smallpox is
important for everybody. Children
should be protected against diph-
liberia by the use of diphtheria
toxoid or toxin antitoxin.
When there are epidemics Of ty-
phoid or of other infectious dis
eases, physicians should be con-
suited as TO desirability of using
other specific vaccines, serums or
antitoxinS.
Remember that most infectious
diseases are spread by contact
with persons who have the disease
or who may be recovering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-15
Why Should We Act2

HAVE the rules by ordinary
l. business been abandoned, that
the United States should take the
initiative in mapping out a program
for her debtors?
When these same European gov
ernmentS needed cash, the United
States obtained it for them bv SELL
Ing bonds to her own people. What
Is to prevent European govern
merts from getting cash and re-
turning it to us the same way?
1t goes without saying that Eu-
ropean governments are finding it
hard to meet their running ex-
penSes, much less to pay their debts.
but we on this side of the Atlantic
are not any too well off. We have
our unemployment, unbalanced
budget, and reduced revenue.
The whole world has been affected
by the waste of war. We realize
that cooperation is required to
make it sound, but we do not ex-
pect to do all the cooperating.