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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-16
ADJUSTING THE TAX BURDEN

The general tone of the Presidents message to Congress would indicate that he is of the belief that the time has arrived for further expansion of pri- vate business; the expansion program to be nourshed by an adjustment in taxation. Special consideration, he-sad should be given by Congress to Tightening negotiable burdens enterprise and small busi- hess men, He frankly stated that there has been recession business activity. industrial production and purchasing both falling off
 7The President again reveals that outstanding quality of being able to face fact squarey He is cenvnced there has been a let down in business. Therefore he accepts the situation and urges upon Congress to do something about it. The kind of start that should get favorable results has been made the fly in the ointment has been recognized as such The trick now is to remove him obstacle to the general welfare.
 L5> Coincident with the opening of Congress yes leTday the unemployment census started the ann biton being determine fairly close the actual num- Der of unemployed in the nation The President in asking full cooperation in taking the census pointed out that unemployment had delayed balancing the budget.
 1 Undoubtedly that is true Those without work have been forced to look to the government for sup port and the government in turn has been required to levy upon business to raise funds to support those without work Those levies in the form of taxes have reached point where industry has been stifled. To keep operating and at the time meet the de- mands ef. increasing taxation business has tended toward retfencment. It has done what every etfic- e4ty conducted business does when overhead grows too great It has attempted to cut that overhead Perhaps it hasn't actually laid off any workmen but surely it has not added to the payros Which means that business has done nothing toward taking up the unemployment slack With growing overhead, it was hot in position to do Thus unemployment, instead of being absorbed by private industry, has remained a~heavy load upon the public purse It would seem to be to meet that condition that the Chief Executive now proposes Congress that adjustment be made in the tax burden.
 i-- It is obvious conclusion. Business cannot ex- Ifnd unless it has something to expand with, namely money or resources for raising money. If a small business operating a small margin of profit as great majority are. finds that that small profit A to be subject to taxation, it certainly isn't going to enlarge it's operations If however it is permitted Unreasonable profit with which to add to its fsnaturay will be encouraged to carry out some of the expansion ideas that every business has pro- sramed, if and when he afford it. Such expan- sion however small in the individual business means spread of employment to various other industries re- sufting in general business activity.
 Death and taxes always with us but there is
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such thing as carrying both too far In the case of the former it is often called homicide. Too heavy taxation results in the same thing, and in extreme cases it called bankruptcy At best it means busi- ness stagnation which is almost bad It is busi- ness stagnaton which faces the country at the pres
 ent time and fortunately it being recognized before it is too late Adjustment of the tax burden is the major steps necessary to correct that condition
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-16
LOOK and LEARN
 By A. C. Gordon

l. Who was the real Robinson Crusoe?
 2. How many drivers of automo- piles have defective vision? < 3. What is a Gila monster? 4 What was the total number of seats available for the last Olym- pic games?
 5. What state pays the highest old age pensions?
 ANSWERS
 l. Alexander Selkirk, a British sailor, who spent four years tl7o4- 1708) on an island in the South Pacific.
 2. The estimate is 50 per cent. 3. A large orange and black. venomous lizard. ~-~.~~ 4. Total of $500 900 for all events. 5. Utah: average, $50 a month
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NOTICE

Martha Society Bazaar, sale of fancy goods l0:30 to 5:30. Luncheon 11:30 to 1:30. Adults soc, children under 12, 35c. Tea served all after noon. Northern Light Church Par! lors, November l9. adv.
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NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND
 CONSIGNEES:
 Effective with next northbound steamer at the Pacific Coast Dock, no freight. other than perishables, may be taken from the warehouse until the steamer has completed unloading.
 This system is in effect at most Pacific Coast ports, including Ket- chikan, Seward and the City Wharf in Juneau. Your cooperation is res pectfully requested.
 adv PACIFIC COAST co.
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A golf player is person who drive TO miles hour in any traffic with perfect ease, but blows up two-foot putt if somebody coughs.-Cleveand News.
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There is fellow know whose wife hasn't per rnitted him to spend a cent of his wages in thirty years Yet he lies awake nights worrying about Roose- vet establishing dictatorshp.-Troy (N.Y) Record.
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As well as we get it, Congress is going to rear back and pass law to keep the American farmer from bankruptng himself with the production of too much weath--Memphis Commercial Appeal.
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H A P P -
 -B I R T Fl D A Y

The Empire ertends congratula- ttonS and best tUishes today, thei' birthday anniDersary, to the follo,0- ing:
 NOVEMBER 16
 Armene J. Stenger
 c. J. Bergstrom
 Nedford zenger
 Fred w. Orme
 Clarence F. Vassar George A. Getchell
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Not giving whoop who gets licked seems rather but it's genuine neutraty.-Toledo Blade.
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Mrs. w. H. Case left Juneau for trip to Skagway aboard the City of Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-16
20 Years Ago
 From The Empire
NOVEMBER Is. 1917

NOVEMBER Is, 1917
 Petrograd was reported in flames It was reported Kerensky and Kor- niloff were in charge of Russiah affairs following a revolution
 Mrs. w. H. Case left Juneau for trip to Skagway aboard the City of Seattle.
 Babe" Samples, Robert Coughlin, Oscar Waterud, w. D. Edwin and William Fleek, the last party of deer hunters out, returned to Doug las.
 The Austro- German forces were making drive toward Venice and the city of l60,o0o population was reported to have dwindled to about 10000
 Bishop P. T. Rowe was in Juneau and was to leave aboard the Mari posa for Washington, D. C., to get title for the Episcopal mission near Nenana, on a Government .reserva- tion.
 Thomas Dull, outside manager of the Juneau Water Company, was to leave for the States on the City of Seattle.
 Samuel Guyot, well-known travel ing man, was to leave for Ketchikan on the first steamer.
 J. M. Giovanetti was having his store on Calhoun remodeled.
 Juneau restaurants were to ob- serve two meatless days weekly.
 Juneau had just experienced the longest and wettest period of rain in years, according to weatherman M. B. Summers.
 Delegates were present from sev- sn Southeast Alaska towns at the opening of the Alaska Native Bro- therhood convention.
 Weather report-High 40, low 31. Clearing
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Petrograd was reported in flames It was reported Kerensky and kor- niloff were in charge of Russian affairs following a revolution
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Rockefeller Center is the largest building project ever undertaken by private capital.
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Babe" Samples, Robert Coughlin, Oscar Waterud, w D. Edwin and William Fleek, the last party Of deer hunters out, returned to Doug las.
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Death and taxes are always with us, but there is
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The AustroG German forces were making a drive toward Venice and the city of l60,00o population was reported to have dwindled to about 10000
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Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Public Library Speaks.

If the Washington Public Library were
possessed of power of articulation. this is
what 1t might say to the District Com
missioners as they begin their study OF
its annual budget:
Gentlemen, know that you have
other problems to consider and I would
not blame you very much if you looked
upon me as kind of luxury that could
be trimmed or cut without loss to the
community.
But such an attitude, while reason
ably natural in the circumstances, would
be unfair to the thousands of people I
serve from day to day throughout the
year. The Government departments and
bureaus call upon me for all sorts of
help-data on everything under the sun.
So, too, great number of semi-official
organizations and institutions have con-
slant recourse to my facilities-my refer
ence department works overtime answer
ing their questions.
The youth Of the city-boys and girls
assembled in the schools and at the
playgrounds-take me for granted, per-
haps never consciously remember me;
Evening star., 1937-09-12

yet they hurry to my doors when they
require assistance in their struggle for
the educational advantages they must
have in order to achieve success in
adult life.
Nor should 1 forget to mention people
of all ages who are crippled or i'll and
for whom time would pass very slowly
without books to read. I 60 even into
penal establishments, like the District
Jail and the Lorton Reformatory, with
my medicine for the troubled and dis
couraged mind and heart.
"Of course, it is the poor and humble
I was particularly meant to assist. The
more fortunate minority has private Ii
braries more readily at hand. I exist
primarily for the underprivileged masses
who need me in the interest of their
cultural survival, the maintenance of
their morale, the protection of their hope
of happier tomorrow.
please be as generous to me as you
can. I justify my cost intangibly but
as definitely as the air you breathe. Part
of the civilization of the Nations Cap
ital, I cannot be neglected without hurt
to every soul within its boundaries"
Evening star., 1937-09-12

genius for the appreciation of archi-
lecture as an art. They have gone to
school to the traditions of beautiful and
practical building; they have pondered
its principles and have obeyed them. It
follows that there have been no acci-
dents to their dream. They visioned the
completed structure exactly as they de-
sired it, then carried out the plan detail
by detail without compromise. For ex-
ample, they stipulated old bricks and
states. Again, they specified hand
wrought iron lighting fixtures - and
they have created them to order
rather than accept such standard equip
ment as the dealers offered. A period
kitchen, similarly, was. executed piece
meal to harmonize with a dining room
representing the owners wish.
OF course, time and money have been
demanded for the fulfillment of the
aspiration. Yet another factor was still
more notably requisite-the amalgam of
love and enthusiasm and cooperation
without which no home can be estab-
hshed. The finished house, then, is a
witness to the world that those in
tangible but powerfully dynamic forces
have not altogether perished. Wars may
rage and revolutions flourish. Civiliza-
ton, however. will not collapse so long
as even one single family still keeps faith
With the elemental reality of human life
the bond which brings homes into ex-
1stence under even the most hostile
skies.
Evening star., 1937-09-12

sity, who is leading the attack on this
country's cotton policy, says:
I'VE have no surplus. We have only
underconsumption, lack of markets.
! There are markets-in Europe, Asia,
South America, Canada-if we reopen
these markets. To reopen these markets
permit once more the Southern planter
to sell his product where, when and as
he pleases.'
Just how to remove the barriers is not
explained by the professor. This in
wolves not only selling Congress on the
idea of taking tariffs of industrial prod
ucts. which might not be easy. but also it
means undertaking to force England to
buy more American cotton in preference
to Egyptian and Indian cotton and re-
quiring Germany to stop bartering with
Brazil, as start. Price is no longer the
determining factor in the world today.
Either that, or this country is forced
once more to face the task of controlling
important branches of agriculture. That
control would run against a decision of
the Supreme Court as we'll as against
the practical problem of finance. And if
agriculture is to be controlled, important
parts OF industry would need likewise to
be controlled. The way would be opened
to new and stronger New Deal
A choice between taking the direction
OF free trade and world leadership, or
taking the direction of nationalism and
more Government control Is being
forced on the country for quick decision.
Travel in either direction would be diff
cult.
Mr.. Roosevelt favors nationalism His
opponents can argue for the other course
If they wish. Continued name-calling
will hardly be enough.
(Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-09-12

true. Mans genius has made the world
whispering gallery. No longer do seas
and far-stretching spaces segregate men
and peoples into races and clans. We
have been admonished during these re-
cent years that, whether on this CONT
nent or in places remote, vast changes in
human relations are in prospect. We be-
lieve that this mighty Republic will ad-
just itself to these changes as they come
We further believe that whether other
and older nations abandon belief in Gods
supervising care and guidance, this Ma
tion will continue to heed the word
spoken of old, Thou shalt remember all
the way, which the Lord thy God led
thee"
We are witnessing today a new form
OF apoStacy. Nationalism has come to be
so dominant in the minds of men and the
search for power has grown so great that
reverence for God and trust in His super
intending care have given place to mans
confidence In his own genius and skill.
MY power and the might of mine hand
hath gotten me this wealth." was the
proud boast of people who had reached
the stage OF moral decay. Swift came
the answer to their elf-confidence. "It
shall be, If thou do at all forget the Lord
thy God, and walk after other gods and
serve them, testify against you this day,
that ye shall surely perish"
That America has reached turning
point in her history and that readjust-
ments and changes are imminent, is
clearly evident. Shall these changes
come out Of desire to fulfill more COM
pletely Gods will. or will they proceed
from motives of selfishness and a deter
mined search for more of temporal power
and the satisfaction of mems passions
and desires? This anniversary will prove
OF little worth to us unless it witnesses
the deepening Of our devotion to ideals
that were born with the Constitution and
the young Republic Well may we reaf-
firm our faith In American institutions.
well may be solemnly resolve to dedicate
our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor that what we have begun and car
ried forward on this Western Continent
shall not perish from the earth. Our
capacity to endure does not reside in a
great state paper, nor does 1t find It's
highest expression in our many laws:
integrity. sobriety, generosity of motive.
the wholesome things of domestic and
social life, Justice and fair dealing In all
human relations; these spring out of the
moral and religious convictions that make
people strong and stable.
To these fundamental things let us
address ourselves and in doing so make
this notable anniversary the beginning
OF new age.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
BY RIGHT FREEMAN D. d, L. d, D. c. l..
WASHINGTON.

It was written Of old that God brings
men and nations to the haven of their
own choosing.
AS we survey the tortuous path by which
this Nation has travelled, the changes and
vicissitudes that have attended it's course,
it's unparalleled progress, sometimes In
the face of seemingly insuperable obsta-
cles, we are compelled to believe that
something other than human genius has
directed its destiny. That Nation be-
ginning with thirteen Colonies and
sparse population should grow to giant
size, reaching population of hundred
and thirty million and at the same time
hold position that gives 1t command
ing place in the sisterhood of nations, is
an accomplishment of which we may be
justly proud.
AS we contemplate the work of small
group of men. untutored in the arts of
statecraft and under conditions that
tested both their patience and their in
genuity to the utmost, and then seek to
appraise the worth of the state paper
they struck off, we are bound to believe
that they were guided by q wisdom that
surpasses that of mortal man. For q
hundred and fifty years, in the face of
swift and amazing changes, this Re-
public has been guided in its action by
it's Constitution and still continues on it's
way, adhering with fidelity to pattern
that survives all the changes and chances
of world that has fallen under despot-
isms and untried systems of government
and is still cropping for paths that are OBJ
scure to its vision.
Here on this Western Continent, 48
sovereign States continue in happy and
peaceful federation; here Nation made
up of blend of all the Old World races,
peoples and tongues, has grown to such
opulence and power. that 1t stands in
comparable and unrivaled among the ma
tions of the world. No pen can ade-
quately tell the story of what has hap
pened here, no voice has such gifts of
eloquence that it may recite with fullness
OF expression record so dazzling in bril-
lance Of achievement Surely those Of
this later generation must feel humble in
the face of such a legacy. 1t is not a
time for frantic boast or foolish word; it
is not time for excess of national pride
or the expression OF proud insularity. It
Is time for deepcned gratitude and an
increasing sense of stewardship. As man
cannot live to himself, neither can ma
tions. The greater the gifts and bless
ings, the greater the responsibility.
One hundred and fifty years ago we
we're apart and isolated from the nations
OF the Old World. This is no longer
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The voice of the huckster is no longer
heard In Washington, but fifty years ago
ur,t,. r- it was much in evi-
oiieS dence. The Star of
Are Permitted. September 7. 1887. re-
ports case in Police
Court where Judge Smell, after an exam
ination of the police regulations, ruled
that James Truett, charged with max
ing a needless outcry for the purpose of
advertising his goods and inviting pa
tronage" by calling his goods within the
period Of permitted hours was not doing
so in boisterous manner and he, there
fore, dismissed the case.
The following in The Star of Septem-
Der 9, 1887, is reminder of the times
Throwing Posies fen;nine ~ theatr;cs1 al
at Actresses. performers threw
bouquets upon t h e
stage in token of their high esteem and
pleasure;
Marie Roze has shown at once good
sense and good taste in notifying her ad-
mirers that the flowers they give her on
the stage will be sent to the hospitals
and requesting them not to throw their
favors and thus risk breaking them to
pieces, or present them in any way in the
midst of scene, since their acknowledge
ment interferes with the dramatic action
and ought to be tolerated no more in an
opera than in an ordinary play. The
lady is right. There Is little reason or
taste In the common mode of expressing
admiration for stage favorite in Eng
disappearing countries. In some Of the
Spanish states it is the custom to shower
popular performer with cigarettes In
the cheap theaters of Paris the over
wrought sentiment of an audience has
sometimes found vent in volley of cop
per coin. But let it be observed that
these tributes have never been Jumped,
SO to speak. The cigarettes are not de-
livered in boxes or punches or the coin
in rolls or bags. That would be consid-
cred vulgar to degree.
why shall we not draw from these for
eign practices the hint for our own con-
duct in the use of flowers? To lombard
stage favorite with huge bouquets
hurled by the muscular arms OF gallants
from the galleries, as used to be the fash
ion in bygone days, or to hide her behind
a pyramid of baskets, pillows, harps,
stars and other emblems suggestive of q
political funeral, as is done now, Is alike
inartistic and unseemly. How much
more graceful it would be for members of
the audience to toss from their places
each single rose, or spray of buds, which
would carpet the stage and make bed
OF flowers for the actress to tread upon
as blossoms are strewn in the path of a
bride?"
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Rudimentary knowledge,

Rudimentary knowledge.
know the world is going round
Just like it used to do.
Again comes many warning sound
That Summer days are through.
The blossoms to depart are bid,
The rainbow skies are lost,
And once again the katydid
Is calling for the frost.
I know that every storm will fade,
AS well as every flower.
l know the sun that casts the shade
VIII gid the blossoming bower.
The quail, with it's exultant chime,
Tells us in accents clear,
The robin in the course of time
Will sing in sweet good cheer.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Their Own Home.

Among the new houses recently built
In District suburb, there is one which
is different" The story of it's construc-
ton reflects the romance of its build
ers. 1t was their deliberate choice to
make their home distinctively their own.
They designed it themselves, supervised
tho raising of its walls and now are en-
gagged In its decoration.
1t happens that they are possessed OF
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Limit.

do you limit working time in Crimson
Gulch?" asked the travelling man.
"They limit themselves automatically,
answered Cactus Joe. The faro bank
don't do any business at all excepting
once or twice a week when a travelling
man comes around with ready money"
IT have learned but little by expert
ence," said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown,
excepting that it usually consists in re-
peating the same mistake with slightly
original variations
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Mysterious MOtiyatiOns.

Nov what is Money!" we inquire.
It's something that we all admire,
And many novelist will show
Money and Love together 60.
For Love will have but little chance
If there is no one to finance
The aspiration of us all,
Home of status great or small
$50, what is Money!" still we ask.
To answer this has proved task
And what is Lover" with much regret
We find harder question yet.
Too many folks" said Uncle Eben
tell Satan to git behind 'em hopin' he's
gineter back em up in some kind o. sim
fulnezs."
Evening star., 1937-09-12

For over six weeks Mr.. Hoover, under
instructions by Mr.. Cummings, has been
looking for Nazi activities in this country.
Demonstrations of such variety assert
themselves that an officer of the law is
entitled to credit for producing a CLASH
flcation.
Evening star., 1937-09-12

Another mystery that haunts the
North Mediterranean Coast concerns
two men who welded bouquet against
the Mayor of French coast town. Per-
haps they Immediately took to a sub
marine for rescue and have never since
been seen. 1t is strange story relating
to strange people and stranger customs
Evening star., 1937-09-12

In some respects radio makes an
aoxouns of trouble in our mercantile life
znat seems to warrant the early practice
OF pronouncing it as If written with
swo IDS"
Evening star., 1937-09-12
All or Nothing.

Times are very different from what
they were when you came into politics"
"Not so very" answered Senator Sorg-
between those who wanted the Govern
ment to do everything and those who
didn't want 1t to do anything"
Evening star., 1937-09-12

Neither China nor Japan has yet
declared war, being under the impression
perhaps that a war pertains to certain
documentary memoranda preserved
purely as a matter of historic infor-
nation.
Evening star., 1937-09-12

A cholera epidemic is not war and
therefore fails to get respectful rating
among chroniclers of the Far East. 1t is
merely one of the horrors to which the
world is more or less politely requested
to accustom itself.
Evening star., 1937-09-12

President Roosevelt may be sure of
well-behaved audiences to hear his
speeches. The custom of a crowd to
remain respectful under formal circum-
stances is one of the safeguards of our
political life.