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3BATl"RI)AY, SKPTEMBER 21, 12.
A SANE ENGLISH VIEW.
"While most oi the Hritish
v'statcsmcn and newspapers arc
.clamoring for a review by The
3lague tribunal of the ai-l recent -
Jj passed by congress exempting
.American vessels engaged in I
coastwise trade from tolls al Pan-!
•jirna, I he London Nation calls al
icntion lo the fact that, thi* can
ik>i be construed as a violation
T>f I ho provisions of tin* llay
"Pauncefote treaty.
The Nation directs attention to
111i' fact that the British partici
pants iii that treaty apparently
.overlooked the fact that tin; con
struction of the canal does not
change our navigation laws and
that the rights accorded the ves
sels in I lie coastwise trade, if they
"went around the Horn, belong to
iheni if they go through tin- Pan
ama canal.
Citing the fact that as a pro
lectionist country the United
?>l.ales has stringent navigation
Jaws forbidding foreign ships in
coastwise Iraffic, the Nation says:
"All this had obvious bearings
*>n the provisions of the. Hay
Tauncefote treaty. Its provisions
"for equality of treatment, could
Tiof apply to vessels engaged in
coastwise traffic and using the
canal. because only American ves
sels in fact were so engaged. If
the treaty meant that American
?>hips which enjoyed a monopoly
under the navigation laws when
•plying around Cape Horn between
the eastern and western coasts of
America should lose that monop
oly when they used the canal, it
•certainly should have said so but
-310 one ever suggested that the
treaty suspends the operation of
Uhe navigation laws when the
.coasting trade goes through the
canal.
"It is true that the exemption
*if American coastwise ships from
nil tolls would seem to throw an
unfair burden on the overseas
trade, but, provided that the bur
rlen is evenly distributed on the
*liips of all countries, there is no
Vli el imination within the terms of
the treaty. If American ships had
*1 monopoly of coastwise traffic
""when they went around Cape
TTorn, they will have it when they
go through the canal, whether or
Tiot. the canal were American
property, and whether it ran
through American territory or
"not."
The Nation declares thai I lie
Tlay-Pauncefote treaty was l»afily
drafted. that the foreign office
"probably forgot all abont run- nav
igation laws, and advices the gov
ernment not to dispute our right
1o cxfiiipi coastwise fraffic.
This statement of the ease is
plain and so fail- that it is
/difficult to see how the Hrifish
-authorities ran fro very far in
pressing their claims for a sub
"niisslon of this proposition to
The llngue.
THE FUTURE'8 FOOD PROBLEM.
Thi» president of the National
f^oil Fertility League declares that
"in fifty years we shall lie un
able to feed our population, unless
radical reforms are adopted in
our agricultural methods."
The same authority further as
serts that "(his country will in
evitably face a famine in food un
less the soil is greatly improv
ed," and "the agricultural situa
tion in the United Htates has heen
*o neglected lhat wilhin twenty
year* we will he forced to import
tnir principal food products from
other lands." ' ' '*
This would seem preposterous,
were il not really true. The Unit
ed Stales, the greatest and moat
fertile stretch of lands in the
temperate one, go neglected and
mismanaged. • • ■
Every platitude ever tillered
concerning the Importance, Ihd
"IndispennnbilUy of agriculture to
the prosperity and the morals of
a nation, is true, absolutely true.
Hence every well considered ef
fort made by a government to
fortify, to intensify, to expand its
agriculture, is justified.
If a nation can spend four hun
dred inillions on a great canal,
Can stimulate manufacture and
trade by every manner of means,
it can well afford to apply to ag
riculture similar attention and
supporl.
To be sure, the situation pro
vokes the projection of unsound
schemes, expensive and showy.
But so does every worthy cause.
On (he other hand, if it is dem
onstrated that three millions a
year of the nation's money dis
tributed among the states t<> sup
port agricultural colleges is an
effective method of agricultural
improvement, the price is not
staggering. Congress spends
much more' money every year on
absolutely worthless fads or
things that nnve not even the pre
tensions of fads.
The fact is tha! this agricul
tural cause is the most import
ant of all the causes to the fore.
If will heller repay study and ex
penditure. Neglected, if will cost
Us dearly. Wisely dealt with, it
will reward us well.
Before deciding what candidate
for congress or the state legis
lature you will supporl. if might
he well to ascertain, if possible,
what their views are on legisla
tion that will he designed |() de
velop the agricultural resources
of lli<> nation. The question is
one which vitally concerns every
American citizen.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
<;«*orgo W. Perkins says I his "is
I In* ag«' «»f Hit* collective system."
So thf* eonsnitier learn*. at least
once a month.
The man who insists I ha! ho is
a standpatter may be commend
ed for tiis eonsisleney, if not for
his judgment.
A Pennsylvania man has heen
11 rested for stealing a ton of sug
ir. Chances ore his wife was put
ling up preserves.
The Los Angeles Express want s
lo know if there are any big sticks 4
in society. Well, there are lots
jf women'# clubs.
A Harvard professor insists
that bread and butter constitute
Ihe ideal diet. Just another proof
that ideals come high.
Former King Manuel has noti
fied his London friends that he i$
'^goinf? home," without telling
them where his home is.
A Vienna servant has been ar
rested for using her mistress'
rvard. The average servant is too
proud for such deception.
We are glad to note that Sen
ator Nelson did fairly well in the
Minnesota primaries without the
help of his thousands of friends
in Alaska.
The average young man con
templating matrimony usually lias
the mistaken idea that an apron
would look well on the show win
dow dummy.
A treasury official at Washing
ton says the average life of a
dollar bill is fourteen months.
Wonder where he g«'t* his butter
and eggs?
"The American marine* are
sa r..." says a cable from Nicarag
ua. The American marines can
lake care of themselves anywhere
if) tin- world.
The record of the whippings at
the West Virginia penitentiary in
dicates that West Virginia is try
ing to equal New York in a rec
c rd for law-breaking.
A Connecticut woman is being
sued by a former awce! heart for
the wooing expenses. STTe should
be congratulated upon her escape
from having to marry that brand
of a man.
The Cleveland Leader complains
because the Ohio farmreg waste
the wind-falls and worm-eaten
apples. Don't they use them any
more in the manufacture of choice
cider?
We trust the linotype operator
ami the proofreader will be glad
to learn that Miss Kahilanona
paopilliana of Hawaii i* to be
married, and thereby have her
name changed.
The health department of 8e
attle advised the people to boil
Ihe water. Some one should ad
vise the roasting of their busi
ness men, who are forcing Alas
kan? elsewhere to trade.
Already they are talking about
a monument to Cieneral Balling
ton Booth. His work in reliev
ing want is a monument more en
during than any that could be
constructed of marble or bronze.
Scientists are trying lo dis
cover what language Adam spoke.
As Adam was married to the on
ly woman in Ihe neighborhood the
chances are that he did not speak
very much or often in any langu
age.
If you want all the news all Ih?
ime read the Prospector
ORDER TO 8HOW CAUSE ON PE
TITION TO SELL LAND.
it the United Stales Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct. In
Probate.
In (he mallei- of I lie guardian
hi*» of I ho eslate of Nels Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.—Order lo Show Cause on Pe
tition to sell Land.
The United States of America
o Nels Oscar Sail, Charles <i. Sail,
-ewis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
eresled in the above-named es
ate or in the sale of lands be
onging to said estate:
The petition of Charles (!.
all, as guardian of the estate of
he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly filed in this court, r^p
esenling that it would be for the!
leuefil of the estate of said in-!
ompetent person and of all per-j
oils interested therein that eor
a 111 lands and mining properly of
aid menially incompetent person
'escribed therein be sold, and
raying I bat license be granted
to the said Charley (.1, Sail, as
uardion, lo sell the same;
Now, therefore, you and each
of you are hereby cited, ordered
and required to show cause, if
nv you have, before this court,
t the United Stales Commission
r's court room in the court house
n the town of Valdez, in the above
pamed precinct in the Territory
jf Alaska, on the 7th day of Oc
tober, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
svhy the prayer t f said petition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
\laska, this 26th day of August,
1912.
THOMAS R. SHEPARD.
fudge of the United States Com
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.—In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchie,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Last pub. October 5, 1912.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
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F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res- Phone. 199
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