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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER J 3, 1912. i
LOOKS LIKE PRESUMPTION. j
1* its ii Ion I Tail's insislance on i
Oil till' colli ilMlillH'C of lllC (iOlll
nicrce Courl during the last days
of lhe laic congress certainly
looked Iiki» presumpl ion on his'
pari, for he alone, appareitly, I
sees the necessily of I his lribun-1
al, which I he Supremo Court of)
the United Stales has declared is[
without jurisdiction, and without j
power, excepting to interfere by,
means of injunctions, with Ihej
regularly eonslituled body which,
utuilly has Ili<* power to enforce;
its decree. I
II is very prohalde that the Su-i
prenie Court knows what it is say-|
in:-!", and if this very r'asonahl>'|
presumplioii stands, it is difficult j.
to understand why the president)
should liold up the |»'f! isla I ion of.
Jin* country in order to perpetuate]
a court wiiicli has been declared
In be absolutely useless so far,
as any good to the country is
concerned.
m praei icai oxxporienee me j
commerce court lias boon a bar
upon the activities of tin* inter-1
'stale commerce commission. It
has never been hold that any of,
I In* judges of that court have had)
any expert knowledge concerning;
the problem of Iransportaf ioii ,
wh;le it is recognized that III.* op-,'
posite is I rue concerning the in-,
4or-slale commerce commission, j
The commerce court, upon meroj
application and wilhoul even an.
exparle hearing, has presumed to,
lie up by restraining orders, I hoi
decrees of the inlor-slnto com
merce commission which have'
been arrived at through careful
study of conditions. Instead of
llio work of arriving at just.j
freight rales boing expedited'
through the work of the commerce
■court, i| has been unduly relard-j
ed, and there never has been a!
single case thai has been appeal
ed from I h<* findings of I he coin- |
mission 111 a I could m»l have boon
parsed upon by 111<• regular
courts of I lie federal goveriiinenl.
No one would ask I h a I I lie de
crees of Ihe inler-slale commerce
commission should b«' absolute,'
for like any oilier tribunal they!
should be subject |o review even/
In Ihe Supreme Clour I of Ihe I'nil-'
oil Slates, bill so |on>r as I be com
merce is unable lo enforce ils do-j
crees bill can only hamper
Ihroimh I lie power of injunelion.
thai courl would soom lo simply j
defer Ihe final passing upon
points involved in Ihe eoiuinis_|
sion's decrees.
If aggrieved. I lie railroads have
the power of anpoal. and Ihi* inusl
be done no mailer whelber Ihe
commerce courl has delayed mal
lei's or nol. Ihe resull being llial.
necessary delays are multiplied
many fold by Ihe oxislenoo r»f a
tribunal which lacks all power to
make or enforce decrees because
il lacks jurisdiction over Ihe find
ings of 'bo inler-slale conimorce
commission. ,
The wisdom of congress, r.»in-.'
forced by Ihe findings of Ihe
highest courl in Ihe land, has)
found Ihe or nunorce courl worse
than useless, ami it looks like;
presumption upon Ihe pari of Ihoj
Vrosidonl lo declare thnl Ibis
court must bo continued in ox-j
istonce or else Iho ordinary op-,
oraliouK of govornrnont will nor
be allowed If) proceed in an orderly,
manner.
THE COST OF LIVING.
Wo wonder what Senator Hur
lon will have to say about I In; cost
«if living, now Ihaf the price of
meal lias ,iu»t about doubled in.
one jump. Wo wonder if bo will
still insist thai the pooplo are lo
blame if llioy give up fhoir last
ronli for a diminutive liunk of
rump steak, instead of keeping
(he money in their pockets and
going hungry. This all-wise leg
islator from the state of Ohio
declared in the Senate the other
day that the trouble lies not with
the trusts which have the goods
tor sale, but with the people, who
insist on living beyond their
means. Perhaps he is right. But
the fact that he, has spent the
greater part oKJiis life at the
government trough, and knows
nothing, from ffracuc?*! exper
ience, of the lives of rc«»l work
ers, causes the suspicion tuai he
may be influenced in bis lit T-efs
by t<>o close association with the
big interests of the nation, which
aro just at present dominating the
national capital, and, incidental
ly, the country at large.
Id a way, tti«> people an* lo
blame. In .dudying the cost of
the living problem, full consider
ation must be given lo the in
crease of what, in pen oral Inn is,
may bo railed Ilie desire for ease.
Where onee, for inslauee, the
head of Ihe family went to the
grocery store and Ihe bntelier
shop armed with a largo market
basket, the shopkeepers nowadays
art' expected lo deliver purchases
at Ihe hack doors of I heir cus
tomers. It may be only a yeast
cake or a pound of lea. bill it must
be delivered just Ihe same. And
in many cases Ihe orders are
'phoned |o the sl"ros and shops—
another source of expense which
■ lid not onler into Ihe calculafions
nf ihe early-day household.
The direct result of this mod
ernism, and "love of luxury," as
Ihe Ohio senator expresses it. is
I ha I those who enter business now
must a| llii' «-aine lime sol up a;
livery slallle or a garage, as Ihe'
rase may be. This additional ex-1
ponso must, as a mailer of course,!
collie Olll of | lie pocke|s of the'
consumers. !
Rut wliai of the lirsl cost ol'i,
Ihe Ihings wo niusl have lo keep
liody and soul together? What
new indulgence has the consum- •
•r discovered |o cause Ihe doub
ling in Ihe price of meal at a ,
5-inglo bound? Surely lbis cannot
lie charged) up against Ihe de
livery department and the desire (
[if Hie housewife lo save a long
ivalk to the shop. We would like
lo have Senator Burton or some
;»ther representative of the big in
terests explain bow .such a thing
•an happen over night. We know
it must be the fault of the work
ing people of the country, hut we
?an'l quite figure but the nature
3f their latest offense.
Fortunately for Alaskans, Ihe
same season i* open, and Ihe dire
punishment, visited upon I ho un
fortunate outsiders will not alTecl
111 is territory—for a lime, at least.
ADVERTISING.
Thi' building 111» •»f a new or
small business is much like |hr»
rearing of a child. The mother
u>pins by a careful preparation
• f Ihe food which she gives l«»!
Ihe chili! often ami in small quan
lilics. As Hip younpster prows I
Ihe food allowance is increased in j
Jrenpth and quantity. When full j
manhood is attained then may Ihej
Ihree square meals a day he en-1
joyed and the pleasure of |hr» ta
lilc he indulped in now and Ihen.i
So il is with advertisinp. Small]
repular, frequent meals, so toj
«ay, will certainly lead lo a con.
lit ion wherein more and more
money may he spenl as I he trade
ullracled hv (he advert isinp
irrows. Tt is often pitiful to note
I lie fear and narrowness which
wins lo hold the nverape small
i in 1111 facturer and dealer in Ihral
Inm. and which keeps him from
pulling any life or money inloj
Ill's business. Mis cry is. "I have;
no money lo spend for advert is-j
inir, advert isinp costs money."
Df enure, but what other cost may I
lirinp such returns or his busi
ness Io become known otherwise
lhan by advert isinp, certainly not
li'y sillinp in the ofTice and he-j
moaning dull limes and lack of!
business. The baby cannot live
jf the mother says that baby food
roMts money and that she cannot
afford to buy if. "baby must wail
nwbiio." Not much, baby prows
fat and healthy on pood food anil
a small business will prow hip
and important on pood advertis
ing.
AMERICA THE PARADISE OF
LAWYERS.
The profession of the Inw hn«<
(louriMhod only in fror countries.
While if has alway# boon nbarp
ly criticized and lawyers have
frequently boon callod parasites
on society-or at tho boat neces
sary evils-in viow of tho pari they
have played in the struggle for
constitutional freedom thin pop
ular view is not accurate. If that
view were true we ouprht lo And
those nations where there are few
or no lawyers the most peaceful,
orderly and prosperous. Just the
opposite is true. In a magazine
article in 190i it wa^ stated thai
China had no lawyers, that in
flussia tho pre port ion of lawyers
to population was ono to 31,000,
in Gernjany one to 8,700, in
France one to 4,100, in England
one to 1,100, and in the United
Slates one lo 700.—Case and Com
ment.
ORDER TO 8HOW 0AU8E ON PE
TITION TO 8ELL LAND.
n fhe Uniled States Commission
•t\s Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct. In
Probate.
In the matter of Ihe guardian
bin of the estate of Nel.s Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.—Order to Show Can.se on Pe
tition in sell Land.
The United States of America
o Nels Oscar Sail, Charles <«. Sail,
,ewis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
erested in the above-named es
ate or in the sale of lands be
onging to said estate:
The petition of Charles (1.
all, as guardian of the estate of
he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly tiled in this court, r?p
esenling that it would be for the
lenellt of the estate of said in
ouipelent person and of all per
on« interested therein that cer
ain lands and mining property of
aid mentally incompetent person
described therein be sold, and
raying that license be granted
11> Ihe said Charles <«. Sail, as
guardian, to sell the same;
Now, therefore, yon and each
^f you are hereby cited, ordered
iml required to show cause, if,
Finy you have, before this court,
I. Ihe United Stales Commission-1
[»r's court room in Ihe court, house1
in (lie town of Valdez. in Ihe above|
named preeinel in the Territory!
;»f AlapKtT. on the 71 li day of Oe
lo.ier, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. iu„
Aliy Ihe prayer of said petition
liould not be grafted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Vlaska, this 20111 day of August,
1912.
THOMAS n. SllEPARO.
Tudge of the Uniled States Com
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.—In Probate.
Charles Eoring and E. E. Ritchie,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Cast pub. October 5, 1912.
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies and Gentle
men Appreciate My Service*.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corn* Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
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Phone 185 Wall St.
MINING ENGINEER
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VALDEZ. ALASKA
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