Valdez Daily Prospector
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One Dollar per Month: TweWe Dollars per Year
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1912
BUSINESS, NOT SENTIMENT
Wherever 1 h«* people have had
an opporluuily and liav; not
been blocked by (lie "steam rol
ler" process, they have registered
I heir lack of confidence in Presi
dent Taft by casting llieir ballots
for either lloosevell or LaKollcUe.
The lack of confidence so expres
sed in a purely family light, is
neither local or of a temporary
nature, A large percentage of
those who have voted against
Taft at the parly primaries will
do so at the general election as
a matter of principle. The signs
all point to the disintegration of
the republican party. The or
ganization has departed so far
from its original landmarks;
so glaringly advocates and es
pouses the cause of the interests
as against that of the people, as
to have caused revulsion of feel
ing among its own membership
to such an extent as to presage
the defeat of their next national
candidate. dare fill observers
throughout the country, irrespec
tive of politics generally, concede
I he election of a democratic pres
ident next November. With the
chief executive will fro both
branches of congress, thus giv
ing us, for the lirsl lime in many
years, a democratic administra
tion of our country's affairs.
Conceding this to be the ease
it would be the height of folly for
Alaska t«» be represented in the
halls of congress by other than
a delegate in harmony with the
administration and its policies.
The republican parly has been
either in power or held a check on
the administration since the ac
quisition of Alaska from Russia,
and what have ihev ever done for
us? Nothing. The democratic/
parly has shown every desire lo
aid us and to heller our condi
tion; we have no valid reason lo
distrust I hem, for il is a cardi
nal tenet of thai parly to bestow
the blessings of home rule were
ever il is justified. Willi a dem
ocratic delegate we can hope lo
accomplish much for the upbuild
ing of our lerrilory. To vote
against Robert \V. Jennings in
August next is to vole against
progress, against emancipation
as well as against our pockelbook.
A vote for (! i I more is a vote for a
perpetuation of Slrtukle fordism
and an endorsement of Tail's
commission Conn of govern men I.
A vole for an independent candi
date is a vole thrown away on a
delegate, who. if elected, will sit
in congress without I lie backing
of either parly and without sup
port. To vote for a socialist is
lo place Alaska in antagonism*
with all Hie powers and lo arrest
its progress I'nr a decade to come.
We believe the great majority of
voters will cast their ballots next
August for llie upbuilding of
Alaska, and iueideiilally for Hie
betterment of their personal con
dition. This is. a year in which
territorial polities is a mailer of
business and not sentiment.
SIMPLE SOLUTION
Much lias heeu sniil and many
complaints made «»f the canneries
depleting Ihc Alaskan waters of
its lish without leaving a rout, in
I In* territory in return; even the
men employed in the canneries
hcing brought from the coast
states, principally (California. A
modicum of return at least could
he had under existing laws if the
officials in chaw of our roads in
the several coast precincts, felt
inclined to lake advantage of the
power given them by law. Road
commissioners who have charge
of the collection of road and poll
tax in their respective precincts
can enforce the collection of this
lax from every cannery for every
person employed hy I hem, save
natives'. There is no good and
valid reason why Ihis lax should
not he collected and the law en
forced. The men who are de
veloping Alaska pay it: in fact it
is the hofia tide residents of I lie
territory who have home 111.?
whole Inirden. As we have said,
these outsiders Who earn I heir
money iu Alaska and spend it in
Washington, Oregon and (Califor
nia, have heretofore heen permit
led to evade this tax, and for what
reason we cannot conjecture.
Were the collection of this lax
enforced throughout the south
eastern and southwestern coast,
irrespective of nationality, at.
least $100,000 could he collected
annually. This vast sum put
into local road building would
soon give the coast country a
good system of roads loading
hack from tidewater, or, if
deemed advisable, could he used
in making the .main government
trails hotter. No douhe hut that
cannerymen will oppose such an
"innovation," hut hy resorting
to the courts they could he made
good in the course of time. The
idea suggested is worth trying.
APPEAL TO REASON
Apropos of the recent visit to
our miilst of the socialist lea .lor
Chase, the following article from
the American Press of April 0
will bo of interest to our readers.
"The report that the socialist
Appeal to Reason has sung its
swan song in the publication of
the Leavenworth'prison scandals
is denied in the Call." Yet the
failure of the paper was the leas*
conspicuous part of the an
nouncement which featured in
this connection.
The remaining details, howev
er, are passed over in a judicious
and significant, silence. The
special report to the Now York
Times contains the following in
teresting item of news: "The
founder of the Appeal is J. A.
Wayland, a country editor. lie
first published the Appeal in Kan
sas City, and moved to (iirard. lie
soon made that, point a first
class post ofTice to take care of
the fcreal. volume of postal busi
ness lie created. Wayland took
his profits and bought cheap land
in Missouri. Zinc was discov
ered ou it. The editor, who
| had been a penniless printer then
built and owned a whole town,
lie sold it all at inflated prices.
Now lie scarcely knows his own
weal tli
Wayland invested his profits in
land in Texas. The city of Ain
arillo grow up on his holdings
and today he receives as rental
in Amarillo alone $i0,000 a year.
Wayland is not. the only social
ist who finds that the appeal to
class hatred, envy and revolt is a
paying occupation. The social
ist capilaisf is the latest product
of economic determinism and tin?
tribe is daMy increasing.
There are countless socialist
writers, speakers and politic
ians throughout the country'who
j make of their revolutionary agi
tation a most lucrative profes
sion. It will soon take rank with
those of law and medicine, while
its revenues will be far more re
liable and satisfactory.
II already has its colleges ami
study coins, s and is but auother
and more cunning method of ex
ploiting the laborer.
The divisions brought about in
the camp of the (oilers, the ruin
land misery which must incvit
l ably befall capital and labor a
j like and the entire country, as a
t result of |ln> class war which is
thus heinn scientifically promo
lied, nre matters deserving of no
| consideration in their mind. The
Appeal To Reason, which is so
j bravely proclaimed, is often only
an appeal to passion, ami an ap
! peal lo pocket books.
i
editorial notes.
To offset III** alleged insults
Iwliirli have hern offered Iti«* tlag
by members of (he ImlusIrial
Workers of I ln» World al their
meetings in Aberdeen. Wash.,
many business houses are flying
Ihe Stars ami Stripes. The flag
finals over all the mills and pub
lic buildings and is in evidence
throughout the eity.
Republicans claim thai. Ihe
population of Alaska is loo scat
tered for territorial government.
How was it with the members of
that fan\ous convention which
gave lis the constitution of the
United States?
Large corporations seem to be
doing very well in I heir disinte
grated condition, and Standard
Oil shares have risen consider
ably in price since Ihe dissolu
tion of the holding corporation.
We are safe in asserting that
not a vessel plying in Alaskan
waters carry a sufficient number
of lifeboats and rafts to accom
modate its capacity list of pas
sengers in case of disaster.
Oregonians evidently do not
worship at the Taft shrine since
Ihe president classed progress
ives as neurotics.
10very lime a stale is carried by
Roosevelt the Taft supporters
console themselves with Ihe
thought the administration con
trols the southern postmasters
and "niggers" anyway.
Champ Clark did fairly well
dnr:ng the past week's conven
lions.
Martin llarrais goes into the
political arena as the. "great con
trast."
Citizens of Valdez' are not
overlooking any action congress
may take on the dyke hill.
Some republican politicians
still cling to the idea that il
would he heller to have a war
than to sulTcr defeat in Novem
ber.
., i _ .
If only some charitably inclined
person would loan us a million or
two repayable when the rump
delegates arc sealed in the na
tional convention.
The Cordova Alaskan accuses
Commissioner llealey with hav
ing expended $1,551-50 to collect
$700 road taxes. That's going
some.
The rump candidate for dele
gate to congress should not tell
of having worked in the Moran
ship yards. The Moran's have
always been held "unfair" by
union labor.
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Hcnular Communications first Wednesday in
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welcome.
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