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THEORIES OF TRADE
The marked and singular char
acteristic of the present administra
tion, iu its contempt fox what the.
old law writers called any "plain, I
speedy and adequate remedy" for I
existing evils, is illustratel anew in
the recommendations of Secretary
Redfleld for laws to prevent the
"dumping" of foreign goods upon
this country at the end of the pres
ent war.
It may be pointed out that when
Mr. Wilson was a candidate for
president, and when Mr. Redfield
was supporting him for that pcsi- I
tlon, both gentlemen were endeav
oring fo convince the country that
a low tariff was the precise thing
needed to bring us to the highest
degree of prosperity. Both '
descanted at length ou the great
advantage of the consumers of the
country which would come when
under the beuigu influence of a
freer trade tariff, they could pur
ch.is foreign goods at prices much
cheaper than it would be passible
for the American manufacturer to
produce them.
Now, fortunately for the couu
try, both of these gentlemen have
temporarily thrown their pre-eiec
tiou theories overboard and recog
nize the imperative necessity of pre
serving the American market as
far as possible for the American pro
ducer. But they have not reached
the poiut when they are willing to
confess fully that their past tariff
theories were mistaken. Their ob
Jecticn to the tariff iu the past
was that it prevented dumping,
which they thought desirable. Now
they recognize that dumpiug would
be an evil, but refuse to turn to
the tariff as the remedy, although
it was the efficient remedy of the
past, as well as the feeder of the
treasury. They will feed the treas
ury with direct taxes upon the pro
ducts of American industry and
try to prevent dumping by the em
pirical remedy of attempting to
extend our anti-trust laws into for
eign countries, a remedy impos
sible of application and of doubt
ful value at best.—Seattle P.-I.
CHRISTMAS
Christmas, the festival observed
la the Cnristian church on the 25th
day of December is in commemora
ti&nof the birth of Jesus Christ. No
certain knowledge of his birthday
existed and the date wa^ not fixed
until the establishment of the first
churches. Probably England makes
more of Christmas than any other
country. Everybody joins in the
festivities. Members of families
which 'or the whole year have been
far separated come homo for Christ
mas. In England the universal
Christmas bird has been, the peacock.
The boar's head is also typical in
the country. The large Yule log
bums brightly and its warmth and
light is radiated from every beamin
countenance. To see Christmas
celebrated as of old, a person has
I
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to vial: the country seat of some
squire or lord ol high, position. In
the morning all the household at
tends church and sings, ".Peace on
Earth, <^ood Will to Men." On
this day all people are of the same
rank; there Is no class distinctioai.
When they are all gathered In the
gr«.at hall, they Joke, tell stories
play games, in which <&U the old
people join and live their young
lives over. The Christmas dinner
is served with great ceremony, the
head butler bringing In the boar's
haai on a silver platter. Then fol
low the accompanying delioacies
served on highly polished and de
corated dishes. The dinner is
served with much statellness and is
accompanied with, the music of harp
and fiddle. Altogether a day thus
celebrated is one of long remem
b.'i<ce. Devonshire, England, not
ed for its apples, boasts a curious
custom. On Chrisuna Eve tlio farm
er and his son Btand beneath the
oldest and best apple tree, both
b .-iiig a jug of cider, and sing
folk songs. After passing the cider
around to the audience, they betake
themselves home to a good supper
and much merry-making. Long ago,
in "Merry England" one of the joys
of the children on Christmas morn
ing was going about from friend to
fri nd singing happy carols and
greeting all whom they met with
Merry England to you!" This
custom is still kept up in a few
parts of England. It is from old
Mother England, Chat we get our
cheery greeting. In Germany the
Christmas tree is the chief joy of
the children. They think that
when Eve ate the forbidden apple
the leaves of the tree shriveled
and tinned into greou needles; al
so the baTk and whole tree be
came a dark green. Hence the
origin of the Christmas tree. In
Belgium the children hang up their
stockings on Christmas Eve and at
the i'J~st peep of day the next morn
ing are out of bed to see what
Sifts are left for them. In France,
the little people, instead of hang
ign up their Btockings, place their
shoes before the fire place. And
in Holland the children are al
ways sure of a happy Christmas,
for that is the country from which
Santa Claus hails under the name
of Kris Kringle. The children of
Sweden and Denmark do not depend
on Santa Claus to distribute their
gifts; but bundle them up in all
sorts of queeT bundles, some
times covering them with hay,
sometimes cotton or wool and
sometimes strips of different col
ored cloth. Then they Btart out
bright and early Christmas morning
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"93"HairTonic
stops the hair from falling out
Wm. Brin.
EVERY OWNER OF
A DWELLING
Should Have
I i
FIRE INSURANCE
Now is the Time to Act
Reliable Companies are
Represented by
PHIL ABRAHAMS
Agent
4th Avenue
sou. Their manner ot delivery is
peculiarly their own. They knock
at tho door and when it is opened,
tliey hurl their gifts Into, tho mid
dle of the room.
Therefore, for true giving, Bea
sou your gifts with judgment. The
padns you take to divine the taste
and desire of the friend whose hap
piness you would inhance at this
holy season are .worth far moire
than the gift itself. When Christ
mas is made an occasion for send
ing expensive presents to all sorts
of people simply in compliance with
the fashion of the hour, the most
beautiful of festivals is made cheap
and dowdy by gross misuse.
WHV THERE ARE NO MAX
ANGELS
The Ceutralia Hub has often wor
ried about the absence of '•man
angels'' in - the pictures and paint
lugs, and after some investiga
tion It gives the reason for the dis
crimination to its readers:
"Always was a bit puzzled as to
why tho picture books and artists
and story-tellers always depicted an
angel as something with form and
face of feminine fetchingness, sur
rounded by snowy winga of woudrous
wiu8omeness, and in an attempt to
get at the bottom of the puzzle I
started out in the Serlock Holmes
iug business on my own hook, and
1 found out that when the church
netUa a new carpet the pastor calls
on the Ladies' Aid Society for it,
and when tho deacons get behind
with the pastor's pay chock they; cal
on the Ladios' Aid Society, and
wheu the mortgage on the place
of worship falls due it is the
Ladies' Aid Society that comee to
the rescue and beats the sheriff out
of a job. and on Sunday when the
pastor goes into the pulpit to point
the way to the land of angels and
perpetual life ho'usually faces an
audience of mostly women, and the
mid-weeit meetings a-ro the same
thing, only more so, and I have de
duced that the reason no one paints
a mm-angel is because there ain't
no such animal, and nov^ what puz
zles me is what they are going
to do with the men preachers."
AXTHl'. VCITE OX IlECKNTLY
PATENTED KATALLA CLAIM
Cordova: The granting of a I
patent to the Fremont coal claim
iu ih§ Bering river field, owned by
Clark Davis and associates, is said
to contain 5,000,000 tons of anthra
cite coal.
At tbo time when the application
was made for patent to this claim,
along with fifteen others which com
pose tho entire grouo located by
these men, the Juneau land office
held a charge of fraud against the
claims, and 'with the exception of
the Freemont claim, held that no
mine bad been opened. In the
case of tho Freemont claim, how
ever, in.e Jnneau office held that
not onlv had a mine been opened,
but that considerable work had
been done on that claim.
According to the records of the
Juneau office, there is still pending
in the office of the secretary of
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
iour druggist will refund money if
?AZO OINTMENT fa-Is 'o cure r.ny
:«se of Itching, Baud, Bleeding oi
Protruding Piles ia 6 to 14 days. Tin
"oplication gives Ease & Rest. 50c
MARCUS H. HALCOMB.
Term of Governor of Con
necticut Expires In 1917.
Photo by American Tress Association.
the interior an aopeal in connec
tion -with the remaining cmwjs.
These locations were made in
190S and the uroperty known as the
Freemant jvas worked up until
1910.
Yes—Many People
have told us the same story—distress
after eatinc, Rases, heartburn. A
DTablet
before and after each meal will relieve
you. Sold only by us—25c.
Wm. Britv.
Lux Is just the thing tor doing
a tittle laundering while traveling.
Convenient to use and sure and safe
)■ results. 10c at Kellere'. tf.
F. A A. Si.
Whito Pass Lodg®
F. 4 A. M. No. 113
meets 2d ai»0 4th
?ri. Er'gs. of each
muntil. ViAiUnt brothers are wel
come Phil Abrahams, Secretary.!
Elmer L. Wheeler. W. M
15. p. O. ELKS
Bkagway Lodge
NO. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday evening
at OClOtB..
^^^Trclr'. Visiting broth
era cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J. VANDBWAIX. Secretary.
Fraternal Order
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Skagway Aerie
No. 26, Frater
nal Order of
cji.&ico ui-cw cue liiOv auu uui u
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially invited to attesd.
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Me
A.list.r. Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:00 p.
m. sharr. Visiting brothers cordial
ly wcleome. J. M. Keller, V. Arc
tic Chief, W. R. Hillery, Arctic
Recorder.
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