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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1012.
SEATTLE'S BLIND GREED.
A correspondent t«> I lie Pacific
Mining Journal, published in Se
attle, in writing about the city's
neglect of mining, from a view
port of its people's financial in
terests, unconsciously hits the
keynote of the present feeling ex
isting in this territory, against
the business interests of the Pug
el sound city, whose policy it has
been and is to lake what they can
from Alaska without ever invest
ing a dollar in il ^enterprises:
Tin- lack of appreciation of
mining and its possibilities in Se
attle not only to those interested
in il, toil to tlx communities ben
Hih'd directly and indirectly, h:i»
b"«Mi brought out rather strong
ly by some recent incidents which.
1«» one interested, would be very
significant of the growth <»f real
mining in Alaska in the last three
years and of its possibilities.
The points referred !■» are news
ilems published recently in local
.papers as such only, stating for
example, that the S. S. Seward, a
ves.se 1 with a capacity of about i,
fiOO tons, had been sent up to
Prince William sound empty, to
be returned with a cargo of cop
per ore; that the Tacoma smelter
is to be rebuilt and remodelled,
giving it much increased capac
ity, etc., etc.
When one who is at all familiar
with conditions of Alaska mining
during the past five years, and
1he steamship traffic to Alaska,
considers thai only three years
ago it was I ho usual thing for l he
phips lo go np to Alaska full andj
return empty, or with al mosl on-j
]y a pari cargo of ore occasion-j
nlly, also the small amount ofj
money actually spent in mine de-|
velopment in Ihe north, as com-J
pared with the sums put inlo the
mines al Bulle. liingham, TTlah.j
Conor d'Alene dislriel. and oilier'
producing mining camps, this |
pending of such a ship lo Alaska!
omply to relurn full should he
very significant of llie progress)
in real mining during die last fewi
years. However, beyond most i
ra.-ual menlion ol these mailers,j
no comment has been made in anvj
of il.e local news organs. This,
lack ofanv furlher nole indicating!
interest in Ihe conditions is re-i
niarkahle, especially when events I
of much less imporlance regard-J
ing lumber, manufacluring orj
fishing, are commented on and'
exploited exlensi\elv, and real es
tate niovemenls involving much;
less lo fho community and mean-j
ing lit lie in growth of a substan
tial nature are brought ouf with
considerable strength.
Legitimate mining, or mining
for and extract ing metals and
minerals «»f commercial value
from Ihe ground fas distinguish
ed from the other forms mining
is supposed lo take, in Ihe minds i
of the public al large al tiniest, j
is no| only a business capable of
being conducted ns such, but is'
also one* of the four great fun
damental industries and nol the'
least important of the four.
this is n poini thai Ilio pooplo
of Soalllo soom In havo losl sifflil
of. Son! I In is nol, a plaoo wlioro
mining inlercsls fho pooplo pon
ornlly, and n* n rosnlf, ovon mnsf
of Iho hosl informed husinos mon
of Ibis oily aro woofully ifrnornnf
of llii« pronl industry and wlinl
if has dono nnd is doing for llioso
who aro inloroslod in i(, and Iho
oommunilios if honoflfs. This is
no| a oomlflinn fliaf. should or
nood ho porrnnnonf. and if is fo ho
hopod Ifml ffioso who have fho op
portunity fo ohsorvo fho siprnifl
onnf faofc( ns fhoy dovolop. and fo
prosonf lliom fo fho pnhlio. will
mnl<o uso of Ihom. Willi a holfor
undorsfandinpr of roal mining, So
all lo pooplo collectively and indi
vidually would holp Ihomsolvos lo
a realization of Iho hopod-for
frrowlh of Ihoir oily muoh more
I rapidly than they are now do
ing.
With the product of the Alaska
nr'nes going to Taconia, it is on
ly the lack of business foresight
on the part of Tacoma business
men that they do not take the
business of this portion of Alaska,
at least, fro mthe rapacious busi
ness interests of the vaunted
"spirit city."
UNFORTUNATE CONDITION.
If may be that there is no way
in which the courts may be readi
ed in order to prevent a rank
fraud upon the pepolc such as is
sought to be perpetrated by the
Progressive leaders down in Kan
sas whereby they seek to have
Roosevelt electors standing as the
representatives of the national
Republican party upon thfj ofTicial
ballot, but it will strike the aver
age man that if courts con find
excuse for enjoining men from a
presumed intention to quit their
labor and to possibly inaugurate
a boycott they might be able to
intervene to prevent a wrong that
('I is not. presumed but which i*
actually avowed in advance.
Theodore Roosevelt is not a Re
publican and he is not the nomi
nee of the Republican party, con
seuenlly he has no right to stand
as the candidate of electors who
are named upon the Republican
ticket. If if had happened that
the Democrats "f a state liad been
able to dominate a Progressive
convention and to have men
pledged to vote for Wilson, elect
ed as Progressive candidates up
on the official ballot we would un
doubtedly hear a decidedly strong
denunciation of such as political
dishonesty.
If tin* third parly is really aj
political organization, il would be
unwise for il to pose as Demo
cratic. in some states and Repub- (
Mean in others If it expects to oc-ji
cupy a place in the political Held,
a.s a separate entity, il should
make a straight campaign as a
parly and should appeal to the 3
votes of the people as do all olli- »
er political parties? Down in Cal- |
ifornia they do things better than
they do in Kansas, in fact in the
Golden slate there is a decided re- j
gard for the decencies as well as '
the actual pride in the third party t
•and a loyally to its cause, for .de
spile the fact that the Progres
sives can control the machinery
of California if they wish, they are
loyal enough to the new party to
declare that the Republicans of
the stale have a right to name
supporters of the Republican can
didate for the presidency as pres
idential electors while the third
parly will gel ils candidates upon
the ofTicial ballot by petition.
The California way is the hon
est way, the decent way, and il
would look, as though California
progressiveism means something
while Ibis surely cannot be sai«l
of their brothers in Kansas.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Without- Ilio slightest suspic
ion of mililanf tactics, |ho advo
cates of "vnlos for womon" have
carried Ihoir propaganda info'Iho
ranks of ovorv political organiz
ation in Iho iountry and Ihoro is
not a prosidonlial candidalo bill
lias doclarod his posilivo fealty
lo Iho doclrino thai all citizens,
regardless of success, shall have
mi equal voice in Iho government
of Iho nation.
Thoro is in this fact something
thai might well ho recommended
lo Iho English suffrage I tos for
study. There has boon no allompf
to force favorable action through
fear of consequences: no striving
lo altract attention to a cause
through lawless and absurd lac
r'es, nothing in fact but a calm
and dignified campaign, and a for
cible appeal |o the instinct of fair
play.
Mr. Tnft. Mr. Wilson, Mr.
Roosevelt and Mr. Debs had no
thing much lo ffar had they de
clined fo entertain the suggestion
of woman sufFra^e for women
could not in the majority of plates
have reached either candidate wilh
their votes. The four leadinpc
candidates believe lhat woman, if
she wanls lo vole, should he ac
corded Ihe riprhl, and Ihev have
heen fearless to say so. The fact
that Ihe people of Ohio have de
feated Ihe woman aufTratfe amend
ment lo Iheir constitution is not
'conclusive for Ihe very fact that
lhis was suhmilted was a vast ad
vantage lo Ihe cause of woman
suffrage and the advocates of that
■propaprnndn pained a distinct vic
tory in Ihe mere fart that Ihey
could put the question up to the
Voters. ?
Tf - Ihe En*li«h JuifTragetteg
'could emulate their American Dia
lers, if instead of dofnpr all sort*
of foolish and wicked stunts to
attract attention lo themselves,
they would appeal to reason, and
Svould demonstrate to their broth
ers that they could bring a
thoughtful mind and an ability to
consider questions of public im
port, there would be little doubt
that they would in time succeed,
but their militant tactics have not
only put up the bars against them
selves, but they have it hard for
their sisters in other parts of the
world to make any headway in re
moving the prejudices of a con
siderable portion of the male pop
ulation.
Italy must be disappointed to
find that Turkey has no torpedo)
boats for the Italian torpedo boat
destroyers to destroy. I
ORDER TO 8HOW CAUSE ON PE
TITION TO SELL LAND.
n the United Stales Commission
er's Court, for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct. In
Probate.
In the matter of the guardian
hi»> of the estate of Nel3 Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.-Order to Show Cause on Pe
tition to sell Land.
The United States of America
o Nels Oscar Sail, Charles G. Sail,
..ewis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
erestcd 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 tin; estate of
he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly tiled in this court, r?p
csenting that it would lie for the'
M'liefil of the estate of said in— •
ompetent person and of all per-j
oris interested therein that eer-j
am lands and mining property of
aid mentally incompetent person
'escribed therein be sold, ana
raying that license lie granted
|«» the said Charles <S. Sail, as
uardian, to sell the same;
Now, therefore, you and each
if you arc hereby cited, ordered
md required to show cause, if
ny you have, before this court,
t the United States Commission
r's court room in the court house
n the town of Valdez. in the above
lamed precinct in the Territory
)f Alaska, on the 7th day of Oc
ojer, 4 912, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
vhy the prayer (f said petition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, 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.
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