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,44nIhM 4*4
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
I FOOD WINS THE WAR |
DON'T WASTE IT j
KRWlK AFTER THE (JREAT
AVAR
From the Saturday Evening Post:
lit their war industries the
French have performed marvels of
mechanical ingenuity and with a de
cree of efficiency that would suprise
some of the best mechanics in Am
erica. Let me illustrate this with
e characteristic episode:
In one of the large factories in
the south of France a very difficult
mechanical operation in the manu
facture of a rifle was performed by
a few workmen who wt re highly
proficient in this specialty. Realiz
ing the advantage their sk 11 and ex
perience gave them, they proceeded
to hold up their employer. They
demanded and pot one hundred and
twenty-live dollars a week, which is
an absolutely unprecedented la
bor wage in France. Not content
with tb's, they insisted upon a six
hour working day.
"Thi<? has gone too far," said the
superintendent, a one-time mechanic
who h*d risen from the bench.
Realizjctr that this was the weak
est point of his organization, he
set about devising means of proving
to the mercenary workmen that thejj
were no» indispensable. After a
great deal of thought and labor he
devised a machine on which a peas
ant, a'ter a few days of practice,
could perform all the work'of the
skilled mechanics, and do it faster
and mjre economically.
Wher. he had accomplished this
he was not satisfied. To show his
«v>ntempt for the inconsiderate ar
•isans who had taken advantage of
of his emergency, he made up his
mind tj g-. 'arther. He improved
the machine to the point where
it cou!d b» operated by blind men.
To-day, when you go to his factory,
you the operation that former
ly gav« htm so much cost and
troublebeing accomplished by sight
less soldiers, whose output is sev
eral times greater than that of
skilled and high-priced workmen of
other davs.
A Sucessii.n of Wonder T«le<>
Thia Ingenious superintendent
gave still another evidence of his
enterprise. When an American busi
ness man. Ions a resident of Paris,
saw this machine iu action lie im
mediately said:
"Can X get one to send to the
Government at Washington? It will
greatly expedite our output of
arms."
"Certain!*." repliedi the French
man. "I'll let you have one next
week."
This reply is almost revolution
ary when yea consider that he
fore the wsr the mechanical head
of a French factory would have had i
to au^uH suvh A suggestion to baK
a dozen men, and finally to a board
of directors, before he could get it
approved. This whole incident,
and a great many; more that I oouW
presenf, are the convincing argu
ments that French, industry lis be
ing galvanized to the point where it
is very likely to be a strong com
peitior of Britain and America when
peace comes. f <'
Report? received from the Am
erican forces in France all indi
cate that German troops ara ner
vorum and afraid of oup Yankee sol
dier boys. Germany first tried gun
fire on American soldiers; seeing
this did not phase them, she tried:
heavy artillery; even yet the "con
temptible" Americans did not run,
and Germans used poison gas shells;
nextt Germany tried liquid fire, and
the Americans are still there and
able lo shoot as straight aa ever
Many raids againstt the Americans
have jesutted in repulse after re
pulse for German forces; five Am
ericans defeated a German patrol
ten; *nd Saturday we read of one
lone Yankee, one | "oontemptible"
American soldier, killing the leader
of a tand of 40 Germans, wounding
others, and causing the whole scared
lot to retreat as if tthe very devil
was after them. Scared? We've
srott their "goats" that's all.
Premier Lenine undoubtedly let
the est out of the bag when he is
sued a statement Saturday that
Germany's terms of peace were not
one-teuth as harsh as those of
fered Germany and Prussia by Na_
ooleon. I^enine is a German agent,
paid with German money, and work
ing for German interests. His state
ment w®s but the echo of words put
into his mouth by the Kaiser of
Germany.
A littel note found on the editor's
typewriter this morning when he
came to work whidh isays, in refer
ence to "Win. Sloan of the Peter
son of 'wham it was stated Sat
urday that be lad not been up
'own in two years although making
two trios a week to the wharf for
seven years, that the reason Mr.
Sloan has not been up town oftener
is because Skagway is dry. Now see
whaf the prohibitionists went and
done.
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Penalties
Siould a taxpayer render a false
or fraudulent return with intent to
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ditional tax of 100 percent, and to
a fine of not to exceed $2,000, to
one year's imprisonment, or both, in
t'i2 discretion of the court, and to
the costs of prosecution. •
$23,000 TO BK SPENT OX ROADS
Twetty-three thousand dollars is
the sum that will be expended, this
year oa road work in the district
contiguous to Anchorage, including j
the Willow creek country and the
Cache creek district according toi a
telegram received here today from
Janie6 Wilson, of Valdea. the road
commissioner for the third division.
Two thousand dollers is the
amount o£ money alio ted Seward for
road work.
The. expenditure of $23,000 in
the ccuntry between. Aachorage and
the miues in the Willow creek and
Cache creek districts will aid I
materially jn the betterment of the
present roads and trails and the con*
structicn of new ones.—Anchorage J
Times.
FUEL PRICES IX HOLLAND
Consul ilahin, at Amsterdam, re-'
[>ortfi: I ;
The Netherlands Government has
fixed maximum prices for coal
and ccke, taking effect January 1,
which are an advance on previous
prices. They are stated in florins
per hectoliter, hut ia American
terms are equivalent to about $22
1 ton for anthracite and $17 for bi
tuminous coal; coke, about $10
x ton; coal briquets, about J25 a
Ion. • ; 11\
The distribution is carefully reg
ulated by cards in specified quanti
ties. varying with the Bize and na
ture of the residence or the pUoe
>f business. The quantity allowed,
specially to residences, ig much
smaller than the amount) they csa
»um>ed in £eace Uimsa, ;iljJ
I
BE MED DM
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Sermanyl Cannot Be Given
Chanre to Repeat Crime
. Against World.
DANGEROUS MOMENT AHEAD
American* 'Must Guard Against Day
When Jeutons, Beaten, Offer
Peace' on Basis of Status
Quo Ante.
By J. FRANK DAVIS.
Perhaps the most dangerous moment
for America in all this war will be the
moment when Germany, admitting she
cannot win. offers to make peace on the
basis of the status quo ante—to go
back to where things were before she
set forth so blithely upon her great ad
venture.
Already her newspapers talk of such
a peace. The relchstag "no annexa
tions and no Indemnities" resolution is
a "feeler" for it. The war lords allow
this talk to be made, although they
have not officially sanctioned the prop
osition.
The day will come when they will,
however, and that will be a dangerous
day for America.
From what we see quoted from Ger
man newspapers It is quite clear that
the people of Germany think they hnve
only to offer to go back to where they
were before the war to gain peace.
When they say "no annexations and no
Indemnities" they mean no annexations
by Germany and no indemnities to be
collected by Germany, because It has
not even entered the head of one man
in ten In all Germany that they may be
forced to make reparation.
Germans Still Deceived.
Also Germany does not understand
that any mere promise on her part not
to attack her neighbors will not be
taken. The Germans as a whole still
are deceived into thinking their rulers
did not start the war. They do not -ip
predate that their promise not to of
fend again would be a worthless prom
ise. They do not know that their na
tion is morally bankrupt; that the
word of Its overlords Is no longer of
the slightest value in the councils of
civilization.
When they get ready to admit that
they cannot win and to offer to return
to the status quo they will expect their
enemies to accept those terms—in ef
fect a peace made in Germany. And
we must be prepared for a considerable
movement in the United States advo
cating the acceptance of such an offer.
The hyphenates and the pacifists
and the cowards and all the other cop
perheads will be for It. "What more Is
there that we should fight for?" they
will shout. "Why should we take sides
in any European quarrel over terri
tory or Indemnities? Let the Germans
return Belgium and northern France,
and let the British and the Italians give
back the former German colonies and
the territory taken from Austria. And
let us all get together—Germany to do
her share, of course—and rebuild the
towns In France and Belgium that have
been destroyed. Let us be generous."
May Gain Following.
It only the traitors aud the pacifists
were for such a plan we should have no
more to worry about than we now have
to "trouble us In the activities of I. W.
W. and peace councils and disloyal pro
German newspapers. But they may
gain an additional following aiuoug
lack-brained folk who now are not with
them.
We Americans are a sentimental peo
ple. We like to think about punishing
criminals, but we seldom like to punish
them. We will not fepeal our laws
against cupltal punishment, but we
hate to convict under them.
The cry that will go up from all the
German propagandists when the offer
of a status quo peace Is made will be a
loud one, and thousands of Americans
who are loyal enough at heart, but
loose-thlnklng, may be attracted by It.
Germany, In that hour, may be depend
ed upon to use every tool at her com
mand la this country to throw up dust,
to obscure the Issue, to Influence Amer
icans toward a peace that shall leave
the world as much in peril as It was
prior to August, 1814.
Would Be German Victory.
If they can get a great number of
people In the United States to agree
that Germany ought not to be put
where she cannot repent her crime
against civilization, the war will have
been In vain. If the Germans are able
to cease fighting, unpunished, and go
back home to prepare for the nest
war, with Mlttel-Europa in their hands.
It will have been a German victory,
even though not such a victory as Ger
many expected when she began the
conflict.
Nobody expects to annihilate Ger
many. Nobody wants to see her anni
hilated. Nobody wants to crush her,
except as a military menace. But she
must keep the peace hereafter, and to
make sure that she does so her power
to repeat her offense must be de
stroyed. And—most Important of all—
the German people must have learned
that the militaristic policy of their war
lords does not pay.
Watch and guard against the day
when Germany offers to call It a draw.
It would be a black day for the world
if America's Influence were then to be
thrown into the scale In favor of such
a peace. ... ...
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
meet« every second and
Xourthi Tuesday- evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brotLers cordially welcome.
Edward A. Rasmuson, Arctic Chief.
William K. Gray, Arctic Recorder.
Fraternal Oi dee
Eagles—
Skogway Aerie,
No. 25, Prater
nal Order of
levies meet the first and third
: WVdaesday njght of each mojntfa at
their Lall on Fifth Avenue. Vlait
jin* brothers cordially invited to
latteud. \
John M. Keller, W. P.
J. M. tiriesbach, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
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meet# 2d and 4th
Saturday Ev«nln«
OI eavn mouths. Visiting Brethren
ar« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JA11H.3 "WALLACE, Secretary.
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E. met>ta erery
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P. m. Vlsltlne
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