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TUESDAY, AUiiUST 20, 1912.
MEN WHO LIVE SOFTLY.
They are m»t all inmates of
clubs, sentenced In them for lack
of useful work to occupy their
lime; not all are mollycoddles, the
men who live softly. The right
corners of the world are tilled with
such as keep the voice low, walk
gently through life, doing their
work as well as they can, and be
ing kind. It is a fashion of late
to put forward sfrenuosity as a
virtue. Yet the more of men who
live softly the world can have, the
better will society be and the truer
will the human family live up to
its best ideals.
Tom much I In* tendency is these!
days In interpret Ilio Biblical
• IuosI i«»11: "Aim I my hrot Iter's
keeper ?" in I «* an admonil ion to
become nl! l!ial. Tho implication
road info th • unanswered query
of (ho ages i.-» all to effect (lint
every man must ho his brother's .
keeper, impr mmI wilh I lie obliga
lion to h»« iioinR his best to force
hi.s brother to go his way. What
a prospect for jangling turmoil
I hat interpretation presents. Ev
ery man fighting every other man
over the path lo he chosen
through lifel Surely no teacher
of men ever intended such a con
struction lo be placed upon a sim
ple question. Are there no patient
keepers?
Men who live softly are content
lo adhere to the chosen path and
permit his every brother to enjoy
thesame sweet privilege. The soft
er he is, and the gentler, the more
readily will he even step aside at
1'ic crossings, and permit his
brother to pass unhindered upon
hi», way. Living softly, such men j
honor others no less than them-1
.<ei\os, and help to make existence ,
brighter bv tending strictly loj
their own affairs. To condemn
them for not turning reformers,
spending their days and nights
haranguing others, scolding soci
ety and keeping it disturbed, is to
h<»lil small concept of the privil
ege of existence and the duly ofi
man in this world.
The truest reformer is the onei
who devotes his efforts solely and
exclusively to the improvement of
"himself. There remains grave
dubl concerning the ability of any
man to ever really reform anoth
er or contribute to the betterment
of society except through his own
personality. The man who looks
after himself and devotes his
years making a finished product
has some task on his hands, and
those*who accomplish il must live,
softly, keep their voices low,
work steadily and lie kind in or
der to have the time in which to
discharge il.
The man who lives softly wauls
n<• f I;jrik to which his efforts,have j
nn| iMililh'd him, ami he knows,
full well I h a I Ill's own will come loj
him. II is therefore not neces
sar.v for him lo spend his life in
I ho vain quest of honors and famej
to which he is not entitled, or to
climb upon the soap box at Ihe
corner and strain his lungs with
Hip persistent cry: "Now, ladies
and gentlemen, please lurn Ibis
way and see what a man am I!"
He prefers lo live softly and k.'ep
happy, and is enough of a gen
tleman to leave others in the same
sweet content with the problem of
life as they find it.
TRU8T8 AMONG TRADERS.
The ultimate consumer has long
held a suspicion that the prices
lie has to pay for the necessities
were not fixed entirely by Ihe big
corporations and Ihe combines.
The middlemen have been charg
ed in many instances with having
conspired to exact an unjust pro
fit and a little experience in the
courts in New York the other day
shows that in one case at least
the charge was well founded.
The Mercantile Exchange was
charged with having combined and
conspired to flx the price on but
ter, eggs and cheese that came in
to the New York market daily be
'fore legitimate sales 'on the ex
change had made these prices. ''
When the district attorney's of
fice pronounced tttfe»?orL of thing
illegal and charged the more than
400 members of the exchange with
engaging in a conspiracy, Ihe of
ficers and membership protested
vigorously. They were quite sure
that there had been no violation
of the law. The district attorney's
office was obdurate, however, and
the posting of arbitrary quota
tions was suspended temporarily.
On Monday last the Mercantile
Exchange, through its counsel,
appeared before a magistrate and
presented a copy of resolutions
recently adopted by that body and
intended to assure the law officers
that it rocogni7.es the error of its
ways and i.s determined to correct
it. Nothing could be more sweep
ing than its pledpre of future good
conduct. It promises that it will
not at, any lime, directly or in
directly, by any method whatso
ever, make or publish or receive
from any person, firm or corpor
ation, or publish, either on a
blackboard on the floor <>f the ex
change or otherwise, any prices
or quotations of the prices of but
ter, cheese and eggs in the New
York market, with Ihe exception
of listing and recording prices
actually received for lots of'said I
commodities at bona fide sales
thereof actually made upon Ihe
floor »>f Ihe exchange. II makes
furl her promises, also, but this!
will suffice to show that Ihe ex
change recognizes and realizes
llial Ihoro can be but one stand
ard of trade morality.
The ultimate consumer will
have less cause for complaint
when public sentiment is finally
aroused to Ihe point of demand
ing the general adoption of a flal
standard of business morality.
EDITORIAL NOTE8.
Perhaps congress is delaying
the canal until Alaska coal is
mined.
Those two Kodiak children have
not hitched their wagon to a very
high star.
A progressive ig being politi
cally defined as one moving to
wards public office.
When J. Pierpont Morgan has
"nothing to say" it takes the New
York papers a column to tell it in.
Marse Henry Watlerson has
found it to be quite difficult in
keeping cool between the hot wave
and (lie Ihoughl of Wilson's nom
ination.
The way the Republican press
is going after that Bull Moose
would lead one to believe it was
I be open season.
The only man the police of New
York really wanted was Shepps,
but somehow the district attorney
had use for him.
There's a fellow down below
who wants to standardize eggs.
We are with him if he will only
modernize them.
The man who ordered this sea
son'* weather is being sought by
;» gang of Valdez highbinders, who
are on murder bent.
Tlie supreme court ran repeal
I In- free lolls law just passed by
congress without resorting to a
con ference commit fen.
The crop of aspirants for Dem
ocratic national committeeman is
only limited by the number of
Democrats in Alaska.
The Seattle papers are telling
bow good times are just to cajole
themselves into believing they are
not broke-only busted.
It is said the recent Populist
national convention adjourned
without nominating a ticket be
cause they didn't dare go before
the people as the conservative
parly.
When that man, Mr. Commer
cial Club, comes from Tacoma we
will gladly give him a free ad. un
der the caption of Lost, fllrayed
or Stolen.
An anxious correspondent wish
es to know whether the plural for
bull moose is "bull mor.ses" or
"bull mcese." There is no plural
for hull moose. There is but one
bull moose.-Chicago Record-Her
ald.
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NOTIOE TO OREDITOR8.
In the United States Commission
er's Court, ex ofTicio judgfl in
Probate, Valdez Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
Louis Camicia, deceased.-Notice
to creditors.
Notice is hereby given by tho
undersigned administrators of the
ostate of Louis Camicia, deceas
ed, to tho creditors of, and all per
sons having claim* against thj
said estate, to exhibit thorn with!
the necessary vouchers, within
six (0) months after tho first pub
lication of thin notico, to the said
administrators at tho ofTico of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, tho
samo being tho placo for tho
transaction of the business of said
estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of August 1912.
James fish.
W. IH. CASWELL,
Administrators of tho Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Fir t publication Aug. 12, 1012.
Last publioatJftn Sept. 12, 11112,
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