Valdez Daily Prospectoi
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ne Dollar per Month: Twelve Dollars per Yea:
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1912.
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WIL80N.
For Vice-President—
TH08. R. MARSHALL.
For Delegate to Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
OUR NEW DUTY.
Willi the close of this day will
come lo an end what lias probably
been the closest fought campaign
in the history of (he territory.
Within a few hours the polls will
have been closed; I lie voice of I he
people will have been heard.
Whatever may be the results, let
us cheerfully acquiesce in that re
sult and again turn ourselves to
the (ask of upbuilding our com
munity and developing I lie abund
ant resources vouchsafed us bv a
munilicent nature.
Perhaps mir isolation from the
jiivn! centers of the world's marts
<-au<os us to lake undue interest
in all'airs of a political or public
nature, and, il may be, we lake
I hose rpn'slions a litlb* loo ser
iously.
irwiihin ili«' in'\l I wo years wo
will devol e a lithe or the energy
and earnestness in building up our
own affairs Hinl wo liavo in up
building the political interests of
fliis or lhal candidate, wo will see
a different community than which
we inhabit at the present time.
Valdez is surrounded with un
fold riches; wo have the making
here of the largest and most
prosperous community in Alaska.
To reach the goal at which we are
aiming it will fake a long pull,
and a strong pull, .hut it is yet
within our reach, provided we
work together in the harness and
make our pull as one man.
After all, our own self-interest
and well being should be the in
centive for a united effort to bol
ter our own condition and this
••an only bo done by earnest and
consistent work and honest boost
ing for all our enterprises deserv
ing the public good will. As the
election will soon be but a mem
ory. 1 «• t us forget knocking and
resolve ourselves into an earnest
army «>f boosters.
PAINTING A JUDGE.
The Times, of Seattle, has em
ployed three corporation attor
ney" and beneficiaries under llan
ford's system of dispensing jus
tice and emolument s-llarold
Preston, C. \V. Door and E. C.
lfughes, to analysi/.e the testi
mony submitted before the con
gressional commit lee to prove
•hat the judge was a pure and just
man with an evenly balanced ju
dicial temperament.
If will lake heller moil than
this Time* appointed <■< nn 111 it I <m> ;
men less known In liavo profiled
Ity lh<! lavish generosity of Judge
llanford, in disposing of litigants'
properly. Mr. ilnghcs is a cor
poral ion lawyer and has been ns
penally favored by .Indue Han
ford during "lhal record extend
ing over a period of Iwenly-lwo
years." Mr. Dorr, as I he reprc-l
senlalive of (he salmon cannery
Irnsl ha* had loo much In be
I hank fill In Ihe ex-jurist for dur
ing I he long period he has manip
ulated Ihe fish interest* before
that, court. Mr. Preston's long
inleresl in railway affairs has un
doubtedly caused him to look up
on Judge llanford as one of his
clients valuable assets.
This newspaper appointed com
mittee, in lliefr attempt In apply
a c.nal of whitewash to the dis
credited jurist, have forgotten lo
tell the reader* of Ihe Times lhal
Judge 'Manford's sudden resigna
tion was only tendered when the
majority of I lie congressional in*
vesligaling committee had order
ed a wril of duces lacnm issued
to produce Ihe hooks and corres
pondence passed between Judge
llanford and Ihe very corporal ions
these gentlemen represent. Now,
these hooks and papers were not
>••1 n pari of the record and were
only prevented from becoming so
by reason of Jnd^e llanford'* res
ignaf ion.
If. would be far heller forjudge
Man ford's memory lo be forgot
, ten, for the more it is stirred the
more it will smell unto the heav
ens. ;The application of white
wash will not disinfect and it will
, only heighten the contrast with
the black of an infamous judicial
career. Ja
POLITICS AND HIGH PRICES.
Governor Wilson, President
Taft and Colonel Roospvelt, the
three men from whom the nation
will have to pick the next presi
dent, are all in accord on one
proposition, and that is that
something must be done to low
er the high cost of living. Each
candidate has an explanation for
existing high prices and his sug
gestion for bringing them down
within the reach of the ultimate
consumer.
Various causes are suggested
for the existing conditions-the
tariff, too much gold, the manip
ulation of the trusts and other
economic reasons and conditions,
but the fact remains that prices
remain high, although now and
then there is a break in favor of
the consumer. All of the assign
ed causes doubtless have a bear
ing on conditions, but the over
worked law of supply and demand
comes into account, for a lot. De
mand has succeeded supply in
foods at least and supply has not
answered demand.
This is demonstrated by the
drop in prices in view of the pros
pect of bumper crops this season.
In Chicago a year ago potatoes
sold at $5.25 a barrel, this ye-ir
for the corresponding week al
*2.75 a barrel. Cabbages sold la*'
year ;il *2.50 a erale, this year nl
I Id *1.15. Iii Minneapolis last
week new potatoes sold around 55
eeiils a bushel and old al IK cents
and I.-ss. Sound prices rule emi
siderably higher.
Those arc indications. All crops
|arc fairly certain to be large.
Plenty of fond for livestock will be
produced, which should in time
operate to reduce the price of
meats.
Rains this year have boon sea
sonable, sunshine and propitious,
and rains and sun have more to
do with a people's prosperity than
even politicians have.
We prosper most when, as a
whole, people, each receives a good
price for his product-not an ex
treme price.
And all of this leads back to
(he farm, the source of our pros
perity. Bumper crops will mean
a lowering of prices for most of
our foodstuffs. A revision of the
tariff on woolens and cotton man
ufactures would lessen the cost
of living in another important di
rection. The farmers are going
lo do I heir share Ibis year by
raising bumper crops. What con
gress will do, by way of revising
the tariff", depends upon the de
cision of the voters in November.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Now (hat everybody has had his
talkfest on politics, let us sing?
Charily often begins at home
because it was loo weak to get
away.
Even when things are coming
one's way some fellows can't help
kicking.
Life will In* rallier slow Willi
having I ho pro-elect ion limine nf
Cllssillg lilt* other follow out ofT so
suddenly.
II looks as if Fisher, finding
Jhal lie nmld nol gi>| congress to
look nl fho Alaska coal question
his way has derided fo lake I he
hull hy I he horns and is working
through Ihe navy department.
OUR FORMER TOWNSMAN
KILLED 7QO-POUND BEAR
Deputy Marshal John Ooodell
and son, Lawrence, of Sitka, are
quests at tho Occidental hotel.
They will he here a week. Judge
fioodell is reported by ffllow pas
sengers who accompanied him ov
er from Sitka on th.' Georgia yes
terday, to have killod a 700-pnund
hear with ono of the now 22 Sav
ago guns at Silka a few days aao.
Tho hoar was shot while on tho
move, the bullet. lakinpr ofToot in
ibruin's flank.-Junoan Diapalch.
HOW BULL M008E
GOT INTO POLITIC8
During thv Republican eonveii
lion when fln» conlesl was at ils
holiest. Colone! Hoosovolt issued
a statement in which lio said lie
was "flghtirur like a hull moose."
Alert newspapermen pounced up
on I ho lorin, and when the new
party was launched pr>MpH>
christened il Ihe * hull mof»«i
party."
THE MAJESTIC
H. C. DAVIS
Complete Change of Pro
gram Tuesday, Thursday
and Sunday
One Skow Week Day* - - 8 P. M.
Two Sk«w* Sndiyi 8 ud 9:15 P. M.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
"back" a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day's successful business
enterprises would si ill he
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness I'* 'he man with the
dollar.
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