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Advices that the Canadian dollar Is now in New York less than one pel
cent, is good news. It indicates the growing confidence In America in Can
ada's ability to meet her obligations. This restoration of confidence will
work to the distinct advantage of both countries.
The reduction of the exchange rate t-as come about despite the con
tinued adverse trade balance existing against Canada. The New York and
other American influence': which control the financial situation found that
a high rate of exchange against Canada was distinctly against trade between
the two countries, and that business was drlftiug away from the States un
der the handicap.
The exchange experience has taught Canada not to rely too much on
one country for Its markets nor to be too dependent on one country for
what It imports, even necessities. It has taught the United States also not
to press its advantages too war In finance. Raising a higher tariff wall
against the comparatively few American imports of wheat and cattle from
Canada, the Americans found that to sell their goods they also must buy
To make friends and make gains involves a law of trade that is Inviolable,
lu orer to sell one also must buy. To be exclusive means to cherish a
primitive Idea which stifles exponslon.
individual firms iu America realized the necessity of getting back to
parity as soon as possible in order to retain their Canadian relations, lii
such cities as Seattle large dealers already are absorbing the discount on the
Canadian dollar, and It will be no surprise If the C'andian dollar within a
short time resume Its old substantial status of 100 per cent, value every
where alongside the Amerlcau dollar.—Dawson News.
WHO WOX THE WAR!
It is not yet decided who won the war. There is yet a fooling iu some
quarter* that Germany was the winner. The people of Germany are all
gaining it3 former markets, largely through the depreciated currency. Only
ti:u>- will tell what the result will be. The law of compensat.on works all
the time, with the result that the defeated country always has greater op
portunities than the country that wins. France recuperated rapidly when
d*-~ lea ted on a previous occasion, so fast that her debts were soon paid and
she again took her place in the competition of natlous. So Germany Is re
cuperating and will very soon be proving to the world that she is not de
teat. d economically or financially.—Prince Rupert News.
Al)M 1N 1ST11A I lo.\ .U.A1NS1' I UK STR1KK—ALSO THE Pl'ULIC
The reduction in wages which is the basis of the present railroad
stride liud the sanction ol tne Federal Labor Bouid. and President Harding
has announced thai the Administration stands squarely behind the Board in
its action. The Labor Board took the action that it did lu order to bring
..bout a reduction iu transportation rates in the United Slates. It is gener
ally conceded, even by labor leaders, lhai lower transportation charges iu
tuis couutrv are needed to make production cheaper, so that we may not b*
ui a disadvantage in competition in foreign markets and so that increased
buying may tie encouraged at home. The cost of production is so high in
the country that the people are slow to undertake enterprises which require
sums in construction. It is conceded, for instance, that it tile people and
business of the country are to be properly housed there should be a great
deal of building, yet the indicated building boom has failed to materialize.
There must be a reduction iu costs, and the tirst step in the reduction must
be iu transportation of materials and foodstuffs. Investigation also dis
closes that the railroads cannot reduce transportation with wages as high
as they are. The Labor Board, therefore, co-operating with the Inter
state Commerce Commission, agreed to a reduction of wages to be accom
panied by a reduction of railroad tariffs.
The wage earners of the country, at least equally as greatly as any
other element of the population, are interested in the resumption of build
ing and buying and in the recuperation of the exportation of American
products. The country was never better prepared for business activity
than it is at the present time. Its capital is ample. Its producting capacity
is imme.ise. It has the men, the shops, ine raw material in abuudance.
but the market is off. The demand does not exist. Something must be
doue to start a demand for the products of labor. When that comes iu
one line it will quickly spread to other lines. If the shipping consump
tion of the country were normal shops thai are closed would resume opera
tions. and those that are operating on less than full capacity basiB would
increase their output. It would not take long to re-establish normal con
ditions.
Under 'he circumstances It would see mthat the railroad strikers are
onlybeatmg themselves ou tof pay checks and delaying the beginning of
business improvement. No strike can win when the popular sentiment is
against it. The public Is not for tho railroad and coal strikes that are now
iu progress.—Juneau Empire.
INDIAN DRUM
bi|Wiiliam AWHarcj and E-d^mBaimer .
V*
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Cbpuriqhf by Edwin. Balmer>— • --*
It wus seven mourns Biuve uuvic
Penny had gone- away. After Ms :
Bt range Interview with her that day ]
and his going home, had Uncle Benny
gone out directly to his death? There
was nothing to show that he hud not;
the watch and coins must have lain
for mii-.y weeks, for months, In water
and In -and to become eroded In this
way. Hot, aside from this, there was
nothing that could he Inferred regard
! li g the time or place of Uncle Benny's
j ilfMih That the package had heen
imilled rii.i : Manitowoc meant nothing
definite. Seine one—Constance could
not know whom—had had the muftler
| and the scrawled leaf of directions;
later, after lying In water and In sa:id.
the things which were to he "sent"
had come to thnt some one>'s hand.
Most probably this some one had been
one wlio was going about on ships;
when his shl£ '""I touched at Mani
towoc. he had executed his charge.
Constance left the articles upon the
bed and threw the window more wide
ly open. She trembled and felt stirred
and faint, as she leaned against the
window, breathing deeply the warm
air, full of life and with the scent
of the evergreen trees about the
house.
The "cottage" of some twenty rooms
atood among the pines and hemlocks I
Interspersed with hardwood on "the |
Point," where were the great Hue sum
mer homes of the wealthier "re- |
sorters."
This was Uncle Benny's country, i
Here, twenty-five years before, he had
first met Henry, whose birthplace—a
farm, deserted now—was only a few
miles hack among the hills. Here,
before that, UncJe Benny bad been a
■young man, active vigorous, ambitious.
He had loved this country for Itself
and for its traditions. Its Indian
legends and fantastic stories. Half
her own love for it—and. since her
childhood. It had been to her a region
of delight—was due to him Hnd to^lie
things he had told her about It. I»ls
tlnct and definite memories of that
companionship came to her. This lit
tle hay. which had become now for
the most part onlv a summer play
ground for such as she. had heen once
a place u here he nnd other men had
struggled to grow rich swiftly: he
I had outlined for her the ruined lumber
j docks Hnd pointed out to her the loca
[ tlons of the dismantled sawmills. It
! was he who had told her the names
I of the freighters passing fnr out. and
the names of the lighthouses, and
| something about each. He had told
I her. too. about the Indians. She re- I
memhered one starry night when he
I had pointed out to her In the sky the
Indian "Way of fthosts." the M"ky
way. along which, hv ancient Indian
belief, the souls of Ind'ans traveled
up to heaven: and how. laler. lying
on the recessed seat beside the fire
place where -die*could touch the dn?s
upon the hearth, he hnd pointed out
to her through the window the Indian
"Way of Does" among the constella
tions by which the dogs too could
make that Journey. It was he who
had told her about Mlchnhou and the
animals; and he had been the first
to teJI her of the Hriim.
Tlie dlsgrai*. unhapplftess. inp inn-ni
of something uorsp. which must hnve
made death a relief to Uncle Benny,
she hart seen passpd on now to Alan.
What more bud conic to aIhii since
."hp hurt hint heard of him?
Word had reached her fgthpr
through shipping circles In May am!
again In July which told of Inquiries
regarding Uncle Benny which made
her and her father helleve that Alan
was "parching for his father npon the
lakes. Now these articles which had
arrived made plain to her that he
would never find Uncle Benny: he
would learn, through others or through
themselves, that TTncle Benny was
dead. Would he helleve then that
there was no longer any chnnce of
learning what his father had done?
Would he remain away hecanse of
that, not letting her see or hear from
him again?
She went hack and picked up the
wedding ring. The thought which had
come to her that this was Alan's mo ti
er's wedding ring, had fastened Itself
upon her with a sense of certainty. It
defended that unknown mother: II
freed her. at least, from thp stigma
which Constance's own mother hail
heen so ready to cast. Constance could
not yet hetfln to place Uncle Benny
In relation to thai ring: hut she was
beginning to he ahle to think of AJnn
and his mother. She held the little
band of gold very tenderly In her
hand: she was glad that, as the ac
cnsatlon against his mother had conn
through her people, she could tell him
soon of this. She could not send 'he
ring to him. not knowing where hi
was: that was too much risk. But she
could ask hlin to cuiue to her; this
gave that right.
[ She siit thoughtful for several mlu
ute?, the ring clasped warmly In her
j UunJ; tlieu slie went to her desk and
wrote:
"Mr. J tin Weltun,
1 "Slue KniiiUSj Kaunas,
"Dear Mr. vveuon:
"It Is possllde that Alnn Contad
lius mentioned n;e—or at least told
you of my fntlier—In connection with
tils stay In Chicago. After Alan left
Jhlcago, my father wrote twice to his
Blue Itaplds address, hut evidently he
had Instructed the postmaster there
to forward his mall and tiad not made
any change In those Instructions, for
the letters were returned to Alan's ad
dress hiju In that way came back to
us. We did not like to press inquiries
further than that, as of course he
could liave communicated witli us If
he had not felt that there was some
reason for not doing so. Now. how
ever. something of such supreme Im
portance to him has come to us that
It Is necessary for us to get word to
hltn at once. If you ctn tell me any
iddrew at which he can he reached
by telegraph or mall—or where a ines
senge- can find him—It will oblige us
very much and will be to his interest."
She hesitated, about to si.vn it; then,
Impulsively, she added:
"I trust you know that we have
Alan's Interest at heart and that you
euu safely tell us anything you niny
know as to where he is or what he
may lie doing. We all liked him here
so very much. . .
She signed her name. There were
still two other letters to write. Only
the handwriting of the address upon
the package, the Manitowoc postmark
and the shoe box furnished clues to
the sender of the ring and the watch |
and tiic other things. Constat.ee her- |
self could rot trace those clues, but .
lleiir.v or her father could. She wrote
to both of them, therefore, describing
the articles which bad come and re
lating what shs had done.
The next noon she received a
wire from Henry that he was "coming
up." It did not surprise her, as she
bail ex|<ected him the end of the week.
Late that evening, she sat with her
mother on the wide, screened veranda.
The lights of some boat turning In
between the points and moving swift
ly caught her attention. As It entered
the path of the moonlight. Its look was
so like that of Henry's power yacht
that the arose. It was his way, as
soon as he hud decided to leave busi
ness ugaln and go to her, to arrive
as soon as possible: that had been his
way recently, particularly. So the
sight of the yacht stirred her warmly
and she watched while It ran in close,
stopped and Instantly dropped a
dingey from the dnvlts. She saw
Henry In the stem of the little boat;
It disappeared in the shadow of a
pier . . . she heard, presently, the
gravel of the walk crunch under his
quick steps, and then she saw him In
the moonlight among the trees. She
went down on the path to meet him.
"How quickly you came!"
"You let jourseif think you needed
me. Connie!"
"I IUU. . . .
He had caught her hand In his and
Ue held It wiille he brought her to the |
porch and exchanged greetings with j
her mother. Then he led her on past
und Into the house. i
When she saw his face In tlie light,
there were signs of strain In It.
"You're tired, Henry!"
He shook his head. "It's been rot
ten hot In Chicago; then I guess I
was mentally stoking all the way up
here, Connie. But first, where are i
the things you wanted me to see?" i
She ran upstairs and brought them
down to him. Her hands were shak- ,
Ing now as she gave them to him; she ,
could not exactly understand why; but
her tremor Increased as she saw his
big hands fumbling as he unwrapped
the mulTIer an I shook out thi things
It Inclosed. He took them up one by
one and looked at them, as she had
done. His fingers were steady now,
but only by mustering of control, the ]
effort for which amazed her.
He hi*d the watch in his hands.
"The Inscription Is Inside the front,"
she sal,i. '
She pried the cover open again and
read, with him, the words engraved
within.
" 'As master of . . What ship was
he master of then, Henry, and how
did he rescue the Winnebago's peo
ple?" - 1
"He never talked to ine about things
like that, Constance. This Is nil?"
"Yes."
Henry put the things back In the t
box. "Of course, this Is the end of -
Benjamin Corvet."
"Of course." Constnnce said. She
bus shaking again and, without will
ing It. she withdrew a little from Hen
ry. He caught her hand again and |
drew her back 'oward him. His hand
was quite stefty.
"You know why I came to you as
julck as I could? You know why I—
why my mind was behind every thrust
jf the englues?"
"No."
"You don't? Oh, you know; you
aiust know now!" ,
"Yes, Henry," she said.
"I've been patient, Connie. Till I
cot your letter telling me this about
J'H waited for your sake-^for our v
Hikes—thoilgtl IT seemed at limes a
rhh Impossible. You haven't known
jnlte wlint's the matter between us
[hose last months, little girl; but I've
;nown. We've been engaged; but (
that's about all there's been to It. ,
Don't think I make little of that; you
know what I mean. You've been mine;
out—hut you haven't let me realize It, '
irou see. And I've been patient, for 1 I
<new the reason. It was Ben poison- !
Ing your mind against me."
"No' No. Henry !"
"You've denied It; I've recognized
that you've denied It. not onl* to me
inrt to your people, but to yourself, i,
if course, knew, as I know that I am
lere with your hand in mine, and us
ve will stand before the altar togeth
er. that he Imd no cause to speak
tgalnst me. I've waited, Connie, to
five him a chance to say to you what
le had to say; 1 wanted you to hear
t before making you wholly mine. But
low there's no need to wait any long
er, you and I. Ben's gone, never to
:otne back. I was sure of that by
what you wrote me, so this time when
I started to you I brought with me—
:hl8."
He felt in his pocket and brought
:iut a ring of plain gold; he held it be
fore her so that she could see within
It her own Initials and his and a blank
eft for the date. Her gaze went from
it for an Instant to the box where he
tiud put back the other ring—Alan's
mother's. Feeling for her long ago
;uzlng thus, as she must have, at that
ring, held her for a moment. Was It
because of that that Constance .found
herself cold now?
"You mean you want me to marry
vou- at once. Henry?"
(Continued on Tuesday)
tlARCl'S MAYER VXD FAMILY
OP SEATTLE IN SKAGWAY
Mr. and Mrs Mayer and son Mar
:us, Jr., are in '.ho city among the
excursionists. Skagway is familiar
;round to Mr. Mayer, who made his
irst trip to the c'.ty when it was
lothing but an extension of the
joach, just beginning to be settled
with tents. Next month will bring
iround the twenty fifth anniversary
>f his first visit.
Mr. Mayer is of the firm of Mayer
Brothers, Jewelers, Seattle, and pro
>ubly is the originator of nugget
ewelry for the north. He has many
experiences to relate of the early
lays of the camp when men carried
lacks, or made two week-carts jiist
vide enough for the trail, sluce any
louveyance was in demand for the
ransportation of goods toward the
Summit.
(AVAL TREATIES HILL
PASSED SECOND READING
London, July 7.— A bill approving I
he Naval treaties conference at
iVashington, passed the second read-1
ng today in the House of Commons. )
former Premier Asqulth said that I
t is high time th»t a simular pact |
,vas being drawn up to include land
irmaments and also calling for the
abolition of submarine warfare alto
gether .
LADY WILSON CANDIDATE
FOR 11K1TISH PARLIAMENT
London, July 7.—Lady Wilson,
vidow of the late Field Marshall, re
•ently assassinated, will likely be a
•andidate for the British Parliament
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