ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
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CIRCULATION OUARANTEFJi TO HE
PtHJBLE THAT OF ANY OTHER ALASKA
MORE THAN
NEWSPAPER
ABOUT TAXING PROFITS BEOAUSE THEY
ARE PROFITS.
It is a mistaken notice that taxation should be
It vied with the purpi e in view oi permitting tin
people to have a direct cut- in the profits of atij
person's or corporation’s business. Taxes should b(
levied always with one tiling in mind, and that is t<
laise money needed to boar the costs of an efficienl
but frugal government, and there should he a fail
mid equitable distribution of the burden. The theory
yhat it i; not a good thing for any kind of an
industry 10 make large profits is unsound. Par
ticularly does that apply to mining or any other
industry in which the profits are legitimately made
and not at the exp nee of others, and also particularly,
in a new and developing country.
This is true because, among other things, as said
hereto fore, the easiest capital to get for the develop
ment of more resources in Alaska is that which hat
been earned as profits in the Territory. It is a great
thing, for Instance, for the North that tlie Kennecotl
r.nd the Treadwell companies are possessed of large
surpluses. That is bring illustrated very plainly it:
the mannci in which these companies are searching
for new fields in which to invest surplus capital ac
cumulated f rc in their earnings in excess of tin
amounts paid injdivldends and taxis, Kennecott people
recently took an option on the Aitken property ii
the Kantishna district. They purpose, if the develop
ment work should prove the property to be what
It Is hoped and believed to be, to invest JT.oOO,util
In that property and in means of transportation to It
That would never have resulted if it had not been foi
the Kennoeott surplus that has been built up tbrougt
operations in the Territory, l.lkewis with the Tread
well operations in the Kuskokwim and Mayo districts
These surpluses ate stored energy, backed by com
petent organisations, l ady to do development work In
this Territory. They are among tile greatest of the
i sects of the North.
It should be borne in mind that large mining
companies do not, us a rule, pay exhorbitant divi
dends, no matter what their profits might oe. The
rule is to pay fair and reasonable return on invest
ments. The remainder of the income after this is
done, if it Is done, is retained as a sruplus for
utilization In further development—cither the ex
pansion of industries already working or the creation
of new mines. In either can- it is capital that is ready
for translation into increased payrolls and larger
markets and more and larger opportunities for the
people.
It is not in the interest ol the general welfare
to tax profits Just because they are profits.
THE SCHOOL MEET A SUCCESS.
The second annual school meet ut Juneau lias
been a tremendous mm tos, surpassing the hopes of
t-1'e most optimistic. It is creditable alike to the
fine young Ah kans who participated in the various
literary and athletic contests and those who have
If ad charge of the affair.
Juneau appreciate!; the honor of being the scene
oi ihete lirst two meeting;, and site will prove it by
tending a repre. entut ive delegation of students, teach
ers and citizens to Ketchikan next year to demon
strate that site can produce guests as appreciative as
her hosts have be n satisfactory.
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ABOUT MINE PROFITS.
; It is a misnomer to call the tax on mining profit;
lie this Territory net profits tax. It is not so at all
To arrive at net profits it would be necessary to take
ifto account interest on investments, depreelatior
t nd depletion. Mining men contend, and with per
fect remaning, that money invested in mines should
isturn a profit of not less than 14 per cent., because
oi the hazard of the Industry. Then it ought to be
taken into account that in the mining game pro
duction is always leading toward the exhaustion oi
the mine it Is a cam of translating the assets, the
principal of the investment, into cash. Money re
ceived for mine product is like money received from
the tale of property rather than that received It
rentals or oilier income from it. The profit must be
ascertained through subtracting from tile amount re
ceived the cost of the property the Investment in it.
A mine must return, in addition to interest en the
inve tm nt. the investment it -elf. Otherwise, there it
no profit.
THE PRICE OF COPPER.
Mining m n are endeavoring ty stay the advance
in the price of copper, and they may succeed in
stepping it at 18 cents a pound. It Is feared that if
the 20-ecnt copper that has been predicted is reached
there may be a leaction that will take It back to
much lower figure's that arc desirable. Even If tlie
advance Is stopped at 18 cents, it is expected that
a reaction will follow. It Is known that tile large
producers are making all their plans on a basis of
16-cent copper.
While I lie demand fer copper is firm and the out
look 'i$ good for a considerable period of profitable
cipper production It is the consensus of opinion that
20-cent copper, if it comes, will be the result of
speculative buying. Speculative buying always pro
duces an abnormal surplus—a surplus that is not
held as a reserve by those who use the metal— which
j presents a menace to the producer and consumer.
* When tlie speculative buyers believe the peak has
been, or is about to be, reached they unload, and un
loading always, of course, causes a break in prieea.
Another menace to the copper situation when
prices become over high is the inevitable stimulation
to investment in properties which could only be
worked at a profit at the high rates. This increases
the supply and forces prices down and automatically
results in loss to the investors in the high production
cost properties.
The quicker therefore, the speculative buyers of
copper realize that the end of the advance in the
| price of the metal has been reached the better it
[ will be for the industry. If that point shou’d be
i quickly reached, copper would probably gradually
settle beck to 15 or 16 cents and remain there for
I sometime.
| Alaska’s two greatest material industries are iisli
| ing and mining, and the welfare of this Territory is
I dependent upon their prosperity, and next to them
is the fur industry. We are all hoping that pulp
! and paper-making may be added to these leading in
| dustries. It will require capital to cause the mun
ition. and the getting of the capital for that purpose
! will depend largely upon the fairness with which
; wo treat the industries that are here.
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The results of the High School debates in tho
!school meet that came to a successful end last night
;will not have the effect of boosting the ship-subsidy
' proporal. In each of the three debates on the ques
tion. "Resolved that the United States Should Grant
Subsiius to Her Shipping Handling Foreign Trade,”
! the dec if ion of the judges was unanimously in favor
| of the negative.
Fish “Looters” Angry ai Restraint.
(Portland Oregonian.)
In his demagogic tirades against the measures
taken by Secretary Hoover to preserve the salmon
fisheries of Alaska, Delegate Sutherland receives the
prompt support i.t that tvp of newspaper that prompt
ly raises a chorus whenever anybody yells "corpora
I tion” or "monopoly." They rant about “looters"
of the fisheries and studiously avoid men!ion of the
'fact that the men whom Mr. Suthreland professes to
! champion arc among the looters and are angry at
restraint of their freedom to loot, while those whom
lie denounces have seen the wisdom of mending their
I ways and i f co-operallng with the Government.
Restriction of fishing has been imposed for the
very ample reason that without it there would soon
, be no more fls.lt. It is imposed on the packing com
panies in the came measure as on individual fishermen,
and it limits their catch to certain quantities in cer
!tain streams. The purpose and effect are that enough
salmon ascend the streams to spawn and to produce
a new supply for each succeeding year. The Suther
land idea seem; to be to catch every possible salmon
this year, careless whether there will be any next
year or in the following years. The Hoover idea is
■ to insure a continuous fishing like a provident man
instead of like a hog.
We have had experience with the Hoover policy
in the Columbia River. The salmon run was ap
proaching zero when closed reasons were established
and when hatcheries were built at headwaters to
' grow young fry to such size tha tthey would not be
devoured on their way to sea. The result is a tlour
jiehing industry and employment for thousands ot
fls.heimen who would have been without an occupa
tion if the Sutherland plan had been followed. Also
i the people of this country and the foreign nations
to which we export have a supply of wholesome
toed of which they would have been deprived hut lor
I the conservation policy.
Many to Y’isit Alaska.
(Seattle Times.)
As a result of President Harding’s- contemplated
Mrip to Alaska, the northern Territory recently has
I received more publicity than any other part of Am
erica. Tlie Northland next summer will be visited
I by more tourists then ever before in its history,
jOfficials of the Government Railroad and residents in
{towns along the line of the transportation system are
i preparing for the reception of a great host of trav
elers.
According to cable messages, grounds at the rail
I way stations will be turned into miniature parks and
|;.t the terminals, Seward on the Coast and Fairbanks
jin the Interior, even more pretentious improvements
! "'HI be made. For instance, at Fairbanks a two-story
j station will be erected and a block of eld structures
will be razed and the site transformed into a pretty
place of landscape.
Hut the stations, no matier how painstaking the
efforts to beautify them, must remain rather incon
spicuous beside tlie innumerable marvels that at once
amaze and charm visitors to the Northland. The
Mimic beauties of the Inland Passage are unrivaled
| in the world. Wooded mountains rise high on eitliei
side of d p placid waterways. Narrow channels open
at time into wide expanses revealing vistas that ap
peal more like pretty fantasies than nature's realities
1 ho rugged coastline of Gulf of Alaska is majestic it
its grandeur. At places in the southwestern part ci
-ttie renitory tides atain a height of thirty-three feet
The Government Railroad, with 467 miles of main
line and seventy-three of branches, penetrates Ainer
ihus treasure vault and (lie wonderland of the con
t-tient. Extensive fields of coal pan d rich deposits ol
gold abound along the right of way. Farm land;
yielding all the grains, grasses, vegetables and smal
fnnls if the temperate zone lie close io tit- rails
of the transportation system. A mill at Fairbanks
turns northern wheat into fh-ur of high-grade quality.
i lie mil read itself is remarkable for its feats of
rnginuring. .Steel is laid upon shelve* chiseled from
I mountain rides, s tretches across glacial tundras and
| passes through deep cuts in solid rock. Some of the
longest bridges ever swung into place span giant
ir,verB !° turbulent as to preclude the use of channel
j piers and cross gorges and gulches of abyssma
i RJfiinr, rolling hills, and towering mountains vary
•he inland view. Trains pass in Use shadow of Mount
■ McKinley, loftiest peak on Hie North American and
I Kuropean continents.
The waters of the North teem with fish, and the
vast stretches of open and timbered country abound
witli countless kinds of wild life.
In the summer, the tourist season, daylight it
a.most continuous and the rays of a sun that sinks
below the horizon for only a few hours lends to vege
tation a luxuriance known nowhere else. Wild flow
iis. infinite in variety and unsurpassable in the bril
liancy of their colors, flow in profusion everywhere
Trains are equipped with dining and sleeping cars!
! i< travelers are available every convenience of over
land transportation, while the attractions of the
Northland are without competition.
in seeing America, tourists niav well go tc
Aluska first.
As the bootlegger tells it. one swallow makes
hummer.— (Springfield Union.)
Experience is a great teacher and Europe is ts
ing a post-graduate course.—(Detroit News)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Everybody's Doin’ It
It's getting so
That every place you go
You’ll hear folks blow
About their radio.
Obrervations of Oldest Inhabitant
If long whiskers were to come back
they’d be as unpopular as long
skirts. i *•
The Ananais Club
"No, thanks, boas." said the office
boy, “I appreciate your offering me
a ticket for the opening game, but
1 don’t think I ought to take the
afternoon off to go.”
Hope
"It says here that flies often live
as long as five years," remarked Mrs.
Grouch.
• Well, then I hope the pesky things
that escaiped my fly swatter last year
were in their fifth year,” growled
her husband.
| But If Home-Cooked Ones Satisfy,
Why Go to Restaurant?
j (Classified at in Chill n ot he News
Advertiser.)
Homo-cooked meals satisfy. Try
our regular meal, and lunches. Cen
tral Lunch. James Shine, Prop., 23
E. Main.
The Kid’s View
i ‘ That suit Is too big for you,”, said
a Hyde Park nipther to her son, for
i whom she was buying a new suit.
“It looks to me as if 1 was too
• little for it," sighed the bright kid
Bring on the Maple Syrup
(Greenup (Ky.i Republican.)
Contractor S. ij. Pancac.k h is re
ceived a ne.w miser The machine is
about three times as fust as tihe one
used last year.
Fool Questions
Bill asks: "But can’t even a one
| eyed man often step double?" Well,
i we suppose just because a man has
: lost one of hia lamps it is no sign
tie i3 on the water wagon, if that is
what you mean.
You ve Met Him
i Blinks—‘He tato, a lot of time tell
j ing all he knotty).
Jinks- But 1 hit's nothing to t he
lime it would take him to tell ail
i he doesn't know.
Speaking of a Big Heart
The heart of a Greenland whale is
ja yard in diameter. News itpm.
Ho, Hum!
She—Did silo give you t'ae key to
1 her heart?
He—No, all 1 so: was a lock of her
I hair.
If It Fits—
I One reason why It is nicer to own
i a home than an a it to is that though
| the up-keep is about the same, you
i at least don't have to buy a new
, model every year.
j We suppose the reason the radio
; appeals to some men is because the
| receiver covers both ears, thus pre
: venting them from hearing what
; their wives are telling 'them tor their
1 own good.
i It is mighty evident that some of
; the painted freaks we see on the
streets don't see themselves as others
■ see them when they look Into their
mirrors.
Most married folks think that
maybe if they had a .Rockefeller sal
ary they could make the old family
; budget work out all right
j We don't like to discourage mutri
; mony, but we think it would save a
i g-6od many unhappy marriages if.
before ihe takes the fatal step, the
voting man would get her father to
show him the Mils ho has paid tor
her and thep compare thorn to his
| salary.
One way to make sure you never
will celebrate your golden wedding
anniversary appears to be to marry
i a film star.
Our idea of a sir^e«->*ful salesman
would be one who .could get as many
orders from his customers as he does
from his wife.
We ran across the headline, “Pre
vents PromattntSi Browning,” but
■ when we found it was uot a summer
I ci^il cream, but a choking bint, wo
(knew there was no use telling the
girls about it.
The difference between a circulat
ing library and a.private one is that
when books are iborrowed from a
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USZD ftTRNlTUIll
Bought, Sold and Exchanged
IV. BOCOVICH
211 Saward St.
I Telephone 442. P. O. Boi 111
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JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Mores, Packs and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
circulating library they always are
returned.
The honeymoon is given the gait
the day the bride discovers he has a
stomach as well us a heart.
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Daily Sentence Sermon
Just because you can't be a super
I man there is no need uf your being
a superfluous one.
News of th? Names Club
Sam Overalls ta reported from
Houston, but you’ll m ver see him
dressed in them.
Turkish Notable
Visits America.
Dr. Fuad Hey, Deputy rf tlto j
Grand National Assembly of Tur- 1
key and Secretary-General of the
Children's Protective Association, I
has arrived in Now York for a j
tour of America, during which ho |
will study social organizations j
and conditions.
RED PEPPER HEAT
ENDS RHEUMATISM
Red Pepper Hub takes the "ouch"
from Eore, stiff, aching joints. It)
cannot hurt you, and It certainly
stops that old rheumatism torture at
once.
When you are suffering so you
,can hardly get around, just try Red
I Pepper Hub and you will have thej
j quickest relief know. Nothing has)
such concentrated, penetrating heat!
as red peppers, .lust as soon as you,
apply Red Pepper Rub you will feel]
;the tingling heat. In three minutes
(it warms the sore spot through anti
i through. Pain and soreness are'
I gone.
I Ask any good druggist for a jar1
ol Rowles Red Pepper Rub. Ho sure
] tc get the genuine, with the namel
| Rowles on each package.
(advertisement.)
Furniture moveh and stored.
Heavy hauling done. Phone 48. Ju
neau Transfer. —adv
ALASKA RADIO
| Buy only Non-ltegenerative j
Sets. Regenerative Sets create j
j interference when tuning. Will j
| | ho legislated out of air in time.
) | As well turn automobile loose
: without competent driver.
Julius Jaeger, 324 E. 4th St. I j
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I ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
and Barber Shop
| TURKISH. STEAM, SHOWER
| AND TUB BATHS
| Lower Front St. (Van Atta’s old
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TRY OUR |
Merchants Lunch
45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
MARY YOUNG, Proprietor,
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I JAPANESE TOY SHOP I
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X. 8. MAKIHO l
II Front Street
P. 0. Boa iR8 tor Mail Order*
j PROFESSIONAL |
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Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein lldf.
PHONE S€
Hours 9 a. m. t* 9 p. m.
Dr. Charles P. Jenna
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
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Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Rates 13.00 Per Day and Up
' Every Comfort
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GEO. L. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messerschinidt Apts.
OfTIce hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
! 7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1G72.
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All Alaskan Trails End st
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnhan and
Ted Taylor, Props.
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T HOTEL "SEATTLE
"Home of Alaskans”
| Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash,
j R. Li. HODGDON, Manager
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It's all In knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
‘ C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
* THE MAKING OF CONCRETE '
! Is a matter of proper materials
| together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO.
COMPANY
Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
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fraternal Societies
-OF
Gaslineau Channel
0 . ILK*
M*etiaz Wednesday
Evening* at 8:00
o’clock, Elks’ Hall.
Charles P. Jenne,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiet
of Free masonry '
Scottish Bite
Regular meeting*
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7: SO p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
i. o. o. f.
SILVER BOW
_ _ LODGE NO. I A
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.t
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand]
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
PERSEVERANCE REBUTaw
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every Brst and third
Tuesdays in I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON,
N. O ALPHONSINB CARTER,
I Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAO LOOM
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Bfior.nd and fourth Monday*
of each Month. In Odd Fellc—a
Wall, beginning at 7:J« o'clock.
Homer O. Nordling, Mastor.
( has. E. IhagbeL Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and fourth Tu«
dwya of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. Q O. Ft HalL
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NOHUI.IN’G, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
WEGHS RS COUNCIL NO.
17 Ml. Meetings accord
and last Mondays at 7;ii
^ p_ m Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chamber*
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, G. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. in.
Elks’ I,odge Hoorn. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; O. 8.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 198.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 9 o’clock.
Moose Hall. E. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; H. H. Stevens
Secretary.
I WOMEN 0E M00SEHEART
LEGION
I Juneau Chapter No. 439
I Meeting second and fourth
| Tuesday of each month, 8
i o'clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
I F. McKinnon, Secretary.
7 AUXILIARY, PIONEER! OF
ALASKA. Igloo No. 8.
Meets lust Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer Lodge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Spickett, President.
Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
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THE CALL
OF SPRING
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With the return of spring nature awakens to a
new life. New ambitions are also bom within us.
New opportunities are given now that do not come
again in the winter season. Why not take a lesson
from nature and prepare for the winter of life by
saving out of the abundance of today. We will help
you in our Savings Department. A dollar is enough
to begin with.
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUNEAU, AT. ABN A
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