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August 2dih, 1923, at tho postotiic-.;
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Takotna, Alaska, January 5, 1935.
NOT SO DANGEROUS.
(New York Times) .
Last October a little group of men
interested in pub ic affairs drew up
a list of the “Three Most Dangerous
Men ’ ia the U: ited S.ates. Those
were the names: Upton Sinclair of
California, Senator La Follette of
Wisconsin, Huey P. Long of Louisi
asa. All of them, it was said, were
candidates for the Presidency, on
platf rir.s full of mischief. Needless
to say, after 1she November election'
Mr. Sinclair’s name was crossed off.
Senator LaFollette, it is true, now
has a party of his own, to threaten
like a “fleet in being.” But he
seems mest likeiy to tender it to
the Roosevelt navy before many!
months have passed. Thus Senator
Long appears now to have the rlear-,
est title, whiih many are giving him,
as “The Most Dangerous Man.”
That he< and his followers mean to:
make a serious try for the Presi
dency is evident from many acts and
utterances. There has just been
formed in Louisiana a “Huey P.'
Long for President Club.”Circular
applications for membership have
been distriputed widely, the only
qualification being apparently obed
ience to “all rules and regulations.”
Senator Long will doubtless draft
these himself. Judging by his ab
solute contro of the Louisiana Legis
lature. he will know how to enforce,
them. But is he really to be thought
of as the most dangerous man in
America ?
ino question ot his native ability
need be raised. He carries many
intellectual guns. For his own pur
poses he often assumes a sort of
vulgar and cowboy manner, but be
hind it he hide a great deal of
shrewdness and talent and know
ledge. Some of his speeches in the
Senate and at political conventions
he makes deliberately offensive, but
he is said to be able to make a good
legal argument in court and it was
admitted by those who heard his
appeal for admission of his Louisi
ana delegation at the Chicago Con
vention that it was persuasive and
masterly. Whether he is entirely
sincere in his announced intention
to redistribute entirely the wealth of
he country, not permitting any one
man to possess more than a million
dollars, may be doubted. But he has
found it to be a fetching cry with
many people and is certain to make
the walls.of the Senate and the hills
outside re-echo it during the next
two years. How long it will evoke
a response, to what extent he can
keep it up, is another matter.
Politically speaking, his great
WeakDess is tack of “character.”
By that word we do not mean his
private virtues or vices, whatever
th-y may be, but the total impress
of his personality. This is not such
as to convince the (Treat mass of
Anu ricans that he is titled for high ]
t'i'.ce, or ought ever to be consid
ered for it. He is flighty and erratic.
He does not convey the impression
of a stable and trustworthy mar i
. rtr.in'.y it would be an entire
break with the long American trad
lion if such a person as he were
e to fight his way into the White
House. We have had many inferior
">•, as President, but we have neve:
yet had an out-and-out demagogue
hat Senator Long, with or without
n; support of his “club,” could en
.re the fierce scrutiny win h all ]
crurdates for the Presidency have
0 undergo is extremely improbabl.
lie is locally a skilful and success
iu poiticjian, but nationally he wo : ' i
■ pitting himself against a nationiiy
and abier politician. Mr
revolt has shown not the slight
- sign of being disturbed by Mr.
:.g;s ambitions, and there is no
uns-.-n why he should bs. In every
1 maginable clash with the Louisia
Senator the President would hold th:
whip hand. If, for example, Mr.
Long should push his dictatorship
Louisiana too far, he might be rude
y a'inmueu oi inc consri.u: ton:;. |
rovisinn, that the Washington . !
ir.islraticn will guarantee to cart
State “a republican form of goveri
ruent.” But it is not necessary
ihink of resorting to extreme mea
ures against him. He may w 1! , j
reckoned as a curiosity as a darin j
adventurer, as one ruthless in i . J
dealings with political opponents, j
but as a man highly dangerous tc |
r Government and our people— j
never! The real danger is that th j
entry may exaggerate his :rr.por' i
ance and his power. In time, the
steady judgment of the America:
people will classify #him as one if
the extinct volcanoes in our politics
OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE
(Seward Gateway)
j
If the government is really since:- j
in it’s desire to assist in p pula-1
Alaska by shipping North 300 fan:
families each year, it should also, at!
the same time, arrange a market f
these prospective new citizens.
We have talked personally to farm
’s who were persuaded to come to
Alaska from the States; persuaded by
government men assigned to the
ask. Once here they were forgotto.
and many subsequently returned to
the states, cursing the day they had
gone to Alaska!
Cursing, not b. cause of Alaska it
self, but conditions had been so dig
orted. And all of these, of primary
importance, was lack of market f .r
farm products. It is true some pro
duce is sold, but until a definite
agency has been established along [
the railroad belt for general mark
eting of all farm products, the idea
of bringing impoverished famille
from the States to Alaska unless
assisted thereafter over a long period
of time, will lead to failure again.
We hasten to add, howeveer, that
we always welcome new settlers,
knowing that here in this great
country a sanctuary in time, will be
found for the industrious, where in
the states, at the present time, the
task of obtaining sufficient to eat :s
sometimes nearly impossible.
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FLAT. ALASKA
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AMERICANS SPEND MO *E
LUXURIES THAN ON SC iOGL,
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America spends twice a mv./n
money annually far ::oft di nks, ia
aios, tobacco, and automobile... as •*.
docs ior education, aeeornmg o u
recent study made by Joseph JIiI.tr,
tr., secretary of the r.ew ■■■
Hoard of Education and pres .dent of
the National Association pe i «b*L
School Officials.
Mr. Miller ha* just completed a
nor.j study of the average amount
spent for public Schools ,a the
Ln.ten fatates. His study, whim
v, as made for the National M ho.
mart and National Scho Ivlew, re
veals that the nation spc. . 34,0 0
ooO.uOO annually for luxuries, while
. . p^.-.ua omy b2,2v0,i.00.b.,o for u .
X o-hools.
the average amount s. - .it -per
cut per child for pubi c .-. ho .1 eau
-tion was given by mr. Miller as
.iS.O.'.
“L hen we consider the paltry
a.unt we spc. d hr education it
.., no wonder we are face to face
' oday wi.fc one of the greatest na
onai problems,” Mr. Mi Lr said.
\Vc have app. oxiiiu.teiy 3,000,00
boys and ’girls of sch ol ape wit
. o neither in school r.or have
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CHAS
TWO NEW SHIPS.
McGee, manager of the McGee
• .’\7j*>s, while directing the move
of hs big fleet ,f .lanes, n.w
■ jy with holiday and gmcra! buei
..-cs out of Anchorage, also is busy
roparin for a journey >,I several
thousand miles which he w»li mo.’.
’) anti across the states. He will
rave on the steamship Victoria f- r
■ .t.tic according to the Anchorage
* imes.
During Mr. McGee’s absence Allan
-•lorn og, well known aviator, who
■ ■' much flying for McGee and
this vicinity and other
parts of Alaska, will be acting man
ger of the McGee Airways. Mr.
Homing arrived here several day;
l,o from he Gold Cord Mine, in the
area, where he has been en- j
aged in operation of the mine in
srociation with his fathc?r and others
of the family, who control ,the prop- j
eity.
iat-uca annouaceOi today rnat:
r. his trip outside he will arrange
. er bringing in two n. vv planes, on
St. r son and the other a Beilanca.
-he Beilanca will be flown to Seattle
by Kenneth Neese, well known Alas
kan flier, who recently went out
side with his family. Mr. Neese wdi
bx.ng the Beilanca to Anchorage,
and then join the McGee service,
and make his headquarters in An
chorage.
A fter Mr. McGee arrives back in
Anchorage Pilot Oscar Winchell of
-Ye McGee line will go outside, and
on his return will bring in the new
Stinson plane.
On his trip East Mr. McGee plans
visit many plane and motor fac
Oiies, andi will take in one of the
rrgc- pontoon factories cn Long Is
on-i, and the big annual airplane
e: hibition in Grand Central Palace,
“w York City. He also will visit
V, ashington, D. C., and stop at vari
ous cities on the way homeward.
Some fellows start right in the rut,
While others head the throng.
All men may be born equal but
They don’t stay that way long.
.’here’s many a man with a gallant
air
Goes galloping to the fray;
But the valuable man is the may
who’s there
A hen the smoke has cleared away.
Some “Don’t get nothing out of
life.”
But when their whines begin,
Ye often can remind them that
They “don’t put nothin’ in.”
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