The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1930, Page 4

i Daily Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER inday by _the Second and Mnin Published evening except EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at St Juneau, Alaska. every itered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class ter. LA A "SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month, at the following rates: 00; six months, In advance $1.25 n one month. in adv Subs pers will confer favor If they will promptly notity the Business Office of any failure or irregularity of their papers r Editorlal und Business Office 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS, The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the heref ALASKA = TANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION WHO IS MR. BROWN TO BELIEVE? the Alaska Legis asked the Post- al of the United States in letting ne the Seattle-Seward and Seattle Skagway runs to do so “at materially increas rates, more nearly in line with those prescribed by the Merchant Marine Act of 1928, thus | Alaska trade and shipping similar enraumgmnenli and assistance to that given by the Act of the United States' foreign trade.” In House Joint M(-m»‘ 0l No. 18, which up a number, of reasons for this request, the Alaska L ature agreed un-| animously that this was a desirable policy to follow. | The memorial was passed by both the House and| Senate without an opposing voice being heard. It | was duly sent to Postmaster General Brown, lu‘ whom it was addressed by the Legislature. | In 1929, ature master Gen mail contracts on set | Delegate Sutherland with a demand Now comes { on the Postmaster General to cancel newly awarded contracts, because they give the Alaska Steamship Company and the Admiral Line larger sums than | fixed by the old contracts, the thing that Mr. Brown had been requested by the Leg- islature to do. Mr. Sutherland gave as his reason that the increase was unjustified and unauthorized, Perhaps Mr. Brown is the better qualified to judge were very | these matters of justfication and authority; cer- tainly as the responsible officer he is in better position to judge The Delegate and the Alaska Legislature have taken positions absolutely at opposites. At the in-! stance of the latter, the Post Office Department has, apparently, raised its allowance to the steam- ship companies for carrying the mails. The Dele- gate demands he revoke his action.. Both he and the Legislature are supposed to speak for the people of Alaska. Under the circumstances which is the | Postmaster General to believe? | SEATTLE BUSINESS LEADER DIES. | In the death of Leo. S. Schwabacher early this month, Seattle lost another of its ploneer business leaders, one of the group that was largely instru- mental in building up a great city on Puget Sound. He was connected with Schwabacher Hardware Com- pany for over one-third century, and its president | for the past 22 years. He was also intevested in| the Gatzert - Schwabacher Land Company nnd; Schwabacher Bros, & Company. He was widely | known throughout the Northwest for his business | activities, and the Seattle business world will miss | his counsel. | | [ MR. COOLIDGE ENDS SPECULATION. In the May issue of the Cosmopolitan maga- | zine, Mr. Coolidge, in a copyrighted article, has ex- pressed himself at some length upon several ques- tions of public interest. Two of them, both affect- ing him personally, he has settled with admirable definiteness. He will not be a candidate for Senator from Massachusetts next Fall, nor for the Presidency in 1932, nor for any other public office at any time. He will not attempt to tell the Hoover Administra- tion, or any other, what it should or shouldn’t do about Prohibition, the Tariff or any other issue. He writes regarding becoming a candidate for office: “When 1 left Washington I left public office. It is an incomprehensible relief and I have no inten—‘ tion of returning to it.” This should end political | speculation as to his future activities. And on advising the Administration, he com- mented pointedly: The country needs to keep its faith in delegated authority, which is a republic. The more it can permit its public officers to discharge their duties in accordance with their own censcience, without the interfer- ence of outside dictation, the safer it will be. I believe in permitting the Administra- | tion to do just that and in giving it helpful | support wherever I can. | I should like to be known as a former | President who tries to mind his own busi- | ness | This is an excellent creed. One not only admir- able for ex-Presidents but for every citizen whether public officer or private individual. It has been commented that he who attends to his own business is sure of a steady job. In the case of Mr. Coolidge, it is certain that it will be altogether as he lives up to his declared intentions. | With true Coolidge’ caution that the country| came to know so well during his tenure of the| Presidency, he approaches the Prohibition questign But it is evident that he considers it far from being settled. “This agitation is destined to continue far into the future,” “fanaticism on both sides,” *“no| immediate prospect of its repeal,” are some of the phrases used by him as indicating Prohibition’s present and future status. There is one significant statement, however, thxt’ indicates why Mr. Coolidge foresees a long drawn out struggle over Prohibition. “Probably few people expected a reorganization of a bureau for the ad- | | d| applicable | affording | cordant noise. tion. Perhaps Dan was another Bartolla—a genius |unleashing steam from the boilers of a circus| caiiope. ! ‘We ministration of bureau for the administration of the law concerning alcoholic liquors would settle the Prohibition question. Under our institutions of government it can only be settled when public opinion cor ing it is settled.” In other words, the American people have, them- selves, made up their minds what to do with this thing which is disturbing the public mind as 1 whole. And until they do, re-organization of the Prohibition Enforcemient Unit under the Treasury Department, or its transfer to the Department of s contemplated, will not bring about a That position is unquestionably sound transfer is undoubtedly the not Justice as settlement i\\'lnl(‘ the proposed | hibition law in the hands of the agency charged |with general law enforcement, it will not in itself "wlw the Prohibition question. | Delegate Sutherland protests against the Postal | Department increasing mail contract prices paid t steamers on the Seattle-Seward run. Maybe, he would like to see mail shipments to Alaska by freight again | Dan’s Steam Caliope. (Cordova Times.) For years Alaskans have listened to a remark- able tune. Remarkable in that it is persistent des- pite its discordance. This is the tune of a steam caliope. A voice- less but racuous instrument with lures by its sheer insistence, is heard by its habitual ditsurbances.| |recognized by its wailings which encompass all the misdirected energies of its musician, | We rememdber several years ago when we heard | (our last steam caliope at a roving carnival show.| We looked twice at the man who manipulated th: |keyboard of this infernal noise producer. The player was none other than the once famous | |Fernez Bartolla, forgotten for a quarter of a cen- tury, but once known as a genius on the piano. | It wasn't the man who was making the dis-| It was the instrument which he had | stooped to play. | And so, when Dan Sutherland pressed down on| the keyboard of his steam caliope again today, we paused for a moment before uttering condemna- | Insistent during the past few weeks, have been | the playing of the well known tuneless caliope. To- day it is an indictment of the large commercial| interests which are developing the Territory. A few| days ago it was an indictment of the morals of the | many good Alaskans who were seeking po]mcu:} appointments. Before that it was the canneries, before that it was mining, but always it was the| | proper step since it puts enforcement of the Pro-! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1930. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Of- fice of the Supervising Architect, Washington, D. C., April 12, 1930.— Sealed proposals will be opened in this office at 3 p.m., May 12, 1930, for furnishing all labor and mater- ial and performing all work neces- sary for the installation of two el- tric elevators, in the federal and territorial building at Juneau, Al- aska. All hereby notified that any bid sub- mitted in response to this adver- tisement must be accompanied by atement of facts in detail of the business and technical organization of the bidder available for the con- templated work, including financial resources and building experience, ste. The United States expressly n which the facts as to business and technical organization, finan- | cial resources, or building experi< ence compared with the project bid upon, justify such rejection. The | successful bidder will | | {50% of the contract price. Drawings jand specifications may be obtained from this office. Jas. A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect. FHILL $1yDiOf of A2 ‘-”"’UD,'QI Learn the Modern Way Play Real Jazz Piano in 3 Months Our representative in Juneau until May 15. Call 1534 for FREE DEMONSTRATION or write Temple of Musie, Ta- coma, Washington. prospettive bidders are | ceserves the right to reject any bids |4 be required | t¢ furnish a performance bond of | !| CHIROPRACTOR ! Hellenthal Building | i L - { | Helene W. L. Albrecht | PHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red | Rev, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Bullding | Phone Office, 216 ) | & aid - | AR TR S DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS 301-303 Goldstein Bldg. PHONE 56 Hours 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. | | g/ s Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST i Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine | i Building | ‘Telephone 176 [ Dr. A. W. Stewart I DENTIST '; Hours 9 a. m, to 6 p. m. | | SEWARD BUILDING | Office Phone 569, Res. | Phone 276 e ot Dr. H. Vance | Osteopath—201 Cwoldstein Bldg. | Hours: 10 t0 12; 1 to 5; Tto § or by appointmeat | Licensed Osteopathic Physiclan Phone: Office 1671. Resldence, MacKinnon Apts. e R e REESRARIS 5 S Dr. Geo. L. Barton OFFICE SERVICE ONLY | SALE Marten | SPECIAL EASTER ¥ 4 Mink Yurman’s same old tune on the same old instrument. b It is the tune which says that a corporation| has no soul, that the big live on the blood of the little, that everything is wrong and nothing is right. The song itself is a song without a soul for it is played on the most soulless of instruments—the caliope. It can't be played without steam. It plays in jerks because no one would listen to it steadily and because it soon runs down and has to be| fired up again. i We in Alaska know that the steamship com- panies operating in Alaska do not wax wealthy oxr‘ of the trade of the residents of ‘the "Territory. We know that one big company, giving good sérvice to a part of Alaska which would be isolated with- out its ships, lost money last year and made prac- tically nothing the year before We in Alaska have a keen sense of patriotism. | know what it means to the standard of the American wage if our shipping were not protected | by laws of commerce, or our industry protected by | tariffs against competition, | But, being Alaskans we are not vindicative by} nature. We do not condemn Delegate Sutherlnn\l; for his one-tune caliope. We think of old Bartolla | and we feel that Sutherland is a man of worth, | a man of ability, a man of aggressiveness, who through some strange jest of nature started to play his theme song on a caliope and is fascinated by the steamy incarnations of his own instrument, And so0, when the caliope plays we stuff cotton in our ears, and when it runs low on steam we get out our fiddles and play the song with a soul on the instrument with a soul—it is the song of in- | dustry, the song of honesty, progress, spring plant- ing and autumnal harvesting. | ‘Internal Possession. ‘ | (New York World.) i Under the Prohibition Law of Tennessee, a man | was f(ried for illegal possession, the prosecution contending that, since the evidence showed he was| drunk at the time specified in the indictment, he| must have possessed the liquor internally. He wasl found gifilty. The Supreme Court of the State,!| FOR THE PARLOR FURNACE JUNIOR DIAMOND BRIQUETS ARE JUST RIGHT W. P. 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But what difference should it make to any Senator even if the snoopers are on his trail as long as he has a clear conscience and nothing con-[ traband in his locker?—(Indianapolis News.) | | What this country seems to need as much as anything else just at present is a movement that will take the form of a reform against further refcrm.—(Philadelphia Inquirer.) | | French statesmen have an advantage over those of other nations, in that every prominent French- T man becomes Premier ifter a while.—(Dallas News.) | “Life grows empty when nothing can deceive you,” says a philosopher. Think of the unoccupied space there must be in Senator Borah's life.— (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.) | The buffet in St. James Palace, which has been | made dry in deference to the American naval| deleration, is losing money. Possibly because some | other buffets are showing the American delegates ' even more deference—(Dayton, Ohio, News.) ‘ | New York used to have 7,000 licensed saloons. 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