The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 20, 1931, Page 4

e 4 Dml ‘\:flaska Empire ' JOEN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER i 3 e ory 'w ir g except Sunday % by the E)l:‘ll"l'; wvm‘ ‘ ‘:‘n,\nn\x\\' }Kn Second and Main | Streets, Juneau, Alaska —_F':;ll od in the Post Office In Juneau as Sec nd l",~|>~’l matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. carrier in Juneau, Douglas. Delivered by c3iffe for $1.25 per month, \ ¢ mail, postage at the following rates One year, in’ advanee, six months, in advance, one month, in ad Treadwell and ney will promptly or irregularity notity the 8 Offfe e delivery e e n Erh..m-n‘,y\n ‘for Editorial and Business Offices, —_—— . — - | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. 3 The Assoclated Press is exclusively en tied to the or republication of s dispatches credited to Tee o e fwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. KA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER ALASTMAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION COMBATTING CONGRESSIONAL RE- APPORTIONMENT. The forces of reform, loud in their defense of the Constitution when Prohibition is criticised, are themselves aligning to support a program on all- fours with the policy which they condemn ‘when | advocated by Anti-Prohibition organizations and Jeaders. That is, they advocate that a definite and specifie article of the Constitution be ignored unless and until it is amended. Under the Constitution, representation in Con- gress is based upon population which includes hat- ural born and naturalized dizens and residents of alien birth who are not naturalized. There has been no re-apportionment of the House of Representa- tives since the 1910 census. By an act passed last year, membership in the House will be re-appor- tioned after March 4, membership being retained to its present size unless some new legislation is passed before that date. Now comes the suggestion from reform ecle- ments interested almost wholly in Prohibition, ihat reapportionment be held in abeyance until the Con- stitution can be amended to exclude aliens from representation. Of course, this is largely because most of the aliens in this country are residents of the cities ,and the cities are all anti-Prohibition. By depriving aliens of representation, the populous communities will lose in representation and the Wets, also, be weakened in Congress. It can be readily seen that there is no material difference between the tactics thus employed by the reform group and the anti-Prohibitionists whom they accuse of disloyalty to the nation. For the latter to oppose Constitutional Prohibition and talk and work for an amendment to abolish it is the acme of depravity. But for Prohibitionist sym- pathizers to oppose Constitutional representation in the House of Representatives and talk and work for an amendment to change it to accord with their ideas, is the heighth of patriotism. THE GOVERNMENT TO THE RESCUE. A recent compilation of figures indicates that the Federal Government’s budget for the current fiscal year calls for the expenditure of $974,057,000,000 all of which is for work of such nature as to bring re- lief to unemployment. Farm relief contributions form the heaviest single activity, and for it the Government proposes to expend $250,000,000, or 26.4 per cent of the total. Highway expenditures rank a close second, 224 per cent of the aggregate, or $219,922500. Public buildings are to get $173,869,- 000, or 17.7 per cent. River and Harbor improve- ments will cost $159,857,000, which is 16.3 per cent. Ship construction calls for $129,920,000, slightly more than 13 per cent, and the remaining four per cent is for miscellaneous activities. Funds for this program, Administration leaders are confident, can be expended without any danger of a serious deficit. But there are other proposals now pending in Congress, immediate payment of adjusted compensation certificates for veterans of the World War, additional farm relief, drought re- lief, and others, which would entail billions of dollars. To pay in cash adjusted certificates to vet- erans would require a bond issue of $3,500,000,000. Under the plan adopted at the time Congress ap- proved adjusted compensation, a reserve fund was set up which was calculated to be adequate to re- tire the obligation as it matured without any extra financing. Naturally the Federal treasury is not at this time prepared to meet the full obligation, or even 50 per cent of it, and must obtain the necessary funds from the public Government securities. ‘This, and other additional heavy expenditure can only be met by increasing taxation. This turn cannot help but to act as a deterrent on on business and industry. In the end, if the relief . expenditures grow top-heavy, the final result will be to defeat the very rescue v it is sought now to effect. THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. Despite the fact that 1930 was marked by the most serious depression during its modern history the automotive industry of the United States and Canada last year produced slightly more . 500,000 cars of which almost 3,000,000 were passenger vehicles and the remainder trucks. The value of the former was placed at $1771,200,000, and of the trucks, $388,400,000, making the total value, wholesale, $2,159,600,000. The National mobile Chamber of Commerce, which annually com piles interesting facts and figures about the Indus try, is authority for these figures. _ Twenty-six million seven hundred and eighteen thousand motor vehicles were registered in the TUnited States alone; 23,200,000 of these Were pas- than 3.- production uto- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 20, 1931. \ T TR T — sold during the year to points outside of ahe{ United States 561,000 cars of various kinds, and there were imported into the country the small num- ber of 625 Some conception of the motor vehicle's magni- tude is revealed by the fact that employed in it and |its allied lines are 47700000 persons. In the auto-| {mobile retail business in the United States Jast year e were 51,514 car and truck dealers, 50,200 pub- {lic garages, 100,300 service stations and :epair thops, 180,000 supply stores and 350,000 gasoline filling 1 ions. The industry is one of the biggest patrons of | the transportation, rubber manufacturing, and plate | glass industries and trades heavily with the fron and steel mills, copper, lead and lumber producers | as well as supports the gasoline refineries. Last year it shipped more than 3,000,000 carloads of automo- [bile freight over the railroads, used 82 per cent of | {all rubber, 55 per cent of the plate glass, 15 per |cent of the iron and steel, 14 per cent of the copper, 15 per cent of the lumber and hardwood and 24 | per cent of the lead manufactured in this country. {A total of 310,000,000 barrels of gasoline were con- {sumed during the year by moto s. It’s Time to End Price-Fixing. { ol | (New York World.) On Saturday Congress passed a bill appropriat- | ing $150,000,000 more for the use of the Farm Board in stabilizing the prices of agricultural products.; Ordinarily, we should expect such action to strenth- | en the grain market. In this case it did not. On| the contrary, the price of wheat in Liverpool, where the pegging operations of the Farm Board of course | |do not extend, reached the lowest point since 1895.; Even in Chicago the price of wheat for July deliv-| ery, which the board as yet has not undertaken to| {peg dropped 2% cents, notwithstanding the big flp-l I propriation which has been made available for fur-l |ther price-fixing. The nearer deliveries held firm merely because the Government through the Farm Board continued to purchase this wheat at its f!XCd! price. | The board, meantime, reaffirmed its purpose to| (maintain domestic quotations at the present or a ihfigher level, and Chairman Legge pointed with| satisfaction to the fact that Chicago wheat was| | selling at 16 cents above the quotations in Liver-| \pool. So long as Congress puts millions at his| disposal he can continue to buy wheat at prices| (above the world market, and the more he buys/( |the greater will be the depressive effect on prices | ! which are not subject to this artificial control. This | was clearly demonstrated by the big break in Julyi wheat in Chicago Monday. | The Farm Board through its stabilization cor-/ poration now holds some 120,000,000 bushels of} wheat, either actually in its possession or for future | delivery. The more it accumulates the greater be- come its paper losses. Some day this grain must be sold. The longer it overhangs the market the | greater the damage it can cause. The board itself, | ihnvmg put its hand to this business, dare not let go.‘ {It is getting in deeper and deeper. Its unhappy‘ | venture seems destined to go the way of the coffee| |scheme in Brazil and the rubber scheme in the| East Indies, and it cannot be ended too soon. It! is the plain duty of Congress to end it, to liquidate | {the whole price-fixing machinery of the Farm, Board at the earliest moment and repair as far as/ | possible the damage which has already been done | by its mischievous tampering with the markets. | As Fair Field and No iavor. | (New York Herald Tribune.) The railway system of the country is facing an emergency. In addition to the effects of the busi- ness depression, it is being subjected to an unfair competition from"unregulated carriers. Motor trucks, | using a right of way provided by the general tax- payer, are sapping its business in high class freight. Coastwise and inland water craft, using canals and | PROFESSIONAL Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 Massage, Electricity, Infra Red AUTOS FOR HIRE -— o DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS 301-303 Goldstein Bldg. PHONE 56 Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. STAND AT A '-13:. Charles P. Jenne Graham’s Taxa Phone 565 Day and Night Service Any Place in the City for $1.00 RCADE CAFE Fraternal Societies oF Gastineau Channel e — | B. P. 0. ELKS Meeting every ~ednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Elks Hall. Visiting brothers welcome. R. B. MARTIN, Exalted Ruler. M. H. SIDES, Secretary. e ] v | Co-Ordinate Bod- fes of Freemason- | ry Scottish Rite Regular meetings second Friday each month at 7:30 p. m. Seot- Prompt Service, Day and Night CovicH Auto SERVICE “Ahoy!” says Captain Heron, and| again he says, “Ahoy! This salt sea air has made me feel | DENTIST | | Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine | Building Telephrme 176 o . . Dr. J. W. Bayne DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. as if I were a boy.” Our hero and the Bunny say the i same is true of them— Office hours, 9 am. to 5 pm. Evenings by appointment. Phozne 321 STAND AT THE OLYMPIC Phone 342 Day or Night 1 . So all three dance a hornpipe from 5 the stern clear to the stem. |® ? NEXT R Agns SR | Dr. A. W. Stewart Play 1naoor Goh av Tue Alastas ! DENTIST B AMERICAN LEGION e | Hours 9 a. m. to § p. ra. | SEWARD BUILLING | SMOKER Office Phone 469, Res. Phone 276 i o February 10th nting||: s Bur. s Small Part ©- the Cost h getting out a circular, circular | letterorother pieceof Dr Geo. L. Barton CHIROPRACTOR Hellenthal Building OFFICE SERVICE ONLY Horrs: 10 a. m. to 12 noon 2p m to5 p m 6 p.m to8p m By Appointment PHONE 259 . ey | TAXI [{STAND AT PIONEER POOL ROOM é Day and Night Service | | | i Tue Juneau LAUNDRY Franklin Street, bctween ! Front and Second Streets PHONE 359 W.P. Johnson FRIGIDAIRE DELCO LIGHT PRODUCTS - MAYTAG WASHING printed matter...the paper, the address- 1% ing, the mailing easi- ly total more than the printing. Yet, in a large measure, the Results Depend Upon' the Printing. | Robert Simpson Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground Let s show gbu some samples to illlustrate our statement i JANUARY SALE on all | SPECIAL ‘! | FUR GARMENTS at Yurman’s ‘chnnnels also provided at public expense, are serious- | |ly cutting into its traffic in low-grade commodities. | These are its most threatening competitors, but to them must be added the growing number of pipe lines conducting for long distances petroleum, gaso- line and natural gas (the last named a substitute for coal) and the electric power transmission lines which also obviate coal haulage. | Two fundamental but conflicting considerations | must be reconciled in the solution of this problem. The first has to do with the country’s enormous financial stake in its railroads. They support di- rectly about 8,000,000 men, women and children. Their purchases of supplies and material amount to| $1,500,000000 a year. They pay annualy in taxes| $500,000,000. Their solvency is obviously of the ut-‘ most importance to the national wellbeing. | On the other hand there is nothing sacred about | |their particular method of transportation. Society | |is entitled to the development of other, more econ- omical means, notwithstanding the dislocation and suffering that may accompany the transition. Just |because the railroads are a vested interest should |not deter them from experimenting with agencies which promise a cheaper, more efficient service. | But the promise should be real and not imag- inary. The railroads over a long period of years have been gradually fitted to a legislative harness which holds them in leash to their customers while |extracting from them the last farthing of contri- {bution to the public treasury. At present little or | nothing of the kind is being imposed on the newer |agencies. The result is a virtual subsidy to the latter which is crippling the railroads without econ- omic excuse. Such favoritism can only end in social | disaster. Professor Rip! of Harvard, has echoed the demand of the Association of Railway Executives| that Congress face the emergency by subjecting all common carriers to the same species of regula- -3 MINERS HEADQUARTERS A Complete Line of BOOTS SHU PACS CAPS MINERS’ LAMPS DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist-Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 7, Valentine Bldg. Office phone 484, residense phone 238." Office Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 * MACHINES GENERAL MOTORS RADIOS Phone 17 Front Street Juneau PHONE YOUR ORDERS TO US ROOM and BOARD Mrs. John B. Marshall PHONE 2201 GARBAGE HAULED AND LOT CLEANING E. O. DAVIS Phone 584 HOTEL ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. , We will attend to them promptly. Our COAL, Hay, Grain and Transfer business is increasing daily. There’s a reason. Give us a trial order today and learn why. You Can’t Help Being Pleased D. B. FEMMER PHONE 114 —and— WATERPROOF CLOTHING Mike Avoian FRONT STREET Opposite Winter & Pond ; HARRIS Hardware Co. CASH CUTS COSTS Open until 9 p.m. Frye-Bruhn Company Featuring Frye’s De- licious ’Hams and Bacon PHONE 38 tion which now handicaps the railroad. This, it seems to us, is the least it can do to remedy a dan- gerous situation. Only seven of the 20 American Republics pulled off a revolution in 1930. Considering the oppor- tnities this is a mighty poor showing—(Washing- | :(on Post.) b | The Christmas lottery in old Madrid having |awarded two prizes of $1,800,000 each, it is no li"\mxdvr tha to see castles in Spain.— (Boston Tr: r| it R After listening to what Mr. Hoover has to say \l?nui the Norris-Lucas controversy, one wonders where Mr. Coolidge ever gained a reputation for silence.—(Dayt Ohio, News.) » In times of % S o depression and quletness prepare for the better times which will not fail to come— Florida Times-Union.) g Star, the Eskimo winner of an Arctic oy Acox,\h[ recelved as a prize the first mirror she had ever owned. After this she will probably senger cars. The total registration was eight per than in 1929. The world registration be konwn as Powdered Star—(Boston Herald.) e ey RGN Naturally the automoblles registered all over the|, . parl}'s‘nm‘” Norris is opposed to joining owned in the United States. America|Blade.) He already belongs to two.—(Toledc ‘ Lo A knowledge ined effort and sonal sacrifice to ings Account but B. M. Behrepds Bank About Thrift— that you are thrifty and prudent insures employment and enables you to face old age without alarm. It takes character, determ- at times per- ilt a Sav- o0 one has ever regretted the thrift habit. YOU SAVE m Many Ways WHEN YoU BUY A FORD Ask JUNEAU MOTORS, INC. “How” | HAAS | Famous Candies | The Cash Bazaar | Open Evenings lG;rmenhmdenrpl_edby " “The Last Service Is Corner 4th and Franklin St. e (3 — It tastes fine and it is a first class bread. It is the kind of food that should be served three times a day in your home. Remember to call for it by name. It is the bread that tastes like something very good to eat. Peerless Bakery “Remember the Name” e JUNEAU CABINET and DETAIL MILL- WORK CO. Front Street, next to Warner Machine Shop CABINET and { MILLWORK GENERAL CARPENTER WORK GLASS REPLACED IN AUTOS Estimates Furnished Upon Request Mabry"s Cafe Regular Dinners Short Orders Lunches Open 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. POPULAR PRICES HARRY MABRY Proprietor o SAVE MONEY Where It Grows FASTEST Your funds available on short notice. 6% Compounded Semi-annually. DIME & DOLLAR BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION H. J. Eberhart, Gastineau Hotel, Local Representative. A. J. Nel- son, Supervisor, 8. E. Alaska i us retain their shape . . PHONE 528 | | | TOM SHEARER [[ PLAY BILLIARDS { 4 B ‘!l BURFORD'S | Daily Empire Want Ads Pay. | b ! i o ittt . THE CHAS. W. CARTER MORTUARY i { the Greatest Tribute” i Phone 136 { s tish Rite Terapla. WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Juneau Lodge No. 700 ' Meets every Monday night, at 8 o'clock. TOM SHEARER, Dictator. W. T. VALE, Secy, P. O. 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