The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1931, Page 4

pE—— 4 i ¢ § 3 Dml y flml.a F m er(i JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR A"JD MANAGEH. " Published e every _even copt _Sunday by, the ety ‘\‘u'w"\r* "COMPANY At Sccond and Main | Streets, au, Alaska. ] H i st Office 1n Juneau &s Second C tered in the SUBSCRIPTION RATES. b { 'pom:m] ‘orgamizations has served notice on he Delivered by carrier fn Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month. at the following rates: nths, in advance, | will promptly or irregularity if they failure a favor notity the Business of any in the delivery of_their papers. Telephone for torial and Busiess Offices, 374, F ANY OTHER PUBLICATION A REAL CALAMITY. petition of. the Pulitzers for permission. (0 World, including ‘all three of its publica- | t Morning, Evening, and Sunday World, must i be a shc to hundreds of thousands of readers of hat great newspaper. Yet it should not come as H a surprise to those familiar with the publishing busi- ness and who have noted the decline of paid y carr by it. The three journals have ulation of more than 1,000,000, and the Morning World, with 313,000 paid subscriptions | the entire metropolitan “field. The petitioners’ E ment that the company was losing $811,000 2ach year is good ufficient reason for them to want | to sell. In fact, of selling or ng through bankruptcey. The World may be a financial failure, been journalistic succ It high st And in its editorial department, itself, beer and a it is in a ela arried the following declaration: The World, as established Pulitzer, May 10, 1883: “An itution that should always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate in- justice or corruption, always fight dema- gogues of all parties, never belong to any par always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the pub- by Joseph lic welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically inde- pendent, never be afraid’ to attack wrong, whether-by predatory plutoeraey or predatory poverty.” The World, within the nece: limitations posed by human frailties which are encountered in | the newspaper business as in all others, has been such an institution. It is great newspaper. has been truly representative of progre: ness. It has sanely and clearly and intelligently portrayed ihe progressive thought of its times and it has ever been i the enemy of graft, hypocrisy, stupidity and dema- 1 gogery, In its mistakes, it has been as honest as in its most triumphant advocacy of* right and jus- tice. It has ever been impersonal and impartial. It has had no ulterior mot has made many. that any new: ‘m- a It has a record for paper public servic: might desire for its own. Any cha of ownership and of policy will be to each of readers a real and personal loss. without any sense of derogation to the Scripps- Howard syndicate which may become owner of :ts name and good-will. It is a progressive organiza- tion which publishes many high class hewspapers, and is capably and ably directed by General Man- ager Roy Howard. Under his management, World will undoubtedly continue to be a fine pub- lication. But regardless of how excellent it may be, the familiars of the ald World will' regret | its passing and in their hearts will always be a sense of loss for its going. THAT COLD RECEPTION, The decision of Judge William Clark in which t the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution was i declared invalid, has met with that “cold reception” which its author indicated in the document might be its fate in the United States Supreme Court The highest court in the nation in reversing Judge Clark did so with a vengeance—its ruling that the prohibitory amendment is constitutional being* un- | animous. Generally this outcome of the famous : case was regarded as' certain ‘from the very first. Judge Clark, himself, probably had no confidence that he would be sustamed, and commentators on it L —lay and legal—were almost a unit in predicting the i New Jersey Justice- would be overruled. The decision of the Supreme Court does change the status of Prohibition. Judge Clark’s rul- ing was binding only in his own jurisdiction, and in it liquor prosecutions under the national statutes have been held in abeyance pending the final view of the case. Opponents to constitutional Prohibition did not make the mistake of ceasing their active campaign to bring about its repeal because of the New Jersey case. They have pressed their efforts and as a re- sult there was not let up in the swing in publigsenti- ment for a change. The Supreme Court'’s action merely ‘'makes it definite that the Amendntent “can- not be overturned by attacking its constitutionality in the courts. Hopever, the court of last resort lies in public opinion as expressed at the ballot boxes. And it will not be a great -while before it is ex- pressed so decisively against the Prohibition section that it will be wiped off in its entirety so that the country can again turn back to the paths leading to real temperance. a0t re- WHY THE DEMOCRATS? Again the Methodist Board of Temperance, Pub- lic lloufl. ete, has issued a warning to the Demo- cratic Party to watch its step in taking a position against Prohibition. This is the second time in as . 5 © many weeks tha! this' “selt-abpointed | dictator o it 1t | es in its crusades, and :t | This is said | ihe | it would seem that it is a choice |men, or the Pole, | | | | Only | he recalled how | will, |showed their’ number to be 100836 of sixteen dif- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY MARCH 2, 1931. Democrats not to nominate a Wet candidate in 1932 the Eighteenth Amendment. The fact that it confines its threats of :-epnsal1 to the Democratic party is at least peculiar if not significant. Why {to the one party? y, also? Can it be that it has been convincingly |assured that the 1932 standard bearer and ational | platform of that orgar ion will be Dry? Is :t assured that the Republicans will not be tempted | by the wave of anti-Prohibition sentiment that has inundated the East and parts of the Midwest and| is in evidence throughout the country? If it ha:i not, what is to be said of its exclusion of that arty from its broadsides? | The Methodist Eéard, of course, is privileged to' s own convictions about Prohibition. The | free speech cxtends to it as fully as to! ization or individu Bul it exer-| runs nehip a s s risk of being charged with parti- d petty persecution in addressing itself | to the Democrats and ignoring the Republicans who face the same temptation, if in fact noi| greater ones, to stray from the desert wastes of the domain, 1 Veterans are I ng no time in applying for Gov- ernment loans. However, the boys never did do ything by halves, as was indicated at Chateau | ry, St. Mihiel, the Meuse and Argonne and other places which 13 y ago figured Hrominently in the headlines | Homo Americanus. | (New York World.) Europe continues to invent new names for us.| a short time ago an Italian said we were “Homo Americanus,” a kind of man who loves, $ and now a Frenchman says) haritable type,” whose kindli-| ness amnd generosity are real, even though at first| they seem slightly mechanical. Well, how much| we like work, how kindly we are, and how generous, | are difficult questions; we like to think we possess| these virtues in abundance, and yet it is risky to| | assume that one nation has a larger share of Lhem< than another. Nevertheless, it is gratifying to note thaL Europe is waking up to the fact that we are} | Americans, and not Europeans in disguise. For a long time it could not get this through its head. The Englishman, the Italian, the Ger- here for a visit and hearing hls we were we aré the ° nfltlve tongue everywhere, concluded that But it has really his compatriots under another label, and this| has maintained a |conclusion led to complications. tandard in its news and feature departments. |by what it means when we did what we did bu’ s by by what it would haye meant if he did it. Seeing us! Heading its editorial column for years has |2t various trades, he thought what a money-grubber | He judged us not |he would be if he engaged in them, and decided ! that we were animated by a miserly greed for the dollar. Seeing us without waistcoats in summer, shocking it would be if he dressed | thus back home, and decided we must be a nation| of barbarians. Seeing us through lunch, he declared | we did not know the value of leisure | Now, however, he is beginning to find out that i Bird Sanctuaries in Canada. (New York Times.) Conservation of wild birds in Canada wa; ed by the Government there when there w i good deal of unspoiled wilderness and few species | were threatened with extinction. One naturalist| is well known from coast to coast for his preserve where wild geese and ducks are fed and protected. In the Dominion there are more than forty bird sanctuaries. On the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence there is a chain of ten islands where sea birds breed without molestation. A census taken in 1930 ferent species. This did not include “young birds hatched during that year.” The increase since 1925 was estimated at 19 per cent. ‘The national parks branch of the Department of the Interior is in charge of the work. Constant | vigilance is necessary to keep the sanctuaries in- violate. The birds seem to realize that the sanc- | tuaries belong to them and resent attempts to land on the shores. Photographers find it difficult to snap the wheeling flocks swarmning around their heads with hoarse cries. Chicago and Milwaukee CTrime. (New York World.) By speaking critically of Chicago as a crime- ridden community, Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee has put himself in a class with King George. Mayor Big Bill Thompson tells Mr. Hoan that in future it will be well for him to tend to his own business about Chicago crime. “When you get through scrubbing Milwaukee’s doorstep,” says Mayor Big Bill, “you| will have less time to criticize Chicago’s conditions.” Mayor Thompson’s rhetoric is better than his logic. Milwaukee's doorstep is already well scrubbed For years its. homicide rate has been away below not that of Chicago alone but that of the average American city, simply because the Milwaukee author- itles will not allow the murdering gangsters that infest other cities to operate. The proof of the pud- ding is in the eating. In 1929, the latest figures compiled by the Spectator, the insurance journal, shows Chicago’s homicide rate per 100,000 of popu- lation to be 12.7, while that of Milwaukee was only 3.1. Previous years showed similar contrasts, There is nothing seeret about Milwaukee's method of ‘maintdining a low percentage of homicide. An energetic enforcement of the law is all that has been found necessary. That policy might be recom- mended to Mr. Thompson for use at home, and to other and greater cities. The paramount issue in Congress now is “some- thing to eat” instead of something to drink.—(At- lanta Constitution.) And yet it does not seem that an extra ses- sion will make much difference—with Mr. Borah perpetual session anyway.—(Boston Transcript.) Apparently Andy Mellon’s favorite sport is rap- ping the hands that are trying to reach into the United States Treasury.—(Des Moines Register.) The Federal Law Enforcement Commissioners are still working on reports. They're a persistent bunch —(Indianapolis News.) It is our hunch that eventually the waste paper balers are bound to make a good thing out of the and not to adopt a platform acking the repeal of | does it direct its attention .;olely' Why not include the Republican | [ $179,484.43 receipts of $75555.51, a gift $1,994.37 from Stephen Birch, andj 185,000 from the Smith-Lever Fun | |t Brown eyes, dark brown hair and rosy cheeks of pretty Mad- emoiselle Jeanne Julian, chosen as the most beautiful girl in France and selected to represent her country in the Internation- Ma’'m’selle vs. Fraulein al Beauty 'Tournament of Hu- rope, will find a keen competitor in the blond flaxen hair and radiant smile of Fraulein Ingrid Richard (inset), chosen as “Miss Germany of 1931. REVENUE SHOWN FORDECADE IN NEW STATISTICS Auditor Cole Releases Com- pilation Depicting Sources, Revenue from Page One) (Continued from salmon can- in a total revenue Income taxe: brought we spend our money as freely as we make it, 50| . £ 8 21.62. Business enterprises there must be a catch in the miser idea some- said a total of $239,533.63, and fur where. And he notices that American summer: licenses, suspended in 1928, are hot, making the, exposed shirt a necessity.|; " 0 or revenue |And he sees that we| quit work at night sooner to $228488.02 It is e than he does, 50 thyt we must have something |y welieo” continued to tax |to do with our 1d.~§ro In other ‘words, he is cort of enterprise, the revenues finding out that this is another country. It 1S | from it would have exceeded thos probably an excellent |thing for international good | from business. i Insurance Premium Tax ‘ Taxes on insurance premiums brought, the Territory a total of Owners of automo- biles paid $131,264.00 into the treas- in the form of license taxe dentists, lawyers, opto-| and undertakers kicked in with a total of $19,931. A tonnage| tax on ships, dropped in 1928, \\-u;‘ the source of $31.415.75 Receipts from the office of Te torial Secretary aggregated $130.- 157.10, and from the Auditor’s o fice since 1929, $22.533.55. The Alaska College, beginnir with 1922, has received $50,000 an-| nually from the Federal govern- ment for a total of $450,000. The| same institution had miscellaneous Public School Current Fund re-| ceipts from Federal source amounted to $181,280.75. The T ritory received from the Forest | Service a total of $190209.88 as s/ share of the receipts from timber cales, and $180,129.19 from railroads in Alaska. Other Receipts receipts aggregating $63,986.73. funds, de- Interests on treasury posited in various banks brought he Territery $131,173.28 in the lecade. Estates estheated to the Territory were the of $61,- 15436 in revenue. Inheritance taxes wdded $22,523.85. Minor miscel- aneous . items were tabulated amounting to $65,732.37. {-ourth year, 1906.75; : !plants, $20,070; of Bristol Bay, al Kenneco taxes are highest, and the tt Copper mines, the Third Divisio contribution to the Ter- 's revenues are heavier than other, the First Division rank- second. The fisheries taxes the Third Division, from 1922, ne first year when a segregation was possible, amounted to $3,047,- 1466.50, and those of the First Di- vision were $2,233,702.21. The Sec- cnd Division’s fisheries returned $1,888.73 and the Fourth paid $17. The school poll tax, income taxes| from ! showed salmon canneries and mines the <ame proportion and ranking. Until 1930, the Third, Division's share of the mining in- come taxes, was more than 60 per- cent of the total. Last year, due to depression in the copper market and closing of the Latouche mine, receipts from that source drop- harply and those from the t rose on account he Alaska Juneau Gold Min- Company emerged from the |red ink status and went on a prof- ‘ifable basis. First Leads in Business In automobile license taxes, busi- ness enterprises, professional fees, wer plants, cold storage and oth- er sources, the First Division paid A predominant percentage of the taxes, The surprise of the entire list of ctatistics was in the returns from taxes on busin enterprises from the Second Division. Out of $59,000 collected on mercantile businesses in the Territory in ten years, the Second Division paid only $300, and this was collected in four years. n three of them the collections sanounted to $50 each, and in a the receipts were $150. Meat markets paid into the treas- ury a total of $50,655, mainly from the First Division. Soft drink ,emporiums paid a total of $26,- saw mills $28,386.59; power plants $21550.79; cold storage laundries $11,839.36; bakeries $3,755; telephone compan-‘ ies $5,602.86; water works $3,356.45; yutlxc messengers $1,437.50, princi- ly from the Fourth Division; coal dealers and dairies between 1921 and 1923, when these taxes were discontinued, $3.877.33; and/ Five thousand dollars were re-|Manufacturing and repair plants, ceived from outside sources by the |discontinued in 1925, $3,096. Historical Library and Museum.} The Pionzers’ Home had ml\Pe]]A\X]-r.TENTlON EX-SERVICE MEN — e On Monday and Tuesday even- ings, March 2nd and 3rd, there will be several men at the American Legion Dugout to assist veterans in making out applications for ‘foans on their Adjusted Compensa- tion Certificates from the Veterans Bureau of Seattle. —adyv. ————e———— Old papers at the Empire office. to face old age sonal sacrifice Wickersham report.—(Philadelphia Inquirer.) Due to the red salmon industry \ ) ) ) ! ) ! ) V \ \ Abbut Thrift- A knowledgé that you are thrifty and prudent insures employment and enables you without alarm. It takes character, determ- \ ined effort and at times per- to bmilt a Sav- ings Account but no one has ever regretted the thrift habit. B. M. Behrends Bank e e e e e e e e e D e ] on which the Ter-~! of the fact| Watch For NEXT AMERICAN LEGION SMOKER W.P. 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H. J. TURNER, Secretary. DOUGLAS AERIE 117 F. O. E. Mects first and third &Mondays, 8 o'clock, tt Eagles Hall Douglas. ALEX GAIR, W. P, GUY SMITH, Secretary. Visiting brothers welcome. Our trucks go any place any time. A tank for Diesel Oil | and a tank for crude oil save burner trouble. I PHONE 149, NIGET 148 | | RELIABLE TRANSFER | ho ot e SRURANRER L GARBAGE HAULING Office at Wolland’s Tailor Shop Chiester Barnesson PHONE 66 DAIRY FERTILIZER JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 ot <. L. C. SMITH and CORONA e J. B. BURFORD & CO. “Our door step is worn by satistied customers” \ Old papers at the Empire office. lllut aSmall Part @- the Cest D 4 | Sp—— a circular, circular letterorother pieceof printed matter...the paper, the address- ing, the mailing easi- ly total more than the printing. Yet, in a large measure, the Results Depend Upon the Printing. Let uzs sho gou some samples to ilizstrate | our stctement 0