The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 13, 1931, Page 4

£ e’ Daily AIasica Empire JOEN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER BbHiiod svity evening éxcept Sunday by ¢ EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Btreets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered In the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrler In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in_advance, 0; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.21 Subscribers wiil eonfer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papess. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRISS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ase for republication of all news dispatches credited to t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the ocal news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. A NATIONAL LOSS. Nicholas Longworth's death deprives the Re- publican Party of a capable leader and the nation of a faithful servant. By reason of his long service in the House of Representatives as a member of important committees, as floor leader and as Speak- er, his unexpected removal is impossible of replace- ment by his political associates in particular and leaves a vacancy among experienced lawmakers that will not be found easy to fill by the people in general. A But few persons who achieve eminence come ‘rom the rich and well-born; the great majority hails from the poor and lowly. Human nature does not survive wealth and distinguished ancestry so often as it overcomes poverty and inconspicuous lineage. The reason is obvious. Strenuous effort is seldom | exerted, and sustained for any considerable veriod | unless prompted by need. In the absence of repeat- »d trial, failure and recovery, there cannot be de- | aloped the strength of character that is essential the acquirement of any sort of worthy distine- . Ar. Longworth was an exception. He was the 1 of a wealthy and aristocratic family. His ¥ as a young man into Ohio politics was re- ded by his relatives as a social retrogression d by practical politicians as a playful diversion. afterwards, when he was elected to Congress, his sarforial fancies and musical accomplishments at- tracted the attention of a public, not inclined o credit him with serious legislative intentions. His marriage to stre ed social advantages harmful rather than bene- ficial to a career in statecraft. By diligent application, Mr. Longworth gained wide recognition for exceptional talents and his indefatigable purposes. is bound to be unsuccessful and, as the Evening Post realizes, will inevitably react upon those who sponsor it. POORHOUSE. A LAW-MADE The residents of the Virgin Islands can “easonably be excused for being resentful of Mr. Hoover's{ characterization of their homeland+as an “effective poorhouse.” He has probably not overstated the truth, but as in many other instance the trulh! is not always all-revealing. The distressing economic and tions in the Virgin Islands are not manufacture. They are victims of the actions of others over which they had no control and about| which they could do absolutely nothing. The United States bought the islands without the consent of those who reside there. Then in industrial condi- of their own | | our beneficient attempt to legislate morality into wayward humans at home, we the “noble experiment” along with the other mil- {lions of Americans. They had one means of liveli- . hood—furnished by the rum industry. Congress wiped that out. After generations of civil rule, under one na-|{ | tionality, they were turned over to the Navy for | administration. This offered no encouragement or leadership in providing a new industry o itake the | place of the one destroyed dealings there is not one of which the country! (can be proud. And they were deserving of some- 'tmng more than the President’s casual :eference | to pauperhood. Nullification or Mere Candor? lumped them ‘nto| {# i The record of our| i their " Associated Press Photo S vatters near the Hoover dar site in Nevada Ii vn hous: ric and otherwise sconomize while wa % is an open air barber shop in operation. in tents, do (Cincinnati Enquirer.) i i Illinois has voted to repeal its Prohibition en-| | forcement statute, and will become the seventh State without a Dry law if Governor Emmerson |signs the bill. Responding to the two-to-one vote | of the electorate last autumn the Legislature had no choice but to accept the obvious wish of the | voters. The Governor’s position is much the same. | According to Senator Borah, to name but onef |of Dry proclivities, this action is downright “nul- | | lification.” And nullification, it will be recalled, |is the phrase that aroused popular feelings to fever heat in 1850's. Does the Eighteenth Amendment lindeed place a constitutional obligation upon the| }States, as well as Federal Government, to enforce | the ban on alcoholic beverages? 5 Erudite scholars of the Constitution will take sides sharply on this question. Some will assert | the Eighteenth Amendment is a grant of power concurrently to central government and the States, and that it carries no mandatory implication. Others will be equally certain ameridment places a duty on the States to aid in enforcement. |have in America no means of cajoling a State| |into an action it refuses to take. Nothing short of | gongre. | military force can be found to bring pressure °n;the services in Christ Episcopa’ | To this limit none | chyreh, jone of the 48 Commonwealths. |is prepared to go at present, although Amos W. w.i ‘Woodcock's dry army has many of the elements | of a war on recalcitrant States. { It is likely that constitutional quibbles will play | little part | | | no preponderant public opinion has sanctioned it. | While scholars of the law are debating the | Wallingford, LONGWORTHIS | LAID TO REST AT CINCINNATI | i al Party Pay Respects to Dead Speaker 1t’s the millions of tiny bubbles in the batter, that by its phrasing the| CINCINNATI, Ohio, April lJ.—l Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of| |the House of Representativ: was | buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, the resting place of his forbear |last Saturday afternoon. | There were no words of eulogy,! released by the cream of tartar in your Baking Powder. Unfortunately, there are cheap substi- Even though State repeal of Dry laws be con-im‘3 simple ritual of the Episcopal strued as nullification, the fact remains that We|.n..ch being used. | Bishop of | nounced the brief prayer. ' in the ultimate fate of liquor control.|puplic affairs of the nation, calied the daughter of President Roosevelt | Whether it be nullifcation or not the refusal of at the Rockwood estate of the |seven States to cooperate in enforcing Prohibition | 1congworths to extend sympathy to |15 a “candid display ‘of the futility of writing & the widow, visionary moral principle into a constitution when | Longworth. tutes for cream of tartar. They make bubbles too, but not the tiny, fluffy kind. Ask any domestic science teacher or any dietitian. Not every bak- ing powder contains cream of tartar, for the _substitutes cost a lot less. Look on your baking powder tin. See if you see the words “cream of and a large attended Hoover delegation President ional | Henry Wise Hobson, ! Southern Ohio, prc-!| The Rev. Men and women, high in the Mrs. Alice Roosevell The active pallbearers were B. A, sr, and his thre» His eminent fairness and copstitutional questions involved in nullification men |sons, and Kermit and Archie genial manners made him beloved by friends and jand women are being shot down by Dry agents, | Roosevelt, brothers of the widow tartar” anywhere. It’s admired by foes in politics. In the next Congress, citizens are drinking alcohol poisoned by their | There were fifty honored pa.l- k 1 in which Republicans will have only a slight ma- |own Government, bootleggers are becoming multi- |bearers. important! jority, if at all, he would have again been Speaker if the Republican Party remains in control of the House organization. His death may leave no one able to compose factional strife over the presiding officer’s position. Irrespective of party, the demise of the Speaker, long trained in the business of government, is a substantial loss to the nation. He filled an exalted place with honor and distinction. His worth is appreciated, his passing regretted by all his coun- trymen. NOT FOR NATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION. ‘The current fuss over alleg>G scandals in the local government for New York City which was the theme recently selected by the Republican Na- tional Committee publicity experts for a broadside leading up to the national campaign of next year is & matter to be settled by New Yorkers and has no part in national politics, says the New York Evening Post, a Curtis publication and one of the strongest Republican newspapers of the country. It pointedly advised the National Committee publicity artists to keep their hands off the subject, as fol- lows: We do not particularly thank the Re- publican National Committee for “butting into” the affairs of New York State and seeking to make Republican capital out of the present situation in regard to an inves- tigation of New York City government. In the first place, the blame for the lack of such a thing rests upon the shoulders of a Republican boss and two Republican State Senators; in the second, we don't want to see any more political partisanship in it than we have to have. Every time Chair- man Fess and his prize aide, Mr. Lucas, touch New York affairs they bungle them. We wonder if they don't do it everywhere. It is not denied that the National Committee’s «m was to disturb national confidence in Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt. It considers him at this time the outstanding possibility for the Democratic nomination. It is seeking to tie him up to the Tammany organization in New York City to turn Democratic support in other sections of the country | away from him. The Evening Post, which is on the ground, as well as other Eastern publications, has praised Gov. Roosevelt for his handling of the | New York situation. He has appointed special Judicial investigators, is investigating the State District Attorney for the City, and has requested Mayor Walker to reply to certain general charges affecting the conduct of the mayoralty. Gov. Roosevelt has never been affiliated with Tammany Hall. For years he openly opposed it. During the time former Gov. Al' Smith was su- preme in the Tiger's councils and Judge Olvaney was its chieftain, he abandoned his opposition. With the decline of ex-Gov. Smith's influence in the or- ganization, and the concurrent rise of J. F. Curry as its leader, Gov. Roosevelt’s attitude has been one of impartiality. This is so generally known that any effort to link him up with the society {millionaires and sometimes the actual rulers of | communities through illicit trade, and the Nation is dividing steadily into enemy camps, with a vast wall of bitterness between them. These trends, to the realist, means far more than the subtleities of consitutional law. B. C. Packers’ Situation Gloomy. | |the cemetery was lined by, great crowds. } i e {the United States Marshal's | fice, left on the Alaska for Ket- chikan. The route from the church to Schilling IE ak idn g Cream of Tartar e g GOES TO KETCHIKAN Chief Deputy J. F. Statter, of of (Prince Rupert News.) s SRS | | Faced with the likelihood of a large carry-over SEE THE E from last year's pack, owing to a demoralized mar- | s { Old papers at the Embire office ket the fishing industry in British Columbia will; MOTO : . 7 enter upon 1931 operations with a more or less| XE| LA% QENORITAS | |tenebrous outlook. It was hardly to be expected BIKE tt e that this industry, with its abnormally large pack, | : | Specialty Ol:chestra | |could escape the world trade debacle, and come | 1 ur window \ 4 ALL GIRLS’ BAND ! through unscathed. And canner and fishermen | n o : | Music l?r all occasions | alike will be foreed to face the inevitable lean| _ { SR HONE 40 | {year in sight as best they can. i ‘ b S — 4 | It is quite apparent that the keen and intensive ARNOLD’S ! | competition challenging for the world markets now { {met with, will be materially increased in the future | BOOTERY ! | TaE JUNEAU LAUNDRY comp(flhnsx the industry to adjust 1‘bself to Lhe‘ H Franklin Street, between situation, by adopting a more economic plan ‘o(‘,;,__ = Front and Second Streets 8 e | operation coupled with a comprehensive and | telligent marketing system. ‘ | It is no secret that some of the difficulties| | confronting the industry today is past extravagant and wasteful operating methods, fostered by the | cocksuredness of finding a ready market at top | ;prices. Failing to anticipate the coming slump and; isell when it might have been possible at a fair| |price, has obviously resulted in a free-for-all scramble to unload now at ruinous gquotations. | Under existing circumstances, therefore, it is| {imperative that 1931 will witness a much curtailed | lcamxed salmon pack, in the hope that the demand | {will overtake the supply on hand, thereby clearing \lh(’ boards. It is already known that a considerable num- | ber of canneries will remained closed over this sea- |son, with a consequent diminished payroll, and the fishermen will no doubt be confronted with the necessity of selling his catch at a big price cut |over last year. | The one redeeming feature in an otherwise de- | plorable situation is that the industry has awakened | | to the necessity and possibility of creating a grea!ex" |demand in the home market for its product, by focusing public attention on the many advantages of a more generous canned salmon bill-of»fare,l |attractively set forth by that modern business stimulator—advertising. It will be interesting to {watch the reaction. | Sinclair Lewis and Theodore Dreiser have gone a long way toward giving a slightly exaggerated example of the heavyweight prizefight situation.— (Toledo Blade.) The last session of Congress has receded suf- ficiently to take on the similitude of a bad dream. —(Detroit Free Press.) Uncle Sam fast that he Post.) is paying off debt is running instaliments so into debt.—(Washington The best thing about this March was the march out of the late unlamented Congress—(Atlaiia Constitution.) D e PHONE 359 GENERAL PAINT | CONTRACTING | \ \ \ \ 183 TAXI STAND AT PIONEER POOL ROOM Those planning exterior work this summer should place their | orders now to insure comple- : tion while the weather lasts. | \ B. W. BURKE || \ \ Alaska’s Resident Decorator | Day and Night Service \ FSRP ST S =t b RS - - i Our Savings Department We wish to call your attention to the fact that this bank main- tains a first class Savings Department. We receive on savings accounts any amount from one dollar up. On each account we compound the interest semi-annually, adding the interest to the account without any trouble on the part of the depesitor. Additions may be made at any time. On these savings accounts we pay 4 per cent interest. 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