The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 14, 1931, Page 4

. 4 | Daily Aiusk& Empire JOEN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGEB% | ™ vening except Sunday by the| l'.‘!n’"l’%"i.m;‘mea‘"ry'n“‘&;fixmsi‘ at Second and Main | Streets, Juneauw, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES, [ Dellvered by carrier In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thars for $1.25 per month. | By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, In advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.26. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices. 374. | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE®S. [ The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the | tocal news published herein. | ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO SE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. MEASURING ENFORCEMENT SUCCESS Basing its assertion on fewer arrests and prose- cutions under the provisions of the National Pro-| hibition Act in Cctobe:, Director Woodecock advances the claim (o0t enforcoment is becoming more ef- | fective and expresscc pratification over the fact.| This is a quecer wnit of m-asurement to use. Andl one that the ordinary citizen will hesitate to accept as readily as the Divector v/ the Nation’s Prohibition forces seems to have. | The real test of successful enforcement does not necessarily lie in the number of arrests made or in the number of prosecutions started. Any given period might show less or more, than any earlier corresponding period thout proving anythinz. There | is only one real test—axnd that iz whether the flow | and visible supply of contrabar i liquor is lessened. | As long as it cen be had in abundance in any | city, largz or smai., */lace or hamlet in the entire country it seems iike ciiid's play to pretend lhali enforcement is on: whii effective. Of course it isn’t| a success. Th: quarier of a miilon speakeasies cperating from Maine to Califoriia and from Alaska: to Florida, without courting the millions of homes | in which beer is brewed and wine is made, the thousands of illicit -tills from: which rotgut liquor flows in an evers cady ream to the hip-pocket peddlers, is a sufficien. refutation of the ridiculous claim that enforcement is «ffective. Any unit of measurement ‘hat bases upon arrests and prosecutions 's not -usceptihle of error, it is, in fact, erronccus in its Arres's and prose- cutions vary with the zeal of the individual en- forcement officers, with public seniiment, and, more | than anything else, with the (egree of complacency with which the cen.ral anthorities view the con- | tinuing nullification of the Eighteenth Amendment. [ BRAZIL TURNS TO SCIENCE FOR RELIEF. Relief not being forthcoming to it from the regular channels of commerce, which have failed to absorb the great coffee supply that nation has accumulated, Brazil has turned to science for suc- cor. Thz nation has a vast store of coffee of inferior grade on hand which cannot be moved at any price. It suffers serious economic ills from that failure. Now comes the suggestion that it be turned into fuel and other products for which there is demand that might be fillad at a profit. First, chemists will be called upon to transform the cheapest beans into bricks. These will be tried out as fuel on the Government-owned Central Railroad. If it proves successful, not only will the inferior coffee have some value in itself, but by taking it off the mar- ket, the quality of the rest of Brazil's coffee hold- ings will be improved and prices for it consequently raised. Scientists in the Government laboratories of Brazil are also experimenting in other directions. Some of these are exiraction of alcohol, oil and cellulose by-products from coffee. Experts have compared thes resultant products favorably with those from other sources. These experiments, like the rubber-production experiments of the late Thomas Alva Edison, serve to demonstrate the resourcefulness of chemists and their fellow scientists in other fields, and their aever-ending efforts in the service of mankind. NOT EVEN A FORLORN HOPE. When Gov. Pinchot and Progressive Senators from Weste:n States engag:d in the discussion re- cently in Washington o .ative pians to block the renomination of P esiiiont Huover at next year's Republican Nationsl Conveltion, it must have been apparent even to them that this was not within the realm of remote possibilities. If Mr. Hoover desires a second term, and prectically all observers are agreed that he does, his party will undertake the task, no matter how difficult, of giving it to him. To do otherwi'c would be the most unwise kind of politics. To reiuse to nciinate him would be a confession of party failure. It would lead to internal dissention in the party, the effects of which might not disappear .or 'many years, No one will bei er understand how forlorn a hope such a revolt would than these same Western Progressives. Their realization is written into political history in every national campa.gn. Between times | they are insurgeats, °t odds with the parly ed- ministration, but on election days the' trot meekly into the fold alonz with the “old guard” stand- patters with whom they rcfuse to associate before and after elections. Tne Washington discussions ended in a decision to wai’ until January before making any decision about a Progressive campaign to head off the President. If by that time, the wide open spaces of the West are in unconfined and un- trammeled revolt against Mr. Hoover's administra- tion, if the country still shows signs of general re- bellion against the G:rand Old Party, it will be time cnough for them to enter candidates in the Presi- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, NOV. 14, 1931. come off according to schedule, January will likely find the Progressive Senators cold to Gov. Pinchot's offer to be the Moses to lead them and thes rest of the country out of the wilderness. Whether the Progressives and Gov. Pinchot enter the field, or the latter goes it alone in Pennsylvania where he announces he will make an effort to cap- ture the State's delegation to the convention, Mr. Hoover can sleep soundly and without fear of what his fate will be at the national convention. If all his worries in the Presidency amount to no more in the next year, the coming of the political mil- lenium can be duly heralded. National Prohibition authorities report fewer ar- rests and prosecutions during October. Reason, En- forcement becoming more effective. Last year, more arrests and more prosecutions than ever were re- ported. Reason, Enforcement becoming more ef- fective. Just another case of heads, I win, tails, you lose. The Lamp of the Future. (New York Times.) When so well-informed a man as Mr. Hawkins of the General Electric Company's research labora- tories tells the Illuminating Engineers Society that “the incandescent lamp as it now exists is not capable of radical improvement,” we wonder if his words may not be belied by some discovery of the morrow. He took the trouble to point out that Edison regarded the carbon-filament lamp of thirty years ago as the last word in electric lighting, only to have organized research give us the highly effi- cient tungsten lamp. It is not satisfaction with the work thus far done that inspires Mr. Hawkins's opinion of present lamps, but rather a keen sense of their shortcomings. All the elements of the periodic table have been studied with an eye to their illuminating possibilities. Tungsten is the best. And if tungsten is not good enough, we must perforce devise a new lamp. Of all the energy released by the coal burnsd under a boiler only about 5 per cent is utilized in the form of light. Fireflies reverse the propor- tion, as Professor Langley pointed out years ago, and thus cause physicists to blush for themselves. The filament lamp having been apparently brought at least to momentary perfection, they now turn to another type more like the sun. There is no filament in the sun, but vapors heated to dazzling incandescence. The lamp to come will be a bulb in which vapors are similarly heated to the glowing point. Advertising signs shine in half a dozen dofferent hues in front of the shops of every Main Street and already proclaim the solar night of the future. Not the firefly, with its weird greenish rays, is the ideal, but the stars. The sodium-vapor lamp holds out the greatest promise at the present time. Its too yellow light can be modified by the addition of other elements. But a glass must be discovered which will resist the corrosive effect of sodium. Means must be found to dispense with cumbrous auxiliary ap- paratus, so that the vapor lamp can be screwed into any home socket. Industrial research thus embarks on a new voyage of discovery. When com- petent physicists regard the best tungsten lamp of our time as a contrivance soon to be classed with the candle and rush-light there can be no doubt of the ultimate success of that voyage. A New Phase of Gold Mining. (Mining & Engineering Journal.) What became of all the graduates of mining schools this year? Doubtless this question has oc- curred to many older engineers who know only too well that at the curtailed rate of present operations the mining industry has not even enough work for its experienced personnel. But gold mining, of course, has been flourishing, and a much greater proportion of mining recruits than usual is appar- ently getting its first practical experience in wash- ing gravel, following a thin vein, cleaning amal- gamated plates, or testing cyanide solution. How- ever, even the prosperous and expanding gold-min- ing companies cannot absorb all of the overflow from the base-metal mining industry, so an effort has been made to start active development of prom- ising gold prospects, and to secure favorable leases on old mines. In a recent issue a news item told of a project for the students of the Alaska School of Mines to work the Eva gold mine, near Ferry, on the Alaska Railroad, equipment for which has been ordered by the college. This will be a school of practical experience for both undergraduates and graduates, presumably, and may result in some added income for the college as well. Another project is being sponsored by the Alumni Association of the Colo- rado School of Mines. A company known as En- gineers Lease, Incorporated, has been formed, and has taken leases on certain blocks in the old Vindicator mine, at Cripple Creek. This mine was considered a good many years ago to have had its day, but many undeveloped mineralized fissures and some low-grade ore still offer possibilities for the individual operator who pays his own wages. The work in the Vindicator is expected to provide em- ployment for 100 graduates, who will work on a grubstake basis, receiving $1.25 a day to cover ex- penses of board and lodging. The company formad by the Alumni Association will furnish mining equipment and supplies, and will receive two-fifths of the proceeds; the Association itself will get one- fifth; the other two-fifths will go to the men who do the work. Possibilities exist for similar assistance to many other unemployed mining engineers. Alumni asso- ciations, mining companies, and other groups could well formulate similar plans for the devzlopment of promising gold areas at small expense for wages, with possibility of ultimate profit, affording subsistence at least to deserving men. Mahatma Gandhi writes in praise of Prohibi- tion in America. But Mahatma Gandhi has not seen Prohibition as it does not prohibit in America. —(Boston Transcript.) The death of Don Jaime, pretender to the Span- ish throne, recalls that this office is now doubly arduous, since it must also be pretended there is a throne—(Des Moines Register.) Chances of winning in a jail break are about on a par with those of getting a Tammany nom- ination in New York City on a dry platform.— (Philadelphia Bulletin.) Senator Sheppard wants to jail those who buy as well as those who sell booze. Uh, huh, and where will they put ’em?—(Philadelphia Inquirer.) When the F:deration of Labor and Government be so.—(Washington Post.) If it takes 11 law enforcement commissioners verdict?—(Macon, Ga., Telegraph.) China has faith in the League of Nations. And that is what is the matter with China.—(Atchison, Kan., Globe.) dential primaries. If the agrarian revolt doesn't l reports agree that things are looking better it must 19 months to disagree about Prohibition, how long will it take 130,000,000 citizens to reach a unanimous ELLIOTT SEEKS $600,000 ROADS ton After Attending Highway Meet (Special Correspondance) WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 29.— Major Malcom Elliot, president of the Alaska Road Commission, arri- ved in Washington this week and expects to remain two months or longer. He will assist in the effort to have the Bureau accept for the orded the Commission present year, Roads and trails are very essen- tial to the further development of the Territory and the War Depart- ment will have the cordial assis- tancz of Delegate Wickersham in trying to secure from the Budget and Congress the appropriation that is necesary for the Commission to carry out its progam for the coming year. Major Elliott, as a member of the joint United States and Canada International High- way Commission, attendsd a meet- ing of the Commission at Victoria on Oct. 10th, and was greatly en- couraged because of the generally expressed opinion that the route from Hazelton, British Columbia, to for the mically advantageous. It is expec- ted that another meeting of the joint Commission will be held in Washington early in January next. Mrs. R. W. Ferguson of Fairbnaks, accompanied by her young daug- hter, spent a few days in Wash- Miss Henrietta A. Mirick, who taught school in Fairbanks ten years ago. Mrs. Ferguson is en- joying her first trip out from the North in the past 30 years, and went to California with her daugh- ter who was seriously ill, but who has almost fully recovered and will return with her mother to Fair- banks in the Spring. The Postoffice Department has suggested to the Delegate that he submit the name of a suitable per- son to serve as Postmaster at Wrangell, the advanced age of the present incumbent making him ineligible for the office. The name of B. Y. Grant, a young and capa- ble man who was highly recom- mended by the patrons of the of- fice, has been submitted, and it Is expected that he will shortly re- ceive the appointment. The post- mistress at Kodiak, Mrs. Lillian H. White, has resigned her position and is anxious to retire from the office. It is expected that Mrs: Lydia Noble will be appointed as her successor. Applications have been received for the reestablish- ment of postoffices at Ugashik, Aniak and Woodchopper. The De- partment is looking into the ne- cessity for offices at these loca- tions. the Delegate he has been advised by the Postmaster General that an investigation has been made as to the desirability of having the mail service to Dillingham carried from Anchorage instead of from Kana- tak. The change of base is prac- ticable and the contractor, the Alaskan Airways, Inc., has been granted permission to provide the sarvice. from Anchorage, effective November 1. Some people interested in effi- cient work in the Territorial Legis- lature have written the Delegate saying that it is doubtful whether competent assistance can be sec- ured in the next session unless the per diem compensation of the Sec- retary of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the House, and their chief assistants, is increased. At present the compensation is but $8 and $5 per day. Delegate Wickersham ‘“sat in” on FUND FOR 193 A. R. C. Head in Washing- fiscal year of 1932 the same appro- ! priation of $800,000 that was acc- S Fairbanks, was feasible and econo- | ingotn last week with her friend, In answer to a request made hy“ loct. 28 at the hearing before the , Tariff commission, which is investi- gating the copper mining industry to determine such facts as may be relevant to the desirability of plac- |ing a tariff on copper. The Delegate has recelved a copy of a letter written by Col. O. F. Ohison, general manager of the Alaska Railroad, in reply to criti- cism of fur ranchers, particularly | with reference to shipments of live | foxes by express rather than by | freight, over the Railroad. Among other things Col. Ohson states: “The Railroad came to the con- |clusion that it was inadvisable to |accept the responsibility of hand- ling live foxes, mink and other valuable fur-bearing animals as | freight, owing to the careful hand- {ling they require and the high Jvaluations placed upon them by the ippers. As such animals when ipped are usually intended for 'breeding purposes, the owners value them at prices considerably higher |than could be obtained for them otherwise. “As to the express rates, alleged to be some 750 per cent higher than freight, it may be stated that the express rate on shipments of this character is lower or but little more than the freight rate would be, as the following statement will illustrate. “The allegations that the refusal to accept live foxes for freight ‘\shlpmem has caused many ranch- ers to pelt their animals, close their ranches and start new where no such drastic rules are in force, |is belleved to be without merit.” In reply to an inquiry as to whether or not a change should 'be made from the present practice |of shipment the General Manager ctates that it would be inadvisable to make a change from express to freight shipment of fur-bearing animals. | | The Grand Jury at Anchorage 'recently submitted a report show- ing the imperative need for a new Federal building at that town. | The Chamber of Commerce last | week wired Delegate Wickersham, asking for his help in the matter |and inquiring whether the building is to be included in the proposed | budget to be submitted to Congress |at the approaching session. After a visit to the Treasury Department the Delegate wired that $400,000 had been agreed upon and allo- cated as necessary for the Anchor- age building under the public build- ings program authorized by Cong- |ress, and that the Anchorage build- {ing is part of the one hundred and | tifty-four million dollar allocated projects that Congress is expected |to make appropriations for at the | coming session. It might also !be stated that among the allocated | projects is one for Ketchikan, to |cost $400,000. The money for the 1$450,000 Fairbanks Federal building has been appropriated and is avail- | ble, advertising for construction bids to be made in January. All three buildings are endorsed by the Department of Justice. The Bureau of Fisheries concedes that the Alaska salmon industry has not been affected by the gen- jeral business deprsesion that seems to be prevalent over the world. Attentive estimate of the pack for the 1931 season to Sept. 1 shows that the total to that date was }5,335,461 cases, as against 4,830,- 500 cases in 1930 to Aug. 31 and 5032236 for the entire season of 1930. It is of interest to note that the output of red salmon in 1931 is almost double that of the preceed- ing year and also shows a fair lincrease over the average for the arily to the splendid runs in the important Bristol Bay region, part- icularly on the east side of the bay, where there were good runs and escapements in 1926, the brood year for a large proportion of this |season’s pack. Excellent runs of pink salmon entered the waters of southeastern ‘Alaska, with the result that despite curtailed operations | the production of this species was | well above the average for recent years, although it was substan- | tially less than the 1930 output. Comparing the preliminary fig- ures for 1931 with the average for |the 5-year period from 1926 to 11930, by districts, both southeastern and western Alaska show gains of approximately 6 per cent, while for central Alaska there is a decline of 11 per cent. It haslater been estimated that the total Alaska pack for the 1931 season will be 5440,000 cases, which will include 1,680,000 cases of reds, 000 cohoes, and 52,672 kings. Skins of fur-bearing land animals to the number of 494,547 and valued | at $2,128,148, were exported from Alaska in 1930, a report from the Alaska Game Commission to the Biological Survey, U. 8. Depart- ment of Agriculture, shows. This is $2,385,715 less than the value of the 1929 shipments, although 197,245 more pelts were exported The smaller return for 1930 result- ed from a general decline in the market vaule of individual furs. The report is based on the state- ments that fur shippers are re- quired to file with agents of trans- portation companies or with post- masters handling the shipments, who in turn must forward them w! the Alaska Game Commission. The Delegate is endeavoring to have the Geological Survey under- take the mapping of Kodiak Island, in the belief that it would lead to valuable mineral development. Director Mendenhall states that this is one of the projects that Philip 8. Smith, Chief Alaskan\ Geologist, has urged and is one of several projects now under con- sideration for the next field season. | But in the absence of information as to funds and personnel avail- able for next season nothing def- inite can now be decided on, al- | though it is gratifying to know that it is the intention of the| Survey to map Kodiak Island so| soon as conditions wil permit. } S R. R. DANCE You'll have the time of your life Saturday, November 21, at EIks Hall. Nothing like it. 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