The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 12, 1933, Page 4

(] i H i > ‘ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1933. Daily Alaska Empire GENERAL MANAGER ROBERT W. BENDER - - Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 By mull, postage beid. At the follow!ng rates mall, postage paid, al e fol ng ra H One year, 1n advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, In advance, § Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly potify ‘the Business Office of any failure or irregularity n the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 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 local news published hereln. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. BUSINESS MEN IN.LINE. The assurance given at the Chamber of Com- merce meeting Thursday by spokesmen of Juneau's business fraternity that business firms here are solidly back of the President's competitive business code merely made public what individually they had declared days ago. Not a merchant or other employer of local labor, we are certain, has ever had any idea of doing anything but support the President. ‘The plan was so evidently based upon sound, practical reason and was such good psychol- ogy that business itself had nothing to lose and everything to gain by embracing it wholeheartedly and without reservation. Of course, compliance could not in most cases immediately follow the will to comply. It takes time to make necessary adjust- ments in adopting any new system. The President himself recognized this fact as is evidenced by the fact that business was given until the end of August to adopt the code. And it is further emphasized by the appeal of General Johnson, Na- tional Administrator, to urge the people not to boycott firms who have not yet complied, but who Jesire to and will do as soon as they can. The Administration 1s, or course, not advocating any boycott. But it will urge the people, after sufficient time has elapsed for everyone to sign up, to patronize only those business firms who display the Blue Eagle, the emblem of the NRA code. 'On the basis of the great flood of applications for NRA emblems that have swamped postoffices and Wash- ington from all over the country, it seems that there will be little if any need for any such pressure to be brought to bear. It is very evident that it will not be needed in Juneau. Other Alaska towns report the same con- ditions that prevail here. Like the great Liberty Bond response which kept Alaska well at the top in those drives, the Territory will take and keep its place in the forefront of the President’s drive for shorter working hours and higher wages in order that employment may be spread and buying power raised commensurate with price levels. CALIFORNIA’S GOLD MINERS APPEAL. On July 26, the San Francisco Chronicle, car- ried a full page of signed statements from prominent mining executives and other leaders under the head- ing, “California Gold Miners Appeal to the Presi- dent.” It voiced the case of the gold mining industry of the United States for an open market on their product. Two of the statements—one by George W. Starr, President of the Mining Association of California, and P. R. Bradley, President of the Alaska Juneau and other companies—are particularly worthy of perusal: 3 Mr. Starr said: Because the development of the natural gold resources of these United States, due to past industrial circumstances, present eco- nomic conditions, and future financial needs now offers the most certain and immediate source for the employment of labor, the expansion of purchasing power, and the widest general demand for commodities of every kind in those States and Territories having natural gold resources, and Because vast areas of our country, on account of their often rugged and otherwise unproductive character, cannot be con- structively helped by any other industry, and, finally, Because the existence of properties now producing gold is threatened by the rapid rise in operating costs without any pro- vision having been made for a compensative increase in the price of gold, ‘We respectfully call, on behalf of the gold mining industry of these United States and Territories, the attention of President Roose- velt to this critical situation and urge his aid to enable what is the “Forgotten Indus- try” to its just importance Whereupon, the gold mining industry will continue creating and supplying, threugh production of new wealth, its demands, and will expand to surely and soundly further the major purposes and aims of the Ad- ministration. Mr. Bradley summed up the industry briefly as follows: Since the Executive order of April 20th, last, the United States Government has paid the gold miner $20.67 inflated dollars for each ounce of gold. The embargo created under the Executive order has prevented the miner from receiving an additional nine more or less inflated dollars for each ounce of his production. All current gold production is no part of the gold furnishing the basis for monetary circulation in the United States at the time of the Executive order. That portion of the ‘eurrent output produced from patented min- ing claims should be the claim owners’ legal __property whether kept in the claims or ‘mined therefrom. The governmental restric- tion under the Executive order that pre- vents the miner from receiving full value case for the for his product, in effect deprives him of a portion of his property without due process of law. The legality of the situation may be questioned, but there can be no doubt that the gold miner is being done an injustice. He suffers because of an action avowedly taken to benefit the public, and there should be no opposition to reciprocal action by the public to protect the miner to the full extent of his rights. advanced not ,only for the mining industry of California but for Alaska's and every other State and Territory in which gold mining is carried on. It is certain that Mr. Roosevelt will give his most earnest consideration to the matter, and that he will recognize the soundness of the arguments ad- vanced. We are confident that a way will found by him to give to the industry the relief it last April. Fall will wear wrinkles in his suit. of others need it with a job like that on her hands. | Some scientific shark has doped it out that a mosquito can fly for 14 hours without alighting. Maybe they can, but none of the cussed things we ever knew did it. A Greater Navy. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) Our naval policy at present is a curious one. While enforcing rigid economies to reduce the an- nual operating cost, we are spending about $247,- 1000,000 in the next three years to construct 32 new vessels and a number of naval airplanes. This conflict of economy and lavish expenditure, how- ever, is merely a reflection of the general financial policy of the nation. Having reduced the regular expenditures of the country by nearly a billion dollars, the Administration has provided extra- ordinary credits of more than $3,000,000,000 for public works and other purposes. Thus operating costs are trimmed everywhere, but new construc- tion is expanded to make more work. This is properly applicable to the navy. When the need for drastic economies in government de- velped, the navy was obliged to share in the re- trenchments. But when vast sums became avail- able for new construction, it was no less appro- priate that the navy should have a share of those funds. The failure thus far of the Disarmament Con- ference, the growth of uncertain political tensions abroad, the frankly belligerent attitude the Japan- ese have taken regarding the 5-5-3 tonnage ratio— these and other factors compel the belief that our navy should be built up nearer to the maximum allowed by our treaty commitments. Perhaps the American Government could well make greater ef- forts to secure effective reduction of naval estab- lishments. But until that is accomplished we have no choice but to maintain an adequate navy of our own. Barber Shop Phoenix. (New York Herald Tribune.) After nearly two years in abeyance, during which nostalgic - sentimentalists have lived on memories and barber shop patrons on less traditional maga- zine fare, a new and up-to-the-moment “Police Gazette” is about to rise from the ashes of Am- erica’s most famous sporting feuilleton. The old “Gazette” enjoyed a widespread heyday and bright longevity from the time when it was taken over by Richard K. Fox until its lamentable demise in 1932, but its friends and partisans saw in its decline an indictment of its unmoral attitude toward sin, and publications which gazed with more emphatic edi- torial disapproval, combined with more graphic pic- torial resources, upon the unconventional, the violent and the romantic, superseded it in public esteem. The reappearance of the “Gazette” upon news- stands may merely be indicative of editorial enter- prise and acumen, but some students of the human comedy, at least, will read into its reappearance one more indication of our increasing taste for the leisurely, the colorful and securely bourgeois insti- tutions of a generation or so ago. Beer gardens, bicycling, roller skates, thirty sidewalk cafes in New York alone, pillbox hats for wamen and plaid suits for men all recall an era of horsecars, mustache cups, solvency and repose worthy of recapture. Dogs in the Bible. (New York Worii-Telegram.) The American Spectator this month contains an article on “Cats and Dogs” by B. M. Steigman, in which that writer evokes Holy Writ as a founda- tion or his argument that dogs are foul beasts at heart and unworthy of human companionship. Cats have all the virtues, dogs have all the vices. Says the writer: There is no mention in all the Bible of a single good trait attributed to the dog. The wise ancients saw ‘the animal without sentimentality or affection, and they wrote of his returning to his vomit, his fleas, his mange, his unspeakable habits. Biblical times were the savage era for dogs. Dogs have since become “civilized.” Sanitation and human amenities of living have raised the dog from beast to pet and servant. Even in these times in filthy places of habita- tion thé dog may very likely be loathsome, full of fleas, skulking, snapping. He is about as good as his surroundings. If the average surroundings were bad, as they doubtless were in Bible days, he would be less desirable as pet and companion A dog is as good as his master makes him. Gene Sarazen took three strokes (some say four) to get out of a sand trap in the British open the other day. And does life seem sweeter to the rest of you now?—(New York Sun.) More cotton is being shipped to Europe, a trade note informs us. It's great for stuffing in ears when debts are likely to be mentioned, you know. —(Boston Herald.) The indignation at the London conference has an aroma like that of the anger of the confidence man balked of his prey.—(Detroit Free Press.) The stock exchange decides that enough can be lost in three-hour ssesions to satisfy any margineer. —(Washington Post.) 'Twould be interesting to know the dry barley growers' reaction to mounting prices. (Toledo Blade.) The three Rs—Roosevelt, Reconstruction, Recov- ery.—(Jacksonville Times-Union.) These are but two of many similar arguments Accepls Federal ’Posi[ion pe | decision of Senator Sam Bratton ought to have from the burden imposed on it byvbench excluding its product in the gold embargo order of.,, great surprise shion dictators say that the stylish man this|hai red, studious| So will a lot| westerner. The new President of the W. C. T. U. is cred-, Sociate justice of| |ited with having a real sense of humor. She'll sure ::he Ol SEN. S. BRATTON LEAVES SENATE; GOES ON BENCH Offered to Him by Roosevelt By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. — The of New Mexico to quit the Senate and return to the came as, to those who know the red- to come to the| Senate back inf 1924, In 1930 he|#& won the right t0~ GAMUEL BRATTON sit for another term. He never seemed quite able to cast off the judicial atmosphere that appeared to cling to him all the time he was in the Senate. | Despite the fact that Bratton had acquired seniority and influ- ence in the Senate, he was never quite happy there. He had eight years to think it over. When President Roosevelt offered him a Federal judgeship, he accepted eagerly. IT SUITS WAGNER Quite the reverse is true of an- other Senator who left a high place on the bench of his state to come to the Senate. He is Bob ‘Wagner of New York. The story is told that Wagner left his position on the New York Supreme bench with some reluc- tance to run for the Senate. The Senate has given him an opportunity for service and con- structive effort he has always! wanted. German-born, he has gone about as high politically as it is possible for him to go. Thus, freed from disturbing influence which eligibility for Presidential or Vice-Presidential honors would have given him, he has been able to proceed unhampered with his ideas. Now he sees the law of the land enibodying many ideas in unem- ployment and relief similar to his own. Today he holds a position of real power in the Senate. GO BACK? NO! He has shown no indication of a desire to return to the judic- ial life. Rather, he is happier now than ever before. However, Senator Bratton is a young man, much younger than ‘Wagner. It is possible that before Pres- ident Roosevelt’s term is over he| may have opportunity to name| several members of the Supreme Court. And there are those who wouldn’t be surprised to see Brat- ton return to Washington some day as a Justice of the Nation's Supreme Tribunal. ——- NTYRE IS DEAD John A. Mclntyre, 72, resident of Alaska 34 years, died recently at Fairbanks of ailments incident to advanced age. e T g G Theres something m the adver- tisements today to interest you Read them. NOTICE In the Matter of the LAST WILL| AND TESTAMENT of GEORGE| BOROFF, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the last will and testament of George Boroff, deceased, has been admitted to probate by the Probate Court for the Juneau, Al- aska, Commissioner’s Precinct, and that Alex Boroff is executor of the estate of said decedent and that all persons having claims aaginst said estate are required to present them with proper vouchers, within six months from the date of this notice, to me at the office of R. E. Robertson, 200 Seward Building, Juneau, Alaska. Dated August 12, 1933. ALEX BOROFF, Executor of the last will and testament of George Boroff, deceased, First publication, Aug. 12, 1933. Last publication, Sept. 2, 1933. ~ Pfunder’s Tablets Sole Agents Butler Mauro Drug Co. “Express Money Orders Anytime” Remember the 12th Annual Southeastern Alaska Fair, Sept. 13, 14, 15, 16 Today and By WALTER Again: L It is impossible for any one to follow with any real comprehen- n of their economic meaning ¢ development of ‘all these many I They are being set up nasuiy, ang they will have to be worked out as men learn to understand them. To this proced- ur: there need be no fundamental objection. These codes establish a kind of constitutional government in industry, and all our experience with political constitutions shows that it is vain to seek to make them rigidly perfect at the out- t. A good constitution is one ch is flexible enough to allow to be perfected by experience. To view the matter in this light does not, however, relieve any one of the duty of examining the main principles and tendencies: which actuate those who are working at this momentous and inspiring task It is not merely the privilege of the press and of the public to discuss critically these develop- m . It is their patriotic duty, and it would be mistaken zeal to withhold criticism or to resent it. e ey In this spirit I venture to raise’ a few questions about the proced- | ure in adopting the steel code. The | only evidence available to me is| the text of the code as submitted | on July 15 and the newspaper ac- counts of the hearings before Gen- eral Johnson in Washington. As I read this code it appears to. have two main parts. In one part the steel industry agrees to reduce hours and to raise wages some- what. In the other part it or- ganizes itself to prevent price cut- ting. As I read the testimony of Secretary Perkins and the accounts of the hearings it appears that the Administration is convinced that the steel industry could and should have made very much more favor- able terms with labor, and should eliminate many long - standing abuses. From other sources it ap- pears that Mr. Richberg has raised legal questions about the sections of the code which deal with pric- es, but unless T am mistaken the Administration does not seem very greatly concerned about the level of steel prices. . oa o Thus in arguing that the pro- posed hours are too long and the wages too low Miss Perkins said that “it-may be necessary to make drastic increases in wages to ac- complish the purposes of the act. But if recovery is to be achieved # large portion of the money pro- duet of industry must go to those who constitute the main body of the consumers.” In support of her argument she pointed out that during the prosperous years prior to 1930 “ a declining share of the value of the products of the iron and steel industry.... went to labor.” Miss Perkins’s point can- not, I think, be disputed. Tt is clearly established that in the Twenties profits ran way ahead of wages. ‘What needs to be discussed, and to be examined with great care, is the apparent assumption which at the moment seems to domin- ate so much of the thinking of the N, R. A. organization, that a bet- ter distribution of corporate earn- ings should be sought solely through the pay envelope. To fix the question clearly it is inter- esting to consider a few of the main elements in the policy of the steel industry during the de- pression. If we compare the fi- gures for May, 1933, with those for May, 1930, we find that produc- tion fell more than 50 per cent, that employment fell more than 40 per cent, that pay rolls fell nearly 70 per cent. At the same Tomorrow LIPPMANN ____ ook Out time we find that iron and steel prices, as measured by a com- posite index fell less than 20 per cent and finished steel about 12 per cent. 3 In other words, here is a basic industry which has met the de- pression by reducing production and wages far more than it has reduced prices. Iv nas chosen to do wvery little business at rela- tively high prices, instead of seek- ing to increase business by drasti- cally lower its prices. o Now, Miss Perkins is entlrely justified in arguing that this in- dustry could in the past have al- forded, and no doubt can today afford, to increase the returns to L labor. But in planning for a gen- eral recovery is the Administra- tion justified’ in assuming that it needs to put its chief emphasis on steel wages paying little atien- tion to the price of steel? Is it really moving toward its own ob- Jective if it merely jacks up the earnings of labor in stesl and al- lows the industry to add the addi- tional costs to prices which are already at artificially high levels? I hope that na one will think I am arguing against higher wages in the steel industry. I am not. I am raising the question wheth- er the already high prices of steel, which this code will make it eas- jer to maintain and perhaps to raise, ought not to be the major concern of those in Washington who are seeking to plan for recov- ery. Let us remember that. the focal point of the industrial de- pression lies not in the consumer industries, in textiles and hoots and shoes and such goods. They are doing very well indeed. The deep depression is in the capital goods industry. The pricz of steel is of vital importance. It is no less important to the public works program. If we are to bring new purchasing power into the mar- kets in truly impressive volume it is absolutely essential that the capital goods industries should be expanded. For from this point of view there is a greatrdifference between, let us say, the textile industry and the capital goods industries. The textile going unless goods are continually bought and used up, and that means that production must keep pace with immediate purchasing power. But capital goods indus- tries, replacement of machinery, new machinery, building, and pub- lic works, employ labor which not only buys textiles and other con- sum goods, but produce products which do not immediately have to be sold and used up. They cre- ate effective purchasing power fas- ter than production of consumer goods, and the more far-reaching and long term the projects the greater the effect. R It is, therefore, a matter of fun- damental importance that the price of steel should not be over- looked. T do not venture to have an opinion as to whether steel prices ought now to be reduced. But it does seem clear to me that they should be examined at least as carefully as wages and hours, and that the steel code should be scrutinized with very great atten- tion to see not merely what kind of control over steel prices it pro- vides, but also to see what pros- pects it holds out to all the other industries dependent upon the price of steel. Because there are no convincing signs that the Admin- istration is doing this, it may be in order to raise another storm } signal and ask it not to approve the steel code until prices as well as wages have been considered. Copyrignt, 1933, New York Tribune Inc. BEER BLUE RIBBON ACME BEER BUDWEISER BLATZ CALIFORNIA GROCERY TELEPHONE 478 Prompt Delivery Store Open Tonight The B. M. 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