The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 1, 1933, Page 4

Dally Alasha Empire BENDER evening COMP. ka. GENERAL MANAGER except Y ROBERT W. Sublished every EMPIRE_PRINTING Streets, June: Sunday by _the at Second and Main Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per_month. , postage paid, at the following rates: ix months, in advance. or if they will promptly Business Off! any failure or irregularity notify the in the delivery of their papers. 1 and Business Offices, for Bd Telephone MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Assoclated Press 1s exclusively entitl use for republication of all news disy o it or not otherwise credited in this paper and local news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED To BE LARGER THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION to the pdited to also the SILCOX EXPERIENCED FORESTER. Although he came to his new position as Chief of the United States Forest Service from service as a labor mediator in New York, Ferdinand A. Silcox is an experienced forester. He is merely re- turning to the work that first called him and in which he engaged for many years. He turned to the labor field during the World War after he had advanced far in the forestry profession. Mr. Silcox is a native of Georgia and 51 years of age. At the e of 21 he graduated from the Cullegc of Cha.rleslon 8. C, and two years later completed a course in the School of Forestry of Yale University, a year ahead of C. H. Flory, Regional Forester of the Alaska district, who was later associated with him in the Government's service. He entered the Forest Service in 1905 and most of his connection with that organization was spent in the West. He saw service in Colorado and was District Forester of what is now Region One, comprised of Montana, Oregon and North Idaho, which position he held from 1911 to 1918. On his own volition, he left the service in that year and was connected with the Government's study of labor conditions in the West for the next two years. From that he went East and for several years prior to his appointment as Chief Forester he was Director of Industrial Relations of the Employing Printing Association of New York, which post he has filled efficiently for the past 11 years. He is a liberal-minded man as well as a prac- tical forester and efficient executive. He has a knowledge of conditions in the Northwest that will naturally tend to make him sympathetic with Al- aska’s timber problems. His appointment to succeed Maj. R. Y. Stuart ought to be satisfactory alike to the rank and file of the Forest Service and the public at large. It illustrates again the President’s policy of picking the, best men for important tasks in the Government's service. NEW YORK REGISTRATION LARGE. That interest in its forthcoming mayoralty elec- tion is keen in New York City is evidenced by the registration of voters. A total of 2322382 was achieved, the largest ever recorded in a municipal election and only 16422 less than the registration for last year'’s Presidential election. It is plain that New Yorkers are stirred by the three-cornered race that Mayor O'Brien, Joseph V. McKee and Piorelli LaGuardia are staging. Early polls by the Literary Digest and other agencies showed Major LaGuardia and Mr. McKee to possess about even strength and Mayor O'Brien a poor third. The Digest, and most of the news- papers of the city support that view, cautioned its readers not to form hasty conclusions from the early polls as the returns were too few and scat- tering to be conclusive. The outcome, most observers agreed, was uncertain with probably the decisive factors not yet determined. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. one former Alaskan has more than a interest in New York City’'s mayoralty campaign. This is disclosed by an article appear- ing in a New York Times of recent date which said: “Daniel Sutherland, Delegate from Alaska in the House of Representatives, has sent a contribu- tion of $50 to the Fusion campagn fund . ... Mr. Sutherland, a personal friend of F. H. LaGuardia, Mayoralty candidate, lives in Juneau, Alaska.” There are three things about the Times's story that will astound many Alaskans. First, that Daniel Sutherland their Delegate Congress. after all, Ton At least vicarious to and Judge James Wickersham two years prior to that. Second, that Mr. Sutherland actually con- tributed $50 to anybody’'s campaign fund. And, third, that he ves in Juneau.” WILD DUCKS ARE VEGETARIANS? MAY “What do wild ducks eat?”, is a question came to the United States Biological Survey so often that it moved one of the biologists to try to find out what other persons thought wild ducks do eat. He “asked a good many of his acquaintances with somewhat bewildering resuits, and then announced some conclusions of his own that probably are in the main correct but that certainly have some exceptions. “Bread, crackers, picnic leftovers and popcorn,” is the composite answer of those who have observed ducks in zoological parks. “But in the wild they feed under water; do you suppose they eat there?” “Why fish, of course; and perhaps some bugs, 100.” These common replies are based almost entirely upon misinformation, according to the Survey. Almost 90 per cent of the food of wild ducks (except mergansers, which are also called fish ducks) is vegetation grow- ing in the water. Less than one-tenth of the total food is animal matter, and this they catch Maybe, | v Dimond wasn't elected last November, | 16,000,000 already killed. that | what | small part consists chiefly of mollusks, in- sects and crustaceans—seldom fish When next you see a duck standing its head in shoal water remember that it not fishing but is sifting the soft mud bottom for fallen seeds and buried rootstocks, and tubers; and if it dives, even though the water is more than 10 feet deep, unless it is a merganser, it is not pursuing fish but is grubbing the sand or mud bottom for choice bits of vegetable food. That is the answer of the biologists of the| Survey. And undoubtedly it holds good for most of the ducks most of the time. But these scientists haven't taken into consideration the feeding habit of certin ducks, particularly mallards, that flock along Alaska’s coastline in the Fall season . These| have cultivated a taste for salmon eggs that is| appalling. A few days on that diet and the ducks, while unbelievably fat, smell to high heaven and| the flesh is so tainted as to be unpalatable. on To show how he feels about Ford's failure to| buy a Blue Eagle, Gen. Johnson has traded in his| Government Lincoln for another car of comparable quality and price. Just suppose he had been using| a Ford instead of the Lincoln! Alaska’s Chance. (Anchorage Times.) Governor Johnson of Colorado—great Western ! mining State—is alive to the interests of the mineral | producing States, including Alaska. He has wired | the Governors of all these Western commonwealths asking them to urge upon the Federal Administra- | tion the value of aid in financing legitimate mining | enterprises, aimed at getting metal mining pro]ech\ included in the public works and national recovery | programs, The Associated Press message announcing the | movement says the Public Works Administration IS not favorably inclined toward recognition of metal mining projects in the recovery setup. If this be 'true, it is urgent that the Western States and | Alaska in particular immediately supply the Ad- ministration with facts showing and how mining should be recognized in the recovery program. If| there is anything America needs today it is gold. | If there is anything that will buy any and all products American industry can turn out it is gold. If there is any place in America that can produce gold and more gold it is Alaska. And if Alaska be given aid in way of more and better roads andl aids to properly equipped prospectors and her geo- logical corps, she will produce gold. Proper aid on| this line will speed up the Alaska gold yield millions annually. Dr. Philip 8. Smith, Recovery Administrator for Alaska, will go to Washington to outline a plan for his work in Alaska. He will need the support of Alaskans to get what Alaska needs. He will need support to get what is needed in more systematic geological work and prospecting along the Alaska Railroad belt and elsewhere in the Territory. When it comes to matter of more buildings under the re- covery plan for the Territory he will need aid. Delegate Dimond will need staunch support in his general work on behalf of the Territory. He has done splendid work thus far since installed. He will need every ounce of backing to continue to get vesults. Alaskan should not think that because they got {some allowances this year for road and other work that they can get all they deserve another year by sitting back and waiting for Washington to function automatically. Every Federal and Territorial executive or officer in touch with Federal grants, including the Delegate, the Recovery Representative and Alaska's Governor need to have their hands strengthened. Now is the time for the Chambers of Commerce and individuals throughout the Territory to get busy and back the call made by the Governor of Colo- rado and the other officials dealing with the matter of Federal grants and particularly those touching mining. Pigs—and Clover? (Boston News Bureau.) In the next two years the eaters of pork chops, |bacon, ham, sausage, scrapple, etc., may assuredly expect to pay more. Also those who care for corn meal or the like. This is the sure upshot of the great campaign inaugurated to rectify the ancient corn-hog problem of prices and their relationship. The processing tax will be the device through which by means of a levy starting at 50 cents per |hundred pounds and reaching $2 with February |the raisers of pork will finally net almost $350,000,- 000. The packers will be the intermediate cogs of \(ollecnon just as are cotton good makers and |handlers on the dry goods we buy. But that is only part of the picture. There must be a corresponding self-restraint among producers to {ligthen the basic burden of surplus. To reap various benefits, as also in cotton, wheat, etc..they must agree, according to detailed plan, to keep down their own productivity, which the Governmnt once sought so zealously to enhance. The way to salvation is thus via destruction, or at least via abstinence. If factories and mines can curtail, why can't farms and ranches? During the forthcoming two years, then, the | neither | been turned over | fronted with rising gospel will be one of much less crop and animal fecundity, artificially controlled, in a sort of exten- sion of birth control or race suicide which flouts all our tradition and vexes many theologically whose favorite tenet has been “increase and mul- tiply.” Cotton rows plowed under, wheat and corn fields unsowed the next two seasons, yet more {hogs, pigs and sows slaughtered beside nearly The inducement to all these agriculturalists is the many millionis thus earned by their own in- action and contributed by consumers via the pro- cessing taxes. And there is a supplementary outlet to avoid the unsold surplus burden which once bothered the old Farm Board. Lift out the excess bread or meat and devote it to relief. So begins the biggest chapter of this ingenious —and perhaps ingenuous—campaign. We embark on two years of interesting and intricate experi- mentation. The Prince of Wales had to sell his farm be- cause he couldn't afford to pay its losses any longer. He'd better move to the United States, where he'd be paid for destroying the crops.— (Louisville Herald-Post.) Under inflation wealth wouldn't need wings to fly away. You can't blow a dollar full of hot air and expect it to remain stable.—(Philadelphia In- quirer.) The Blue Eagle in some cases makes a rather placid animal out of the bull in the china shop. —(Indianapolis Star.) Inflation may look pretty at first; 4 soap bubble, until Free Press.) but so does it hits something.—(Detroit You can lead a consumer to the trough, but you can't make him consume.—(Toledo Blade.) (e e Today and errrrreeeeae By WALTER THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1, Tomorrow Toward a Managed Currency Copyright, 1933, New It has been evident ever since| the end of June that in failing|shall sce what we shail see. Ther | to assume control of the value of no established and unanimous LIPPMANN ---- -3 York Tribune Inc. level he desires. As to that, we is the dollar in terms of gold and of [.expert opinion for or against this rling the Administration was into serious difficulties. the London Conference the refused to stabilize the dollar by international agreement; the manner of his refusal, involy- ing as it did an apparent unwill- ingness to take any positive action 'n of a domestic character to control the dollar, brought about a wild speculation in commodities and currencies which collapssd in the middle of July. The world saw | that we had a currency that was anchored to gold nor man- anybody. The dollar had to international ! rur Duri President aged by | speculation. } These conditions played a decis- |ive part in the misdirection of en- |t theo: There are some econo- mists who think that the pri Jevel cannot be manipulated by monetary devices. There are oth- s who think it can be manipu- lated, in different degree and at different times, by the expansion or contraction of credit. There are still others who maintain that the price of gold is decisive in the price level. The ‘President has decided to try out the third the- [¢ and as the experiment is to/ be made, there is no point in try- inz to bless it or damn it on| pure theorietical grounds. This much can be said for it, 1 nk. Economic history in the 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire 1933. TR, NOVEMBER 1, 1913. More than 100 sufferers of Nome flood were to have been s:nt out by the committee that W disbursing the relief fund, before the end of the season. Reliel| work was being carried on up and down the coast from Nome with the fund which had reached $15.- the 000 with the expectation of at least $4,000 to be added by the Federal government. Among many telegrams of sympathy se the people the time of the storm which destroyed half the town, was one from President, Woodrow Wilson swimming carnival was to take place in the Treadwell Club tank. Many peo- ple from all points on the chan- nel were planning to go to watch the interesting events on the pro- A big schedulzd th Century seems to show 8ram. e long periods of deflation ergy iIn the first phase of the N.|have ended with the discovery of B: L. Thane, preside and gen- R. A and led us into the un- mew gold. The deflation after eral manager orvlhv Al“w.sku Gas- comfortable position we are now in|the Napoleonic wars, and the thir- tineau Mining Company ew?res,,: —agricultural and raw mar.erlalin ve: of misery and revolution €d hi f as more than pleased the great development pro- prices fell, as the uncontrolled dollar threatensd to rise in terms of sterling and gold, prices of| | manufacturers rose under the | pressure of the N. -R. A, Our | economy which, in the spring, had been tending to regain its balance |as the prices of rose and prices of finished goods stood still, was being thrown out of balance. The farm discontent | was one symptom of the trouble; | the anxiety of manufacturers, con- costs without adequate increase of volume, was the other symptom. . . About the manner in which con- trol of the dollar should be taken there have been and are wide dif- ferences of opinion. But ever here and there has been more agree- ment than would have appeared from the ardent statements of “inflationists” and _‘“anti-inflation- ists.” For it has been clear that ia sudden return to the fixed gold standard and to a fixed rate of ex- change was impracticable. Nobody knows enough or could know enough to name the new gold content or the new party. ‘They have to be discovered by trial and error, or, if you like, by adjust- ment and experience. It followed that the next necessary step was to set up the machinery, similar to the British Bqualization Fund by which the gold and the ex- change value of the doilar coulc be manipulated and divected Witk to finding the most sat- a view isfactory point. On this there have been no serious differences of opinion. Now the device which the Pres- ident has adopted is, if I under- stand it, essentiall an equiliza- tion fund. The government through the R. F. C. is to buy and sell gold in the world market, a in substance the British have been doing, as the French did under Poincare, when they e working their way toward the stabilization of the franc. Where the President’s plan ap- pears to differ from the proced- ure of Britain and France is in its bold disclosure of the purpose he has in view. The Britis! the French also had pur they did not announce them from the housetops. But M. Poincare deliberately chose a level for the franc which drastically relieved the burden of the French internal debt, he could, had he chosen, have valued the franc higher than he did. He did not choose to do so. The British too, have had a purpose. They have aimed to reduce the external value of the sterling and then to steady it Being industrial exporterers they have not wanted to raise their internal prices, but to reduce the cost of their exports in foreign . e markets. So we need not assume too excitedly that the United States is embarked on a policy the like of which was never known on land or sea. Nevertheless, it must be admit- ted, that, though the device and strange as they look, the manner of the President in adopting them and announcing them may have important consequences. The Brit- ish and French did what they did quickly, step by step, and in constant consultation with the fi- nancial markets. Mr. Roosevelt has acted abruptly, and. it would seem, without taking the troublef to educate the markets so that they may know how to co-oper- ate with him. This may have the political virtue of . demonstrating his dissortation from Wall Street. It has the practical disadvantage that it will make the necessary support of Wall Street more dif- ficult to obtain, and furthermors, that it may produce speculative movements based on ignorance, fear, or hysteria, which would only confuse the working out of the policy. . ‘Nevertheless, the most im thing to fix in mind immediately is that, whatever may be one's theoretical opinions about money, some such system for controlling the dollar is, judging from foreign .. experience, a necessary step. But, of course, there is more to the President’s plan that that. He has definitely committed himself to the theory that he can manage the dollar to bring about the pricel. raw materials it same in Europe, did not cease until the With California gold production E&T€ the J¢ great beg The deflation afier Ci War did not end until the So African gold discoveries in nineties. nce or difficult to cause and say. Tt is that hundred cac of marked ply Those who have the phild ars have rising prices follo ophy maintain that on of gold will prodi results as great, cover not know enough to say th are mistaken. Whether this the best periods of the 1 been the de- increase in the gold new es of gold. For myself, I do €d is a effect a fa wing a sup- great confidence in the President” a uce the dis- at they It can be said, too, I think, that for our particular malady, which Simpson. is raw ished goods, a manipulation price of gold may tive. The chief raw materi priced in international terms n of the disparity of the price materials, compared with fin- of of the be quite effec- ials are markets Valdez accompanied by M gold or of sterling Assuming that our action does not which n for t if, reas ance ne that it tesult the Moreover, it work than would b2 t intere: President our in would seem to be befie may hinking might have just the good hopes chances of rmk!m 'o'clock at the home of Mrs. E. M. for. exporting | can also be products in the public u ndu It sald that risks of the experi- ment are less for us than for any other country. For we have an ample gold supply to uss in order to keep the dollar from falling| when we wi to steady it, the dollar i rause the balance of international payments is in our favor So there is no good rea: letting fear distort a to make But it must be obvious tr whole fate of the depends upo: who administer it. >, — son for sober effort the experiment succeed hat the HERBERT MEAD NOT HURT WHEN OCKED DOWN BY TAXICAE YESTERDAY P. M. Herbert front of a ternoon and was knocked Mead, who dashed taxicab yesterday af- in down, is quite alright and except for a slight scare is none the for his adventure. worse He was taken to Dr. W. W. Council by the cab driver, but an vealed no injuries. e examination re- NO SESSION AT PAROCHIAL ALL SAINT’ who attene SCHOOL ON Children S DAY | the St.| Ann’s Parochial School are hav- ing a holiday today as it Saints Day. is All oxperiment‘ the wisdom of those » company's great pro- the season drawing to of t a Mrs. Thane, he expe 1 ave soon fi the south J. R Iruim, Pacific Coast Su- perintena e Marconi Wire- Comp. o was in Juneau, less that his company would be s peopls of Al- aska an up-to-date telegraphi service with all parts of the world beginning ea: next summer. Goldstein entertain- n- Belle dnnner the previous e: Among the guests were Judge Mrs. J. G. Heid, Mrs. J. F. Miss Heid and Dr. Robert M at ing. nd h V A. Paine, an a'tmn‘_v-m—{nw Valdez, had located with offices in the Seward Bu ing. He had recently arrived from | and they had taken up ti dence in Juneau. They were liv- \nk* international measures to ing at the Hotel Cain for a time it ————-——— ATTENTION TRINITY GUILD The Trinity Guild will meet Fri- day afternoon, Nov. 3, at 2:30 Polley. e e Montana's law placing petroleum tiity clas- sification and authorizing price regulation was declared unconsti- tutional by the State Supreme Court. e e and naturally strong be- Cigars Cigarettes Candy Cards The New Arctic Pabst Famous Draught Beer On Tap “JIMMY” CARLSON Conservatism —which in the banking business means putting safety FIRST in every trans- ction—has been the working principle of The B. M. Behrends Bank through all the years that it has served the busi- ness and personal interests of Juneau people. Broad experience has equipped us to help our customers convert present day ™~ business advantages into new and greater achievements. The B. M. Behrends Bank JUNEAU l | 1 | | | | Gastineau Building, Phone 481 ! CHIROPRACTOR | Soutn ¥ront St., next to HeleneW L. Albrecbt l PHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red | Ray, Medical Gymnastics. | ! [ | | | 307 Goldstein Building 1 | | Telephone 176 B D). W, Ba) ne DENTIST : Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. | | OfZice hours, 9 am. to 5 pm. Evenings by appointment, Phone 321 e M | Dr. A. W. Stewart : DENTIST | i Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. | | SEWARD BUTLDING Office Phone 408, Res. | | Phone 276 = { Dr. Richard Williams | DENTIST i OF+ICE AND PESIDENCE H i | | | | ———— B i ]I Roberl Simpson | Greduate ms Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and Onthalmology | Glasses Pitted, Lenses Ground | DE. K. E. SOUTHWELL | Optometrist—Optician | Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted | | Room 17, Valentine Bldg. | | Office Pnone 484; Residence Phone 3238. Office [Mours: 9:30 | to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 = £ 1} | > = Rose A. Andrews Graduate Nurse | . . -3 Fraternal Societies | OF Gastineau Channel | e i B. P. 0. ELKS meets “ every Wednesday at «-\, \ 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. P TR el L. W. Turoff, Exalt- - ! ed Ruler. M. H. Sices, " : B Secretary. DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DENTISTS 3 | Seghers Council No. 1760. Blomgren Bullding ! | Meetings second and Tast EHUNE (60 | [ Monday at 7:30 p. m. Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. \- Transient brothers urg- o 2 = R }vd to attend. Council N > . > | ) Chambers, Fifth Strees. ])r. B N‘E‘IS:I'( e ! JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. i Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine H. J. TURNER, Secretnry_m | Building | “Our trucks go any place -nyfl time. A tank for Diesel Ol | and a tank for crude ofl save ' burner trouble, ¢ PHONE 149. NIGHT 148 | \ \ | | | | RELiABLE TRANSFER j 2 Wise to Call 48 Juneau Transfer Co. when in need of MOVING or STORAGE Fuel 0il Coal Transfer e e e e o d AN -—ai | Konneru p’s MADRE for LESS JUNEAU-YOUNG Funeral Parlors | Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers | Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 12 JUNEAU SAMPLE SHOP The Little Store with the BIG VALUES C. L. FENTON Brownie's Barber Shop orfice Hours: 10-12; 2-5 Evenings by Appointment Harry Race DRUGGIST “THE SQUIBB STORE” Juneau Coffee Shop Opposite MacKinnon Apf-s. Breakfast, Luncheon Dinner | Open 7:30 am. to 9 pm. HELEN MODER | | Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas- | sage, Colonic Irrigations S 79 | ‘ Office hours 11 am. to 5 pm. | ABIN S I Evenings by Appointment i Second and Main Phone 258 Everything in Furnishinge ' AT Y e RIS R for Men | Jomes-Stevens Shop ', g Ea——o o g | LADIES'—CHILDREN'S | b 'r | READY-TO-WEAR TeE JuNEAU LAUNDRY | seward Street Near Third Franklin Street betweem | | i ’ Front an? Second Streets | 3 ) i | PHONE 359 i o~ -[ fi— ‘ h ALLAMAE SCOTT Expert Beauty Specialist JUNEAU FROCK PERMANENT WAVING SH | Phone 218 for Appointment o bu?:) 5 I!.‘;x e 1t Pioneer Barber She pensive” | Entrance PX 0P Excl Wi 8 pats, Dveaes, Linre no-hry and Hate HOTEL ZYNDA Large Sample Rooms ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. "GARBAGE HA AULED | Reasonable Monthly Rates E. O. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Day Phone 371 GENERAL MOTORS and MAYTAG PRODUCTS W. P. JOHNSON > McCAUL MOTOR COMPANY Dodge and Plymouth Dealers ' To sell! To selll! Advertising i your best bet now. AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GAS Smith Flectric Co. Gastineau Building EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL BETTY MAC BEAUTY SHOP Assembly Apartments OILS GREASES Juneau Motors FUOT OF MAIN ST, L PHONE 541 T ol LR | L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS i , J. B. Burford & Co. | | “our ‘W"W worn by satistied | The world’s greatest need 1s courage—show yours by advertising.