The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 3, 1937, Page 4

4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, et e e e s e e Daily Alaska Empire | ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager tri a situation, to be candid, which, if not remedied, |ean turn those militarists loose at each other’s throats. In the past few year: , this country has been par- Published e : cxcept Sunday by the EMPIRE|ticularly successful in establishing trade agreements — Main Streets, Junead: | o various foreign ations which are proving ef- = - fective and beneficial. It would appear that negotia- Tl e i el Second Class |/ ns to that end across the Pacific would be timely, and would do much to quiet that persistently reoc- Delivered In earrier in Juneau and Do 5 per month. | curring word “menace.” By mail, postage d, at the iR i One year, in advanc 2.00. X p— — ome month, 1n advanc o o Sreny e Our idea of something or other would be to be larity in the delivers | walking delegate for those striking Japanese geisha 502; B Office, 374 girls, ez E) = The Assoctn! That parrot in Atlantic City who takes his nips republication of al new g e Rt ndildo 0 hews mupiitia. | ind gets tipsy is perhaps getting his idea from the| heretn. .ntelligent humans lined up at the bar. " ALASKA cmmeur, ATTON GUATIANTEED TO BE LARGER — e + Being as loyal as Los Angeles, we refuse to believe report that February with that windstorm was| “just about normal.” Patriots, it was unusuall i B Wage Incr the | | | ases | (New York Times) | Another series of wage increases seems in pros- | pect on top of those granted last autumn. Some of the recent advances have come as the result of' | strikes, some of amicable agreements. The General [Motors Corporation and the Chrysler Corporation | | have increased wages; so have most of the units in rubber tire industry. A 12 per cent increase has nted to 135,000 workers in the clothing the | just been gre SUBSCRIPTION RATES ! ‘monopolizes the conversation, who | HAPPY BIBTHDAY The Empire extends cmrumla- tiony and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: MARCH 3. Margaret Hickey Ed Shaffer, Jr. A. B. Cain Josephine Carter Tom Rakich Homer G. Nordling Walstein G. Smith [ - MODERN ETIQUETTE || By Rcberta Lee + | Q. What kind of ‘personis ‘con- sidered by his acquaintances ag’ a “bore”? ¢ A. It is usually the one Whn\ is alwi contradicting his * com- panions, who “knows better” than anyone else about everything. Q. If a maid breaks a dish, should | (she be held responsible and asked to replace it? | 8l | many. |the Funter Bay. cannery, was in Ju- ineau on a business trip. 1by 20 YEARS AGO Frum The Empire ) MARCH 3, 1917 Virtually admitting the truth of the charges made in the United States that Germany plotted to secure the aid of Mexico and Japan in the event of war between the United States and Germany, Ger- man Foreign Secretary von Zim- merman justified the action by pointing out that Germany did so the grounds that the United States had tried to array the South republics against Ger- on American H. W. Chutter, superintendent of The Juneau'Home Guards, the formation of which was suggested H. R. Shepard, had its first meeting in Mr. Shepard’s office, and over fifty members signed the or- iginal roll. Capt. J. T. Martin was named chairman and Mr. Shepard secretary. Members of the Douglas High A. This depends entirely udpon . | trades. Further advances seem in prospect in the E . TRRR G > Mo | steel industr the textile workers are doman(lmg‘ TRADE AGREEMENTS TO PROTECT |another advance of 10 per cent; the railroad brother- | ATION hoods have voted to demand a 20 per cent increase. | ALASKA AND THE | These developments raise some important ques- | trom some of our OWN|ions concerning the relation of wage rates to each | i perhaps a tip militarists who have for years referred to the “men- other, to employment, to production, and to prices. | { ace” across the Pacific, n now announces to the|Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated world that it is expanding its milita operations to | Clothing Workers of America, commenting on the guard against the “men: of the United States as|12 per cent increase granted to'the workers of those | this country talks of increased air forces and nava)|Organizations, remarks that because of the somewhat | o higher cest of living it will mean no more than a MROEOESH 10 ABSES Wi Se.EA LI |7 or 8 per cent increase in “real wages.” Unless all It is a smart Japanese trait Lo take a cue from the | industry grants such increases, he contends, the im- other fellow. Since that country was first “discovered” | provement in business cannot continue by our own Navy many years ago and opened up 10| In considering these new advances and new de- world trade, the Japanese have been taking advantage|mands we must keep in mind existing relationships of our western ways and putting them into practice ,,ur ages and prices. Average hourly wage rates in| for they are a particu- | manufacturing industry are already higher than those | PR in 1929. Because the cost of living is still substantially | : ‘ht low the 1929 level, hourly wage rates are higher Etlll‘ But there of the in terms of what they will buy. How does it happen | back and forwz cross the Pacific a much more im-|that with higher wages in manufacturing we should | portant problem and one which must be handled with |have lower price lev There is nothing mysterious dispatch and a marked degree of tact or the military |about this result. The average per capita productivity | may st than they |of the workers is higher than in 1929. It is higher | the matter of trade, the old |Partly because of technological improvements and | 1sed more war than any other: Partly because, when there is a large volume of un- | & | employment, the unemployment falls mainly upon Japan is competing in MO, Yecs gilled and the less efficient, who are ordinar- | particularly, do we i 10 41) pajd, thus tending to raise the average per capita figure of earnings for those remaining employed. It is now In short, there is nothing unhealthy about an : established fact that Japanese fishermen are operat-|increase in wage rates when it comes as a result of | ing in Alaska waters; taking the sea food from our|a greater productivity for labor. That, indeed, is | very banks, se it h » for preparation and Lh('l\[lm‘ real aim of economic progress—greater production, | competing in ou s with the finished product.!and a fair and prompt (lislripuuon of the fruits of Two memorials in the present Territorial Legislature | that greater production. But increases in wage rates | call the attention of Congress to the generally ac- | may often prove worse than futile when there has been | 8 \no increase in individual productivity. The rise in | cepted fact and urge action to protect ourselves. Both { wages of clothing workers, for example, is sound if. it | introduced by Ed Coffey of the Third, one urges an| merely cuts into abnormal profits that would other= | increase in duties on seafood imports from Japan as| wise accrue to the clothing manufacturers, But if' well as other countries and the other points specifi-| it should cut seriously into merely adequate profits, cally to the . fishing in the Bristol Bay area.| the resuit will almost certainly be a rise in the price In the Legis-|of clothing. If that takes place, the result of lhv; lature it has been revealed that the Japanese fisher-|increase in the wages of the clothing workers will be | men not only operate floating salmon canneries in|® reduction in the ‘real wages of all, other labor. | Alaskan waters, subject of the regulations| A final question is raised by-the latest of wage under which our own fishermen must operate, but|.Ncreases. They are takl0g plfie; even hough Riles o e 7 2 are still estimated to be 8,000,000 or 9,000,000 unem- they catch our crab, e it home and can it and|joved. Just as unsold stocks of a commodity are usu- then place it in our markets cheaper than we are|ally an indication that the price of that commodity able to produce it; due, of course, to cheap labor and| is too high, so an abnormal volume of unemployment, * the lower standard of living prevailing in that country.| many economists believe, is frequently an indication There is more actual menace in that condition |that wage rates are already too high in relation to | than there is in, all the words the military leaders|Other conditions. Whether that is so or not, labor of both countries can hurl at each other across mo“a““‘“ afford to forget that its real aim is not high | wage rates for fortunate individuals, but the greatest | \ at home with excellent results, larly apt and quick people military lingo hurled | is b 1 become reaiiy are at this time. T bugaboo which has c: single subject in small way in the Pacific Alaska feel the results. The fishing situation is apropos. noises inister at is history and an| mar measures in these to none vast Pacific in ten years. Therein lies a situation| joih) it ’or wage payments— an aim that implies | which may very well lead to entanglements which| ;) employment and the cost-price relationships that might prove more than embarrassing to both coun-|make “,|] employment pu\ub]e B e B T T e e e + 2 Day Specia]! ALL GOWNS Beautiful Assortment of Colors $695 1051 495 JUNO SAMPLE \ful, diligent, and conscientious, she should not be asked to do so. Q. ‘Say‘ ‘dayf' | |word: circumstances. If the maid is care- Should a wedding gift al- be sent before the wedding W day? A Xe always. R TSRy LOOK aud LEARN By A. C. Gordon e 1. What is the Continental Di- vide? T 2. Who invented the telegraph? 3. What unit represents power | in mechanics? k'] 4. What s the youngest age a’ U. S. Senator may be? 5. Which was the first state to approve and sanction the Consti- tution? J ANSWERS 1. *The crest of land in the Unit- jed States which separates the:wa- ter draining into the Atlantic Ocean from that draining into the | Pacific. 2. Samuel F. B. Morse, 3. Horsepower, (V] 4. Thirty. 5. Delaware. LS + DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordou ( - * Words Often Misused: Do not say, | “We started the work yesterday.” “We began the work yester- Often Mispronounced : tor. first. Often Misspelled: ing); dyeing (coloring.) Synonyms: Gratify, satisfy, in- ;dulge, please, humor. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by master- {ing one word' each day. Today's Farcial; pertaining to farce; ludicrous; unreal. “They deny the characters to be farcical, because, they are actually in nature.” Gay. Tllustra-,; Accent second syllable, not the (Dying (expir- \ Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. — — Juneau Drug Co. "s-mn; ;el'lee" s Bert’s Cash Grocery ' 'with the following cast: subject: |Alaska. Agnes Livie and Joe George . 'sented the negative. School dramatic club presented “The Dude and the Cyclone” at the school Misses Ju- verna Henderson and Norma Rip- in; John Hopper, Cecil Bach, El-| mer Jackson, Alex Sey, Walter Jackson and Victor Hewitt. An interesting debate was given at the Douglas high school on the Resolved: That capital punishment; should be abolished in upheld the' affirmative while Dora Morgan and Liano Aalto repre-| staff, returned from a trip south! and was busy greeting old friends.| | “Babe” Samples returned to, |Treadwell after a voyage of more than a month from Seattle in his, own launch. { Arthur Fleek returned to his home in Douglas from Chichagof where he was employed in the mines for several months. In the fastest game of basketball played on the channel during the| season Treadwell won the cham- plonship for 1916-1917 by defeating | the Arctic Brotherhood by a score of 33 to 26. On the A. B. team were: Burford, Kletzing, Mathews, | Blackwell and Carlson. The Tlead- well winners were Foreman, Mar- kannen, Kertis, Higley and Brown. Weather: Highest, 38; lowest 32;,’_ Snow. 1 —~———— Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. , @ | Pay’n Takit PHONES 92 or 25 Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, Liquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because We Sell for CASH Leader Dept. Store George Brotkers z —» PHONE 36 I For very prompt ‘ PHONE 105 | Free Delivery Juneau | | LIQUOR DELIVERY | —— & e 98 bue WYz The B. M. Juneau, and SA Banpk COMMERCIAL Resources Ov;_ler Two and One-Half Million Dollars T = Béhrénds ‘Alaska VINGS |widespread discontent. |shoes and silks will drain the pock- ‘bcl'n on this day 1873. Horoscope “The stars inclire but do not compel” THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937 Dominated by a benefic aspect the horoscope for today is unim- portant in the general influence. It is primarily a day for starting pro- jects long planned. Merchants and manufacturers certainly should benefit under this planetary government which indi- cates sharp rises in retail prices and generous buying on the part of the public. Obstacles to the merchandising of certain wares are forecast, but profit is foreshadowed for Ameri- can business men through the spring. As the Spring advances the ex- tension of migratory haunts will be apparent among the people of the United States. The trailer will be- come more popular and camping will lure great numbers in the sum- mer months. Again the seers foretell the ris- ing cost of living which will cause Prices of etbooks of women. Scientists now will annonunce strange discoveries in the realm of medicine. War in the distant |future may be prevented by treat- ment of hormones to destroy bar- baric impulses. Radio legislation is to be sought against interference in reception that will become reduce the sales of instruments. The wonders of television will become a factor in regulating air programs. Persons whose birthdate it is bave the augury of a year of success. |Those engaged in intellectual pur- suits should be most fortunate. \sympathetic to parents. Children born on this day prob- ably will be quick in mental pro- {cesses, courageous to action and independent in thought. John H. Trumbull, statesman, was Others who have celebrated it as a birthday in- clude Charles Dibdin, composer, 1845; Luther Emmett Holt, pedia- trician, 1855, Casimir Pulaski, Po- ilish patriot, 1848. \Copyrlght 1937) - > Today’s News ’luday—EmpIre 5 Winter Rates | ‘l SITKA HOT SPRINGS | Mineral Hot Baths | | Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Air Transport. 1 P R e Work cmd Dress BIG VAN'S 228 Front St. I Butler Maure Dnlg Co. PR | “Tomorrow's Styles Tod: ayn CARDINAL CABS 25¢ Within City Limits so serious as to! I Your |I ncome Tax Deduction fi:'—Eosses,Other than from Sale or Ex- change or Assets Deductions for losses are divided iinto four classes, and to be allowed must follow closely the wording of the income-tax law. Losses are deductible 4f incurred (1) in the tax payer’s trade, business, or profes- sion; (2) in any transaction entered into for profit; (3) from fires, storms, shipwreck, or other casual- ities, or from theft, and (4) from :wagering transactions. Business losses result, usually, from the purchase and sale of meér- | chandise. Suc hlosses usually are ascertained by means of inventor- ies, which are required whenever in the opinion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue their use is nec- | essary to determine the income of Iany “taxpayer. The term a taxpayer purchases an automo- bile to be used solely for business purposes, and which is sold at a! loss. sition from start to finish, the loss! tions of section 117. purchased the automobile to be used for pleasure or convenience, the de-| was not a transaction entered into| & for profit. A loss sustamea 1n the theft of an lor convenience is deductible, as it falls in class 3. If, because of faul-| “transaction entered | mtq for profit” means any kind of ! jbusiness proposition. For example, | | As this is a business propo-‘| is deductible, subject to the nmna-lf But if he had | | l duction would not be allowed; it| AT o automobile purchased for pleasure ‘ Jack Langseth, of the Island N"“*‘Young persons will be helpful nnd'ty driving, but not of “willful neg-‘ gilence,” an automobile maintained for pleasure is damaged, the tax- payer may claim the loss sustaihed, as it comes within the meaning of the word “casualty.” Where dam- ages result from the faulty driving of an automobile with which the automobile of the taxpayer col- lides, the loss occasioned the tax- payer likewise is deductible. Losses from wagering transactions, whether legal or illegal, are deuuc- tible only to the extent of gains from such transactions. The excess of such losses over the gains is not deductible. All losses are deductible only to the extent to which they are not compensated for by insurance or otherwise. 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