The Daily Alaska empire. [volume], December 11, 1926, Page 8, Image 8

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AGRICULTURE
IS IMPROVING
SAYS JARDINE
Secretary Notes Moderate
Change for Belter—Tar
iff and the Farmer.
(Continued from Pago One)
ami the livestock industry in gen
eral is in a stable condition. Tin
range country has had a good year
Cattlemen have done fairly well,
and there is a growing optimism
among them. Those who have the
resources to do so are stocking up
their ranches. Prices of breeding
stock have advanced for the first
time ip five vears. The cattle in
dlls try is moving umc more toward
prosperity.
"Tlie sheep industry is enjoying
its fifth consecutive pro.-perous yiar.
Tat iff and F irmer
"It will help us to estimate the
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| significance* of tlx- tariff in relation
| (n agriculture if we consider nut
jonly how it works now hut how it
, is likely to work in the near future
There is no doubt that tariff pro
I lection is most effective on commo
dities produced exclusively for do
mestic consumption. When there
i — a large export surplus of any
! article, the price of that surplus u
export thole tends to set the price
'for the domestic supply as well.
This, of course, is a truism. Ere- j
unenlly, however, its full applica-j
! tIon to agriculture Is overlooked. It j
i is commonly assumed that ngricul-j
I lure 's the only American industry
1 operating largely in foreign mar-1
| ket«. Manufacturing iudus’ly. with
|it., supposed independence of world
^conditions, is believed to be getting
the last possible ounce of benefit
from the tariff, unaffec ted by t!i ■
difficulty of disposing of its surplus.!
"Tills may have been largely true
in tile past. Even today industry!
does a smaller proportion of its
business abroad than doe, agrhuil
tore. In Ilie mar future, however,
the posit ion may be reversed Am
erican agriculture is moving stead
ily toward a position in which the
home market will absorb more and
mure of its total production, where
as industry, on the other hand, is
becoming increasingly dependent on
export sales. In a compartlvely
short time agriculture is likely to
have more need of effective tariff
protection than industry.
"Drastic reduction in farm taxes
i an not he expected at the present
time. The demands of the users of
automobile for better and more im
proved roads and the necessarily
high costs of education will keep
the expenses of the States, counties,
and local units close to their pres
ent levels. The reduction in Federal
expenses gives the farmer little di
rect a s; lance, although reduction
in Federal taxes may lie reflected
in lower costs for some of the ar
ticles that he must purchase.
Aid to agriculture in meeting tit"
tax problem may conic from two
sources. In those States where ag
riculture is not the predominating
industry it may lie that the other
industries are bearing less than
their share of the tax burden.
Where agriculture is (lie chief bur
den if tli" State there is often op
portunity for relieving the tax har
den by a readjustment of the tax
system. Such a possibility should
.not he overemphasized. So long as
Government cost- are high the tax
payers must meet the hills. Read
justments ot t In- harden will aid
certain groups, hut it will not
lessen the total amount that must
he collected
"Specifically, trio farm group may
he aided by a general alteration
'in both the general-property tax it
self and in its method of applica
tion. As applied in most of the
States, the general property-tax
must of necessity burden the farm
ers to a greater extent than it does'
the proprietors in other industries, j
i The farmers have a larger pr.ipor
| lion of their property in a form Ihat
ran be reached b> the assessor than
do other group- and it follows that
they pay a larger shares in tire,
total expenses ot government Anl
obvious solution for this difficulty
points toward an attempt to devise
taxes that will force other groups,
to contribute their share.”
USUAL SATURDAY
DANCE ON TONIGHT
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A new program of (lance selections!
■'(ill In' played insight at the regulai j
Saturday night dance in A. 1). Hall!
by I In* Alaskan
Announcement is also made that
j t he usual Christ mas Eve (lance \vi’!|
j he given on December 21. There will i
l be a Christmas tree and everything!
ilo go with it. The person holding n|
|ceitain ticket number received at the
i door as a gift of the Alaskans, will
! cary home a big turkey.
WELTERWEIGHTS TO
FIGHT, ELIMINATION
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 The State
Athletic Commission proposes aj
welterweight elimination tourna-I
ment with four contenders to de-|
cldc the challenger for Latzo’s title.
Joe ‘Dundee, of Baltimore, is toi
meet Mushy Callahan, of the I’acilicl
Coast; Willie Harmon, of New York,
will light Eddie Roberts, of Tacoma.
The winners will fight to determine
the challenger.
ATTENTION MASONS
There will be a stated communi-j
cation of Mt. Juneau Lodge No j
117, F. it A. M., in Odd Fellows’i
Hall at 7:30 o’clock Monday even
ing. Annual election of officers and
work in the E. A Degree. Visiting
Brethren cordially invited. By order
of the W. M.
CHAS. E. NACiflEL.
—adv. Secretary.
See Lewis’s for drosses. adv
' moil—
N. P. PATGHITCH
PASSES AWAY
IN JUGOSLAVIA
Former Premier, Whose Life
Was Thrilling One, Dies
in Belgrade.
(Continuer* from rage One)
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During llie world war he was a fre
quent visitor to Paris where lie rep
resented Serbia at the Interallied
Conference. He was a strong advo
cate of punishment for all German
leaders 'responsible" for the crimes
of war.
On Jan. 17, 1919, he resigned the
Premiership. Meanwhile he had
served as the Jugoslavia delegate to
llie Peace Conference. He was also
a leading figure in the negotiations
with Italy in the settlement of the
Adriatic, question.
Forms New Government
Less than two years after his with
drawal from tlie government in 1919,
lie was again called upon to form a
cabinet, which lie succeeded in doing.
It was in this government that lie
undertook the portfolio of Minister
of Foreign Affairs as well as the
Premiership. Eight months later he
submitted another resignation, but
was requested by King Alexander to
continue in office and form a now
cabinet. In complying with this re
quest, he relinquished the portfolio
of Foreign Minister and retained the
Premiership.
The Premier's opposition to the for
mation of a Croatian Republic within
r lie monarchy of Jugoslavia, together
with his loss of control over the I5el
grade parliament, however, forced
him from office in December, 1922.
The downfall of his government on
this occasion was said to have been
due to M Itaditch, a Croatian book
seller, who controlled a bloc of 60
peasants holding the-balance of pow
er.
<5 KILLED IN COLLISION
HARBIX, Manchuria, Dec. 11, —
Twenty five persons were killed and
10 Injured today in a collision be
tween freight and passenger trains
near Tickling on the Shenking and
Southern Manchuria railway.
J C. Gregory is ranked first among
England's tennis players by the Lawn |
Tennis Referees Association.
Yankee Hustle Causes
Mexicans Shorten Lunch
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 10.—Yankee
hustle is menacing another cherished
tradition of an alien land.
Mexico, immemorial asylum of the
Three-Hour-For-Lunch-Club. accus
tomed to shut up shop from noon or
one o’clock until three or four in the
afternoon, is having its siestas dis
turbed by the flop of flapjacks, the
sizzle of “ham-and," the shouts of
hurried waiters and the strange and
saddening sight of gentlemen sitting
upon stools to eat.
The American quick lunch is in
vading streets which for centuries
have dozen half the afternoons away.
Instead of a seven-course midday
dinner followed by a nap quite a few
Caballeros and awhole flock of for
eigners are galloping into American
whitefronts, bolting a stack of wheat
cakes or a sandwich, and returning
to business.
Olo papers tor Bate al The Empire
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The Most Complete
Assortment of
STATIONERY
“THE W RITE GIFT ’.
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WE HAVE EVER HAD
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SHEAFFER Pens and Pencils
PARKER Pens and Pencils
EVERSHARP Pens and Pencils
CARTERS Pens and Pencils
MOORE’S Fountain Pens
DUNN’S Fountain Pens
WATERMAN'S Fountain Pen*
A LARGE ASSORTMENT
TO CHOOSE FROM
TRY THE
TUJTLE R-MAURO
DRUG CO.
FIRST
Phono I'M Wo Deliver
Substation Post Office No. 1
I.--4
THE ELITE STUDIO
>10 TrpnirT
FOR THOSE CHRISTMAS PORTRAITS
A FINE LINE OF CHRISTMAS CARDS—SOMETHING NEW—
THEY ARE FINE—ALSO A STOCK OF THE REGULAR
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Then we have a new line of Burned Leather Goods that you
can’t beat for price or beauty. There is Card Cases, Albums,
Book Covers, Glove Cases, Handkerchief Cases, Tie Holders, Pipe
Holders, Coin Cases, Purses, in fact everything in that line
COME IN AND LOOK THEM OVER
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WATCH FOR OUR
PR INVENTORY
SHOE SALE
GEORGE BROTHERS
PHONES 92 AND 95 OPEN EVENINGS
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II We are putting on a Sale \\\
Starting Monday, Dec. 13 ji
lasting until Cln isnias Eve—Our entire line j j
of Ladies* Coats and Dresses 11
AT ONE HALF PRICE j!
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These are values, never before offered in j
the vicinity of Juneau. ! j
This is a liLAL (.hristmns Offering t \\
Don t lail to lake advantage of ibis remark- j
able savings in ! {
COA TS and DRESSES |i
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I TOYS ||
I Don't fail to look our
| Toy Department
over before .buying
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IMONDAYr, December 13th
AT
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Womens Coats .I'rom $15.00 up ( >
<* Children’s Coats .from 4.50 up
, ^ Women’s Silk Dresses from 15.00 up '*
i Women’s Wool Dresses from 10.75 up if
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Women’s Suits .from 17.50 up
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^ Corsets $2.00 -■ Your 1 •
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Choice * i
■» Millinery at
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WITH MANY ARTICLES OF ' '
'' MERIT AT A VERY
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