the fact that the individual, find
ing that higher costs are upsetting «
his ability to finance ‘living as
usual,' must tailor his outlays to
meet his income. He has very lit
tle to say, however, about the
‘take’ of government to support
its growing requirements. And
when he does attempt to have his
‘say’ his voice is drowned by those
who make demands for increased
spending, led by the organized,
and powerful employee groups.”
Verbal Battle On
Alaska Rages In
Seattle C. of C.
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SEATTLE; (A*) — Verbal fire
works greeted the controversial is
sue of Seattle’s virtual monopoly
of Alaskan trade when the subject
was discussed at a Seattle cham
ber of commerce session Friday.
Richard L. Neuberger, Portland
magazine writer, told the meeting
that both Seattle and Alaska
would benefit if the Territory was
served by many ports.
“Seattle would be better off;
with a large hunk of a large Alas
kan trade, instead of monopoliz
ing the relatively small $150,000,
000 trade it controls now,” he said.
His statement brought spirited
rebuttal from an Alaska editor1
and an official of an Alaska ship
ping line.
William R. Carter, editor of the
Alaska Daily Empire at Juneau,
said that “Seattle and Alaska are
linked together by a firm bond of
many years. No other city has
ever taken such a warm interest
in us, and Alaskans know it.”
Admiral F. A. Zeusler, assistant
to the president of the Alaska
Steamship Co., declared no other
city but Seattle ever has been in-!
terested in giving Alaska the
service it receives.
During the discussion an uni
dentified Alaskan jumped to his
feet and termed the chamber’s
trustees “a bunch of shoe clerks.”
To this L. A. (Dinty) Moore, an
official of the Alaska Railroad, re
plied:
“It’s too bad Alaska doesn’t
have more ‘shoe clerks’ like the
Seattle chamber helping them the
way in which the Seattle chamber
has.”
The pyrotechnics subsided soon
afterward.
Taft Says Denis.
Keep Prices High
WASHINGTON, (TP) — Senator
Taft (R.-Ohio) accused the Demo
cratic administration Saturday of
a deliberate attempt to keep prices
high for political reasons.
The idea, he said, is to “create
an air of false prosperity’’ for the
Presidential election campaign.
Taft told a reporter he can put
no other interpretation on the ad
vance announcement of secretary
of agriculture Anderson that the
government plans soon to buy 50,
000,000 bushels of wheat.
Anderson disclosed this at a
news conference Thursday after
corn and wheat had dropped the
legal limit of 8 and 10 cents a
bushel for two days in a row.
Usually the government’s buy
ing intentions are kept secret.
The announcement by Anderson
was followed by a brief rise in
wheat. But Friday’s market closed
with the legal limit drop for the
third consecutive time.
The natural rate of growth of
the Russian population is about
twice that of the rest of Europe
exclusive of the Balkans.
K.IDDING aside, it is no joke to get a package ot merchandise that is falling apart at the seams,
that has been damaged and perhaps pilfered in transit. The Alaska Steamship Company is working
continually, in cooperation with the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and other interested parties,
to eliminate this condition through education of shippers to the need for substantial packaging
on all shipments to Alaska. >
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To assist in this program, the Alaska Steamship Company now offers Alaskan merchants and
individuals a special traffic bulletin covering the proper packaging of those items that have given
the greatest trouble.
Much progress can already be reported in the improvement of packaging by houses in Seattle,
Tacoma and other Pacific Northwest points that have been exposed to the local packaging program.
But many suppliers in other parts of the country are not yet acquainted with the packaging require
ments of Alaska shipments. Many of these concerns are still using low-grade containers of inferior
material brought on by wartime shortages.
Let these suppliers know your packaging needs. Proper packaging is valuable insurance. Although
it is often possible to recover damage losses through claims, you can never recover the profit you
would have made had that merchandise arrived in top condition.
Your local Alaska Steamship Company agent will be glad to furnish you copies of the packaging
bulletin. Ask him for as many as you need; include specific packaging instructions with each order.
Your merchandise should then arrive just as you want it—in first-class condition.
Sincerely,
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
***** Strring All Alaska *****
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