TIIE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manager
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RELATIONSHIP OF LABOR COSTS TO THE
INCREASED PRICE OF MERCHANDISE.
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Much has been written of late concerning the vast
number of strikes that spread throughout the land fol
lowing the present administration’s edict establishing,
the right of collective bargaining as the inherent right
of every man that labors. Very little has been written
regarding the true relationship between the resultant
increased labor costs due to these strikes, and the price
uping of nearly every conceivable commercial commod
ity.
The thing works like this—a manufacturer grants
his striking workmen an increase of 10 per cent in
wages—this appears to be the average increase—the
manufacturer also finds that the raw materials from
which he manufactures his product have advanced 10
per cent, which is the advance at the source of supply
unjustly attributed to wage increases.
The manufacturer then boosts the price of his fin
ished product 20 per cent. Up through the channels of
trade go these commodities, ultimately reaching the
consumer thru the retailer, who, tho for the most part
is paying the same wages now as before the seige of
current industrial strikes, adds his bit to the already
greatly increased price of the article, giving various
reasons, among them higher freight and lighterage
rates, and greater costs of doing business.
It has been reliably computed by various trade sta
tistical bureaus that the direct labor cost of manufac
turing is 15 per cent of the selling price. It is likewise
computed that th e cost of raw materials is 25 per cent
of the selling price. Now the increased labor cost is
10 per cent. 10 per cent of 15 per cent (the total labor
cost) is only 1 l/j per cent. 10 per cent of 25 per cent
(the cost of raw materials) is 2x/> per cent. The man
ufacturer’s labor costs then,' have merely risen 4 per
cent, yet he demands a 20 per cent price increase.
The wholesaler and the retailer pass this on together
with their pound of flesh to Mr. and Mrs. Consumer,
who as usual foot the bills.
How then is it possible for any reasonable person to
attribute the present trend of high merchandise prices
to the recent wage adjustments resulting from current
industrial strikes.
NORRIS CASE STRESSES TARDINESS
OF JUSTICE
The Supreme Court did a number of things when it
had that field day on decisions recently. One job whi
ch almost escaped attention in the rush of bjgger things
was its disposal of the case of Mr. George W. Norris,
grocer, of Broken Bow, Neb.
The court’s ruling in this case proved that it is pos
sible, after all, to punish a man for perjury in this
country—if you don’t care how long it takes you r how
much money it costs.
The late of Norris as an individual is not particular
ly important. He was just a well-meaning man who
was played for a sucker by the big boys anu was left
high and dry on a sandbar when the waters receded.
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First and foremost, it was his name that got him into
trouble.
If you remember the ease, you will recall that in
the early summer of 1930 Nebraska’s famous Senator
George W. Norris was running for renomination in the
Republican primary. The party-big-wigs, who had
been keeping a pickle for Senator Norris for many
years, hit on one of those ultra-slick ways of beating
him—too slick, as it turned out.
They hunted around until they dug up this innoc
ent grocer, George W. Norris, and they persuaded him
to file for the Senate. Thus, when the voter got to the
polls, he would find two George W. Norrises on the
ballot, and would have no earthly way of telling which
was which. In that way Senator Norris’ vote would
be split and the “regular’’ candidate might slip in.
The people of Nebraska gagged at this bit of slick
ness, the state supreme court ruled Grocer Norris off
the ballot, and Senator Norris went on to renomination
and re-election.
Meanwhile the Senate campaign committee began
investigating. It held hearings in Nebraska and sum
moned Grocer Norris as a witness. Norris first told
the committee that he received no money from anybody
for offering himself as the sacrificial lamb; later, he
changed his story and admitted that he had been paid
$550.00.
For this he was indicted for perjury by a federal,
grand jury in June, 1931.
After long delay the case came to trial, and in the
late fall of 1935 Grocer Norris was convicted of per
jury, fined $100, and sentenced to three months in jail.
Nearly a year later an appellate court reversed the con
viction and ordered a new trial. The government took
the case to the U. S. Supreme ourt—and now, nearly
seven years after the offense was committed, the SU
PREME COURT has sustained the conviction and or
dered Grocer Norris to take his medicine.
This little case tells you much about the tricks of
American politics; it tells you even more about Ameri
can criminal court procedure.
Perjury strikes at the very foundation stone of jus
tice. If men can lie under oath and get away with it,
the courts are crippled. Yet in an open and shut case!
it took six and one-half years to convict a man of lying
and make the conviction stick!
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HORSE GETS
SNOW SHOES
FOR MUSHING
f Hv The Associated r’ress)
ANCHORAGE,— Preparing to
lake a horse to Ihcir hydraulic
placer operations on Cache creek
Albert Murray and Charles Har
ter obtained special snow shoes
for the animal.
As the last six or eight miles
f the journey after leaving the
train at Talkeetna is over deep
Alger Hero ^
William ill. Jeliers (above), who
succeeds Carl Gray as president
oi t.'ie Union Pacific railroad, has
been with the road throughout his
career, rising from office boy to
president of the system.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
CNITED STATES PATENT
Min. Sur. No. 1888
Min. Appl. No. 0926
IN THE UNITED STATES LANE
OFFICE, Nome, Territory of A1
aska.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that R. W. SILVER, whose post
office address is Nome, Alaska,
has made application for a pat
ent for 1454.5 linear feet on the
Shamrock No. One lode and for
11500 linear feet on the Goode
lode, each bearing gold and sil
ver. the same being as to the
Shamrock No. One lode N. 44 deg
48 min. W. 63.5 ft. a.nd S. 44 deg
48 min. E. 1391 ft. from the die
covery cut thereon, and a furth
er discovery of sard Shamrock
No. One lode being a cut the
east end of which bears S 18
deg. 40 min. E., 255 ft. from the
west end of the lode line from
which Cor. No. 1 of the Shamrock
4o. One lode cla m bears S. 36 de<*
48 min. F„ 300 ft.: and the Goode
being N. 36 deg. 47 min. W..
25 ft., and S. 36 de?. 47 min. E.
M75 ft. from ‘he discovery cut
these:.n. A particular description
of the Shamrock No. One lode
claim bebng as follows:
Beg nning at Cor. No. 1. a fir
post 43 in. long, 4 ins. sq.. 2 ft
in ground, in mound of earth and
stone 1 ft. high, 30 in. base, and
marked SH-1-1-1888, from which
U. S. L. M. No. 324 beam S 41
deg. 25 min. W„ 774.7 ft., and
from which Cor. No. 1 Sur. N<
Southern Cross lode bear.
N. 2 deg. 35 min. E„ 204.5 ft
magnetic declination'19 deg 11
min £.: Thence*!. 36mir
ii,., 600 ft. to Cor. No. 2. magnet
c declination 19 deg. 15 mir,
£': S' 44 d«? 43 min
E., 1454.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3, mag
netic declination 19 dog 15 min
E.; Thence S. 36 deg. 48 min. W
ft. to Cor. No. 4, magnetic
d'elinatiom 19 deg. 15 min E
Thence N. 44 deg. 48 min. \V
1454.5 it. to Cor. No. 1, and place
ot beginning, containing' 19.819
acres. Area in conflict whfh Goode,
lod? of tbits survey 3.493 ocTas
and in conflict with Sur. No. 324
Sou.hern Cross lode 3.36 acres
Net axss of Shamrock No. One
lode 12.966 acres.
a particular Rescript ion of
the Goode lode being as follows
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. which
:s identical with Cor. No. 1 Sur
No. 324 Hot Air lode, a fir post
4 in. sq., 48 in. above ground, ir
an earth mound 1 ft. high, 4 ft
base, and previousy marked
324-No. 1, and now marked a&so
GO-1-1888, from which U. S. L
M. No. 324 bears S. 46 deg. 01
min. W., 389.4 ft., magnetic de
clination 19 deg. 45 min. E.; Then
ce N. 36 deg. 48 min. E., 599.2
ft. to Cor. No. 2, magnetic declin
ation 19 deg. 00 min. E.; Thence
S. 36 deg. 47 min. E„ 1500 ft
to Cor. No. 3, magnetic declina
tion 19 deg. 30 min. E.; Thence
S. 36 deg. 48 min. W., 509.2 ft
to Cor No. 4, magnetic declina
tion 19 deg. 45 min. E.; Thence
V oG deg. 47 mm. W„ 1500 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing 19.792 acres
net area, the conflict of 3.493 ac
res with the Shamrock No. One
lode dawn, same survey, beine
shown above and deduction made
a fr,om the Shamrock No.
One lode claim Total net area of
the Shamrock No. One and Goode
lode daims being 32.758 acres.
Trill,, v2„Clars are ,k>catcd on
TrUby hill between Solomon Riv
w andJrl.lby Creek’ in ‘he Cape
Nome Mining and Recording distZ
net and precinct, Second Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska; the no
.f? locations being recorded
with the Recorder for the said
district and precinct for the
Shamrock No. One lode claim in
Pnnrf21wipa€1 •106, 311(1 f0r th*
ClaJTn in Voi 214.
Adjoining claims are on the
North Sur. No. 324 Southern
Cross lode; on the East, Sham
rock 2 lode and Goode 1 lode,
unsmreyed; on the West, Su?.
No. 324 Southern Cross lode and
Sur. No. 324 Hot Air lode; other
adjoining claims unknown.
U. S. L. M. No. 324 to which
these claims are tied is a slate
block on said Trilby hill, in lati
tude and longitude as taken from
t®* B. s- G. S. map of the Solo
mon Quadrangle, of 64 deg. 39
mim. % N., 164 deg. 16 min. % W.
ALMER RYDEEN Register
1st Publication Fri., April 16, 1937
Last Pub. Monday June 28, 1937..