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EDITORIAL PAGE
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It 1* a small mind that tyran
nies over the helpless.
The Soward Gateway editor shows
his willingness to back his judg- .
ment in the following lines: "We
hare a few small colus to wager
that the Alaska Railway commis
sion will report in favor of Seward
ixm the coast terminus of the pro
posed government-owned railway
system "
After twelve years of hard fight
ing. a coal claimant on the Kenal
peninsula has at last secured title
to his coal lands. Whether the
claimant was right or wrong, wheth
er he had complied with the laws
or not, dots not excuse the govern
ment from withholding a decision
for twelve years. If Mr. Whorton
had knowingly neglected proper com
pliance with the regulations, he
would still have been entitled to a
hearing and a decision within a
reasonable time, but to hold him
up and keep his money for twelve
years, and then declare him en
titled to the property, is rank and
outrageous injustice.
Way up In the north Arctic
ocean, out of the general trend of
trade, bovond the lines of venture
some discovery, there Is an Island
or continent which has never been
trod upon by the foot of civilised
man. Arctic explorers in this land
of midst, toll of finding floating
sticks and wooden utensils of pe
culiar manufacture. There the wild
swirl of the tide and running cur
rents are deflected and swung
from their natural courses, which
could only come by the interposition
of a large body of land; nothing
else could do It. Then there aro
uncertain legends among the dwel
lers of th.> extreme North who tell
of a land far out in the Arctic
ocean; but their stories are sur
rounded and enveloped In tradition
and Incompetent Invention. To find
that land and add its history to the
sum of human knowledge, as he ad
ded knowledge of the blonde Esqui
maux to the human race, Is the
life work of Explorer Steffason who
is delivering lectures to obtain
money to finance his scheme of dis
covery.
The Business
Methods of
Our Farmers
Unscientific
By BENJAMIN F. YOAKUM.
Chairman of the St. Louis
and San Francisco
Railroad
HMERICAN manufacturer", merchants, bankers and business
men in almost every class of business have been engaged for
the past few years in a direct and powerful concerted effort
to INCREASE TIIE EFFICIENCY of their manufac
turing, merchandising and financing by REDUCING TIIE COST
OF PRODUCTION AND TIIE COST OF SELLING.
It was that effort and that effort alone that has made the part
twenty years an era of great combinations and trusts. The manufac
turers figured out that they could reduce the cost of selling and dis
tribution very greatly if they combined scattered plants into ONE
CENTRAL ORGANIZATION and substituted one selling expense
for > dozen selling expenses.
THROUGH THIS GREAT ERA OF THE ELIMINATION OF UN
NECESSARY EXPENSE AND CONSEQUENTLY OF THE GATHERING
OF LARGER PROFITS FROM MANUFACTURING. MERCHANDISING
AND OTHER LINES OF ORGANIZED BUSINESS AND LABOR THE
FARMERS OF THE NATION. WHO ARE THE GREATEST PRODU
CERS OF ALL. HAVE DONE ALMOST NOTHING IN THE DIRECTION
OF ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY EXPENSE IN SELLING THEIR
j PRODUCTS.
While our manufacturing industries today are matters of wonder
and admiration to all the world, the fact still remains that in the funda
mental matters of scientific cultivation, of economic roads throughout
the agricultural region, of close anil SCIENTIFIC M ARKETING,
the farmers of the United States are a generation behind the farmers
of Germany and France.
The planks in the platform of agricultural reform that mn?t have
attention are BETTER ROADS in the agricultural states, a system
of co-operation that would eliminate unnecessary expense against food
stuffs between the farmers and the consumers of the products, a
SYSTEM OF COOPERATIVE FARM FINANCE that would
make it possible for the American farmer to borrow at a better rate
and a system of market bureaus that would put the farmer as closely
in touch with his market as the steelmaker or the oil producer.
UXC I-K SAM IS DEAD
AT HARTFORD HOME
Hartford. Jan. 18? Ellsworth
Phelps, known to America as the
"Uncle Sam" caricature, died at his
home In this city last night. Owing
to his striking resemblance to the
cartoons of Uncle Sam, he became
famous in many patriotic and public
parades where his long figure, thin
face and whiskers made him look
the part of our loving uncle with no
theatrical makeup.
New StocR of
STATIONERY
The latest and most up-to-date
stock of Tablets, Box Paper,
Correspondence Paper in Bulk,
Score Cards, Place Cards, Etc.
Also School Supplies of Tablets,
Composition Books, Dictionaries
Crayons, Pencils now on dislay
William Britt
THE DRUGGIST
INEXPENSIVE
HOLIDAY PRESENTS
W? believe that the most appreciat
ed holiday present you could send
to frUud* tu the States would be
oa? of the
UEAITIFUL a\IO
Y1EYY9 OF SKAtlW AY
or vieiuity, tukou by Draper & Co. 'a
artiau. These scenej represent all
parts of Alaska. Home and gar
dens and scenes of the city, to
gether with views of mountains,
glaciers and waterfalls. Nothing
could be more appropriate. And
the cost is but
83 CENTS EACH.
Just one half the price usually
charged. A thousand views to s?
I lect from.
DRIPER A COMPANY.
HONK UHO WX 8 P R I N G
C U I C *t E N
at
The Pack Train K c^taii rant
mm***
SITKA
HOT SPRINGS
Sanitarium (imu) Alaska
^arge, Clean, Individual Baths.
Abundance of CTaUr. Bert of
Hotel Accommodation* Fur
nished Cabin* for Ront ....
Excellent Hunting iind Fishing.
Motor Boating and Sailing
Steamer Georgia from Juneau
makes seml-monthl? TlaiU- In
formation and rate* upon request
Dr. F. L Goddard, Prop.
Health Resort
COAL
Moore's Wharf Co.
| Phone 10. Skaflway, Alaska.
MOORES' WHARF CO
Terminus W. P. & T. Rout*.
A1 lSuuthbouu<l!Steaniert*Arri\ e and Depart From Thin Dork
REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouse*. open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a m. to 6 p. m.
t'eriihables ONLY delivered on Suuuav or at night
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by ?
SHIPPER'S MANIFEST (papers can be obtained at the U. S. cus
toms office) and must *>e delivered before 6 p. m. No freight will be
received on the wharf after this hour.
BAGGAE? Tolls will be collected on CHECKED BAGGAGE ONLT
No charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer la nearlng
dock and will be opened when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
K O. Bon 17a. E. J. SHAW, General M???qe?
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 80.
Mondays, Wednodaj h and Friday*.
No. 1 X. llonnd
1st cl&M
8:30 a. in. I. wives
11:03 "
11:40 "
12:33 p. n?.
2:00 "
4:13 " Arrives
bkaguay
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHITEHORSK
No. 2 8. Round
lbt clui
Arrive* 3:20 p. m.
Leaves 1:40 '*
*' 12:47 ?*
" 11:50 r. m.
'* 10:25 "
Leaves 8:15 "
Passengers must be at depots In time to have Raggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection Is stopped SO minutes before leaving time of
trains.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each fall fare
tjcket aad 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
Juneau Steamship Co.
C. 8. MAIL STEAMER
Georgia
Juneau-Sitka Route
Leavea Tunean for Hoonah, Ovp
I sum, Tenakee, Killlsnoo and Sit
ka Jan 22. 28, Feb. 3, 9. IS, 21,
27, Mch 6. 11. 17, 23, 29. Leaves |
Juneau for Funter and Chatham,
8 a m., Jan. 28, Feb. 21, Mch. 17. I
Leaves Juneau for Tyee, 8 a.m.,
Jan. 22, Feb. 21, Mar. 23.
Juneau-Skagway Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor,
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Comet,
I Sentinel Light Station, Eldred
j Rock Light Station, Haines and
I Skagway, 8 a.m., Jan. 20, 26, ;
I Feb. 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, Mar. 3, 9, ,
j 15, 21, 27. Returning Leaves
i Skagway following day at 8 a.m.
WILLIS E. NOWELL, Manager.
For 35c. you can get a wholsome,
home cooked meal at the New Home
Restaurant, 6th aveune. Just off of
Broadway.
Oo to the "White Pass Cafe" I
for the lest meals In Whitehorse I
Now under the management of Mrs I
Orloff Kin*. tf J
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
Ov?r~? Ps* T i mmm^ 5-nS
BeBw^eie. 9mm (WW?, Mw
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
a W ANDREW'S. G. A. P . D CD DUN ANN, P. T. M
1 13 S?, .Wk 112 M?fct V %? FWwr
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
Curacao?Jan. 23, Feb. 3
C. I). GRANGE, Acting Agent
2nd <fe Broadway, SkAgway, A lank*
Alaska Steamship
Company
CARRYING U. ?. MAIL AND WtLLtFAROO CXRRKM
N?*t Bailing at *>? fMt ''MB*
JEFFERSON
S Jan. - 20
IOompftn? rKiftw tlM to Mtillnjr w'tVwrt Mrfta*
TELEPHONE NO. ??. C. ?. OUPTILL, AO? NT.
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B C COAST SERVICE)
Winter Sailings
1912 FROM SKAGWAY 1913
PRINCESS MAY
Jan. 2 - 16 - 30
Feb. 13 - 27
<o ?h*nc? ? ? h ? Jf N
Vancouver, Victoria^ Seattle via Prince Rupert
Phot** 87 F. F W lOWLE Agent
Steamship Humboldt
ihc Mir njEftMEir sruisiip oramns ids. e.:iusu
Will Mil from Skafway for Seattle and Wit Porta
Jan. -23
Hxllln* <Ut? ?ob)*ct to ehaiur# without MtJe*
THROUGH TICKET# HONOftEO
fleoUle OfDo# TVliM* ?n>1 *11 T?f?r
71? Aw*. *? MMNMW. tuh A nn**m'r
E WHITE PISS 8 1
eC ;?
Winter Route
Stage Service
During the winter nwjinn of 1912-101.1, <? throngh M*n, IN-wr^er. urn! Flight HerrW win
be maintain**! between White Hor?e ami I>*w?nn, *ff?>rdl?u ?ll p???tMe rtmi fort for t re refers
by iiimnn of t
Thoroughly Equipped Stage
and Automcbile Line
Fur the ?ln<er noa.?on the Com p.my's rnmfnrfiiHf train* irlll n|wnil<> on a ?rN?hil?
t?wn SkiMfuny and White llorv, tmln* Iwntng earh terminal on UntuMtar* m4
Fridays.
For Information irlatlre to |>n.w?ipt ami frH*tit mini apply to
H. V HkkLKR, Rapt., Mail Hmlrr Hopwtmwt, WWtdwr*, T. T.
O. L. ni("KKSO\, Prwfctait, HktHpmf, Ala**.
We make tolegraphlr transfer of fnn<l? fo or from Van roarer or HmIII*.