The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
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President Roosevelt Striving
For Social Justice
The announcement of Presi
dent Roosevelt this week that
unemployment insurance i s
definitely a part of his New
Deal plans to be presented to
Congress is probably a prelimi
nary to even more extensive
proposals aimed at making so
cial justice a dominant feature
of our civilization.
Security for old age and coin
cidental opening up of jobs and
business for young men is said
by those close to the pre ident
to form the basis of a broad re
form program long planned
and studied by him, and inti
mated at intervals during his
incumbency.
This program, it is said, will
probably take in all such feat
ures of social reform as old-age
insurance, or pensions, unem
ployment insurance and hos
pital and health care. In the
view of socialogists this would
mean that the whole (basis of
interest and insurance is likely
to be changed. The basic in
terest rate is on human life and
production. This would be
paid by contributions into the
fund which becomes the insur
ance of old age. Interest rates
on money and profit on insur
ance would become secondary
to interest on human endeavor
and non-profit insurance for
security.
Such a program conforms to
the broad trend of social-labor
plans and thinking today, and
involves socialism in its widest
sense, while keeping individu
al initiative as the motivating
force of ljfe.
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Collector Abrams On Vacation
J. L. Abrams, deputy collect
or of customs for this port, left
Thursday with Mrs. Abrams on
a vacation visit to the States.
During Mr. Abrams’ absence
Mr. J. J. Hillard, deputy coll
ector at Eagle, Alaska, will be
in charge of the local office.
Mr. Hillard is not a stranger
to Hyder, having relieved dep-1
uty collector E. R. Stivers on
one occasion while the latter
was in charge of the local cus
toms office some years ago.
Famous Coast Steamer
Sold for Junk to Japan
The steamer Queen, once the
pride of the fleet of passenger
steamships operating along the
Pacific coast and known to vir
tually every old-time Alaskan,
has been sold to Japanese in
terests and will be taken to
Japanese shipyards to be
scrapped, it was announced re
cently in Seattle, where the
famous old vessel has been tied
up since her last voyage to
Alaska in September, 1933.
Twenty-five years ago the
Queen, formerly knowm as the
Queen of the Pacific, was one
of the finest vessels plying be
tween Seattle and California
ports, with occasional trips to
Alaska. She was an iron hull
ship and was built in Philadel
phia in 1882.
Five other vessels formerly
engaged at times in the Alaska
! trade, namely the oldtime Ad
miral line steamships Admiral
Schley, Admiral Watson, Ad
miral Farragut, Admiral Dewr
ey and Admiral Fiske, have
| also been sold to Japan for
scrapping.
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Sir Donald Mann Pasco*
Sir Donald Mann, famous
| Canadian railway builder and
i at one time closely identified
| with the early day develop
i ment of the Portland Canal
i district, died last Saturday in
! Toronto at the advanced age of
j 81, a- a result of a heart at
tack.
Sir Donald’s activities in
this section included the con
struction in 1910 of the first
unit of the Canadian North
eastern Railway, as part of a
projected railway line from
; Stewart to Edmonton. This
rail unit is still existent and is
; part of a projected line from
Stewart to Fort Grahame on
which the Consolidated Mining
! and Smelting Co. is maintain
ing development activities at
present.
Sir Donald was al-o interes
ted in a number of local min
ing enterprises.
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M. D. Ickis in Poor Health
Local friends of M. D. Ickis
will learn with regret that the
former local prospector ha?
not regained his health since
leaving here some years ago
after suffering an apoplectic
stroke while employed at the
Riverside mine. In the inter
val he has sustained several
additional strokes of light
character. He is at present in
very precarious health, accord
ing to communications leceived
by Arthur O. Moa elf Hyder.
Mr. Ickis, who is now over
85 years of age, is residing
with relatives in Afton, Iowa.
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A novel development in
Switzerland is a telephone sys
tem whereby subscribers can
enjoy radio programs without
owning a radio.
Granby Co. Directors
Recommend Permanent
Shutdown At Anyox
Permanent closing down of
the Granby mines and smelt
ing plant at Anyox is recom
mended by the directors of the
Granby Consolidated Mining,
Smelting and Power Company
and shareholders will be asked
to decide at a special meeting
in New York on December 12
whether such actibn is to be
ordered by them or the decis
ion be left to the discretion of
the directorate. Shareholder's
will also be asked to “consider
and take action with respect to
the company’s finances, the
making of further borrowings,
and (or) selling the company’s
products.”
Outlining the situation in a
letter to shareholders, the di
rectors state that there is no al -
ternative to the decision to
close down, in view of the low
price of copper in overseas
markets and the inability to
market in the United States
owing to the prohibitive tariff.
Copper sold in the overseas
market brings at present only
6(4 cents a pound, and this is
less than the cost of product
ion, the letter states.
It is further pointed out that
the company incurred a net
loss olf $860,663 in the first
nine months of 1934, compared
with a further lo.ss of $694,417
in the like period of 1933.
In support of their recom
mendation of a complete rath
er than a temporary shutdown
the directors submit the fol
lowing :
“In view of the small amount
of the ore reserves, the expense
of maintenance, repairs and
preparations for resumption of
operations, it is believed a
temporary shutdown at Anyox
would not be warranted and
that if the mines be closed the
shutdown must be permanent.”
In the event that it is decid
ed to discontinue operations,
the closing down of the big
plant will be carried on over a
period of from three to six
months.
Anyox has a population of
2500 or more, virtually all of
whom are dependent upon the
company operations and will
leave the district in the event
of a shutdown.
Bartlett Named New Deal Aid
E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, secre
tary of Alaska Delegate A. J.
Dimond and former Fairbanks
newspaper man, has been ap
pointed assistant director of
the federal Housing Admins
tration in Alaska, with head
quarters in Juneau, according
to Washington. D. C., reports.
As assistant director, >Tr.
Bartlett will be under John E.
i egues, former managing edit
or cf the Juneau Empire, who
was recently named director of!
the Ho.is’ng Administration in
in-. Teifit v
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