THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered ;is second class matter. Septem
ber 17111. 1918 at the l ost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act of
March Ji. ISA).
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M. M. COLE Editor
Saturday Sept. 17th. J021.
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FORD REDUCES FREIGHT
RATES
That there is somethin" radic
ally wrong in the management
of the railroads of the United
States, or in the reports being
made*to the government concern
ing their financial condition is
evidenced bjT the showing being
made by Henry Ford in the man
agement of the Detroit, Toledo
and Irontown railroad which lie
purchased.
This line was supposed to be
losing $100,000 a month and in ;
a short time he showed a pro'it
of nearly that much and raised
the wages of every laborer on
that line until the poorest paid
men were drawing $5.00 per
day.
Now comes the announcement
that he has asked the Ohio pub
lic utilities commission for per
mission to reduce freight rates
20 per cent. This is be
lieved to be the first instance in
the history of the country that
a public service corporation has
asked permission to reduce rates
for anything except special oc
casions, such as excursions etc.
It is plainly evident that if
President Wilson had intrusted
Ford with the management of.
the railroads under government
supervision, instead of leaving
them in the hands of the very
men who had wrecked them at
the beginning of the war and
acknowledged their hi capacity.
there would be another story to
tell concerning government own
ership and we would not be call
ed upon today to furnish a coup
le of billion dollars on the pre
tense that their upaeep was neg
lected.
There is every reason to be
lieve that the success of Henry
Ford, in the fade of the claims
of the railroad management
that they are losing money, can
not be ignored by congress and
that there may yet come to
light the inside workings of the
transportation systems which
are wrecking business and par
alyzing almost every industry in
the land.
There are a lot of “niggers”
in the transportation woodpile
and God speed Ford in proving
to the American people that
such is the case and that Monte
Carlo is a holy sanctuary com
pared to the Wall street head
quarters of our common car
riers. — (Exchange)
EGYPTIAN NABOB GOES
HUNTING IN STYLE
Eighty packhorses loaded with !
portable baths, tents and luxur
ies, accompanied by a retinue
of servants and a small army of
Indian hunters, will form the
outfit of Prince Youssof Kamil
of Cairo, Egypt, who came
north on the Princess Royal to
Petersburg to take a boat up
the Stikine river for the Cass
iar country on a hunting trip.
He is a well known sports- j
man. having hunted in British
Columbia, South Africa aiid in
many parts of the world.
Time was when the Alaskan
natives were the only hunters
in this country, now the hunting
is good enough to bring hunters
from the other side of the
wrorld.
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