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M. M. CORK
McCarthy, Alaska,
Saturday. Aug 30th 1010
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ONE SEATTLE EDITOR’S
SUGGESTION HOW TO
REDUCE PRICES
Just at present we are going’
aiouncl in a circle, like a kitten
chasing its tail, and getting no
where.
Wages increase, and Hint
causes the cost of living to ad
vance, and the advance in the
cost of living necessitates anoth
er boost in the wages, which in
turn, causes the price of living
to advance once more.
Of course this must come to
an end sometime, or it will
reach the point where a man
will find it burdensome to carry
home his pay on Saturday night
and he will have to build an ad
dition to his home.in order to
have a place in which to store it.
All this harks back, for a so
lution, to the old adage of child
hood days, “ You cannot have
your cake and eat it, too.”
A* long as labor limits itself
in the performance this merry
go-round will continue to funct
on.
/
The laborer is not the only
one who feels the high cost of
living. The business man is e
qunlly affected, and he, too,
must get his “bit” in order to
keep his head above water.
hen labor succeeds in se
curing more remuneration it ha&
improved its Condition. But
when it limits its efforts, and
curtails the amount it produces,
it loses at once that advantage,
and must get another boost.
IJ, for illustration, the labor on
a residence cost 82,7)00, that is
added to the price at which the
residence is sold, in addition to
which the builder is justified in
demanding a profit on that 827)00
of, s ly 10 per cent. But if
the workmen on that job speed
TP and produce the house at an
expense of 82000 for labor, they
have saved 87)00 worth of labor
which cm readily be marketed
elsewhere, and if one of their
number desired to purchase that
p.t •ticular house he would find
he had saved that 87)00 for him
self, as well as the 10 per cent
profit on the 7)00 to which the
contractor is as justly entitled
as is the laborer to his hire.
In other words, if all laborers
would increase their efforts 10
percent the money they receive
for their services would possess
more than 10 per cent added pur
chasing power.
In the opinion of The Argus
there are but twow ys of stop
ping this merry-go-round.
One is by "speeding u > mi act
ion, and giving a good A:ys vork
for a good day’s pay. The
other is by a finar -i; 1 panic
which will wipeout : :uuy men
who now believe thenis h s to
be capitalists, and r< u in the
establishment of bre: l i n s
( The Argus )
GERMAN NAVAL LOSSES
A Complete list of German
naval losses during the war was
received in Wnshington on .In
ly 8.
According to this list, 490 war
vessels were lost Of these near
ly 200 were U-boats, eighty two
of which were lost in the Atlan
tic or in the North Sea, three in
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CALEB CORSER Supt. F.W. SOMMER A<iert
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the Baltic, seventy two off the
coast of Flanders, sixteen in the
Mediterranean, and five in the
Black Sea.
Fourteen were blown up by
: their crews and seven interned
in neutral harbors.
Other naval losses were var
iously divided.
The loss in killed was 29,685,
including both officers and men.
( Car rent History,)
1S. Army Tanks can do
: everything but climb a tree.
I Recently a tank climbed to
I the toil of Pike’s Peak, Colorado'
bearing the well known banner!
'Pikes Peak or Bust”. On its
way up it broke three records— I
1, for continuous travel; 2, for
I altitude; 3, it penetrated farther
through great depths of snow
than any other vehicle ever driv
en. It was run by American
soldiers.
The U. S. Army department
i will offer $25,000,000 worth of
; blankets and underwear fori
public sale if the food sales are
a success.
Eyeglasses fitted at the
McCarthy drug store
X E AY G OOD S BE IX O
S HO W X E VE R Y AY ELK
In Piece Goods,
S uminer Underwear,
Silk and Sport Skirts.
Some one piece dresses,
Bon Ton & Royal AAMrcester (\ .
sets. '
Brassieres,
Petticoats, nightgowns and cor
set covers in muslin.
Kovelty ornaments.
Hosiery, Gloves
Post Office Store.