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Nome, Alaska, August 1!, 11) Hi.
THE l’KINTING CONTRACT.
The effort of Mayor Blake to pre
vent this paper getting the contract
lor the city printing is, no doub',
inspired by the highest motives. H;
feels himself, very properly, the cus
todian of the city treasury and is
determined to exercise due diligence
In the prevention or any extra
vagant raid upon the city strong
box. In that, his actions are cer
tainly those worthy of the highest
type of official, and beyond all
praise that we can give him. W«
hope, none the less, he will permit
this paper to commend his attitude
and to congratulate him upon his
very line stand in the matter ever
though we wholly differ from hiu:
as to the amount charged being
excessive.
As it is, Mayor Blake according
to his lights is acting in a mannei
which he believes his duty dictate;
and with what he doubtless con
ceives to be circumspection ant
prudence, so although he begins hi'
first very interesting and possibly
novel attempts at administrative
economy on the Industrial Worker
this paper is the first to laud hh
really stimulating efforts.
That he has not grasped" the fun
damentals of economic administra
lion is not entirely his fault ant
human nature can only serve witlili
the limitations of its capacity.
It might be invidious upon oui
part to point out that economy is
not best subserved by venturing
upon a junketting trip in the fields
of real estate speculations costing
thousands, while later directing s
magnified attention to a fifteen cenl
printing contract which involves at
most a couple of dollars a month
It is a fine thing to be penny wise,
but that wisdom is stultified in be
ing pound foolish.
However we realize that it would
be an ungracious thing to blame
any man for his natural shortcom
ings or to denounce one for being
as God made him.
The fact that it is not in evid
ence that the Mayor did not very
oarnestly concern himself to the
same extent with hills of consider
able magnitude that are read with
systematic regularity at each meet
ing of the Council, is neither here
nor there. One can very well un
derstand that his mind was at that
time engrossed upon the more per
plexing problems Involved in the
proper interpretation of Roberts’
Rules of Order, or in the profound
difficulties that time and again ob
trude themselves as unpleasing ob
stacles in the path of village states
manship.
It is quite unnecesary to say that
-we charge the mayor with no ul
terior motive in vetoing the prim
ing ccniract, nor is he to be charged
with being unduly antagonistic to
■ pis paper. Yet we realize that were
he a less broad minded man he
might very easily have over looked
the good intention which inspired
the criticisms which have been made
in this paper concerning some of his
rather fanciful methods of doing
business, especially with regard to
the pumping plant, and thus been
considerably offended at our truth
ful and very necessary comment
thereupon. But Mayor Blake will
readily have realised that the duty
of this paper naturally led to those
criticisms, and will have arisen
from its perusal chastened in spirit
and improved in mind.
Yet we admit that it is for this rea
son we think his policy of endeavor
ing to prevent the Industrial Work
er being awarded the printing con
tract is likely to prove narrow and
short sighted. To us it is all right.
We understand and properly appre
ciate the rather dutiful, motives
that prompted his action in this re
gard, but the public at large may
obtain a different opinion and cling
to the idea that the Mayor chagrin
ed beyond measure at his actions be
ling subjected to criticism, vents his
■anger by endeavoring to prevent
! the contract being awarded at the
I very reasonable figure the Industrial
Worker submitted. Not a few may
, be likely to place the very worst
j construction upon the Mayor’s ac
l tions which to us will be even more
painful than to the Mayor himself.
He is giving the public apparent
ly reason to possess an undignified
conception of a very dignified posi
tion, and that surely is a very ser
ious and very painful thing.
It is in order that this wrongful
impression may not generally ob
tain that the Industrial Worker has
considered this matter at length.
And that is why we repeat that
this paper sees nothing in his action
l but a very laudable effort to do his
duty fearlessly and within the li
' mited pale of his ability. He tried
| to do the best he could. That it was
not the best nor the most reason
able nor the most intelligent thing
! under the circumstances is wholly
: immaterial. The counciimen cor
rected his error, but since his inten
tion was good, to insist that his
action is praiseworthy in itself is
our very pleasing and we hope, ap
preciated, duty.
O KlrGAR!
Last month a petition was pre
sented to Congress by a certain as
sociation of farmers on the matter
of sugar. These farmers were
sugar beet growers and they point
ed out that the Great Western
Sugar Co. —a trust—paid them
but six dollars a ton for sugar
beets. They pointed out that In
France where the cost of sugar beet
raising is about half that of the
United States, the growers were
paid $9.65 a ton. They moreover
pointed out that the Great Western
Sugar Co. was charging $8.50 a
hundred pounds for sugar, that the
same company was declaring divi
dends amounting to $11,000,000
“thus proving beyond question that
the company has acumulated a vast
sum of money beyond any reason
able profit on its investment”.
The plight of the farmers who
have sugar beets to sell is so ana
logous to that of the workers who
have labor to sell, that there is no
question as to its being an inter
esting matter for consideration.
What the farmers hoped for in their
prayer to congress is not very clear
—perhaps such prayeres are never
very efficacious. But who is to de
cide what is and what is not reason
able profit?
It is there where the rub is. There
is where the rub is that one knocks
against every time one begins to
consider antagonistic positions in
the economic world.
The whole idea of business is to
make profits and for that reason
alone it is absurd to talk about
reasonable or unreasonable profits.
All profits are reasonable under the
system, the more profit the better
the business is regarded. Nor is it
impossible to conceive the Great
Western Sugar Co. being ready to
complain should the farmers insist
upon higher pay for their beets,
that they were making too much
money and beyond all reasonable
profit. From the standpoint of buy
ing and selling, .with the intention
of making money, men buy as
cheaply as they can and sell as
dearly as possible. • They consider
every factor in the marketting and
take advantage of every means of
increasing their profits whether a
war or a plague.
The larmers presenting that peti
tion have observed that the sy
stem of economy that prevails
drives men into antagonizing classes
and insists upon widening the
chasm between them at every stop.
The mere fact that some men buy
and others sell divides society into
categories o’ men with conflicting
interests for as yet no one could
persuade the buyer that his inter
est and the seller’s are identical.
The manner of avoiding the se
verity of this antagonism ■ has been
that which is generally known as
passing the buck. And no persons ,
have been more adept at this than
the farmers themselves. They had
products to sell and the middlemen
soaked the farmers good and plenty,
or if not the middlemen, the manuu
facturers like the Great Western
Sugar Co. in this instance. But
Mr. Farmer did not stand quiet.
Instead he jewed down the laborer
who in the last analysis was the
man who produced the beets. The
grain farmer, the dairyman, the
agriculturist generally takes it out
of the hired man and to him is
passed the buck with no other per*
son within sight to pass it further
along. He get them all on his back.
The farmer gets up with the load of
beets the worker’s labor created,
and on top of him sits the Great
Western Sugar Co., and under this
staggering load the poor stiff gets
along as best he can. Every now
and then he gets consolation from
reformers who make kind inquiries
about his soul or give good advice
as to his being careful and thrifty.,
But some day, sooner or later, the
worker will straighten up and he
will wonder how easily the incubus
slips off and leave a lot of unenter
taining parasites passing the time
of day by the wayside also passing
the buck between themselves. He
will be able to enjoy it.
OVERSTOCK til*
To the Public: —
We have just finished stock tak
ing, and find that we are heavily
overstocked so are making enorm
ous reductions in Hardware—as
much as 50% in certain lines. Not
withstanding immense advances out
side, especially in Hardware and
Metal Goods, we are still selling on
the basis of goods purchased tne
past two or three years.
We will sell for cash only at these
prices, and for a limited time, until
we bring our stock down to the re
quirements of the Camp.
If you have an order to be filled,
let us figure on it; we can save you
money. We have proved it oo
others, we can prove it to you.
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call at Seward, Valdez, Cordova; Steamer will also visit Colom
bia Glacier. At Cordova steamer will remain long enough to al
low excursionists time to make special trip out over the railroad j
to Miles Glacier, from Cordova the Steamer will return direct
by the outside route to Seattle.
R. A. Carroll, Agent, Nome
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