R. E. Baumgartner
Attorney-at-Law
Office above Modern Grocery
Petersburg .... Alaska
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Admiralty - Mines- Civil
Ketchikan, Alaska
Home Service Mending
of Laundered Goods
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Out Of Town Laundry will
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Shortest Possible Time.
Everything Back But The Dirt
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CITIZENS STEAM LAUNDRY
Russel York Proprietor
Cat TUae AJotk
C\oW\to$ Store
CLOTHING SPECIALISTS TO
Men, Women. Children
P.O. Box 1627 - Juneau, Alaska
1 of the Golden Rule; while teach
ing them to be less intolerant,
more intolerant methods are
used. The rule is changed to read
“Do unto others as ye would be
done by, only do it first” and be
sure that you knock the other
fellow out completely so that he
cannot return the compliment.
Little men, little minds, con
temptible thoughts. Big men—
big thoughts—big hearts. Do you
fill the bill, Measure yourself up
to the other fellow’s idea of you
and then compare it with your
own idea of yourself.
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SUBSIDIZING OF STEAMSHIP
COMPANIES
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Congressional Record
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Remarks of Hon. Kenneth
McKellar of Tennessee in
the Senate of the United
States.
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(Continued from last week)
The Roosevelt Steamship Co.
This line operates between
Baltimore and Bremen. Its in*
itial sale by the board was to ttoe
Franklins and the Rooseveltsjjov
(a) Sales price: The five <vesf
sels sold it are about 440' 'ifeet
lGng and 7,500 tons gross. ' The
sales price was nominal $30,000
for each vessel, total' $150,000.
They were built by the board and'
cost more than $9,000,000. Hence
the sale price is less than 2 per
cent of the cost. Their cost is not
necessarily their market value.
Their true market value, how
ever, was nearly ten times the
sales price; the concession was
made to promote their recondi
tioning and their operation in
foreign trade. The board lent
most of the cost of recondition
ing.
(b) Loans: The loan is $6,500,
000 for 20 years at 3 per cent, to
aid in the reconditioning of the
five vessels sold. This low inter-j
est rate will yield less by $500,
000 than the average interest
cost of the public debt, hence the
interest loss will exceed $500,000.
(c) Postal contract: Route No.
46, between New York and Bre
men, for 10 years, during which
the line will receive not less than
$1,222,000 petoyfdarJTiw; tcxbal will
exceed $12,000,000. ! iloV/ UloVJ
That annu^{,pqm»?^t^pn^s
excessive forcfih^yfl^e&^edt,fa:
revealed by
contract, undflfc v&ibJbAhft’.iPpsftr
master Genqijal%flbjer30t&fti
first five yeafis^reqpijTe cq^T
I tractor to bip^j&iijifl^jvs^sel^bndj
it would cd^^eiQpjnp^ijy.iQHW
$5,000,000 tAidfl/^lTliqiirigliit.tbi
require thfciBMdjffsgefovjbH in^r^
pqj-ative; Hi i&ofic&dJHWjWitfval!
agreement nit*W?Wi is-uftbyipus
(the pos^il^put^otuiQ^np^^psa-;
[tion throjugjputtofi.fflrsfc &vq; ye^rs.
! was madgu ih4g|hayi jth&n )otfrprwi$e
j ustifiefy tP.flWitbfcfefl^POtyftqtor m
funds wjfth whjplv.i fr atiitfUkottWi
new vft$se,lg.i«jnf»9pey^d to dp,soi
by the, Fpfttmftste.?oG?Aoria^v)fffr -
| Th^ujiptPTOPRbtffUoHl riSrn6<Wb>
firmed:^byotfee provisionf-jQliM.the.
comtwajc^othial/utS t^knewiyesTO
is ppit fteuUt, fqcowehfifttiph
for the second.^Vjej yearSi Vfiliibe!
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atf !£§»&•
aflo 'MB^WcrAWPvi&W^*
W t^,fiq^ctOfi(H UtfihMTi
WrbtW. IlSWfKrSSaltf&l during.
TOW
cpve^,^ iMgih„&uj}fllfc&n pgftT;
g?3 W*i ^n^-jy^ should; ftfte ,y$$,sel
not)^>e btuiLt^^e-Mnto ^retain all
ithi?; surplus compensation in
!tended for, the cost of the new
vessel/;r;
This feature of this contract
prompts reference to another
contract of this group, viz, the
sales contract to the Dollars for
the seven large, fine “President”
vessels, operated in the “round
the world” service These vessels
cost the United States over $6,
000,000 each to build, and they
were sold to the Dollars within
three years of their completion
at the nominal price of $550,000
each. This absurdly low price
seemed explained by a stipula
tion in the preamble of the con
tract that “the buyer has agreed
to establish with said vessels
and to maintain for a period of
five years * * * the round-the
world service.” That is, that they
were guaranteeing to do it, ap
parently, whether it paid Or not.
and that the great difference be
tween sales price and market
price was to compensate for this i
risk.
UTTER
ERGS
BtllTE&MIlK
MILK
the Summer Drink
Choice Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
V Picnic Meats, Bacon & Hams
Priced to meet the pocketbook of
Every Customer
The Sanitary Market
• .mi, JOUtJifi: ’ Ut.
But tfce body of the contract
jmposed'no suth guarantor; 'they
w£^e Sftt to abandon the main
tCTftfrtee of the' servic^; nor was
the abandonment of that service
to impair thfe contract of sale';
the board, ,could have taken the
vessels. ,to. operate them, but only
temporarily and at its- own ex
pense,,, and with obligation to
befeprn them in good condition
Ito th© dollars not , later than ;at
tpje end of the, 5-year period; aptl
qr,.,course, that period having
passed, they would then be free
of all limitations as to use—re
storing, them to their normal
markef price value—the, excess
above- the low sales value being
the Dollars’. This result is not
based on any ambiguity of lan
guage, but by clear and express
projYfsions of the contract.
The,success members of this
ig^opp; ,have had in procuring
terms and policies serving their
purposes, as in obtaining a post
al codtr^t for , an inter.coastal
^jpfige, (in direct contravention
of r(l,aw and in the two instances
j ust /mentioned, above, is further
demonstrated by the su(?pes^u|
opposition of the Dollars to the
declared purpose of the Post
master General to advertise as
a postal route a direct service be
tween San Francisco and Manila,
P. I. This course had been decid
ed on because the Matson Line
had made known that if awarded
a mail contract it would build
fast, splendid vessels for the
route and give a service about
seven days shorter than the
schedules of the Dollar vessels.
The Matson vessels would have
gone direct; the Dollar vessels go
via Japan and China.
After extended hearings the i
Dollars were successful in their
opposition, their success being j
largely explained by the fact (re- j
vealed in the records) that the
chairman of the Shipping Board
supported the Dollars in their
opposition, an amazing attitude
in the light of the fact that the
Shipping Board has recommend
ed an extension of the coastwise
laws to the Phillippine Islands.
And thus was lost a direct
passenger service with the Phil
ippine Islands which would have
save seven days over present
schedules, all to the end that
traffic by the Dollar vessels,
which take a route seven days
longer, might not be impaired.
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Washington News Letter
By Will A. Steel
Delegate Wickersham has been
intensely interested in trying to j
secure mi ciuequcii/e appiupria.-1
tion for the Alaska Road Com- ;
mission. Failing to have the
House Appropriation Committee i.
recommend the budget estimate |
of $650,000, he sought through
an offered amendment to have,
the House increase the recom
mendation of $354,310 to the
budget figure, but was unsuccess
ful in this. Then the Chairman
cf the House Economy Commit
tee sought to have the entire ap
propriation cut from the Army
bill, but through the Delegate’s
efforts this amendment was de
feated, but by the close vote of
56 to 51. The bill then went to
the Senate and the Delegate con
tinued his efforts with the Ap
propriations Committee, with the
result that when the bill was re
ported back to the Senate it con
tained an amendment increasing
the appropriation to the Alaska
Road Commission from $354,310
to 494,310. When the bill passed
the Senate on the night of June
9th the increase of $140,000 was
adopted. The bill is now before
the conferees of both Houses and
their final agreement will indi
cate the sum the Commission is
to receive for the next fiscal
year, beginning July 1, 1932. The
Senate increased the appropria
tion for the Washington-Alaska
Military Cable and Telegraph
System from the House figure o|
$151,280 to $161,285, and that is
also in conference, , ,
of the BdreaifHOf Fisheries^ win
start ior the Pjactftieieotvstoa^cRrt
the middle of June and',\MillJsa&
north from Seattle Jyly first to
{spend'. tW ‘suhinfd^limiiiigl(£$t$r
official duties Wn ^fks^a.' ,f!T d
i ; vj<vp.no JufU -guiltel oioloc
>; ?.i onlf .I*y Iff cup J?j;rri sv
The Department ofi Commerce!
recently1 tW«t5fi!d^ihVfoftftaltWhl
I from the lTferri'tOriar>G^^#n«^i’hf*
I Commerce!#hich it^broadeatftfv
ing m its nfews p^bli££tto(ri& It'll*'
Stated that riailgatiah- afiftl1 coirfi
rrerce on the hitehiori‘fibersobfi
Alaska h&vfe‘#esWm£d'i fulVopMrau
tion recently;' ahd-1 thh'^piaeihg^
a ne<w river"stettrtie4‘»'finvtherSti^
kine riveb 1 * Jpertn i t ted1 o i&pi 1feif gb
numberi'bffqjraspettorsA'toi ibarv®
Wrangell for Telegraph CreftK'
mining district, while operations
1 on the TAktf ^RSiv'M1 *h A^e" 'ttcWAV
| fed the riA&bfer WM^bosp^oi¥J
proceeding W the’
i Ing ’ districts; At’ !jAmbAui(A ^aiSgW
pasterh- co&pArAy ^;93§6fefi)l{fi^5
mining jqrnprnerft Itoihroe^Hntb;
th?e filahi riiiniht cfi'AtViM; tft¥
S ukon district,1 afid’^vlllrtf&e)t"fWe)
large aitplahesJt8 t*rSriih6rt(:InfhH;
arid e’cthfpmeht:fiThe W^i
eS 'GedlbgicAl
core drilling df I‘the/i; arithHfeit'^1
ridge ih MatAnuskaeAA^ ^el'd^,1
ana11 will cdhrtihuhJ dxfcAh&fvfe
arnihatibhy: duringr thb: (; j bheSeh^l
season. ThA king' ishimon Ttm
been reported W^tieihg'excellentd
but there is littlb-’&ctlVHjt 6ri'ad-|
count of low pritbs." 1 )!lIi '
iJnluqoq ori.J *iol ir.’ou'rj
.yioJrnai
On June 10 the House consid
* ■ ;0 f! ?i Jl
ered the bill to create Federal
home loan banks, which provides
that continental United States
and the Territories of Alaska'
and TJrawaii shall be divided into
12 districts by the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board. These banks
are to function as a reserve a
gency whereby building and loan
and other institutions can raise
funds on their seasoned home
mortgaged loans. A motion was
made to strike out of the bill,
which has been advocated by
President Hoover, the words “and
the Territories of Alaska and
Hawaii.” Delegates Wickersham
and Houston, as well as others,
spoke against the amendment,
which was voted down. Dele
gate Wickersham said: “Alaska
is the one commonwealth under
the American flag that has no
debt. We have had. no failure of
banks in Alaska. We are in the
best financial condition of any
part of the United States. We
want, however, to continue to
develop and build up that Terri
tory. I have listened to the
speeches in favor of this bill to
“»flay in the hope it would pass
>and that we in Alaska could get
of it. I hope you will
mormrfke out these Territories,
!)ut will let us have an oppor
ittftttytyb build them up and
jMf&^hein what they are now—
gW£t -'E&sets of the United
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! ‘>1*Kgft^gi”'gssional Record of
ctffitl&iflFthe following, of
Ai^s^ fn*Mr. Herbert,
jfJW the-fctfrffl&tte#i#i the Judi
fctaW1J*epftflfcd f)mo^ly the
nomination of CecriVi&QtSgg, of
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j Ernest Walker Sawyer, whose
particU!^r)iMfe*r<mY^9dffort as
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^Secretary, fMrs.,9, $gfryftT |
Meets eyery Saturday,CJ 9ft
Visiting members welcome *.
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SAXMAN Camp. lfl^jA*l^fcc^4i9( [
Pres. Mrs. Pe^ei?fflfcJfcayg)1B(!
Sec. Mrs. Mastte^B^st/,
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Visiting MembeiSf:W6!f98#bv
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ibiiSfmJns
Angoon Camp No. 7 y.
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Regular Meetirtg/Monday vc
Visiting Brothefa dWfelCEfilitfio
Jimmie George; "PrdsldsritfiriJ
Andrew J. Davls^fiaJlfctat-prf
Angoon; #oi to sinaAlaskflpi
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Meets everyf illFufHlty 'H
' 7:30 p. fii. *; ;
Edward WarnC, Pi4ift?ef$f* .
7. John Willard, ^ec^gtaty1?
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Mrs. E. Barron
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store and examine the quality and style^f *!
our large stocks of up-to-date merchandise,^
to compare prices as you would at thehofne
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store, without being urged or feeling in any
way obliged to purchase.
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we will be pleased to have you call. - .msr
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The Cash Bazaar.
Opposite The Alaskan Hotel „ .
... Juneau, - Alaska 1 ^
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