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FARM RELIEF” (?)
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Can the American farmer ex
pect “relief” from Congress?
Just how much “relief” do pre
sent measures afford? Who but
himself is the farmer’s worst
enemy? Is it reasonable to
expect Congress to save the
farmer from the results of his
own folly? Can any nation sus
pend -the effect of supply and
demand by fiat? These are per
tinent questions.
Latest authoritative estimates
on the 1930 wheat crop place it
ihree per cent higher than last
year’s.
And what became of last
year’s wheat?
Millions of bushels of eighty
cent wheat on which the Farm
Hoard “loaned" the farmer $1.10
is still held in bond. That wheat
is still “on the market.” And
The new crop—must the govern
ment buy it also to relieve the
farmer? And will the farmers
do the same thing again? Has
not the consuming public used
ns rnuoh bread as it was able to
buy? And must we now buy the
wheat but do without the bread?
Who IS the government? And
what will the government do
with its wheat? The price to
the miller has been artificially
bolstered up so that this one
commodity is thrown out of bal
ance and the laborer’s wage buys
less bread thus increasing the
surplus of wheat. Can this ven
ture in wheat result in anything
but loss? And whose is the loss?
Europe can buy cheaper wheat
,n Argentina, Russia, Egypt and
Canada. Thus the American
farmer has been given tempo
rary relief but he must pay for
it and lose his foreign market
in the bargain. The consumer
has been gypped twice and the
only gainer is the South Ameri
can or Russian producer. He
has been relieved of American
competition in the world market.
“Farm relief” was nothing but
an attempt on the part of cer
tain congressmen to get a cinch
on the farm bloc of votes. Is
it not time to consider “consum
er relief?” What about the ‘con
sumer vote?
Alaska produces millions of
cases of pink salmon for which
the world offers $3.60 or less per
case. No one has asked the gov
ernment to lend the packers four
or five dollars per case on that
pack! And the Alaska loggers
can produce more hemlock logs
than they can sell. They, too,
“need relief” but they have not
the “government” to buy and
hold those ogs for that *uinciole
is essentially unsoui d and can
only defeat the interests of him
for whose benefit it was conceiv
ed. Let us ; cither enco -aye the
consumer and the difficulties of
the lumber rr:v 's, the fisher
ies, and agriculture as well, will
vanish.
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At a little grocery store near
the office a poor woman has just
been in to buy a loaf of bread.
“Almost my last dime,” she
says, with a grave smile laying
the little silver piece on the
worn counter.
Unseen to the woman or to
the clerk who takes the loaf
from its glass case a hand
stretches over the dime.
By some mysterious trick, it
filches 3 cents, leaving but 7 on
ihe counter.
That is about the tax tribute
+he government—many govern
ments—takes from the poor wo
man’s dime, paid for bread.
But the woman does not real
ize it. She leaves the store,
clutching her precious loaf. —Ex.
Henry Ward Beecher was once
riding with Robert Ingersoll,
when the latter asked him to
write his epitaph. Taking a piece
of paper, Mr. Beecher wrote,
“Robert Bums.”
INDIANS ENJOY FLYING HIGH
From The Juneau Empire
| Indians like to fly high, figura
tively and literally. For many
of them the fishing season has
been profitable. Their prosper
ity is evidenced by new and
fashionable apparel for men, wo
men and children, and by jewelry
too, for adults and by toys also
.'or juveniles—a little boy whose
Dome is on a trolling boat was
learning to ride a new bicycle cn
the City Float this.morning.
Aerial Flights Popular
Fifteen-minute flights in air
planes are a popular form of di
version with numerous Indians
The amusement is favored at
various nearby cannery places
to greater extent than it is here
At% Klawock and Peterson*t
'T-sterday, the seaplane Skagway
Pilot Robert E. Ellis and Me
•’hanic Chandler Hicks, took ’*
Indians for short aerial rides.
Angoon, Hood Bay and Tyco a
being visited by the Skagway to
day to meet the demands of Tr
dians for flights.
wrangeii tor unmans
The seaplane Wrangell, Pi!;
J. Clark Wing and Meehan
Frank Hatcher, arrived in Ji
p.eau Mst evening from Ketch
:an. it brought as a passengc *
Larry '’arks, representative c
'lie /Us.ska-Washington Airwi
Mechanic Hatcher and Mr. Pa>'
• !! ij: re this morning for
wortk. 'whence it will go to Ke
chikan, Craig and Port Alexan
der * * * at which ports thf
ilane has arranged to mak(
short flights with Indians.
A LOGICAL OUTCOME
Any laborer who enjoys th<.
benefit of higher wages immed
ately turns those earnings ink
other channels, stores, m ichiiit
hops, doctors, lawyers, and ev
ery other line. When the In
dian or any other laborer ha
poor earnings he is driven t<
mail order houses.
Tire Empire gives but a brie
picture of what prosperous fish
ermen might mean to the Te^
ritory. Do a bit of mathematic
for yourself and figure 10,00
fishermen with earnings averag
ing around one thousand dollar,
apiece.
If this be treason to the resi
dent businessmen, then fight the
Wickersham- Paul Republican
combination. If it be not treas
on, then get in and support, the
ticket that has consistently -anc
persistently fought that yoi
might benefit from their efforts
ALASKA NOT WILD AND.
AND WOOLY
From notes by Frank Edward*
in Eugene Register
There is a dance on in Sitka
at the Moose hall, and the pe
sonable young schoolmn’anv
.vho make up a large part of the
passenger list of this ship ere all
aflutter.
They see visions of red-blood
ed adventurers in muckluks. At
the very least, they expert In
dians in tribal costume. They
jhepe for courtly descendants of
lold Russian families,
j Plenty of quaintness and local
color. That is the least they ex
| pect here in Sitka, the ancient
capital of Alaska, with its ro
mantic past. So they turn out
en masse.
Listen: The most sophisti
cated-looking female at this
dance at the Moosehall, away
up in Sitka, is a young woman
who lives in Petersburg and is
over here for a visit. Her clothes:
are positively hot, and she looks
as bored as anyone in the states
possibly could.
As for the men, there isn’t a
muckluk in the crowd, and if
you did your darndest you could
n’t tell ’em from the boys who
show up at Dreamland hall on
similar occasions.
Don’t look for the wild and1
wooly borders of civilization up!
here in Alaska.
(To Jenkins probably the
young Petersburgan was sophis
ticated and dressed up all hot!
end a bit bored. But we venture
t o say that she had more cover-'
ing her charms than the average j
tourist we have seen passing
through—and we have seen quite
a bit of some of them.)
WHY ALL THE FUSS
“Her princely Indian husband
has taken Nancy Ann, the Ma
haranee of Indore, to Paris to
await an interesting event. Pa-.
ris is all very well in its way, but
the Maharanee, who was raised
n Seattle, ought to have a bet
ter memory of her old home
town’s unrivaled record for in
fant healthfulness.—Brisbane. 1
Why all this fuss about a com
mon biological result of the mat
ing of two ordinary mortals.
With one sucker born every
minute we cannot see why any
more fuss should be made of the
icir to the Maharanee of In
dore than such an event to Sal-1
y Smithers of Smithville.
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ALASKANS WITH FISHING
STAKE FLY TO SEATTLE
From Seattle.P. I.
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When Dame Fortune this year
’railed benignly upon the Alas
:an fishing activities of George
Franklin, veteran resident of the
Far North, and his partner, R. B.
Davis, the fickle lady really
smiled. i
And as a result, Franklin yes
'erday reached Seattle by nir
nlnne for his first visit in tli i
United States for twenty-three
years. He was acc rupanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Davit
Used As Taxicab
They arrived in a specially
chartered Washington-Alaska
Airways plane, which they used
as a taxicab since the close of ;
he fishing season in Alaska ofii - ;
eials revealed here.
The story of their trip to So- ;
it tie is an unusual one. Franklin ;
"or years fished Alaskan water
vithout especial 'riches conun
ris way. This year he combined ,
orces with Davis an t their luck
vas excellent.
Collections be Air
Several days ago they found
lemselves with n on y due
cm from canning factories ail
: long the Alaskan coast. So they
racked up their kitbags and hied
hemselves to Juneau, where
hey started collecting their
iches, chartering a plane to
iake them to the various canner
ies where money was due.
At the close of their collection
our, according to the airplane
mrpany officials they had gath
■red together a neat stake of
>130,000. They harkened to the
rail of Seattle and today they are
here.”
TWO PLUS TWO
To the average fisherman in
la ska, two plus two is four but
■ o many of the businessmen the
ittie problem is one that is not
o easily solved.
An average seine crew earning
-even thousand dollars would net
a thousand dollars per unit share.
It would take twenty-six crews of
esident fishermen to gross $180,
000. They would spend with the
ocsl business men more than
3150,000 of the total earnings.
The two trapmen will spend :
ight or ten thousand dollars of ■
their earnings locally and the i
’■alance would go to the states. :
Which.is worth more to the i
Territory and to the individual
business houses—the twenty-six
crews comprising 130 men earn
ing $180,000 or two men earning
■ hat same amount.
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Mrs. Corntassel, from the rural
districts, stopped her husband at
the city’s busy corner.
“Hiram,” she expostulated,
“the’ way you stare at the limbs
of those shameless city hussies is
something scandalous. A person
would think you’d never seen j
legs before.” i
“Well, Maria,” drawled Mr. j
Corntassel, “that’s just what I j
was beginning to think myself.” ]
As Jim Jam Jems would say it, j
“A woman is as old as she looks, j j
but a man is old only when he j
quits looking. 1
James/Wickersliam
Republican Candidate For Delegate to
Congress, Election Nov. 4, 1930.
I have always stood, and now stand, for Home Rule for Alaska,
and secured the passage of the Act of Congress of August 24,
1912, creating the Alaska Legislature. / will support self
government in Alaska game, fur and fisheries, and, full Territor
hi (icvernment by the people of Alaska
i James Wichershcm.
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