THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 15)15.
OUR ENORMOUS NAVAL COST
NOT COMMENSURATE WITH RESULTS
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IN THE PAST year then* lias been spent on navies the fol
lowing sums: United States, hundred and forty million:
England two hundred and sixty million; dermany, hundred
and fourteen million; France, hundred and twenty-four million;
Russia , hundred and twenty-nine million; Japan sixty-nine
million; Italy, fifty million. Your Uuncle Sam stand's second
in the list and yet, according to expert advice, he hasn’t a navy
fit to meet that of England, dermany or France, and possibly
Japan’s. It is being charged by some that the money has been
frittered away. To some extent perhaps this is true, and, if
true, it may be partly attributed to the indefinite, willy-nilly
program of congress.
Rut our battleships cost us more than foreign ship cost.
We pay higher wages to workers. This may be true as well, of
maintenance costs. In a general way we cannot get the same
efficiency from our navy as other nations for the same price
for the same reason that we cannot compete with them in the
building and maintenance of a merchant marine. A glimpse
of what may or may not 1m* the solemn facts in the case is
written by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, a well known authority
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Platonic War With Germany.” She says:
“Japan is not striving to gain “the supremacy of the Paci
lie”—it that moans 90 per cent of flu* commerce* and carrying
trade—-because slu* already has it, and has had it without rea
lizing that it was anything to make a great fuss about. Four
merchant ships under tin* Aemrioan Hag are a pitiful plea for
“supremacy;” and more* than this, our strangling navigation
laws, the the tyranny of labor unions, and the solidarity of the
labor vote will forever check the l nited States from getting
any more of the supremacy.”
Nobody wants to reduce the wages of navy yard employes
nor those of the sailors, machinists, engineers, and all who have
to do with operation and maintenance. We face a condition of
higher costs and we have to meet it. There is unfairness in
making a comparison between American naval costs and those
of foreign nations. A republic, anyway, must in the nature of
things, pay more for what it gets than a monarchy pays. A re
public lacks those powers of coercion and' repression which a
monarchy possess. It lacks also the centralization and unifica
tion. Changes in administration produce changes of policy,
delays, higher expenses, and sometimes the costly accidents of
inexperience*. If is true ot tin* nation, as it is of state and cities,
If we have to have a larger navy we may expect our naval hills
t° run tar beyond those of any other nation, and there is no
hope of any other result.
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At Fairbanks the Commercial Club’s executive committee
decline's to uelniit ne*wspape*r repeirters inte> their me*eting and
in commenting em this action the* Citizen ve*ry properly says:
“They were acting within tlmir rights, for the Commercial clul
is not a public body, and lor that reason <le>e*s ne>t have* the* same
relationship te> the* public as <le>e*s the* e*ity council, which is 11
beeely of public servants. The* Fairbanks Commercial clul
elects its own executive ce.mmtitee* and as all the me*mbe*rs of the
club holef monthly meetings ami can thus demanel a knowledge
e>t what the* comm it tea* is doing, there* is ne> absolute necessity
tor the club te» take* anybody inte> its confiele*nce. In fact, the
me*n who support the Cemimercial club are* the only people’win
leave any just right to elemmud eef the* committee any informa
tion. There is nee le*gnl eer moral reasem why the* club, organ
ized and supported by a limited number e»f private* citizens
cannot have* the* right tee ke*e*p all of its work private*, if the
members seee* fit to <le> so.”
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111 a personal letter to the editor of The Times the westeri
representative of the Associated Press says: “When actua
news, (not gossip) about the railroad is obtainable, you may b<
sure that we shall not neglect you.” And our readers neec
have no fear of missing any authentic news in reference to tin
govenimnet tiunk line, neither should they become unnecessari
ly alarmed through the many reports sent out from Seattle
which contain a Washington date line, and are usually vvithoul
any foundation ot fact. For reliable information you can do
pend upon The Times furnishing it at the earliest possibh
moment.
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At a recent meeting, the members of the Cordova Chambei
ot Commerce end rosed the creation of the proposed Alaska De
velopment Board, which is planned to handle government do
partments in this Territory. This is an indication that some ot
the people, at least, are beginning to understand the merits ol
this scheme which is proposed by Secretary Lane for the con
venience of the people here.—Fairbanks Citizen.
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Cordovans have caused' to feel proud of the good work
being accomplished for this community through the local
Chamber of Commerce. Congratulatory letters are received in
almost every mail, by that body, from men in high official posi
tions at Washington, containing unstinted praise for the enter
prise displayed and harmounious action taken by our com
mercial organization whenever any matter of public interest is
an issue.
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While the federal government is pitting its ponderous ma
chinery in motion to make a “thorough” investigation to de
termine whether the high price ot' wheat was caused by specula
tion and an attempt to corner the food market, and while the
board of directors of the National Retail Butchers and Grocers,
association is in session to determine whether tin* middle man
is >emg gouged,” the people continue to stand the brunt
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTOR!
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DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store. *
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
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ROBERT E CAPERS
Attorney at Law
General Civil Practice
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Happy and Prosperous Year j
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STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Jur.MU, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward, via
INSIDE PASSAGE.
Sails frcm Seattle ~ Sails from Cordova—
January 1C. ALAMEDA . January 23
January 24.MARIPOSA.January 31
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, 8heep Creek
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and Latouche. Expioe
Ives, S. S. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th: s. S. Latouche, 15th; S. s
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, January 25, To Seward only
ADMIRAL WATSON, February 5, Through to Kodiak.
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, YakutaL
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA i JtANSKKIt CO., IjOchI Agents
! Copper River &
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I Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 24, 1914.
| Trains leave Cordova, depot at foot of Second Ave ' '•
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; Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays -
; Chitina for Kennecott— !!
; Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
; Konnecott for Chitina— 11
; Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays.
; Chitina for Cordova— r -• !!
| Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays ;;
, I lie above schedule subject to change without notice. ; j
: Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M ;;
; lickets on sale at Depot or up town oflico, Alaska ■
; Meamship Company building !!
: Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
; Superintendent Cordova Agent < ■
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