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TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1920
MARAT FIXED PRICES ALSO
Emperor Diocletian and President
Wilson are not the only monarchs who
have proved that price-fixing is a fizzle.
Take Marat, for instance. He fixed up
everything nicely in the way of prices,
and the result was a mob of 40,000
starving Parisians who broke into the
•hops and killed their proprietors,
who were wrongly accused of hoard
ing and extortion.
This was in 1790. The set of maxi
mum prices began at first only with
grain. Dealers were required to de
clare the exact amount in stock, were
allowed to sell only in designated mar
kets, and at a pice any deviation from
which brought drastic penalties. Citi
»ens were limited to the sale and pur
chase of only one month’s supply.
Moreover, the seller had to accept his
pay for his grain in assignats. This
paper currency was daily depreciat
ing in value, and the government
sought to keep it at par by forcing
dealers to accept it at its face value.
Any dealer who demanded specie in
place of assignats, or even hinted or
asserted that assignats had depre
ciated in value, was first liable to a
punishment of six years in prison, a
second offense meant twenty years,
and a third death. Later on the maxi
mum prices were applied to numerous
other commodities, and the efforts to
keep down the cost of living in this
way were continued through 1791 and
the four following years.
But all dealers refused to sell their
grain or other products at the prices
named. Industry came to a standstill.
There was a cessation of free labor.
The fields were poorly cultimated or j
cultivated not at all. No buildings!
were erected and horses and car- j
riages disappeared. Want and desti
tution became general and finally,
upon the outbreak of riot and murder,
the laws were repealed and the law
©f supply and demand allowed to take
its place in adjusting conditions.
All government efforts at price-fixing
have been failures. So also was the j
Manly edict of old Jack Cade in Eng
land. This personage, in behalf of
his following, willed reform in the
following edict:
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"There shall be in England seven i
halfpenny loaves sold for a penny;
the three-hoope." pot shall have ten
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hoops; and I will make it a felony to j
drink small beer.”
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
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"Complete Woman’s Band” is the
heading of a recent newspaper article, j
We wTould imagine that a woman
would have to be pretty nearly alii
there to play one of those big bass j
horns.—Douglas News.
The greatest thing before Alaska to
day is the fisheries question, and it
should be given careful, calm and |
broad-minded consideration, without.
•heap and petty political bickering
©ueh as has done so much injury in
the past.—Ketchikan Chronicle.
Jack McBride is one of Juneau’s
Most progressive citizens. He is a
genuine progressive—a progressive
who believes in and works for the
progress of Juneau and Alaska. He is
Hot a "professional progressive,” he is
not a “professional politician,” he is
»ot an office seeker, but he believes
in progressive citizenship, progressive
politics and progressive development,
and he works for them all more than
he talks.—Juneau Empire.
Fpr several years oil seepages have
been noticed in the vicinity of Robe
lake, but our people have paid ilttle
attention to the deposits on account
•f not being able to locate ground
and being lured by the yellow metal.
Now that the oil leasing bill has pass
erf a number of citizens are planning
to stake these seepages and when the
©pring cotnes again,, if such a thing is
possible, drilling will be done at one
or two points in the Lowe river val
ley. A company is being formed to
raise funds for financing the propo
sition.—Valdez Miner.
The announcement of C. H. Flory,
forest supervisor, that his bureau is
authorized to make sales of timber in
sufficient quantity and covering a suf
ficient period of time to justify the
installation of pulp mills in Alaska, is
the best news Alaskans have heard for
a long time.
The operation of pulp mills not only
means the employment of large num
bers of workers, but it means also the
employment of such workers through
out the year. In fact, the felling of
timber for pulp purposes could be car
ried on in the winter as well as in the
summer, if not better. The result is
that fishermen and m'en in other em
ployment who are idle during our
short winter season could find profit
able and healthful employment instead
of passing through a period of en-!
forced idleness.—Juneau Capital.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 30 (by As
sociated Press).—An industrial con
ference to promote more harmonious
relations between employer and em
ploye will be held in Houston April
8 and 9. The call was issued by T.
C. Jennings, commissioner of labor.
The wedding of Mrs. Miriam D. Rid
ley, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Davis of Metlakahtla, and a sister of
Mrs. H. F. Watson of Ketchikan, to
Captain George E. Bertrand, formerly
of Ketchikan and now of Seattle, was
solemnized at Seattle on March 16.
Advertise in the Dally Times.
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DEALER IN
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SEATTLE NEW YORK
Alaska Building 127 W. 27th St
Ship direct to New York for highest prices paid for Raw
Furs. Your shipments are handled by expert graders and New York
market prices are paid on correct grading the day received. If de
sired, your shipments will be kept separate, in order that our prices
may be approved by you. Providing that our valuation does not prove
satisfactory, the Furs will be returned to you, transportation charges
prepaid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or Express. Ship in a dry
condition. Always inclose an itemized list of contents with name and
address. All payments are made by check on the Seattle National
Bank, or in any other manner desired. Special instructions, if any, to
accompany shipment.
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Add eight.
Divide by two.
Subtract the number you
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Multiply by three.
Add one.
Subtract six.
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Come into the Horseshoe, and
if the man at the counter can
not tell you the correct answer
he will treat you to a cigar.
We are as certain of the su
perior quality of our cigars and
tobacco as we are of solving
this problem.
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