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That there is over half a million
dollars in the Territorial Treasury at1
the present time, but that this will
be depleted greatly when the school
l
and road appropriations are made is
the statement of Territorial Treasur-|
er Walstein G. Smith, who returned
recently from the North Further de
tails concerning the funds appears in
the Skagway Alaskan, which inter-’
viewed Mr. Smith while he was there: j
Despite heavy disbursements to-,
ward Territorial road work there are
at the present time $700,000 in the
treasury, which amount will be con
siderably reduced when the first al
lotment of funds is made to schools.
The Alaska legislature has instruc
ted the Territorial Treasurer to al
lot $50,000 per year, for a period of
two years, to each division, for road
work. This totals $200,000 per year,
however some of the divisions have
not ujed their full allotment, wrhich
money still remains in the treasury,
for use the coming season. Big ap
propriations have been made for
schools outside of incorporated towns,
and in addition $315,000 has been set
aside, each year for a period of two
years, for schools in incorporated
towns. The latter schools send their
bills to the treasury every three
months, and up to this time none has
been received. When this payment
is made a considerable shrinkage in
the funds will take place.
Mr. Smith stated the reason for
the big expenditures by the Terri
torial treasury was because of the de-J
crease in federal taxes causing a]
shrinkage in the Alaska fund, and
because of the decrease in taxes from
incorporated towns which were re
turned to those towns. The Alaska
fund, set aside 65 per cent for the
road commission, 25 per cent to sup
ply schools outside of incorporated
towns, and 10 per cent went to judges
for the relief of destitution in their
districts This fund is constantly
shrinking, necessitating larger appro
priations on the part of the Terri
torial treasury as authorized by the
legislature.
The heaviest tax season for this
year is yet to come, from January to
April. The biggest sources of revenue
to the Territory are from fish and
mining; the former pay a graduated
tax and the latter pay 1 per cent of
their net income. Fish traps pay $100
a year. Doctors, dentists, lawyers,
bakeries, laundries and registered
boats pay a yearly tax. Thelephone
companies, electric and water com
panies pay y2 of one per cent of their
gross receipts. Autos for hire pay a
yearly tax of $5.00; public messan
gers pay $25, meat markets and cold
storage plants pay a graduate tax
^ and the railroads of Alaska pay a tax
of 1 per cent on the gross income.
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Sixteen lots in the townsite of An
chorage have been forfeited to tin
government because of the failurt
of the owners to pay the street im
provement assesments levied agaUis
^ the lots.
LONDON, Dec. 10—Writing immedi
ately after the Maximalist Coup in
Petrograd. the Daily Telegraph's form
er Petrograd correspondent now in
London said: “One of the most dis
quieting symptoms in revolutionary
Russia is the devaluation of the
rouble. It is no longer merely an in
ternational matter as it was during
the earlier phases of the war. 1 he
cause then was tile practical cessa
tion of Russia’s expoit trade and her
| consequent inability to pay with goods
for her vast Imports of war material.
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Now It is mainly due to the flooding *
of the country with paper money.
"The depreciation shows itself in a
stupendous rise of prices and wages.
Tne chaimar of one of the largest
business federations in Russia stated
that the government was having to
pay 150 roubles each for shells which
it contracted for at 64 roubles."
In the London market yesterday the
rouble exchange wen^ up to as much
as 580 roubles per ten pounds sterling,
making the value of the rouble barely
sixpence. In exchange circles it was
reported difficult to deal at that fig
ure and with regard to the output
of paper money in Russia it was re-'
ported the inflation is now greater
than ever and amounts to as much as
one hundred million roubles daily on
I the basis of the normal exchange.
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or freight will not ua received at the dock later than one hour before
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