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CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER ,8, 1917
CANADIAN WHEAT FOF
UNITED STATES
Since April of this yeai
wheat and wheat flour have
been imported in greatly in
creased quantities from Cana
da. This is attributed prin
cipally to the fact that on
April l(i Canada removed the
duty on wheat imported into
that country, which action au
tomatically admitted Canadian
wheat free of duty into the
1 nited States under the provi
sions of the tariff law of 1913,
According to new statistics
furnished by the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, 840,981 bushels of wheat
were imported from Canada in
September of this year, as com
pared with 3,269,607 bushels
for the whole nine months end.
ed with September, 1916.
For tin' nine months ended
with September of this year,
we imported wheat from Can
ada to tlx* extent of 21,490,269
bushels, over 14,000,000 bush
els of which came in free after
April 16. The imports of
wheat flour during these nine
months totaled 403,270 barrels,
of which 297,695 barrels came
in free of duty. For the cor
responding nine months in
1916 the totaf imports were
157,289 barrels and in 1915
_only 90,499 barrels.
This Canadian wheat and
flour is being received through
every customs district on the
northern border from the At
lantic to* the Pacific, Buffalo
leading in September with
285,119 bushels and 51,596
barrels of flour, followed by
Duluth, Minnesota, and Super
ior, Wisconsin, with 223,883
bushels of wheat ami 15,761
barrels of flour, Michigan with
138,881 bushels of wheat and
1,539 barrels of flour, Ohio
with 114,096 bushels of wheat,
Minnesota with 12,145 bushels
of wheat, and New York,
Rochester, Vermont, Dakota,
Montana, and Washington
with varying amounts. There
.'is also a noticeable movement
j of Canadian flour to the west
coast.
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WAR PLATFORM
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fourteen specific instruc
tions as to additional methods
for increasing the capacity of
their equipment and facilities
have been issued to the rail-1
roads of the country by their
own war hoard chairman Fair-1
fax Harrison.
The new planks in the “way
platform” of the railroads are
summarized as follows:
1. Comply promptly and
cheerfully with all priority and
governmental orders and or
ders of commission on ear
' service.
2. Increase loads per car,
! expedite movements through
j yards and terminals; check up
and enforce demurrage rules;1
^ same with cross-haul of com-!
I modifies.
3. Unload company material
| much mor£ promptly.
4. Increase lading in L. C. TjJ
merchandise cars by establish-!
ing “sailing days.”
o. Increase fuel economy. j
0. Review switching service
at terminals and prescribe spe-1
cial movements to cut unneces
sary detention of cars.
7. Conserve transportation
by avoiding unnecessarily cir-;
cuitous routes, but avoid over
loading direct, routes.
8. Lengthen passenger and
fast freight schedules during,
the winter to promote punctu
ality and avoid demoralization
( of traffic consequent upon
I trains being late.
9. Wherever possible, ar
range for common use of ter
' minals and facilities to tide
| over threatened emergencies.
I 10. Curtail—’ reconsignment
privileges.
11. Encourage use of motor
trucks and co-operation with
! trolley lines in short-haul
freight.
12. Enlist services of water
transportation lines in all re a
sonable and practicable ways.
13. Campaign for universal
interline waybilling.
14. Keep seaport and region
al gateways free of congestion
by prompt use of embargoes on
first sign of trouble, rather
than wait for congestion to ac
tually develop.
ITALY COMES BACK.
Italy is again facing tin*
hordes from the north. This
time it is the Hun, instead of
the Goth and the Vandal.
The valiant stand of the Ital
ians on the Piave is the proof
of the strength of a nation re
born.
Italy, in all the world, is the
only nation that lias gone to
ruin and, like the Phoenix, ris
en from its ashes.
V hen the Roman empire was
at tin* full bloom of its glory,
the Latins ruled the civilized
world. The legions of Rome
controlled every region where
culture was known.
Then this nation decayed
and fell. Its greatness was
but a memory. When a nation
falls, it generally is done for
ever except in the dark arch
ives of ancient history. Italy
became divided into many
petty states that fought inces
santly. Austria finally came
to possess the fairest portion
of the home of the Latins, and
when the nineteenth century
was opened Italy gave no indi
cation of ressurection.
But the spirit of nationality
was not dead. The line of the
Romans had not been forgot
ten.
The king of Sardinia united
tin* patriotism of a land He|
drove* the Austrians out and
was crowned king of reborn
Italy for his efforts.
In the present war Italy,
twice a nation, is showing that
its modern battalions, des
cended from the legt >ns or
Caesear, give it right to rank
anew as one of the great pow
ers of the earth.
FOUR FINE EXAMPLES
There are soldiers who go
temporarily insane through
the fear engendered by inces
sant shellfire and constant
watch in the trenches.
We know some who will
never have anything like that
wrong with them. We refer
to the three Montana young
men who came along with Mon
tana troops to Camp Lewis
though they were not drafted,
and who begged to remain at
camp when they were found
out.
_ These three will never wor
ry when they get to the place
where they can smell powder
and hear shell shrieking
through the air.
And in this connection Lieut.
William Scales of Centralia,
who resigned his commission
in order to go to France at once
as a private, deserves mention.
This is not a nation of flbby
museled, ease-loving individu
als, after all.—Tacoma M»ws.
-AST SECOND BASEMAN
TO ,'OIN U. S. ARMY
(By Associated Press)
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 8—Card
Gislason. the fast little second sacker
on the Salt Lake baseball club in the
Pacific ('oast league, who originallj
hailed from Iceland, is to join the
United States army. Gislason was
raised in Ballard, a suburb of Seattle.
Sporting experts here declare Gis
lason is the only professional player
to be born in Iceland, but he fills the
bill so well, that they would hail the
arrival of more tossers from that far
north country with delight.
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