PLACES BLAME
FOR ALASKA’S
MAIL SERVICE
“Many people have received the
idea that the steamship companies are
responsible for forcing United States
mail to be carried by freight in
Alaska, whereas the facts are that the
steamship companies are not to
blame,” said T. B. Watson, general
claim agent for the Pacific Steamship
Company, who is on a business trip
to Cordova.
“Now, we know that every Ameri
can citizen has a right to conduct his
business on a basis that will bring him
a reasonable return on the money he
has invested,’ continued Mr. Watson.
“If, as a result of his own unwisdom,
any man should sell his goods or his
services at less than cost, he would be
forced out of buiness, and we know
tlmt the American people in all' fair
ness, do not demand that any man sell
his goods, or his services at less than j
cost, but if he should do so, they will
not pity him so much as they would
condemn him for his foolishness.
“If the people of Alaska will ex
amine the situation carefully, they
will realize that if the steamship com
panies attempted to carry the mails
under the contract demanded by the
postal department, the companies
would be in the same position as the
merchant who drove himself into
bankruptcy by selling his goods at
less than cost.
“When the post office department
asked for bids on the Alaska mail con
tract, the steamship companies figured
as closely as they could and they sub
mitted bids in which they offered to
carry the mail for exactly the same
revenue per trip as they had in the
past despite the tremendous increased
cost of operation which the steamship
companies had to bear. The post of
fice department arbitrarily decided
that the companies had asked too
much. The result was, that the post
office department resolved to discon
tinue giving the people of Alaska mail
service as formerly, but decided to
send mail by freight. As a result of
this decision, the people of Alaska
have suffered the greatest inconveni
ence and delay, and they should place
the blame where it belongs; it is
easily within the power of the post of
fice department to remedy this stiua
tion. It stands to reason that the
steamship companies would gladly
carry the mall if they can do so with
out suffering a loss, as no individual
or company is going to refuse a con
tract if it offers a profit.
"The government has received in
numerable protests from the people
and commercial bodies of Alaska
against the handling of mail by
freight and express, as at present. To
offset these protests, the impression
has been given out that the steamship
companies were arbitrarily exorbi
tant in their bids. A good many peo
ple in Alaska received the idea that
the steamship companies were respon
sible for forcing the mail to be car
ried by freight whereas, as has been
stated before, the companies did not
raise their bids over what had been
charged during the time when operat
ing cost were very much lower than
at present, and the Admiral line and
Alaska Steamship company, at a meet
ing in the chamber of commerce re
cently, stated plainly that they were
quite happy under the present condi
tion, without any mail contract as
they were now enabled to cut out a
great many calls and deviations which
cost lots of money, and which makes
it possible to save in operating ex
penses, more than the whole of the
compensation for carrying the mails.
“If they can carry the mails, how
ever, without suffering an actual loss,
they will do it in order to accommo
date the people of Alaska. In fairness
to the steamship companies, therefore,
the people must look to the post office
department for the necessary action
to bring relief. The companies are in
no way responsible for the situation,
and should not bear the blame for a
condition brought about by the ar
bitray stand taken by the post office
department at Washington, D. C.
"The actual increase in the cost of
operation since January, 1917, is well
over 100 per cent. To show that the
above statemnt is correct I wish to
submit a few figures.
per cent
Increase in salaries to ships’
officers and crew . 75.68
Increase in insurance . 194.00
Increase in fuel . 112.50
Increase in meals and service. 43.00
“These figures do not take into con
sideration any overhead expenses and
repairs, so we feel that the criticism
directed against the steamship com
panies regarding the matter of the
Alaska mail situation is unwarranted.”
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stated that the usual procedure is to
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allowed to keep the increase and pay
for the original herds in small in
stallments.
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LAURIE BROTHERS1
McCarthy
PROFESSIONAL
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital (.Ostrander
Building).
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Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
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