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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1918.
ALASKA TONNAGE MUST BE
CONSERVED
The average citizen does not realize
the tremendous efforts which the
government is putting forth to make
itself efficient in the stress of war.
Likewise the majority fails to appre
ciate the tasks with which the indi
vidual officials of the government are^
confronted and the efforts which they !
are putting forth to solve the million
and one problems before them.
If the government paid overtime
to its salaried officials and to those
who are patriotically contributing
their services, this sum would amount
monthly to a good many million dol
lars. After all has been said and
done, after critics have had their say, I
and after the real shortcomings have
been duly weighed, it will have to be
admitted that this task of making the
nation efficient in the business of war
is being carried out successfully.
Of course there are many details
that remain to be solved, but they are
being solved as rapidly as is humanly
possible. Details cannot be solved to
the best interests of the nation unless
the facts in each case are correctly
presented. Facts are always hard to
,get at. Whenever erroneous conclu
sions are drawn they may be traced to
the failure to get at the facts.
When the United States entered tne
war the government immediately out
lined a program that was based* on
needs so self-evident that they could
not be challenged. An army was to
be raised and sent to France, muni
tions were to be manufactured, the
navy was to be enlarged, food and fuel
were to be conserved and their produc
tion speeded up, merchant ships were
to be built, and shipping was to be con
trolled so that every available ton of
space was used to the best advantage.
The word “Hooverize” was coined.
It wras eloquently descriptive of the
sound policy of the government. It
applied equally well to the conserva
tion of food and to the conservation
of tonnage space.
The American nation had‘hardly en
tered the wTar before it realized that
the building of “ships, and more ships’’
and the regulation and conservation
of tonnage space was one of the big
gest and most important tasks to be
undertaken. To date wonders have
been accomplished in this direction.
There have been minor delays and
minor mistakes, but the big work has
gone on with a relentless progression
that spells ultimate defeat of German
imperialism. All honor to the men
who have worked night and day to get
this program so well under way.
Solved already are the more im
portant questions pertaining to the I
shipping policy. The details, and they i
seem innumerable, are being solved
and adjusted as rapidly as can be ex
pected. |1
All of which leads to the considers-j
tlon.of a detail, one of the million
and one details, which as yet has not |
come before the shipping board for
decision. The correct presentation of
facts is all that is neded to guide the
shipping board to a correct decision.
The detail in question pertains to
Alaska. The problem is to utilize
every cubic foot of tonnage of vessels
that are necessary in the Alaska
trade.
The prime war demands on Alaska
are two: It must produce fish as a
food supply to Its capacity and with
out w-aste; and it must produce coal
for fuel. During the past month it was
announced that the food control bu
reau would take over the control of
the fish canning industry. The ques
tion of getting the maximum of fish
production with the minimum of
waste, therefore, is settled. As for
the second demand, it is taken for
granted that the government will push
its iron trail to completion this sum
mer into the rich Alaskan coal fields.
There remains to be decided only
the question of providing the maxi
mum of tonnage requirements and of
controlling transportation so that
there will be a minimum of tonnage
waste. This is the Alpha and Omega *■
of the shipping board’s policy.
Here are the facts in the case: Last
years the steamship companies serv
ing Alaska furnished adequate ton
nage to transport the record break
ing fish cannery output to the United
States. Every returning vessel arrived
with her holds filled to capacity, and
yet the big catch was moved prompt
ly. Space was Hooverlzed.
But on the voyage northward there
was a different story to tell. These
vessels could not obtain enough north
bound cargo to fill their holds. Spac*
went to wraste; precious space worth
millions of dollars to the government
ind to the cause of humanity in this
world war.
AH the time that this valuable ton
nage on the northbound voyages was
;oing to waste the Alaska railroad
commission was using the government
transport Crook and two barges to
transport railroad supplies to Anchor
age, and these were returning on each
south-bound trip empty. This was
putting the reverse English on the
policy of tonnage conservation with a
vengeance.
However, the war had just started
last summer; the big work before the
shipping board had just begun, policies
were just beginning to take shape, so
there can be no criticism because,
after all, this was merely a detail in
the tremendous task of adjustment
and control which confronted the
board at that time. No one expected
the board to get around to considering j
the Crook before the construction sea- ■
son ended last year.
But before The season opens this j
year it is expected that the subject
of Alaska transportation will come up
for decision, and that neither the
Crook nor any other government ves
sel will be permitted to enter the
Alaskan trade. The facts in the case
are all that are necessary to show
the wastefulness of such a policy.
The same steamships that brought
back the record fish pack last year
will be used this coming season. They
will furnish adequate tonnage to meet
every requirement, if permitted to
carry government railroad supplies
to Alaska their holds will be filled on
the northbound voyages also. Ton
nage waste will be reduced to the
minimum.
Incidentally, the privately owned
steamships have government mail con
tracts which they have to fulfill. Be
cause of this and because of the south
bound fish pack, it is essential for
them not to curtail their service. Witt
he assurance that they will ofrer ade- I
luate space for the prompt transporta
iop of railroad supplies northward as
veil as for the prompt transportation
>f the fish pack southward, it seems
•easonalde to presume that they will
ae permitted thus to operate at their
maximum efficiency—Railway and
Vlarine News. J
Possibilities of Renaissance.
The A nib is an Asiatic, a Semite,
and Amhin is probably his original
home. Thence, migration into Baby
lonia was easy, states a writer, owing
to the absence of natural obstneRc,
such as seas or high mountain
ranges.
As it was a custom of Arabic histo
rians to begin with the creation, few
■ if them ever readied the era in which
they lived and about which they might
have written wftli some accuracy.
Largely for that reason no distinct rec
ord has come down to us of the high
ly interesting conquest of northern
Afrlcn as far ns the Stmlts of Her
cules; it is only after the Arabs ef
fected lodgment in Spnin and pushed
as fur into France as Charles Martel
would permit them that anything ap
proaching •history" of then* is ti> tie
had.
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Bargain Notice—For sale one four
foot fireproof safe, three National cash
registers. Adress Prospector, Valdez
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING.
WANTED—To rent typewriters fori
the Cordova Commercial School,
any standard make; must be>in, good
working condition; $3.00 a month
Communicate at once with .Ttrs. v
1’. Abbott. First Bank of, Cordova.
1-0- 3 ij
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FOR SALE—Two smallskiffs. Cheap;
three barrels cured codfish Phone i
95-2 rings. rv’t j
FOR SALE—20-acre apple orchard
near North Yakima; produced 4,500 '
boxes of apples last year; will sac |
rifice at $7,000; $5,000 cash required. |
Apply L. D. Bracken, Cordova;
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WANTED—Dinner cook; good wages.
Schiller's restaurant. iS-tf
FOR RENT—Three room furnished
house, apply Blum, O’NelirCOtnpany
in tr
i-urs 3hll—a uumuer or gasoline
engines and boats, suitable tor
clam digging. Apply Alaskan Hotel
Barber Shop.
WANTED—A good camp cook; jood
wages. Apply to Gus Ohm, Blum,
O’Neill store.
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FOR RENT—Three furnished rooms
In new building, or furniture for
Bale. Munsell, Ball Park. 9‘tf
FOR SALE—New. Home sewing ma
chine. Almost new At the Bar
gain Store.
WANTED—Chambermaid wants work.
Apply this office. 7-4tj
FOR SALE—One ton Keily-Springfield
motor truck, nearly new, run about j
800 miles, A1 condition, all but rear j
tires. Cost £ o. h. $2,350 (some new
parts extra). Will sell for $750 cash,
if taken soon. Owner going Outside
Call or write O. L. Johansen, Chittoa,.
r Alaska.
FOR RENT—Two rooms for house
keeping. Inquire American Bakery
6-41
FOR RENT—Three furnished rooms
for housekeeping, downstairs, in old
meat market. 6 6t
WANTED—Range, heating stove and
rugs. Must be in good condition.
Phone 171.
FOR RENT—Three furnished rooms,
downstairs in old Meat Market.
WANTED—Woman cook. Apply this
office. 25-tt
FOR RENT—CaDins. See Dooley.
WANTED—Girls to work in clam
plant Apply Pioneer Packing Com
pany, 25-8t
WANTED—A girl for general house j
work. Apply to Mrs. E. L. Harwood.
‘"We Are a Nation
| of Economic Illiterates”
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I FRANK A. VANDERLIP, THE HEAD OF
THE BIGGEST AMERICAN NATIONAL I
BANK, SAID THAT. HOWEVER, THE FI
NANCIAL EFFORTS OF OUR GOVERN
MENT ARE PROVING THAT AS A NATION
WE ARE LEARNING.
THIS BANK ADVERTISES COMMERCIAL
ACCOUNTS, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. BUT DO
YOU KNOW WHAT THESE ARE?
YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME AND ASK
US QUESTIONS WHETHER YOU DECIDE
TO PLACE YOUR MONEY WITH US OR
NOT. WE ARE AS COURTEOUS TO THOSE
WHO DO NO BUSINESS WITH US AS WE
ARE TO THOSE WHO DO.
Bank of Alaska
Alaska’s Branch Banking System
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FOR SALE j
Walker’s Inn at Alganic* Two
houses completely furnished and
stocked with stores and* pro
visions. An ice house with, five
tons of ice. Exceptional oppor
tunity for man desiring, to go
into business for himself. Must
be sold within thirty days.
For terms apply to Cordova
Abstract & Realty Co., Adams
Building, Cordova.
We have a number of excep
tional good bargains in business
and residential lots.
REAL ESTATE INSURANCE
SURETY BONDS
ABSTRACTS,
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ROOM 1, ADAMS BUILDING.
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| The People Who Are Paying
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Just Received
JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT EASTER
Merchandise will not be shipped before March
1. On or about March 15 we will have on dis
play Gage and Fiske Millinery, Silk Sweaters,
Dresa Skirts, Suits, Dresses, Baronette and Roy
alty Satins, Yosan Silks, Chinese Silks, Broad
cloth Goats and Suits, Tncotines, Poiret Jerseys,
Silver Tone and Serges, Shoes, Waists, Petti
coats, Gloves, Underwear, Gossard Corsets and
Silk Hosiery. A most complete line of staples
and domestics. Best and most complete line
ever brought into Cordova.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmm&mmammmmmm
DOUI ITY’S
First Avenue Opp. The Horseshoe
i Alaskan Hotel
ROBERT GOTTSCHALK—Proprietor! ®
A ‘‘The House of Comfort.”
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN
ALASKA
BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION.
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells,
Electric Lights, Steam Heat, Suites
With Bath.
CORDOVA . ALASKA
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