GRANGES SAY
CITY WORKMAN
* IS TO BLAME
ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press),—Officials of the New
York State Grange, representing 125,
000 farmers, in a statement issued
here placing responsibility for the
high cost of living upon labor, de
clared that “an economic adjustment
must be made if the world is to be
fed and agriculture preserved.” The
indictment of all workers except
those engaged in agricultural pursuits
is made by Sherman J. Powell and W.
N. Giles, master and secretary res
pectively of the Grange, who allege
that strikes have been an important
factor in raising the price of food,
clothing and shelter.
“The first factor in (a happy life is
three meals every day,” says the
statement. “The next is adequate
clothing and housing to keep the body
warm. The war has only hastened
r* what every thinking agriculturalist
has seen for years was surely coming.
Rural workers have not received the
support and encouragement which
the urban workers so easily obtained
in the form of better schools, roads,
churches, houses, shorter hours and
higher wages for work under more
favorable conditions. This had the
result of steadily drawing from the
country its population to an alarming
degree. Now, instead of going into
a study of our situation and develop
ing a remedy, our laboring brothers
of the city purpose to remedy our
trouble by arbitrary measures with
out any real knowiedge of the cost
of producing of the necessities of life.
“No class of Americans with red
blood in their veins will stand being
told they must labor long hours at
inadequate pay in order that another
class may have shorter hours and
higher wages. Even the faithful farmer
who has always produced suffi
cient food for all, feels that he has
about reached the limit, and that no
laboring man of the city should find
fault if he applies the same rule that
his city brother has taught him.
“Why is it that over half of our
farms have mortgages on them, and
that two-thirds are worked by rent
ers? When a class of men demand
a higher wage although their labor
does not earn it, some one else must
pay, and they become dishonest prof
iteers.
“We here challenge the city laborer
to a cost accounting that all the
world may see who earns his wage.
Let there be an authoritative cost ac
counting of farm products and a wage
scale for labor the base of which shall
be its earning power.
“When wheat was $1 a bushel one
bushel paid for a day’s work. Wheat
by government fiat, is now $2.26 a
bushel, and it now requires from twro
to three bushels to pay labor for one
day's work. Again, wrhen wool was
30 cents a pound, allowing four
pounds for a suit of clothes at $20,
thirteen days’ labor at $1.50 a day
paid for a suit. To-day wool is 65
cents a pound, four pounds bringing
$2.60, the amount received by the
farmer. The same suit of clothing is
now $40 and the laborer can obtain
a suit by eight days of labor at $5
per day. These comparisons will
hold good with every farm product.”
ENORMOUSNUMBER
OF BLIND IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Aug. 20 (by mail).—Sev
enty blind men recently presented
themselves at the house of commons
“as a protest against state apathy
towards the deplorable conditions of
the blind.” An official of the
League of the Blind complained that
money contributed for the blind was
being utilized in paying salaries to of
ficials which, in some cases, amounted
to $4,000 yearly, while blind persons
are given pensions averaging only
$50 annually. He declared England
had a blind population of 34,000, the
great majority of them in dire dis
tress because of prevailing living
costs and the scarcity of employment
for which they are suited.
FUNDS FOR RELIEF OF
REVOLUTIONISTS FAMILILS
DUBLIN, Aug. 23 (by mail).—The
Irish National Aid and Volunteer De
pendents’ fund, formed after the re
bellion of Easter week to provide for
the families of men killed or impris
oned, has just issued an audited ac
count of its work which shows that
the total amount it received was
$689,040, of Avhich it expended $679,
730. Subscriptions were received
from all over the world, the largest
contribution, $296,740, coming from
the United States while $109,970 came
from Australia, and $25,850 from New
Zealand. Ireland itself contributed
$218,125.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY
DURING EXCAVATIONS
BRINDISI, Italy, Aug. 20 (by mail).
A sepulcher of terra cotta has just
been discovered in the excavations
for the new docks here. It dates
back to 27 B. C. Besides containing
the bones of an ancient warrior it
contains many coins and trinkets,
some of which relate to the consul
ship of Marcus Vespasanius Agrippa.
The sepulcher will be placed in the
Italian civic museum.
ELECTRIFYING RAILROADS
MILAN, Aug. 19 (by mail).—Signor
De Vito, minister of transportation,
has announced that 3,600 miles of
Italian railroads will be gradually
electrified.
Try the Club Billiard Hall for
golden, silver and royal fizzes. 23-tf
SHOE REPAIRING
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building.
C Street. P. O. Box 986.
Keist Furniture
Company
Is the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
We Sell Goods on Commission
Next door to Alaska S. S. Office
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YOUR FURS MADE TO ORDER
Best work guaranteed. Low
est prices. Over 2.000 Alaska
customers.
R. W. Drew
Tacoma’s Expert Furreir
Uth and B’dw'y, Tacoma, Wasln j
COOPER ESTATE
LOTS AT SACRIFICE
The heirs of A. B. Cooper, deceased,
offer for sale the northwest double
corner of Third avenue and C streets
at $1250. This corner was bought by
Mr. Cooper a number of years ago
as the best residence or apartment
site he could buy. Look at it and you
will confirm his judgment.
SEE KELLY
Cordova Adjustment Company
i SMOKERS!
Do you know the Horseshoe
j Billiard Hall carries one of the
most complete stocks of Tobacco
and Cigars handled by any store
in Alaska?
We have special facilities for
storing tobacco to preserve its
strength and insure it reaching
you in perfect condition. You
will find your favorite brand
here, moist and fragrant.
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Standard Brands of
Cigars
including large sizes in the
Mozart, Lovera, Optimo, Up
mann, Roi-Tan and La Prefer
entia.
2 for 25c
$6.00 per box of 50
Popular brands of Smoking To
baccos in tins, such as Velvet,
Prince Albert, Tuxedo.
3 for 50c
$2.00 per dozen
We carry a full line of Pipes,
Tobacco Pouches and other
Smokers’ Accessories.
THE HORSESHOE
BILLIARD HALL
E. L. HARWOOD, Prop. j ]
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PHYSICIAN and '‘SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital (.Ostrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
DR, W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store.
Residence, Alaska Hotel.
DR. W. D’ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
1 p. m. to 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
DR. CHAS. DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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DR. CORA DAGGETT
SPECIALIST
Pyorrhea and Dental Prophylaxis
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
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DR. CHARLES M. RODSETH
CHIROPRACTIC. PHYSICIAN
Northern Hotel,
Phone 158
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
4-4
E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
4-4
R. H. L. NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
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H. I. CALL
Piano Tuning and Regulating
C St., Opp. Hegg's
Phone 123—2 Rings
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THE ALPHA
SCHOOL OF DANCING
Private lessons every evening,
j American Bakery. Phone 203.
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JUST RECEIVED
A large: shipment of
LIVE CHICKENS
Good Friers
FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
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JOE FREY
Phone 22
WINDSOR HOTEL
L. WALN, Prop.
WHERE YOU GET
COMFORT AND SERVICE
And the Rates Are Right.
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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g | pens to a flag that flaps and
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g | becomes shredded and tattered,
g | Your washing, when you dry
g | it on the line, is subjected to this
g | same wearing action, Of course,
1 the effects are not so severe and
g | not so apparent to the eye as
g | those suffered by the flag but
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g | basket. In 15 minutes, without
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g | turbed, they are practically dry.
A few minutes more in warm,
pure air and they are com
pletely dry. | |
No wringing, no flapping, no
soot—the result is longer life for
your clothes; economy of expen- I %
diture and economy of labor. i %
Doesn’t this appeal to you as
the proper way to have your
family washing dried ? | &
This, however, is but one of the
conserving details of our im
proved laundering methods. f
A trial will be convincing. 1 ;j:j
Telephone and we will have
our driver call for your family I ?;>
bundle.
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IS ON THE EVE OF
GREATER PROSPERITY
AND THE WISE ONES WILL
TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE
GOOD THINGS
IN STORE BY BRANCHING OUT-AND ALSO
ADVERTISING IN THE DAILY TIMES
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