FOR SALE
FOR SALE:
Choice business and resi
dence property.
FOR RENT
Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
INSURANCE
Fire and marine, life and ac
cident.
BONDS
Fidelity and surety.
CORDOVA ABSTRACT and
REALTY COMPANY
ROOM 1, ADAMS BUILDING.
Electric Wiring
and Repairs—
JOHN G. YOUNG
Leave Orders at Cordova
Sheet Metal Works.
Phone 143
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CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNE8, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 101-3. Phone 182
Machine Woit of all Kinds.
Blaeksiulthlng, General Repair
lug, Horse Shoeing. Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
AMERICA MADE
GOODS BE SENT
EVERY NATION
W ASHINGTON. Dec. 10. American
j manufacturers are rapidly forming ex
| port associations which plan to carry
i the products of tile United States to
every nation on earth, to create and
enlarge demands for goods "made In
America," and to furnish cargoes for
t lie American merchant marine to
transport over the seven seas. The
trade invasion of other countries will
begin in earnest when Europe has
been supplied with food and recon
struction materials and the world gets
hack to a normal peace basis.
To avoid collision with the provi
sions of the Sherman anti trust act
and the Ulayton law. the new associa
tions are filing statements of their
purpose with the federal trade com
mission. taking advantage of the
Webb bill, permitting such combina
tions solely for the purpose of export
trade This act enables Americans to
combine their strength to compete
successfully with similar combina
tions in other countries. Up to the
present fifty-two statements have been
filed, embracing combinations of ma
chinery and tool makers, paper
makers, lumber manufacturers and
general exporters
. il i iii", (in- ( wiimiiKuiuii,-'
have been effected along the line of
trade associations—that is. all manu
facturers in the producing of a cer
tain article or series of articles are
j handing together, somew hat along the
I lines followed by the Hermans in push
ing goods to all corners of the earth
I before the war. Some experts believe
that this system is wrong, and that
the combinations should bo effected
j along the department store idea -
tin t is. that each combination should
include one or two manufacturers of
each article and that the association
should he able to furnish everything
from a pin to a locomotive They
argue this system would save much
expense in maintaining salesmen and
branch agencies, and that just as
strong organizations can be effected
jas under the other plan. Advocates
| of the one-line-of-business idea con
tend. however, that their system,
; which sends out highly specialized
; salesmen to sell one article only, and
w hich allocates all orders among man
jufacturers embraced in the assoeia
| t ion. makes the stronger combination
to meet foreign competition only.
Officials who have studied the prob
lem think the danger of an outgrowth
|of these export associations similar
1 to the great Metalgesselschaft of tier
j many, which controlled metals and
metal products in all parts of Ihe
world, both in product ion and distri
bution. Is eliminated by a provision of
tile Webb hill which prohibits any ex
j porters' association from engaging in
[importing activities. This is designed
[to prevent, or make undesirable, con
trol of raw materials. It also is pro
vided that the acts of the eombina
tions must not be in any way in re
straint of trade within the United
j States, the federal trade commission
[having continual supervision over
their activities and each Individual
: manufacturing or jobbing member of
the association being amenable to the !
Sherman and Clayton acts in so far as
his domestic business Is concerned.
The bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce is prepared to give aid to
the combinations in the way of stutis
tlcal and trade information about for
eign markets Additional commercial
attaches and traveling agents are be
ing sought by the bureau to handle
the expected increased volume of
American business, and a movement is
under way with the backing of the
department of commerce, the cham
ber of Commerce of the United States
and other organizations, to secure
more consuls under the state depart-j
merit, part of whose duties would he i
to assist in this work
Owing to the existence of long-term !
credits customs in foreign markets, |
especially in South America, which j
were inaugurated by the Germans and
English, it will be necessary for the
American exporters to have an agency
for the quick discounting of trade ac
ceptances and similar doAimetits of
indebtedness. American bankers,
awake to this need, are moving hand
in hand with the manufacturers—
even a few steps ahead—and are es
tablishing branch banks in South
America, the West indies, Italy, Den
mark. Russia, China, the Philippines,
the Straits Settlements, the Dutch
East Indies, British India, Japan, Pan
ama, Great Britain and other coun
tries where it is expected the export
associations will carry the products
of Yankee ingenuity and civilization.
With all tliis preparation accom- ’
plished and much more about to be
begun, there remains one considerable
problem for the American men hants
to overcome before they can make
apy progress in foreign markets This
is shipping.
Withdrawal of all merchant \essels
from the normal trade route and
playing of them under absolute con
trol of the Shipping Board und-r the
stress of war necessity makes it im
possible to get products to foreign
buyers until some tonnage is released
by the board for normal tradt pur
poses. The silnation in Europe re
garding food and reconstruction ma
terial is such that the. board d> sires
to retain control of every vessel until
lhe emergencies have been passed
and it has been declared in some
quarters that at least two years must
elapse before all the abnormal needs
of the world can be supplied, even
with the continual use of all existing
bottoms. However, a plan may be j
evolved by the division of operations
of the Shipping Board under vhirh. |
after all vessels have been ufHWkjXpr Ij
several months exclusively'in the,
food-carrying to Europe, a proportion j
may be released to carry cargoes to
other parts or the world
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Silver Spruce Popular.
Tbi' silver spruce of British Co- j
lumbla is in such demand for airplane
construct Ion because the trees grow
extremely tall, sometimes 150 feet, and
they taper hut little toward the top. j
From them can he obtained long wing (
beams for (lying machines, which run
from 15 to 35 feet in length.
Describing Him.
“That feller is surli a fool," com
mented the gaunt Missourian, "that T
reckon likely when he was a baby bis
maw used to bold him by the ankles
and tote him around with his head
hanging down like a chicken.”—Kan
sas City Stnr.
Perils of Literary Life.
The man who talks too much isn’t
half as apt to get into trouble us the!
fellow that writes too much, and |
somebody keeps the stuff that lie wrote
and digs it up against him.—Wilming
ton News.
Safe Betting.
About the only sure-tliing bet In this
world of chance is to place your money 1
on the locomotive when it is racing an
automobile to a crossing.—Indianapo
lis News.
Very Old Family.
Mnqulre—"Family tree, Is It? Share !
j wan av me anclstors conthrolled the I
Intlre timber privilege of the garden
av Aden.”—Boston Transcript.
Truly Restful.
There Is nothing more restful to the
tired holly than breathing deeply and
at the same time relaxing.
In Every Profession.
Not all the quacks practice medicine.
There are a few of them In every other
calling.—Topeka Capital.
1 “Bevo” Bs Here
It’s a drink that surely fills the bill.
Delivered to the trade or families in
large or small quantities
FRED HAEF, Distributor
Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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Mr. Business
Man
By the recent addition of many new
type faces and other equipment we have
made of our JOB DEPARTMENT one
of the finest in Alaska. We are now in
a position to handle your orders with |
even more neatness and dispatch than
before. How about that order for sta- §
tionery you were wanting right away?
Just step to the phone and call us—
we will do the rest.
Prices? Well—, you will find them
always RIGHT.
Rocks—Sulphurous Waters—Oils,
—just us they come “I Ii
Press” takes them on and
beats them. There never
was such a boot for wear.
The most heart-breaking
service merely brings it
back for more. Miners find
they do not have to attach
^ ^ leather hob-nailed soles to
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MINING MACHINERY MARINE - HARDWARE CANNERY SUPPLIES
HARMON MACHINERY COMPANY, INC.
CORDOVA. ALASKA