The Cordova Daily Times
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THE WAY OF “ASKING” TO SECURE
THAT SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE
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THE New York Sun has several pages devoted to South
American resources, and the headline over all is: “South
American Trade for the Asking.”
That is true; the only problem is in the “asking.”
Three score years ago, passengers for California by the
Panama route, saw as they embarked and sailed out of the
harbor, and turned north a more beautiful ship off their beam
but the other ship turned south as tin* California ship turned
north. The other ship carried the Union Jack at her peak. That
was England’s way of “asking” for South America’s trade on
her west coast. Those British ships increased in size and in the
frequency of their voyages, steadily through all the years up to
the breaking out of the great war in Europe last August.
In every considerable port and city from Panama to
Patagonia were English mercantile houses, with men in them
who knew the language of the country; the methods of the
people; the kind's of wares they wanted; their ability to pur
chase; what they had to exchange for what they wanted; what
the resources of their countries were and how they could be
utilized.
On the part of the merchants, if they had not the goods
needed they could positively promise their arrival on a certain
day. A little later Great Britain stretched cables from the
Isthmus to Jamaica, connecting there with cables to England,
which the merchants to obtain needed goods in half tin* time
they had formerly required'. Then it was England’s way to have
a British warship swing into those ports at short intervals, give
their sailors shore leave, let them go on shore and paint the
towns red, have free fights among themselves, until finally it
would be necessary to send out Iroin tin* ships marines enough
to gather up the turbulent crowd and take them back to the
ships.
Through that kind of “asking” the people down there
finally concluded that Great Britain was about all the country
in the world. It was the same way on the oast coast.
After the Franco-Prussian war, Germany began “asking”
for that trade in the same way, and soon became a dangerous
rival of Great Britain in that region, for Germany put up her
goods in more attractive form than England did, and also was
more careful to see that the goods were packed in a way to meet
the wants of each market.
That method of asking was a chief factor in the trade which
made Germany so rich in .'?() years that she was able to give
all her people employment, though they increased in the mean
time 50 per cent in numbers and so increased in wealth that she
built a battle fleet and trained an army which are now the
world’s concernment.
In the meantime the United States has been blessed by a
good many presidents and congresses.
rl hey have looked quietly on and noted the transformation
that has been going on in South American trade, but have
steadily refused to permit the American people to “ask” for
that trade in the only language which the men of South America
understand, and it looks as though the same policy is to be
pursued in the future.
Our government has a President and two houses of
\ congress. It looks as though a third house of congress should
be added, and that the third house members should be com
posed entirely of men who have each shown by their work that
they are business men and' can meet and master a business
proposition.
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UNCLE SAM ADVISED NOT TO GO INTO
REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AT ANCHORAGE
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INT allottment ot lots in Anchorage the government will prob
ably be well advised not to go into the business of leasing
real estate. 1 he assertion that by holding possession of the
ground the go\ eminent could pervent speculation is probably
one that was made without the belief that such a policy would
be followed, and it is to be hoped that such an idea will be
abandoned if it ever actually entered' the minds of those in
authority.
Why should any government try to stop speculation on the
part ot its citizens? Men ought to have as much right to specir
Ilate as they have to do anything else that is not opposed to
the laws. A government which acts as grandmother to its
people is a government which wants always to be a grand
mother, which means that the grandchildren will never
develop.
'Hie plan of leasing lots to people just as a European baron
might lease lands to his tenants is contrary to the spirit of tin*
American nation and its traditions. To hold such people as
dependents is contrary to the spirit of all democratic govern
ment. Freedom of the individual is the chief desire of true
democracy. As freedom for the individual decreases democracy
fails in direct ratio.
No one will deny that speculation in itself is bad in some
respects as freedom may be abused and as alt things that are
good may be abused. If a government tries to remove every
thing of which abuse is possible it will try to do more than
Providence itself has attempted. If it is necessary in order to
stop excessive speculation to curtail the freedom of the people
it were better to let speculation run riot. The United States
has developed materially because its people have been given
full freedom of action. The countries whose governments have
been continuously acting as the peoples’ brains and business
managers have never succeeded industrially and why should
the government of the United States now begin to curtail the
privileges of the people of any part of the nation?
Preventing a monopoly of ;iny industry or any of the
nation’s products is a totally different matter. To permit a
man to be the absolute owner of his home, to (To what he likes
with that home and the ground on which it is located would be
the very best incentive to him to add to its value. To do other
wise would be grandmotherly with a vengeance._Seward
(lateway.
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All the wise men are not yet dead. President do Arriaga
of Portugal has resigned.
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Everybody is anxiously awaiting to learn the text of the
second note dispatched to Germany, which will be made public
tomorrow.
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There is to be another rearrangement of the train schedule
next week, in order to more expeditiously handle the shipments
of copper ore from Kennecott.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Call* may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at l aw
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA
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E. A. HEGG
PHOTOGRPHER
PHOTO SUPPLIES
Views and Post Cards
STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
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All Work Given Prompt
Attention
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The
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Thos. Davit, Prop.
STRAIGHT WHI8KEY8
IMPORTED WINES
KEY WEST CIGAR8
BONDED GOODS
NOTHING BUT THE BEST
HOUSEBUILDERS
ATTENTION
We make a specialty of Wall
papering, Kalsomlnlng, Painting,
Tinting and Sign Painting
Compare Our Price* With Corn
Competitors Before
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W M. WOLF
Hegg Bldg. C Street
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GOLD-COPPER
FOR SALE
A high grade Gold property, ten
miles from Valdez with several
hundred sacks of high grade ore
on the dump. This property ad
joins a producing mine and sev
eral veing of high tirade ore are
exposed on the surface of this
ground.
Also four groups of copper
properties on Prince William
Sound, adjoining navigable water.
All of these properties could be
made producers with a small
amount of money and for a party
who can open same up or can se
cure the capital to do so, this Is
an opportunity to make a fortune.
For prices and terms apply to
S A. HEMPLE, Valdez, Alaska
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HOTEL NORTHERN
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OSTRANDER BLDG. CORDOVA, ALASKA
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Private Boxes
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The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
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WINES, LIQUORS AND I
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PRACTICAL OPTICIAN
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\ STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
Way 30.ALAMEDA.June 9
June 6.NORTHWESTERN.June 15
Regular freight service Tor Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. I.stouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND -ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL WATSON, JUNE 5
ADMIRAL EVANS, JUNE 15
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA 1RANSFER CO., Local Agents
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Copper River &
Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE AT ONCE \\
Trains leave Cordova, depot at foot of Second Ave- 11
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Mondays and Thursdays ! ’
Chitina for Kennecott— :;
Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays • •
Kennecott for Chitina— ::
Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays • ’
Chitina for Cordova— ! 1
Tuesdays and Fridays ;;
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular Pessenger Trains Be
tween Cordova and Chitina. ! I
Tim above schedule subject to change without notice. I!
Freight received from !) A. M. to 5 F. M. II
rickets on sale at Depot or up town office, Alaska "
hteamship Company building- !!
Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges i:
Superintendent Cordova Agent
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Proprietor Chitma, Alsaka
MWiliUHiiiiiiliiiStaiBi;::’i j
REGAL REGAL REGAL
FOR 20 YEARS
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• 7 H. P. Medium Duty
Built in 17 Different types from 3 to 45 H. P., light,
medium and Heavy Duty. Investigate the new
■ late models. We have them in Stock.
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ALASKA AGENTS
CORDOVA - . ALASKA
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