KUNE GIVES
HIS VIEWS ON
HIGHER RATES
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An explanation of the present high
passenger rates on Alaska vessels
and the necessity of raising them
another 20 per cent as well as the
offers made to Maurice D. Leehey
and Richard M. Semmes, attorney
and representative of the Alaska
Shipping Board, by the Pacific Steam
ship Company to sell the Shipping
Board their vessels, charter them to
the Shipping Board or to run them
under the direction of the Shipping
Board on a commission basis, is given
by J. H. Kline, who formerly was Ju
neau agent of the Pacific Steamship
Company, located in Cordova. .
In a letter to the Juneau Empire
Mr. Kline says:
Wears Expansion Shoes
“There has been considerable pub
licity of late given to the Alaska
Shipping Board,” said Mr. Kline,
“and the steamship companies operat
ing between Seattle and Alaska have
come in for a great deal of criticism
regarding freight and passenger
rates applying between the States
and here, and by some we have been
accused and convicted without even
a trial. The preamble of the Ship
ping Board act passed by the last
legislature states that the freight
and passenger rates of the steamship
companies engaged in transportation
to the ports of Alaska have become
excessive and exorbitant, or words to
that effect. The law was passed
before there was an official investiga
tion as to whether the rates apply
ing between Seattle and Alaska were
really excessive or not. I will admit
that the rates charged by us are
higher now than ever before, but tell
me something that is not. I have a
pair of shoes on now 1 paid $15 for
that two years ago I could have
bought for $7, and everything else
in proportion; groceries, clothing and
everything we use is higher now
than at any time since just after the
Civil war.
Steamships Lose Money
“When Mr. Leehey and Mr. Serames
of the Alaska Shipping Board
were in Seattle, the officials of our
company told them that we welcomed
any investigation by any authorized
competent body, and that all we
wanted was a fair and reasonable re
turn on the capital invested, and if
any shipping board or other regula
tions can bring about this result we
should be more than happy. Our
records show that we lost heavily on
our Alaska business last year and
that we have also lost considerable
money so far this year.
“We have just been forced to
grant, effective August 1. increased
wages to all unions with which we do
business, including all individuals
aboard the ships and the longshore
men and working forces ashore, ag
gregating a million dollars increased
expenses to this company per annum.
We must get this money to pay the
wages. We are not making it at
present; therefore we have two lines
of action—first, raise the rates of
freight and passage at least 20 per
cent immediately, or, second, with- |
draw the service and tie the vessels :
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up. We are now preparing tariffs <
making increases for the sole purpose <
of making two ends meet, but until :
we successfully do so, the people of
Alaska cannot expect any better or
any additional service; in fact, it is
sure to be curtailed. The American
coastwise shipping business is in a
precarious condition and it is up to
the people of Alaska to pay for their
steamship service, which they have
not been doing of late. The private
companies cannot go on much longer
under the present conditions.
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Proposals of Company
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“Our management made the follow
ing offers to the Shipping Board rep
resentatives in Seattle:
“First—Sell to the board the ves
sels now in the Alaska service at
their appraised value.
“Second—Charter at a rate of -
per cent per year of their appraised
valuation.
“Third—We to operate our Alaska
boats under the supervision of the
Alaska Shipping Board on a com
mission basis.
Alaska must have steamship serv
ice and it goes without saying that
Alaska will have steamship service.
It is too valuable a territory and
there are too many people interested
to permit of its isolation. Alaska is j
also able to pay for steamssip serv- j
ice, and we, as steamship owners
and operators, are quite willing to
provide the vessels and a vastly bet
| ter service than the present, provided
I we are assured of an ordinarily de
| cent return on the money involved.” ;
REPOPULATING, FRANCE
IS ENGAGING THOUGHTS
OF FRENCH STATESMEN
PARIS, Aug. 20 (Correspondence of
Associated Press).—France’s declin
ing birth-rate has lately been a source
oi much concern but a distinct im
provement has been noticed during
the present month.
Evidence of a great decline in:
births in 1918 was shown in official
figures for the district of the Seine,
which includes the city of Paris,
which showyed that there were only
43,480 births registered in that dis
trict in 1918, as compared to the
73,599 in 1911.
The infantile death rate given by
statisticians is 40 per cent, as com
pared to 10 per cent before the war.
This has been attributed to the
scarcity of wet nures and poor quality
and shortage of milk for bottle-fed
babies. This shortage is said to be
'
due to the tremendous increase in
cheese-making, especially in Nor
mandy.
However, all the maternity hospi
tals in Paris report increased births
thus far in the present month. In
one hospital the number has doubled
those of last year, and it is declared
that babies are remarkable for size,
weight and general health. A new
periodical entitled Marriage has just
i appeared. It announces that it will
devote itself to the question of the
repopulation of France, which is gen
erally recognized to be one of the
| most urgent problems of thp day. It
asks its readers “what means should
i be adopted to combat the present
patrimonial crisis in France?”
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