THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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THE AMERICAN PF SS ASSOCIATION
THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1920
REPUBLICAN TICKET
For President—
WARREN G. HARDING.
For Vice President—
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
For Delegate to Congress—
DAN SUTHERLAND."
For Attorney General—
JOHN RUSTGARD
For Senator—
E. E. CHAMBERLAIN.
For Representatives—
A. E. LATHROP
JOS. H. MURRAY
R. E. ELSNER
ARTHUR FRAME
For Road Commissioner—
GUST JOHNSON
THE GOLD BONUS
Alaskans generally and as a body
can be said to be in favor of the so
called McFadden bill which has as its
object the placing of a bonus on newly
produced gold. This bonus, it is pro
posed, would be taken care of by a
tax on gold used in commercial and
industrial arts. The supporters of this
bill maintain that it will in no wise
affect the gold standard and will re
vive the gold mining industry which
has been steadily declining with the
ever decreasing value of purchasing
power of gold.
As gold mining is one of Alaska’s
main industries it is not surprising
that the bonus proposal is warmly ad
vocated here. The same attitude is
naturally expected in other parts of
the country where the same industry
is a factor. It is encouraging to note
that some attention is being given the
matter in the east. In a recent issue
Of the New York Evening Post, the
bonus plan was advocated by the Har
riman National Bank which present
ed its case in a paid advertisement
under the heading “The Cost of Gold”
as follows:
The federal reserve act requires that
40 per cent reserve in gold be main
tained against notes in actual circula
tion, and 35 per cent against deposits,
irt gold or actual money.
The world’s gold production for 1919
was $365,141,218, to which the Uni
ted States contributed $58,488,800, a
decrease in excess of $10,000,000 from
the previous year. We learn that the
United States coined no gold in 1918
and 1919, but there was consumed in
the industrial arts in the United
States alone during 1919 $52,409,740
or gold, nearly all that was mined in
this country.
Where are we to get additional
gold for our reserves unless we stim
ulate production, and how can we stim
ulate production except by paying for
it? With the high cost of labor and
machinery, gold production has dim
ished because an ounce of gold does
not bring enough in the market to
cover the cost of producing it, and
this is a condition that will continue
until labor and costs are reduced. The
question is will such costs again be
reduced to the figure necessary for
the gold miner to produce his metal at
a profit? Yes, with deflation of com
modity prices and reduced taxes.
The Harriman National Bank would
favor a premium on the use of gold for
jewelry, dental needs, window letter
ing, decoration and a hundred other
ways. With this premium upon such
uses of gold paid as a subsidy to the
mine-owner, he could undoubtedly
make both ends meet and have a
legitimate profit wherewith to help
pay his taxes.
If God was angered # about the ten
laws that Moses broke, what must he
think of the goin’s on of the present
time.
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' THE LITTLE TOWNS AND WATER
TANKS
Somewhere in California, as he
i carried the Democratic banner south
ward, Franklin D. Roosevelt, vice
presidental nominee, was asked where
he spent the previous Sunday. “In
j some little Oregon town, under a
»i watertank,” he is quoted as replying.
, From which it may safely be assumed
that F. D. Roosevelt highly esteems
his own wit, and none the less when
, the jest is not his. For the tank
town mot was decrepit when the moth
er-in-law joke was in its teens. More
over, it is generally recognized as ap
' pealing to fellows with a distinct
sense of the flippant, who are urban
ized to an aggravating degree, and to
whom America is merely a collection
of large cities. Mark you, we have no
quarrel with his choosing to pass a
pleasant day beneath a watertank.
There is an essential fitness in that
choice that is instantly recognized. It
is the implied boredom at sundry
small towns, and one particular ham
let in Oregon that bids one advise the
blase Democratic aspirant that Amer
ica is a collection of small towns, in
rural settings, and that each of these
has a water tank.
Vice-President Marshal bolds some
j renown as a jokesmith, a spinner of
j yarns, an extemporaneous wit. To be
| be witty, of course, one must be ex
temporaneous in springing the josh—
but we feel that both adjective and
diagram are warranted in this in
stance. The mere example of this
fellow Democrat, whose shoes he is
desirous of filling, does not warrant
this jocular expjerimentation on the
part of F. D. Roosevelt. There is
neither spontaneity nor originality in
the watertank gag. Nor is it in good
taste. May we not repeat that Amer
ica is a collection of small towns with
watertanks, and that no particular
odium is attached either to the status
of minor community or of possessing
a watertank?
Here is no intent to creat a polit
ical issue of the watertank pleasan
try, atrocious as it was, but rather
a well-meaning desire to tutor F. D.
Roosevelt in the usages of polite com
ment and good form. For the name
less little town in Oregon is rather an
important place, when viewed candidly
and without the titter of metropolitan
mirth.—Oregonian.
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A young woman should be careful
when a yong man’s words seem to
clog in his throat. Something is likely
to pop.
The wife who brags her hubby up
when she knows he doesn’t deserve it,
can feel highly flattered upon her sub
tle strategy when she sees hubby try
ing to live up to her description of
him.
Best coffee ifa town served at the
City Bakery.
The Daily Times Job Plant Is well
equipped for all classes of commercial
printing.
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FOR RENT—Three-room furnished cot
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WANTED—A cook at Cordova general
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17-tf
FOR SALE—A three-room unfurnished
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Is always to satisfy our trade
We cannot expect to sell
j drugs at a legitimate profit .
I while others are slashing
prices. While prices are be- ;
I ing slashed here we will be
among the slashers.
No price too low for us.
How far will the thermometer fall
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CHRISTMAS
CARDS
We carry the largest and most ex
clusive line of engraved stationery,
such as Wedding Announcements,
Calling Cards and Holiday Greetings.
What would be more appropriate than
to send one of the latter to your
friends? They are pretty, attractive
and artistic in appearance. Sold at
outside prices. Drop in and see our
samples.
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Phone 5 P. 0. Bos 218
CORDOVA BEVERAGE AND I
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CORDOVA, ALASKA
Distributors of Ice Cream Manufacturers from
BLUE STAR DAIRY MILK Fresh Milk and Cream
From Certified Cows We specialize In family trade i
BUSINESS HOURS: 8 A. M. TO 7 P. M.
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BUY YOUR WATCH FROM AN EXPERIENCED WATCHMAKER.
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Clothes Purer than the
Milk You Drink
All of us have learned through our studies of personal hygiene and
sanitation that if we would best safeguard our health, our clothes
should be sterilized as well as washed.
It is our understanding of this fact that makes our laundering
methods superior to those of the laundress. When you send us
your family bundle we return it to you purer than the milk you
drink.
Milk is supposed to be for use after it has been pasteurized,
or held at a temperature of from 131 to 151 degrees for a few
minutes.
After washing clothes as we wash them—in pure water at ISO
degrees—and drying them in a current of clean, fresh air at 250 j
degrees, your things approach nearer to perfect purity than the
milk you serve on your table.
To be sure of clothes cleanliness and clothes purity, telephone
us. We will have our driver call for your family bundle.
Jones’ Laundry
Phone 66
WE TREAT YOUR CLOTHES—WHITE
THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF, PROP.
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J. A. FARNHAM AND TED TAYLOR, Proprietors
Ted Taylor Formerly Chief Steward Steamship Alaska and Mariposa
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