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FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919.
WHY PROSPERITY SHOULD
CONTINUE.
Juki wind the future will bring of
prorffcierity i;; the iptestion which agi
tales all thinking men in the marts
of trade. They are watching all tile
familiar signs and token for indica
tions as to the course of business and
are trying In form sound conclusions.!
Admittedly the United States is in
belter condition than any of the other
belligerent nations This gives ns a
position of superiority at the very
-art. Hut will w> tie able to retain
it? fan we meet tile competition ot !
the world, of cheap labor ill Europe
and Asia and still maintain our posi
tion of ascendancy?
It must lie held in mind that most,
of the world's production nowadays!
is the work of machinery. In labor-!
sav ing machinery I lie United States
leads ‘in world The war has im
proved oar industrial organization
and has t.iugbi ns intensive methods j
of co-op- ra'ion (liven Ihn labor-:av-;
ing machincr- and a vastly improved
organization we should he able to
maintain our supremacy
in civil war days the north was
gravely handicapped by scarcity ot
labor. When a worker enlisted it left
an irreparable gap in the Industrial
organization. The only way that the
north could compensate for the loss!
was to save, to economize.
In these war days we have seen j
somewhat the same process. We have
tried to presrevc our wealth by sav j
ing Hut we had another method ot j
achieving this object, a method large !
ly lacking in the days of and after thoj
civil war. We hud the machinery to
continue our production on a scale
never known before.
Raving is not the only means of!
amassing material wealth. No matter|
how much one consumes he can still
grow rich if he produces mote than
m* i om-iimer
The war added immensely to con
sumption. It not only consumed
wealth, it destroyed wealth by whole
sale
When our industries wore diverted
from th< work of peace to the work
of war they consumed our resources
at an unparalleled rate. Take, for
example, the case of coal. The coal
was consumed so that ships, guns and
explosives might be manufactured;
that troops might lie transported
overland and overseas and that they \
might he equipped adequately for the
business of destruction All of that
consumed and destroyed wealth.
A year before the war our national
wealth was estimated at $175,000,000,
ooo: today it is estimated at some
thing like $750,000,000,00. Of course,
we must take into account the pres
et! Undated values, but it is certain
that in the last four year3 we have
increased our stock of actual wealth
although during more than eighteen
months of that period we were en
gaged in the work of destruction l*re
i iso statistics would help us to under
stand more clearly this situation, but
the absence of figures cannot hide
from us the fact that in four years
of war we produced somewhat more
than we consumed, although a great
part of our energies wore devoted to
the manufacture of things designed
for destruction and not for produc
tion.
Now that peace has come and we
are about to turn our machinery bnck
to the work of peace is it not reason
able to expect that soon we shall be
producing wealth more rapidly than
ever before.
Two elements of danger present
thmeeelves. We may throw away our
wondrous oportunity by engaging in
industrial warfare. Strikes, many and
varied and of great magnitude, may
retard the work of production tm
•
measurably There also Is the dan
ger that we may abandon the method*
of co operation we learned during th(
war and return to old method** ol
destructive competition.
In some respects government own
ership of railroads has been valuable
It has taught us the value of uniflca
tlon ami of eliminating waste.
If we consider but one Instance ol
better organization we Hhull get. £
glimpse of the possibilities ahead o
us in the way of industrial aehtove
ment In the days before the wai
freight cars were not loaded to theli
maximum capacities and the empty
space was wasted. The war forced
tips to abandon this wasteful method
which was due to competition In serv
ice and facilities, and we began tr
load our cars to full capacity. Instead
of attempting the hopeless task ol
providing new equipment we got
along with what we had by making
il operative to its maximum use.
This single lesson shows us what
can t*e accomplished by making al
our facilities perform to the maxi
mum of their capacities.
By means of improved methods and
by using till our labor-saving machin
cry to flic utmost capacity we should
tie able soon to produce more rapidly
and more cheaply than ever before
And if we produce more than yve con
sumo our wealth will continue to in
ere: sc That should mean unflagging
prosperity.
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THE PLAIN TRUTH.
(HIo K a tin slates some plain truths
when he says
"Next to heating the Hull, nothing
is more important than to beat those
who would smuggle un-American or
anti-American materials into the
tnagniliccut and time-tested structure
which is America.
"Nothing is more vital to the fu
ture of our country than to maintain
inviolate the tried and tested prin
ciple- upon which our Institutions are
based
"The menace of bureaucratism and
semi socialistic paternalism with
Heir insidious effect upon the very
fibre and marrow of the race, eon
fronts us now, and it Is none too early
for business men to take their stand
against this perpetuation in time of
peace.
"Paternalism and liberty cannot
exist sole by side.
"Shall the reconstruction period he
under the auspices of semi-sociallslie
and bureaucratic paternalism or shall
we preserve for meeting the huge
teak which confronts the world, the
safe and tested instrument of Indi
vidual effort and enterprise? On the
answer depends largely whether the
victory will he genuinely fruitful for
the happiness and well-being of the
world, or whether the course will lead
through turmoil and disillusionment
to ultimate reaction.”
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We thought we were going the
limit when we wore flu masks here
hut Nenanti people wearing colored
ribbons in their hats and Cordova
folks labelled with big tags goes us
one better. The colored ribbons in
Nenuna wore to show that they hud
not had the flu and the placards on
the Cordova people were to show that
they had hud It. It was a kind of a
scheme to soparte the sheep from the
goats and in both cases the folks who
wore the decorations were the goats
—Douglas News.
MANY DEATHS
AND BIG LOSSES
ON THE LAKES
DETROIT. Jan. 24 (l>y Associated
Press). Ninety-three deaths and a
loss to shipping of from to
IS.OOO.OOO is the disaster toll of the
l'.UK shipping season on the (Jreat
Lakes, according to figures compiled
j here. The loss of life was unusually
heavy, due to the drowning of seventy
; eight men of the two French mine
sweepers that disappeared in a gale
on Lake Superior November 24 Loss
to shipping was the lightest in many
years.
Four vessels were sunk in colli
sions, five founded iu storms, and the
('ongdon. one of the largest new ships
on the lakes, went to pieces on 'anoe
1 rocks, m ar Passage island. Lai . Su
perior. with its cargo of grain. <vo!v
i ing a loss of $ 1 .fmo.ooo.
Tile two French mine swe. p« (V
, risolb- and Inkermanu, ocean >und
from Fort William. Ontario. 1 came
; separated from their fleet and disap
peared like shadow craft, wih an
| estimated loss of $2,000,000
In lUls three vessels were 1 lised,
including the whalchnck. H*nr> Fort.
huhK nv ui<* steamer .Midvale in i.ake
I Krie in December, 1017.
War restrictions on such conimnill
ties as coal, ami the transfer ot large
vessels to ocean service, mad* truf
fle lighter than during the previous
four years. Traffic through the Sault
; Ste. Marie locks aggregated '5,'Sd,:t27
I ions, the lightest in four years with
I a combined registered tonnage of til.
! 100,121. the ligtitest since I'll. To
lal passages were 20.1110, the lowest
j in four years.
('tipper shipments were light in 1018,
I hut iron ore shipments were unusu
ally heavy,
.Marine men predict that a new high j
| tonnage record will be established |
j next season, starting with th" big;
grain movement down the ladies In!
| the spring. They declare that a '
i greater quantity of grain is stored in
I the holds of ships on the lakes this
winter than ever before in the Great
1 Lakes navigation history
The fourth United States govern
| ment lock at Sault Ste. Marie, the
j largest in the world, was practically
| completed this season.
Iu'ssons in dancing every evening
i at American bakery. tf
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CORDOVA AERIE
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
Will Give a
(RAND OPENING
DANCE
At the
EAGLE HALL
The Biggest Hall in Alaska ”
ON
SATURDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 25
The Music Will Be
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Furnished by the
ORIGINAL RAGTIME TRIO
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“The Jazz Orchestra with the Jazz Music” *£*'*-**••*■
They’re the boys with the musical noise—
You just can't keep still when you hear 'em play
That ragtime muelc In a ragtime way.
V
'Twill coat but a dollar, so need to holler—
Get your glad ra*s ready for SATURDAY NIGHT—
Your clothes pressed up, a tie and collar, fl
For the Bacles are the boys that treat yon ri*ht
1 One Dollar the Couple Remember the Date I
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Legal Advertising
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Iti the Commission's Court for tbe
Teritory of Alaska, Cordova I’ro
clnt, Before A. J. Adams, Esquire,
linlted States Cnmlssioner and Ex
Officio Probate Judge,
lu tlic matter of the estate of Charles
Leslie Hale, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed by
the above named Court administrator
with the will annexed of the estate
of Charles Leslie Hale, deceased, and
that all persons having claims against
the estate of said Charles Leslie Hale,
deceased, are hereby required to pres
ent the same with the proper vouch
ers within six months from the date
hereof to the undersigned at his of
fice and place of business in the of
fice of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany in the Town of Cordova. Terri
tory of Alaska.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this Kith
day of January. A. It , 1919.
K. B. TRACY,
Administrator with the Will Annexed i
of the Estate of Charles Leslie .
Hale, Deceased.
Dath of first publication Jan. 20, 1919. "
Date of last publication Feb. 24, 1919. I,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Cnltel States Commissioner's '
Court in and for Cordova Precinct.
Territory of Alaska. In Probate, In
the matter of the Estate of William
llerrold. deceased
Notice Is hereby given bv the "
undersigned administrator of the cs- I
late of William llerrold, do- eased, to
the creditors of and all persons hav
ing claims against the said deceased, .
to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within six months alter the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office o! _
Frank II. Foster, attorney at law, at
( erdova. Alaska, ilu* mme being the;
place of business of said estate.
Dated the lath day of January. 1919
K C ROBINSON,
Administrator
J; unary If, 1919 9w
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner's
Court. Uhltlna I’rerlnet. Third Divi
sion. Territory of Alaska (In Pro
bate). In tile matter of the Estate
of Kdward Gustafson, deceased ss.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrator of the estate of
Kdward Gustafson deceased, to the
creditors and all persons having
claims against tin- said Kdward Gus
tafson. deceased, to present the same,
with tlie necessary vouchers, within
six months from the date of the first
publication of this notice, to (lie ad -
ministraior at his place of business I
at Strelna, in Chitina precinct, terri -
tory of Alaska, tho same being the
place for the transaction of the bust
ness of the said estate.
V. J. DWYER, Administrator.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
ACCOUNT
In the United States Commissioner's
Court. Cordova Precinct. Territory I
of Alaska (In Probate).
In the Matter of the Estate of Gun
narti Johnson. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that V. G.
Uance, administrator of the estate of
Junnard Johnson, deceased, has ren
lered and presented for settlement to,
ind filed in the probate court of said
.'ordova precinct, his final account as L
mch administrator, and that Tuesday,
ho 15th day of April. 1919, at 10
/clock a. m., at the court room of our
mid probate court at Cordova, Alaska,
tas been duly appointed by the pro
>ate court for tho settlement of the
Inal account, at which time and place |
my person interested in said estate .
nay appear and file his exceptions in
vriting to the said final account and
■ontest the same.
Witness the Hon.
Seal) A. J. ADAMS,
fudge of the said Probate Court, and
the seal of said Court affixed, this j
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am CONSUMERS MUST
BUY WINTER SUITLY NOW
Consumers must buv their
Winter supply at Coal diut%*
the Sprind and Summer Aw
storage if]Production is to be
maintained at a
m-iximum aid the
country enabled L
to avoid a serious s _
Coal sliortade
tills White r ^
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CORDOVA
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Phone 101-S. Phone 112
Machine Woit of ell Kinds,
Blackemlthlng, General Repair
ing. Horae Shoeing. Oxy-Acaty
lene Welding end Cutting.
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MOVED TO PERMANENT LOCATION OPPOSITE
NEW LATHROP BUILDING. BETTER FACILITIES
FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF CUSTOMERS ARE
NOW AFFORDED TO THE PUBLIC. YOUR AC
COUNT IS INVITED.
NICHOLLS TRANSPORTATION CO.
Plying Between
Chitina and Fairbanks
Carrying Passengers and Freight from
Either End
Rates and other information can be obtained
from Fred Nicholls, at Paxson’s, or Oscar
Breedman, at Chitina
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Perfect The Best Guaranteed
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PHONE 66
First Avenue, Below Alaskan Hotel
ARE YOU GOING OUT THIS FALL?
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at his new hotel in the heart of the city between
Powell and Mason Streets.
The Dale-Tallac Hotel
140 ELLIS STREET
Special Rates and Headquarters for Alaskans.
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Bargain Store
JUST RECEIVED
A LINE OF SHIRTS, PANTS, WOOL BLANKETS
QUILTS, ETC. FROM F. A. PATRICK AND CO.
We also handle the Hirsch-Weis and Co. "Rose City"
brand of Mackinaws, Loggers’ Shirts, Rainset and Au
apelle Clothing.
Black Bear brand of union made Overalla and Jackets.
A complete lino of Wool snd Cotton Blankets, Qullta of all kind*
Bed Spreads, Sheets and Pillow Blips, Wool Box and In-oles.
Parkees, Gloves and Mlttona, Shoo Pass and ftubbor Overshoes.
Tents, Bod Shoots, Pack Seeks and Clothes Bags.
Towers' Fish Brand Oil Costs.