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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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COST OF LIVING.
What is this “living wage” tc
which all workmen are entitled in
the current language of employers
and politicians? asks a correspond
ent of the Federated Press. The
railroad workers, he says, are very
anxious to know before they become
subject to the Cummins-Esch law,
and the United Mine Workers put
the issue squarely up to the coal
commission named by President
Wilson to adjust the quarrel in the
bituminous fuel industry.
At the recent hearings at Wash
ington, the miners asked the Presi
dent’s board whether it proposed to
pay the miner the “Minimum of
Subsistence Level,” the “Minimum
of Health and Comfort Level,” or
the “American Standard of Living
Level.” The first is just enough to
keep the miner and his family alive;
the second is enough to supply them
with a few comforts, provided there
is never any lost time or sickness in
the family; the third would provide
enough for insurance, recreation,
education of children and regular
savings set aside for old age.
Before the miners’ line of attack
had been disclosed the operators
submitted from their 1918 and 1910
payrolls a set of wage figures which
they supposed would show how just
ly they were dealing with their
workmen. The miners immediately
accepted the operators’ figures. Thc
figures olfered by the employers
showed:
That for the Northern Illinois
district the actual average earnings
for pick miners and loaders were
tinder $1,000 a year.
That if conditions had permitted
the men to work every day when
the mines were in operation they
would have been unable to earn
more than $1,10-1.12 in 1918, and
less than $1,000 in 1919.
That almost half the companies
listed by the operators in their star
exhibit paid average monthly wages
of less than $80, while less than a
third of the. companies paid an av
erage as high as $100.
President I.ewis, of the United
Mine Workers, at once urged the
commission to accept the operators’
wage figures as if the miners had
themselves produced them, saying:
“These figures submitted by the
operators carry their own condem
nation. They are offered as an
example of the ‘potential earnings'
of the miner. The very idea of
‘potential earnings’ is a myth. Po
tential earnings can Become actual
earnings only in ease every em
ploye is able to work every day
the mine is in operation; but in
actual practice, if the men should
work every day the mines would be
open a smaller number of days.
“It is not necessary to emphasize
the smallness of these earnings. We
have already shown that, in the
opinion of the most authoritative
students of the subject, it is im
possible for the average family to
live at a minimum ' subsistence
level for less than $1,600 a year,
and that at least $2,200 is neces
sary to maintain a level of health
and reasonable comfort.”
The miners then laid before the
• commission figures prepared by Pro- j
I fessor Chapin, of the Sage Founda
tion; Professor Ogburn, of Colum
;bia University; the New York State
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(Factory Commission, the New York
Board of Estimate, and others,
showing how much it costs to sup
port a family in the States “at the
barest minimum of health and de
cency.”
Professor Chapin’s Budget. $1,632
Professor Ogburn’s Budget.. 1,622
New York State Factory In
vestigation . 1,587
New York Board of Estimate 1,541
Budget Compiled from Food
Allowance . 1.633
Average .$1,603
“These budgets provide for a
| subsistence only just above the
i property level,” the President’s com
| mission was informed, “and they
I make no provision whatsoever for
j comfort, health, savings, recreation
or amusement. They are not* put
forward to show what the mine
worker’s family ought to receive,
because, after food, clothing and
shelter are bought with this $1,
603, net the slightest margin is ,
| left to prevent the wife and children ,
jfrom becoming public charges ,
[should anything happen to the miner
pimseir.
‘And yet in many mining du
jti’iets the earnings of the head of
|the family have not been enough to
: equal this amount. In order to se
jcr.e a family income which would
| provide for physical needs alone it
has been necessary to put the ehil
! (iron to work and for the wife to
Itake lodgers into the homo.
“The interests of the country re-!
|quire that mine workers be given |
I such wages as will enable their!
families to rise from the economic''
'darkness and despair which now
i engulfs them. Long years of mere
1 subsistence wage are not the best <
| preparation for citizenship. The
Inure workers ask for an oppor
tunity to support themselves and
j their families at a decent standard
| of living.”
Board of School Directors
Nenana Public School
Nenana, March 8, 1920.
! NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Complying with the laws of Alas
ka, notice is hereby given that the
regular annual election will be held
in the town of Nenana,
Tuesday, April 6, 1920,
for the purpose of electing three
school directors to serve two years,
| to fill the vacancies caused by the
j expiration of the terms of Robert
! Joseph Diven, J. A. Slippern, and J.
•H. Scott.
The names of candidates must be
|in the hands of the Clerk of the
! School Board not later than 5 p. m.,
March 22, 1920.
The polling place will be located
in the fire hall, adjoining the town
site office. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. until 7 p. m. on the day
and date of election.
J. H. SCOTT,
Clerk of School Board.
Approved:
ROBERT J03EPH DIVEN,
President.
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FIX IGF SCALE
Pursuant to a call to the “wage
workers of Stewart and Hyder,” a
neeting was held Monday night in
;hie Willard building with about 60
nen in attendance, says the Hyder
iliner of February 27.
Scales of wages for Hyder were
ixed as follows:
Carpenters, $1.25 per hour.
Carpenters' helpers, $1 per hour
Longshoremen, $1.50 per hour,
sxcept for coal and cement, which
■all for $1.75 per hour. Time and
i half will be asked after eight
hours.
A resolution was passed that all
.vork in Alaska be paid for in U. S.
•urrency or that the employer stand
he discount on Canadian currency.
The meeting went on record as
?ndorsing the stand taken by the
Stewart Citizens’ association, and
■ailed upon the United States au
:horities to enforce the immigration
aws against Oriental laborers.#
The men now working at the
5rcmier mine were given five days
:o keep in good standing by quitting
heir present occupation.
The meeting was presided over
jy A1 Elliott, and A. W. Robinson
teted as secretary.
Negotiations for an early settle
nent of the differences existing for
he past nine weeks between the
Premier mine management and the
striking mine crew are under way
ind it is believed that normal con
iitions will prevail at the big mine
vithin a week. Assistant General
Manager D. L. Pitt has met with
:he men in Stewart, and while au
:horitative information as to his
proposals is not immediately availa
ble, it is understood that he has
>hown an inclination to meet the
nen at least half way.
It is known for a certainty that
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NOTICE
j Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
;the station agent, whose office is in
'the employment office, on the ground
i floor of the General Office Building,
j Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
!at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
j Tickets will be on sale at any
jtime during office hours, and can be
| purchased in sufficient time before
jthe departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
ami Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp- 415 (Nonh Nenana), for
| Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
i 1 p. m.
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L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER
Secretary
M. V. TYLER,
Dictator.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. in :
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m.
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m :
arrive Fairbanks, 5:3# p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make their
! own arrangements for reaching
I North Nenana.
Trappers andTradersof Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA