THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en*ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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THE SECRET IS NO SECRET.
What is the secret of the con
tinued high cost of living? The
secret is no secret, declares the edi
tor of Leslie’s, and this is the way
the situation is explained:
Railroad wages are increased by
several millions, and up go passenger
and freight rates.
Wages of telephone companies’
employes are increased, and straight
way tolls are advanced 20 per cent.
Wages of packing-house employes
go up, and the packers promptly an
nounce that no reduction in the
prices of meat products can be ex
pected during the ensuing year.
The price of wheat is fixed at
$2.26 a bushel, as against the pre
war price of $1, and the high cost
of bread has no prospects of a de
crease.
Employes of the woolen mills ask
for double wages, and the cost of
clothing keeps moving forward.
Cotton mills grant higher wages,
and everything made of cotton, from
a spool of thread to a summer dress,
helps pay the increase.
Wages in iron and steel mills are
increased by over 100 per cent, and
the prices of iron and steel prod
ucts, including hardward and struc
tural steel that enters into the
building of homes, remain at figures
that double the cost of building and
add to rentals.
Wages of coal miners are ad
vanced, and we are admonished that
we must expect to pay more for
fuel.
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We have no objection to increases
of wages, but let wage-earners bear
in mind that as long as high wages
continue they must expect the high
cost of living to continue. They
should sharply rebuke those who
denounce the manufacturers of and
dealers in the necessities of life as
'“pirates” and “profiteers.”
And here is the one big fact the
■trust-busters have discovered, at last.
It is in the report of the United
States Tariff Commission, which
says, “Admitting individual excep
tions. the big concern* are the low
cost concern* and the small concerns
are the high cost concerns.”
So Big Business after all lowers
'and does not raise the cost of liv
ing. Truth is eternal. It still sur
vives.
t- A PHILADELPHIA VIEW.
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The cost of living is likely to staj
high for a long time to come, in the
opinion of the Philadelphia Boarc
of Trade. This view is a result ol
a compilation of statistics froir
many lines- of trade and industry.
According to these figures, the
advance in prices in this countrj
since 1914 has been about 107 pee
cent; in Canada 115 per cent; Grea‘
Britain 133 per cent, and France
235 per cent. It is pointed out that
in spite of material reductions in the
price of steel, the advance in othei
commodities since the armistice hai
been so great that the average price
schedules have been reduced but 5.’
per cent below prices prevailing Oc
tober 1, 1918.
The following are given as rea
sons why wages will not be muci
less for a considerable period o
time:
I Practical stoppage of immigration
since 1914, depriving this country
jOf several millions of workers who
would normally have come to us and
thus have relieved the labor shortage
which confronts American industry
upon the resumption of capacity
operations.
Retention in the Government mili
tary service of nearly 2,000,000
workers, which, it is declared, will
doubtless continue for an indefinite
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period.
Creation of new industries, such
as shipbuilding and the manufacture j
of chemicals and dies.
Urgent demand for building and
. construction of every class, due to
their having been forcibly held back
for several years.
Shortage of world food supplies
and uniformly high prices.
Proportionately high levels of com
Imodity prices existing throughout
Europe.
HIRAM JOHNSON.
The Johnson boom for president
is fairly on. It will spread through
out the nation. Only a miracle at
this writing can prevent the Cali
fornian's nomination, and that means
his triumphant election, believes the
Byron (Cal.) Times.
Newspapers everywhere are behind
the champion of free speech and
liberty of the press.
Mayor Rolph of San Francisco is
strong in his endorsement, pledging
united support. The mayor says:
j -In order to accomplish a Republi
can victory it is necessary to place
the leadership of the party in the
I hands of the strongest and most for
ward-looking man, one who has the
i confidence of the great majority of
Americans of every class, and that
man is, in my opinion. Hiram W.
Johnson. He is qualified in every
respect for the exalted office.”
The possibility, nay, the strong
probability of a Californian for pres
ident of the United States should
l spur every resident to the utmost
I effort.
With Hiram Johnson, the vigorous,
the able, the fearless, the powerful,
the unshakable, America will take
1 her place in the line hewed for her
by the founders of the republic. His
' j is a magnetism to conjure with, a
j power to be reckoned with,
j Let all of us. former supporters
land non-supporters, get behind the
j genius that can guide this nation to
a place high in the councils of the
world and cause it to command a
1 respect that would have been due it
I with a Roosevelt at the helm.
i leum. Alaska's Interior Fuel Depol
MOODY TAKES SEVERAL
ON FAIRBANKS VOYAGE
George Moody returned to Fair
' j banks during the night with his
' power-scow, after a stay of twc
' days in Nenana. He made a special
r trip down the river with Thomas G
’ McDonald, of the Treadwell engi
’ neering staff, and Teddy Gleason
^ and returned with them and several
other passengers, the list including
; Robert E. Burns, Gust Johnson, anc
‘ i John Quellette.
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f OLD PAPERS FOR SALE A1
'THE NEWS OFFICE
TAKE STEPS TO
CONSERVE FISH
F. P. Kendall, general manager
of the American Can company, is
not optimistic regarding the future
outlook for the Alaskan fisheries un
less a more satisfactory system of
fish propagation in the territorial
waters is adopted. Mr. Kendall de
clares emphatically that the waters
of Alaska are being fished out. He
says this after an experience of 35
years in the fisheries from the Co
lumbia river to Alaska.
For many years Mr. Kendall was
superintendent of the Alaska Pack
ers’ association cannery at Loring.
It was during his administration
that the Loring hatchery was start
ed. Leaving the Alaska Packers, Mr.
Kendall went with the American Can
company, which he has built up to
be an enormous institution.
During his visit to Juneau recent
ly, Mr. Kendall visited the terri
torial hatchery, which place interest
ed him greatly. He was accompa
nies by Dr. Albery. chemist from
the department of agriculture, and
Mr. Will Gould.
Captain Kendall told of the early
experiences of the canners of the
Columbia river in solving the hatch
ery question. He said much mone^'
and time was wasted before the
hatchery experts decided to put in
holding ponds to keep the fingerlings
until they were of sufficient size
and strength to battle with the trout
and other enemies. Once this was
done, said Captain Kendall, the fish
started to increase, until today the
Columbia river is putting up the
largest pack in history, with no
fear of the river being fished out.
The most important step, in Cap
tain Kendall’s opinion, to increase
.the salmon run in Southeast Alaska
: is to start immediately to clean out
streams and protect the natural
: spawning grounds. “I would like :o
see a meeting at Seattle this winter
between the. canners and representa
tive Alaska citizens to formulate
■plans for such work,” said Captain
Kendall to a representative of the
Juneau Dispatch. ‘T am confident
there is not a canner but who wToul(i
1 co-operate along these lines.”
With Captain' Kendall fish propa
gation is a religion. He startec
preaching it 35 years ago on tht
Columbia river, and has stayed wit!
his text ever since. He is a mar
intensely devoted to the fisheries
Captain Kendall first went to Bristo
bay for the Alaska Packers, wher,
his work received such favorabh
comment that he was transferred t:
Loring. He left Loring to take thi
manegement of the American Car
company.
i Climatic conditions may bar Alas
i
ka from ever having a can fac
tory. Captain Kendall told a com
mittee of the Juneau Commercia
club. He believes a factory in Alas
ka would have to be waterproofs
and steam heated to keep cans fror
rusting. This, he thinks, would prov
very expensive.
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«t MARINE BULLETIN '
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lit •> it it n it «*.«•? n **,*.**, i
j Carl White, up Tolovana rive)
a. m.
Reliance, up McCarty, 4 p. m., 5tl
Seattle No. 3, up Marshall, 9 j
m., 5th.
f Jubia B, at Gibbon.
Alaska, at Gibbon, sails this morr
ning.
Sibilla, Kelly, and Jacobs, at GiV
bon.
Davis, at St. Michael.
Washburn, up Holy Cross fo
|iDikeman, 4th.
Yukon, down Eagle, 9 p. m., 6th.
Tanana, at Fairbanks.
Nasutlin, at Whitehorse.
Casca, up Marmacks, 8:30 p. m
■ 4th, last report.
I Selkirk, up Eagle, 9 p. m., 6th.
WANT ADS
IF *YOU WANT YOUR SHOES re
paired, bring them to B and 4th
Sts. Ladles’ Shoes a specialty.
J. McLean.
FIFTEEN MEN WANTED to cut
wood. Five dollars per cord;
good timber. A. G. Vachon, Tan
ana. k8-lG
FOR SALE — Showcase. 5*4 feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
! . AUTO STREET CAR
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The new Ketchikan “Auto-Street
car’’ service started several weeks
ago when William Noyes, proprietor
of the Noyes garage, drove the first
jitney bus over the route from the
oil docks to Charcoal point. This
was the beginning of a constant,
10-minute sendee, which will be
maintained from 7:30 a. m. until
10:30 p. m. A 10-cent fare is
charged.
Two busses are on the run. in
order that a 10-minute sendee may
ibe maintained, and regular trips
are being made. The trip from
town to either end of the run is
10 cents, while 25 cents is the fee
for a complete round trip.
“This is the first attempt at pub
lic service transportation ever tried
in Ketchikan, and has arisen out of
the obvious need for a constant and
reliable means of rapidly getting
from one part of town to another,/’
said Mr. Noyes. “If the sendee is
appreciated, the line will be per
manent.”
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YANK DOUGHBOY WHO
MISSED TRAIN GETS
UNIQUE PUNISHMENT
BREST. — One American soldier
who lingered too long saying good
bye to his girl on the railroad plat
form as his train was leaving for
Brest mised his train. Though he
overtook it by getting a ride on the
next, a faster train, his command
ing officer made him march up and
down in the aisle of the car for
five hours, carrying his pack and
1 rifle, while the train was going 175
miles to Brest.
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OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL RESIDENCE PHONE
Jack Holt, an old-time resident
of Valdez, who is at the present
time a star in the movie business, is
shown in “Love Me," starred by
Dorothy Dalton, which is now go
ing the rounds of the Empress cir
cuit.
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REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
! L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second a*d Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line soath »f
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the f»ot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 p. m.
On and after july 15th the freight
! on the North side of the river at
iCamp 415 dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
] leaving at 7 a. m., until further
| notice.
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