Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
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HUN COMPETITION.
Objection is raised by a German
expert on foreign trade to the ex
portation of finished goods from
Germany, on the ground that the
effect is to deprive Germany of the
opportunity of buying home-made
things. The expert asserts that,
owing to the low exchange value of
the German mark, Germans can ob
tain abroad higher prices in marks
than they can at home. Even at
these export prices, he says, Ger
many is able to underbid the world
by about 50 percent.
To demonstrate how the low ex
change rate for marks produces this
result, he cites as an example the
case of a German manufactured
product sold in Holland. This cost
before the war 40 marks, which in !
Holland amounted to about 24 gul- ;
den. The same article costs in ■
Germany today perhaps 160 marks,
the equivalent of only 20 gulden. ^
Adding profit, freight, etc., the ar-.
tide is sold in Holland at 26 gul
den, or little more than before the
war. Thus, says the expert, Ger
many underbids foreign competitors I
in their own countries.
The result is, he adds, that Ger- J
many receives 50 percent less mon- i
ey than might be obtained, and the
entire industry and trade of the i
i
world is aroused against Germany ,
because of this “unbeatable com- j
petition." Only the buyer who ]
comes to Germany is satisfied, while ]
the foreign manufacturer, unable to
produce so cheaply, shouts for pro-.
tection against the German “dump
ing.” The expert asserts that En
tente countries are planning meth
ods to prevent this competition and
heavy customs duties are in sight
against German imports.
The writer takes issue with Rob
ert Schmidt, the economic minister,
who has denied that Germany is
dumping its products on the world.
The expert advocates strict control
of all exports by Germany, and pro
hibition of the exportations of cer
tain products, such as china, as the
only solution.
METRIC STANDARDIZATION.
Out of 58,226 petitions relating
to exclusive use of metric weights
and measures in the United States,
now in the keeping of the Bureau
of Standards, Department of Com
merce, 57,800 petitions or 99.27
percent favor this progress, and
only 426, or less than one percent,
oppose it. This unqualified endorse
ment of metric standards for the
United States is brought out in the
analysis just completed at Wash
ington by representatives of the
World Trade club of petitions sent
to President Wilson and America’s
national legislators by prominent
persons and powerful commercial,
manufacturing, civic, and fraternal
organizations of the United States.
Some of these petitions represent
unanimous resolutions passed at con
ventions of organizations with thou
sands of members.
The petitions have come as a re
sult of the efforts of the World
Trade club of San Francisco and
the Metric association of New York
in explaining the great advantages
of world-wide standardization of
weights and measures. The peti
tions were referred to the United
States Department of Commerce and
without cost to the Government.
The World Trade club had them
carefully counted and classified un
der the direct supervision of W.
Mortimer Crocker, of 156 Fifth ave
nue, New York.
New petitions are coming every
day. The classification to date
shows the following distribution of
petitions: Manufacturing concerns,
engineering concerns, engineers,
architects, contractors were 9,968 in
favor and only 154 against meter
liter-gram. Chambers of commerce,
trade organizations, exporters, im
porters were 9,974 in favor and
only 51 against meter-liter-gram.
Educational institutions, beneficent ‘
organizations, individuals in profes- j
sions were 22,443 in favor and only j
74 against meter-liter-gram. Sim
ilarly, in all other vocations, al
though petitioners were free to de
clare for or against meter-liter
gram, less than one percent object
ed, and over 99 percent favored
metric standards exclusively.
FAVORS TURK CAPITAL.
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Major David Davies, a member i
of parliament, has announced that j
he will move a resolution at the i
torthcoming international confer- '
ence of the League of Nations in \
Brussels proposing Constantinope as!
the headquarters of the league. He I
favors the Turkish capital because!
of its strategic situation, ability to j
exert an influence on both Eastern
and Western civilizations, and its 1
historical associations.
"The fate of Constantinople '
hangs in the balance," said Major
Davies, who will be one of the Brit- .
ish delegates to the conference. 1
"No nation is anxious to incur the j
responsibility of its ownership. It
must not be left with the Turk j
Why, then, should it not be inter- !
nationalized and the junction of the
East and the West be made the
’G. II. Q.’ of Peace ”
JAPANESE PROMISES.
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Governor-General Baron Saito has i
issued a proclamation in which he
promises reforms in Japanese ad- I
ministration of Korea and to in- '
troduce local self-government at the j
proper opportunity.
"i am determined to superintend
in the future and encourage offi
cials under my control to put forth i
greater efforts to act in a fairer
and juster way,” the proclamation
says, "and promote the facilities of
the people and the unhindered at
tainment of the people’s desires by
dispensing with all formality.
“Full consideration will be given
to the appointment and treatment
of Koreans so as to secure the right
man for the right place. What is
worthy of adoption in Korean insti
tutions and old customs will be
adopted.
“If anybody is found guilty of
unwarrentedly refractory language
or action, misguiding of popular
minds, and impeding the mainten
ance of public peace, he will be met
with relentless justice. May it be
that the people at large will place
reliance on all this."
PAPERS SCARCE
IN BUDAPEST AS
RESULT OF WAR
BUDAPEST. — Many kinds of
money are in circulation in this
city. Blue money, that is, the mon
ey of the Austro-Hungarian bank,
is on hand in very limited quan
tities. Then there is good white
money with a ten percent discount,
and bad white money that is worth
only ' one-fifth of its face value.
Finally, there is green money, the
five-crown notes of the state sav
ings bank, with a 30 percent dis
count. Curb exchanges have been
formed where these moneys change
hands in great quantities.
Budapest, where earlier a news
paper appeared every hour, is living
almost . without newspapers of its
own. The people satisfy their curi
osity from the Vienna papers, which
are sold on the streets by thousands.
They were forbidden for a time,
but now have been released, and the
news vendors make tremendous pro
fits and get four and five crowns
for a single copy. The theaters
that have reopened are crammed
full.
Budapest is slowly beginning to
recover and come back to life, un
der the protection of the Rumanian
bayonet.
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Sunday school will be held in
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at 1 p. m.
The regular service will be held
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NEW BAKERY IS OPEN
IN RENOVATED STORE
The Rappolt bakery opened its
doors to the public during the
week, in the Rappolt building, on
A street, about opposite the Colise
um. Previous to resuming business, *
Mr. Rappolt gave the place a thor- ’
ough going over, lining the walls :
with pressed steel, and making other |
improvements which add much to .
the attractiveness of the place.
One of the innovations is a coal
stove, which Mr. Rappolt had ship- 1
ped in from the States, and which
he finds a great improvement over
the tank heater which formerly fur-1
nished the heat for the building.
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NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
rhase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
be station agent, whose offiee is in
he employment office, on the ground
ioor of the General Office Building,
Vlaskan Engineering Commission, or
it Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at any
nme during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
die departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
die foot of A street on Wednesdays
md Saturdays at 8 a. m.. and from
'amp 415 (North Nenana i, for
•airbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
I p. m.
The following schedule between
Vorth Nenana and Fairbanks goes
nto effect Nov. 7th, subject to
•hange without notice :
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m.;
irrive North Nenana. 11:30 a. m
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. ra ;
irrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
he river. Those intending to trav
■i to Fairbanks must make their
>wn arrangements for reaching
Vorth Nenana
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted ar\ 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 connection?, 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