THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska
for enzry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 8, 1879
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WORLD OUTLOOK
The world can expect no relief
from the present high cost of liv
ing and the shortage of commodi
ties until the widespread social and
industrial unrest has disappeared and
the war shattered economic ma
chinery has been put in order, ac
cording to Charles A. McCurdy,
parliamentary secretary to the Brit
ish ministry of food. Mr. McCurdy
expressed this view in London re
cently during an interview with a
correspondent of The Associated
Press, and added that he was not
particularly optimistic over the
chances of any market betterment
of the situation in the near future.
“We have Bolshevism at one end
of the world and widespread strikes
at the other,” said Mr. McCurdy,
“and not until society resumes its
normal course can we right eco
nomic conditions.
“It is very difficult to prophesy
regarding the food situation of the
future in view' of the fact that the
whole economic structure of the
world has been so badly dislocated.
There is hardly any factor of busi
ness that is stable, and we do not
know what wages are to be. As a
result of these conditions, the regu
lar channels of distribution are dis
organized, and until they are nor
mal it will be impossible to tell
what effective supplies there are as
compared with the world stocks.
“While it is true that America,
England and some other countries
are sufficiently supplied now so
that there is no distress among the
people, yet this comparative abund
ance is in reality a fictitious one.
and may not last. Great sections of
the world are actually hungry be
cause of the impossibility of dis
tributing supplies properly. If the
channels of distribution were open
and the economic conditions were
such that foodstuffs could be pur
chased by those countries which
need them, we probably would find
ourselves faced with a shortage in
many things.
“For example, if the peoples of
Central Europe should be in posi
tion next year to purchase the meat
they need, there would be a world
shortage of several million tons. It
is improbable that they will be able
to buy, but it is impossible to pre
dict so far in advance. I believe
that a year from now things will
have been brought to a head and
that the world will be facing its
most critical time.
“There are those who tell me
that I am wrong in my outlook and
that there will be no shortage, but
I can figure it no other way. There
certainly are many countries now
which are securing far below whut
they need in the way of foodstuffs,
and when the time comes for them
to buy, it will be impossible to re
fuse them their fair share of what
the world produces. We cannot let
one part of the world starve while
another section has plenty.
“There is another factor to be
considered also. Where production
has been stimulated during the war
it must ultimately revert to normal.
It is not natural as it stands. In
| the United States, for instance, the
i meat production has been artificial!}
stimulated, and it is hard to esti
mate when this temporary conditioi
j will vanish. America next yeai
I may be an importer of meat, insteac
of a big exporte-r. See what tha'
Would mean to the rest of the
world.
“On the other hand, production
has been crippled in many coun
tries. In this case the process of
getting back to normal is likely tc
! be slower than in the case of the
i war-stimulated production.
! “In Europe as a whole there is
an actual shortage of 11 percent in
sheep and a larger shortage in pigs,
Because of this, Europe would have
to import 3,5000,000 tons of meat
this year, if it were to return to
its pre-war consumption.
“In regard to wheat, the export
able surplus of the world is down,
compared with that before the war.
Import requirements at the same
time are up. The same is true of
butter, and in some countries its
consumption has been increased by
•the lack of margarine. There is
also a sugar shortage. The beef
sugar production has dropped off
4,200,000 tons in Europe since 1914.
The cane sugar production of the
j world meantime has increased, but
I only 1,800,000 tons,
j “In discussing prices we must
(consider the meaning of the phe
nomenon in the United States,
where there is no food shortage,
| but an exportable surplus. The
(food supply is above normal, and
(yet the prices have advanced al
imost proportionately with the in
j crease in Great Britain, which is
I largely an importing country. This
•curious situation makes one realize
!tha: ir, estimating food prices the
jccenomic effects peculiar to food
(stuffs are not the determining fat
jtor. but economic conditions as a
(whole.
"There seems to be a tendency ir
'many countries to expend wai
■Wages on consumption-goods—food
j clothing, etc.—to a greater exteni
than on the purchase of raw
j materials for the extension of in
(dustry. It may be partly due tc
thus that consumption-goods on the
: whole have had such an upwarc
(trend since the armistice.”
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11:45—The children’s hour.
The evening subject will be
“Property: Obligations and Mora
Worth of Ownership.”
Music begins at 7:15 Lecture 7:3<
Everybody Welcome
REV. ROOT.
JOSEPH DIVEN
D. D.
MINISTER
COLISEUM
STRONG TRIANGLE FEATURE AND SCREAMING CIRCUS
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BESSIE LOVE
IN
“A Daughter of the Poor”
A story of an anarchist with ultra-radical tendencies, who chances < >
his views when Dame Fortune leaves a bundle of c°^ on his
doorstep.
IN FIVE POWERFUL ACTS.
Triangle-Sennett-Keystone Presents
ORA CAREW and JOSEPH “BALDY” BELMONT
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“HER CIRCUS KNIGHT”
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A DANDY CIRCUS COMEDY IN TWO SCREAMING ACTS.
MUSIC-VIOLIN, PIANO AND DRUMS
General Admission 50c. Reserved Seats 75c.
SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN, 25c
SHOW STARTS AT 8:30 O'CLOCK.
CLUB LETTER URGES
VITAL ALASKA AIDE
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(CoatimuMi tnm Page Oh)
He went into the wage question a
| some length and declared that th<
, payment of wages by the comm is
sion below the going wage of th<
country tends rather to discourage
than to encourage development. He
called attention to the fact tha'
the decline in mining, due to the
low purchasing power of gold, har
forced many men to turn to the
Government project for temporary
j relief, but he said the steady strean
j of mushers, headed for the coast
j indicated inability of the Alaskat
| Engineering commission to checl
i the exodus with its present wage
'scale.
Herman Anderson spoke of tlie
handicap under which married mer
work in the employ of the com
mission, and he called attention tc
one case, which had just come U
his attention, the amount remaininf
of a married man’s paycheck at the
end of the month being scarcelj
worth mentioning. He expressec
the belief that the employment oJ
married men should be encouragec
and that their pay should be suffi
eient to enable them to lay aside
a little money each month
j Ben Simson said that he had beer
I informed that numerous employe
| of the commission in this divisios
| receive less than is paid for simila:
jwork on the coast. He also spoke
jof the struggle that married em
iployes have to make both end
jmeet.
K. G. Southworth, of The News
called attention to the fact tha
single employes receive benefits ii
the way of ridiculously low renta
for quarters, and board that cost
ernsideraby more than the men are
charged for it, that are not >
I source of help to married employes
He also explained why the wag
(question had been taken up by th
c'ub—that on a previous occasioi
the employes of the commission hai
■ requested an advance in wages am
I had been informed by Mr. Riggs
who was then a member of th'
commission, that he had no authori
ty to alter the wage scale; and th
.hreat was made that persistence ii
th - demand for a raise would re
suit of a general suspension of worl
in the Interior. The attitude o
the commission at that time, it wa
'suggested, probably accounted fo
the fact that workers now preferrei
. to quit the country rather thai
I risk the displeasure of their em
ployers by seeking an increase ii
, pay. The club had taken up th
l question, he said, both in a spiri
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I CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
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Sunday school will be held in
1 . the old commissioner’s office build
ing, opposite the postoffiee, Sunday
i; at 1 p. m.
■ j The regular service wiil be held
■1 at the same place at two o’clock.
.! Subject, “Life.”
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HONOLULU. — Three thousand
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dren, were arrested by the Jap
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1 and 15 last, according to advices
received by Y. W. Seung, editor of
the Kortan National Herald, pub
lished here.
In the Japanese army and police
force occupying Korea there are
100,000 men, according to Seung*!
advices.
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L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays;
At 8:00 F. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V TYLER, j
Secretary Dictator.1
Department of the Utoriar
Aluku EagiaMrUf Comraamioa
NOTICE
Passengers are required to par
chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office h in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building
Alaskan Engineering Comnumion, or
at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and ean be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesday-,
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), far
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:0# a. m
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crosamg
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make the r
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
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 an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon whe 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