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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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VIEWS OF AN OWNER.
Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland,
Ohio, member of the executive com
mittee of the National Association
of Owners of Railroad Securities,
declared recently that “the turn
ing over of the vast system of rail
road lines to the control of the
Government, and through the Gov
ernment to the control of organ
ized labor, would be a long step
toward the establishment in this
country of an autocratic power that
would imperil the liberties of the
American people.”
Mr. Herrick, who was formerly
governor of Ohio and American
ambassador to France, is a banker,
director of the Erie railroad and
of the New York Life Insurance
company.
Mr. Herrick asserted in his state
ment that “the experience of the
last two years with the railroads,
as with the telegraph and telephone
lines, is ample proof that there is
neither efficiency nor economy in
Government control. He said that
such control and operation would
defeat the purpose for which the
railroad brotherhoods were estab
lished and that it would involve a
huge addition to the public debt,
as the value of the railroads was
estimated at seventeen billions of
dollars.
Referring to the agitation by
railroad employes, through the of
ficers of their organizations, in fa
vor of Government ownership of
the roads, Mr. Herrick said:
“This propaganda will not be fa
vorably received by the people of
this country, who, as always, must
pay the bill. The deficit incurred
in less than two years of federal
operation is already more than five
hundred million dollars, and is
mounting at the rate of two million
a day, in spite of sharp increases in
freight and passenger rates. Di
rectly or indirectly, in taxes, freight
charges and increase in the cost of
goods, the burden of that deficit
falls on the people and contributes
in tremendous measure to the op
pressively high cost of living. In
the face of that showing, who could
conscientiously wish to perpetuate
governmental control of the rail
roads?
“I cannot believe the brother
hoods have thoroughly considered
the consequences that would follow
Government ownership, or that they
have prepared to exercise this great
power. Their present propaganda
is wholly at variance with the char
acter of their organizations and
with their long and honorable his
tory.
“To add the cost of the railroads
to the Government’s debt,” Mr.
Herrick said, “would weaken the
Government’s borrowing power, de
preciate further Government se
curities, and increase the rate at
which the Government can borrow.
He pointed out that the war had
added $20,000,000,000 to the public
debt in two years and that the
annual interest charge alone is now
almost equal to the whole annua'
expense of the national Govern
ment before the war. “To buy the
railroads and double the national
debt would be exceedingly unwise,”
said Mr. Herrick. “It would sim
ply multiply the principal and in
terest which the people must pay.
“Uncertainty in business will not
cease until the railroad problem is
j solved,” asserted Mr. Herick. “Ev
iery delay means tremendous loss to
I the country. All the billions of
wealth owned by the people of the
United States are to go forward or
backward, dependent upon the legis
lation which is just ahead. A mis
take will threaten the whole finan
cial structure.”
Mr. Herrick said that he believed
the best plan yet presented for
solving the railroad question was
that presented to Congress by the
National Association of Owners of
Railroad Securities. This plan, he
said, provides for a fixed percentage
return to the roads, and that where
a road makes a profit in excess of
six percent the excess shall be di
vided between the Government, the
employes and the railroad. In his
opinion this plan protected all inter
ests—the public, the shippers, the
employes, and the owners.
“The time for experiments has
passed,” said Mr. Herrick. “The
Government has followed fads and
fancies far enough. Now let us
forget partisanships and politics and
devise a practical plan for the
businesslike management of our
great vehicles of commerce, giving
men of experience and vision a
chance to exercise their abilities.
Radical experimentation is unthink
able."
YANKEES ARE WANTED
TO KEEP FIUME QUIET
PARIS, Sept. 5.—The Allied com
mission in Fiume has recommended
that American marines and British
soldiers be delegated to restore and
preserve order in that locality.
FAKE HERO DUMPED
INTO TANK AT PURDUE
LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Fifteen hun
dred Purdue university students
dropped their classes one afternoon
recently to chastise Harry T. Wein
shanw, of Indianapolis, a student,
who represented himself as a war
hero and in the uniform of an army
lieutenant led a company of artil
lerymen in a parade at Indianapolis.
Weinshank was first dumped into
a tank at the university, and then,
with a logchain about his neck and
a placard pinned to his coat, “Our
Hero” was marched through the city
streets. He was placed on an in
terurban car and deported to his
home.
Weinstank was arrested at Camp
Purdue in June, 1918, for imper
sonating an officer, but the case was
dropped by the federal authorities.
The students declare they will not
permit him to re-enter the universi
ty.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.—Ad
ocating that an advance be mad
o the simple and logical metri
ystem of weights and measure?
nanufacturers of the United State
ind Britannia have rallied to th
upport of the World Trade Clul
if San Francisco in their campaig:
o secure world-wide adoption o
netric units.
The lord mayor of Manchester
epresenting one of Britannia’s mos
mportant industrial centers, i
'resident of the Manchester an<
)istrict Decimal association, whosi
urpose is to secure legislation ii
avor of the. metric system.
The founder and president of thi
Linerican National Association o;
lanufacturers, Theodore C. Search
■as an advocate of the metric sys
;m.
The American National Wholesale
Irocers’ association voted over
helmingly in favor of adoption o!
letric units.
The American National Canners
ssociation urges adoption of metric
nits. This sentiment was passed
t a convention of 5,000 delegates,
Among the many other important
rganizations which have been ac
ve in advocating meter-liter-gram
re: Associated Steel Manufacture
rs of U. S. America; American
ssociation for the Advancement of
cience; American Drug Manufac
irers’ association; American Insti
lte of Chemical* Engineers; Ameri
in Pharmaceutical association; Am
rican Institute of Makers of Ex
losives; National American Associa
on of Retail Druggists; National
merican Association of Wholesale
ruggists; National American Scale
ten’s association.
MARINE BULLETIN
Dawson, down Hootalinqua, 9:1C
. m., 4th.
Selkirk, up Stewart, 5 a. m., 4th
Casca, at Whitehorse, 4th.
Nasutlin, up Stewart river, 4th.
Alaska, up Gibbon for Fairbanks
a. m.
Yukon, up Rampart, 9:30 a. m.
Sibilla, up Fort Yukon, 11:15 a
l., 4th.
Jacobs, down Richardson, 5 p. m.
th.
Tanana and Kelly, at Chena.
Washburn, down Birches, 6 a. m
Reliance, up Marshall, 8 a. m.
th.
Seattle No. 3, down Marshall, f
i. m., 3d.
Kotlik and Julia B, at St. Mich
el.
Davis, up Kotlik, 4 p. m., 3d.
Carl White, down Nenana, 9 p
a., 4th.
Board of School Directors
Nenana Public School
Nenana, August 29, 1919
JOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTIOf
Complying with the laws of Alas
;a, notice is hereby given that :
pecial election will be held in thi
own of Nenana,
Monday, September 8, 1919,
or the purpose of electing om
chool director to fill the vacanc;
aused by the resignation of Mi
leorge W. Pennington.
The names of candidates must h
n the hands of the Clerk of thi
School Board not later than Friday
September 5.
The polling place will be locatei
n the Fire Hall, adjoining thi
’ownsite Office. Polls will be opei
rom 8 a. m. until 7 p. m. on thi
lav and date of election.
J. H. SCOTT,
Clerk of School Board.
Approved:
ROBERT JOSEPH DIVEN,
President.
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SEAPLANE FISHING
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SANTA BARBARA, Cal. — The
newest thing in sports is seaplane
fishing. It originated in Santa Bar
I bara at the suggestion of Allan
Loughead, an aviator.
Seven young women acted on the
. suggestion. They boarded the sea
plane, flew out to the fishing banks
and came to anchor. After an
hour's time, when they had made
a fair catch, the return trip was
made. All went eft as nicely as if
seaplane fishing was an established
thing.
“Many unique uses will be dis
covered for the seaplane,” says Avi
ator Loughead. "Once the people
become reconciled to the fact that
flying is a practical rather than a
spectacular thing, they will begin
to got some good out of it.”
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND E STREETS
On Second and Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE 1
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
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 foot of 4
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 a. m.
On and after julv 15th the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at 8 a. m., until further
notice.
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