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 3, 1879.
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HIGH COSTS AND THE REMEDY
There are two ways to stop the
upward tendency of the cost of
living. One of these is for Con
gress to pass the measures which
would permit complete government
regulation of the prices of every
thing between and including produc
tion down to and including the re
tail price to the consumers, and the
other is wait for time to bring com
petition to do the work.
The first mentioned remedy would
include, points out the editor of the
Alaska Daily Empire (Juneau), of
course, the regulation of wages, and
in many instances the methods of
distribution. In a measure, it
would, of course, do away with com
petition. It would mean far greater ;
governmental inquisition than ever 1
before has been attempted in thit '
country. It is not strange that Con
gress hesitates. It probably will I
decide not to provide for the ap
plication of that medicine.
If the second remedy is adopted,
the one that we nave depended upon
in the past, the operation of time,!
bringing with a production adequate
to meet the demands of the consum- j
ers and competition in the markets;
and in catering: to the public all :
along: the line, the situation can be 1
helped along, of course, by passing '
and enforcing laws against profiteer- !
in? where it is found, by encourag- j
in? people to work and save, by '
urging greater and yet greater pro-!
duction, by regrulating, where possi-'
ble, by educating the people wher-1
ever possible, through publicity and j
all the means at our command, as i
to the actual conditions and needs, :
and to urge voluntary patriotic co- i
operation on the part of everybody ■
to meet the situation; but the effect]
cannot be immediate. Any other
method of meeting the situation
than complete governmental regula
tion will require time, ft will take
time to get everybody at work and
increase consumption to the point
that producers shall again be seek
ing markets for their products, to
bring about a condition again where
people are anxious to retain jobs
and positions, to sell their time and
skill and ability. It is fortunate
that the campaign of education has
been proceeding, and people every
where, including the conservative la
bor leaders of the country, are
awake to the situation. Mr. Gom
pers has promised that labor will
work and do its share towards in
creasing production. He and the
laboring people generally are op
posed to complete governmental reg
ulation, as they know that it would
have to include wages as well as
everything else.
The history of the past has been
that every great war has been fol
lowed by a period of unrest and
high prices. That period was fol
lowed by one of stagnation, during
which people have been unable to
get credit and when products were
sold with difficulty, because people
had not the money with which to
purchase. For years after the Civil
war, at first on account of the high
prices and later because there was
so little money, most people in the
country were compelled to get along
without sugar at every meal, and a '
pood suit of clothes would serve the
average man for years. Most of the :
farmers and workers wore home- j
made woolen clothes or cotton jump- i
ers and overalls for their daily j
raiment. They made extreme sac
rifices in the fight against the wolf
at the door.
We are fortunate in the fact that i
we now have a banking and cur- j
rency system that will aid us to i
avoid the period of stagnation and j
credit destruction such as followed ;
the Jay Cook failure, and the conse- i
quent period of liquidation which
carried down banks like straws in a
hurricane, which destroyed high
prices some eight years after the j
close of the Civil war.
Better transportation facilities, j
producing equipment, industrial and;
financial organization, means of edu
cation and capacity to co-operate
should and will bring us through the
present period of unrest, high cost
and lack of production, in much
shorter time than that which fol
lowed the Civil war, and without
the period of stagnation with its
financial and business failures.
The attorney-general is doing all 1
that he can under the law to allevi
ate the situation, but we must not
expect too much from his efforts.
The need of the hour is to get to
work—to produce necessities in mea
sure to meet the demands of the
people.
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Los Angeles, Jan. 23, 1920.
Editor Nenana Daily News.
Dear Sir: Sometimes, apparently
insignificant incidents cause us to do
exceedingly surprising things. To
day, during a visit to the public
lbrary, I chanced to pick up a copy
of your newspaper and was imme
diately transported to the Land of
Mystery, Tragedy, and to me, at
least, Eternal Romance. I spent a
most enjoyable half hour with four
copies of The Nenana Daily News
and my imagination—incidentally re
ceiving the • inspiration which cul
minates in this appeal.
I have read—and with a feeling
somewhat tinged with horror at the
mercenary ones and with a feeling
of admiration for those who had
the courage to speak out their
hearts—of women doing the very
thing I am doing: asking aid in
finding a mate. I could not bring
j myself to admit that I had failed
in my search for the Right one and
that I was compelled to ask aid in
order to acquaint him with the fact
of my existence! It is said that all
things come to him who waits. It
might well have been added, “and
who hustles almightily hard with
eyes wide open and all senses on
the alert!” I have served my ap
prenticeship at waiting and I do
not wish to wait until my eyes are
too dimmed for recognition of him,
and my senses too dulled for the
keenest appreciation and enjoyment
of his advent into my world. Do
not think, from that, that I am old
—I’ve some years to go before I
reach thirty, but I'm wasting pre
cious hours working and living
alone. I'm weary of it. I’m not
whining at my lot—It's not a hard
one, but it is a purposeless, discon
tented and lonely life. It is not
well to live too much alone. I be
lieve none of us were created for
that.
I still believe in love, real, true,
honest love. There are a few evi
dences of it around me—very, very
few, I must admit, but enough to
keep a spark of hope alive within
me. So long as that spark of hope
remains, I shall not sacrifice my
capacity for loving for a “meal
ticket” and the material comforts
of life—and I’m not fond of being
without either. When hope dies,
than it won’t matter. But I’m des
perately anxious that it shall not
die.
This is why I am asking you to
help me find my ideal man. I
know he lives. I’ve that much
faith. And I feel that your coun
try of grim realities may hold him.
I do not believe a quitter could live
there.
I can appreciate a real man—be
cause I see so many imitations, so
many who care more for being well
dressed than they do for their self
respect.
The man I marry must be honor
able, honest, tender, and of high
ideals. He must be of clean, virile,
American stock, my superior physi
cally, and at least my equal men
tally. He must have the respect of
his neighbors and the love of chil
dren and animals. He must be a
lover of the Great Outdoors.
He must be able to give me the
comforts of life. I wart no uncer
tain existence—neither do I want
many luxuries.
I’m not an Advanced Woman, a
so-called Superwoman, or a femin
ist. Present day “society” bores me
to tears and I have no desire to
mix in politics with all its graft,
except to east my vote to change
some of our very absurd laws. I
do not believe women are yet suited
to hold office (I hear snorts of dis
ipproval from my sex). But witness
Feanebte Rankin! Of course, there'
ire exceptions.
I know you re wondering what I '
lave to offer this fixture of sod
ind man I’m asking: for. I’ve fairly
rood looks, the ability to wear
dothes well, and to make them, if
necessary. I am a pood cook, be
cause I like it. I can make a real
nome out of four bare walls and a
few yards of chintz, because 1 love
i home. I’ve been told that I’m a
;ood business woman (I make
snough money to live comfortably
Jespite the H. G. L.), and that I
im endowed with more than the
iverage amount of common sense,
for which I’m humbly thankful. I
know the stretching: power of a dol
lar, because I’ve watched it dimin
ish during the past three years.
I will not take my husband for
granted—we do not take things for
granted in the business world. If
we did, we would be bankrupt with
in a year, and why women take
their husbands for granted—or vice
versa—is quite beyond my power of
understanding. I will appreciate my
husband—and tell him so!
I will make home life as attrac
tive and as interesting as my ability
and my love will enable me to—thus
to keep him from wishing to stray
away from his fireside for the taw
dry pleasures if the city.
I will never be idle—of hands or
of mind. I will keep abreast of the
times.
I will share all his trials, his dis
appointments, his griefs and his
joys.
I will try to make his life so
h*PPyt so full of contentment of
spirit, so nearly ideal, that his only
regret will be that he did not meet
me years before.
In short, I will fulfil to the best
of my ability the purpose for which
I believe I was placed on this old i
earth. Then I shall not have lived
in vain.
It is said that we get about what
we want in this old world of ours.
1 want to convince myself fully, and
perhaps let my world know too, that
WANT ADS
TWO TEXTS FOR SALE—One lOx
12, and one 12x14. Inquire News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
TWO GOOD DOGS for sale. Inquire
for S. E. Gardner, at Cooneys.
WELL-FURNISHED two-room cabin,
with good water and large cache,
for sale cheap. Inquire News
office.
tf
WANTED—Position by woman as
cook in camp. Inquire at News
office.
WANTED TO BUY—Two or three
good dogs. Must be cheap. In
quire at Terminal.
FOUND—Bunch of keys,
at Central Cafe.
Inquire
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
suitable for light housekeeping,
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
FOR SALE---Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver
tisement.
marriage isn’t a failure. I want this
more than diamonds or gold!
Am I altogether selfish? If you
think so, you ideal man who reads
this, don’t waste time and paper in
writing to me. But if you think
my ideal is high enough to restore
faith to some of the bruised hearts
of humanity, and if you believe in it
for yourself, then waste no time in
telling me. And please .send your
photograph.
PEGGY ROBINSON,
General Delivery.
P. S. My name .smacks of red hair
and frivolity, but I am possessed of
neither. I’m five feet, seven inches
tall—just escape being “skinny,”
have dark brown hair, gray eyes
with brown specks and mischief in
them, and a turned-up nose, an even
disposition and a sense of humor.
I like Robert Service, Max Ehr
mann, Kipling, Robert Burns, Walt
Mason, violet3, and fried chicken.
Do you think my letter will en
danger the good reputation of your
paper. I like your paper very
much. It’s clean and wholesome,
like your country. If you are not
afraid of becoming a matrimonial
bureau, I wish you would put in
your paper the parts of my letter
that you think will be the least mis
understood, and, dear Editor Man—
just leave the rest to me. And
some day I’ll call you blessed.
Suits mended, pressed and cleaned
Underwear renovated Old furs re
modeled, bought and sold- Goods
called for and delivered. Telephone
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chase tickets before entering trains.
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 Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
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purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
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the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
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The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
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arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m.
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m.;
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throughout the North and are prepared to send 70a the names ef
people in all seetioua of Alaska aad the Yukon who will verify ear
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, aad the tremendous amount
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States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we most have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Hake ns 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.
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