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.
WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
Owned and Edited by
R. G. SOUTHWORTH ARTHUR G. BELL
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LABOR AND OUTPUT.
The present disposition of labor
organizations to seek relief from
the high cost of living through wage
increases rather than through in
creased production leads the Na
tional Foreign Trade Council to
view with concern the future of our
foreign trade in all parts of the
world. The experience of Great
Britain during the last fifty years
offers an example of a similar un
sound economic policy the fruits of
which are now becoming apparent.
It has been the belief of English
labor that the greater the restric
tion of output, the greater the num
ber of men to be employed, and
therefore the greater prosperity for
ail. In reality, restricted produc
tion has resulted in profits so small
as to leave no room for wage in
creases. The net result has been
underpaid labor and poor working
conditions. In the main, this course
has been unopposed by the British
government. Instead of hitting at
the root of the evil and eliminating
restrictions on output, the policy
has been to palliate social unrest
with unemployment and old-age pen
sions. The government has there-:
by countenanced an economic situ
ation in which increased wages,
if granted, would lead to no greater
production and would render the
British manufacturer unable to com
pete with other nations in foreign
trade. Therefore the wage increase
never came, and England drew for
herself a red-ink overdraft on the
future.
Exceptional \t*ar conditions upset
all customs, resulted in huge -.vase
increases, but affected only slightly
the old ideas about restriction of
output. So England now finds her
self in the difficult position of try
ing to sell goods abroad in compe
tition with foreign nations fand her
whole industrial future depends or.
her success in the effort*, when the
labor costs of production have been
enormously increased with but little
compensating increase in output. To
add to her difficulties, the payment
of recent ‘‘unemployment doles” has
served only to make the state of
unemployment attractive rather than
otherwise, and has seriously weak
ened the “will to work” of the in
dustrial population.
If the foreign markets of the
world in many lines of goods are
not to be lost to the United States
in the future, two things are obvi
ous: fl) Increased production is a
condition precedent to all increases
of pay and decreases of working
time; (2> the policy of our Gov
ernment must be modeled more
along lines which keep maximum
production in view than on any sys
tem of benefits tending to make
labor less self-dependent, or on any
theory of decreased hours of work
designed fallaciously to provide work
for more people, but in reality re
sulting in more pay for the same
number of workers.
WILSON AND SEATTLE.
Heading the editorial pages of
the Eastern newspapers, one soon
and sadly realises that Seattle has
a reputation for Bolshevism, an
jarchism and wild and woolly conduct
! generally which it must live up to,
and that the "staff correspondents"
helped us out nobly on the occasion
of the President’s visit to our terri
ble city, says the Seattle Po;t-In
telligencer. To get the real news
of that visit one must read the New
York Post, ardent supporter of Pres
ident Wilson: the New York Sun,
equally ardent in its opposition to
President Wilson, and every one of
the score of newspapers that had
staff correspondents along with the
' presidential party.
The hallucinations of the staff
‘correspondents are bad enough, but
I when the editorial writers contribute
the:r wisdom, from facts gleaned
from the stories of the staff cor
respondents, then, gentle reader, one
must weep and laugh. Finally there
comes the marvelous flood of in
vective, denunciation, anger, an
guish, sorrow, despair, as the pen
sioners writing editorials on the
smaller newspapers rewrite the met
ropolitan editorials. Their slant de
pends entirely upon whether they
read the New York Post or the
New York Sun. Verily, one must
go away from home to learn the
news. j
Up and down the land today Se
attle is being editorially denounced
for the shameful reception given to
the President. Jus: hearken to this
from the El Paso Herald:
"The reception given President
Wilson by a large number of Seat
tle’s residents—one must not say
'citizens—was the mon amazing re- j
oeption ever experienced by a Presi- i
dent of the United States. That an '
American President should be re
ceived in sullen silence would be i
‘•unthinkable had it pot actually oc- j
currc-d.”
‘"Sullen silence," we submit, is j
exquisitely good. And <‘it actually !
occurred.”
Now let us swing back to the i
|
Springfield Republican, which as
sures its readers that the mad ac
claim and tumultuous enthusiasm
shown by the Reds, I. W. W. and
anarchists of Seattle for the Presi- i
1 dent is not to be taken as an in
dication that the President is fa
vorably disposed toward these wor
thies. The Republican very man
fully proves that the President is
To Bolshevist, even if the Bolshe
vists of Seattle welcomed him as a
brother. The Republican's consid
ered conclusion is this:
"There is no justification what
ever in interpreting or misinterpret
ing the Seattle demonstration as an
acclaiming of the President by the
extreme and revolutionarv elements
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of the city as their champion or as
ja sympathizer with them.”
| "Sullen silence” in Texas; “revo
lutionary acclaim” in Massachusetts,
i The effulgent New York Sun has
this to say;
I "President Wilson's reception in
Seattle has amazed and alarmed the
sober business men and thoughtful
liberals of the Pacific coast states
! because of the enthusiasm with
! which he was acclaimed by the ex
treme and revolutionist elements in
;the city.”
But the New York Post, the per
jsonal organ of the President, has it
< otherwise:
i “Because the President was an
grily besieged by some of the wilder
elements of Seattle, opponents of
his shake their heads sorrowfully
over his encouragement of revolu
tionists and speak of his giving ‘aid
and comfort to the enemies of so
ciety'.”
And so the mad waggish report
ers and editorial writers will have
it, from “sullen silence" to “enthu
siastic acclaim" to “angrily be
sieged,” varying according to vo
cabulary and the accidents of dic
Jtion. Some of them even obscurely
| hint that the President's life was
lin danger; that the presidential par
jty moved about in fear and trem
bling, with death dogging their rear
tires. Comment on such nonsense
is obviously absurd; denial would be
ridiculous. An almost forgotten
islang phrase fits the case exactly;
it is to laugh.
RESTRICTIONS ON
PASSPORTS PEEVE
ARIZONA MERCHANTS
! -
! DOUGLAS, A.riz.—Passport regu
lations of the United States, which
'prevent hundreds of Mexicans in
j Sonora from crossing- to this side
iof fhe international line to do their
.trading, have caused considerable
| complaint among the merchants of
Arizona border towns who have
theretofore reaped a harvest from
j Mexican patronage.
The Mexican shoppers often pre
sented some peculiar contrasts. For
merly many Mexican families, their
nakedness barely covered by the
rags they wore, but with thousands
Iof dollars in their purses. Crossed
the border for their annual buying
trip.
After a day or two they would
recross to the Mexican side, mem
bers of the family wearing as much
of their clothing purchases as pos
sible in order to escape Mexican
import duties. Sometimes a man
would be seen wearing several suits
of clothing, with four or five hats,
one upon the other, on his head.
Such sights, once common, are rare
ly observed now.
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WANT ADS
FOUND—Gold button. No. 32. Own
er can recover by calling on Jim
I Dzukoff. at The Terminal.
FOR SALE--Large tank heater and
pipe drum. Inquire Simson’s store.
ROADHOUSE FOR SALE—Inquire
News Office. 11-29
GOOD TEAM, harness and No. 5
sleigh for sale. Inquire Knut
Koland, Th'ni and C streets.
FOR SALE—Furnished house of five
rooms, attic, large basement and
winter cellar for vegetables. Heat
ed by furnace. Winter supply of
vegetables. Full corner lot. One
of the most desirable parts of
j town. Inquire at News office.
FOR SALE OR RENT—High-grade
player piano. Inquire Simson’s
Store.
FOR SALE—-Piano and complete
household furniture: also set of
mink furs. Inquire of Mrs.
Duke. 10-28
FOR SALE—Small Lang: range, with
kitchen outfit complete: couch
spring’s, mattress and bedding. In
quire Skof Rouse.
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver
tisement.
Shoe Leather, Soles, Nails, Traps
and Equipment, Cooking Utensils.
Anderson Bros. & Nerland.
Proficiency.
‘‘What's Du'bwaiie doing out ‘here
in the street?”
‘‘He's addressing a few remarks
to his motor ear."
"Is he getting any results?”
“I presume so. Half a dozen win
dows in the neighborhood have been
pulled down with a bang.”—Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
Storm Windows and Glass at An
derson Eros. & Nerland.
Dr, J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
Nenana. W^ere Ralls and Rivers Meet
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FRESH STOCKi
£ —' /
£ Groceries, Clothing and Footwear £
SAVE TIME AND MONEY j
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Tuesdays
At S:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary ^Dictator.
Department of the Interio'
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in a
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building,
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 41a (North NenanaJ.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
'the foot of A street on Wednessdays
and Saturdays at S a. m.. and from
Camp 415 (North N'enana). Tues
days and Fridays, at 8 a. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make the:'
own arrangements for reaching
North N'enana. The Commission will
continue its ferry service, with skiff,
as long as the river is passable, and
every endeavor will be made to hern
passengers across. The ferryman
will be on duty from 7 a. m. on
the N'enana side, and will help pass
■ engers from the north upon their
arrival in the evening; but this
; service may have to be discon
j tinued any day.
Passengers taking trains for Fair
banks on any other days than Tues
days and Fridays are liable to be
held up en route. No through con
nections are assured except on these
days. This schedule is subject to
change on short notice (or without
notice) upon completion of steel lay
ing between North Nenana and Fair
i banks.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
i 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 who 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 ve an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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