THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1. 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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this paper and also a)l the local news published herein.
The News believes in protecting
the American manufacturer, but we
do not think it is fair to the public
to provide protection which makes
it possible for manufacturers to
compel their American customers
to pay one price while the same
articles are offered to foreign buy
ers at a much lower price. That is
one of the great evils of our pro
tective tariff and Congress should
devise some means of preventing
such grafting, for that is really
what it amounts to.
And what, in our opinion, is still
more unfair, is the granting of
protection to manufacturers by the
enactment of tariff legislation, and
refusal to grant protection to Ameri
can labor by the limitation of im
migration. Under the present system
it is possible for American employ
ers to make use of the cheap labor
of Europe, which is flowing into
America in an endless stream of
immigration, thus forcing American
workers to lower levels of wages and
1 living, while the protected manu
facturers reap the rich harvest of
their protection.
We believe in protection, but not
that sort of protection which oper
ates to the disadvantage of Ameri
can workers. We have had enough
of prof.t-hogging. Let there now be
more consideration given to the
rights of those whose labor makes
profits possible.
Alaskans should get behind Sen
ator Chamberlain, of Seward, in
his move to induce the federal gov
ernment to do some drilling on gov
ernment-owned oil lands. The gov
ernment needs oil for its navy: it
needs the money that producing
wells on government-owned lands
will some day pour into the federal
treasury in the form of royalties.
That Alaska has oil has already
been demonstrated at Katalla—oil
of much higher grade than is pro
duced by Texas and California. And
we have the opinion of experts in
the employment of the government
that oil will be found in other lo
calities.
There will come a time, we be
lieve, when oil production will be
Alaska’s biggest source of income
but development, if .left entirely tc
private enterprise, will necessarilj
be slow because of the great cos:
of prospecting in isolated region:
and the fact that ownership of oi
land- cannot be obtained by individ
uals or corporations. Under the cir
cumstances, it is not an unreason
able request that is voiced by th<
Seward legislator, and we hop<
that his colleagues at Juneau, and al
other Alaskans will give him theii
support. If the government wil
bring in one well for us in any on<
of the unprospected fields, the futun
will take care of itself.
If it is the intention of the pres
ent head of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission to vacate permanent
ly any of the costly structure
which have been erected at Nenana
we suggest their use as a barrack
for housing the soldiers now sta
tioned at Fort Gibbon. If soldier
are needed at all in Interior Alaska
their location at Xenana would j
have the greatest possible strategic!
value by reason of the central lo- ]
cation of the town, with rail and 1
water connection with all points in
Central Alaska and the coast.
The suggestion that one of the
' buildings on the railroad reserve
be made use of to house Nenana’s j
postoffice comes from a source, it!
occurs to us, which does not hold
public convenience in high regard,
for a more undesirable location for
that purpose could not easily be
found. The suggestion has more the
appearance of an effort on the part
of some one to blind the powers :
that be at Washington to the fact i
that a very considerable part of the
railroad money was used to erect
j permanent structures w*vV the
; Alaskan Engineering commission is
1 now desirous of unloading on some
other branch of the government.
If the buildings are not now needed
for railroad purposes, then it is
obvious that their construction in
the first place was a mistake, for
much less costly buildings would
have served as well for temporary
| occupancy.
If the people of Xenana want
: their postoffice to temain with;n the
limits of the town proper, the time
appears to have arrived to get busy.
! Somebody is rocking the boat.
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Xenana, Feb. 1^
Editor News:
I It is the usual custom to report
a:i interview from those Alaskans
, direct from the Outside, and 'n
many instances the interview is
1 brief, not covering the essentials
1 directly concerning those of the In
! terior. In compliance with your re
j quest that I state conditions as I
observed them on the big Outside,
'and insofar as they are bearing on
the future of Alaska, the following,
; I trust, will be of interest:
j First of all, permit me to say
■ that in all details the people of the
I Interior of Alaska are at this time
i
! the most contented and the best
■ satisfied aggregation of mortals to
j be found anywhere within the
j boundaries of the U. S. A., for the
! very simple reason that the strife
: and competition for existence has
| never as yet permeated our social
| existence, and it would be very good
! form for all Alaskans to consider
, | soberly any inclination to go Out
. | side and enter this competition at
I' this particular time.
We, of the Interior, are vitally
I i concerned as to the substantial re
, j duction of prices on staples and I
, i can assure you that this is an as
; sured fact—during the Christmas
j holidays it was a common sight to
-1 see the store windows placarded with
-1 signs offering the goods for one
. | third and one-half off, and, at that,
s merchants complained that the holi
, day trade was very poor, and that
s; people confined themselves to the
-! purchase of only useful gifts. The
;: prevailing price of staples had reach
, ■ ed pre-war levels the first of the
year. Men's clothing, as represented i
by the ready-made standards of
Hart Schaffner & Marx and Kuppen-j
heimer. had dropped to $40 per suit, I
as against $75 per suit, the price
demanded at about the same time j
a year previous; and likewise a sim
ilar reduction in women’s apparel
With all this reduction in prices, a
loss is sustained by the merchant j
who has been compelled to move his
stock at a loss in order to meet this
after-war depreciation of a stock
purchased by him at the highest
market price in the history of the j
country. Xo credits are extended, I
and the business man is forced to
the necessity of having the ready
cash to tide him over this financial
depression and therefore must move'
his slock a: a decided loss in order
to have some funds available to
meet his obligations. It has been
argued that the merchant took large
profits during the war period, but a
close study of the facts is sufficient ■
to demonstrate that the merchant i
was the ‘•goat”, along with the pur- j
chasing public, in as much as the ■
profits on high prices finally reached
a common fund and the man in busi
ness on the Outside finds himself at.
this time in the position of having:
done a volume of business at in
flated prices and at apparently big:
profit-taking, facing bankruptcy and
unable to meet his operating ex
penses.
The farmer is likewise feeling the
pinch. Livestock was high and it
was thought it would remain high
and, as a consequence, the farmer j
held his com and grain to feed to j
his stock. He finds that he has been I
feeding SI.50 com to stock that am ■
now at the very lowest level—hogs
at 5 *2 cents and steers at 7 cents.
This will no doubt look good to
Alaskans, who may see in this cloud
a silver lining of 35-cent bacon in
the near future.
Xow with reference to one of the
most unusual crime waves in the
history of the country, I am con
strained to deal with this matter
with a considerable amount of deli
cacy for the very apparent reason
that it touches upon a matter most
vital to the integrity of the country
a
it large. In order that I may be
dearly understood in this matter, I
beg to submit the police records of
the municipalities of the United
States show that 95 per cent of
these depredations are committed by ,
returned soldiers, not because they!
are criminals at heart, but because1
they have been driven to this ex-;
treme necessity through the failure
of the people to make good their
promises to those men who were will- _
ing to make the supreme sacrifice, i
while others of us remained at home
in perfect security. Hundreds of
thousands of these ex-service men
are walking the streets unemployed
and it is indeed a bitter pill they
are forced to swallow when they
reflect that, during the war, the
stay-at-homes were receiving very
high wages and they were at the
front suffering the torments of hell,
only to return to the country of
their ideals and to be suddenly for
gotten by the people who promised
ihem everything under the sun be
fore they went to the front. In
many of the cities every effort is
being made to place these ex-sen-ice
men in employment and. as a con
sequence. all married women hold
ing positions, either municipal,
county or stntc. have been request
ed to resign, and this has been fol
lowed by large business concerns
who appreciate the justness of the
claims of these men. It is to be
hoped that some solution of this
problem will be met speedily, as we
are most certainly bound, as a na
tion, to make good our promise to
these men. to all of whom we are
indebted, regardless of promises
made in the excitement attending
war.
While Outside. I visited San Fran
cisco and found conditions there
somewhat better than in Seattle, due
largely to the fact that the city
was visited by many of the winter
vacationists from the Middle West.
In all districts outside of San Fran
cisco the wage for common labor
had dropped to the pre-war level
of $2 per day, and living had drop
ped proportionately.
Butte, Montana, was in the throes
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Cigars - -Tobaccos |
Stationery - Candy |
Pool and Card Tables I
Furnished Rooms I
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THE E. H. MACK Co.
Succauon to St. George Realty Co., and St. George A Cathcart
I FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
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List Your Property with Us, For Sale or Rent
Notary Public, Collections, Bonding Company, Rents Collected
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THE NEW RAILROAD
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS
POOL AND PAN
SOMETHING DOING ALL THE TIME
BARBER SHOP AND BATHS
11 ROOMS IN CONNECTION. BILLY THOMAS
We Carry a Complete Line of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
NOTHING BUT THE VERY BEST BRANDS—LIPTON AND
RIDGEWAY’S TEAS. PRIDES AND TEAGARDEN PRESERVES
CRAWFORDS ORANGE JELLY AND MARMALADES.
HARDWARE AND MEN’S FURNISHINGS OF HIGHEST GRADE
SUNKIST ORANGES AND LEMONS—DELICIOUS APPLES
_California Glazed Fruit*—Candies and Nuts of all Kinds
FOWLER & MORRIS
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NENANA’S BEST APPOINTED HOTEL
Cooney Hotel and Annex
HOT AND COLD WATER AND BATHS
ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE
COMFORT AND SERVICE UNEXCELLED
DOG BARNS
CONDUCTING
COONEY STAGE LINE
(So.ided Carrier)
OPERATING FROM STEEL TO STEEL
Connecting with. All Boats and Trains
PASSENGERS — FREIGHT — PERISHABLES
Make Arrangements at Cooney Hotel
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Coast Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek for
Anchorage on Sunday and Thurs
day at 1:00 P. M.
Train leaves Deadhorse for An
chorage on Tuesday and Friday.
Train leaves Anchorage for Sew
ard on Wednesday and Saturday at
9:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An
chorage, via Eska on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 7:30
A. M.
Nenana Train Schedule
1 Trains leave Nenana for the end
of steel four times a week—on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
j Saturday.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Baby sled. Call up The
News for particulars.
FOR SALE—Six-hole range. Burns
wood or coal. Tent 12x14. New.
Apply Rust House.
Fine Stock Staple and Fancy Gro.
ceries. Fowler & Morris.
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE
END OF STEEL
First-class Meals
BEDS
Cigars and Tobacco
Ambrose Van, Prop.
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
j FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
If Comfort, Economy and tho
Environments of Home
Appeal to You,
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JEWELRY
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1 Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
' Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke Geo. S. Smith
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission ,
NOTICE
Schedule of (trains, subject to
change without notice:
LEAVE NENAXA for Healy oti
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Healy at 1 p. m.
LEAVE FAIRBANKS for Nenana ’
on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Nenana at 1:30
p. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU,
Secretary Dictator. I
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