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SEWARD, ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Established August 19, 1904.
SELBY & HOBEN, Proprietors.
H. B. SELBY
Managing Editor
Entered as Second Class Matter September 2nd, 1915, at the Post Office at
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GREAT WEALTH AND GREAT
TAXES
Americans are inclined to throw out
their chests on reading the report of
the census bureau just issue din which
it is set out that the wealth of the na
tion on December 31, 1922, was $320,
803,S62,000 amounting to $2,918 per
capita ,compared with $186,299,664,000
in 1912, or $1,950 per capita. The in
crease in ten years was i2.2 pei cent.
But there is another side to the pic
ture of our stupendous wealth.
It is interesting to go back into his
tory for more than a century and
make some comparisons.
When Washington became president
in 1789 the republic, then with a popu
lation of approximately 3,000,000, had
piled up debts of $76,400,000 which
then were considered to be almost be
yond the capacity of the nation to pay.
The aggregate wealth was estimat
ed at about $1,200,000,000, and the
debt was about six per cent of the na
tion’s wealth and the interest charge
was about $4,500,000 annually. The
federal tax amounted to approximate
ly $1.20 per capita and the govern
EIGHT WOOL DRESSES
FOUR SILK DRESSES
ON SALE
Your Choice
SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSON
Propr
Pool Soft Drinks
HIGH GRADE
CANDY
C. E. ORLANDER
Jeweler
and
W_tch Repairer
We have new Dresses
in Pciret Twill, Canton,
and Georgette Crepe.
COME AND ASK US
ABOUT A P. N. PRAC
TICAL CORSET
Banbury and Ogle
merit spent an average of about $1,600
a day to meet all expenses.
In 1920, just after the close of the
war, federal taxes were $50.78 per cap
;ta; compared with $1.20 in 1789. It
was reduced in 1922 and in 1923 was
placed at $31.80. Federal disbursement
in 1923 averaged approximately $7,
000 a minute against $1.01 a minute in j
1789.
But federal outlays, much of which
have gone for war payments, were not
the only drain on the public purse, j
Federal taxes were reduced between
1920 and 1922, but the state and local
taxes rose from $29.88 to $33.24 per
capita. The federal government cost
$3,565,500,000 in 1922 as against $3,
648,000.000 for state and local gov
! ernment. The per capita tax for New
Mexico increased 533 per cent between
1913 and 1923. In Delaware and Ok
lahoma the increase was more than
i,300 per cent. There are eighteen
! states in hich the increase was be
tween 100 and 200 per cent.
Our national debt today is approxi
mately $23,000,000,000, compared with
$76,400,000 in Washington’s time. Al
exander Hamilton, fii'st secretary of
the treasury, faced a seemingly insup
erable task in trying to meet the $76,
400 000 debt. An appropriation of $76,
400,000 today is a mere pittance. Al
most without debate last week the
! house, in record time, passed a bill that
would cost the country from $2,000,
000,000 to $4,000,000,000. At present
rate of tax paying the revolutionary
war debt would be paid off in little
more than a week .
Available records do not show the
number of persons on the federal pay
roll during Washington’s first term,
, but today one out of every twelve per
sons in the United States over 16 and
j gainfully employed is on the public
‘payroll. Oddly enough, this vast army
of placeholders is exempt from the
operation of the income tax, which
raises most of the public revenue. The
! people at large not only support a
|growing horde of public officers and
J employes, but they pay the income tax
of this class of favorites, as well as
another favorite class which has plac
ed much of its wealth in tax exempt
! securities. According to Collier s the
estate of Jacob Schiff, the banker,
amounting to $35,00,000, was nearly
all in tax-free bonds. Under our pres
ent laws, then, the politician and the
millionaire escape much of the tax
burden.
Our problem in spite of our vast
ly increased national wealth—much of
1 which is due to post-war inflation—is
| to cut down the cost of government.
Increase in wealth means little if taxes
mount proportionally. Our living stan
dards of today cannot be compared
with those of the early republic, nor
jean the per capita wealth, but we are
struggling with the same general prob
lem of paying taxes on a constantly
increasing scale.
It does not follow that vast wealth
0. K. BARBER SHOP
CLEAN, GAN 'TAR Y BATHS,
EXPERT BARBERS AND
REASONABLE PRICES KEEP
US BUSY.
LADIES HAIR EXPERTS
Ray 0. Lewis, Propr.
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PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS
E. E. CHAMBERLIN
Candidate for Territorial Senator on the Republican
Ticket, Primaries April 29, 1924
Senator Chamberlin is a lifelong Republican, was mayor of Seward
for two terms, has been a member of the Seward Council, and owns
propertv here. He served in the Territorial Senate at the last
two sessions. At the last session he supported the literacy test
for voters, the woman’s jury bill, the Soldier bonus bill, the pioneer
pension bill and the memorial protesting against fisheries reserves.
A RESIDENT OF ALASKA FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS
TONIGHT ONLY
8:00 O’Clock ONE SHOW 8:00 O’clock
Adults, 40c ADMISSION Children, 15c
Liberty Theatre
First National Presents Anita Stewart in
“The invisible Fear”
With a Two-Reel Comedy and and a
LATE PATHE REVIEW
TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY
7:00 TWO SHOWS 8:45
CONSTACNE TALMADOK IN
“WOMANS’ PLACE
moans vast prosperity—cause and ef
fect do not operate inflexibility here.
But great wealth and relatively low
taxes form a combination that insures
prosperity.
AIRPLANE FLIGHT WELL
COVERED IN SEWARD
The airplane flight was well cov
ered in Seward by J. P. Hannon for
the Associated Press, the Gateway for
the Star and Times of Seattle; the
News Miner and Anchorage Times,
and R. J. Grover special writer. Sat
urday’s story of the air flight was
cabled the Times and News-Miner by
the Gateway.
Seward received much favorable
publicity during the flight, the do
ings of the day going over the whole
world.
To Mr. Hannon the thanks of the
Gateway is due for considerable as
sistance in detail work. Thru his ef
forts we believe Seward received a
better write-up than most other
Alaskan towns.
SEWARD SHIVERING
FROM COLD WAVE
Seward shivered last night when
icy blasts from the north swept down
on the unprotected city. The mer
cury dropped rapidly and many home
owners suffered frozen water pipes.
The mercury was reported 26 be
low at interior points yesterday.
BAGDAD, Persia, Arc. 21.—Major
Stuart MacLaren arrived here today
from Zizi, Egypt.
nuka bay scene of good
STRIKE; QUARTZ IS RICH
A rich ledge of ore has been struck
at Nuka Bay by J. H. Foster, accord
ing to a reliable report received in this
city recently, and from the looks of
the samples, it is of high value. The
strike was made a few days ago on
the opposite side of the mountain from
where the Alaska Hills Mines Com
pany property is located and found in
!the creek bed.
Six prospecting outfits are now in
! the field, according to the report anc
j two other outfits are at Seward, wait
ing for marine engineers to install
them. The engineers are now in Sew
ard and will leave for Nuka Bay in the
near future.
BEN EIELSON DOES NOT
VISIT SEWARD AS PLANNED
Ben Eielson, the Fairbanks aviator
who planned to visit Seward to see
the world flyers, stopped when he
arrived at Anchorage and did not
come through to Seward as planned.
Mr. Eielson r^eives $2.00 a mile
for carrying the mail between Fair
banks and McGrath. This amounts
to over $250 a trip. The government
furnishes the planes and spare parts
and Eielson pays for the gas and
oil, the hangar, and the mechanic.
Easter Cards and Candies, Schaller
er’s Alaska Shop. tf
FOR SALE—Four room furnishec
house and bath, easy terms. Phont
Madison 58. tf
Monarch Mailable Ranges at Graefs
WANTED—Housework by experienced
woman; good cook; would take full
charge of motherless home; age 47.
Mrs. Tabitha Stank, Box 237, Juneau
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Suits macre to measure, see Urbach.
FOR RENT—Furnisned house, si
rooms and bath, furnace. See Dough
rety. tf
Parker’s Fountain Pens, Schallerer’s
I Alaska Shop. tf.
For Sale Cheap
Lot 26, block 10. with two-room
j furnished house; price $1,000.
| Lot 31 and south half of lot 32,
; two five-room furnished houses, at i
$5,000; basement and heating plants
in each.
Lot 10 and north half of lot 9, block
12; 4 room furnished house, $2,000.
And other lots from $100 to $500
each,
All houses have baths.
P. M. OGLE
OWNER
Trains leave Seward northbound 8 a
m., Mondays and Thursdays, for
Anchorage, Curry, Nenana and Fair
banks.
Trains arrive Seward 7:45 p. ra. on
Wednesdays and Saturdays from
the North.
All baggage must be checked 15
minutes prior to departure of trains
DEL MONTE CLUB
ERIC NELSON, Propr.
SOFT DRINKS,
CIGARS, TOBACCOS,
Candies, Fresh Fruits
SEWARD, ALASKA
TAILORING
G. Henning
SEWARD ALASKA
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GERHARD JOHNSEN
Mason and Plasterer
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Phone Adams 60 Box 1423
Andy’s Express
Meets all Boats and
Trains
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
l
Sails from
Seattle
April 22
Arrives
Seward
April 29
Seward
South fm
May 5th
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
May 6th May 13th May 19th
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Anchorage and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
!H.F ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT WFSJGWT^7*»*;iff
STEAMSHIP STARR I’
Next Sailing about May 11th, connecting
with steamship Northwestern
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*. SEWARD, ALASKA
BENSON &
WHITTEMORE
Proprietors
FINEST BILLIARD & POOL HALL IN ALASKA
Exclusive Distributors of Budweiser, Bevo, and Monopole Cigars.
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CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
Wall Paper
Painting Paperhanging
TINTING
F. B. MOORE
GORE BLDG. ADAMS 145
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THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
Pool Soft Drinks Cigars
FURNISHED ROOMS
Phone Mam 55
CHOP SUEY
Noodles
Harry Yago
Phone Madison 16
Second Avenue
RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harrlrr.an Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
Phone Madison 90, Seward, Alaska.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office in Arcade Building
'PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rent
Residence Phone, Madison 58
Office Phone, Madison 136
Seward Chapter No. 10.
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
VIOLA T. SWETMANN, W. 1L *
CLARA PERRY, Secretary.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-A,
*• o. o. F.
Meets 1st and *rd
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit.
Ing members welcome
MRS. A. H. THODAY N. G.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. A A. M.
v^stated communication*
1st and 3rd Wednea
\ days of each month,
visiting Brethern wel.
H. V. HOBEN, W. M.
W. O. Perry, Secretary.
»• O. O. F.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A.7.
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. n\ Visiting
Brothers welcome. Frank Lagerquist,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, See
IGLOO no. nine.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellow’s HaiL
F. B. MOORE, Pres.
C. A. M DOLGALL, Sec’y.
SEWARD NO FIVE •
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second *nd Fourth Tuesdaya
ELWYN SWETMAN.V Coim
J. P, HANNON, Adjutant
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
MORFORD
j YVM. D. COPPEENOLL
LAWYER
Seward, Alaska
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D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When In need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
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FRED J. SPACH
. GENERAL SURVEYING AND
MAPPING
Certified Member A. A. E.
Licensed C. E. State of Idaho
Phone 113-R
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA