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Doing Our Part
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The growth, prosperity and advance
ment of any community, village or city, de
pends largely upon the enterprise and co
operation of its citizens.
This bank realizes its duty in this re
spect and its resources and experience are
available at all times for the promotion and
welfare of legitimate enterprises.
Resourses $400,000.00
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Bank of Seward
SEWARD, ALASKA
INSULAR REPORT
CITES GROWTH,
ADVANCEMENT
PORTO RICAN PROBLEM IS EX
CESS POPULATION DOMIN
ICANS REPLACE AM.s.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10. (JP)
■—The annual report of the chief of
-the Bureau of Insular affairs, made
public today, cited detailed figures
in support of its statement that in
the Philippines, Porto Rico and San
to Domingo, the year ending June 30,
1925, was one of prosperity and gen
eral advancement.
Major General Frank McIntyre,
Who signed the report, said the ex
ternal trade of the Philippines was
in quantity “greater than in any pre
vious year in the history of the is
lands. Measured in value, however,
the total was less than in 1920, due
to the higher prices of that year. The
total of imports and exports amount
ed to ^243,000,000, which, as stated,
was only exceeded in 1920, when the
•total was $300,560,000. Of the im
ports approximately 60 percent came
from the United States and of the
exports approximately 70 per cent
came to the United States. This
varies but slightly from the normal.
“The most striking feature,” the
report continued, “is the great de
velopment in the production of cen
trifugal sugar, due to the compara
tively recent construction of a num
ber oif modern sugar mills in the is
lands. The estimated production of
centrifugal sugar for the sugar year
1924-25 -was 483,000 metric tons. It
is interesting to note that of this
production this year, the centrals fin
anced and practically owned by the
Piihilippine National Bank produced
173,000 tons; American-owned cen
trals, 156,000; Spanish, 102,000; and
Filipino, 51,000.
“From one point of view the bank
centrals and the Filipino-owned cen
trals should be combined, as the
control of these centrals is in Filipi
no hands. The segregation is made
because of the fact that the centrals
financed by the bank maybe regard
ed as having been financed from the
proceeds of Philippine government
bonds sold in the United States.”
Of Porto Rico, General McIntyre
said: “There was evidence of materi
al progress in every field of govern
mental and private activity. The
most noticeable governmental pro
gross was in the erection of neces
sary public buildings and the exten
sion of the splendid highway sys
tem of thd island.
“The serious problem is the ex
cess population. To a slight extent
this Is being met by the gradual de
velopment otf small industries in the
island. There is, however, no no
ticeable increase in the departure of
emigrants from the island.’*
Administration of the oustoms re
ceivership in the Do mini lean Repub
lic, said General .McIntyre, is “strong
in the goodwill of the Dominican gov
ernment and the people, and is per
forming efficiently the duties ’im
posed upon it.” He added:
‘There is, perhaps, no example in
history of a work of this kind be
ing carried on with so little friction.
The credit for the success of the
receivership Is due almost exclusive
ly to the personnel employed and to
the direction given in its organiza
tion. The avoidance of friction and
efficient operaton of the service,
which have been the outstanding
marks of the receivership, could be
entirely destroyed by a few careless
selections to fill the very few posi
tions held by Americans.
“It should be noted that not the
'least of the accomplishments of the
receivership has been the gradual
replacement of American personnel
by Dominicans, until today the num
ber of Americans is reduced to the
limit that could fairly be regarded as
a compliance with the terms of the
treaty establishing the receivership.”
Seldoria Burns Midnight
Oil Says Seward Visitor
Seldovia is a night town stated a
recent arrival in Seward from the
westward. Now that the fishing sea
son is over business activities begin
rather late in the day—around noon
tiem—a majority of the inhabitants
sleeping in late. The average retir
ing time is long after the midnight
hour. However, in a few months,
when the herring industry gets under
way again, business will occupy the
greater part of each day and nigh*,
the local visitor said.
Roy Jacobs, who has been working
in the Moose Pass district the past
summer, arrived in Seward last even
ing. He will leave Monday on the re
turn trip. In the mean time he is a
guest of the Hotel Sexton.
Will A. Joohnson from Gold Creek
rrived in town last night. He is reg
3tered at the Van Gilder.
Children’s
Urbach's.
Sleeping Garments at
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