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HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
cintcreo as -second Ciass Matter Sep
tember 2nd, 1915. at the Post Office at
Seward. Alaska, under the Act of
March Third, 1879.
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Weekly Luncheon
of the Seward
Chamber of Commerce
After luncheon on Tuesday, the re
gular weeklx meeting ot the Seward^
Chamber of Commerce was opened by v
President Hinde. minutes of last meet j
ing were read and approved.
Communications, many of them ot
much importance were read and act
ed upon. Among the communications
were tht- foliowing from Rear Admiral
Moffett of the Arctic Air Board and
front Governor Scott C. Bone, the lat
ter regarding the establishment of a
revenue cutter service in water adja-1
cent Seward and also those ol the
western part of Alaska.
The letters follow:
December, 1??
Juneau, Alaska, Dec. 31, 1923
Seward Chamber oi Commerce,
Seward, Alaska.
Gentlemen.
Supplementing my telegram of the
2$th. in which 1 informed you that I
had repeatedly requested that a cut
ter be sent to Alaska, but that none
was available at once, which I re
gretted exceedingly, I have to inform
you that 1 ant advised from Wash
ington that a combination of unto
ward circumstances explains the ab
sence of Coast Guard vessels at this
season when they are so sorely in
need. The Unalga, which went to the
S*'ai islands during the Summer, is
now undergoing repairs at Seattle,
but is expected by the middle of Jan
uary.
1 have impressed upon the author
ities the serious results of the lack of
protection this Winter and the urg
ent necessity of having vessels on
guard henceforth. This is decidedly
more important in Winter than in
Summer.
Assuring your body that I have
done my utmost to correct the situa
tion I am.
Very truly yours,
SCOTT C. BONE.
Governor.
Washington, I). C , Doc. 26, 1923
J. P. Hannon. Secretary.
Chamber of Commerce,
Seward, Alaska.
Dear Sir:
1 desire to thank you for your very
courteous letter in which you offer
your assistance in arranging plans for
the pror.'v-'-'d .itrd’V Expedition.
When plans are definitely formed
for the ExpedP’'--' information and
assistance from you will be of very
great value, and I will communicate
with you further along these lines.
Your interest and offer of coopera
tion are very much appreciated and
the information which your letter
contained relative to the buildings in
existence is interesting, and may be
very valuable to us.
Sincerelv vrmr«s.
W. A. MOFFETT
Rear Admiral. U. S. N.
Juneau, Alaska, Jan. S, 1924
Seward Chamber of Commerce,
Seward, Alaska.
Gentlemen;
We have learned unofficially that
your Chamber is behind a movement
1o have another Coast Guard Cutter
stationed in Alaska, the additional
one to be in southwestern Alaska.
We are heartily in favor of youi
movement, and wishing t£> be of as
sistance it possible this Chamber hat
addressed a letter to the Command
ant endorsing the request, as per en
closed copy.
You will note this Chamber has al
so made the request that Cutters o
that Service be withdrawn from Al
• ska for their annual overhaulini
during the • —™er months, instead o
winter months es is practiced a
present. You are too familiar witl
the necessity for such nation to nee<
further comment.
We sincerely hope some favorabl
action may be taken by the Coas
Guard Service.
Very truly yours,
M. S. WHITTIER,
j Secretary.
A communication from the Pathfin
der relative to community advertise
ments was received favorably by the
Chamber, the Secretary instructed
to prepare a writeup of Seward, and
a committee composed of J. H. Flick
inger, Cal. M. Brosius and Wayne
Blue, appointed to select views for
publication, writeup and pictures to
be presented to the Chamber at the
next regular meeting.
A wire from Delegate to Congress,
Dan A. Sutherland, and a copy of the
fisheries bill presented to the cham
ber for action, after discussion and
a very interesting talk by Mayor L.
V. Ray, on the good and bad features
ol various bills and resolutions the
Secretary was instructed to Commu
nicate with the Honorable Wesley
Jones, and ask his views on Section
27 of the Jones shipping bill and oth
er matters.
The hour being late, the meeting
was adjourned until the next regular
meeting, Tuesday, January 22nd, at
the Seward Grill, when other import
ant business will come up for discus
sion and action.
CANCELATION OF THE WAR
DEBT
By Edith McIntosh
The money that was lent by our
government to other countries during
the World War, belonged to the citi
zens. They earned it and willingly
gave it to the government to carry on'
its affairs. Our government lent it
to foreign nations so as to enable
them to win the war. That money
could have been kept at home and
spent so as to have been a great
benefit to our country. The nations,
that borrowed the money, made the
agreement to repay us. Why should
n't they keep to their agreement?
Just because the United States is
prosperous is no reason why we
should not get back the money we
lent.
Some of the nations arewilling to
pay but cannot within the given time.
It is all right to lengthen the time in
which to pay the debts, but it is
wrong for them to be entirely cancel
led.
CANCELATION OF WAR DEBTS
Bv Mabel Teel&nd
There is much propaganda in the
United States for the cancelation of
war debts. Now let us stop and con
sider this item. There are many or
guments, both for and against it, but
the main ones are against it. For
eign countries owe us about eleven
billion dollars. Our debt to these
countries is very small. Now would
it be a fifty-fifty proposition to cancel
all war debts? Some people may ar
gue that they have not the means or
ability to pay these debts But, we
are not asking them to pay up this
large sum in a certain number of days
or weeks? We are giving them plen
ty of time. They can build up their
Industries to their former standard
and then, when they begin making
money they can pay us back a little
at a time. This would not be a dif
ficult thing for those countries to do
and it certainly is only fair. So j
now let us begin today to help these
countries get back on their feet so
they can pay their debts but let us
not cater to this one-sided propagan- i
da now before congress.
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BRIDGE ENGINEER RESIGNS
Effective January 15, Mr. F. H.
Chapin, bridge engineer of the Alas
ka railroad resigned. Mr C. D. Pol
lock has been appointed to fill that
tplace in conjunction with his other
duties as designing engineer.
MASTER MECHANIC LEAVING
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Lee H. Landis, head of the Alaska
railroad, as master mechanic taking
the place of F. C. Ferrell, resigned.
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