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PHONE MAIN 46.
Entered an second class matter Feb
26, 1607, at tbe post office at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
March 1671.
Copy for regular advertlsments
must be In by 10 o’clock on the day of
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, JULY 3, 1917.
GOEVRNMENT OWNERSHIP COM
ING.
When the railroads so unctuously
announced their wilhngness to yield to
the dictates of "patriotism” by ac
cepting the Adamson law it was 1m
a mediately suggestive of a hope on the
= part of the railroad barons that an
I apparently willing acqulesence in the
demands, of the administration would
stand them in good stead later on
-Afid especially when the time came
to press their demands for an increase
<>f rates before the interstate com
merce commission.
• In view of the intense opposition
miffered the Adamson bill when that
•measure was before congress it really
looks like the "patriotism" of the
company’s was inspired largely by the
hope Of.ultimate rewards 'in the shape
-fit- advanced rates coupled with a
strong anticipation that the inevitable
was about to happen In the shape of
_ an adverse decision from the supreme
” court.
, The view is further strengthened by
^ the fact that the railroad offer came
almost within the hour In which the
supreme court rendered its declsloff
by announcing the'constitutionality of
the offending law.
” And now the suspicion that the roads
■i were playing a subtile game and ex
pected to reap a large profit as a
result of the situation seems amply
confirmed by the almost immediate
demand for an IncreuSe in freight rates
ranging from fifteen to more than
twenty per cent.
1 The railroads lost not an hour of
time in presenting their claims before
the interstate commerce commission
1 but even (here they were due to receive
an additional shock In the shape of a
1 well substantiated protest voiced by A.
~ E. Heim, the representative of the
public utility commission of Kansas,
who called attention to the fact that
the net incomes of the railroads last
year were Immensely greater than the
** year before and there was no Justifiable
excuse for further adding to their
profits because of the increased oper
ating cost entailed under the Adamson
law. In proof of his assertion Mr.
Helm produced the annual statements
of the railroads themselves and also
ihowed that the favorably conditions
still obtained up to the time of the
conference. »
The greatest shock to the railroad
••ever lords was not the testimony of
Mr. Helm, however, although his In
dictment of the freight Increase de
mand was sufficiently disconcerting.
The hardest blow came from an
entirely different direction and was
dot in the least diminished by the
fact that It was voiced by a railroad
man, one of themselves so to Bpoak,
This unexpected shock came from B.
K. Bush, receiver of the Missouri Pa
cific railroad who told the committee
that unless the Increased freight de
mand were granted by the interstate
commerce commission and the various
state commissioners there was but one
ghastly alternative—government own
ership.
To Mr. Bush, himself a railroad man,
the prospect was certainly not pleas
ant to contemplate and he would
doubtless well liked to have avoided
his damning statement If he could. But
the facts were too much against him
to escape disclosing the fateful secret
that government ownership is the only
alternative if the railroads are not to
he allowed to Meed the public ns they
please.
The statement is doubly significant
in that It was made at a, time when
Mr. Bush was engaged in extricating
a great railroad system from the state
of bankrutcy in which it had been
plunged by private mismanagement, ns
an officer of the United States govern
ment In view of his official position
one cannot but wonder why Mr. Bush
appeared before the commission at all
But he did and in so doing voiced the
view of thousands of intelligent and
thinking Americans that the only
solution of the railroad problem is
government ownership.
The statement of Mr, Bush was
nothing less than an acknowledgement
that the railroads cannot exist in the
majority of cases save by methods of
wholesale extortion which can be
obviated by government ownership.
In a great sense the statement may
bo viewed as the “handwriting on the
wall” and the railroads may as well
accept the inevitable. Government
ownership is coming and, if the out
standing indications are \vor*h any
thing. coming soon. The experiencse of
Great Britain alone are sufficiently
Indicative of the great necessity for
placing the transportation facilities of
the nation under government manage
ment. So great have been the benefits
of government management there that
it is doubtful If the railroads of Bri
tain will ever revert to private own
ership again.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
The best guarantee you can have
for a successful issue of your clothes
is do patronize an old established
house; a house that wants you to
come back and be their permanent
patron.
Such a house is the Nome Tailor
ing Co., we make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
p.ilring. We make suits to order.
We guarantee all work and our
prices are reasonable. We appreciate
your patronage.
NOMR TAILORING CO.
Next door Segerstorm & Hagen
Jewelry Store.
Visiting Cards at tha Nugget Office
ORDINANCE NO. 251.
An Ordinance amending Ordinance No.
231 of the City of Nome, Alaska,
entitled "AN ORDINANCE FOR
THE ASSESSMENT, LEVY AND
COLLECTION OF A GENERAL
TAX FOR SCHOOL AND MUNICI
PAL PURPOSES UPON ALL REAL
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
WITHIN THE CITY OF NOME,
ALASKA.” Providing that the rate
of interest on tax sales and tax
certificates of Real Property, shall be
fifteen per cent per nnnunt, instead
of twelve per cent per annum.
P.e it ordained and enacted by the
Common Council of Nome, Alaska.
Sec. 1. ^That Ordinance No. 231, en
titled
"AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING
FOR THE ASSESSMENT, LEVY AND
COLLECTION OF A GENERAL TAX '
FOR SCHOOL AND MUNICIPAL
PURPOSES, UPON ALL REAL AND
PERSONA!. 1’ROrERTY WITHIN
THE CITY OF NOME, ALASKA.”
passed by the Common Council on the
28th dny of June, 1913, be, and the
same is hereby amended, so that the
rate of interest on all tax sales or tax
certificates, of real property, made or
issued by the City of Nome, after the
passage of this ordinance shall be fif
teen per cent per annum. Instead of
twelve per cent per annum.
Sec. 2.—That the word "twelve,” in
line 24 of section 32 of said Oidinnnce
No. 231, bo stricken out, and tho word
•fifteen.” inserted in lieu thereof; that
the word “twelve,” in line 41 of section
32, of said ordinance be stricken out,
and the word "fifteen,’ inserted in lien
thereof; that the word “twelve," in
line six of section 33 of said ordi
nance, be stricken out and the word
“fifteen,” inserted in lieu thereof.
Passed by the Common Council,
July 2. 1917.
G. J. I .OMEN,
Mayor.
Attest:
E. GRIMM,
^ City Clerk.
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