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Entered as second class matter Keb
26, 1607. at the posl olllce al Nome,
Alaska, under the Act ol Congress of
Mulch ISiS.
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NOME, ALASKA, JAN. 26, 1917.
The United States 's in the odd po
sition wf making shells by the million
toi the allies and try ing to buy them
uy the thousand from England. It
•Viiais that Secretary Daniels has
r.)t been able to do well In bargain
ing wi*h the gentlemen of the st“el
companies for some time. Ln fact
be has been so piqued by the exorbi
tant prices charged the government
f-. i certain kinds of work that he has
caused much of this work to be done
in government plants and the recent
development in regard to the fa'e of
Up shell contract with Hatfields, lim
it'd, of England would seem to indi
cate that more government plants
should be erected.
I.'pry plant in the United States 1
•’.liable of doing the work 13 busily
encaged in turning out shells and •
of or forms of war munitions for the
allies. But our own government need
ed some shells, too, and the prices
ji manded were very high, so high In
fact that Mr. Daniels decided he
w :uld not pay them if he could make
arrangements elsewhere.
He turned to England for relief.
Why he should expect to get his shills
there is beyond comprehension for
that country is, or has be^n until
very tecently buy ing enormous quan
tities of shells from America. And the
pi ices England has paid for shells
here and all war munitions have been
shamefully extortionate. Dividends of
some American firms making allied
munitions have run into the hundreds
of per cent. The business has been
unblushingly piratical. Taking advan
tage of the need of the allies, certain
emeries of men who were in a posi
tion to make munitions have demand
ed prices that are out of all reason.
Ai d the3e same prices v^ere demanded
of our own navy department. It Is
easy to understand how Secretary
Dnriels balked at paying the price.
It is also easy to understand why the
Biittsh government would not allow
Httflelds, limited, to make shells fot
our navy. They cannot help resent
ing the outrageous profits the Amer
ican flrm3 insist on mviknig on their
munition contracts. They do not al
low such profits to their own manu
facturers hut they are compelled to be
mulcted by Americans by the urgency
of their needs. Therefore why should
they allow Hatfields to work more
cheaply for the United States thun
American firms will work? Indeed
why should Hatfields be allowed to
werk for the United States at all
Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Re*idenc*.
OVER HILL'S PHARMACY.
Offic* hour*: 2-5 Md M p. m.
Phone Mam J.
when the need of Britain for shells i3
so great?
At the bottom of the whole thing
is the und riving American idea that
a government need in a private oppor
tunity. The greater the urgency, the
higher the price that may be charged.
The greater the human need, the
greater the human greed. Makers ot
war supplies look on war as a fine
tlhng. An opportunity Is offered men
in nil stations in life who have a love
of country within their breasts to go
to the front and risk their limbs and
life. But to themselves war Is an
opt ortunlty to make money in enor
mous quantities. Therefore they are
strongly for war, whether it be among
foreign nations or their own country
is embroiled. In fact they even go
so far as to incite war. Much of the
trouble in Mexico is due to efforts
of Americans who want the United
States to fight that demoralized coun
trq not that any good may come out
of it but that they may make more
money. And it ia for such reasons
ns this that our government should
make all its arms, all its ammuni
tion, build till its war ships and hnvf
complete facilities for making every
thing necessary for government use.
It should go farther. Laws shou'd b’
passed empowering the government
to take over at once on the outbreak
of war every factory, tailroad, or fa
cility whatoseever for tho use of the
government in prosecution of the war
and at a nominal rate of profit to the
owners. Shoe factories should be re
quisitioned to make foot gear for the
so'diers and the price paid for their
use should he ba3 d on the earnings
of the previous five years. And so
with clothing establishments and all
other necessary for the prosecution of
wrr.
No man whatever should be allowed
to make a profit from war. All war
should b defensive and of course if
this were so there would be no war.
But as long as nr n and their nations
are constituted as they are, there will
doubtless be ngg ession. So it is the
duty of America to be prepared to
defend its rights by land and sea.
And it is equally our dut> to see to
i' that no one whatever 3hall make n
piofit from such a war in defence of
our common interests.
Secretary Daniels lias had the germ
of this idea in his plan for govern
ment ship yards and a government
atmor plate plant. He has doubtless
gone as far as he can, for the cry of
"private property" is a potent, though
id’otic, rallying cry which will cause
legislators to oppose anything that
stvors of public ownership.
But the war In Europe is pointing
the way. They are going at the thing
backward and under pressure of clr- .
cumstances Hut they are doing the
very thing that has been indicated
above. The latest development has
i:- gg
been that the French have taken over
their entire merchant marine for pub
I »■ use. There is no reason why any
man or company in England 01
France should make the least p-ofit
ii: money while millions are call' d oa
'■« give up their occupations and go
to risk their most important poshes*
s on, life itself. There is no rcasoj)
in the struggle in Europe why ail^
n :.ii 3bould be excused from doing all
he can for the national existence and
getting for his wotk, whatever It may
be, nothing more than the necessaries
of life. It is totally abhorent to de
i ency that a few should reap millions
n profits from the danger that threat
ens all
We are accustomed to think with
a little pride perhaps of the great
number of American millionaires the
i : ritle war in Europe is making.
Again we are blind'd by the glitter of
gild. Over in Europe are millions of
people who judge us all by our rapa
cious munition mak rs and they con
sider us contemptible, greedy ghouls
battering on their misfortunes. If
thi Europeans would discrim:nate
somewhat between, our war profilers
aud the grea♦ rank and file of Amer
en ts their judgment of our munition
makers would no. be a bit too har3h.
TEX RICKARD BUYS
POLAR BEARSKIN FOR!
COLOKEL ROOSEVELT
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A $10,000 polar bear skin that was'
ptil on exhibition -at the Waldorf-As- ■
toria on Monday started yesterday on
its way to Oysti r Bay. Tex Rickard
saw the skin, said to be a perfect one
of its kind, and measuring eleven feet
six inches from tip to tip, and became
iis purchaser.
Mr. Rickard, although he took the
opposite side in the betting from the
way Col. Roosevelt was talking in the
political campaign, is an ardent ad
nirer of the colonel’s, and sent the
skin to him with his compliments. It
s said that when Mr. Rickard was
nayor of Nome, Alaska, during the
jold rush, he tried to get a big white’
p<nrskin to present to the colonel, but
never could find ju3t the "specimen"
li wished.—Hide & Leather. I
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We nave Jusi tlnlsh'd slock takln*.
and mill ii.hi are are lieb vtly oversiocke.
so lire maMns enormout reductions n
ilunlware- as inucn us a per deni I
certain lilies Mulwiinsiandi.ifc tinmens
advances outside, wspecia.lv in Haro
ware and Metal Goods, v/e are 41111 sell
ink on the Oasis ot kooils purch uted III
pas' I wo or three years.
We win sell (or cash only ai 'hew
prices, and fur a Uiiiiie time, until »
■link our stuck down lo the reuuln
iiieina ot me camp.
II you Have an order to be tilled, It
>s hkure oil It, we can save you ir.onei
We nave proved n to otners, we ca
prove It to you
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In the home or in thr camp, the>x
t no commodity so extensively user
as meat, therefore it is upon »ha'
commodity that you should look tc
ior economical buying. Following art
9 few of our prices:
3ee< by me side.$. 1b
Round steak. 2b
sirloin stsak . *0
3o» Roast. Z
stew .20
button by carcass . 13
button chops, snoulder . 2b
button chops, loin and rib. 3b
button legs.. .. 30
-fork loin chops. 30
Fresh Reindeer from the Lomtn
terd, dres*ed in a skillful and earn
ary manner.
Sweet Briar Buttor 40c per pound
>y the co*o.
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