THE NOME NUGGET
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An Alaskan
Opportunity
The announcement that the
President has approved the re
port of the Tariff Commission
which dealt with the difference
between the cost of production of
canned crab meat in the United
States and Japan and has issued
a proclamation increasing the
duty from 15 percent ad valorem
to 2212% to become effective
September 21, 1941, wil lbe en
thusiastically received by Alas
kans who have been attempting
to build this industry in the face
of Japanese competition.
During the ten years ending
1940, annual imports of canned
crab meat ranged from 7,400,000
pounds in 1934, to 13,500,000
pounds in 1939, and averaged
10.100,000 pounds. During this
period Japan supplied 78 percetn
and Soviet Russia 21 percent of
' the total quantity imported, but.
by 19'40 Japan was way out in
front with 90 percent of the mar
ket. These imports represented
D5 percent of the canned crab
meat consumed in America.
Many of Alaska’s coastal wat
ers abound with the finest crab
obtainable and many attempts
have been made to bring the can
rung of crab into the position of
industrial importance. Canned
crab meat enjoys national d:s
tribution and has become a
stap.e article of merchandise
Stocked by grocerymen every
where.
With Japanese shipping very
largely .-hut off and a 22ad
valorem duty levied against such
canned meat as may reach the
mark i, it would seem that a
golden opportunity is offered the
packers of Alaska who have per
fected methods of packing a thor
ougk.ly high-class product far
which there is certain to be a tic
m. ndous demand and a market
shortage.
Alaska Not
Defense-Minded
The Alaskan believes, with
Delegate Dimond, that too many
Americans are giving too little
thought to the gravity of the in
ternational situation and to the
need that presently will come
for the making of sacrifices in
the cause of national defense.
In almost every section of the
country, including Alaska, where
employment and business have
been activated by Government
spending for preparedness, a
very large proportion of those
who are sharing in the potlatch
are letting themselves be harm
fully influenced by the boom
conditions, without thought of
the time, now rapidly approach
ing, when they will be called
upon to potlatch to the defense
fund, or of the days beyond
when potlatching will still be in
order, and earnings a lot less
than they are under present con
ditions.
The Government is doing what
it can to smooth the way for mak
ing contribution to the rapidly
expanding defense program. Tax
payers are being given an oppor
tunity to save as they earn, so
that in the future they will be
sure to have sufficient funds
available at the end of each year
to meet the increasing demands
upon their income, instead of be
ing in the embarrassing position
of being broke when collection
time arrives. And in order to
make the plan doubly appealing,
the Government is offering to
pay a reasonable rate of inter
est for the use of the money
while it is being saved. Nothing
could be fairer.
And readers of The Alaskan
are reminded again of another
way in which they can assist in
Current Comments
From Washington
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The President’s Labor Day
speech embodied much that was
distinctly in order, including an
earnest call for labor to exert it
self to the uttermost in the exist-i
lng emergency. Those to whom
the words were addressed will
do well to take due notice there
of and govern themselves accord
ingly. Under Nazi rule in the
United States, unions would be
high up in the list of the first
organizations to be demolished,
and the ruin would be complete.
The President’s remarks compris
ed nothing in the nature of a
threat. They constituted a friend
ly appeal for service and the ex
ercise of the instincts of self-pre
servation. A Labor Day address
by Hitler would be a crisp com
mand. followed by no discussion
of wages and hours.
An oft-pressed hut worthwhile
point raised by Mr. Roosevelt’s
Labor Day talk was that it is fol
ly to assume that Hitler has been
blocked, that he is on the down
hill road, and that h:s enemies
can afford to relax. An interest
ing film deals with secret radio
transmission by he disaffected in
Germany, and the papers refer to
an unrest which finds an outlet
in po ters and secretly circulat
ed pamphlets. It may bo quite as
dangerous to rely on unrest as it
is t give, a great deal of weight
to the fact that a German walk
over did not materialize in Rus
sia.
FRENCH EMBASSY
Wh; n affairs are tense, it does
oot take much to lay the founda
'ion for a story, and generally
one that is interesting or startl
ing. T^' country was astonished
and shocked by the allegation,
hat the French embassy was a
nest of spies playinjJ into Ger
man hands. The Fren<m ambassa
dor published an indignant de
nial, in which he made out a
good case, clearing himself and
his associates, according to com
mon opinion in Washington. Yet
it is difficult to understand how
the French diplomatic service
can be satisfactory to the Vichy
government and averse to lend
ng a hand to Germany at the
same time. With so much smoke
drifting about, those having even
i child’s knowledge of the forces
of nature will be inclined to be
lieve that there must be at-least
a small flame somewhere.
NEW TAX BILL
When the Senate passed the
tax bill by a bote of 67 to 5, it
justified the use of the well-worn
phrase “an all-time high.” Some
giving and taking had to be done.
The five dollar auto tax was vig
orously defended, and held its
own: more than can be said of
the community property feature.
The personal exemption is low,
$750 for single persons and $1500
for those who are married. The
miscellaneous taxes are many.
The usual conferences will be
necessary, but it is expected that
points at issue will be disposed
of promptly, and that passage by
the House within ten days will
follow.
financing the emergency needs of
the Nation. That is by purchas
ing savings bonds and stamps
which are being made convenient
ly available in various denomin
ations and «rt every postoffice in
the country. *
The Government must have all
I the money wage earners, busi
j ness concerns and big corpora
tions can afford to give, and if
sufficient support is given to the
financing program at this time,
there will be less difficulty later
on in carrying the financing pro
gram through the emergency and
the years beyond.
— The Alaskan, Anchorage.
Wide currency is being given
to the argument that a tax boost;
will have a high morale effect, in j
that it will inculcate economy j
and regulate spending, so far as
the individual is concerned. The
argument is thin. The teaching*
faculty is already large enough.!
Another professor, in the form of:
a heavier tax burden, is not re
quired. The plain fact is that the
government needs the money for
a worthy purpose. Why beat
around the bush?
BIRTH CERTIFICATES
short time ago, Senator Lee.
ot Oklahoma, allegedly went to
the State Department for a pass
port, but departed without one,
because he Tiad no documents to i
prove when and where he was;
born. The incident may well be
carried in mind by everyone.
Fey have any reason to bother
about passport requirements, but
the broadening of Social Sffcur
ity, the settling of estates, and
a hundred other considerations,'
prompt the prudent person to
guard family Bible entries, se
cure a sworn statement from
parents, or obtain the best evi
dence procurable, to be laid
away in the bureau drawer or
locked in the safe deposit box. In
this connection, it will be well
to recall that the registration of
births, deaths, and marriages is
not so ancient or so perfect as is!
sometimes supposed. In spite of
the warning which these words
are intended to convey, the ad
age about crossing bridges no
doubt will continue to overrule
the one dealing with the theft
of the horse and the locking of
the barn.
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NEW MENU SETS ARE ISSUED
BY ALASKA S. S. CO.
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Fop many years, passengers
aboard The Alaska Line steamers. 1
have had kind things to say j !
about the attractive menus and i
have flocked to the Stewards to i
got complete sets and send them i
to their friends all over the !
wor d, thus helping to spread the <
wonderful story of Alaska. i
Now in preparation is a new <
set of menus which will prove <
even more popular and are there i
fore destined to be sent to even i
more prospective Alaska clients. -
The new Alaska Line menus,
eight to a set, will feature four- i ;
color lithograph reproductions of
eight original pastels by Miss Jo
sephine Crumrine, a young Al
aska artist who lives in the Terri i
tory and has gained fame espec- .
ially for her dog and animal j
paintings. All the menu repro- .
ductions will be of dogs. In her ,
beautiful pastels, Miss Crumrine
has captured the spiriti of the
old-time Alaska when the chief
mode of transportation was the
husky-drawn sled.
The dogs whose portraits will
be reproduced are Mageik, the
Rev. Hubbard’s famous sled dog;
Blizzard, a blue-eyed Siberian;
husky owned by S im Williams;
Rye, now stationed with the
9rmy at Ladd Field; Cheechako,
once the mascot of Elmendorf
Fu Id and Fort Richardson at An
chorage; Wolf, a peerless leader
of Mary Joyce's Alaska Dog Der
by team; Smokey, also a member
in good standing of the Army in
Alaska; two huskie puppies only
one month of age; and Jack an
other famed Dog Derby runner.
WEATHER FORCAST
Intermittent light rain tonight
and Thursday. Not much change
in temperature. 15 to 20 mile
northeasterly winds shifting to
east south east and southeast by
1 p.m. Thursday.
NOTICE
Now is the time to look over
>our job printing needs for the
spring and summer. The Nug
get Office will be glad to consul',
with yuu as to your wants and
orices on same.
THE ILLUSTRIOUS IN U. S. HARBOR
Here is a general view looking from the stern of (he British aircraft carrier Illustrious as Lord
Louis Mountbatten, the new commander, inspected the crew as the ship, berthed in an unnamed
American port, was being made ready for sea. The big warship was damaged by German planes in.
the Mediterranean.
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PASSENGERS AND EXPRESS TO
ALL PARTS OF ALASKA
Approximately One Dollar of Each Fare !
Is Spent for Passenger Insurance >
Irving McK. Reed
MINERAL SURVEYOR, G. L. O.
Surveying for Patent
Office on Second Street, back of Polets
Will be in town until about October 15
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