THE NOME NUGGET
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Food Hoarding
Do you know a food hoarder? If you do, practice
your best sneer on her. Food hoarders aren’t smart.
Neither are they thrifty. They are unpatriotic and
selfish individuals. There is no justification for them.
That doesn’t mean that Alaskans shouldn’t keep
their larders well-stocked at all times. The situation
here is a little different than in the States. To store
away an extra case of canned goods every pay day is
a wise precaution. It would be unfortunate to have
Nome’s food supnly concentrated in a few buildings
in case of a bombing.
But believe this, too—the States are not going to let
Alaska starve. The Government, the wholesale gro
cers, the steamship companies, all are going to see that
an adequate supply of food continues to reach Alaska.
Jn spite of defense priorities on ships, in spite of the
act that it is getting harder all the time, food supplies
will arrive from the south.
The resources and potential supplies of this nation,
subtracting that amount, necessary for war, adding
what can be brought in from easily accessible outside
points, now are and always will be sufficient to keep
every last one of us in hedlth and minimum comforts
at the least. No matter how long the war lasts this will
be so. We have no more mouths to feed. Farmers are
producing more now than they ever have before.
Perhaps we shall have to give up some of the luxuries
— fineries which most of the people in Europe, Asia,
and Africa never had, and which many Americans
never had either. We shall have to give them up for a
practical reason. And that is because you cannot buy
victory and luxury in the same store at the same time.
Too few of us realize this. The very news that sugar
has been put on a rationing basis in the States bears
out that fact that millions of pounds of sugar have
been greedily tucked away by the selfish.
Behind this kind of buying is the miserly instinct.
And behind the hoarding s the grim certainty that if
> nough poison* buy a great deal more than they need
now. none of us will be able to buy as much as we
need a few months from now. And some of us are
going to be dissatisfied. And that is going to help Mr.
Hirohito.
In corning months it may become necessary to re
strict the sale of some commodities. This is by no
means accrtainty, but it is a probability. If restrictions
are necessary, every Juneau family should be willing
to accept them as a matter of patriotism.
This much cannot be denied—if any great number
of householders resort to buying in volume for tucking
foodstuffs away, they will upset the whole mechanism
of production and supply at a time when it is almost
essential that it run on balanced gears. The housewife
who buys quantities of foodstuff to hoard is bringing
about an unnatural rise in prices and is likely to cause
needless rationing. She is hurting her neighbors and
all other Americans.
But this is the important thing to consider: a hoard
er, in the long run, is hurting herself, because no in
dividual householder can stow away enough food to
last indefinitely.
ProvcM A Friend
In the rush of more important events, the action of
Mexico and other Central American countries in com
ing to the support of this country in the present world
crisis has not received the emphasis it probably war
rants. In accounts given by returning delegates to the
I’an American Conferences at Aio de Janiero, Mexico
is credited with leading the Central American repub
lics in the movement for a Western Hemisphere break
with the Axis.
Mexico herself had been quick to break with Ger
many, Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Her
foreign minister in announcing the severence of rela
tions said that the action was taken because these
Countries had declared war on the United States.
When Japan made war against the United States
Mexico broke of! relations with the Nipponese govt.
Not many years ago it was the common belief
among many responsible officials in this country that,
in the event of war, Japan would promptly establish
bases on the west const of Mexico and it was believed
possible that the Mexicans might passively perrqit
such action against the United States.
This opinion flourished during the strained diplo
matic relations which existed between the United
States and Mexico but today, thanks to an enlighten
ed policy of forbearance, the United States is happy
to be able to count Mexico among its good friends and
to rely upon the Mexicans to assist in the necessary
stops to protect Mexico territory from being used by
the enemies of the United States.
likes Says Situation Ls Ominous
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WASHINGTON, Feb. — Oil coordiantor Harold L.
Ikes desribed the oil and gasoline transportation of
the United States as being in an “ominious” position.
He declared that the situation has become worse be
cause of the heavy attacks on United States tankers
by enemy submarines and indicated that during the
last few weeks the tankers have been sunk more
rapidly that they could be replaced.
Ickes forcast curtailment of gasoline on both the
East and West coasts but did not indicate how strict
such curtailment nrv'ght become.
Ickes told a House subcommittee that proposals to
ration gasoline and fuel supplies, and to restore the
night time curfew on Office of Petroleum Coordina
tion.
Opposed To Rationing
At the same time, he expressed opposition to ration
ing and hoped that it might be avoided. He said the
petroleum industry has suggested the 7 to 7 a.m. gaso
line station closing be restored but he does not fee!
this move is immediately necessary.
Ickes appeared before a subcommittee of the House’s
interstate commerce committee which requested in
fo, motion onthe oil situation in the 17 Eastern states
and the Pacific Northwest. Ickes said oil supplies avail
able on the eastern seaboard are alomst 6,000,000 bar
rels under those available a year ago.
Curtailment May Be Voluntary
Ickes suggested a 15 percent voluntary curtailment
by the public in the useof gasoline and petre’eam up
to April 15, at least, saying this suggestion had been
made by the petroleum industry.
The oil coordinator also suggested that an author
ization be given by the War Production Board to start
at once on a pipe-line from Texas to New York.
He said the curtailment proposals should apply in
order to meet threatened shortages both in the 17 East
ern States and states of the Pacific Northwest.
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Panama (!anal
Is On Alert
WASHINGTON. Feb. — The
Panama Canal Zone has been or
dered to a strict alert following
the increased submarine activ
I ities in the Caribbean and«Atlan
I tic waters.
j Some quarters believed the
shelling of oil installations on the
j Aruba and Curacao islands off
, the coast of Venezuela may hay'
. been an attempt to draw the Unit,
ed State-; defenses out from the
, Canal Zone.
Heavier Naval Forces
j The United States navy has put,
| heavier forces to bear in the bat
I tic of the Atlantic and the Carib
j bean following the announce-i
: ment that an enemy submarine
j had sunk a Brazilian vessel. The
| sinking of the Brazilian craft
! was not reported immediately.!
for at the time, Brazil was ob
serving its annual carnival and
intense rioting was feared.
History in some measure is re
1 pcated by the attack on the Bra
zilian vessel. In the first World j
War a Brazilian vessel was sunk
in April, 1918, and shortly there.)
j after, Brazil entered the war. j
Case in World War No. 2
In World War No. 2, Brazil has
broken off relations with the
Axis but there has been no de
claration of war. The ship sink
ing is the first hostile act by the
Axis against Brazil.
First reports indicate that there ,
are 29 survivors of the Brazil;
vessel’s sinking, 12 members of I
the crew are unaccounted for,'
and one is known dead.
In view of the hostile act ag- j
ainst Brazil, Costa Rica has doub ;
led vigilance of its coast line.
Observers indicate that the pre I
sence of so many submarines in
the Caribbean waters and off l he
hump of Brazil indicates that the
Axis must have a base at least as
near as Dakar, in Africa.
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