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MONDAY, MAY 22, 1916.
The action of the house naval
committee in promptly discard
ing tne feeble five year naval
piogram of Secretary Daniels
anu the substitution of one that
will provide an early as well as
a suustantiai increase in the Am
erican naval lorces, will meet the
immediate approval of nine
tenths of the citizens of the coun
try for the reason that the need
ot a powerful navy is recognized
as the most important element
ot national preparedness
H hatever divergence of ideas
may exist regarding the military
needs of the country, the body
of the American people are
practically unanimous' in the
view that the navy should be of
sufficient size and strength to at
least hold its own with the sea
forces of any other power, with
the one possible exception of
England. Americans, generally
speaxing, seem inclined to the
opmion that the sea is no longer
a bulwark of defense but is daily
assuming greater potentialities
as a possible avenue of aggres
sion through the ever widening
facilities of marine transporta
tion. It has been borne in upon
them that the day has passed
when the transportation of great
bodies of troops was impractica
ble. They recognize plainly
enough that they are facing the
prospect of some day having a
great army suddenly landed up
on some isolated and undefend
ed portion of the coast from
whence they cannot be dislodged
save at a terrible cost in blood
and lives They also realize that
this prospect can be rendered
practically void by a proper
augmentation of the present sea
forces of the country and also
that the acquisition of a naval
power adequate to the needs of
defence will have the added ef
fect of preventing in a consider
able degree a tendency toward
aggression on the part of others.
Indeed, there are many who hold
that a fleet capable of fully pro
tecting our shores from foreign
attack will be in itself such an
formidable object that few if any
nations will have the termity to
attempt an invasion and we will
thus be rendered practically im
mune from attack of any charac
ter. In a general sense this
theory that a powerful fleet will
have the effect of reducing, if not
altogether removing the possibil
ity of hostile aggression is cor
rect Kinged about with a brist
ling hedge of ironclads and with
our waters swarming with those
enigma’ical a'd deadly hornets
of the sea, the submarine, it can
scarcely be doubted that any one
of the present multiplicity of in
ternational units would hesitate
to attack us because of the very
hopelessneis of attaining the
primary object of striking at the
land. If it were recognized as a
most heroic task to penetrate to
our shores and achieve at least
a partial conquest of the national
territory, it is doubtless safe to
say that the attempt would never
he made, except, perhaps, by a
powerful group of nations. In
such contingency we would
probably be helpless but the
prospect of such a situation aris
ing is hardly sufficient to war
rant us in worrying about it
With our naval strength dtvel*
oped to a degree consistent with
the requirments of defending our
far reaching coast line, no single
nation, with the possible excep
tion of Britain, would be likely
to attempt an attack. The Uni
ted States will probably never
be in a position to dispute the
seas with Britain because of her
overwhelming naval supremacy.
Unless that nation should under
go a national decline of remark"
able character there is little hope
that we will ever possess a navy
to equal, much less excel, that
incomparable one which so ef
fectively guards her far spread' j
ing domain. England is, and j
probably will remain for centur- j
ies, the undisputed master of the [
seas and it were futile to think
of attempting to increase our
naval strength to the degree that j
we would be able to meet her on
equal terms. We can, however,
so perfect our naval defenses!
that even England would be in
curring a tremendous risk in at
tacking ns by sea and at the
tame time render ourselves prac
tically impregnable to the naval
assaults of others. It will doubt
less he many years before we at
tain a naval power of this char
acter but the addition to our
present forces of the twenty nine
vessels contemplated under the
house committee program would
he a long step toward that end.
CORDOVA RANKS FIRST IN
VOLUME OF ALASKA
BUSINESS
If any person desires to ascer
tain exactly what the Alaska
trade consists of, he can be re
ferred to the annual report for
1915 recently issued by United
States collector of customs, J. F.
Pugh, of Juneau, whose office
takes in the entire territory. This
report covers in detail sihpments
of merchandise, machinery and
equipment north, and the ship
ments south of all products of
the sea, mines, soil, etc. It gives
statistics covering each separate
port of entry by valuation of
shipments in and out By these
figures it is ascertained that the
ports of Alaska in volume of
business rank as follows:
Cordova first, Nome second,
Juneau third, Ketchikan fourth,
i’readwell fifth and so on down
the list. Cordova’s excellent po
sition as first port was created
not only by the immense copper
tonnage southbound, but by the
immense amount of supplies and
equipment shipped to that port
for interior points reached by the
railroad. Nome’s standing was
created by the valuation of sup
plies and machinery shipped
north, and the excellent gold
output. Juneau, Ketchikan and
Treadwell created their totals by
substantia! mining and fishing
industriies, and all these places
will maintain their position prob
ably for some years to come.
The new railroad town of An
chorage forged ahead of Seward
Vid /Valdez, but as it had no
southbound tonnage, its stand
ing was created exclusively by
the value of railroad supplies and
equipment, with general mer
chandise, sent into the country.
Twenty seven thousand and
three passengers landed at Alas
ka ports, and 21,407 departed
from same. Northbound the pas
senger movement showed an in
crease over any previous year,
but southbound the total show
ed a decrease for five years,
which is a splendid indication
Miat a larger number than ever
1 efore remained over in the
country during the winter in
place of coming out during the
fall season. This makes for a
permanent and substantial pop
ulation.
A total of 1,402 vessels cleared
at Alaska ports and 1,394 enter
ed. This is one of the important
features brought out in the re
port, as the totals break the rec
ord of several hundred vessels
over any previous year. While it
is true that the vessels cleared are
generally a duplication of those
enuring, yet it is evident that
close to 1,400 vessels went into
the territory, and while a num
ber of those included whaling
vessels, salmon ships, halibut
schooners and the like, each and
every one helped contribute to
the great total of commerce, and
the number of merchant steam
ships enteting the territory was
also greater than during any
year in the history of Alaska.
The products of mines far ex
ceeded in valuation the products
of the sea. but separating these
products into different commod
ities, the value of canned salmon
trade alone representing first
place, gold, silver second, copper
third. For the year 1916 this is
expected to be changed, provid
ing the shipments of copper at
‘the recent ruling price should
continue. In that event copper
will stand at the head of the list,
salmon second and gold and sil
ver third.
The value of merchandise, sup
plies and equipment shipped to
the new town of Anchorage
reached a valuation of nearly
$1,000,00. This will be exceeded
during the present year, as the
merchants in that town are well
established, and are already
placing heavy orders for their
supplies to take care of the big
influx of passengers expected in
April or May, and the Alaska
engineering commission is ar
ranging to purchase rails and
| eneral equipment.—Ex.
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There’s one rubber boot
that has “made good”
in Alaska, and that’s the
Goodrich
“SIPRESS
White Boot
‘With the Red-Line 'round the Top”
You know that when a boot comes in and
simply sweeps the whole country like
“H_I PRESS” has done, it’s GOT to be
SOMETHING UNUSUAL.
White Goodrich “HIPRESS” Boots actually wear
longer than iron or ateel I Yon don’t hare to half
•ole them with leather—they far outwear hob
nailed leather aalea. Tbe reaaoa for this unusual sendee is that
“H1PRESS” are constructed by an entirely new process—fifty years
ahead of the old.
Mads of the sains towgb rebber that gam Into Goodrich Ante Tires—welded
together andsr enormsaa pressure INTO ONH SOLID PIECE!
Nothing ta oojia apart—thay oan't leak, seal, crack or split! ThoyYo comfivt
able, too—shaped to tba foot while tt’a working. We promise that ones you start
wearing White “HIPMSS” you’ll never be sahafiaa with anything else. And
resaembar—ft hwa a Red-Lists ’rosed tbs Teg.
PX'ltT MM Write at owes for Msiyles and inters. |
Tbe B. F. Goodrich Company
Factories) Akrse, OWe tv ■ W!*0!1
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ALWAYS IN STYLE.
If you have your suits cleaned
and pressed by us, we will make
them look like new.
We do dry or gasoline cleaning
We do steam cleaning.
We make suits to order.
Wc make alterations.
We make and repairs furs.
We do cleaning, pressing and
repairing for Ladies and Gentle
men.
We guarantee all work and our
prices are reasonable- -
First class workmanship.
Come and see us, we will give
ou our prices before we do yotu
work.
We appreciate your patronage
NOME TAILORING CO.
letween Segerstrom & Hagen &
Zehner’s Jewelry Stores.
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Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Offioe and Raaidana*.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Office houra: 2-8 and 7-8 p. fit.
Phone Main 7.
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■■GINNING MONDAY, juNE 7TH, THE PRICE OF BREAD
WILL BE 10 CENTS PER .OAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR SI
CENTS. THE SKE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH INSURES MORE AND SETTER BREAD FOR OUR
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