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NOME, ALASKA, JUNE 22, 1917.
A BLOW AT SISAL TRUST.
The recent proposal to substitute
New Zealand flax for sisal in the
manufacture of binder twine, if made
effective by the 'introduction of the
plant into the United States, will be
a most efficient method of hitting that
monopolistic incubus, the sisal trust,
a much needed blow that will cure it
of some of the oft displayed inclina
tion to hold up the f irmei an any and
nil occasion.
The different depr iiaents of the
government have trieu time and again
to find ^fomc legal ,mnna of getting
after the sisal trust h.it so far h.ve
met with little suoc> u. In the main,
the efforts have h.> 1 n> c <r >11101
than to further Incrss-tj the rapacity
of the sisal overlords and lay a still
heavier burden on the long suffering
farmer.
If we can produce binder twine in
tho United States '.. large quantities,
it Is apparent that the law of supply
and demand will speedli; reduce the
trust to n more rea ■otiV'J state of
mind.
The New Zealand flax referred to is
reported by experts to be fully equal
to all demands, producing an excellent
j quality of binder tw ine, and, what Is
even more Important, at a cost that
will be a great reduction in the pres
ent price of that commodity.
According to the same testimony,
the plant may be grown In many sec
tions of the United States and has
been grown In California for years,,
though not for commercial purposes.
Mr, Kettnor, congressman from the
Golden Gate state, recently stated in
the houRe of representatives that the
Imperial valley offers a most fertile
field for the production of the new
substitute for hemp and trials had
j disclosed that the plant attains
| greater luxuriance there than in New
| Zealand.
I In Its native haunts the plant Is
sold to produce about ton thousand
pounds of fibre per acre, the average
plant yielding about one hundred
pounds. In view of the complete fail
ure to check the rapid advance of
binder twine prices, It would appear
a sensible alternative for the govern
ment to give it8 attention to the pos
sibilities In this direction through the
department of agriculture.
The production of the plant on a
commercial mn V# no Dlh#r
effect than to destroy the hold of the
sisal monopoly in addition to creat
ing a new industry that will not only
help the farmer, but will also tend
to assist the nation toward the desir
able goal of complete economic inde
i pendence.
A REMARKABLE TRIBUTE.
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1 Surely no more remarkable tribute
I was ever paid to an American than
was accorded Colonel Roosevelt In the
, recent appeal of M. Cemeneau to Pres
ident Wilson to send the colonel to
[ France.
"The name of Roosevelt has ,ln our
country a legendary power,” said the
French statesman, in his message to
the president, “It would be an enor
mous error ,ln my view, to neglect a
force which everything urges us to
make use of as soon ns possible.’
Farther along the former premier
wrote: “We have learned that the
first American unit has arrived at the
front and with what zest generals and
privates saluted the noble starred ban
ner. However, you should know, Mr.
President, that more than one stout
i chevronned poilu said to his comrade
in an astonished voice, 'But where Is
Roosevelt? I don’t see him.”'
1 It wns surely remarkable enough
that M. Clemeneau should make such
an appeal at all but It Is a still more
remarkable thing that In so doing he
was voicing not merely his own views
but also those of France.
The voice of the great French re
public was behind the appeal of the
famous Frenchman. In all reality
his call wns the call of France; a call
that found response in tho heart or
every Frenchman who had ever heard
the name of Roosevelt.
Rots of us are more or less Inclined
to look upon Roosevelt ns possessing
few qualities to entitle him to such
regard as Is indicated in tho Clenien
cau letter and not a few have comb
to view him as something in the na
of a political buffoon, a word Juggling
bombastic bunch of belligerency who
was much too uncertain to be taken
seriously.
The call of France, for his presence
on the firing line, however, indicates
that while wc have been nmliging.
cartooning and ‘ abusing him, others
have taken due stock of the Inherent
qualities of greatness ho possesses
and have conceived a regard for his
name amounting almost to venera
tion.
Few men In history have achieved
such distinction In the mind of an
alien people that in the hour of their
greatest stress and trial they will hold
out their hands and seek his presence
as the French have done to Roosevelt
—not for the material strength tha,t
he can bring blit because of an Inde
finable inspiration, to valor which
attaches to his name.
It Is indeed a most remarkable
tribute and one that should . eoclve
due consideration from thos'j of his
muIrraiAn Who ra/uao lo recognize
him at his tru i value. But, per
haps we are loo close to the redoubt
able colonel to really see him in the
proper perspective and renlDt that
with all his peculiarities he ii one of
the most I markable figures !i Ids.
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YUKON MARINE NEWS.
Reliance with three barges down
Holy Cross 19th.
Washburn down Nulatn midnight
17th last reported.
Jacobs up Ribbon for Fairbanks
midnight.
Davis up St. Michael 21st.
Susie and five barges up Kotlik ISth.
Yukon up Ribbon for Dawson 4 a. m.
Alaska with one barge down Fort
Yukon 5 a. m.
Casca up Fort Yukon 1 a. m,
Whitehorse down Selkirk 3 a. m.
Dawson up I.ebarge 6 a. m.
Seattle No. 3 scheduled leave Rib
bon for St. Michael this evening.
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