LATEST NEWS FROM
THE KOBUK SECTION
Special Correspondence.;
John Mellon la -building u large-addi
tion to his 'store building. He hue re
ceived a tine line of goods in his ship
ment and iun supply the wuuts and
n eds of the miners and trappers with
th« very best of supplies.
The miners of Klery creek have hud
a very good season. Their pokes are
well filled, and all seem to be wel.
pleased, with their summer's work.
Ell Lundgreen .the proprietor of the
■ Kobuk hostelry, is making a trip out
side. Ed WoodB will manage tho place
in the absence of the proprietor. Mr.
Woods is one of the best chefs in the
■ etic and will try to make It as pleas
ant and comfortable as he can for hit
g ,este.
Andy Qartin and Alex Tarlan have
spent the summer in the hills prospect
ing. They got one large bear while out
on the trip.
A brother of Mrs. O’Reilley was a re
cent arrival In Kiana.
A building boom has struck the town
of Kiana, this fall. Three news build
ings and a numtfer of additions are be
ing erected.
The government can Is full of fresh
young bucks, doing time from three tr.
six months.
Mr. and Mrs. Lesamis with their
daughter paid a short visit to Kotzebue
They have returned to Kleary, where
Mr. Lesamis will mine the Star associa
tion this‘winter.
A1 Berger, a brother of Jake of Dan
iels creek, has made Kiana his head
quarters. The young man says he if
going to make mining his life business
and wanted to get out where there was
a chance for new paystreaks and un
prospeeted territory. He decided the
Kobuk ottered the best field and is go
ing to give this section a trial for two
or three years.
The government school at Kotzebue
will be closed this winter and upend as
a summer school.
Mr. Robert Lams will proceed to the
Noatak. where he will take charge oi
the mission on the arrival of Mrs. Lame
and daughter whd spent the summer In
the states
Building on the reservation is pro
gressing very favorable, under adverse
conditions. Many of the natives being
away attending to their fishing and
summer work.
Capt. Frank Whltlam with the Arctic
left for Nome. Aboard was a full load
of canned Arctic trout and dried sal
mon.
Miss Hauk was a passenger up on
the Arctic and Is now visiting with
friends In Kotzebue.
Mr. and Mrs. White of the Friends
mission and Dr. Nicholas, the govern
ment doctor, will look after the welfare
of the natives this coming winter in
Kotzebue.
Frank Henry and Jimmy Black old
timers of the Inmachuk, spent the
best part of the summer prospecting on
the Noatak.
Leo Wheeler was also In the Noatak
Mils prospecting, he will return again
»vip winter prospecting and trapping.
Mr. John Lltchenberg has arrived In
KotZcbue from Kecwalik, ho will have
charge of the Magids store.
Dried salmon piled up like cord wood
may be seen everywhere on the beach
In Kotzebue.
Mrs. Nicholas of Kotzebue was a pas
senger down on the Silver Wave.
HOW IT WORKS.
The Chicago Tribune, in a receni
editorial, took up the case of the tarifl
on sulphate of ammonia as one Illus
tration why It Is that the claims that
cutting down tariff duties necessarily
cheapens the cost of the consumer ac
often have proved baseless.
Under the former republican tarifl
law a duty of $6 a ton was laid on sul
phate of ammonia. Under the Under
wood bill that duty was removed en
tirely, on the plea that the farmer
should not be taxed on a necessary in
gredient of fertilisers In large use. In
stead of the anticipated reduction ol
e price to the American consumer.
i foreign price of sulphate of am
monia immediately and automatically
advanced just $6 a ton. and the price
in the United States remained Just as
it was before the duty was taken off.
Under the old tariff law the govern
ment' collected $420,000 a year in duties
on this article. After the duty was
removed of course it collected nothing
The consumer in this country did not
benefit by a cent. The $420,000 went
entirely as additional profits to the
foreign producers of sulphate of am
monia.
These were conditions before the wat
broke out. Since then, with tho em
bargo on German trade, the price has
gone much higher. But before the war
commenced the German cartel system
fchowed the effectiveness of its work
ings. In Germany the government en
courages a system for the expansion
of its foreign trade which our laws dis
tinctly forbid and to which they at
tach severe penalties. Under the carte
system, German producers combine to
gether and shnro the foreign trade
equitably between them. If there is
an oversupply on the home market they
got rid of the surplus by dumping it
on any foreign market they can reach
even if they have to sell at a very low
price.
It worked with tho German export
of sulphate of ammonia in just this
way: When the tariff duty was taken
off, the German combination advanced
tha pried and took the $6 a ton as ad
ilitlonal profits to be divided among Its
members.—P.-T.
NO BIG PROFITS TODAY.
Nearly every one knows that thf
railroads are oot mak'ng the profits ol
twenty years ago, 'be reason for thf
loss of revenu-> i re no* so clear. We
krow that revenue hn decreased and
expenses inve b^rease* Ini only ii s
general *v iy.
It is ir.if ailing to rea 1 a little pen
phlet wt ?h he New Ha on is gi' ing
to Its patrons on this subject The first
observation car, built in 1871, cost only
$7,500 and weighed only 41,000 pounds
The latest type of observation car costs
$24,397 and weighs 155,200 pounds, an
increase in cost of 225 per cent. Its
seating capacity has increased only 47
per cent.
Locomotives in 1871 cost $13,000 each
Today the modern electric locomotive
costs $42,000.
In 1871 engineers on passenger trains
received from $90 to $100 per month
Now they receive $131.30 a month. Con
ductors' wages have increase in the
same manner. Firemen receive 25 per
cent more pay. Brakemen also have
secured a similar increase. All wages
have been raised from 20 to 60 per cent
As to revenue, the average rate per
miles per passenger in 1871, was 2.^
cents. In 1914 It was 1.7 cents, a de
crease of 32 per cent.
In regard to freight, the average rate
t TBi.ii ni—-mi.. i Ii liBBaaaBa
per ton per mile was 4.3 centa In 1871
In 1914 it wna 1.4 per cent, a decrease
of 67 per cent.
This In a nutshell Is the story of the
decline In profits of the railroads.
GOOD CONVERSATION 18 RARE.
Nothing seems so cheap as the bene
fit of conversation, nothing is more
rare 'Tls wonderful how you are balk
ed and baffled. There la plenty of In
telligence; reading, curoslty; but seri
ous. happy discourse, avoiding person
alities, dealing with results, is rare;
and I seldom meet with a reading and
thoughtful person but he tells me, as
If It were his exceptional mishap, that
he has no companion. Suppose such
a one to go out exploring different cir
cles in search of this wise and genial
counterpart—he might Inquire far and
wide. Conversation In society Is found
to be on a platform so low as to ex
clude science, the saint and the poet
Amidst all the gay banter, sentiment
cannot profane Itself and venture out
The reply of old Iaocrates comes sc
often to mind: "The things which arc
now seasonable I cannot say: and tot
the things which I can say It 1s not
now the time."—Kmerson. .
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