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EDITORIAL
BURRY THAT U. S.
AIRMAIL LINK
Again. Alaska's weekly mail
service is disrupted as seamen
squabble over accomodations on
the ship scheduled to sail from
Seattle Every par. of Alaska suf
fers Postal authorities and oth
ers scurry about trying to get the
mail through by other than the
regular liners.
This would be obviated, espec
ially as to first class mail, if the
airmail service between Alaska
and the States, long proposed,
were in effect
It’s a good time to remind Con
gress of the urgency of immed
iate establishment f the air line
that will forge the Last.link be
tween continental America and
this Northland empire.
The matter has been hanging
fire long enough. With ail the de
fense projects and other big pro
grams under way for the Terri
tory it is high time the region
no longer be subjected to embar
rassments due to whims or dis
putes bet'ween seamen and ship
ping or other interests.
Is Alaska to continue to be cut
off every now and then and her
orderly development and her in
dustries subjected to frequent dis
ruptions. It’s high time to do
something about it—and at least
to get that airmail service under
way from the States.
Success and popularity of the
Juneau-Fairbanks airmail, now
in operation nearly two years,
assures similar success for the
through service from the States
once it is established.
The patronage of the present
Interior service is several times
what was anticipated. A far
greater patronage doubtless
would attend the service from
the States. Why not remind the
powers that be that Alaska wants
and deserves immediate relief.
—Fa.branks News-Miner
TRANSPORTATION
COSTS GO IT
(Ketchikan Chronicle)
With the new year, passenger
rates between Seattle and Alas
kan ports take another advance.
Freight, wharfage and handling
rate already have been boosted.
Admittedy, the transportation
companies have many difficult
problems on their hands. Strict
er regulatidhs for safety at sea,
labor's demands for higher wag
es, shorter hours and more men
on the job, costly jurisdictional
squabbles —all mean vastly in
creased costs.
But as the rates go up, these
increased costs are passed on to
the people of Alaska.
Where will these advances
stop? Will they go on continual
ly? Is Alaskan economy sufficient
ly strong to meet them? Or will
the steadily mounting costs ev
entually discourage development?
We have long felt that the con
stantly recurring threat of la
bor disputes, such as those which
in the immediate past have ser
iously injured Alaska by com
pletely stopping all shipping, re
presents a problem that calls for
a new mode of settlement:
(1) Compulsory a r b i t r a tion
should be provided so that such
vital services as Alaskan ship
ping cannot be halted by mere
whin).
(2) The party most interested
—the general public which pays
the bill—should be represented in
all arbitration.
If labor disputes are to end in
increased costs, and if these in
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f' E V' l it A .'1 F O ^ E - A ; • —Once 1910 rets around the
bend, !SV v Yojhers v. i *• ; are ?.i“ the Jan. 25 Ftiux-Arts bail,
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creased costs are to be passed on
to the people of Alaska, then
surely the Alaskans should have
something to say about it.
And so they should, of course
with any other development for
which Alaska must eventually
foot the bill, whether labor is in
vo’.ved or not.
HATREDS
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The trouble with men who
seek to widen the breach be
tween capital and labor is that
mas: of them never had any cap
ital, and never did much labor.
Too many are seeking to make a
profession of intolerance, when
wr.at is needed is understanding
and cooperation.
GRIEVING ON WAY EAST
ON 54 ERRANDS
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Carrying a check list of more
*1 an 50 separate errands which
he hopes to attend when he isn’t
; busy attending budget hearings
in Washington and the joint meet
ir.gs of United States and Can
adian International Highway Com
missions at Ottawa. Gov. Gruen
ir.g left Juneau for the States
recent aboard the steamer North
‘Coast. Mrs. Gruoning accompan
ied him.
Toe Governor hopes to return
to Juneau by the middle of
M rch and says if only one or
two of the fifty things he will
try to accomplish in Washing
ton turn out as he hopes the trip
will be worthwhile, says the Ju
neau Empire.
Secretary of Alaska E. L.
(Bob) Bartlett will be Acting
Governor in his absence.
The Ottawa meeting is sched
uled to begin January 15, but the
Governor received a telegram
Wednesday from Rep. Warren
G. Magnuson, a United States
member, saying he was endeavor
ing to have the session postponed
for 10 days. If the meeting is
postponed the Governor will go
first to Washington instead of
directly to Ottawa as he plan
ned.
Governor Gruening said he j
would attend the budget hear
ings for all agencies having ofific
es in Alaska and would make a
determined effort to see that ap-1
propriations are large enough to
insure progress in the Territory.
To the statement of the Presi
dent indicating that most appro
priations except those for nation
al defense would be held to a min j
mum. the Governor remarked j
that though the large defense ex I
penditures would be of undoubt
ed benefit to Alaska, the benefit
would be decidedly "spotty” in j
its effect, helping Sitka, Kodiak.
Fairbanks and perhaps several |
other localities, but not aiding
the Territory as a whole.
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