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FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1914.
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ON THE TICKET
3regressive Advisory Board Desire
Ex-president as Only Man Who
Can Make a Showing.
NEW YORK, June 5.—The Progres
sive advisory board of the National
committee are determined that ex
l’resident Roosevelt is the only pos
sible candidate that can be elected
governor by the party in this state.
The certainty of the nomination of
District Attorney Whitman by the
Republicans with the record of graft
prosecutions be has made the past six
years; his efforts to send Murphy and
Barnes over the road to Sing Sing,
and his fearless conduct of his office
has made him a formidable candidate.
Roosevelt is the only hope of the Bull
Moosers and they fear that if a poor
showing is made in this state and
Pennsylvania at- the fall elections, the
party might as well <Wiit as they will
not be considered as factors when
the presidential nominations are
made.
The party leaders wish to make as
good a showing as they can so that j
in the event of a consolidation of the
two factions of the Republican party
they will be given consideration in the
matter of securing a large share of
the offices on the ticket.
Oscar Strauss, who ran in 1910 as
the Progressive candidate for gover
nor, may receive the nomination for
senator on the Bull Moose ticket,
while the Democrats will nominate
Governor Glynn if possible, although
ex-Governor Sulzer will contest the
nomination with him and hopes in the
primaries to win the nomination from
Glynn, who succeeded him as gov
ernor.
Who will get the Democratic nomi
nation is unknown and many candi
dates are in the field.
ALAMETHISH EVENING
The steamer Alameda left Cordova
at 11 o’clock this morning and is
expected to reach Valdez at 5 this
afternoon. The Alameda wiljicall at
Portage Bay on the trip west, but
will not go to Ship creek, as at first
expected.
Cali for Bids.
At the special meeting of the city
council of June 3, 1914, the Street
committee was instructed to call for
bids for a concrete sidewalk to be
constructed from a point known on
McKinley street and occupied by the
I’lnzon Cigar Coinpany, and from
there down McKinley street to a point
known and occupied by the Valdez
Bank & Trust Company. Specifica
tions ean be seen at the office of
the chairman of the Street commit
tee. The city reserves the right to
reject and and all bids. Bids will be
closed at 7 p. m., June 6, 1914. Bids
can be delivered to any member of
the committee up to 7 p. m. June 6.
The bidder who is awarded the con
tract will be required by the city
council to put up a bond to be ap
proved by said council.
AL. WHITE, Chairman.
WM. THOMAS.
JOHN LYONS.
The franchise of the Valdez Elec
tric Co. provides that after Novem
ber, 1916, the town of Valdez has the
option of acquiring the light and tele
phone business of the Valdez. Electric
Co. at its true 'appraised valuation.
Support municipal ownership. kl7
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The Chlsana camp now has a saw
mill landed there by a Dawson
freighter.
BILL DESIGNED
TO AIDFARMERS
Simmons Sun Helpful Saws
Will Be Passed.
CO-OPERATION IS NEEDED.
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Best Features of Credit System at
Studied Abroad Will Be Utilized
Here—Report of American Commis
sion Which Investigated Conditions
Will Soon Be Made Public.
Washington. — The report of the
American commission in Europe, which
went abroad to investigate agricultur
al conditions with a view to improv
ing the status of the American farmer
and reducing the cost of living to the-.
American consumer, will soon be ready..
for the press. The committee appoint
ed to prepare the report is here at
work now.
Senator F. M. Simmons, chairman
of the finance committee, is very much
interested in the information gather
ed by the commission in England,
France, Ireland, Austria. Germany,
Italy, Hungary and other countries.
He will study the questions of co-op
erative enterprises as they relate to
the farmer and present to congress a
bill that may help the producer get
more for his crops and at the same
time greatly reduce the cost of living.
He would reduce the interest on mpn
ey to farmers and extend the time to
loans.
“I am convinced that we must
change our system of marketing farm
products before we reduce the cost of
living,” said Senator Simmons. "I do
Photo by American Press Association.
SENATOR P. M. SIMMONS.
not believe that there is any scarcity
of eggs now, yet in some cities the
consumer is paying 75 cents a dozen
for them. On my farm in North Caro
lina we put in eight acres of Irish po
tatoes last spring. !Ve got Just enough
out of the potatoes grown to pay for
the fertilizer used ou them. We got
nothing for the labor. We were told
that the markets were glutted. The
truth Is those potatoes were bought
by speculators, put in storage and are
now being sold In small lots at fancy
prices. Tbe same sort of conditions
as to eggs and potatoes are true in tbe
case of other farm products, in one
locality tbe market may be glutted,
while in another it is short
“I shall study carefully the report
of the American commission in Europe
and try to formulate a bill that will
remedy present conditions. Being a
farmer myself—a truck farmer at that
—I can speak for tbe producer.”
John Sprunt Hill of North Carolina
and New York was a member of the
American commission In Europe. He
has seen and talked with a number of
congressmen about the investigations
made in Europe.
"On our Investigating tour in Europe
we met the farmers on their farms and
examined their co-operative enterprises
and secured a tremendous volume of
very valuable testimony.
“If the farmers of America will prac
tice co-operation they will sell their
products for 25 per cent more than
they get for them now by offering
better stuff in better condition and. in.
a direct instead of a roundabout way.
and at the same time reduce tbe cost
of living to the average man.
“Our farmers have not learned how
to industrialize agriculture. They have
not learned how to produce twenty
eight bushels of wheat upon one acre
instead of two acres so that the other
acre can be used' for pasturing live
stock; to produce a bale of cotton on
one acre and thereby gain an acre or
more lor clover.
“The most of the talk about. over
production of farm products - lb this
country is' tommyfot the best of ev
erything will sell. The Irish farmers,
we learned on oar trip. have stopped
talking politics and gone to capturing
markets; In the fare of worldwide
competition -they- have captured the
London, market for Irish beef. Irish
butter. Ijt^h,bacon and Irish eggs. 'At
a hotel here I was served Irish bacon.
'“Our fartaers matt learo the value
of Organised cowcnUy • effort of
team work applied to the bnsinesa of
farming. -credit ^Bjfrriffftejfroftttetlcfa'
and co-operative
GOST OF LIVING IS
UP TOJJONGRESS
McKellar's Bill Strikes at Cold
Storage Combine.
PROVIDES HEAVY PENALTIES
Tennessee Representative’s Measure ]
Has Backing of Attorney General and ;
Secretary of Agriculture Houston, j
Limits Time In Which Food Products |
May Be Kept In Storage.
Washington. —Representative McKel
Inr of Tennessee introduced a bill in
the house designed to prohibit all cold
storage manipulation of food products
and prices. Mr. MeKellar has had
several conferences with Attorney
General McReynolds and with Secre
tary of Agriculture Houston, and his
measure is understood to have the
backing of these ohicials.
Mr. McKellar's hill would protect the
public against being sold stale prod
ucts b.v provisions that all goods in
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KEIUIKSENTATIVE M'KKEI.AU OF TENNESSEE j
storage must lie so tagged us to show
the date of production or manufacture !
and the length of time held in storage j
Drastic anti trust provisions are in- I
eluded in the measure, providing ex- !
triune penalties for agreements by '
wliicb it is sought to fix buying or sell
ing prices or by which territory is di 1
vided among the Itig dealers. This
section is aimed particularly at the:
meat trust, which controls not only the
meat industry, hut the egg market its
well.
It is provided that daily reports shaII
be made by puckers and storage
houses to the government, showing
stock on hand, receipts and deliveries.
The bill contains maximum penalties
of $10,000 tines and ten years' impris
onment.
These periods tire provided in the
hill in which food products may be j
kept in storage:
Beef or its products, seven months: j
veal or its products, two months; pork
and pork products, four months; sheep
or goats, four months; lamb or kids,
three months; poultry and game, three
months; fish, two months: butter, three
months.
One provision winch. It is believed,
will protect the public against the pur
chase of bad eggs and will force the
price down is that fixlug the storage
limit on eggs at three months. It is
provided, however, thnt eggs may oe
stored for six mouths and placed on
the market nfter they have been la
belled as “seconds.’'
It Is the contention of Mr. McKellar
that It has been a common practice to
remove food products from storage
during holiday seasons and then return
them to storage if they are not sold.
The bill specifically prohibits the re
turn of any goods to storage after they
have once been withdrawn without
reference to the time they have been in
storage. It is provided also that goods
frozen In storage must be sold In a
frozen condition.
■ GOT LICENSE YEAR AHEAD.
Fiance Wai Too Hasty, and Girl Breaks
Engagement.
>, Denver.—Robert Talbot, u student at
the University of Denver, obtained a
marriage license to wed Miss Edith ]
Chaunell Twitched one year from now.
but his brother. Charles Talbot, a Den
ver attorney, canceled the license.
Voting Talbot is prostrated. The ac
tion of his brother In having the li
cense canceled is thought to have
grown out of the publicity given the
wedding preparations one year before
the ceremony w,sb to be performed.
. “There, is up engagement." said. Miss
• Twltchell. “Our engagement was to
| have been uhiibuitced jufit before our
marriage."
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6bit End* Whan Hog Dios.
Jonesboro. Ark.—Aftier a Jury In the
circuit court had drtren twenty^tte
miles to determine the marks on- *
bog's oar and sattla a jsnlt between
Dsn Khller and Joe Simmons they
found tlig animal dtp# The codrt
made thn farmers, shake, bands and
aty&galasisaffa
tbs hoc. which Anally 4tsd o'fnMatm
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PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
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