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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1914.
AN INTERESTING TEST CASE.
To secure an opinion from the
Rhode Island courts, the national com
mittee on prison labor is backing an
ex-prisoner in his suit against the
prison contractors for wages for liis
labor while in prison The committee
hopes to forward the movement to
abolish the contract system of com
vict labor, not only in Rhode Island,
but throughout the country, and to
show the right of the convicts to re
ceive a fair wage for his labors,
through which he can contribute to
his dependent family.
In Rhode Island the labor of at
least 250 prisoners is let by con
tract to a firm of shirt manufactur
ers. The state supplies the factory
room, light, heat and power, and pays
for transportation of materials and
manufactured articles from and to the
railroad station. The contractor sup
plies the machinery, material, and
supervision and pays the state 50
cents for each dozen shirts made.
The prisoner is forced to labor under
the terms of this conlract and receives
no wages.
The committee insists tnat tms is
nothing but slavery, analogous to the
condition of the negro slave before
the Civil war, and in accord with
slavery as defined by the United
States Supreme Court^ Slavery js
prohibited by the constitution of
Rhode Island. The committee there
fore alleges that the statute auth
orizing the state board to let the la
bor of the prisoners by contract is
in conflict with the state constitu
tion, and the contract therefore is il
legal.
Iowa has taken a forward step in
the employment of prisoners. In that
state prisoners employed on the roads
are paid $2.50 a day. They pay for
their board and clothing, and may
send the balance to their families.—
Ex.
SOME COMMENTS ON COPPER
AFFAIRS.
The Copper Producers’ Association
has made no report of copper produc
tion and stocks since last July. Dur
ing the interval the officers of the
association have not even made any
compilation of figures for the pri
vate information of the members. In
deed, the members have not turned in
their individual reports Nor have
the producers informally exchanged
information with each other. In
short, conditions have been exactly
as they were before this statistical
association was organized.
Our own opinion, bason on informa
tion received from the principal re
liners, is that the present stock of
refined copper is less than is com
monly supposed, whatever may be the
accumulation of blister copper. Ev
er since Aug. 1 there have been reg
ular deliveries of copper on old con
tracts, while the deliveries for ex
port have been surprisingly large
until lately; and in the latter part of
October there developed a rather
large volume of new business, which
was checked but momentarily by the
British jseizures. Consumption has,
in fact, been increasing in this coun
try, especially in the brass business.
On the other hand, the refiners did
not wait to work up all the blister
copper in transit to them on Aug. 1,
but in several important instances in
augurated curtailment right away.
The net result is that some of the
refiners are at present holding ma
terially less stock of refined copper
than on Aug. 1, while in one case
where there was an increase during
the three months things are now prob
ably beginning to go the other way.
A« to whether the Copper Produc
ers’ Association will ever resume the
publication of its monthly statistical
reports, or will put them on a differ
ent basis, or will simply fade away,
nobody yet knows. The purpose of
the producers, especially the stabil
izing of the market by the commun
ication of prompt and exact informa
tion, was defeated, partly by popular
ignorance of the industrial conditions,
partly by Inherent difficulties. When
ever a bad report was published, ad
vantage was taken of it to depress the
market When things turned in fa
vor of the producers and there was
a good report, the newspapers and
the public charged that the figures
were doctored or else said with Cas
sandran forebodings that “Last month
may have been good, but just wait
for this month’s figures; they’ll not
be good,” etc. Thus with the pro
ducers it was nearly always a case
of “Heads I lose, tails you win.”
It may be that the Copper Produc
ers’ Association will at some time
resume its statistics in the old way,
but we doubt it. It may be that it
will make a quarterly, semi-annual
or annual statement. Or it may pass
out of existence. Whatever may be
done will be in the far away future.
At present there is not even any dis
cussion of it.—Engineering and Min
ing Journal.
TERRIFIC GALE
ATLANTIC COAST
Many Steamers Reported In Distress—
Cutters Sent To Rescue—Ships
Fear To Leave the Harbor.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—A 50*mile
an hour gale is sweeping along the
Atlantic coast and over this city. The
storm extends from the Carolinas to
Maine and many wireless calls for
aid by ships in distress have been
received. Navigation is paralyzed.
All ships are waiting in this harbor
for the storm to abate rather than
Face the terrific winds and high seas
which are reported.
Several revenue cutters have been
sent to aid the steamers calling for
hely and the life saving crews are
watching for ships driven on the
shores.
BERTHA TOTING
ALASKA MAIL
Seattle Postoffice Dumps Six Days'
Accumulation On Ancient
Mariner.
Six days mail from the United
States is due to arrive on the steam
er Bertha. That ancient handmaiden
of the Alaska pioneers is once more
permitted to do the tango with mail
ompany. It is alleged by wireless
or some other medium of communi
cation that the old dame will float
into Cordova late this afternoon.
Some Valdez folks were pretty sore
last night when they learned that
some mail starter in the Seattle post
office had dumped six days mail on
the Bertha a day and a half before
the Alameda was scheduled to sail
over the same route. They made re
marks abou boneheads and wondered
why some $60 a month clerk in the
Seattle office couldn’t be detailed to
dig up information about Alaska
steamer sailings and the time steam
ers ordinarily make.
The rule in the states is that man
is to be placed on the train that
will get to its destination at the ear
liest possible moment. If it be true,
as alleged, that a standing order re
quires Alaska m;*t to be placed on
the boat sailing first, even though
one twice as fast is to sail an nour
later, then Alaska folks would like
to see a few jay politicians dropped
out of the postal department and
their places taken by postal clerks
who know something about the bus
iness of carrying mail.
CHI Will
BEBIG CHIP
W. H. Carstens returned to Valdez
on the Alameda and reports that the
new trail staked by Anto Eide, the
foreman of the Alaska Road Com
mission, is located over the' Rohan
glacier from McCarthy to Chisanaand
that the new trail is a great im
provement over the one used last wir.
ter.
Mr. Carstens states that the camp
has a bright future and that 500 men
are working in the camp and scat
tered about on the many creeks in
the Chisana section. He believes that
the future will demonstrate the Chis
ana has been underrated and that
the production next year will be
heavy.
CHARGE PUS
WASTED SALMON
i
Big Salmon Packers Will Be Tried
At the April Term of Court
In Valdez.
November 28 at Juneau, Alaska, the
Alaska Packers’ Association and the
Libby, McNeil & Libby Company
were served with indictments found
by the United States grand jury at
Seward for wanton waste of salmon
at their different canneries in viola
tion of Sec. 266 of the Alaska Code.
There were two counts against the
Alaska Packers’ Association and six
counts against the Libby, McNeil &
Libby Company. The trial of the
cases will come up before the district
court at Valdez April 2, 1915.
SEWARD, Dec. 7.—Senator Aldrich,
Representatives N. Daly and Moran
of Nome are passengers on the Ala
meda for Seattle. The Nome repre
sentatives left the northern city im
mediately after the election and be
fore the final returns were received.
No change was made, however, by
the later returns. The Marshall City
returns are not in as yet. Daly re
ceived 490 votes, Coobs 495, Getcheli
487, Moran 470, and Aldrich for sen
ator 529.
GERMANS HAVE '
CAPTURED LODI
(Continued from page 1.)
ammunition and supplies have arrived
at the Servian town of Raduievatz,”
The Times correspondent says.
They made the 500-mile trip up the
Danube from Russian territory. They
will be rushed ot the front to assist
the Servians.”
This is the second report received
within three weeks that Russian
troops were in Servia. The first was
a dispatch from Nish, Servia’s tem
porary capital, via Rome. It was not
generally credited, for owing to Ser
via’s isolated position it was said that
such troops would be obliged to pass
through Rumania or Bulgaria.
In 1878 Russia negotiated a treaty
with Rumania by which Russian
troops were allowed to pass through
her territory. Whether this treaty is
still in force is not known; owing
to the pronounced Russophile atti
tude of the present Bucharest govern
ment, it may have been revived.
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list of Christmas things for men,
in the space we have here; but
we’ll send you one if you care
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—you couldn’t give a better gift
for $20 or $25 or $30 or $35.
Latest Styles of Neckwear
Bath Robes
Smoking Jackets
Lined and Unlined Gloves
Suit Cases and Bags
Shoes and Slippers
Stetson Hats
Gordon & Ferguson Fur Caps.
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Silk Handk’fs and Mufflers
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Raduievatz or Radouverac is on the
Danube where the Timok joins it.
By the Danube it is about 180 miles
from Belgrade and 120 by rail. It is
at the junction of two lines, one run
ning south up the Timok, the other
northwest, where it joins, the Bel
grade system at Velika Plana.
The northern mouths of the Dan
ube, where they empty into the Black
Sea, are in the Russian territory of
Bessarabia. The river then ascends
through Rumania south and a little
west until it reaches the frontier of
Bulgaria. Thence until it forms the
eastern and northern boundary of
Servia, its bed separates Rumania
from Bulgaria.
The Brigand.
Pullman Porter-Boss, yo' sho’ am
dusty. Passenger (resignedly)—Well,
you may brush off about a nickel s
worth.—Judge.
More than we use is more than we
need and only a burden to the bearer.—
Seneca. _
Opening Dance Fort Liscum S. C.
Wednesday, Dec. 9th, at Fort Liscum
Lieut. C. V. Donaldson will leave Valdez at 8:15 p. m. Return
ing leave Fort Liscum 1:15 a. m.
Ladies and gentlemen of Valdez are cordially invited to attend.
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COAL, HAY
and GRAIN
Office, foot of Wall street.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I f TMDCD and Building
Puget Sound Li U lVlDlLlX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Received On The Alameda
Casabas, Green Peppers, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Bananas, Cauliflow
er, Naval Oranges, Lettuce, Cabbage, Carrots, Turnips, Rutabagas,
Lemons, Spanish Onions, Popcorn, Walnuts, Almonds.
We have in stock the following varieties of apples: Delicious,
Spitzenbergs, Winter Banana, Wine Sap, Newton, Pippen, Arkansas
Black, Winter Permain, Rome Beauty, R. I Greening, Ben Davis, Red
Cheek Pippen, Red Belflour, Yakima Reds, and Albemarel Pippen, with
prices from $2.00 to $2.75 per box. Phones 55.
The Yakima Fruit Company
Pacific Alaska!
Navigation Company!
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PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle
Nov. 15th, Dec. 5th and 25th
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Ka-:
tall a, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak.:
PUGET SOUND—CAUFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and
Harvard for southern California ports.
Bight reserred to change dates and steamers without notice
VALDEZ DOCK CO. j
Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau. Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell. Dougl^
Cordova. Ellamar. Valdes and Catouohe. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th
S S Latouohe. 15th; S S Cordova. *5th of each month-Rlght reserved to ehange this
schedule without nottee.
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