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SEWARD. ALASKA, SATURDAY. SEPT. 23. 1!)1«.
In Alaska as well as in the States just now the labor
ing man ought to feel very proud. Everyone is sounding
his praises and promising him a brilliant future. You
can see by the papers that the poor worker has the sym
pathy of the most prominent men in the whole country,
that their hearts bleed for his trials and tribulations. The
elections come off month after next.
Let one discordant note be sounded: The workingman
is the biggest idiot on earth or appears to be. He elects
hundreds of members of congress and thousands of mem
bers of other legislatures and very few of himself. He
chooses instead as his representative the mouthing charl
atan and demagogue who poses as his friend while making
him bend down that he might step from his stooped back
into power. And once up the foot that used the back kicks
the body over.
Democratic government will never reach its highest
altitude until the worker is educated enough to distinguish
the true from the false. He is yet unable to discern the
falsity of the spoken word in the mouth of the demagogue
and he takes words for deeds. This is why so many legis
latures are tilled with the upstart and the conscienceless.
It never seems to dawn on the worker’s mind that the man
who is too proud to use him possesses the very quality
that would make him the worker’s champion.
The fact that a Seward firm is able to supply thirty
live thousand dollars worth of merchandise in a few weeks
speaks volumes for the business position which this town
has attained. By having a firm like Brown & Hawkins in
a town means more for that town than we can realize at a
quick glance. Being able to meet the demands of the En
gineering Commission, both for quantity and price as
well as quality, means also that the people save money by
having a business institution of an extensive kind. It is
an economic fact of importance to Alaska that the people
need no longer depend on the little fly-by-night who has
to pay more wholesale for his goods than the consumer
should be required to pay retail. And in speaking of this
fact at all it may be pointed out that the Seward Com
mercial company showed the same fine quality in connec
tion with the recent contract for goods. It really marks a
new era for the mercantile business in the territory.
WAGES IN ARGENTINA
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
BUENOS AIRES. Sept. 12. — The
average Argentinian is not paid for
his work in proportion to what he has
to pay for his living.
A comparatively small number of
men, mostly cattle and wheat kings,
make huge sums. There is a fail "pro
portion of rich middlemen. A Treat
deal of big money the country pro
duces belongs to foreign investors and
goes abroad.
A salaried man is considered in pos
session of a good, round income « ?ir
receives $150 to $200 monthly. Of
course this does not go nearly so far
a> it would in the United States.
A first class printer or locomotive
engineer may make as high as $175
monthly.
Bricklayers are paid from $2.50 to
.‘".50 daily but do not have work all
the time. A carpenter, who also has
periods of unemployment, earns from
$1.50 to $2.50 daily.
There is a wide variation, according
to season, in what an unskilled labor
er receives. At time?, he gets as low
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H. A. LAWRENCE
TRAVELING FREIGHT AND PASSINGKR AGENT.
P. O. Ho* to:U til Seward Street
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as 30 pesos and as others as high as
80 pesos monthly, or, in United States
money, from $13.50 to $35.20.
On a farm, it is possible to imagine
how a man might live on the latter
of these two sums, even in Argentina,
i How he succeeds in doing it in Buenos
Aires, and how, in particular, he suc
ceeds in doing it part of the time on
$13.20 per month is a puzzle.
It seems to be the consensus of
opinion that he can get enough of a
poor quality of food but that his j
shelter is such as would revolt a self- j
respecting hog in the United States.
He wears whatever clothes he can pick j
up.
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Heinz’s Fresh BAKKI) BKANS,
fifteen cents per can.
BROWN & HAWKINS, “Quality
First.”
Long distance letepnone Booth ftt
The Branch.
“Billy Buster;” The best school
shoe* on the market. High anil low
tops, all sizes.
BROWN & HAWKINS, “Quality
First.”
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California Home Assorted Pickles,
fifteen cents per can.
BROWN & HAWKINS, “Quality
First.” __I
California and East
viu
Seattle Portland San Francisco
DAILY 3 TRAINS
on
SCENIC SHASTA ROUTE
SHASTA LIMITED
SAN FRANCISCO EXPRESS CALIFORNIA EXPRESS
Connecting at San Francisco with Four
Limited Trains over the Sunset, Ogden
and El Faso Routes to all Eastern points
SUNSET LIMITED OVERLAND LIMITED
PACIFIC LIMITED GOLDEN STATE LIMITED
Call or write for information
C. M. ANDREWS,
District P’reiglit and Passenger Agent
712 SECOND AVE., SEATTLE, WASH.
Southern Pacific Lines
Oct [ at COTIfR
Then Don’t Worry
We have what you want
We guarantee the quality
Not how cheap—but how good
That old money-back guarantee that goes with
all of our goods is still in full force and effect
Underwear Stag Shirts Flannel Shirts
Dress Shirts Socks (doves Caps
Shoe Paes-Boots-Rubber llip Boots pr.
C O T T ER’S
|>MO!>E IN FOR ANY THINU __ _
Buy a Home in Woodrow
The Beautiful Suburb
■f Seward
WOODROW is located 6% miles from Seward.
The Govt. Railroad runs through this beautiful tract.
Woodrow lies near Bear Lake the famous fishing
ground of Seward.
Woodrow may be said to be in the warm belt as the
hills are so situated as to shelter this tract from the winter
winds.
Woodrow is situated just this side of the Bungalow
and plotted on the most desirable portion of the Johnson
Homestead.
A tract in Woodrow is equivalent to more than 12 lots
in Seward.
The price is so low that no one can complain.
You can buy a tract of about one third the size of a
block in Seward for $125. — Some fractional tracts are
selling as low as $25—$50 and $75.
The title is clear—A warranty deed, first handed.
Woodrow is plotted in tracts situated each on a street
and corner on an alley. Each plot is easy to access.
Woodrow is a beautifully wooded tract and a veri
table park.
ROMIG & ROMIG are handling this property and
will be pleased to interest you in the best offer for a suber
ban home ever made in Seward.
ADDRESS:—
Fourth Avenue,
Reward, Alaska.
PHONE ADAMS 48
PHONE ADAMS 93
H.V. HOBEN A. F. DAVIS
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
— -Dealers In
COAL, WOOD AND ICE
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SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
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WINES LIQUORS CIGARS
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ALAMEDA Sept. IK ALASKA, Sept. 24
nARIPOSA, Sept. JO
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at Skagway.
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F. B. TRACY, General Agent A. 11. McDOXALI). Age
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER CO.
Incorporated November 1905 under the Laws of the Territory of Alaska
S. M. GRAFF, President and General Manager
Contractors and dealers in Electric Supplies and Apparatus.
Oftice’ At the Station. TELEPHONE MAIN I 2J
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FURNITURE AND HARDWARE
COAL MINER’S AND GOLD MINER'S SLITI If S
Doors & Windows
Lang's Ranges
I X L Parlor Heaters
Gasoline Stoves
Cook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Air Tight Heaters
Oil Stoves
Alcohol Stoves
Spark Plugs
Jump Coils
Batteries
Granite Ware
Aluminum Ware
Asbestos
P & B Paper
Malthoid Rooting
Tar Paper
Deafening felt
Weather Strips
Gasoline
Gas Kntfino Oil
Marine Undine Oil
Valve Oil
Klaine oil
Floor Oil
Linseed Oil
Gup Grease
Paints
Lacqueret Paint
Asphaltum Paint
Brushes
Varnishes
Turpentine
Japan
Denatured Alcohol
Coal Tar
Lamps
Lanterns
Tents
PMONt MUHSON 87
Rifles
Shot Guns
Ammunit ion
Fishing Tacklf
Giant Powtler
Caps
Fuse
Bench Forges
Blacksmith's t 'oa
Bellows
Wheel Barrows
Cutlery
Fire Clay
Fire Brick
Lime
Cement
Glass
Rope
Mercury
Seine Twine
J. L. GRAEF
AOELMAN & GUILTY
SEWARD DAIRY
MILK & CREAM
Why Not Try Our Buttermilk?
MILK STATIONS AT BOTH BUTCHER SHOPS
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Open Day and Night!
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steamship ticket )
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Co., Wayne Blue, Admiral Line
A. S. DAUTRICK, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent,
Room 18, Valentine Building, Juneau.
T. J. MOORB, City Passenger Agt., Second arul Columbia, Seattle.