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'PVBUAHID DAILY. KXCBI'T SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS
HY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
Harry V. Hobea. P Frank L. Rallalne. Sec. Erich Lucas. Treat.
Entered ae aecond-clata matter September. 2.1016. at the postoffice at Seward. Alaska,
under act of March 3. 1879.
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SULZER AFTER COAL RESULTS
Credit is due our delegate to congress for his activity
in behalf of immediate opening of the Alaska coal fields.
It often takes a new man some time to learn the paths
around Washington. D. ('., but Sulzer found his way about
and has already interviewed several government chiefs
on matters pertinent to Alaska and intimated that he is
keen for action.
To one uninformed on the way of the bureaucrat, the;
position of those in the department of the interior, who
are responsible for delaying the development of the Mata
nuska coal and are showing no sign activity in the emerg
ency of a desperate world war, seems untenable. But
that is the verv nature of bureaucrats. Thev thrive on
red tape fatten on precedents and have the ability to put
52 varieties of spokes in the wheel of progress, each cal
culated to delay action. An accomplished bureaucrat can
find on a moment’s notice a law, rule or precedent which
prohibits any specific act which would tend to facilitate
action, reduce the cost of government or eliminate unnec
essary employes.
The only quick way of getting around bureaucratic
delay is that adopted by the French revolution, i. e., separ
ating the head from the body, the custom of those days
being to remove by chopping off the physical head, while
in these enlightened times it appears sufficient to remove
political h-*ads only.
With the navy department ready to buy 250,000 tons
of coal per year, the consumers of the Pacific coast ready
to take a million more, the government railroad between
the fields and Seward nearing completion and no coal be
ing mined or in prospect of mining except for the railroad
itself, it is high time to lopp off a few heads and replace
incompetents with those determined .to open the coal
fields.
Supplying tonnage for the government railroadls as
important as building the line, and no matter how much
efficiency may be shown by the commission in construc
tion, it is rendered null if the road has nothing to haul.
More power to Sulzer in this work. Possibly he can
secure assistance from the federal trade commission,
it being one section of the government fully aware of the
vital necessity of a sufficient fuel supply.
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CORN AND THE COOK
Right where “faina Jim” W ilson, secretary of agri
culture, left it twenty years ago, the question returns of
teaching the English to eat our American corn. It is a
matter timely both to the food crisis in Britain and to the
newly warmed and strengthened relations between the
two great nations attached to one mother tongue.
For many years we of the New World have furnish
ed to our profit the roast beef of old New York. There
will be more than a commercial happiness if we may ex
tend into a complete Anglo-American service the product
of our corn fields. Economy, good health and good cheer
go with the range of corn foods, from the pones of Dixie
to the Injun pudding of New England. Not forgetting
the mush and milk which not infrequently marks the end
of a perfect dietary day.
One thing, nevertheless, is vital to the issue. That
thing is the cook. Not invariably over here does culinary
efficiency meet fully the rich potentialities of the yellow
grain. Still, we do not have good corn cooks, and we*know
netter than to misjudge the meal when a fault is presented
from the kitchen. If Britain is to be persuaded to take to
the corn, it must be through the cooperation of a blue-rib
bon American artist at the range.—(New York World.)
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DESTRUCTIVE ECONOMY
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The time may come in the United States as it has
come to England and France when patriotism demands
A JOB FOR AN AMERICAN DENTIST.
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that prosperous people wear old clothes. But that time
has not yet arrived and it is not in sight.
On the contrary that same economy which is desira
ble for the conservation of food may be destructive when
applied to other commodities. Attention has already been
drawn by clubwomen to the hardships now being endured
by privtte dressmakers. The decision of some well-to-do
women to economize has fallen heavily upon this class of
workers.
The same tendency, if carried to other fields, might
iave an unfortunate effect. America does not need now
10 divert its garment makers into munitions factories.
Ymerica does emphatically need to keep its garment-mak
ers employed. The line must be sharply drawn between
the economy which saves and the economy which wastes.
The organization of society is maintained in an equil
ibrium too delicate to warrant experiments of this kind,
t o refuse employment capriciously or to hoard commod
ities which are actually plentiful is not a service to the
ration. Only going concerns can lie prosperous.—Chicago
Herald.)__
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TURE srrnl DRY GOODS as cannot be readily sup
plied by the merchants in your community.
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The Gateway of
Alaska
The Place Where Sails Meet Rails
TERMINUS U. S. GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
Best Harbor on the Alaska Coast
Big Game Paradise of all Alaska
Future Fishing Center of Alaska
Gateway and Distributing Point for Central Alaska
Completely endowed and equipped with Public
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SEWARD is the inevitable metropolis of Alaska; has a first class
Public School System; is the principal city on the Kenai Penin
sula; the outfitting point for all big game parties; the natural
Gateway to all of Interior Alaska; has the finest harbor on the
coast_bar none; the most advantageously located townsite in
Alaska; a fishing industry that alone will make a wealthy town;
a modern and complete cold storage plant and cannery; will have
one of the finest Radio Stations in the North Pacific.
SEWARD has a first-class gravity water system, modern electric
light and power plant, has twosolid financial institutions and is
the selected site for the North Coast Government Coaling Station,
the SALT WATER TERMINUS of the Government-built railroad,
the nearest port to the GREATEST HALIBUT BANKS in Alaska
and is tributary to the great mining districts of Alaska.
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