THE SEWARD GATEWAY
Published Dally. Except Sundays.
Entered as Second-Class Matt«p Septem
ber 2nd, 1915. at the Poetofftoe at
Seward. Alaska. Under the
Act of March 3. 1879. _
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MONDAY, JAN. 24,1921
MAKE THE STOCK MOVE
No doubt exists in tin
mind of astute students of
trade phenomena that ad
vertising agitation of tin.
market coupled with fair in
ducements in the way o.
prices stimulates demand.
The persistent advertising
by the largest manufacfure,
and dealers of the continent
are onen testimonials tha.
they get results. If they ok.
not they would not advertise
and what is more, the adver
tising is inculded in the esti
mates of the calculating bus
iness man as one of the esse:,
tial items of his annual bud
get; and, further, the con
sumer, as in respect to at
tunes pays the cost. In fac;
* the thinking consumer is sa t
isfied and even pleased tc
pay for the information con
veyed in a newsy and hones;
advertisment. The press it
the one medium whereby th.
advertising news of the da\
can be generally purveyed ir.
reliable form every few
hours to the consumer.. The
consumer has no time to go
touring through a town or
rummaging through stores
looking for prices. He is en
titled to the daily stor« news
through the advertising col
umns of his daily paper, and
does not object to the fai>
charge for such news being
added to his bill of goods ant.
covered by the honest sale
iric°.
It is interesting to note in
the news papers receiver
from the states and Canati.
on the last boat, both in th
news columns and the adver
tisements a general decreas.
in prices of merchandise oi
ali lands. Commodities of at.
'kinds are plentiful and the
prices are tumbling heac.
over heals. This means that
we will soon see the low’ei
priced goods coming into
Snvard. There may possibly
be some new traders and
•merchants and if Sewara
merchants are not prepared
to meet the mnv prices they
will be at a disadvantage in
competing gainst tne new
independent traders. To an
ticipate that competition the
Seward merchants should be
prepared to bring in as softi
as the others the various
lines obtainable at the new
low prices. In order to do
that the goods now on hand
in Seward should be made to
move immediately. The short
est day of the present winter
has passed and the sun is on
the back track to summer. It
will be surprising how rapid
ly the spring will come on
and the summer will be here.
Little 'time now remains in
Which to make^th? Seward
stocks, which were obtain
able at high cost schedules
move before the competing
low cost goods begin to ar
rive. To induce a larger con
sumption and a more gener
ous purchase during the re
mainder of the printer days
an active advertising cam
paign on the part of the mop
chants is essential. The ef-!
fectiveness of properly con
ducted advertising cam
paigns cannot* be questioned
The results are accumulative
and the business increases
as blow after blow is rained!
in with ad after ad. Make the
goods move.
Now is the time to start
the ball rolling and to mak<
sure-the high cost goods art
out of the way in good sea
son. A prilfted circular con
taining a fall list of staple j
commodities issued once i
week and distributed among
the people of Seward wil
convey to them the fact tha:;
every merchant in town sees
the necessity for reducing
prices to normal. We will co
operate with you in every
■.vay in the printing and dis
tributing of these circulars.
Make the stocks move dur
ing the next few months and
by so doing you will break
the buyer’s strike which is
paralyzing business.
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GOLD BONUS NEEDED
(Ry. and Marine News.)
We are entirely in sympa
thy with the Alaskan miner.;
in their suggestion that the /
be given a certain bonus or
every ounce of gold actually
produced. It is quite unnec
essary to go into any long
discussion of the situation.
Enough to say that in all thr
oast years where the price c.°
food stuffs and equipment
Pave been mounting, with a
corresponding increase in
-alaries and wages, the price
of gold has remained station
ary and in Northern terri
tory richly endowed with the j
yellow metal, the peculiar
condition exists that it is a
lot cheaper to allow the mei
al to remain in the groud
latheFthan attempt to ex
tract it, either by hand or
machinery. Briefly it costs
ibout $22 to extract twenty
dollars Worth of gold. This
las resulted in the Territory:
if Alaska for the past three ■
ears, showing a total pro- i
luction of about 35 per cent \
.annually of the amount for- i
nerly mined each year. Uny
css some emergency actio'll •
'.s aken the production must
>f necessity drop to practi
ally nothing in years to
come. And this in the face of
.he fact that under better i
conditions, Alaska could eas-1
ly produce a minimum of
t venty-five million annUallv. i
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THE MESSAGE OF THE 1
CROSS
For the theme of his Sun
lay evening sermon Rev. D.
Sari Carter chose “The mes
sage of the Cross.” As a has-'
s for his discourse he quot
ed from Paul’s first letter to
;he chupth established at
Jorinth. In that letter Paul
vrote these words, which1
vhen translated into modern
speech read as follows: “For
cfie Message of the Cross is
ioolishness to those who are
on the way to perdition, but
it is the power of God to
uhose Whom He is saving.”
Paul did not attempt to
explain or make clear how
it was that the Message of
theCross was the power of
Gocrto those whom he was
saying. Even those In whom
this power was working
were not able to explain it
to those who would not ac-_
cept it. It is-an experience'
which those who acept know
to be'a power for good Paul
chose rather to follow the ex
ample of Peter and John
when brought before the;
Sanhedrin and charged not
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to spdak in the name of
Christ They saidWhether
it is right in the sight of God
to harken unto you rather
than unto God, judge ye: for
we can not but speak the
things which we saw and we
heard.” Paul spoke from his
own experience and told
what he knew, though well
understanding that the Mes
sage of the Cross was sc
stumbling block to those
Jews who w£re looking for
military power to free them
selves from their distress
and that to the Greek who
looked for the wisdom of
man to bring the desired re
sults upon earth, it was fool
ishness.
Military power and sci
ence, or the wisdom of man,
when carried to their ut
most known limits resulted
in the most senseless, cruel
iand devastating war in the
! history of mankind.
It would seem that even as
an experiment, or as a work
ing hypothesis we might hon
estly gxvp the Message of the
Cross a fair trial.
* The idea of vicarious suf
fering for the benefit of oth
er's did not originate with
Christ. He stood firmly for
right and justice of others
with mercy backed by the
power of God. It is a divine
principle which has run thru
he experiences of all man
kind. Suffering and self-sac
rifice for the benefit of oth
ers is a necessity which con
fronts every man, woman
and child who desires to help
make the world a better and
i>
happier place in which to
live. The message of the
Cross is the key to the situa
tion. , 1 ,
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