BROSIUS & NOON
LUMBER and BUILDERS; HARDWARE
WINDOWS. DOORS. GLASS, MILL-WORK and BOAT LUMBER
Agent* For— STANDARD MARINE ENGINES, STANDARD KID
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U.S. IMPORTERS
WAM FAT
THESE DAYS
NEW YORK, Jan., 17— American
importers now purchasing goods ..
Eng and, France and Italy tor ship
ment to the United States, are wav
ing tat a> a xesu.t ot Uic uep.ee ai.o
of the pound sterling, the fianc an.
lira, acco ding to stories now goinu
1 the rounds of the New York while
sale district.
The only “fly in the ointment” fv
the American buyers abroad is the
DISTILLATE $3.50 p»*r case at Graefs
Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx
clothing— URBACH'S
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Lady Torrington vaccura sweeper*
it GRAEFS
Sleds for boys and girls at Graefs.
RAYO lamps with shades $3 50 a:
Graefs.
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Flee trie Sewing Machine motors s
Graefs.
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National Water Motor Washers
at J. L. Graefs.
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Klaine Eo<ene and Pearl Oil at
Graefs.
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Ice Creepers and Skates— Griefs
Fishermen’s Supplies at Graefs.
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FLASH LIGHTS and batteries at
J. L. Graefs.
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* PLUMBING AND
* HEATING
* Sheet Metal Works
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♦ CHAS. LECHNER
* Tel. Madsn 146
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LET US DO
YOUR WASHING
Seward Steam laundry
Phone Main 157
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JOB PRINTING
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fact that, by a Presidential order sev
*eial weeks ago, United States consa's
are required to keep tab on big par *
chases, ascertain ihe soiling pnc* .
cable these facts to the United States
customs authorities. Then, by fijru>
ing the rate of exchange on the da;o
of purchase, the government is enab1
ed to >set a proper value upon thV._
goods for the co.lection oi imp
duties. A Court of Claims passes upon
what are alleged to be uiuau upy*...
als. *
The situation is said to be son* •
what like this: An American buying
sterling say, on December 12, needed
to pay in American money only $3.66
for British currency normally wo. th
about $4.87.* Now ho goes to a.factory
in Nottingham. Eng., to buy laces arc!
there, although prices of course are
higher than before the war, he pays
for them in this depreciated B it*,
money and makes a handsome profit.
Then he sli ps the laces to the Unite \
States where, by reason of the inf\ -
ion of the American dollar, they
retailed for from 100 to 150 per cent
1 above pre-war prices.
The same importer,, on the saw
date we will sav, goes to France. lr
Paris he has exchanged his American
’o^a’S for francs. NormaPy there ;n
5.18 1-8 francs to the dollar but ro
be finds one yankee “slmoleon” wi .
buy 11.52 francs, about 60 pe-cc *
more than before the war. The nr <
of silks has gone up but he-goes
Lyons and there, with hts depreem*
French money, he buys more than h
has ever bought before at ^ba;earn’
trices. The silks reach New York
I where they are soM to the consumer a
double their foimer retail price.
Next this importer visits Ita'y
where he finds the lira 0.18 1-8 <>•
which like the franc before the \\’\
co”M b- bought for one American dr
lar, now at a vast discount. In (w‘
he receives 13.47 lire for one Amer
Ho”ar and. well financed goes to Na
pies where he negotiates the purchase
of tanestr’es co^t’ng, of coir*se, mo
than in 1014 but in reality chnne*
when purchased with the present Ital
ian currency.
The same financial conditions »*x
i*t all over E o ope and in the forme*
Central Empires of course, they are
reported much wo~se. In the AlPed
countries, however, where the-e la n»
«o*»al stability and greater abd’tv to
nny. the depreciated money is effccl
Vjj somrt st»*angc changes. A dinner
-hich, before the war in Paris couM
I b« had for n ronrnal sum, now costs
I Vom 20 to 50 f’-ancs.
American manufactures, mean'hd \
who desire to sell their products
COTTERS
Just received
the finest
assortment of
WOOL PANTS
MOCCASINS PACS
and Four Buckled
ARCTICS
I In light and heavy
weight. Come in and
Have A LOOK. . |
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* ALL RIGHT! LET’S GO 4
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* MALAMUTE STAGE LINE
* Now Carrying PASSENGERS & EXPRESS Between
* . Talkeetna, Broad Pass, Ncnana and
* ALL INTERIOR POINTS *
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* Arrangements can be made by letter, telephone
* • or wire. ’
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* < J. A. STEWART, ' • *
* Talkeetna, Alaska. *
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furnished Rooms
Hot and Cold Water
Steam Heat
VANGILDER BUILDING
abroad arc demanding payment in
American dollais at par. Recently the
Belgian government, it is said, brought,
twenty American locomotives, for
which payment instead of being* n
Belgian money was demanded in Am
erican dollars, thus adding from 15 to
20 percent to the manufacturer’s no.
mal profit. Naturally this discourages
fo eign buying. •
On the other hand, a big Amer •
•• .. coiitotive concern, apprehensive
of the turn of political affairs abroad
dius. to delay over the Peace Treaty, !.c
reported practically to have cancelled
a., foreign advance orders. Such ord
e?s, ca’ling for delivery in three, six
or nine months, are said to be pradde
a y non-ex; stent in the locomotive
trade. Similar conditions exist in othc
industries. That is why American
manufacturess have been saying: “P
the rt'ace Treat&.is not soori signed'it
will mean the complete loss of ou*
foreign trade.’’
There arc committees oi tne mo»i
prominent United States bankers an
bus no s men, representing the Amo* ’
can Banker’s Association, the Un.tc<
States Chamber of Commerce and tl
International Trade Conference irtio
have been at work on this problem o
foreign exchange for months and w
will be ready to remedy the present
cf*4 •’oUnn snon as the Peace Trcac j
becomes a fact for the American iui- (
tion.
“It is a noticeable thing,” said one
Wall street banker, that foreign ex* 1
cfcon«*e has had its most precipitous^
apd serious decline since the rejection .
of ihf p^ice Treaty by the Senate.«
Lust month it had reached the lowest
fijrure on record. Wholly apart fror !
the Lragye of Nations neither the .
American manufacturer nor the in
**'*<?t,or>- is °ro:mt to put millions into
fo’ eign ' Investments until they know ;
move of what Washington’s political
J>~nne are going to b~
.“.Meanwhile, England ,in me p*u*i
11 rrvr'tb-r. d^snite thehaud’car) la
bor, cur-ency and formidable pric-s
-:*s^f to the extent, of red’C
ing he*- impoHs bv $47*.000 000 an'1
strengthening her econo
nvc ros?t;on. Her exports fo*- the sam'
Vo-X h-ep *1 ,787 000.000. O’"*
Av-n figures s**ow that tv
United States* excess of exnnrts. "
t}^ ten t-ade with England
xv:,«s ooo.OOO greater than th
year before.**
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COAL FIELDS ARF. TO
BE REPORTED BY EVAN‘
r?'>nr<»o Wntklns E’*ans, one of the
h -,t ;r,f<vm*d roal mining enginee r
<r- the Pacific coast now engaged •**
n*i’*ate engineering* work with of
;n t^e L. C. Smith building
q -.«•>>/% fr*~ vegrs was connected
M fb th« United States bureau or,
has just returned from a pr>-j
fessional trip to New York City, call-,
ed there for a conference with finan-,
cial' interests with regard to the coal j
mining industry, present and prospec
tive, in the west and in Alaska. As
a result of this visit, Mr. Evans has
been commissioned to make a com
prehensive report on the coal mining
industry in California, Oregon, Wash
ington, British Columbia and Alaska
This report, which will take months
to complete, will deal with the dc
monstnited coal arras in the west and
with the pvospective, though unde- .
veloped coal areas in Alaska.
The report will deal with the im
portant factors of the industry in
the known coal regions, such as quan
tity* quality, cost of product on
transportation factilities, markets,
etc., as well as the commercial pos
sibilities of the great coal-bearing re*
gions of the north.
Mr. Evans is perhaps the best ’r*
formed man ’concerning the coal re;
g:ons of Alaska. Years ago, he
charge of the mining of some eighl
hundred tons of coal taken from th£
Matanuska fields to be used as test
by the United States navy. Tw*
vears ago he served as a member of
a federal commission that investigate
*d the Matanuska fields on behalf «>f
the interior department.
Mr. Evans is a sourdough of the
north’and. When in his teens, he
joined the great stampede to th '
Klondike in 1807, packed his own
outfit over Chilcoot Pass, and passe#’
the winter in the great gold camp. . •
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TWO MEXICAN WOMEN
TO DEVELOPS MOTION
FILMS FOR NATION
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MEXICO CITY, Jan., 17— Two!
young Mexican women have bee»v j
placed in control of the censorship an<} ;
development of motion picture film**
?n Mexico; They are Miss Adriana S:'J
Ehlers. who will act as chief censor j
and Miss Dolores L. Ehlers. who will'
nve charge of the work of producing
Mexican films to be distributed in tho
United States, Europe and Latin-Am
M-ican countries. The purpose of this
widespread distribution of the Mex-^
‘'•an fi^ms is announced to be to clear
away many of the misunderstand'ngs
hat are said to exist regarding Mexf.
ico. '
In addition the two young women
are to have charge of the making *>f
"hicational fi’ms to be exhibited free
af cost to natives of Mexico to teach
Mexicans modem methods of living.
The two young women will act under
direction of the Department of the
Interior.
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A man in Ketchikan is advertisin'*
sa'e one punching bag and two
adjust^* dress fornis. He must be ;
a -egular he-dressmaker.
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The pungent
richness of pare
| Havana tobacco,:
tempered by time
to a rare mildness
, —that S the Lover3 Monarch i ,
Aztaal Sis* i
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ALASKA TRANSFER
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Coal, Wood and Ice
General Transfe** * 1'huut'b, Mam 17 and bl ^
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JOHN A. NELSON. Manager
Office Admiral Building
Wayne Blue, Agent.
SLWAKD MASa.
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When it comes to the hard
“knock- down - drag - oat”
service that a fisherman
gives hoots, ordinary rubber
can’t Mand up.
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But Goodrich “Hi-Press” Rubber Boots and
• Shoes aren’t ordinary. They’re made in a
better way—in ONE SOLID PIECE—and
they can’t leak or peel.
One j air will outlast a whole
season of hard service— )ut*
wear two or three ordirary
pairs.
Put your money on Goodrich
“Hi-PreiV* and you’ll nc vcf
be satisfied with anything
else.
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The City of Goodrich—Akron, C.iio^
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