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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 182. '__ ,
---^WAk1) ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20,1920.^_
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WASHINGTON. I>. C. Oct., 20—
In an interview. • •Jvui nut touay by. Ke
presentative Louis T. M-FadJen
(Chairman of ide Co.ninitt«*L* on Rank
ing ami Currency of the House of Re
presentatives, h« a^kod tU' following
I pertinent quest: »n » h : ‘eren 'e to
the gold c!tv*n* o*.: * Is the LJ.uted
States to font iu* *■> u'e the* p-<>-1
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hiem of d p .Muc.inn, thus pennit-j
ting the 1* !t .-n Lmpi;e to ga;n an un- ■
questioned supremacy?
|{ITISH (,('1.0 Sl'I’KEMAl'Y
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As estimate of Jo g*>Y pro let lion !
«>)' tin* United States Uiscd on uie out
put for the , -• C UlO-l-ia l* til'.:
year indicet0^ Unfit th** prixiuction loi
1920 will .. i.... J*,m h,..f tu amofinl
produced in 1915. in 1915 tile L mtecl
States produced 21 5 pe cent of tilt
total world’s goid output, and the Brit
ish Empire 65.7 per cent. In 1919 the
United States produced but 16.6 pci
rent of the total world’s gold output,
while the British Empire produced it.
. xorss of two-thirds. Since July 24, 19
19, the British Empire has been pay
ing an exchange premium as high as
oO pel cent o the gold producers oi
South Africa, where the bulk of the
Biitish gold is produced, while in the
United States no assistance has beer*
rendered the gold mining industry.
This year the contribution of the Unit
ed States to the gold production of the
world will probably be not more than
12 per cent, about half of that which
it contributed in 1915, whiie the stimu
lating effect of the exchange premium
will probably increase the Quota which
the British Empire will contribute to
75 per cent,
REASON FOR DECLINE
As compared to 1914, the purchas
ing power of the dollar in terms of all
commodities in 1919 was 47 cents. The
gold producers ounce in 1914 had a
purchasing power of $20.67, whereas
during 1919 the same ounce could pur
chase in terms of all commodities but
$9.70. Since the price of gold is fixed
by statue at $20.67 an ounce, the gold
producer is in the same position as a
person who received the same income
in 1919 as in 1914 and finds that a
$2,000 income has shrunken in pur
chasing power to $970. “This is the
principal reason for the decline of the
gold production of the United States
from $101,000,000 in 1915 to less than
$50,000,000 this year,” said Mr. Me- j
Fadden.
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GOLD STOCK DEPLETED
The United States Mint sold for in
dustrial consumption during 1919
nearly $22,000,000 more gold than was
produced from the mines of the Unit
ed States, while this year the drain on
the monetary gold stock will probably
bo $40,000,000. The American Bankers
Association passed a resolution on Oc
tober 2,1919, urging upon the govern
ment the necessity for maintaining a
domestic production of new gold in
sufficient volume to satisfy the indus
trial requirements of the arts and
trades. To comply with the specifica
iions of this resolution, the soundness
f which cannot be questioned, I in
troduced H. K. 111201 on March 22,
1920.
f CONSUMERS NOW SUBSIZED
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, Kvontnaliy Oil. Why not Now?
\ Since the industrial consumers of
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) gold are the only ones in the country
1 receiving raw material at the pre-war
1 price, while the general increase in all
. com.uoditioB was 112 per cent in 1919
j is compared with 1914, it is evident
' chat they are being heavily subsidized.
Air. Mch'adden emphasizes that thei
Imposition of this excise tax merely
; adjusts the cost and price equation be
i tween the producer of new gold and
| .he consumer of gold in the industrial
arts, and is free from all monetary
entanglements. A f^*ee gold market is
maintained under the provisions of
thi. bill for the reason that the excise
tax is collected on the finished pro
duct as sold, and not upon the bullion
which is sold to the manufacturers.
Tlmre is nothing in the hill which in
any way alters ihe nuinbei of grains
in the standard dollar, the unit of our
monetary system. The bdi creatt/s the
j .governmental machinery by which the
consumer of gold in the industrial arts
may pay more nearly the cost of pro
jdu«M: ti for his raw material. The
! stlmirus to the j>old producer speci
fied in this bill is equal to the excise
1::x imposed, and is no greater than
the exchange pi ir.ium paid by Great
TV»>ain in the latter part of 1919 to
.he South African producer, whose op
•»-»;»*nvr **or*dit'ons arc mo**e favorable
viian those in the United States.
HEAVY FKENCH TAX.
In addition to paying the exchange
liscount, which in the case of the
French industrial consumer of gold
would amount to 100 per cent more in
francs than the price paid before the
war, the French government has im
posed a sumptuary tax for the use of
gold in the fabrication of articles
(other than money) of 60 francs per
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hectogram ($3.73 per. fine ounce) by
aw of June 25, 1920. Previous to that
late the guarantee tax was 37 francs,
30 centimes per hectogram. The Fren
ch Government justifies this tax in a
formal document transmitted by the
Jnited States Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, as follows:
‘Moreover this tax, striking as it does
uxury goods, or unessential articles,
enters into the category of a sumptu
ary tax, the levying of which is ad
mitted by all economists as a legiti
nate .procedure.”
GOLD STANDARD PROTECTED
It is important that the gold min
ing industry be kept alive for fear
.hat with greatly reduced production
there will be difficulty in retaining
the gold standard during a popular
campaign for credit restriction ac
companied by declining prices. The
continued depletion of the gold stock;
by excess exportation and industrial !
i use will seriously impair the public '
confidence in the Nation's finance and
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currency unless a normal gold outputj
is insuVcd.
WASTE MAKES WANT
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The gold mining industry will be
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completely shut down unless construe- -{
tive aid is provided without delay, in ;
which event it will take years to de- j
velop a noimal output of gold at a |
very much greater expense. To allow |
| the gold mines of the United States to
| cave in and fill with water entails a
I waste of developed gold . resources,
! which in a most critical hour of fin
ancial need will cause want. No argu
ment can be made in favor of waste,
'he time to act i3 now before the in
dustry is shut down. *
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TRAIN FROM ,
ANCHORAGE CROWDED
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The Gateway special from Anchor
age>carrying425 pasaengers-fbr Sew
ard left this morning on schedule time
I and barring accidents should arrive in
i the Terminal City about five o'clock.
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LEAD TRAIN WRECKS
CLEVELAND. Gei... fO— At least
seven passengers were killed and
moie than a score taken to the hospi
tal iioi»i tne lesult of an accident
whor two New York Central passeng
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cr trains crashed iuto ('ash other this
morning. The accident ocemvd in the
W*'>t Eri<* Pennsylvania yards. It if
report? * that a party of signal re
pair men who wove workmg roar the
station became com used when they
saw the trains coming and threw in
„h ' switch when the wc.it bourn: l u .
• nshed by. The crash came a few mo
ments later.
SETTLEMENT ASSURED
LONDON, Oct., 20— Negotiation*
toward the settlement of the coal'
strike today seem to be assured. The
government officials and the laboi
leaders show a desire on both sides to
reach a speedy understanding and it
is believed that proposals and prepar
ations are now being made by both
sides.
HRIDE TO HE ARRIVES
ON ALAMEDA
All the way from Norfolk , Virgin
ia, journeyed pretty little Miss. E.
Wolman, accompanied by her brothei
L. U. Wolman, journeyed over miles of
dusty railroads and more miles of
deep blue ocean until she arrived in
Seward. Last night when the steamer
A'amcda drew up to the dock, an
expectant and happy youth who haa
impatiently waited for the arrival of
the boat that was carrying Miss, Wol
man, was there to greet the little girl
from the sunny south.
Louis A. Kenner of the Radio sta
tion was'the youth and some time to
day or this evening these two young
persons will bo united in the hoi}
bonds of matrimony. Thus the old say
ing of “All comes to him who waits,”
has been verified and Virginia be
comes affiliated with Alaska, and all
the friends of Mr. Kenner join in wish
ing him and his bride long years of
happiness.
| STRUCTURAL STEEL
MEN ARRIVE
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The following men arrived on* the
AUitncda last /night on their way to
the ^usitna and Hurricane Gulch coun
try. They are registered at the Sew
ard Hotel. Foreman G. R. Collins and'
brother A. N. Collins, B. F. Huber, C.
L. Ashby, and A. Yost all from Vir
ginia, C. Carr from Minnesota, A.
Armstrong and A. Reiellczebesen from
Penn. S. Newcomber and D. Gard from
California, M. W, Hohnns from Geor
gia and C. Jeffie from Arizona^ These
men have been gathered togehter by
the American Bridge Co. of Pitts
burg and are all expert bridge men
and structural steel workers. They
thoroughly understand every phase of
the work and expect to be in the Su
sitna country all this winter mid next
summer. That they will like Alaska
goes without saying.. They are all out
doo^fnen and when the work is com
peted it is a safe bet that all of
them will stay in this country.
Wautod one^comfltto oU driUtog outfit
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V AC ATION IN HOSPITAL
Dad Martin of the Radio station de
rided that lie would take a vacation
yesterday. 11c further decided after
• or no thought and .considerable j
action to spend his vacation in the
hospital. The reason Dad choose the
hospital was this. Yesterday while en
gaged in hoisting several gasoline
Irums from one place to another, Dad
who has been reading about the Mara-1
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.lion games, suddenly developed the <
idea that he could break the worlds I
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ecord for standing broad jump. He
was standing on one drum and the
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record jump he contemplated npiking.
was vfrui the drum on which he was
standing to another. He made the
jump. We have witnesses who will
swear to it. The distance is not offic
ially recorded, but the fact that the
top of the drum was slippery is re
corded, particularly so on the back of
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Dad, whose feet slipped when he land
ed on the far drum.
Thus the hospital for Dad. A noble
windup after completing all the hard
work for the coming winter.
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CITY COUNCIL MEETS
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At a regular meeting of the city
council last night claims to the amount
of $308.20 were allowed and ordered
paid, 'ijpbert McIntosh was appointed
■ light watchman for the coming winter
it a salary of $150.00 per month. The
Seward School Hoard presented a com
munication requesting the sum of $1,
000.00, from the City in order to pay
the school salaries and expenses end
ing Oct., 31st. The'communication
was laid on the table until the next
regular meeting.
Mayor Chamberlin and all of the*
members of the council were present.
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Oscar A. Hart, A. A. Humfrey and
Chisholm three commercial men
.from Juneau and Seattle are register
ed at the Overland.
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GOVERNOR RIGGS HAS
FILED ANNUAL REPORT
The annual report of Governor
Thomas Riggs, covering Alaska and
Alaskan affairs and conditions, for
the fiscal year ending June 30,1920
has been completed and mailed to
John Barton Payne, secretary of the
Interior, according to an announce
ment made from the governor's office.
The making df the report has occupied
many week?*aryl is said to.be one of
the most thorough and complete ever
presented from the territory.
The contents of the report are
unavailable for publication at the
present time. Secretary Payne has
conttol of its release date and ^11
advise later as to its issuance to the
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press.
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FOODSTUFFS DECLINE IN PRICE
WASHINGTON, Oct, 20- The De
partment of Labors monthly report
shows a decline in the price of food
stuffs during the month of September
I of approximately two percent Pota
| toes dropped twenty two percent. Su
i gar twenty, coffee six and eggs, or
| angcs and porkchops showed a mark
! ed increase in the retail price.
The retail price decreases are not
j marked as wholesale.
HENDERSON CONDEMNS POLICY
LONDON, Oct., 20— Arthur Hen
deison former labor member of the
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British cabinet precipitated a debate
today on the Irish question in the
House of Commons when he demanded
and nquiry bo made into the reason
for the reprisals taken upon the Irish
by the police and soldiers of England.
vVhile he admitted that there might
have been some provocation he furth
er stated that he believed that the gov
ernments present policy was aimed at
breaking the spirit of the Irish people
Loid Mayor McSwinney suffered a
nervous breakdown today and as the '
jesutt is in a state of extreme deler- j
ium. Today is the sixty ninth day of
his fast. He. is restinging quietly from
last reports although lus mental con
ditional has not returned to norfhal.
GERMAN OFFICERS SERV
ING UNDER WRANGELL
SEBASTAPOL, Oct., 20— Severe
lighting between the troops of Gener
al Wrangell and the Itolshcviki under^
tiie personal command of Trotsky is
continuing on the northeastern front.
Ten fresh divisions of Reds have been
thrown into the battle.
Foitner German officers are offer
ing their services to General Wrangell.
Moscow, Oct., 20— Today reports
authentically the desertion of General
Budenny the former Bolsheviki caval
ry leader who it is asknowledged is
now operating against the Rods in the
neighborhood of Riga.
GOOD PROGRESS MADE
ON PULP PAPER MILL
With a crew of 45 men employed
in its work at Speel river the Al
aska £ulp and Palter Co., is rushing
preparations for an early open
ing of the first pulp mill to be
operated yin Alaska, says the S111"
pire. Leo Kennedy, a member of :
the company who has been looking
after the work since it was, started,
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says everything will he in readiness ,
to install the machinery, when it
arrives from the south.
The flume has just been com
pleted. It is 2,500 feet in length
and has an extreme elevation of
1,000 feet. Preparations for laying
the foundations for the machinery
are now in progress. These will
probably be completed by the first
of the month.
The machinery is now in Seattle,
awaiting shipment. Manager Lass,
of the local office of the company,
sajjfi it will be shipped immediately
Considerable interest has been dis
played locally in the construction
of the plant, and arrangements for
an excursion to Speel river are now
being made. Glen Bartlett is mak
ing an effort . to secure a suitable
boat for the trip and it he is suc
cessful and the weather is favorable,
the trip will bejiwle Sunday. Men
ager Lass will provide lunch for the
visitors .and show them alt through
the company’s plant ^ _ '
Remember the Straw Tula €*•*•*.
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ALAMEDA ARRIVES
AT MIDNIGHT
Carrying a large number of pass
engers and about forty'tons of local
freight the steamer Alameda arrived
about midnight last night, unloaded
the freight and the passengers and
left in the wee small hours of the
morning for Anchorage.
The following is a list of Seward
passengers.
Frank Paulsteiner
Mrs. Frank Towle
Lewis Walters
Jack Love
Albert Johnson
L. H. Wolraan
Elizabeth Wolman
C. E. Heron and wife.
Jennie McMinnis
Mrs. T. G. Heron
A. M. Bouillon
Geo. Collins
Archie Yost
Andy Collins
Clinton Carr
A. Reizensehn
C. Ashby
B. F. Huber
Scott Newcomber
J. H. Claridge
C. E. Jeffery
D. Gard
J. P. Armstrong
A. E. Johnson
A. Peterson
Joe Johnson
Joe Kinoos
Jos Watson
H. H. Courtney
J. B. J)euel
Dennis O’Brien
Geo. Chrjstofferson
Oscar Anderson
M. G. M:ller
A. Kaasotf,
J.D. McQueen
Mrs. Ethel Belmont
A. A. Humfrey
Oscar Hart
Pequeta Courtney
Barbara Brownell
J. J. Chisholm
Beit Brown
A. Kawalsi
Miss Jennie Peterson
James Wallace
J. Mallett
Bobby Mack
Frank Armstrong
A. Sharpe
Jno Norberg
Fred Werel
Mrs. H. C. Pratt
-"F rank Arnold
A. Hector
Alvah Eames.
j VAUDEVILLE TROUPE
AT OVERLAND
Among the large number of Sew
ard passengers on the Alameda were
Perquita Courtney, Barbara Bronell
and Bobby Mack. This trio comprise a
vaudeville troupe of exceptional talent
The Eliis Vaudeville company which
arrived in town last night on the Ala
meda is registered at the Overiand
Hotel. This company has been playing
to packed houses in $11 of,the towns
in South eastern Alaska and the mere
fact that they have booked many re
turn engagements is in itself suffic
ient to prove to the public that the
talent of'the company is exceptionally
high class. Mr. Botiby Mack, and the
Misses Brownell and Courtney are all
artists in their line ancNt is to 1$)
hoped that they will give the people of
Seward a chance to see a real show
before they leave.
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LADLES AID MEET8 TOMORROW
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Mrs. C. 2. Orlander Jim asked the
Ladies of the Aid Society to luadi
with her at 1 o’clock tomorrow •'
(Thursday) and be ready to begin
work promptly at 2 o'clock.