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SEWARD. ALASKA IXaMIaM Aiuruat 19, 1904
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SURELY A GAMBLE
For years it has been the popular indoor sport in
Alaska to lambast the big salmon canners. With few
exceptions everybody takes a crack at them and sounds
off whether he knows anything about the subject or
not They are the ‘‘great monopolists”; “they rob the
poor native”; “they take away every thing and put
nothing back”; “their profits are enormous,” etc.
These and a lot more inaccuracies are the stock in
trade of the indoor agitator, the would-be Bolshevic
and the peanut politician. One hears it on every hand
and wonders, if the canners are such brigands, why
they are not in jail.
But this past year when the canners lost every
thing but their pants, something like $10,000,000 or
about a dollar on every case that was put up the world
over, the bull-shooters have sort o’ shut up. Instead
now they are whining tat canneries must close to al
low the market to clear itself. They are outspoken
against Henry 0‘Malley and the Fish Bureau because
they threaten restrictions. They say its too bad that
the fishermen won’t have a place to take their fish and
the shore help will be out of work.
It suddenly occurs to some of them that the ab
sence of a canning season would be a serious blow to
the prosperity of Alaska; would wipe out a big payroll
and would cut down drastically on Territorial reve
nues. The canners have millions at stake; they take the
riskiest kind of a gamble. They are entitled to a good
profit when their play goes over. When they lose, the
whole Territory loses.
MINERS’ LIVES WASTED
Mine explosions, such as the one which caused the
death of 80 miners at Millfield, Ohio, could be almost
entirely prevented by the adoption of newly discovered
safety measures, according to government experts.
Many mine disasters are caused by the explosion
of coal dust suspended in the air under ground. It has
been found that by the introduction of other dust com
posed of inert materials, which mixes with the coal
known as rocking dust, is recommended by mining en
gineers, but has not come into general use.
That operators of large coal mines should permit
hundreds of miner’s lives to be wasted every year thru
failure to provide this protection is horrible to think
about. Surely such negligence should not be allowed to
continue.
The latest slant on the prohibition question was
seen recently in the decision of a Federal judge who
holds that the 18th amendment is unconstitutional, be
cause it was not properly submitted to the people for
approval. For the wets there is the satisfaction of
knowing that a cloud has been thrown upon this much
debated amendment, and that the decisions of this
particular justice seldom have been found to be in er
ror by courts of review and appeal. For the drys, there
is consolation in the thought that no man can be right
always, and that the Supreme court of the United
States has the final say.
A New York man who wandered off into the burning
deserts of Death Valley, and was given up for dead,
has been found living quietly with a band of Indians. I
He may give his rescuers no thanks for dragging him!
back into a world of traffic troubles and unemploy
ment. j
Buying a seat in the Senate is reprehensible, but
in some states that seems to be about the only way to
get one. ' v |
(Continued from Pivro One)
I desirability to reorganize the
| Seward Radio Club led to im~
| mediate action, the following of
j ficers being elected and sworn
jin: E. P. Harwood, president:
J. H. Flickinger, vice-president;
H. S. Balderston, treasurer: S. J.
Urie, secretary. President Har
; wood at once named a member
ship committee consisting of
Leon Urbach, chairman; P. C.
j McMullen and J. B. Stanton, and
| a committee to draft by-laws on
j which were appointed L. J. Chil
jberg, chairman; J. S. Hof man
i and H. A. McPherson. The mem
! bership fee was p’aced at $1.00.
i. President Harwood also con
firmed the general radio com
mittee nominated earlier in the
evening, and appointed F. E. Les
lie and Leon Urbach to serve on
it permanently, and Councilman
Hofman to act during the ab
sence of Mr. Hopkins.
The next meeting of the or
ganization was set for Wednes
day, Jan., 21, at 8. p. m., in the
! Arcade Club Rooms,
i Mr. Wagner’s remarks are pub
lished in detail elsewhere in this
issue.
ALAMEDA DUE FRIDAY
According to the best informa
tion obtainable at press time,
the SS Alameda of the A. S. S.
C., should reach the Port of Sew
ard sometime tomorrow after
noon or evening. She will depart
again Saturday forenoon at 11.
H. W. Martin, operator and ra
dio electrician, is a passenger on
the SS Admiral Farragut, out of
j Seattle yesterday for Seward,
and reports for duty at the Sew
ard office of the Signal Corps,
U. S. Army.
I
(Continued froni Par*' Oriel
jthe ynv r sin?, to $7,631,737, the
j highest- figure for a decade or j
more 4Vn $500,000 in excess of]
| the shipments in 1929. Silver j
| dropped from '>’280.000 to $180.000:
; partly due to the decline in sil
j ver prices and partly to less met
j al produced.
HEAVY LOSS IN FURS
j Preliminary figures, which are
] largely incomplete, indicate that j
j the fur industry was hit harder j
] than any other by the conditions!
| existing outside of Alaska. To the ]
end of the year, the Customs’ de
clarations showed only $739,505
worth of all kinds of furs ship
ped to the States.
This figure, however, does not
include the fur seals and foxes
from the Pribilof Islands, nor
the by-mail shipments of all var
ieties during the year. In 1929
the value of these latter or
last two items was $3,628,990.
j Fur seals are not believed to
I have declined heavily in total
! value since over 2,000 more seal
! Pelts were taken than in the for
mer year. The by-mail shipments
which were worth $2,872,490 in
1929, will probably be reported
for last year at substantially
less than that amount.
REINDEER HEALTHY
| The reindeer industry was ap
parently in as good condition
in 1930 as in the preceding year.
The meat shipped south exceed
ed the 1929 figude by almost
$10,000. More than 200,000 rein
deer hides were exported as com
pared to 108,000 and the value
rose from $18,300 to $34,800. Oth
er reindeer products also reg
istered small gains.
One thousand seven hundred
and 83 sheep hides were shipped
south, as compared to none in
1929. Wool exports remained sta
tionary in quantity but declined
50 per cent in value. Slightly
more than 6,000 pounds were
shipped valued at $3,000.
WHILE THEY LAST
Closing out remaining sizes!
of good work shoes at prices
from $3.25 to $4.75. Remember |
old packs can be re-bottomed
with either crepe or cleated bot
toms.
Seward Leather Works
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