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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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UNCLE SAM’S ALASKAN BALANCE SHEET
During the period from 1915 to 1924 the United
States government has spent a total of $109.50,787.87 for
all departments of the Federal service in Alaska exclusive
of the cost of construction and maintenance of The Alas
ka Railroad, which cost $53,799,941.76 to build and $11,
666,758.66 to maintain and earned $4,162,029.15, leaving a
deficit for the ten-year period of $7,504,729.51.
During the same period, the total receipts to the Fed
eral government from all departments in Alaska were
$16,801,860.28, or an excess of expenditures over receipts
of $92,758,927.59.
Deduct the cost of such service as the Federal gov
ernment pays for under the head of judges, commission
ers, marshals, etc., or which it accords to each State, and
the balance represents the price the people of the United
States are paying for the luxury of bureaucratic control
each ten years for which we have reliable statistics.
These figures are interesting in that they reveal the
difference between privately owned resources which are
converted into taxable items and conserved resources
which are not taxable, and which depend for revenue
upon how well a government promoter may perform ser
vice that ordinarily falls to the lot of the trained man of
business. As government employes—aside from those
coming within the Civil Service—are dependent upon po
litical preferment rather than the test of actual experi
ence, the government does not have the advantage in pick
ing its servants.
But assuming that each and every government em
ploye represents the best that may be had in point of skill
and training, the very conditions under which he labors
defeats initiative and confines him to a cumbersome sys
tem evolved of theory rather than practice.
It is this system that is costing the people of the Unit
ed States the deficit above pointed out. Until that sys
tem is changed whereby the government confines itself to
legislation suitable to the needs of the nation, and leaves
business in the hands of those who through its develop
ment make revenues possible, this defict will remain and
grow even greater.
A policy which cannot produce a better showing
than Uncle Sam's balance sheet on Alaska must have
something wrong with it.
One can only conjecture what the taxable revenues of
Alaska would be if its natural resources were in the hands
of the people—not theoretically, but actually.
Some gauge may be obtained by comparing the two
items not entirely affected by conservation, namely fish
eries and metal mining. Of the taxable products of Alas
ka,. $267,250,400 is represented by value of minerals, of
which $98,899,325 represents gold and silver. Topping
the list is fish products, valued at $388,777,755. In the an
nual report of the Secretary of the Interior and which
covers the ten-year period from 1915 to 1924, there is not
one figure to indicate returns from oil, coal or timber.
Running parallel with this out of proportion balance
sheet are some other interesting figures for the advocates
of bureaucracy and conservation to juggle with. In 1914
Alaska had 44,000 white population; in 1924 it had de
creased to 27,883.
# Such a balance sheet, laid before the stockholders of
a big corporation would result in a housecleaning from
president to general manager. Their successors would
first seek the cause of the condition and immediately re
move it. The stockholders in the United States govern
ment are not as keen as those in a private corporation,
hence they do not take note of these things.
It's an even bet that Secretary Mellon will not forget
what the Governor of North Carolina said to the Gover
nor of South Carolina when momentous questions are put
up to him in Europe.
The man who is afraid of “putting a petticoat on the
government need not worry. There ain't any such
thing.” r
SEWARD HI9H WINS
INTER-CITY TITLE
BEATING ANCHORAGE
[TAKE ALL THREE GAMES FROM
| ANCHORAGE; S. A. C. SLIP IT
TO ALL-STARS.
The Seward High school boys won
the Inter-City title of 1927 from An
chorage Saturday night in the S. A.
| C. hall' taking the third game of the
final series 16-11. By winning all
three of the games played here the
locals make it 4 out of 6 games for
the season, no mean accomplishment
when it is remembered that Seward
| High school has never before been
! represented by a boys team in Inter
! City competition.
The Anchorage team was consid
erably strengthened by the addition
of Climie, a new man who arrived
on Saturday’s train. He scored 9
of his teams 11 points and proved
to be a hard man to stop. Holdiman
shifted to a guard position and the
resulting combination worked a
great improvement in the visitors
offense.
The game was fast and hard-fought
at all times, although the Seward
team held a comfortable lead thro
ughout and by accurate passing man
aged to keep possession of the ball
most of the time. Seferovich, Sparks
and Leslie starred for the local team,
Sparks playing a fine all around
game, breaking up play after play
| and working well in the offense
I Leslie was again high point man for
his team with 8 points, followed bv ;
!
| Seferovicn with 6. The scoring I
1 feature o the game was a beautiful |
| shot by Seferovich from the corner
I when lie was closely covered,
j The visitors scored first; but Sew
! ard soon took the lead and at half
time the score was 9-4, Seward lead
ing. Near the end of the game Sew'
ard led 14-6 when Anchorage staged
a determined rally which brought the
score to 14-11, but a basket by Les
lie just before the final whistle 1
spoiled any chance of victory for the
Inlet team.
Galloway, all-Alaska guard., refer
eed, calling 8 personal fouls on An
chorage, 7 on Seward. Of these
Seward converted 5, Anchorage 3.
The line-ups:
Anchorage—Climie, F. (9) R. Snod
grass, F. W. Snodgrass, C. Holdiman,
G. (2) Hosier, G.
Seward—G. Manthey, F. (1) Sef
[ erovich, F. (6) Leslie, C. (8) Horton.
G. (1) Sparks, G.
Substitutions: R. Manthey for G.
Manthey, Morton for R. Manthey, G.
Manthey for Morton.
I S. A. C. 20, Anchorage All-Stars 13.
In the second game of the double
header the Seward Athletic Club de
fended their claim to the champion
ship of Northern Alaska by defeat
ing the visiting All-Stars 20-13, in a
rough game. Willis of Seward and
Hile of Anchorage were high with 11
points each. Hile starred for the
visitors by his driving all-round game
and scored two shots from beyond
the middle of the floor.
The line-ups:
Anchorage—Hile, F. Meyers, F.
Sullivan, C. Moyer, G. Reed, G.
S. A. C.—Andresen, F. Willis, F.
Johnson, C. Chya, G. Galloway, G.
Substitutions Stevenson for Gall
oway. • ' f
Total receipts were $106.00, which
means that the High school student
body lost over $50. on the series.
Crowds were small, the teams re
ceiving little support from Seward
citizens.
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Panama Canal set a new record
for ships during 1926, with 5,420 ves
sels passing through, but tolls were
slightly less than those of 1924, being
$23,900,000.
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