Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA Established August 19. 1904
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ABSORPTION TO SATURATION POINT
From where we sit it is hard to figure out how
the management of the Alaska Railroad, Department
of the Interior, hopes to increase revenues of the rail
road by the marked increase in freight and passenger
ratss which has apparently been definitely adopted as
the new policy.
The increased cost of living in Alaska will of
course fall upon the ultimate consumer who is already
standing about all he can bear. In other words, the ul
timate consumer must absorb some more when he is
already at the saturation point. He’s the goat!
More directly, however, it looks like the road is
fixing up a nice line of competition for itself. With the
new rates it will be cheaper to fly in from Seward, Cor
dova or Valdez to Fairbanks and save time rather than
going in by way of the Alaska Railroad.
It will also be about as cheap to go in over the Rich
ardson Highway and in less time.
Small mine developers who have been struggling
with the proposition of getting their ore to smelter,
may now have to throw up their tails in despair and,
perhaps, bust into the bootlegging business in an effort
to make an ‘honest’ living.
There will be less chance for new lumber develop
ment.
Prospective farmers wall be hit square in the nose.
It will probably be reflected in the tourist traffic.
That’s about all the tough breaks we can think of
at this writing.
But there is one ray of sunshine in it as far as
Seward is concerned. People may come here to live,
since not being subject to the increased rates, the
of Ii\ ing should not change in this city, glory be.
cos1
EDITORS RENEW PROTEST
In a resolution adopted at the recent national con
vention held in Milwaukee, where good beer formerly
came from, the National Editorial Association, of
which The Gateway is a member, again went on re
cord in opposition to the government’s long-standing;
practice of supplying printed envelopes in competition
with private printers. The resolution said, in pari:
‘Government encroachment in the field of business, I
as represented by the sale of printed envelopes, we
again deplore and once more unreservedly condemn.
We pledge ourselves to renewed, persistent and con
tinuing effort to correct this, until it shall at last have!
come to an end.”
A nicely written resolution, we call it, but one
which won’t get to first base. The only way to get this
over is to begin a campaign of slamming; slam, slam,
slam, every day in every way, officials connected there
with, go down the line for politicians who will back
printers’ rights and ignore the others. They don’t like
criticism. Honeyed words are not worth the paper they
are written on. This seems to be the age where you
got to call your shots.
After suffering from this unjust competition by
the Post Office Department for half a century, it is not
surprising that the idea of government competition
finds little favor among printers and publishers.
Yet they will back to the limit politicians favoring
everything under the sun, forgetting their own affairs
in the common good.
Each succeeding day biings realization of coal bun
kers for Seward, just that much closer. It has to come,
so why not this summer?
Sourdough Bill says; “School girls may not have
a special aptitude for history, but they can usually re
member dates.”
Anyway, the Farm Board has discovered that if
farmers raised less it would bring more.
FIDS DECLINE
II YEAR'S END 10 |
NEW LOW FISilOE:
TREASURY BALANCE ON JAN
UARY 1 DROPS TO NEW
LOW MARK
Showing a loss of $114,423.53 i
j from January 1, 1930, the Ter- j
| ritorial treasury’s cash balance j
as of Jan. 1, this year, was j
$552,820 31, according to figures j •
'published in the Juneau Empire.
S On January 1, last year, the j
! cash balance was $667,248.84. The J
j current balance will be material- ;
! ly increased before the legisla- j
| lure convenes March 2, next, as;
! most of the taxes on fisheries,!
| particularly canned salmon, are |
still to be received.
However, the Empire continues,
the treasury will not be as well
j supplied with funds then as it
[ was two years ago. It is known i
j that the salmon taxes for 1930!
| will be materially below normal
lowing to the failure of the red
I salmon run in Bristol Bay last
| season. It is believed that the
1 receipts may run. as much as
; $450,000 to $500,000 less than
j the average.
—
Rev. W. R. Macpnerson, Epis
| copal minister of Anchorage and
| Seward, made an overnight visit
| here, returning home today. Rev.
jMacpherson is steadily gaming
' in strength from his recent op
{eration.
CONNERS CALLED
| A heart attack cairsd the
j death, at Anchorage, of W. H.
Conners. He had been failing
1 for some time, the Times said.
Mr. Conners leaves a widow and
; 10 year-old son.
Chas. H. Flory, Alaska com- j
| missioner for the Department of!
; Agriculture who. has been in i
| the Interior on official business,
, returned Tuesday and left today i
for his Juneau offices, on board i
I the SS North'western.
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 27. </P) — j
Constance Bennett’s desire to earn
a million dollars by her work
should at least approach grati
fication this year.
The starring contract she re
cently signed with Warner Bros.,
for $3,000 for two pictures to be
made during her vacation of ten
weeks sets a new high water mark
for movie pin money, this being
entirely apart from her regular j
weekly stipend she receives from
Pathe where she is under contract
for $8,0000 a week.
SHRIMP PLANT
One of the largest floating
canneries operating in Alaskan i
waters will be moved from Pet- j
ersburg to Cordova and placed j
in operation next summer, says j
the Cordova Times.
FARRAGUT southbound
The SS Admiral Farragut, of
the P. s. S. Co., southbound last
evening, had the following local
reservations on board; Ed Carl
son for Seattle; Jessie Cornelius
for Juneau, and Roy Haver for I
Seattle.
Haas Candy—Fresh shipment j
on every boat. The Alaska Shop, j
WHILE THEY LAST
Closing out remaining sizes i
of good work shoes at prices |
from 33.25 to $4.75. Remember!
old packs can be re-bottomed
with either crepe or cleated bot
toms.
Seward Leather Works
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LI BE R T Y THEATER
8 O’CLOCK — ONE SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
SHOWING TONIGHT
Some Program
WALLACE BEERY—CHESTER CONKLIN
in a fine
ZANE GREY
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WESTERN FEATURE
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There is a Charley Chase two-reel comedy
“OFF TO BUFFALO”
Also there will be a two-reel confessions of a chorus
girl comedy, “Nifty Numbers.”
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