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A CENTRAL FARM PRODUCE AGENCY
No farmer would expect to sell at a good price, a
barrel filled with onions, cucumbers, turnips and pota
toes all mixed together. It is almost as foolish to ex-f
pect to get the best market price for a barrel or sack
of a single product in which all sorts are dumped with
out regard to size,color or cleanliness.
By neglecting to properly grade their produce, many
Alaskan farmers must sell it for much less than might
be obtained by exercising a little care in preparing it for
the market. In order to give the homesteader and farm
er aid they are entitled to, the Alaska Railroad resource
department (if they have such a department function
ing) or another branch of the Federal government,
should be granted a sufficient appropriation covering
the cost of operation of a central distributing point for
farm products; a general office where information as
to supply and purchases could be assimilated for the
benefit of Alaskan firms, the majority of whom would
prefer to purchase good* graded products from the Al
aska fanner than import similar produce or meats from
the States.
In 1930 meat products imported into Alaska amount
ed to more than two million dollars and vegetables, food
products and beverages more than $1,000,000. Not all
of this great sum could be produced or manufactured
in Alaska, but the majority.
Until Alaskans plug these import holes on commod
ities which can be raised in the Territory, little perma
nent growth will take place. A great Alaska industry
is held in abeyance, primarily, because of the fact the
average farmer or cattleman does not know how to dis
pose of his product. The lack of a central agency to
gether with cold storage facilities is handicapping the
Alaska farmer and homesteader, the real backbone of
any country.
WHERE DOES PROHIBITION LEAD US?
One of the most remarkable documents that has
come from a group of unbiased, public-spirited men is
the 650-page report on the Cost of Crime commended to
President Hoover by the National Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement.
The commission says that the cost of administration
of criminal law costs the United States government over
$52,000,000 annually of which 66 per cent or $34,000,000
is incurred in connection with prohibition enforcement.
While the government is wrestling with a deficit of
about one billion dollars caused by circumstances over
which the present administration has had little or no
control, it is nothing short of startling that a debt-ridden
people are called upon to contribute to the increasing
cost of prohibition enforcement.
The discrepancy between present conditions as they
actually are and as represented by the Anti-Saloon
League and prohibition organizations is simply astound
ing. Stripped of all passion and prejudice, it presents a
sorry picture.
Floods have once more wrought havoc in China.
The State Department of the United States has cabled
its regrets and friendly concern, which no doubt helped
some. More to the point was a donation of a hundred
thousand dollars from the American Red Cross. An or
ganization operating internationally to afford immediate
relief in the event of calamity is something unknown to
the Middle Ages, or even to the world of a hundred
years ago. Now and then something pops up to remind
us that the world is growing better after all, notwith
standing wars and other disheartening things that occur
beween the pops.
National Editorial Association
7-MILE-A-MINUTE
! CUP EXPECTED
! IN SPEED [KENT
SOU THAMPTON, England, Sept.
8. (fP)—If a British seaplane wins
the speed races to be held in the
Solent September 12 the races may
never be held again.
The rules governing award of the
| trophy, the world’s premier speed
! prize, provide that a nation win
ing three out of five successive con
tests may retain the cup perrnan
| ently.
| So great is the cost of preparation
i for the race in construction of new
'planes, survey of the course, and
I the like that if Britain gains the
i cup permanently it may not be of
fered again for competition.
This year’s races which will be
fought out by Great Britain, Italy,
and France, it is estimated will
: cost in the neighborhood of $2,500,
! 000—the trophy is worth only about
'$1,000.
I The tremendous cost, and the ex
I treme hazard to human life are be
lieved to be the principle reasons
for the decision of the United States
i against participation in the 1927
' and 1929 contests as wall as the
one this year.
This year’s races are expected to
develop the greatest speed at which |
a human being has ever traveled,
perhaps seven miles a minute, 420
mile an hour.
The present record established at
the 1929 Schneider cup race by Fly
ing Officer H. R. D. Waghorn, is
328:63 miles per hour.
LOCAL DIANAS BAG SHEEP
Two fair local dianas, Mrs. Chas.
Sheldon and Mrs. Harold Painter,
returned to Seward Tuesday from
a three-day sheep hunt in the
; Russian River area and brought
| back full game bags, which is
more than many of the opposite
sex fail to do.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE 15
PLANNED FDD WINTEB
In reply to a telegram of in- j
jquiry sent to L. W. Baker, general j
| passenger and freight agent of j
the Alaska Steamship Company, j
I Seattle, by President Leon Urbach i
I of the Seward Chamber of Com- |
merce, a reply to the effect the
tentative plan is to place the SS
Alameda and SS Northwestern on
jthe run which, with the Admiral
Evans of the Pacific Steamship
Company, alternating, would sail
from Seattle every Tuesday for
Alaska.
This proposed winter schedule
is awaiting the approval by the
local organization and will be ap
preciated, Mr. Baker wired Mr.
Urbach. The tentative schedule
is a considerable improvement
over last winter when a 10-day
schedule was maintained. The
schedule would be effective from
October 6 to and including March
15, 1932.
MILD CURE STOCKS
Stocks of mild cured salmon on
hand in the United £>tates in
creased sharply during the month
from May 15 to June 15, reaching
3,494,996 pounds on the latter date
as compared with 2,277,581 pounds
on the former. That the consump
tive demand was not up to normal
character was indicated by the
fact that, in spite of curtailed op
erations, the stocks June were
slightly larger than the 3,427,597
pounds a year previous and - the!
five-year average of 3,232,000
pounds.
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