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• HAS. F. BANDFORD. . Editor.
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Nome Tri-Weekly Nuggst. 1 »«' 2*00
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THE GOVERNMENT TO BLAME.
Criticism of the Ft. Pnvis officials in connection with the recent auc
tion sales of various supplies ami stores not intended for shipment to St.
-Michael appears to l»e taking a somewhat unjust turn.
Numerous local critics contend that the sales have been fomlueted in
such manner and under such short notice that the general public was given
little opportunity to profit by the exceedingly low prices at which the goods
were sold. In many instances they seen to infer that there was some species
of collusion between the post officials and a few local merchants and business
men, whereby the latter were enabled to purchase the bulk of the goods sold at
low prices and without tlie public being given a fair opportunity to bid against
them. It is also pointed out with some degree of truth that by reason of the ,
seemingly surreptitious transactions, the public is due to suffer a double
injustice through having to purchase the goods bought by the merchants for i
comparatively little at the present excessive market rates.
Laying aside the latter contention, which possesses a basis for reason- »
able ohjeetjon, we will say with every assurance of truth that the complaints i
are, in the main, unjust to both the post officials and the merchants. As far !
as we have been able to ascertain, the post officials have complied with govern- I
mental regulations in every respect, both in the manner of giving notice .rad'
the length of the period of publication. To have done otherwise would have
been to place themselves in a position where they would have been liable to
serious penalties.
It is true that the public actually receiv. I but li■ tL- notice but it can
hardly he said with certainty that the o.Hcials w. .. • :. i.-• 1 ■ responsible. The
manner of publication was hardly of a character to p< . ubi i ...r I: . ;• nominal
..mount of information to reach the public before t;t.■ ,!-< ; ., i mere
tacking up or a few typewritten and gem rail;, inconspi. i* :
small number of points Is assuredly not very effective iu< i in-r
under any conditions. This is especially true when it 1... ;..., f.
notices are posted only a short time before the event they aiv !
tn\vertiso occurs. Whether or not the post officials are m..ivll> cni. . f.u
the extremely short notice given the public in the instance under disco, .ion
we have no means of determining but certos it is that they complied wi:h all
of the requirements of army regulations, which make no provision for more
extensive advertising than was apparently given. There is possibly some
truth in the contention that the post officials might have given longer notice
;n order to permit the general public an opportunity to participate and receive
the benefits of auction prices but there is not a doubt that they did :.!1 they
were required to do in the premises. ^
If anyone is to blame in the matter jt appears to be the government,
not the officials. The obvious tendency of government proceed lire in such 1
cases it to give but little real publicity. Newspapers are seldom employed
in advertising sales of rejected or discarded property, save when the quantities '
are of extreme size and value. The fact that under such a system the 1
government generally receives considerably less for goods sold than would
be the case if wider publicity were had does not appear to appeal to the powers 1
that be. The main object appears to get rid of the goods regardless of how *
much the government loses. No one with a sense of discretion can fail to see
that such proceedure is decidedly poor business as well as an injustice to the 1
general public who might be inclined to take advantage of government sales
if they knew about them. The fact remains, however, that It is the govern- ?
ment way of doing things and. however lamentable It may be, will probably
eontinue until some one among the wind spouting fraternity back in Wash- 8
ington realizes that the government as well as the public usually gets very “
much the worst of the deal whenever government goods are sold. {
jne piimur> rauit. However, lies with the people, who see such things
going on continually hut make no effort to have them corrected. A few
howls from the public regarding such’ matters would have a strongly correc
tive tendency In the capitol, where, despite a .seeming tendency to overlook the
weal of the common people in many matters, public opinion is cultivated with
a sedulousness scarcely equaled any where in the world.
From the standpoint of the common man or woman, the methods of
conducting sales of government goods is about as poor as it can lie, in that
it gives them little or no opportunity to receive the benefit of the usually low
prices such sales develop. Also, as in the present case, it places them under
the necessity of frequently purchasing wares the government sells for a small
price at the same values as obtain in the markets for fresher and generally
better goods. Unless we are making a decidedly poor guess, the Nome
public will ultimately pay the current inflated prices for the merchandise sold
at Ft. Davis, regardless of the fact that in most cases the purchase price was
far below the standard Wholesale prices for the same commodities. The ,
potatoes sold for one cent a pound last week, for instance, will probably be
culled over, have the sprouts removed and later be retailed to the public for “
six or seven dollars a crate; possibly more if purchased In smaller quantities.
Thus the public not only gets the worst of it by reason of Uncle Sam's un
businesslike methods hut also in the end pays an overly large profit to ?ome
met chant who watches closely for the government's Inconspicuous sales
i-otiees and takes advantage of the low prices they offer.
Obviously th(? government, and the people themselves are to blame
for this condition, the former owing to Its failure to secure iflilc markets
and increased bidding by more extensive means of advertising, and the latter
for the reason that they see the disadvantage of the government system and
make no more thin trlflling and Inconsequent complaint.
PEN POINTS OF THE PRESS
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First Summer Mail Leaves Seattle for Nome Direct About June 1st
Last Summer Mail Leaves Seattle for Nome Direct About October 10th.
First Winter Mail Leaves Seattle for Nome About October 15th. J
Last Winter Mail Leaves Seattle For Nome About March 15th. i
Parcel Post and Well Fargo Shipments for Nome Handled Only Dur- i
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lass Postage or Will Not Reach Destination Before Following Summer.
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Publication During Winter Period Is Desired. Advertisers Should Bear
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Packages and Parcels Intended to Reach Destination During Winter 1
eiiod will Remain In Seattle Postoffice Until Opening Summer Navigation, 1
idoss First Class Postage is Attached. ' • 1
Average Time Required for Transmission of Mail from Seattle to Nome 1
uring Winter Period is About" 45 Days. •
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ome Durir. Summer period Is 10 Days. ^ <
Approximately Same Time Indicated Above Required for Transmission 1
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