Alaskans Urged To Store Food]
Contrary to the accepted prac
tice in the States, Alaskans are
urged to buy all the food poss
ible for future needs. Such a pro
gram has been endorsed by Army
and Navy officials, and the plan
is explained in full in a letter re
ceived this week from Acting
Governor S L. Bartlett. The
letter in full follows:
There has been considerable
misunderstand ng in Alaska
about storage by individuals and
families of food supplies over
and above current needs. This
misunderstanding has come
about through natural reasons. As
lonir as a year ago Governor
Gruening started to urge the
accumulation of surplus fool
supplies, both by the consumer
and by the merchant. This
policy was end >rsed by the
Army and the Navy
Since the beginning of the war
much has been printed in the
states and much has been said
over the air against hoarding.
These articles, of course, have
been read in Alaska; some of
them have been repiinted here
Ail this has left the Alaskan who
earlier took heed of government
council to stock up, to wonder
now if he were doing an unpat
riotic thing. The answer is decid
edly in the negative.
To hoard food in the states
where transportation facilities
are ample is to create an unbal
anced situation. To stock up
wisely in Alaska in anticipation
of future needs is quite another
matter.
I wish to ake this occasion
again to urge Alaskans to accum
ulate sut | liis stocks of food to
the limit of t l eir al ility to d*1 so.
From the t ansportation stand
point we are on an island. All
our food stuffs must come to us
by vessel and these vessels are
going to be tremendously busy,
especally during the summer
months, so everything we can
older now will represent that
much gain later on.
No foo is being rationed in
Alaska as yet. 1 have been in
formed that the sugar rationing
program which will be instituted
soon in continental United States
will not be applied to Alaska at
this time. Thus there is nothing
to prevent any person from buy
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j ing any reasonable amounts.
Jf at some later date a rationing
program should be Instituted
which would require the turning
in of all sugar over and above a
certain amount, no harm will
have been done and, in fact, a
good will have been accomplish
ed since the sugar turned fnwill
mean just that much less will
have to be shipped north.
This statement is made after
an exchange of correspondence
with the Office of Price Adminis
tration, which is fully cognizant
of the fact that situations in-Ala
ska are peculiar and bear no ex
act comparision to those existing
in the states and which desires
Alaska to proceed in accordance
with good, sound common sense
to woik out a problem which has
no anology at all with that ex
isnng in a crowded urban section
The Alaskan who buys today
in anticipation of tomorrow need
have no fear that he will be offic
ially frowned upon for so doing
or that he will oe officially pre
vented from doing so. It is pat
riotic and prudent to prepare
now in the matter of food sup
plies for the future.
Joe Brown, not the movie
actor but resident of Karluk
was in town on business this
week
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