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THE ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
AND COOK INLET PIONEER.
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AM HORAHK. ALASKA. FRIDAY. MARI'II .‘50, 1!»17:
A REVISION UPWARD.
Th»* Alaskan Engineering commission. of its own volition,
has made a substantial upward rtn ision ol" tin* wage scale for
work on tbo Alaska railway project. Fifty cents the hour is
the minimum wage to lu* paid in any line <>t work connected
with tht' railway project. For an unskilled man in work that
requires no particular ability, no especial training, anti on a
project when1 men are not driven, 50 cents an hour is an equit
able wage, all things considered. While the unskilled man is
well treated, under the new wage seale. so also are the skilled
men and men employed on jobs that at least require some pre
vious experience. Take the longshoreman. He is not what is
known ;ts a skilled workman, but his .job is one that requires
physical* strength and endurance and withal is disagreeable.
The new scale takes this into consideration, and he is allowed
70 cents the hour, with time and a half for overtime—eight
hours being a working day. The longshoreman who works for
10 or 15 hours at a stretch should, and will, under the new scale,
receive a titting recompense for his labor. Men requiring some
previous experience, such as spikers, strappers and the like,
will receive 5.5 1-8 cents the hour; carpenters* helpers, black
smiths' helpers and the like, will earn l>0 cents the hour; pow
der men. drillers, etc., will receive Go cents the hour; ear repair
men. pipe titters, etc., will get 75 cents the hour; electricians,
blacksmiths, machinists, carpenters, painters, and others in
similar work will receive i.» cents the hour; plumbers, ship car
penters, plasterers, etc., will receive SO cents the hour. And
there is a special class, composed probably of especially effi
cient men, who will earn 85 cents the hour, lime and a half
will be allowed for overtime, in all eases, when1 men work by
the hour.
Monthly wage- are likewise increased. Steam shovel engi
neers are to be paid as high as $'J 10.00 per month.
The revision upward in the wage scale is due, primarily, to
tile increase in the cost of living. Necessities are higher than
last year, $nd the engineering commission is to Ik- commended
for showing a disposition to treat the workmen equibjjdy. We
believe tTie new scale is eminently fair and just, unless it should
prove that the cost of living goes beyond all reason, in widely
event other adjustments should be made to meet the abnormal
conditions. v
The Times ha- never been among those who befi**vcd that
government work should be measured by the .saijw standard
as private work? Tin- abiding and controlling thought of the
government, acting through men delegated to have charge <>t
i given project, should be to establish a lair and equitable rate
<>f wages for workmen—-killed and unskilled—without refer
ence to what private enterprise may pay The Hopper River
and Northwestern railway system and the Alaska t cntnnl
system paid 30 and ■“»•"> cents the hour for unskilled labor. For
ihe same kind of work, the government proposes to pay fifty
fonts the hour. With this higher wage -sale prevailing, it is
not to be exacted that the government railway project can be
constructed as cheaply a> were these private-owned railway
lines. Rut the government will have the satisfaction of know
ing that a decent wage is being paid to men who have to earn
their bread by the sweat of their brows.
The local Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting belli last
night, informally discussed the new wage scale. It was the
unanimous sense of the chamber that the scale is a substantial
revision Upward and one that should meet with general ap
proval.
And it may be said in passing, that never in the history of
tailway construction, to our knowledge at least, has sneh a
consistently high rate of pat been established. The Time.-, i
glad to s*y* the revision upward. Hood wages means good
workmen and better conditions all the way around. Under the
new scale, the American workmen need have no hesitancy in
accepting employment on the railway work. A scale that com
prehends payment of from 5*) cents an hour as a minimum, up
to 85 cents tin* hour a- a maximum, need not Ik- lightly consid
ered by any man that has to earn his livelihood by his toil.
We congratulate the commission and we congratulate the
workmen on the improved conditions that will follow.
THE WAY IT WILL END.
Indications an- not wanting, to the close observer of trails
piling events in the old world, to warrant the prediction that
the war will not last much longer. Indeed, some day in the
not far distant future, like a bolt out of a clear sky. will i-onn
the news fhat the Teutonic |K-opIe- have asserted themselves
by throwing off the* imperial yokes that bind them to the auto
cratic classes, as represented by kaisers, emperors and the like,
and the moment this is done, the war will cease. It will '-eas*
for the reason that there will no longer Ik- any reason or ex
cost* for the continued killing and maiming of the flower of tin
belligerent nations. For in this horrible war. a> in all war
the fittest are the first to Ik- called to the colors. Today, th*
wires tell us that great mass meetings were held in lV-tro
grad last night, in which appeals were formulated to Ik- -eni
to fellow-iuen in Germany and Austria-Hungary, urging then
to iio as they have done—throw off the imperialistic yoke. Am
we believe that the Teutonic people will do this very thing
Leadership only is lacking at the present time. And if th*
people of Europe emerge, freed from the bondage that has en
thrall' d them for centuries past, or since recorded history, foi
that matter, the war will not have Wen iu vain.
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• Loussac’s Daily Gossip i
FRIDAY, MARFII 30. 1017.
Vol. 1. No. 217. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, 4lh and D
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least' is probably best suited
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account of its speed ami at!
jjustinent to light.
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COL. D. C. JACKLIXG
• IS COPPER KING OF ’v
EXITED STATES NO\v
in 'ue March American magazine
ir. account of Darnel C. Jackling, who
aa? doubled the world’s copper out
run and is a giunf in the coppe' field
:oda\. He has worked so swiftly uad
quietly that the pub ic as yet is not
I await of his mi' KTutnde.
Ai .to he was '-p president ami
general manner a s'ruggiing >nin- l
ng company predestined, according to
the unanimous verdict of expert opin
ion, to be a speedy, very complete and i
costly failure. This is not ancient
history. The mine was opened, the
company organized, only 12 years ago.
“At 40 he was a millionaire. \t 45 j
he rounded the Horn in his own steam
yacht. He is 47 today and a multi-1
millionaire. He controls the operation i
of four mines, all less than 12 years ,
old. which annually produce twice asi
i much copper as the famous mines of!
Michigan put together. He acquired
an unprofitable zinc property four
years ago, lifted its output until the
figures approach the total zinc pro
duction of all the mines in Missouri
and made it pay $15,000,000 in divi
dends during the last two years."
The most expensive railroad in the
world, we are told, is the Garfield and
Bingham ijtilroad that carries ore to
the gigantic copper smelter of D. C.
Jackting at Bingham, Utah. It cost
$300,000 a mile and is all tunnels and
trestles. It was built for the sole
purpose of insuring an adequate sup
, ply of ore for the mill.
WEATHER REPORT.
7 a. m- March 34. 1017.
Station Temp. Day Wind Trail Snow
Anch’rage IS Cldy. Calm Good 12 in.
Indian Ck. 30 Clear S. W. Good 2 in.
Kem Crk. 30 Cldy. Calm Good 10 in.
Mile 52 2*> Snow- X. W. Fair 93 in.
Seward ..28 Snow Calm Good 3 in.
Potter Ck. 25 Cldy. X. W. Fair 5 in.
Mat's us ka 24 Cldy. Calm Bare
King Rvr. 24 Cldy X. E. Good 10 in.
Kashwtna 18 Cldy. Calm Good 34 in.
Talkeetna 22 Cldy. Calm Good 34 in.
Deadhorse 14 Clear Calm Good 3$! in.
Monday, April 2
WE WILL BE LOCATED IN OUR NEW STORE IN THE
MASONIC BUILDING. WE EXPECT BY THAT TIME TO
HAVE ON DISPLAY THE LARGE SHIPMENT OF
1917 Styles
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Two Days
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ADVANTAGE OF THE
Discount Sale
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PATRONS SEEKING BARGAINS SHOULD NOT DE
LAY, BUT SHOULD BUY STAPLE GOODS BEFORE
WE MOVE. YOU CAN SAVE MON^V BY MAKING
YOUR PURCHASES NOW.
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