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EDITORIAL PAGE
LAUOR ON THE FREE Us»T
Something disagreeable will hap
pen to us, Judge Gary thinks, un
less we "have protection agaiusi
cheap labor and tho impoverished
conditions abroad whkh are inevit
able alter th# war."
The argument, as we get it, is
this: With the discharge of mil
lions of soldiers there will be mu:l
unemployed labor in Europe; wage
will fall; low wages will cheapet
manufactures; cheap manufacture
will undersell Amerricau goods ii
this market, causing a fall in price
here which will cause a fall ii
wages.
Therefore, we should have a mgu
protective tariff, so that competi
tion of European gools caunot causq
a fall iu prices here.
Meanwhile every port should be
wide open, so that Europe's cheap
labor—unable to get employment at
home lu making goods tor the Am
erican market—shall uour ovep here
and compete with domestic labor
thereby causing a fall iu wages but
not in price.
W'<» must have adequate protec
tion against the results of cheap la
bor abroad, but not aginst the
cheap labor itself. Over eight mil
lion Immigrants came over hero in
ia ratncT probable, if there is to
be such a condition in Europe as
Judge Gary suggests v.t, may be
obliged to discard the Sixth Grade
Guide to Rhetoric, upon which we
hare so far mostly r<>lie<l in dealing
with the lmmigratiou question, and
go at U with arithmetic. That will
be a leas In some respects, because a
constitutional inr.bility to multiply
two by two and arrive at the cor
rect result will shut out some of the
talent that has been devoted to tbe
subject in the past.—Saturday Even
lng Post.
WJCKERSHA31 O.V WARPATH
Delegate Wickersham is of thi
opinion that a movement is on foo
to grab the salmon fisheries o;
Alaska and that the effect of a
bill now pending before congress
would be to facilitate efforts ol
Chicago meat packers and allied
Interests to get possession of one
of the ilcheat resources of the ter
ritory, says a recent iseuse of the
Tacoma Daily Nows.s
The fisheries of Alaska aTe
worth. conservatively „ speaking,
lieves t.iat if the meat packing in
$400,000,000, and Wickersham be
terests ajid affiliated capitalists
ge* through congress the bill that
haa bcea started in the grind they
will g*t the Alaska fisheries.
Representatives Charles C. Carlin,
of Virginia, introduced the bill on
the opening day of congress. It
waa referred to the -ways and meajis
committee. Wickersham's fiist movo
How's This?
Wa offer Or:o Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
P. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
W#, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the lust 13 years, and believe
ilia perfectly honorable In all business
transactions an<! financial! able to carry
out any obligations mr.Je by his firm.
NATIONAL-BANK OF COMMERCE.
_ ... _ Toledo. O.
HaJl t Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
acting directly rpon the >lo"d and mu
cosa surfaces of lit*, syniem. Testimonials
!*nt ,'r"' Pr'ce .3 eetiu per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Karnlly Pllis for constipation.
' will bo to try to have tho measure
referred to the committee on ter
j ritories.
The bill provides that "in. lieu ol
i all other federal or territorial U
' cense fees ami taxes" <}very persoi
or company engaged in fishing shal
; pay certain stipulated nominal li
cense fees, including $100 per sui
1 nuni for 6ach fish-trap site, frou
three to six cents a case of cauuei
1 salmon, according to the grade, am
other small charges.
Wickershani holds UkRt
L language not only would make i
. impossible lor the territory to ta
the fishing industry, on Huge hold
ings, including about $12,000,00
worm ox
etc., but that it probably would r<
lieve the fishing interests of pa)
meat o.£ the federal corporation an
iucomo taxes. The bill thus d<
scribes a fish-trap site:
Kach fish-trap site shall cousi
of a reserved area iu the wata
rectangular in form. The size it
be determined by the locator) sin
not be mor§ than 1,000 feet 01
way uor more thaoi 3,000 feet tl
other way. A trap may be built an
whtre within the limits of sui
area.. The general course of tl
trap shall be lengthwise of tl
trap site. Not more than one tr:
time within the limits of any buc
reserved area. There shall be cle;
side spaces or passageways of w
less thau 2,500 feet laterally b
tween, trap sites and clear ei
spaces or passag«-w-uyu of not lei
thau S0O feet endwise between a
fish-trap sites and between all coj
structed traps.
under tuis language every fish-tra
Wickersham has calculated tin
site can be made to cover 279 aor<
In other words, for a license fee i
a paltry $100 the exclusive fishin
right to 279 acres is conveyed.
Another section of 'lie bill reads
From and after the location c
any §uch trap site and after th
approval thereof by tbc secretar
of commerce the claimant thereo
and his heirs, executors, ad minis
trators, eucc-jsaora and assigns sha:
Only One "Bromo Quinine"
Whenever you {eel a cold coming on
think of the full name LAXATIV1
BROMO QUININE. Cures a Cold in on
day. Cures Grip in two days. Look fo
j sigrnatureof E. W. Groveon thebox.
1897 1916
Established 18 Years
PHIL ABRAHAMS
INSURANCE
REALTY
COLLECTIONS
G-EN'L AG-ENT ^
NOTARY Public
in office
4th Avenue. Skagway
have the exclusive rlglit to occtiipy,
maintain and fish the same; to ro
ncw i !ic license tiiereol year by
year until abandoned, forfeited or
terminated through operation^ of
law; to mortgage, sell amd trans-■
fer such rights during suc& time as
ho or they shall comply with, the
laws ol the United States pertain
ing thereto.
1' L-a asserted that this would
enable tho meat trut,t to send lo
cators »o take possession of the
trap sites or, if it did not care *o
do that, it could buy off other lo
cators laid secure a. monopoly.
Tiic'.c are Ludicatioas that the bill
i will create as big a l'urore as
measures iu preceding congrejses
which, it was alleged, were de
signed 'o procure monopolistic com
trol ol' Alaskan coal deposits.
WILL DKIVK 1,000 F12ET
WITH DIAMOND DIUIiL
j J uut-.iU — Lynch Brothers have
signed a contract with, the Alaska
Golu-Ueit company to drive a dia
. | moud unil hole for practically 1,Q0(
, feet further into the formation, fron;
the and of their development tun
j uel in the upper end of the Sheep
' j creck b;isiu. The snow slide re
1 | ceutly inado it impossible to con
! tinue driving on the tunnel at th«
1 present time and the diamond drlli
crew will be set to work to prospect
the property.
Whtn the drill hole is finished ii
1 will give mining men and others in
i J teres ted an accurate estimate o
- the value of the Third Vein ii
j the Juntau gold belt, sometliini
I which ilicy have been unable t<
' j secure as yet.
*" I The Tiird Veiu is known locall;
-1 a^. the Gould' & Cur.-y vein, thesi
d ' nieu having worked a prospect oi
s ! top of Sneep creek mountain fo
j several years, and developed som
41 verj; rich ore.
I'llKSKX'l' -VXD I«'l'TURE
Alaska's population is 44,000
■ today, (whites) au increase of
o.OOu over tlio previous year, The
I prediction is made by Governor
Strong that the uext decennial
census in 13-0 will show a popula
tion of 100,000.
uctf" at 321,2*42,975, a gain of over
$5,000,000.
Tcur:st cravel the past sum
mer was the greatest iu Alaska's
history.
Copper production in past cal
endar >car was bout $20,000,000
® I —an immense gain.
" Alaska has i!o,000 square miles
of agricultural lauds, besides
large aieas suitable for grazing.
Water power bids fair to Ik> de
veloped to a point >vhere electro
chemical products will* become an
s| important industry.
f| Ala.-ka is the hom» of healthy
- and happy children and epidemics
BriJiani
hhiking
THERE MiJsr
A DEM AND
IFCF? GOOO MtJ
jl Uu QUIT J 1
Hunting 7nJ
/OB AND J.E.T
p*('T F'NPME.
(See next page.)
I Zenith Oil for clocks, watches
j and typewriters. Thin in body it
j quickly roaches iho finest parts of
these delicate mechanisms, lubricat
! ins thp.m correctly without gum
\ ming; cleaning those parts and
| preventing rust. 10c, 25c 50c bot
| ties. Keller Bros., Sole Skagway
Agents.
LUX contains more real soap
tba.t five times its weight in ordi
nir> soaps or soap powder. Get it
•or 10c at Kellers'. tf.
among the whltd population, are al
most unknown.
Fur iarming has become an lm5
portant InduBtry.
The value of tlie gold produc
tion of Alaska for the calendar
year 1314 wb $15,746,269, or
about $140,000 over that of the
previous year.
Naturally.
"But, my dear, what can you Bee In
him?"
"Ma, when a man tells you that you
are the finest ever and keeps it up day
after day you can see a good deal In
jjjjn."—Kansas City Journal
Soma Wisdom Left.
"You didn't tell the barber you were
in a hurry."
"No. 1 didn't wunt him to know it.
—Pittsburgh Post.
Wall Paper.
paper for the beautifying of walla
in residences was first Introduced into
Europe from the east In 1625.
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3KAQWAT ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLISTEK, M. IV
(Formerly of SeaMIc)
Sp-.-clalUI la tile treatment ol
. nnd deformities of tlie eye
• ar, oiwe and throat.
Office; Golds tela Bulldlag, Ju
' i*>. Alaa*a
W. B. STOUT
A t t o r > • 7 A ' Law
PraeUr* U «J1 court*
la Territory Alaska
fraternal orders
r. A A. Ilv
Wtilto Fa«a Lodg"
F. ft A. M. No. 113
uH.-eta 2d 4tb
Fit Ev£S of eacb
Elinor L. Wboel®r, W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday evening
at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting broth
ers cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
P. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
Skag-way Aerie
No. 26, Frater
nal Order of
Kag!es meets the first and third
Wednesday night of eacb month at
their hall on Fifth meuue Vi»Ring
brothers cordially iavlted to attend
L. E. Hudson, W. P., J. K. Mc
Alister, Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every eec
^CjjJ ont^ and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:00 p.
m. 8&arj\ Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome. J. M. Keller, V. Arc
tic Chief, W. R. Hillery, Arctic
Recorder.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Chaiupaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
"and the Service First Class.
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T OFFICE
Regina Hotel :: Whitelior«e, / T
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Vancouver, Prince Rupert ||
< (' Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan |
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S. S. SVOKANE, Jan. 23 Feb. 3 |
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OONGRHM, GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
SafVBg Taesdnjr and Prldajr at 11 a. m.
FOB BAH WiANCISOO, LOS AN'.iELHb, BAN DIEGO.
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SAILINGS FROn SKAQWAY
SOUTHBOUND
S. S. JEFFERSON
Jan. 23 = Feb. 2
Passenger* will be tranJeried to Vancover or Victoria
without ext)» charge.
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SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY
kmamd
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