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BRITISH BEEF AND OURS
Americans have I In* ranges, j
1 lit* live stork and llio grain, luil
I In? fact remains Unit the "roast
beef of old England," famous in
sung anj >tory, is cheaper in
London lliaji il is inYahlez,
notwithstanding tin' fact that
England imports practically all
of lif'r meal supplies There must
l«e a reason for I ho difference in
meat, prices al home and abroad.
From I Don i<> 1910 the popula—
t iiin id' the I'niled Stales in
creased 15.000,000. In I lie
bame perion the total numbers
Wf standard meal animals de
clined 19,7 Ki.fiOll, There were
f.,016,000 fewer liecf eall'lc, !>,_
1 no.000 fewer sheep ami t.noo..
ooO fewer hogs.
That is I lie reason packers and
f.iuck-raiscrs give lor the in
crease in the price of meals,
and il is a good reason.
Al the same lime American
raided meats poll in England for
less than in America. In An
gus!, I lie Springfield republican
points out, American sirloin of
beef was selling in London for
ID 1-2 cents, when New York
hod to pay 2K.
Why? Simply because in the
London market our meats come
in competition with those from
Soldi America, and have lo be!
■ sold at South American prices.!
The New Yoik Journal of Com
merce state.; that consular rec
ord.; show that Argentina, with a I
population of but 7,172.000 has;
,".♦.12 5.0(10 beef cattle. 07,."IKi,-!
ono sheep, 1.20 i,28 I hogs, more]
• 11 a 11 I1-2 meat animals per!
capita. I riiguay, with a pop-1
nlalion of l. ion.ooo, bas M.200,]
beef cat le. J5.ooo.ono si 500
hoys. 2i per capita. The t'nited)
State.-, it appears, has h*ss than!
2 per capita. Vet we do not
open Ibe door lo countries which j
have plenty of entile and can!
supply cheaper beef, pork and
mill Ion.
Kngland imports nearly all
her meats: we .-aise our own;
\cl prices are lower in Kngland
than in America. Knplhnd im
poses no tariff updn meals. The
l'liied Slales does impose a
tariff and al the same lime the
packing and di.-l i ihnI ion are
largely coni'olled by a Irusl
which is powerful enough lo fix
prices.
The tarill" i< hv no menus the
single e;ii• • e of h i^ll prices.
Thai it i''- :• oowcrful i
j i'_' e.'Mise cenilol be deiii
HOW TIMES DO CHANGE.
Two years ago the Colonel presid
ed over and bossed (not. led) the
New York stale Republican conven
tion which on "September 2R, HMO, n
dopted n platform containing the fol
lowing planks:
"We enthusiastically Indorse the
patriotic and statesmanlike leadership
of William Howard Taft. and declare
our pride In the achievements of
hin first eighteen months as president
of the United States. Each suc
ceeding month since his inauguration
has confirmed the nation in Its
high estimate of his greatness of
character, Intellectual ability, sturdy,
common sense, extraordinary patience
and perseverance, broad and states
manlike comprehension of public
questions and unfaltering and unswer
v!ng adhcrenco to public duty.
"Tlio Payne tariff law reduced the
' average rate of all duties 11 per cen'
by Increasing the duties on some lux
uries and articles not of ordinary uso
making, however, no Increase on any
common food product. If turned a
national deficit Into a surplus."
Household furnishing* for sa;o
cheap, inquire at cahle ofTlee.
FOR THE
SENATE
George E. Baldwin
CANDIDATE OF THE HOME RULE PARTY
If Elected IjWill Give My Best Efforts
to^Accomplish the [Greatest Good to
the Greatest'Number of Alaskans.
Extract from'address by George E. Baldwin of Val
dez, to the American Mining Congress, Chicago,
October 27, 1911:
EVERY RIGHT MINDED CIVILIZED MAN ABHORS WASTE
PARTICULARLY OF SOMETHING THAT CAN NEVER BE RE
PLACED; BUT THE DOCTRINE THAT THIS IS THE LAST
GENERATION OF INVENTORS AND SCIENTISTS THAT WILL
LIVE AND THAT THE MANY FORCES OF NATURE NOW GO
ING TO WASTE, COMPARED TO WHICH ALL THE COAL
IN THE WORLD IS AS A TALLOW DIP TO A THOUSAND
ARC LIGHTS, THAT THESE SOURCES OF POWER WILL
NEVER BE HARNESSED BY MAN, AND THAT THE PRES
ENT GENERATION MUST BE STARVED AS.WE ALASKANS
ARE BEING STARVED, WELI WORDS FAIL ME WHEN I
ATTEMPT TO EXPRESS MY OPINION OF SUCH CRIMINAL
FOOLISHNESS.
THESE LAMENTING JEREMIAHS WHO MOURN OVER.
THE EXHAU8TION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES PAY
ALL THEIR ATTENTION TO THAT SECTION OF THE COUN
TRY WHERE THE POPULATION IS SPAR8E, WHILE THE
RE80URCE8 IN THE SECTION OF THE COUNTRY WHERE
THE POPULATION 18 DEN8E ARE BEING U8ED A8 CIRCUM
STANCES DEMAND WITHOUT. ANY OF THEIR VALUABLE
ADVICE AND A88I8TANCE.
ONE OF THE PROBLEM8 OF OUR NATION IS TO RE
STRICT THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY FROM CONGRE
GATING IN THE CENTERS OF POPULATION; YET THE8E
RADICAL CONSERVATIONIST8 DEMAND THE CONTINU
ANCE OF AND EXTENSION OF, A SYSTEM WHICH 18 DE
POPULATING THIS TERRITORY, IN WHICH AT PRESENT
THERE IS ONLY ONE HUMAN.BEING, MAN, WOMAN, CHILD
SIWASH 8QUAW AND PAPP008E FOR EVERY 8EVEN
THOU8AND, SEVEN HUNDRED ACRE8.
ALASKA IS BEING LITERALLY STARVED TO DEATH.
•WE HAVE FOREST RESERVES, MILITARY RESERVES,, ONE
OF THEM ONE HUNDRED MILES IN DIAMETER, COAL RE
SERVES, FISH RESERVE8, NAVAL RESERVE8, SEAL RE
SERVES, BIRD RE8ERVES, AND I 8UPPOSE BY THIS TIME,
BUG RE8ERVE8, AND CRANKS CRYING FOR 8TILL MORE
?ESERVE8.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE TIIIRI) DIVISION:
I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Representa
tive to the Territorial Legislative Assembly from the
Third Division <-f Alaska, subject to the will of the voters
of said district. I stand on a strictly Non-Partisan ticket,
and if elected, will'do my utmost for the good of the en
1 iiv district and work for the interests of Alaska in gen
eral. I am engaged in gold quart/, mining in the Willow
crcck gold camp, and J feel that the mining interests
•>hn 1 be repiest'iited in the Territorial Assembly.
Kespeet fully,
Kmk, Alaska, Oct 7, 1912. MILO KKLLY.
Vote for
R. D. GRAY
of Katalla,
Non-Partizan' Nominee for the
Lower House
Just received a large line of
Sonneborn suits, prices, $12.50, $15.00
1 and $17.50. 8ee our window, 8. Blum
and Co.
i ,
Room and hoard at the Grand
Hole! $1.50 per day. Home cook
ed meals and good beds. Mrs. H.
Sharls.
i
Vote for
FRANK E. YOUNGS
For Representative
Jack Frost Has Arrived
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE
WINTER IS HALF OVER
Keep Warm and
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CHILDRENS SWEATERS
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Coles Hot Blast Heating Stoves
Copper River
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Freluhtiot; ami passengers to ull parts
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
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Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
AL.L, KINDS OF
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Puget Sound 1l^ lVJLJDlliAV Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
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