ITHE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher, Sole
Owner and Editor.
Twice a Week:
Wednesday and ■Saturday
Two Dollars Per Month,
Address all Communications:
Kusko Times, McGrath, Alaska.
MCGRATH, ALASKA, MAR. 16. 1921
WHEAT AND LAMB CHOPS.
The emergency tariff that is proposed
for the relief of the- farmers* is actually
an anti dumping, bill. Canada had a
great surplus of wheat and dumped it
in this country under the democratic,
olf-again-on-again tariff which gives
th'c Canadian Government power to
suspend and restore the American duty
at- will. Camwla can thus force down
the price of American wheat for the
benefit of the mother country, and the
American farmer stands the loss.
Wool furnishes u worse case of dump
ing. Britain accumulated a vast stock
during the war by placing, arr.embargo
od exports from any part of the empire
to1 ether ■■ tnmttieo and bv buying the
entire-clip. The British Government
sdhnot sell the entire stock at home.
Germany would like to buy, but cannot.
Other countries in Europe are in the
same position. The United States is
She only way to turn. Therefore wool
remains cheap, and because wool is
cheap sheep are cheap, for embarrassed
ntreepmen ruebr them to- market and
sell at a fors’-iri'-order to pay their
debts.
Thd'&ffect vvas shown by a ease which
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ice Kennels- for dogs. Warm
stable for horses.
j Mrs. L. E. Sturtevant,Prop.
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Chairman Fordney, of the ways and
means committee, mentioned in the
House. A farmer 'sold a shipment of
sheep at $2.10 a head delivered at Chi
cago, and after paying freight, dis
count, allowances and commission it
netted him 33 cents a head. Mr. Ford
nev said that at a Washington res
taurant he ordered some lamb chops, ;
and received two, “about, two mouth- j
luis to each chop, and paid 65 cents for ;
the two, twice as much as was received
by the farmer for a whole sheep—car
case, hide, wool and all.”
That story tells why the farther
needs protection and co operration.. He
needs protection to prevent foreign
competition from driving down the
price of sheep so that they net him
only 33 cents a head. Then he needs
co-operative marketing to give him a
larger share of the 65 cents that people
pay for lamb chops.—Portland Ore
gonian.
Because radium has been found of
benefit in the treatment ot'cancer, New ;
York State is establishing a free radium
cancer clinic at Buffalo. A small bot
tle of radium costs hundreds of thou
sands of dollars which puts it beyond
the means of ordinary patients and
physicians. Fortunately, radium is
like the burning bush of Moses: it
burns and is not consumed. The same
radium, without removing it from the
bottle, can be used thousands of times.
Patients from other States will be
treated at the Buffalo clinic, if possi
ble. after the needs of afflicted citizens
of New York State have been supplied. :
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Not all of the undesirable aliens that
come to this cauntry are human. The
2^early reports of the Department of
Agriculture show that one hundred of
the worst insect pests that afflict the
country came here from Europe. Some
of the parasites cost this country hun
dreds of millions of dollars every year,
through destruction of crops and other
property. The so-called San Jose scale
alone is estimated to cost $100,000,000 a
year iu destruction of trees, besides
other millions spent to keep it in con
trol. The European corn borer is a
new pest threatening to cause- still
greater losses in this country.
In replying to certain greetings, !
Pope Benedict said that “the world is
afflicted today by five great plagues.”.
His holiness put them iu this order:]
1. Rejection of authority. 2. Hatred!
among brothers. 3. Thirst for pleas- ;
ures. 4. Disgust for work. 5. For-1
getftdnessof the supernatural objects
of life.
The American ambassador at Paris,
Hugh C. Wallace, caused sorn-othing of
a sensation one recent night by refus
ing to meet and shake hands with the
German ambassador. It was acknowl
edged, however, that Mr. Wallace was
technically correet, Germany and the
United States being technically at war.
One reason for the high cost of trans
portation is the railroads’ coal bill,
i For the year ending: Dec. 31, 1920, it
was 897,000,000 more than the previous
year.
| PROFESSIONAL
W. F. Green*
M. D., D. D. S.
Office: McGrath,, Aaa,
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Who Said Freighting
That’s our business and that’s where we shine;
in other words where satisfactory service is al
ways given. Freighting between all points—
McGrath, Tacotna, Ophir, Iditarod, Cripple,
even as far as Ruby. *
W. H. Jones - Freighter
PIONEER ROADHOUSE
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! South Fork-Seward-Iditarod Trail,
Plenty of Do" Feed. Antelope and Ibex always on tap.
In season, Mountain Sheep, Wild Moose and Grizzly Bear.
Don’t forget to look in and see the man who blazed the
trail for you over Rainy Pass. Call in at Hellsgate and
get your bearings.
Joe Blanchell - - - Prop.
FOR. SALE—
One 4-inch Hand Drill, complete, with 4D feet casing..
4 One 4-inch Drill Bit.
One Sand Pump. •
One Driving Clamp and Cap.
One Leaver and Chain Casd Puller.
Two 3-feet G-inch Chain Tone's.
Inquire of Howard Langley
Glasses Fitted Spectacles Repaired
Watch Repairing
; Send Your Order With the Mail Man.
W. W. Jones - - Ruby