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TOK'OTNA, ALASKA. JULY 30, 1925
Auto Industry First
in the United States
New York—Automobiles on the av
erage cost 29 per cent less today than
in 1913, while the average cost of liv
ing has increased 01 per cent during
the Same period, figures compiled by
the National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce reveal. The average retail
price of a motor car is dow set at $825.
The analysis of car prices is part of
the a'nnual study of the automobile in
dustry made by the Chamber.
The automobile industry now raBks
flrft 'among the manufactures of the
United Stales, the rating being on tbe
basiir of wholesale values. Tha steel
industry is second, and meat packing
third, according to the report.
Exports of motor vehicles in 1324
were larger than ever before in the
history of the industry. The 386.580
automobiles sold abroad established a
record of 37* per cent larger thaD the
figures for 192.1.
The federal taxes paid on motor ve
hicles from 1917 to 1325 was $799,385,
399, or more than twice as much as was
expended in federal money toward
highway. Motor car vehicles peid
$467(400,000 ia special taxes during the j
year.1924.
The total freight receipts of rail
road* on motor transportation products
was $400,982,000.
About 65 per cent of automobiles in
the United States are owned in com
munities having less than 25,000 popu
lation while 48 per cent of the cars are
owned in communities having less than
5,000 population
PIONEER
SHOP
\ Machine, Black
smithfand
Sheet Metal Work
’ Ail Kind s of Repairs
\
| Stores Built
and Repaired
RobL E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
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U. S. Wages 2 to 5
Times Higher Than
Those Paid in Europe
Chicago.—Average wages in the
United States, measured in the food
they will buy, are now more than twice
as high as those in London, three times
greater than in Paris, and nearly five
times greater than in Rome, Madrid
and Vienna. They are nearly three
times greater than in Norway, Sweden
and Holland.
The computations are those of the
British ministry of labor, which, in a
publication ljust received, presents a
study of real wages in lf> cities, most of
them world capitals. Ic the Waited j
States the wage study was made in I
Philadelphia. The real wage is defined
as the comparative purchasing power
of money wages.
The general average as related to
food only is as follows, London being
used as the base, 100:
Average
i
City. Real Wage
London.. 100
Amsterdam. Holland 85
Berlin, Germany. 63
Brussels, Belgium. .. 54
Lisbon, Portugal 29
Madrid, Spain. 48
Milan, Italy.... 50
Oslo, Norway. 80
Ottawa. Canada. 164
Paris, France. 74
Philadelphia. 221
Prague, Csecho Siov. 57
Rome, Italy. 48
Stockholm, Sweden 80
Sydney, Australia. 144
Vienna, Austria . 46
In commenting on this, Slayson
Thompson, railway statistician, in a
bulletin, says'
“Our whole industrial structure to
day rest3 on the vast difference be
tween the wage rate in America and 1
that shown in the table, to say nothing
of the wage scale in China, India and ;
Japan.
“With the wage scale of, say, Italy
prevailing in the United States, the !
payroll of American rail ways {would
be less than $1,000,000,000, instead of
nearly $3,000,000.000 a year. But along
with such a cut would go the revenues
of every other industry in the United
States and our bankrupt courts would
be working overtime. The whole scale i
of our living costs would be scrapped, i
Our wage scale is rhe citadel of our (
Washington isolation, beyond the
power of princes, politics or pacifists
to tear down.”
Some Funny Answ ers.
Some fuoDy answers were given at a
recent, examination for teachers’ cer
tificates in Missouri. The test was in
charge of the state department of pub
lic schools/ of which Superintendent
.Charles A. .Lee is the head. Nearly
all who took the examination received
good marks. A few, however, showed
; that they were not prepared to teach.
What were the results of the civil
war? was one of the questions. One
answer was: "The exclamation pro
clamation;” another, "Lincoln as pres
ident.”
What are the functions of the Cab -
inet? was answered by one candidate
for teacher in this way: "The Cabinet
7otes on bills and passes them on to the
President.” Another answer was:
"The duty of the Cabinet is to work
for the interests of the Cabinet.”
"To be a good citizen,” a candidate
wrote, "one must be a member of the
board of health.”
a few of the candidates did not even
know the name of the governor of their
own state. One said the governor was
Charles G. Dawes and another John W.
Davis.
"Belgium is in England,” was an
other poor guess, "and is not prosper
ous because she has to furnish her own
water power because she is not near
tne ocean.”
..“The Nile river runs through Qer
many and France,” according to one of
the would-be teachers.
The question, Why did the United
States build the Panama canal? had
two strange answers. One was: “The
pirates were raiding her ships as they
were over land and she decided it
would be better to have a direct way of
going.” The other answer said that
the “purpose of the Panama canal is to
get rid of mosquitoes.”
The question, How can one avoid a
sore throat and a bad cold? was an
swered in this way: “J>o not sing
through the nose.”
PRESS SQUIBS
Sorrow in the “wheat pit” means joy \
in the flour barrel.—Boston Trausoript.
i The big guns of business are usually
| those who have never been fired.—
j Nashville Banne~.
j A woman writer says that mischief
{ causes dimples. And vice versa, sister,
j —Roanoke Times.
In the spring the young man’s fancy
! lightly turns from thoughts of work.—
| Arkansas Gazette.
The woman who savs all men are
j alike should tr.arrv the man who savs 1
he understands women.—Toledo Blade.
Woman's intuition isn’t so impres
sive when she is deciding which wav
to turn iu trad'e.—-Rochester Times
Uoion.
It isn’t typists alone who are able to
increase their incomes materially by
’earning the touch system. —Manila
Bulletin, _
The elephant and the ass are beasts
si burden- a.third party might use a
ta”pa’ r as a party emblem.—Colorado
Springs Gazette.
Henry Ford is said to be behind the
latest airplane corporation. The radio i
trade jam in the air is nothing to
what’s coming.—Rochester Herald. i
The first woman to enter the diplo
matic service will be sent to Switzer
land. Does this mean the end of se
cret diplomacy?—Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph. _
A Msssouri man was shot as he
reached to his hip pocket. If it was
some of the modern article, the shooter
probablv will plead self-defense.—De
troit Mews.
Maybe I grope is right in calling
Uncle Fair, a Shyloek. One of the
salient features in the story is that
Shyloek didn’t, get his money, either.—
Arkansas Gazette.
J. h. McLean
Tokotna
Ladies’ Furnishings
Arctics Felt Slippers
KingHsland Mukluks] □
Mild-Cured Ham
and Bacon
Star Ham 45c Bacon 50o
'Oregon City
Mackinaw Coats
Hood Rubber Pacs'
Leather Vests
Coal Oil Plenty of Gas
Tokotna
Pool Hall
Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, LEtc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
B.&t Store
McGrath, Alaska
Arriving on first boats
will be a complete as
sortmentof the very
best goods, con
sisting of
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Salmon Netting
Furs Bought
| A. R. Ddridge
George Mutchler, Proprietor
Cigars,Tobaccos, Ca ms, fruits
Old-Timers’ Popular Tesort
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskoto* V alley
Napamute. Alaska
Good Prices for Yoi • Fur
Larson Roat -iouse
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
i New Dog Houses.
Frank Larson
Proprietor
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokvvi n.
Capt. Wallace Lang^lev, Manager.