The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-06
NJ GOOD
Share Workers in KlOndike
 Making Very Little
LETTER FROM DAWSON
New Representation Law Pending -OffIeiai. Charactcrised as Not saiisn.d d win Bread Alone.

A summorv of the pr, sent oppor unitles of pnor m n for mining in the kl mike Is told In letter just retrived in sk'gw,v by ]. N. Bloom, who arrived Thursday enroute from the Sound to D,wson. The letter was written at D wson December }. bv his son. Arthur E Bloom, foreman of the press work on the Klundike Nugget. The writer SivS D,wson no longer hClJs inducements To foor man siIe to be a lIborrr. and there Is scarcely any show of profiling by working on lay. He s,vs urther
 "A man can get $ div here working Tor wages, but that Is the best he can to whether he be cheeh ,koo, sourjough, Bhtisher, American or otherwise, unless he be in the employ of the British govern ment, for they have a good pulI' and there Is no getting around that. In fat they are not satisfied if you give them pile of tread, but the want you 10 butter 1t for them, and spread 1t thick at that.
 Lays can be had at almost any time but there is not one man out of 800 that makes any more than wages, and greit many that come out about even. while the ma joritv lose what little cash thev put in them. They work hard all winter and come out in the spring having not even earned their board. Some would say that such thing could not be so, but it is, and 1 will tell you why.
 "When a man owns claim that will pay good wages, he will ot let it out on lays Tor such thing would be foolish. For instance, should claim be paying a dividend over and 'ove working ex- penses a man would be foolish to cut his own throat by giving the property over to two avmen and only receive half of the gross output instead Of all of it. But these are not the claims thit ire largely search ing for lavmen, for when claim can ray It's own expenses you can get lay for
 "YOu understand, you can get liv on a claim that V ill not pay goid wages, and that Is not all. for when the cleanup is made the royalty Is paved and you get half of what is left while the owner gets the other halt. So taking high expenses out, it will not even average wages.
 "Anvone would be foolish to think of bringing provisions ln here this winter, for the town Is full of supplies at )wer prizes tn m they could be funded here. The DIwson prices average live times that of prices on the Sound.
 "A man can get into a cabin and batch good for ST. 50 a sav. The cost eoull he cut to sIdd,v. but the diet would be rather slim.
 "There have been no more re-loe itlons In this ii .triet since O.temb IT, s' hll that hold claims now sre all right at le 'st m way, for ihev will either have tu represent in person or give lhe Iown s7co. Should one fail in 10th, the clam Is then in the hands of he goverT ntn,. for TOW the:e are no more re.loesliuns.
 "l understand law Is rending reg'rt' ing reIresentatiUn. Sh,uld it pass ore could have a claim represru cd in 20 days al the rate of !Io day or chearer 'f he could get man to work it. It would then be practically the same as in the staie'.
 "W,rk this winter has not beer the best as a great many of the claims have not be- gun work n account of being bothered by water. The weather has not teen cold enough as vet. So far this winter ii h s beer the mildest In wears. l understand the lowest vet has been between 20 and 30 below. while the average last month was not more than 5 10 IS above, quite differ. ence from last wlnler, when the average for November was 10 to 20 below.
 "l find in th.s town many idle men. and
 the majority claiming there is n thing to do and wishing they were out of hsre for good. We'll, you will find this in any 1 country. for where there's will the,e's a
 way. This country, however, Is getting to be no place for poor man. save for
 wages. have written all this carefully" I