The Alaska citizen., 1910-08-13
OUR OWN FAIRBANKS
 MANUF LECTURERS
To the People of Alaska and the
 Panama Valley. Wake Up!

| ley complain of dull times. Why ar, times dull? Are they not largel,
 of our own making? Can you no make times better by encouraging home production of all things tha can be produced in Alaska, and by consuming those things that are pro duCed in Alaska, when those thing. are as good as, if not better thar what is imported? The Barthe Brewing Company manufactures bet ter beer than any brewery on the
 Pacific coast. The brewery is kept
 as clean and as much attention is paid to the manufacture of a pure
 wholesome beer as in any brewery in the United States. Any person is at liberty to visit our brewery and inspect our methods, and convince himself as to the truth of this state. ment.
 Our Bottle and Keg Beer is un- doubtedly the best and the most healthful in the market. If you peo- pie who buy beer can only make up your minds to buy home products. the money so spent for that pur- pose will remain in your community. Money paid for Outside Beer is talk en to enrich people on the Outside. and iC lnst tn Aloclyo ,,I from five to six men in our brewery. who spend the greater part of their wages in your community. We pay those men from $50 to 800 per week. and they work the regulation union hours per day. What do you get out of those engaged in manufacturing Out side beer? If all consumed our article we could employ from six to ten men more than we employ at present. If businessmen and work ingmen would consider, from a fin ancial point of view, these facts. they cannot fail to see that by pa tronizing home industry they are helping themselves.
 And what is true of patronizing home industry in one line is equal ly true of anything that can be pro- duced in Alaska All expect to live in Alaska, and it is becoming more apparent that they must expect to live off Alaska, and off the products of Alaska. Patronizing home indus try and buying home products is the first essential to getting home rule
 We sell our articles cheaper tn Il they can be imported from the Outside.
 We sell Bottle Beer for $15 per barrel, or 72 bottles, which is a barrel of bottled beer Our Keg Beer we sell for s25 per barrel of 30 gallons. We replace any beer that is not firstclass, when it is traceable to our neglect and not in good condition when it leaves our brewery. And that is an advant- age you cannot get from an Out side brewery More or less is spoil ed in shipping in.
 We contribute to all subscription lists and aid the indigent and the unfortunate, often four or five times per week. That may all be done on the Outside, but it is not for the benefit of Alaskans. We help our own people. Even our govern ment refuses to provide for those unable to help themselves, and ex- poets the people of the territory to provide for them, the only method being to circulate subscription list, which is never refused by our people.
 We pay to the government of the United States $500 more for a license to manufacture beer than any brewery on the Outside. This Pooo CAtid lHhI NC haNS u pay ID for the territory of Alaska During the eight winter months brewery in Alaska does not pay; we are do, ing well if we keep even. And dur ing that season, all know that beer cannot be shipped from the Outside We have no competition.
 We are compelled to carry in stock a whole years supplies, which means two hundred tons or more of freight, and pay interest on the money, where the Outside brewery does not carry more than a couple of weeks stock on hand at any time. All home products are dis couraged in Alaska, through fear of competition from the Outside. If home products were given the pre- ference over others by our own people, business would revive and our money would stay at home, in stead of going to the Outside. Don't talk home rule and Outside products; they do not harmonize
 We pay from $50 to s9O per week to our workmen and they work the they do not harmonize.