The Cordova daily times., 1915-10-29
ALL THE MAIL ALL THE TIME.

In he interior and particularly at Fairbanks in formed that the thing the people there want more than anything make ''le liveabe" is complete mall service such they used to back home" They com plain of the limitations of the present service which, are brand ed being ''parculary ksome and to quote from the Fairbanks Times cit not to be wondered at that the parsm onousness of the government in this regard subject o much embitteTed censure.'
 The effort of the neriores get all they from Uncle Sam is audabe it is taken into consideration that all of rscass mail and considerable secondclass matter is dispatched from Coova the first train leaving after the arrival of the here, and other shipment of newspapers and magazines follow the next trains the campaign lnau uted presents phases of the mail question that possibly have been carefully considered by our friends in the m tCrior.
 Under the present contract eight hundred pounds of mail are dispatched from Cordova twice week from October to November "A and from latter date March "A sixteen hun dren pounds three times week and from March 24 to May 3 eight hundred pounds twice week. This uctuatng weight limit is due to prevailing conditions the trail The Second Assistant General to whom the proposed increased service has been referred says:
 The evidence of service given last winter shows that the second class Fairbanks and the other Interior points was handled with reasonable prompness considering the con dos affecting the service The service sufficient to car w second class matter regularly and in such amounts that at times during all second class matter offered for dis patch was carried On February l 19l5 there only 289 pounds second class matter accumulated at Cordova and on Febap 20 and ? all second class matter had been dispatch ed"
 The question then arises what class of mail accumu- ates at Corova during the winter mOns and not dispatch ed under the weight limit It is principally catalogues adVer
  And this the Commercial Club and business men of Fairbanks the government to eXpend large sum of money transported the trail during the closed season If so the merchants the Interior do not figure the same as the coast where the mail order houses are attempting ruin local trade by supplying goods winch should be bought at home.
 Iris true that in these outside concerns under sell the town merchant but it is also true that they demand cash advance for articles that looking aurng in attractive advertisements always just what need or want Then again, the townsman is who extends you credit when needed and is always contributing to some pubic spirited that tends to the upbuldng of the com munity, which goes long towards making Ve more veable" in this northern country. The greatest curse to Alaska commerciasm is the mail order house. The money sent out country earned here and should be expend ed here.
 In the same of the Fairbanks Times that boosts for a the mail all the time is article stating that we'll known freger has left for the outside to arrange with bg mail order to haul their catalogues over the trail and possible make arrangements for the delivery at Fairbanks of lot of orders Such movement does not go handnhand with the attempt to build up large community where the slogan should be "Patronize home merchants