The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-16
Aid Gold Mining.
(Da wsOn News.)

Among the most significant developments of the last few days is the recognition by the Canadian and the American governments of the importance of keep ing the gold mining industries going.
 The Dawson News ever since the war began, has steady production of gold Tn order to slanlnze the national credit and to put the Allies in the best pos 3ible financial condition to carry on the war
 For long time the gold mining industry re- ceving particular attention from various Allied best they could Now the stage has been reached where the respective nations are beginning to sit up and take notice just such lines as the News has contended should be encouraged.
 Canada, within the last few days, has issued an order that no gold shall be exported from Canada without special permit. The news was received in Dawson only last Friday, and this is the biggest individual gold shipping port of the Dominion, it of great interest here. Following immediately on the heels of the Canadian ruling the word from Juneau, a great Alaska gold producing center that ury, had gone record in favor of means of stimulating gold production Delegate sulzer, of Al aska, forwarded the statement of MT. McAdoo to Ju neau, and later MT. Sulzer took up the matter at Washington and wired to Juneau asking for some movement to be undertaken flor formulating plans for placing before the Government practicable sestons on how the gold producing industry can be stimulated.
 Something on these lines should now be taken up here. It is vital to every person in the Klondike camp that the gold mining industry be encouraged This entire community depends the gold mining industry for it's existence. Not only is this region anxious to have the industry continue in order to the people here have something which to continue living in this region, but the nation is greatly in need of the yellow metals, and Yukoners second
 The gold mining industry has suffered than any other through the direct result of the For that very the Government is justified in doing everything within it's power to help out the indus try. The has been the of prices of modties of all kinds taking great leaps upward, and gold which is the standard of vaue and stands still buys more than half much today it did when the war started. For instance. of gold brought to town today by the miner buys only half as much it did before the began All other commodities secure more sale exchange, or, Tn other words bring a higher price. But gold ob fans only 50 cent of what it did in normal times And yet the Government today needs gold more than It needs gold to give that unshakabe founda ion to the national credit and with which to pay off balances of trade.
 To drain away from the gold mining indus try and to increase taxes the industry and to al low the high prices to multiply and hedge about the gold miner. therefore, is choking the Government. become more than a local issue. It has become a na- tional and empire, and an Allied question.
 Suggestions as to the best practicable means of encouraging the continued operation and the contn ued mining of gold is urgent. is urgent from local and from Government viewpoints. What be done?
 One thing. the Government might take some stand to see that the mining community be enabled to get machinery foods and other essential commodities laid down here at the minimum of cost.
 While the gold miner has faced lower purchasing power with his product, the prices of all ntiaIs to his industry have gone up steadily and just now they are going up here with leaps. No food control exists in KlOndike and no other form of control of prices is provided Paystreaks some instances are much lower in grade the richest paystreaks have worked, and the poorest ground remains In normal times much low grade ground be worked which cannot be worked today. Fairbanks is up against this fact to such extent that many of it's low grade properties already have shut down until after sthe war, and many people leaving there Dawson has kept going largely through the fact that it has well organized large companies better prepared to work. bnt cost or mining material and other supplies az gravates the Dawson situation Therefore, Dawson IS Justified in joining the new movement to seek some immediate aid from the Government in the en- couragement of its chief industry The governments n, nov % are in a the mood and are seeking know how Strike while the iron is hot.