The daily Alaskan., 1918-09-28
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-. frequently advanced in support of this are: she has summoned, every available man to the colors; she has passed her maximum man pow CT; she staked her all on this years spring drive, and she failed; she has now for more than two months been forced to retreat in almost every encounter; in many places ahe has been driven past her old Hin dencurg line; this though ahe and her allies are numerically stronger than the Allies, the raiio being somewhat like 2s,ooo,oOo to 20, ,0O0, ,00G. No one expects much activity on the western front this winter, but our men and ammunl- tions will be sent across at even greater speed than at any time hith- erto; there will be no let up; thus in the spring Germany with no more men than now ond with 8 so percent weaker morale both in the army and smong the civil population will meet an enemy with several more million men under arms and with an untold amount of supply in ammunition and determination to wipe the Hun spirit from the face of the world.
 There Is Eut one real business in the States-to win the war: every thin, else is secondary. Both man power and dollar power must and cheerfully is given for that. There is plenty of money in the. banks both Beast and West. but there Is such unrest as to what the demands may be that every one wishes to keeu their assets in az liquid form as possible. The following may serve as an example to show whae mean by this: When the Directors O the Bank of Alaska had decided to double the capftar and surplus of the B. nk one of our directors Walbridge, having given me his check in the amount of $50,oOo.oo to be deposited for that purpose said: "Just think of 1t, our balance is today down to almost $7Oo,ooo' or 10 be exact 1t is $7S3,ooO." An other of our directors, senior mem Der of a pig law firm said all or them, there are five in the hrm' had given s-4 of their time to the Government without pay for win ming the war he being at the heao of Suppression of sedition- and Es- pionage in New York. MT. Free man, another director fo the Bank Alaska and we'll known in Alaska, having spent several months here year or two ago. WAS appointed by Mitchell Palmer, the custodian or Alien Property, to manage one or the largest trust companies in New York, which was found to be controlled by Austrian capital ana therefore taken oyer by the GUS todian of Alien poperty.
 No, I did not have any chance to meet MT. Andrew stevenson, the President of the Bank. One of the directors wired him Do meet me, 1T possible, in Chicago as passed through. On my arrival there he was not there, but his sister, MISS Lucille Stevenson, told me She aad just received telegram from him stating that he was physically un- able to travel as far as Chicago at that time, but would try ana meet me in Toronto the following Wednesday if I could come there. Of course would like to nave gone there to see:him but my tyne did not allow 1t.
 Going east went over the can adian Pacific. without doubt the most scenic transeontinental road I. certainly fs g road for people Wit time and money. I wish had bee- in that class. The road pass es through much prairie land ana the framers were busy harVestine' Returning I came over the MilWau
 kea the western part of the journey The harvest was over and In some places threshIng, was on. There was e very marksd scarcity of labor in the farming communities. Every body spoke of 1t; As a whole there Is otherWise not muc. demand. for labor in any class outside of the war activities. | -'-N.. 1a1