The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-15
JUNEAU BUSINESS HOUSES ALL
 REPORT BIG INCREASE IN TRADE

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 Business Good Says Cartwright
 "The last three months have kept me jumping" says c. E. Cartwright. It's not the tourist trade either. There must be quite an increase in population. I have the same trouble as some of our other merchants to get enough stock. Novelties are es- pecially hard to get. l am glad to note that some one has mentioned home patronage. If enough people buy at home. it enables the dealers to carry larger stock, better selec- tion, to increase his turnovers of stock and sell cheaper. I hope they will get busy with that Territorial line"
 Juneau Has Assured Future. I. J. Sharick says: Time never was so taken up as now for me. Business is really good. People are again buying cut glass and china For two years there was hardly a call for this. It shows the house. wives are fixing up Silver has been slow sale and will never be as cheap again They are using it for ! money It used to be about 43 cents an ounce and now it is about 1.2S. There is call for Sterling silver though In all other lines the sales have been very good. The mining in terests are going to improve here. They can't help it! Now, that new properties are being developed in this vicinity, business cannot be any thing but good"
 Urges Playground for Children. William Short of the Circle City Hotel declares that his receipts are
 three hundred per cent better than
 before the war. "The patronage is , steady. The house has been full right along" said he. 'I am strong | for the children's swimming pool have no children of my own but
 am willing to give my share toward
 playground and pool for them ! More autos are appearing on the !, streets every day. It's time we con i sidered the children They are nc
 longer safe playing in the streets.
 also like the suggestions of better street lights"
 | Alaska Not Found Wanting.
 Charles Anderson, the second hand
 store man and an old pioneer oi
 Alaska declared: Alaska is the
 greatest country in the world She
 has proven it by the severe test
 she stood during this war! She
 needs capital, big capital now ant
 prospectors everywhere. She ough
 to have the benefit of her own coal
 Juneau is her best city, and I an very content to remain here"
 Finds Alaskans Are Honest.
 We went into the Juneau Marble
 Works today M F. Knight, the
 proprietor said: "Of course, marble
 is a seasonal proposition Our biz
 orders come in the fall and largely 1 from the natives We deal only in
 Alaska marble. This promises to
 be good season as orders are al
 ready coming in. Do I like Ju
 neau?' Should say I do! I was born and raised way back in Massachu 1 sets, but Juneau is good enough for
 me I like the people here. They
 are better to deal with. Their word
 is good anywhere in Alaska. A man
 has a feeling up here that those he comes in contact with are not trying
 to pry him away from his last dol lar"
 Glad to Be Home Again. Mrs. Wahlgrecn or the Needlecraf Store says: Upon my return tt
 Juneau I was impressed with the favorable change in the business slt uation My own business was yer, good during my long absence, an} at the present time it is better thar it has ever been before. The new faces I see daily convince me tha
 Juneau is growing in population. l am glad people are beginning to re