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The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-27
COST OF LIVING.

What is this living wage" to which all workmen are entitled in the current language of employers and politicians? asks correspond ent of the Federated Press. The railroad workers, he says, are very anxious to know before they become subject to the Cummins-Esch law, and the United Mine Workers put the issue squa-ely up to the coal commission named by President Wilson to adjust the quarrel in the bituminous fuel industry.
 At the recent hearings at Wash ington, the miners asked the Presi- dents board whether it proposed to pay the miner the "Minimum of Subsistence Level" the Minimum of Health and Comfort Level" or the American Standard of Living Level" The first is just enough to keep the miner and his family alive {; the second is enough to supply them with a few comforts, provided there is never any lost time or sickness in the family; the third would provide enough for insurance, recreation, education of children and regular savings set aside for old age.
 Before the miners line of attack had been disclosed the operators submitted from their 1918 and 1919 payrolls a set of wage figures which they supposed would show how just ly they were dealing with their workmen. The miners immediately accepted the operators figures. The figures offered by the employers showed:
 That for the Northern Illinois district the actual average earnings for pick miners and ioaders were under $1,OOO a year.
 That if conditions had permitted the men to work every day when the mines were in operation they would have been unable to earn more than $1,10412 in 1918, and less than $1,OO0 in 1919.
 That almost half the companies listed by the operators in their star exhibit paid average monthly wages of less than $50, while less than a third of the companies paid an av- craze as high as s100.
 President Lewis, of the United Mine Workers, at once urged the commission to accept the operators wage figures as if the miners had themselves produced them, saying:
 "These figures submitted by the operators carry their own condem- nation. They are offered as an example of the potential earnings of the miner. The very idea of potential earnings is myth. Po- tential earnings can become actual earnings only in case every em- ploye is able to work every day the mine is in operation; but in actual practice, if the men should work every day the mines would be open a smaller number of days.
 "It is not necessary to emphasize the smallness of these earnings. We have already shown that, in the opinion of the most authoritative students of the subject, it is inn possible for the average family to live at a minimum subsistence level for less than $f,600 a year, and that at least $2,20O is neces- sary to maintain a level of health and reasonable comfort"
 The miners then laid before the
The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-27
Board of School Directors Nenana Public School
 Nenana, March 8, 19l

NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION Complying with the laws of Alas ka, notice is hereby given that the regular annual election will be held in the town of Nenana,
 Tuesday, April 6, 1920, for the purpose of electing three school directors to serve two years, to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of Robert Joseph Diven, J. A. Slippern, and J. H. Scott.
 The names of candidates must be in the hands of the Clerk of the School Board not later than 5 p. m., March 22, 1920.
 The polling place will be located in the fire hall, adjoining the tow.- site office. Polls will be open from 8 a. m. until p. m. on the day and date of election.
 J. H. SCOTT,
 Clerk of School Board. Approved:
 ROBERT JOSEPH OWEN.
 President.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-27

commission figures prepared by Pro- lessor Chapin, of the Sage Founda- tion; Professor Ogburn, of Colum- bia University; the New York State Factory Commission, the New York Board of Estimate, and others, showing how much it costs to sup port a family in the States lat the barest minimum of health and de- 'cency."
 Professor Chapin's Budget S1 ,632 Professor Ogburn's Budget ... 1922 New York State Factory h.
 vestigation -.-.,.-.,.,.....-..,...-.. 1,587 New York Board of Estimate 1,541 Budget Compiled from Food
 Allowance ........................ 1883
 Average --.---------..-..-...---.- ,603
 These budgets provide for a subsistence only just above the property level" the Presidents con- mission was informed, land they make no provision whatsoever for comfort, health, savings, recreation or amusement. They are not put forward to show what the mine workers family ought to receive, because, after food, clothing and shelter are bought with this S1,- sos, net the slightest margin is left to prevent the wife and children from becoming public charges should anything happen to the miner himself.
 And yet in many mining dis tricts the earnings of the head of the family have not been enough to equal this amoSnt. h order to se- ere family income which would provide for physical needs alone it has heen necessary to put the chil- dren to work and for the wife to take lodgers into the home.
 "The interests of the country re- quire that mine workers be given such wages as will enable their families to rise from the economic darkness and despair which now engulfs them. Long years of mere subsistence wage are not the best preparation for citizenship. The n.lre workers ask for an oppor- t,inity to support themselves and their families at decent standard Of iiving."
The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-27

the Chinese cook who was the origi- nal cause of the trouble is going out on the next Grand Trunk boat.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-27

Negotiations for an early settle ment of the differences existing for the past nine weeks between the Premier mine management and the striking mine crew are under way and it is believed that normal con ditions will prevail at the big mine within a week. Assistant General Manager D. L. Pitt has met with the men in Stewart, and while au- thoritative information as to his proposals is not immediately availa- ble, it is understood that he has shown an inclination to meet the men at least half way.
 It is known for a certainty that
The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-27

Hsn.aa. A1asxa's Interior Fac, pspo.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-27

Fresh Groceries, Fancy and Sta ,le. Fowler & Morris.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-27
RYDER WORKERS FIX WAGE SCALE
 FOR NEW CAMP

Pursuant to call to the wage workers of Stewart and Hyder," a meeting was held Monday night in the Willard building with about 60 men in attendance, says the Hyder Miner of February 27.
 Scales of wages for Hyder were fixed as follows: ..
 Carpenters, $1.25 per hour
 Carpenters helpers, $1 per hour
 Longshoremen, S1.5O per hour, except for coal and cement, which call for $1.75 per hour. Time and a half will be asked after eight hours.
 A resolution was passed that all work in Alaska be paid for in U. S.. currency or that the employer stand the discount on Canadian currency.
 The meeting went. on record as endorsing the stand taken by the Stewart Citizens association, and called upon the United States au- thorities to enforce the immigration laws against Oriental laborers..
 The men now working at the Premier mine were given five days to keep in good standing by quitting their present occupation.
 The meeting was presided over by Al Elliott, and A. w. Robinson acted as secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

enough. You know how hard it is
for me to make both ends meet.
Twenty years ago, when / was
young and strong, | could have got
along with a single servant. Now l
haven't endurance enough. The at
tempt I made last year was a fall
ure. l had to hire cook again"
Emma, who foxtrots on her per-
quisites! Emma, the brunette, who
gives a tea in the kitchen every
Thursday"
"ft is true that she costs us good
deal. But / can't say anything, you
understand. She would go. We
should be left with nobody and I
should get sick again. Times are
hard. In addition, it is the season
for Christmas gifts. l don't know
how I am going to get through. l
am short several hundred francs"
"The DEVIL"
$50 have thought and thought"
"With what result?"
"An idea cnme to me the other day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

smallest piece of fur-I thought
go on"
THAT l could easily get rid Of my
collar. They would give me five
hundred francs, as they can sell it
again for a thousand. That would
help me to balance my budget"
Poor dearw
"But what would you have me do?
One must make sacrifices. 1t sad
dens me. l shall regret the collar.
But regret is better than an ILL
ness; and I should fall i'll if I had to
let Emma CO."
"Well, sell your skunk"
II had some scruples about doing
so and wanted to consult you. First,
because the collar came from you,
and, next, because I feared this diff
ficulty. 1t isn't very becoming or
very dignifed for the wife of a
magistrate to 90 around to mer-
chants and offer them things for
sale"
"But that isn't going into mer-
chandising as business. Moreover,
if it is distasteful to you to 60 to the
cashier and receive tbs money from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

when was talking with Nine. Dor
gelon."
eff you associate with the nou-
veaux-riches, they will give you
ideas which might as we'll be dis
missed in advance"
"Mme. Dorgelon was wearing a
fur collar, which she had just
bought"
NATURALLY"
"And she told me the price"
"Still more naturally"
cit was skunk skin. She paid a
thousand francs for it,"
"And how should that interest
me?"
"This way. That collar is exactly
like mine-the one you gave me on
our silver wedding. am very fond
of it, since you gave it to me. But,
in reality, have little need for it. I
scarcely ever wear it except for Off
cial visits, and we make few of them.
For very cold weather have my old
Astrakhan, which does we'll enough.
So / thought, since the furriers sell
everything so dear now, because
crowds of the new rich fight for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
White Supremacy Challenged
Lothrop Stoddard Sees Future of White Races
Threatened by Magnifed Yellow Peril

1t is also true that colored men possess
still less. At the peace conference
China pleaded, and pleaded in vain, for
Occidental support against her grasp
ing Oriental neighbor, Japan. The
divisions among the brown men who
inhabit India have been potent factor
In maintaining British supremacy in
that country. Mahometan Hedjaz
Arabs fought against Mahometa
Ottoman Turks and recovered Pales-
tine and Syria for Christian powers.
OF course a new Mahomet or a new
Genghis Khan might unite the NASSAU
of Asia in spirit of tem-~--..e ..sru-
worship. But the Tartar invasions OF
the Middle Ages could not ba repro
duced except under conditions of la
dusria' activity which are long way
f-:.7 being realized anywhere in Asia.
me British grip upon India, which
rests upon such a slender thread Of
actual physical force, may be loosened
or seriously shaken if Hindu national
lst spirit continues to develop. But
even here the marvellous fexibility
which has made England the greatest
of modern empire builders will doubt
less teach her how to mold her colonial
policy, when to yield and when to
stand firm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

the fur, you can split the operation
Show your fur to the furrier and
ask him to put value on it. Then,
when you have agreed on price,
say that your servant will bring the
piece and collect the money"
Shall / send Emma?"
certainly, send the brunette
Emma. 1t is she whose costly serv-
ices necessitate your sacrifice. So
the transaction will take on a SYM
bolic air. One luxury pays for an
other"
The next day Nine. Peradan
showed her collar to two furriers.
The first one didn't want it. The
second offered her four hundred
francs. She accepted.
II shall send it to you by my
femme de chantbre, to whom you can
give the money"
Certainly, madame"
Nine. Peradan felt depressed as
she put the collar in it's box. She
caressed, for the last time, this SOU
venir of happier era. And she
spoke to it, and to herself, rather
than to the servant, when she said:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
MARY STEWART CUTTING author of "Sone.of Us Are
AA Married." published By Doubleday Page C Co.
Small own Folks
Miss Lulu Bett" Masterpiece of Compression
and Characterization

spinsterhood. Naturally enough, the
logical target for most of his wit was
Miss Lulu Bett.
Although no one suspected it, Lulu
knew how to think. But her brother
in-law reminded her loosely from time
to time that, according to Deacon
standards, she had failed in the one
essential-her meter de femme; and so
she accepted her defeat meekly and was
humble-far too humble to express an
opinion. A day came, however, when
she received a normal recognition Of
her ego. Suddenly another Lulu
emerged that "spoke up from ur-
plumbed depths" and said unexpected
things. At last came the belated hon.
age to her womanhood. The old Lulu
was gone! How her one emotional ex-
perience and, according to her lights,
her first success changed Lulu Bett into
a real person with courage and resolu-
ton Miss Gale shows US with an un-
erring insight and an utter lack of
sentimentality.
Most authors would have taken twice
as long to say what Miss Gale tells us
in her short book. She has the faculty
of interpreting the conversations and
gestures of her characters with few
terse and penetrating comments. Her
seem to come to her spon-
taneouslv as she follows the people
about and finds out what they are do
ing. She does not need to ponder. She
simply knows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
Hills of Han
Sense and Excitement Both
in New Novel
BY Heywood Bro,,n

- AMUEL MERWIN violates a good
many rules Of the Popular Authors
Union in his "Hills of Han"
Bobbs-MerrilD. In the first place tho
hero is many years older than the
heroine. He is long and stringy. He
has no sense of humor. AS far as we
can remember he figures in only one
personal encounter and in that he is
knocked out after one and a half Sec
onds of fighting. More than all this,
at the beginning of the novel the hero
is already married to some one other
than the heroine. In fact, he does not
&c this freedom until the next to last
chapter.
Another count against the author is
that he is able to weave into the thread
OF his story an interesting and intelli-
gent study Of the ethical basis Of mis-
sionary activity. 1t is interesting to
note that Mr.. Merwin is one Of the few
people in the world who is able to dis
cuss the case of the missionary in
China calmly. Few persons can do
that. Usually they are called saints"
by some and blackguards by others.
Merwin achieves a notable triumph of
moderation although his book will
hardly serve as propaganda for foreign
missions.
But even the most strict and regu-
lar member of the Popular Authors
Union is not likely to look too harshly
on the breaking of certain rules. Mr..
Merwin has proved that author does
not need to throw away every tie which
binds him to logic and sense when he
seeks to create excitement. Theer are
marches in Hills of Han y
sortles and attacks by the natives and
hairbreadth escape. Yet, barring the
tact that one or two persons seem
little hard to kill with anv fnalitv
the book violates no canons of posi-
bility. The characters are effectively
drawn. The background is vivid and
the story engrossing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

"They will resell it for a thousand
francs, but they will pay me only
four hundred"
"Four hundred francs!" said
Emma. "If that isn't a shame! AZ!
these bourgeois are robbers"
Nine. Peradan continued:
"All the same, shouldn't like t.,
see it on any other persons back. /
admit that that would be very pain
full"
certainly, that is trying. But if
others have the means to buy it
with, why shouldn't they buy it,"
And the brunette Emma contin-
ued, severe and cruel:
"You must be in a bad way to sell
that fur for four hundred francs"
She took the package and went
out. An hour later she returned.
From the depths Of her pocket she
drew four yellow 100-franc bills,
which she handed to her mistress.
did they give You receipt"
ga receipt? More stamp taxes to
enrich the government? Certainly
not. There was no receipt. If you
get the money, what else do you
wantw
Nine. Peradan didn't insist. With
sigh she accepted the fruits of her
sacrifice. And when Sunday came,
at the hour of the afternoon prone
made, she saw the brunette Emma
leave the apartment, proudly wear
ing the skunk collar, which ess had
bought ~ ~ sSy~+Awa&x
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
Married Life
Tales Give True Picture of
American Home

A CENTURY from now, when men
~ and women wish to study the
real life Of the American family
of to-day, they will go to the shelves
containing, among other books, the in
innate, faithful sketches Of Mary Stew
art Cutting. In "Some of Us Are Mar
ried" doubleday, Page) Mrs. Cutting
succeeds admirably in making enter
tanning the everyday humdrum Incl
dents Of the average American home.
She again proves her position as an
interpreter of the sane purity and
lovable whmsicalness of the incidents
we see enacted around us every week,
almost every day; but she does what
we cannot do, in her clever emphasis on
the cruX of a situation made typical
through her keen sense of values and
meanings.
The unexpected visitor, the little
worries over belated meals, the secret
battle to make ends meet, the huge
threat Of danger that dwindles before
wholesome laughter, the freside and
the joy of children-all these and more
are before US in this series of little
stories so refreshingly welcome since
SO intensely American, so rejecting the
front room and the kitchen, so indica.
tive of the home that is the key to ell
that is best in our development as
people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

so we'll drawn, that in spite of the
breathless suspense, we are interested
in them, for their own sakes. Esther
Delvarney, the pretty girl whose
1t, ouble amt nothin' more nor less
than eddication," and Mart Farnum.
the "lanky swamp angel" with quaint
mannerisms and propensity for talk"
are characters that would grace any
slow-moving plotless book that de-
pended solely on characterization for
its interest. The scene of the mystic
rious murder is the gray swamp coun-
try of South Carolina. Mr. Cohen
with real feeling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
ne ihunderbo]t" Is Anthology of an English Town

worlds business. The author illustrate,
ana supports his conclusions with ar
imposing mass Of facts and statistics
ne SHOWS how the currents of interna
''ohal trade were running before the
war. and how they have subseouentl,
oeen changed and diverted. He show,
'hae from an economic standpoint Ger.
many committed an act Of colossa
FOLLY in precipitating the war. Ger
man commerce and industry were de-
Veloplng at a tremendous pace, ane
trade figures indicate that German
goods were not Disseminated against
IN any part Of the globe.
NOW, OF course, everything is changed
germany will have long road, indeed
TO travel before she regains the posi-.
ton she enjoyed in 1914. The loss OF
her provinces and colonies, the demands
OF the indemnity and the popular pref
udice against German goods which
will endure for many years, combine to
make Germanys economic future diff
cult and dubious.
Mr.. Friedman points out the COM
mercial gains which have been thrown
IN Americas way by the war. From a
debtor we have become a creditor ma
ton. We have become the masters of
our own shipping. Our industrial ex-
pansion has been enormous. Our new
position, in the authors opinion, i'm
poses certain obligations upon us. We
are bound to dispose of our surplus in
foreign markets. Consequently we
must give adequate protection to our
citizens who engage in business abroad
We must also, through private or gov
eminent assistance, place the shattered
and almost bankrupt nations of Europe
in position to become our customers
Mr.. Friedman mentions various pro-
posals for international cooperation in
this matter. He is inclined to favor
Mr.. Vanderlip's suggestion of an inter
national loan, raised by popular sub
scription in the solvent countrics
which should constitute a prior lien
upon the resources Of the countries
which share in its benefits.
The author is an economic interna.
tionalist. He believes that nations are
cling drawn closer and closer together
by the bonds Of trade. He advocates q
league of nations as a means of pre-
serving and assuring peace and pros
perity. He is opposed to any postwar
discrimination avainst Teutonic goods,
because he believes that national bow.
colts injure those who inflict them as
much as those who are subjected to
them.
Mr. Friedman's work is chiefly valu-
able for its remarkable collection of
facts and statistics relating to the sub
ject of international trade. 1t COM
mands the attention of every bushes IS
man, every student of politics and eco
Monies, of every one who is interested
in the commercial trend of our times
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

~ ONA GALE, author of "Friend-
~ ship Village" will now be
~ known more particularly as the
author of miss Lulu Bett"
(Appleton), for it is in this book that
She makes her first significant contri-
button to American literature. The
novel is a picture of the usual pro-
vincial American middle-class family;
but Miss Gale sees deeply into the
inner consciousness of these small
town folk. She Eliminates their trite
conversations, their perfunctory ethics,
sense of humor and shrewd under
standing. A drab, commonplace family
is revealed as a network of discordant
human relationships. 1t is true that
"the rules of the ordinary sports of
the playground, scrupulously applied,
would have clarified the ethical atmos-
phere, but there was no one to apply
them" Certainly Grandma Bett and
Lulu, those 1.-TWO pallid beings Access
sorry to the Deacon's presence" had no
authority. AS for Mr.. and Mrs. Deacon
they had never learned the rules.
1t was Dwight Herbert Deacon who
actually created most of the family's
discomfort, although, oddly enough, his
greatest ambition was to 'be an ideal
paterfamilias. His wife discovered
early in her married life that "being
married to Dwight was like perpetual
rehearsal, with Dwight's self-impor-
tance as audience" He was the
all too familiar male who "saw himself
as the light of his home, bringer of
brightness, lightener of dull hours. 1t
was a pretty role. He insisted upon
it," He was, moreover, a man who cal
ways awaited but a touch to be either
facetious or irritable" and his jokes
were clumsy and often cruel. To the
physically helpless Mr.. Deacon was
kind, often tender, but his stodgy mind
was incapable Of knowing the pangs of
adolescence or the pathos Of dependent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

A T HIS writing table, after
~ dinner, M. Peradan, a
judge in a court of first in
stance, was studying the
record in pending case. His wife
sat near MIN, knitting. Suddenly,
like person who has just reached
a long delayed decision, she put her
work down on the table. Next she
coughed. Then she looked at the
back of her right hand, the palm Of
her left hand and the tips Of her
fingers. Then she fixed her eyes
squarely on her husband and said:
"My dear!"
That was all. The sentence wasn't
finished. The Judge waited. He
thought he ought to intervene.
"What is it? You look like wit
ness at the bar"
81 just wanted to tell you about
something that has been worrying
me. I have an idea--not a bad idea,
I believe. But I wonder whether,
because of your position as magis-
trate, there mightn't be something
something objection
able?"
"You brighten me! Do you want
to open provision shop or coal
yard?"
"I'm not joking. asu worried