The Alaskan., 1926-10-01

by the Bureau representatives, in the villages named, under glowing promises of fat dividends, soaring Ibtock values and low prices for home commodities. However, the Bureau didn't burden itself with any stock. It was educating" the Natives. What the Bureau did at Rake is practically what has been done in the other towns that have stores, laills and so on under Bureau super supervision" Taking Rake, in this instance, because it's near at hand and in the glow of it's embers, we find that several years back. one Sidnor, Industrial Director, U. s. B. B., in Rake at that time, worked hard to start a so-called cooperative general store and mill. In this labor ne followed schedule of the Bu- reau. In one way the idea was SUD- Eosed to be educational; in another the Indian owned stores and mills were to protect the town folk from beng "gouged" by floating stores, trading posts and cannery commits saries. On top of all this, however, Ihe big thing was the great god PROFIT. There was to be great and rich melon cuttings. Promises of juicy returns didn't seem to be han dicapped, by the way, in the sadly small returns of the other profit Isharing outfits. This woful feature wasn't made a part of the argument to purchase stock In all these stores land mills, owned by Indian share holders, the Bureau held a sort of supervision over Native manage ment. Outwardly, the schemes were good. There were several flaws, in wardly. One of these flaws was that the Bureau, as a business su- rervisor, didn't know anything of merchandising nor milling except in a wide flung, theoretical way. The Industrial Directors,-Bureau employees-as rule, knew less. Witness the miserable botch and loss of money in the Hydaburg Trad ing Company affairs in. 1s1S-1s1s. 1 in Klawock about the same time and in Rake in 1925-1926. It couldn't have been worse under absolute h. dian management and supervision. There was another big flaw in the l selection of Industrial Directors and this same bad streak often ex- ! tends into the engagement of the teaching staff. Seemingly there is no effort to hold efficient men and women. On the other hand there is, apparently, a rather firm desire to retain some who aren't worth any wtere near what their salaries are Anyway, it is all Indian money in the stores, in the mills, in the halls, in the lighting plants-in every !. thing. The Bureau cash-backs the schools, school hospital supplies, the text books, and in some villages has nurses on the payrolls. The Bureau , lands out no money, nor does it give material aid in town enter rrise. Tn the big stock selling game in Rake nearly $7,O00Awas realized. However, this wasn't sufficient to build store and purchase machinery and merchandise by nearly $2,000. But, as it was thot that the neces- ! sary funds could be obtained by more determined stock selling cru sade, the Bureau supplied the mill machinery on mortgage drawing a fat rate of interest. Indian money eventually cancelled this obligation that was questionable in it's incep- ton. On the subauthorizations there is S25. for the indigent.
 
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