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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09
COUNTRY SUPPORTS "NEW DEAL"

Cn the strength of final returns of the Literary Digests poll on public sentiment regarding the emergency recovery program, is fair to conclude that the New Deal" has the backing of a great majority of the people of the United States. The fact that three out of every five persons who voted in the poll endorsed the Presidents acts and policies is ndisputable evidence that the widespread propa- ganda of recent weeks, seeking to show that there is wide and growing dissatisfaction with them, has failed to achieve it's purpose of destroying pubic confidence in him and his administration.
 Only one State, Vermont, registered majority against the President and his policies. That con- trasts with five States which returned majorities for Hoover in 1882 Comparing the returns from the current poll with the popular vote cast in that year, the magazine finds that MT. Roosevelts popularity has increased since that time by 3.82 per cent. It aloo showed an average gain of 5.39 per cent for the President in all the States.
 There will be, think, no disposition on any side to question the impartality of the Digest the accuracy of it's poll. Both have been demonstrated on too many occasions for them to be doubted in this instance It sought to test public sentiment and evidently it has succeeded in doing Of course the poll will be attacked Republican strate- gists will scoff at it and undertake to belttle it's significance Democrats naturally will make the
 most of it. But the impartial observer will find in it landmark by which to check progress in the New Deal and it's reception in the public mind
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09
Impartial Labor Boards.
(New York World Telegraph

Now that Congress has given the President un- questioned power to appoint boards to handle dis putes over collective bargaining and, to a limited extent jurisdiction other labor disputes, the most important question is the personnel of those boards
 Something more is required than that the mem- bers of these boards should be merely good men. feeling is running high in the steel and other industries there will be inevitable suspicion of these boards If they are to have the prestige required to gain cooperation of the dsputants and to make the boards decisions stick the board members must be above reproach.
 The President will be under pressure to make these boards bi-partsan-that is, with equal rep resentaton for capital and labor under the chair manship of neutral In the past this has been the policy usually of the American Federation of Labor It also has been the policy of several power full industrial groups.
 On the basis of the experience of bipartisan set-up and the experience with the special auto mobile labor board, believe that type of organi- zaton should be abandoned in the boards. Experience shows that the bipartisan type of board does not function dispassionately and judciay. It tends to divide between two groups of advo- cates for capital the side and for labor | on the other side
 And that leaves only the impartial chairman, who thereby becomes in effect a board. 1 One-man boards dangerous in times like these. The risk of picking that one is too great. The risk of side of both sides or of the public doubtng the wisdom or the motives of that man is too great. 1 So hope that the President will reject the pressure for bipartisan boards and appoint the members solely on the basis of their intelligence and impartiality.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09
THE PALM TO ANCHORAGE.

Editor Settlement of the Anchorage Times seems to have caught something of the California spirit in his panegyrics anent the wonders of his home town He lets no occasion pass to sing it's charms and virtues And that is as it should be. His latest s,lrpasses all that has gone before, and ought to clear up any lingering doubts (which we never had) as to what Anchorage is or has
 Commenting upon the beauty of Alaskan summers and particularly that portion of it which besses the Cook Inlet metropolis, he said:
 Anchorage farest and most beautiful
 city of all Alaska, and gaining fame far and
 near as the years roll by, for the wondrous
 charm of her setting, is particularly fortun-
 ate With only IT inches of precipitation
 per annum, including waters from the snow
 and rain falls; with a winter temperature
 never lower than the thirtes and seldom
 that and with the average near zero; with E . summer temperature more like San
 Diego or Miami winter is indeed blest
 Anchorage with her broad plateau town
 site, large enough for the building of an-
 other Los Angeles; with her chain Of dis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09
THE SECRET HALLS OF FAME.

In New York City is the Hall of Fame It is one of the show places of the metropolis. There the great ones Of the earth have their memorials in bronze and marble. It is grandly impressive
 Yet there other halls of fame which are not show places and which are not thronged by visitors These the halls of fame that are treasured in the heart. They are the secret per- sonal possession of the individual. And the people which adorn them may be humble and incon- spcuous.
 There is the man who extended the helping hand Of sympathy to the boy and started him on of That boy, now an old man, in his hall of fame honors the memory of his early friend. There teachers who were nspra- tons their pupils teachers who, themselves, trod the obscure paths of duty and never made great mark in the world, yet who in the lives of otherS became great They in these hidden halls of fame
 It is not given to all of us to stand on pedestas in the Hall of Fame. Happily we may by kindness and by thoughtfulness by thinking of others before we think of ourselves, find places in these other halls of fame cherished in human hearts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09
20 YEARS AGO
 From The Empire
JULY 3, 1914

JULY 3, 1914
 Supt. J. c. Hayes, of the Alaska Road Commission was making a vigorous campaign against the shooting of firearms along the gov ernment roads leading from Ju- neau. MT. Hayes declared that women and children picking ber- ries in woods adjacent to the roads were in danger of being shot through the carelessness of per- 1ons shooting along the roads. J. D. Van Alta opened a new three-chair barber shop in the Brunswick building on lower Front Street. The establishment was one of the best appointed in Ju- neau.
 J. A. McKanna. popular Front Street business man, fell overheard from Young Company's flcat dur ing the afternoon while attempting to handle some logs with a pike pole. He said the water of Gasti- neau Channel was both wet and cold
 Mrs. w. w. Casey and daughter. Florence, took passage on the Humboldt to visit in Seattle for the next two months.
 Weather for the preceding 2i hours was clear a maximum tenn perature of 68 degrees and a min mum of I3.
 Henry Moses, well known fur buyer, took passage on the Georgia for Sitka and way points.
 Miss Josephine Sullivan and Mrs. Oliver King, sister and niece re- spectively to Mrs. Samuel Guyot. arrived in Juneau and were visit ing at the Guyot residence. Both made their home in Portland, Ore goon.
 P. E. Jackson, Mrs. Jackson and their baby, together with Dr. and Mrs. Egginton, MT. and Mrs. Mil ton Vim and Mrs Winn's mother, were to form a party which was leaving for Sitka Hot Springs to spend a week or ten days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09

tant surrounding mountains like strings of pearls; with imperial Mt. Mckinley in the front yard; and close beside such other snow-covered sentnels as Mt. Foraker, Mt Spur and Redoubt Mountain-and before all the emerald waters Of Cook Inlet well may claim the honor of the most picturesque seaport and civic site in America.
 Lovely indeed the summers here and fortunate indeed those who dwell here and are privileged to enjoy the blessing of these summer days midst such lovely surroundings. Almost persuaded a mistake madt in not combining Anchorage and Juneau, Juneal and Anchorage. It's too late to remedy that now But if we had the price we'd make a trip there to sample of that summer sun which must bt moon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09
F- czs011le1; at s~~~ H ROCKING HOUSE
.sY WAlIER (. BROWN.

SYNOPSIS. Sergeant Harper's ih Uesti0ation of tue tWo murders inuolued Mrs. DufreSne, her hus- baud. q maid aud cltduGeuy i. q serious td'i0le, for It has derel- oped that mDsterious notes CON- cerHing equally mysterious rendes- voHs hdve been found bu the maid. aud that both Dufresnes hdve paid her to keep silent. Harper just has fniled to persuade Mrs. Dnfresne to talk. aud hns left her under strict surUeuidnce in her room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09

Once again Alaska ships are moving northward carrying thousands of tons of freight and loaded to capacity with passengers It is to be hoped the present settlement will prove more lasting than the first one
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-13
SEPTEMBER BUILDING
CONSTRUCTIONS DIP
Decrease of 23 Per Cent
Shown in Month.

By Times Special
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Building
permits awarded during September
showed decrease Of % per cent
from the preceding month, bringing
the total for last month to the low
est since last March, Dunn & Brad
street reports.
The normal seasonal change from
August to September is usually a
decrease of about 10 per cent. This
is the smallest September total on
record.
The estimated cost of construc-
ton in September amounted to $685.
520,686, as compared with $34,452,-
1873 in August, and $32,243, 704 in
September, 1888. The decrease from
last year was 1T per cent.
The drop in building operations
was particularly marked in New
York, which furnished a total of
only $5,809,457, the smallest since
last June.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-13
FINANCIAL DATA

During the twelve months period
ended June 80, the funded debt was
reduced by more than 100000. Cash
ard securities were about 100000
less, but inventories increased more
than S1.900,000, and the net working
capital also gained $1,900,000. While
the total surplus account now stands
81 100000 larger than at the begin
ming of the period, it was because
the profit and loss deficit was de-
creased from $2.583,000 on June 80,
1888, to only 1888, 900 June 80, 1884.
The current ratio on June 80 last
was liz to l. The firm is in good
financial condition.
The company earnings have SUI
fered seriously for the fiscal years
ended March 1882 and 1888. For
the 1884 fiscal year l cent was
earned. The company now has the
largest backlog of untitled orders
since the depression began. Such a
condition indicates more satisfac-
tory profits.
No dividends on the common
stock have been paid since 1881.
Dividends on both the first and sec
ond preferred stock have been in
arrears since Oct. l. 1881. These
dividends total S3,741 900.
Remington Rand was organized
in 1927 under the laws of Delaware.
Both classes of stock are listed on
the New York Stock Exchange. The
common is currently selling at
around s.
(All right reserved. winchester institute
of Finance. winchester. Mass
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-13
FARMERS APPLY
FOR So LOANS
Indiana Applications Total
$899,000 Since Early
Last Spring.
BIZ Times Special


LAFAYETTE. Oct. 13.-Tndiana
farmers cooperative marketing and
purchasing organizations have APP
piled to the Louisville ky. Bank
for Co-operatives for fifty-three
loans totaling $4,000 since that
institution opened for business early
last spring, L. G.. Foster, secretary,
in addressing the Indiana extension
workers conference here yesterday.
I'm all. ninety applications, total
ing S1,723,000, have been received,
he stated. Loan requests from COM
bined grain and farm supply CO.
operatives head the list with thirty
eight applications for 100000.
Twenty-four farm supply organiza-
tons requested loans aggregating
$223,000, and fifteen dairy market
ing associations have applied for
$255 900. Organizations dealing in
livestock, seeds, flour and other
commodities account for the re-
mainder.
No loan has been granted for a
duration exceeding ten years, &C
cording to Mr.. Foster. The cost of
securing loans from the Louisville
Bank of Co-operativeS is one-half
of l per cent of the amount bor-
rowed plus the cost of examining or
completing abstract of title to prop
erty offered as collateral. Each bor-
rowing cooperative organization be-
comes a stakeholder in the bank to
the amount of 500 for each $4,000
or fraction thereof borrowed"
The Louisville Bank for Co-opera-
tiveS is a unit of the Farm Credit
Administration of Louisville, the
/ function of which is to furnish types
of credit particularly designed to
meet the needs of farmers market
ing organizations. Mr.. Foster eX-
planned Loans for building. ac-
quiring or extending the physical
facilities of an organization. such
as buildings and equipments are
termed physical facility loans and
at present bear Az per cent inter-
est.
Effective merchandising loans are
made for purposes of supplying
working capital in day to day bust
ness. for consolidating debts that
have been so incurred and for other
operating use. These loans bear 3
per cent interest at this time. Co.
operatives eligible to borrow are
those organized under state and
federal laws defining co-operatives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-13
ENGINEERING AWARDS
DECREASE SHARPLY
Federal Contracts Show Drop of SO
Per Cent in Week.

By Times Special
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Engineer-
ing awards last week totaled $17,-
1888 900 according to the Engineer
ing News Record. Of this total,
$14,648, 900 represents state and mu-
nicipal, $1,568,O00 federal. $16,216.OOO
total public and $1,117000 private
awards.
These figures represent a four
day week instead of the usual five
day week. Both federal and pri-
vate awards are lower than the pre-
vious four weeks average, federal
awards being so per cent, and pri-
vate awards n per cent below. Fed
eral awards FOR the short week are
off SO per cent from last years Oc-
tober average.
Highway awards for the four
days total $685. 900; public build
ings, $3,546,OOO; bridges, $2,824,OO0.
sewerage, $1,031,OO0; waterworks,
S720,0O0; earthwork, irrigation,
drainage and waterways, 1891, 900;
commercial buildings, $455 600; and
industrial buildings, $644,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-13
LEGISLATION TO
AID MERCHANT
FLEET is URGED
Secretary Roper Advocates
'BuSineSS-Like Basis
for Shipping.

By United Press
BALTIMORE. Oct. 13.-Advocat-
ing a merchant marine second to
none" Secretary of Commerce
Daniel c. Roper declared yesterday
that the next congress should enact
comprehensive legislation that would
place the merchant marine "on a
buSiness-like basis"
Speaking before the Baltimore
Commerce Association on transport
tation under the New Deal, Secre-
tary Roper said that the futpge
stability of the nation depends upon
IAN adequate, effective and properly
co-ordinated transportation system
that will safeguard present invest
ments, make future investments
more secure and provide program
of the most efficient distribution
facilities possible"
Must Guard Investments
Furthermore, he said. "construc-
ton of shipping policy that will be
fair above board and with no hidden
diplimacy, will place our interna-
tional trading on a constructive
basis and will help rather than him
der international understanding and
promote peace and harmony among
nations"
Mr.. Roper pointed out that the
aviation industry was in the same
stage of development as the rail-
roads were several decades ago and
thus should be able to profit by mis-
takes made in land and sea trans
portation development.
L feel that its unfortunate that
we must have subsidies, but our
economic program during the past
100 years has recognized in one way
or another, the essential features
of subsidies" the secretary asserted.
In fostering merchant marine
and development of air facilities the
problem is before us. What we need
is an intelligent cooperative plan
for trunk lines and feeder lines in
great system of transportation
aimed at one definite end; namely,
more satisfactory distribution.
Would Reduce Subsidies
ITO this end we are studying ways
and means of reducing subsidies to
the limit and avoiding secret
diplomacy in relation thereto"
Such coordination, Mr.. Roper
said, could not be achieved until
taxation, regulation, services and
competitive rights are equalized for
all phases Of transportation.
THE success of recent reciprocal
trade agreements depends largely
upon the effectiveness of the United
States merchant marine" he stated.
ITO illustrate this" he said, I'VE
shall endeavor to assist in getting
American ships to call at all Latin
American ports opened up by
reciprocal trade agreements. One
treaty already has been completed
with Cuba and negotiations now are
under way with dozen other ma
tons"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-13
REICH IMPORTS
OF U. S. COTTON
CONTINUE LOW
Trade Opinion Sees Small
Chance of Boosting
Deliveries.
By Times SpeciaI

~ iHleS special
NEW YORK, Oct. 13-Germany's
imports of American cotton con-
tinue to run low this season and
trade opinion holds there is small
chance of boosting them. Cotton is
flowing into the German textile
mills from Brazil, Persia and vari-
Gus other producer nations which.
ordinarily, are not in the export
business.
To buy 1,25O,OOO bales of Ameri-
can cotton this SeaSon-which
would be the average of purchases
over the last five years-Germany
would have to provide about $780,
100000. Such an amount of dollar
exchange would cost 100000 900
reichmarks at current open market
exchanges rates.
Negligible gold reserves and a
growing surplus of imports make
such financial move next to i'm
possible. The Pension and Brazilian
imports were arranged on CONNER
cial trades. In this situation the
new artificial fibers recently in
vented in Germany are being given
lot of attention.
Wheat Supply Declines
The visible wheat supply in the
United States stands now at no.
100000 bushels, decline of 1,705 900
bushels from last week. The visible
is 100000 bushels under the 1888
figure for the corresponding date.
Primary receipts, which means re-
ceipts at country markets, are run
ming small and all indications point
to a virtual scarcity of the fine
grain before the winter is over.
Cash premiums continue on all good
grades and milerS are heavy spot
purchasers as flour is moving
briSkly.
Sugar traders today were COM
menting on a clause in sugar trade
regulations that, seemingly, permits
American ref1nerS to withdraw ex-
cess quota sugar from warehouses
for as much as thirty days. This
clause, it is argued, may permit re-
f1ners to get through the remainder
of this year without further pur-
chase of Cuban raws.
Excess Quota on Hand
New York warehouses hold some
Puerto Rico excess quota sugar and
about 10000 tons that came from
the Philippines. The new sugar
year starts Jan. l and, except for
this clause, excess quota sugar would
be inaccessible until then. Under
the clause ref1nerS may use such
sugar through December. The re-
cent purchase of $4,000 tons from
Cuba may last until December.
OF all the grains, oats appear in
the strongest position, pricewiSe,
according to most opinions of grain
experts. The visible supply of this
feed grain stands at 100000
bushels, against 100000 bushels
on the corresponding date last year.
Ordinarily, the oats visible supply
decreases each week from the mid
die of october. That oats will be
difficult to obtain next spring seems
we'll established.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-13
RAIL LOADINCS
DROP SHARPLY
Freight Traffic Decreases
1929 Cars in Week
Ended Oct. 6.
PU Tu;ted PreSs


WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-Car-
loadings of revenue freight totaled
631,318 cars for the week ended Oct.
s, a decrease of 1899 below the
preceding week and 81 ,055 below the
corresponding week in 1888, accord
ing to the American Railway ASso-
citation.
Miscellaneous freight loadings for
the week totaled 239,926 cars, a de-
crease of 4,248 below the preceding
week and 10,072 below the same
week in 1888.
Loading of merchandise less than
carload lot freight was 164,990 cars,
an increase of 426 cars above the
preceding week, but drop of 9,73O
below the corresponding week last
year.
Grain and grain products totaled
31,734 cars, 867 cars below the pre-
ceding week. and 100 below the cor
responding week in 1888. Grain and
grain products decreased 754 cars
below the same week in 1888 in
western districts alone
Forest products loadings totaled
22,336 cars, a decrease of 626 below
the past week and 3067 below the
same week Inc 1893. Ore loadings
amounted to 1926 cars, decreased
1902 cars below the preceding week
and 1871 below the corresponding
week last year.
Coal loadings amounted to Ill.,
457 cars, 1924 below the preceding
week, but 1882 above the same week
in 1888. Livestock loadings amount
ed to 29,735 cars, a decrease of 753
below the past week, but increased
1859 above the same week in 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-13
STEADY UPTURN
IN FOOD PRICE
INDEX CHECKED
Present Figures Placed at
1854 Per Cent of
1918 Average.
BIZ Times Special

! bV tfNcs Spccl0t
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The
gradual and steady advance in the
retail food price index which start
ed in April was somewhat checked
during the last two weeks, accord
ing to a report today by the United
States department of labor.
Following the recent decline the
index was placed at 1854 per cent
Of the 1913 average, comparing with
figures of 1853 per cent two weeks
ago, and 1914 per cent for the cor
responding month of 1888.
The present level of retail food
prices is 2712 per cent below the
average of Sept. Is, 1929, the high
est reached during the last five
years, when the index stood at 1903.
The current figures are nearly 30
per cent higher than the postwar
low point of 90.4, reached on April
Is, 1888
Nineteen Items Rise
OF the forty-two articles of food
included in the index, ten showed
weakening prices, thirteen remained
at the previous level, and nineteen
registered advances, the report
shows. Largest decline in any ar
ticle was noted in pork chops, where
a IL per cent drop was registered.
The current index for the meat
group stands at 1917 an increase of
22.1 per cent above Sept. 26, 1888,
and 1914 per cent higher than the
same month of 1882. The current
prices of meats are 231 per cent be-
low their average in 1926, and 1922
per cent below the figures in Sep
TENDER, 1929.
In the cereal group of foods an
increase of One-tenth of l per cent
was displayed The current index
for this group, 1917, shows an
increase of 6.3 per cent over the
average on Sept. 26, 1888.
Of the fifty-one cities covered by
the report, nineteen showed advanc-
ing prices, twenty nine registered
declines and three showed no
change from the preceding period.
The largest increase was 10 per cent
shown in Portland, Ore.
Local Prices Climb
Rises in retail food prices in In
dianapolis amounted to SO per cent,
as compared with Sept. 26 of last
year. Los Angeles reported the
smallest increase-1.9 per cent, while
Houston displayed the largest adj
vance of ISL per cent.
In comparing the present prices
with those of Sept. IS, 1882, each city
covered by the report showed higher
prices, ranging from 8.3 per cent in
Chicago to 255 per cent in Detroit.
An increase of 1873 per cent was
shown in Washington, D. c.
Prices used in constructing the
weighted index numbers of the labor
department are based upon reports
from all types of retail food dealers
in fifty-one cities and cover quota
tions on forty-two important items.
The index is based on average prices
of 1913 as 100.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-13
Wall Street
BY RALPH HENDERSON,
Times Special Writer

NEW YORY, Oct. 13.-Donald
IN Richberg's speech before the
Rotary Club in Chicago this week
was one of the most reaSSuring sum-
maries of the New Deal policies that
have been made thus far by an ad-
ministration spokesman. 1t also was
one of the frankest.
The head of the national emer-
gency council cleared up several