The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 2, 1933, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 2, 1933, INTRODUCING! THE 1933 3 LOCAL COMPANY NETS $1,128,000 FDRPASTYEARQ ‘Falls Beiow 1931 But Ex- ceeds Operating Income of All Other Years | Conference To Be Held On Thursday .. Roosevelt Will Meet With Party Leaders in New York WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. — Gov. ward, from $810,000 to $610,000. Mild cured herring, however, Te- flected improvement. Its value last year was about $760,000, a gain of more than $210,000 from 1931. Shell Fish Gain In the shell fish industry, claims and crabs registered gains while shrimp tumbled. The aggregate of all species, however, was small and did not materially affect the total. Clams jumped from $311,000 in 1931 to $466,000; crabs from $39,000 to $84,000; and shrimps dropped from $189,000 to $121,000. Fish ofl suffered a serious de-| cline. The production last year| was woivh mt $22,000 as compared to $380,000 in 1931. Meal more nearly held its own, declining but a few thousand dollars, $345,000 to $308,000. Whale oil again was shown on the cxport list, after a lapse of a vear. There was none produced in| | Franklin D. Roosevelt has made ‘plan.s to confer next Thursday g 2 R HE c ~— | night in New ¥York City with a | during 1981. Expenditures for the:elwrge group of party leaders, in- | purposes are carried as part of the|cluding Spcaker Garner, Represen- rating costs. | tatives Rainey and Byrns, Senator ! Development Progresses J. T. Robinson and others to dis- ‘: Deep level devalopment was car-| cuss the Democratic legislative pro- l RIN l S \ried on apace throughout the year.|gram. ® (This has been one of the most, ——-—— N 1 b | significant features of the Alaska on New Year's day is a return ;?i;.oox;nu it £ Sgh P ] |Juneau’s program since 1930 and|of the old-fashionsd will to sell. " s’ Wiy Down ;‘has attracted nation-wide attention such a gift will put an end to The fur industry wes elmost as “since it has uncovered ore oOffthe stagnation of courage and in- |hard hit as fisheries. The total |much richer content than that|itiative which has crept over the,mue of all furs shipped .out of upon which it made its origingl| geller of goods.” t(,ommued f & Pnge One) If you ask HIM— about CARBONADO FAST COLORS! New and Distinctive e e f in Design and Pattern An Excellent Selection to Choo 36 inche: se From! s in width B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store 3. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The W LOCAL By the U. 8. W Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, Snow and continued cold tonight and Tuesday. Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today 17 12 10 29.18 20.43 2953 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS Barometer Temp. Humiiity Wind Veiocity real history. A growing and vastly significant eather recognition of agriculture DATA ‘eather Bureau) islative calendar, the tide of migration has turned once more from city to country. The banking system, which con- trols so largely the life-giving flow of ‘credit, is under severest scrut- |iny. The so recently prosperous railroads have become a national problem. The investing public is beginning at 4 pm., Jan. 2: Weather Snow Snow Pt. Cldy 64 NE 47 E 38 NE 21 15 18 iously. YESTERDAY TODAY The old concepts of Goverment's Station Barrow Nom:=> Bethel .. Port Yukon Tanana . Pairbenks Bagle ... 8t. Paul .. 5 Duteh Harbor . Kodiak temp. temp. -18 -18 4 -14 -46 . =32 -40 . -40 . 20 32 24 22 20 38 38 | Highest 4p.m. | | | | Cordova Juneau Ketchiken Prince Rupert . Edmonton Seattle Portland . A San Francisco Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather proper function with respect to regulation, and even ownership, of great industrial enterprises are tot- tering. Under the trials of the depression, the problem of wages, hours of laber, and unemployment insurance are begging for a new solution. 48.m. -20 -16 -26 -52 -38 -18 4 0 -14 4 -26 6 =50 0 -38 0 -40 -54 Clear 0 Clear 0 Clear 0 Clear 0 Clear Clear Clear Cldy Snow Cldy Cldy Snow Clay Pt. Cldy Clear Cldy Rain Clear o BATTLE OVER TARIFF Probably its hardest battle since the days of Hamilton is facing the ancient theory of the tariff. The Prohibition regime, established only yesterday with the almost unani- mous assent of the forty-eight States, is struggling for its life. The elements of change in the nation’s foreign relations are less casily defined, but Washington feels a growing consciousness that - - = e roedbocommasocoo A trough of low pressure exten Islands to the Pacific Northwest are 2000 inches each, one located miles west of Dutch Harbor, the other in the southern portion of the ‘Gulf of Alaska. Light precipitation has occurred at St. Paul Island, Dutch Har- Bor, Southeast Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. 8t Portland, Ore., where {wenty-four hours. The temperature dmp has been general. NBWINBIGATED DURING APRIL Senate apd House Leaders Convinced Session Can- not Be Avoided (Centinued 1rom Page Omne) 264 ‘inches were recorded in the past 1983 will see a definite turn, one way or the other, in the muddle left behind by the great war. With respect to the war debts, especially, forces are in operation which may alter the whele trend of American foreign policy. France, by defaulting on December 15, while Britain and Italy made ful- fillment, would seem to ‘be work- ing for her own isolation, tightening the ties bétweén Wash- ington, London and Rome. One thing is certain, amid much uncertainty: ~Whether he looks about him or abrosd, the Ameri- fean of 1933 will find himself on Fufl GHANBES‘N (the field of stirring controversy ENT'RE NAmN’lnd fateful dnoislon LEATHER CYLINDERS FASTEN PRINCESS' OOAT PARIS—Princess Dora Ruspoli et unusual costiime of blue | |gray ribbed jersey this season. A | three-quarter length coat designed iw'n‘h a broad-shouldered yoke and fastened with brown leather cyl- !inders is worn with & stratght skirt is from west of the Aleutian The two centers of this trough approximately three hundred Heavy rain fe'l | | | 'Democratic Swee Comes ! as Climax of Echoes of Overturns } (Continued from Page One.) filch each new Congréss begins serving January 3, after the elec-: tion, ousting the immediately de- feated representatives, will ve rati- fied. The current lame ducks of Congress pass out on March 4. Under the new legislation the terms of the President and Vice- President begin January 20. BSeventeen States have already, and a tuck-in blouse of navy blue |cotton crepon having & cravat ty- 'ing loosely around the throat. ————— HISTORY IN THE MAKING AFTERNOON YEA Many public men are convinced| ‘Your fortune ‘tol ‘by ¢ards in- th: nation has reached the end of cluded. Also lessons in Backgam. its patience over the mounting costs mon, For appointmieht, Phone 3351, of Government, and that decen- —adv. tralization, return of power to the A Pl 5 States, and a drastic pruning down Pave the Patp r» Sroaperity With at Washington are about to make Printing! land busiess’s relationship to the citizen. | mit | In addition, as the| one basic industry has put farm| legislation at the top of the leg—i at a time when| vastly more cautious than prev—[ and | success. The two winzes, started last year in the exploration of the section of the mine below the present |main haulage level, were virtually jcompleted and machinery to per- mining operations installed.; One of the winzes was completed |to a depth of 1,200 feet, tent to which it was oiginally pmA‘ grammed. It was 800 feet deep last year. The second was driven 1,100 fect | deep. It has two hoisting com-| partments. | Stations were cut and the winzes| connected on two levels—one at 800 fzet and the other at 1,000 feet. 10,000 feet of develop- ment work was done on the dif-| ferent levels tributary to the winzes. Equipment Is Installed Bacfl Harris, Vice-President, Unit- ed States Lines—“American ship- ping reaches what appears to be the turning point of the depression in a basically stronger position Alaska last year was just short of $550,000. In 1931, it was $880,000. These figures, however, do not in- clude the value of fur shipments made by mail and the year's take FURNACE COAL He will tell you that— {than it has held in three-quarters the Ox'l'n(-h Company—"The resumption of | making industry is taking advan- | tions to devélop new products and of sealskins in the Government op- erations at the Pribilof Islands. Live enimal shipments suffered| correspondingly. But two live blue} foxes woirth $100 were sent to the| Statss last ycar as compared to 144 valued at $1,575 in 1931. Al other live animals shipped last| year numbered 122, worth $4,700,| as compared to 613, with a valua-| tion of $21,800, in 1931. of a contury.” J. D. Tew, President, B. F. Good- general business will depend to a great cxtent on the satisfactory settlement of our national fiscal voblem and a Solution in the mat- ter of international debts.” 0. C Moffman, President ,Con- incntal Can Company—“The can- Cther Industries Hit The timber industry had its| hardest export year, and its prod-, ucts leaving Alaska were worth/ but $20,000. The reindeer industty of Seward| tage of deprsssed business condi- new markets. It should reap sub- stantial benefits from this source in 1933 2 The winze having the two ho)st- ling compartments = was ‘eq with a double-drum electric hms! ‘mpanle of lifting 1,000 tons of ore| every 24 hours. The necessary transformers and | power ecabl: for this additional| |'equipment were installed, and a| |2,600-foot compressor, together mLL its pipe line, was installed and is |now in use. — e TRADE LEADER (EYE 1933 WITH - CAUTIOUS LOOK Manv Hold Sound Basis fer| Recovery Now Laid— Rough Road Ahead (Continued from Page One.) | world has recovered from a period| |of unreasoning panic. . Al- though we may have further fi- nancial and economic setbacks there | is no reason to abandon hope.” Laurence H. Sloan, Vice-Presi-! dent, Standard Statistics Company —“No one can be unconscious of| |the fact that, slowly and painfully, | | the fundamental adjustments are! being made which will permit later recovery. The underlying financial | situaiion has been vastly strength-| ened during the past six months. Business has at least paused in its headlong decline.” | Frank A. Vanderlip, former Presi- | dent, National City Bank—'I pre-| dict that the most serious worry of the coming year will be con-| cerned with the various proposals| for liquidating indebtedness through some form of dollar devaluation.| As. the alternative seems to be threat of widespread bankruptey, | neither horn of the dilemma is pleasant.” Carleton H. Palmer, Presldent.‘ E. R. Squibb and Sens—“Thousands of retaflers are facing bankruptey.| Their real hope lies in a return| to sanity on the part of the public and of the Government by the re- moval of governmental strictures precluding cooperation between pro- ducers and the distributors.” tion—"Business as a whole during| 1932 showed no improvement. How-f ver, there is some foundation for| belief that things have finally stab-, ilized. As a matter of fact, in certain lines of industry distinct| shortages have appeared. I believe | 1933 will see the beginning of an upward trend.” 8. W. Sincheimer, President, Am- crican Beet Sugar Company— When | SGZS‘DOO in | Peninsula declined 75 per cent. Its! lume Was cut from 1,015,009 pounds to 246,900 pounds, and the| value from $100,000 to less than| $25,000. Stone and marbl> perked up a bit, gaining about $55,000. Its pro-| duction in 1931 was placed at $87,- 000 and in 1932 at $141,000 Miscellaneous exports last year | were worth ahout '$70,000. They| included Such items As paintings, beaver - castors, ivory, edible and inedibls reindeer offal, reindeer hides, blueberries, whalebone, whale |'meal, whale fertilizer, walrus hides, wool and hairseal skins. el el Go window suopping In your easy chatr. Read the advertisements. GUMMERGE FROM ALASKA DROPS T0 LOW FIGURE Totalfor 1932 About $40,000,000——Smallest Recorded in 19 Years (Continued from Page One.) p: ,——-——c LUDWIG NELSON JEWELER and the declared value from $1,- T 462,000 to $657,000. Fresh salmon followed halibut in its downward course, falling from 1931 to $543,000 last year. Cured salmon also plunged down- HARRY RACE Druggist WISHES YOU AND EXPRESSES SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE PATRONAGE politics and labor fall into line with present day levels, we will be| prosperous again, and only then.” ! Underwcod Elliott Fisher Compa-y —'"The immediate prospect of an important increase in general busi- ness is admittedly not to be expect- ed. There is, however, good reason to Dbelieve that conditions during the new year will gradually im- prove.” Ernest T. Weir, Chairman, N\- | ticnal Stecl Corporation—"The steel stabilized conditions, increased ef- ficiency and a broader attitude on, . | the epart of buyers may mumw the profits position.” greatest gift which business and -~ | industry has some expectation that RECEIVED IN 1932 Philip D. Wagoner, President,| HARRY RACE Druggist THE SQUIBB STORE advertising can give to memsel‘.‘ N O matter what coal you burn, ALWAYS bank your fire with CARBONADO furnace coal. Carbonado holds the fire, and holds down your fuel bill. Carbonado has as much fuel value as many lump coals ccsting several dollars more per ton. And remember—for full heating satisfaction with a money-back guarantee, start your fire with INDIAN coal, and bank with CARBONADO. Buy the “Bargain Heating” coals NOW — at these LOW prices. INDIAN LUMP $14.50 per ton CARBONADO $16.00 per ton COMBINATION $15.25 per ton Prices quoted include delivery Phone 412 CLOSED NEXT MONDAY | 7% Interes On YOUR Money . . . With Safety! The Unsold Portion of the $50,000 Serial Bond Issue of THE ASSEMBLY COMPANY Secured By THE ASSEMBLY APARTMENT BUILDING in Juneau Is Now Being Offered in Denominations of $500 each. Description Folder Sent on Request. Bonds May Be Reserved by 5% Deposit. Making CALL OR PHONE THE ASSEMBLY CO. OFFICF (Old First National Bank Building) PHONE 28 A Tocal Investment Where You Can See Your Dollars Earn 7%. ALASKA MEAT CO. QUALITY AND SERVICE TO YOUR LIKING Meadowbrook Butter PHONE 39 Austin Fresh Tamales Deliveries—19:30, 2:30, 4:99 For Expert Window Cleaning Phone 485 Old Papers for Saie at;Empire Qgite