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TUi; NOME DAILY NUGGET GEO S. MAYNARD, Editor RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manager Publi \i every evening except Sunday by The Nome Publish ng Company, Nome, Alaska. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Nome. Little Creek and Sunset C reek, for S2.00 per month. By mail postage paid out side of Nome and vicinity, $1.50 pe month. Entered in the Post Office in Nome as 2nd Class Matter MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS HELP NEEDED FOR AN INFANT INDUSTRY From time to time during the last several years Alas kans have invested both capital and effort in attem pts to develop the Crab packing industry of the ter ritory. There are few wat ers in the world in which this luscious sea food abou nds in such numbers in which the crabs attain such size nor yield such sweet meat as is the case in many spots along the shoreline of Alaska. A few of these ef forts have resultecUin a lim ited measure of success and most of them have failed, for exactly the same reason that similar efforts in the Puget Sound district have failed—namely that Amer ican labor cannot compete with Japanese labor. During 1934 six plants in Southeast Alaska and five plants in thePrinceWilliam Sound area prepared crab products employing 280 persons. The output of the canned product waso44,8ll pounds valued at $184,052. During that same period 7, 401,742 pounds of crabmeat valued at $2,246,463 was imported, almost entirely ; from Japan. A large por tion of this product was tak i en just outside the three mile limit in Alaskan wat- j res by Japanese fishermen j officered by Japanese naval - officers, packed in Japan by i coolie labor and returned < to this country after pay- i rnent of a 15 per cent duty on the cost of production at the point of origin. Alas kan and Puget Sound pack ers cannot compete in this market and no real Ameri can desires that our labor should attempt competition It should be remembered that Japanese packers are by no means passing on all the advantage to the con sumer. They simply get under the figure at which an American packer can af ford tn market his merchan dise to just the extent which is required to domi nate the market and run the American packers out of business. t The waters of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska can supply all the crab meat consumed in the United States, furnish a superior product packed under con di tions more suitable to the American taste than those prevailing in Oriental can neries and do it at A very imall additional cost to the consumer. All that is re quired is a tariff sufficient ly high to offset the differ ence :n living standards as betv at n our fishermen and eannerv workers and those if Japan. One thousand qood Aiaskan citizens and manv more Americans in ;he Pacific northwest wouid then have jobs and share in ihe two and a quarter mil lions of good American dol lars now going to our little brown brothers of Japan.— The Alaska Weekly. Are you taking advantage if six months paid in ad /ance subscription ? Special Advance Subscrip. Rales Offered Nugget Elsewhere in this issue ippears an advertisement offering a subscription rate ;o The Nome Daily Nugget —$15.00 paid in advance 'or a one-year’s subscrip ion, a saving of $9.00 to he subscriber. The Nugget is making a ustifiable effort to build up1 ts circulation and this offer hould prove interesting to lew subscribers as well as! >ld ones. The offer will re-! nain open until February ! 5 th. Our route carriers deliver /our paper regularly every light. They go to every section of the city. Here is in opportunity for subscrib srs to receive the paper at a saving of nine dollars in a year's time—good inter est on your money—a trifle more than $1.00 per month cost you pay for your paper Take advantage of it now. This Special Offer closes February 15th. Out-of-town subscribers, who pay in advance under this offer will receive a $3.00 saving. Daily papers delivered to outlying sec tions telling of the news of Nome and the outside world are of interest to everyone. Help support your daily newspaper. It supports your town and country, besides promoting the well-fare and develop LOCKHEED ^ VEGA STINSON RELIANT THE FASTEST, MOST FREQUENT, MOST j CONVENIENT SERVICE IS | VIA MIRGW AIR SERVICE FAST, STURDY, LUXURIOUS PLANES ■Til — IIIHI III.■■■■■■■■—■ ——-—-II II IIWIIHIf TTIWIBtS menl of Northwestern Al aska. Telephone or mail in your paid-in-advance sub scriptions before February 12th. Subscribers who may be in arrears, are urged to pay up and take advantage of the Special Offer. REINDEER IOY RIDES!! SEE James Brandon For Kates and Dates Cavev's Bakery •/ * OPEN FROM 6 A M. TO 1 A M GOOD Cl’P OF COFFEE BEST PASTRY IN NOME Good Meals i CITY LAUNDRY Harry Saito, Prop. Opposite The Bank Suits And Hats Cleaned Laundry Work At Reasonable Prices Baths For Men and Women Phone MAin 149 _ _ Ann Hall Strong i 1 L Gone On Another GloSe Trot Trip Continued From Faae One hands and 25 years spent ;n Alaska has given me a horror of just idly sitting down and hold my hands. I love to travel and see how the other people live and get aiong. I find the world good to look upon and every nation I have ever visited is interesting and hospitab le. Modern travel is so com fortable, and one can really travel and see the world just as cheaply as they can settle down at home in a nice hotel and live the or- . dinary life—that’s why I travel. And when I get back after this trip, I want lo go up to Alaska once again. Where? Every place from Ketchikan to Kotze bue, and all of the in-be tween places, for Alaska will always be home to me.”—Alaska Weekly. The Special Reduced sub scription price of $15.00 (in Advance) for 1 year’s subscription to the Nome Daily Nugget, ends Febru ary 15th. Send in your subscription today. [ FROM NOW ON BIG! BIG! BIG! BARGAIN SALE IN OUR DRY GOODS DEPT. COME AND SEE OUR PRICES AND SATISFY YOURSELF EMPORIUM BAZAAR Open 8 A. M. — Close 9 P. M. Opposite Telephone Office _! THE BOARD OF TRADE NEW LOCATION (Opposite The Dream Theatre) I - if ; I ARCTIC BEER PARLOR AND CARD ROOM Between Pioneer Drug Store And Dream Theatre | Jack Solomon, Prop. I — - - i THE NOME DAILY NUGGET Job Printing Department ! Is Equipped To Handle Your Job Printing Needs, Efficiently, —■■■' Speedily Executed. AT REASONABLE PRICES HAGEN’S Jeweler & Optician “FOR GIFTS THAT LAST” Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Hand Painted China, Candle Sticks, Water Pitchers, Cocktail*Sets, Vegetable Dishes, Bon Bon Dishes. Second Avenue, NOME, ALASKA COMOX COAL Economical By Comparison Relative Cost of Obtainable Heat At Present Prices BTU’S Cost Per Per.Lb. 1,000,000 BTU’S COMOX 13,500 $00.92 LADYSMITH 13,000 00.96 NANAIMO 12,500 01.00 UTAH KING 13,750 01.02 BUY COMOX COAL NOME HARBOR LIGHTERAGE COMPANY MI 31 - ANTISEPTIC SOLUTION An Effective Mouth Wash And Gargle A Real Help in Preventing Colds Large Bottle—65cts. PIONEER DRUG STORE NOME MACHINE SHOP W. L. SLACK AND SON. PROPRIETORS Our Aim—Satisfied Customers BOILER, MARINE, TRACTOR. ACETLYNE AND ELECTRIC WELDING MATERIAL STOCKED: SHAFTING, STEEL. BRONZE, BUSHING, BABBITT. ACCESSORIES. * Prompt Attention to Local and Out of Town Work Telephone Black 110 MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK of ALASKA NOME, ALASKA. WE PAY 3% ON TIME DEPOSITS Your savings will increase if placed in a Time Certificate of Deposit with instructions to renew annually adding the earn ed interest. As an example, the cash value of a deposit of $750.00 increases as follows : Original Deposit . $750.00 End of 1st year . 772.50 End of 2nd year . 795.67 End of 3rd year . 819'54 End of 4th year . 844 13 End of 5th year . ’ 869 45 End of 6th year .895.53 End of 7th year . 922.40 Many of our depositors have so increased their capital knowing it was available should emergency arise. fe LET US HELP YOU SAVE Northern Light & Power Co. AND Alaska Telephone & Telegraph Co. Second Avenue and Lane’s Way LIGHT, POWER AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE