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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1906
Page
2
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The article reports on opposition and support around repealing the belt tax on saling in Alaska. It notes the industry centers in San Francisco and Seattle, not Alaska, and argues the tax burden on canners and the economic impact on wages and prices. An amendment proposes replacing the tax with a duty per unit rather than a broad belt tax.
Fragmented report alleges Standard Oil agents blocked a Mutual Life Insurance Committee led by A. Pendaxy and blamed Stuyvesant Pls for resigning to push an inquiry. Claims say Standard Oil benefited from Mutual Life funds, with oil magnates resisting subpoenas as probes widen involving Wall Street power and pressuring parties to subscribe to a Valdor News offer.
The fragment reports Elijah Dowie being put on a hog train. Details are sparse, but the item suggests a disciplinary or transport action involving Dowie and livestock, set within a historical newspaper fragment.
A battered, chaotic report cites Congress attention to federal district issues in Maska and conflicts over Philippine policy, water stock, and corruption. It mentions beef trust money, anti immigrant rhetoric, party tensions, and impending race riot anxieties with scattered names and events.
Fairbanks will host a newspaper war as two morning and two evening papers prepare to launch. McChesney of the Fairbanks News plans a morning paper with a new double lock linotype machine and art plant. A.W. Thompson of Dawson City press plans to start morning and evening papers against the News. Ruhe of Juneau Painting surveys Seward for plant relocation. Frye Bruhn considers installing a cold storage plant in Seattle to enter local meat trade.
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