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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES^ 
  1913. 
  

  

  having 
  saved, 
  all 
  they 
  could 
  buy 
  was 
  what 
  they 
  could 
  have 
  had 
  

   without 
  saving. 
  Under 
  the 
  present 
  system 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  permitted 
  to 
  

   purchase 
  for 
  island 
  use 
  anything 
  but 
  the 
  barest 
  necessaries 
  of 
  life. 
  

   Articles 
  from 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  average 
  citizen 
  finds 
  enjoyment 
  or 
  

   benefit, 
  and 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  able 
  to 
  bring 
  his 
  life 
  above 
  the 
  

   level 
  of 
  mere 
  animal 
  existence, 
  are 
  not 
  allowed 
  to 
  be 
  purchased 
  for 
  

   sale 
  on 
  the 
  islands. 
  Neither 
  can 
  the 
  native 
  improve 
  his 
  mind 
  and 
  

   broaden 
  his 
  education 
  by 
  travel, 
  because 
  no 
  means 
  of 
  transportation 
  

   are 
  available. 
  His 
  clothing 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  certain 
  fixed 
  grade 
  each 
  year; 
  if 
  

   he 
  desires 
  a 
  better 
  suit 
  or 
  an 
  unusual 
  article 
  of 
  clothmg, 
  he 
  can 
  not 
  

   purchase 
  it 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  store; 
  nor 
  can 
  he 
  order 
  it 
  unless 
  

   through 
  some 
  cumbersome 
  private 
  arrangement 
  almost 
  impossible 
  

   to 
  make. 
  In 
  short, 
  he 
  is 
  held 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  greatly 
  ckcum- 
  

   scribed 
  class 
  of 
  merchandise, 
  on 
  an 
  isolated 
  spot 
  of 
  the 
  univei-se, 
  in 
  

   which 
  use 
  he 
  must 
  live 
  and 
  die, 
  practically 
  without 
  power 
  to 
  alter 
  

   the 
  condition. 
  

  

  Wliy, 
  therefore, 
  should 
  the 
  native 
  save 
  money? 
  Money 
  has 
  no 
  

   value 
  unless 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  medium 
  of 
  exchange. 
  The 
  mere 
  

   hoardmg 
  of 
  it 
  mduces 
  no 
  satisfaction 
  or 
  comfort 
  to 
  any 
  normal 
  

   person. 
  The 
  reward 
  of 
  self-denial 
  exists 
  in 
  the 
  possibilities 
  for 
  

   greater 
  enjoyment 
  and 
  greater 
  comfort 
  created 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  

   self-discipline. 
  If 
  the 
  native 
  has 
  no 
  use 
  for 
  his 
  money 
  after 
  saving 
  

   it, 
  he 
  will 
  not 
  save 
  it; 
  neither 
  will 
  anyone. 
  To 
  carry 
  out 
  successfully 
  

   any 
  scheme 
  of 
  this 
  character, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  broaden 
  the 
  possi- 
  

   bilities 
  of 
  the 
  natives' 
  purchasing 
  power. 
  He 
  nmst 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  buy 
  

   desuable 
  and 
  attractive 
  articles 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  his 
  savings. 
  

  

  Everyw^here, 
  except 
  to 
  these 
  people, 
  a 
  prize 
  is 
  offered 
  for 
  thrift. 
  

   It 
  should 
  be 
  held 
  out 
  to 
  them, 
  too. 
  For 
  example, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  so 
  

   arranged 
  that 
  the 
  shiftless 
  must 
  wear 
  poor 
  clothmg, 
  but 
  the 
  provident 
  

   may 
  wear 
  better. 
  The 
  provident, 
  industrious 
  man 
  should 
  be 
  able 
  

   to 
  obtain 
  better 
  food 
  than 
  his 
  careless 
  and 
  lazy 
  neighbor. 
  Under 
  

   the 
  present 
  system, 
  this 
  is 
  impossible. 
  This 
  situation 
  could 
  be 
  

   adjusted 
  readily 
  by 
  a 
  private 
  concern, 
  and 
  it 
  should 
  present 
  no 
  more 
  

   difficulties 
  to 
  the 
  Government. 
  

  

  Need 
  for 
  Broadened 
  Opportunity. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  killing 
  of 
  seals 
  has 
  been 
  stopped 
  on 
  the 
  islands, 
  except 
  a 
  

   few 
  for 
  food, 
  and 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  reduction 
  in 
  the 
  appropria- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  Congress 
  for 
  the 
  natives' 
  support, 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  cash 
  pay- 
  

   ments 
  has, 
  unfortunately, 
  been 
  discontinued 
  after 
  only 
  one 
  year 
  of 
  

   trial. 
  The 
  building 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  moral 
  and 
  intellectual 
  fiber 
  of 
  a 
  people 
  

   is 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  generations, 
  not 
  of 
  yeare, 
  even 
  under 
  ideal 
  conditions. 
  

   In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  these 
  natives, 
  not 
  only 
  should 
  precept 
  and 
  example 
  be 
  

   afforded, 
  but 
  an 
  intelligent 
  readjustment 
  of 
  conditions 
  on 
  the 
  islands 
  

   should 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  give 
  point 
  and 
  object 
  to 
  mere 
  academic 
  advice. 
  

  

  