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Show FEDERAL STORES ! FOR ALASKANS. Government Sells to Natives at Price the Traders Cannot Can-not Meet. CO-OPERATIVE STORES Scheme to Protect Eskimos Proves Success Unscrupulous Unscrup-ulous Merchants Outwitted. Washington, Dee ;i High living cost practically has ceased to give the Alaskan, natives any serious concern since the government, through the federal bureau of education, edu-cation, has aided in establishing cooperative co-operative supply stores at several points. These stores carry all the Koods the natives desire and sell at a price that traders cannot meet. Heretofore the bureau eays, traders trad-ers have charged exorbitant prices for goods they sold the natives and purchased native products at ridiculously ridicul-ously low figures. To meet this situation sit-uation and protect the natives the bureau of education undertook the tablishment of co-operative stores rranaged by the natives under the supervision of the public school ! teachers Theso stores have been very sue cesslul One instance is cited where , a store at Hydaburg, In southeastern I Alaska, after a year's operation, was J able to declare a 50 per cent cah dividend to Us native owners. There was left sufficient funds to erect a ) laiger store building. 00 |