Letters to the Editor:
The purpose of these letters is
to acquaint the public with the
true facts of the Fish Trap Issue
which has caused justifiably
considerable controversy in the
past and present. These letters
will appear each week in the pa
pers throughout Alaska till the
Fish Trap Issue has been thor
oughly explained in-all its phas
es as this writer sees it.
I will first give my qualifica
tions for considering myself cap
able of expressing an opinion on
the issue.
First I was born in Alaska and
have lived here my entire 42
years, and have engaged in the
fish business since I was old
enough to work. I have watched
traps, tended traps, patrolled
traps and done in fact every
thing there is to do around fish
traps except pirate them. That I
haven’t done yet, although I
guess I am credited with that al
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CHRISTMAS
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Season's Greetings
and
Best Wishes
for the
New Year!
Balmat Realty
so. I also put in 10 years purse
seining and have trolled a num
ber of years.
This installment will deal with
the merits of the Fish Trap ver
sus other gear. Succeeding in
stallments will deal with their
abuses and proposed remedies.
The Fish Trap, in my opinion,
is the most efficient type of gear
there is for taking a superior
grade of fish for canning. A lot
of argument against the Fish
Trap is based on the belief that
the abolition of the Fish Trap
would provide more jobs for
more fishermen, which may be
true in one sense. However, it
is generally agreed that we, in
the United States, enjoy the
highest standard of living on the
lace of the earth, in fact the
highest standard of living in the
history of the world. That high
standard of living was accompli
shed by individual initiative, and
the most efficient menas of pro
duction. Not tlie most expensive
in man hours.
If we wish to create more jobs
this way we don't need to stop
with the salmon industry, but
can start removing the modern
machinery from our factories.
Another argument against Fish
Traps is that they destroy mil
i lions of young salmon. While it
is possible that there are isolated
cases of traps destroying some
fcAflL*Y CHRISTMAS DINNER
AT ROBBINS HOME
A premature Christmas dinner
was enjoyed Sunday, Dec. 17, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Del
Robbins. Miss Beverly Abraham
sen helped with the preparation
of the dinner which was given
early for the benefit of Mrs. Rob
bins’ son, Willard Dunham, who
left the following day for Custer,
Montana, where he will spend
the holidays with his grand
mother.
The table was beautifully dec
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centerpiece, lending the true
Christmas spirit to the festive
occasion.
Glenn says he and wife, Larry
Wliliams, are really enjoying
some Seattle sunshine. They ex
pected to go from there to Spo
kane and then on to Phoenix,
Arizona, for some real sunshine.
young salmon I have seen very
little of it in my wide ex
perience.
In next week’s installment, I
will compare as I have seen it,
the destruction of fish in traps
versus seines or trollers.
Yours truly,
Edmund Bob Lane
A writer has come to^,he con
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planet Mars, because they have
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