THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
of the “Kenai Empire"
Independent
United Press Service
Published Semi-weekly
by
John M. Coleman
Seward. Alaska
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Port of Whittier ?
Recent editorial c o m m e n t in
Fairbanks and Anchorage news
papers concerning the develop
ment of Whittier as the southern
terminus of The Alaska Railroad
instead of Seward, has given rise
to grave concern and incited much
discussion in the seaport city of
« Seward.
Whether all this publicity Is
based on authentic facts and
figures is also a matter of conjec
ture. The figures quoted maintain
that the freight cost per ton from
Seward to Anchorage is $15.11:
Whittier to Anchorage $10.47—a
saving of $4.87 per ton. (According
to our figures the saving would be
S4.64 per ton.) The saving on
freight shipped to Fairbanks would
also be $4.64 per ton.
Taking $4.64 as a Jaasis we find
the saving per 100 pounds to be 23
and one-fifth cents. Thus, an An
chorage or Fairbanks merchant
.could save the consumer as much
' as 69 and three-fifths cents on a
300-pound refrigerator,
i If and when the port of Whittier
is opened to general commerce
j there will be the joh of keeping
i the port clear. Someone, either j
j through added freight rates or
1 hidden taxes, will have to pay the
j cost of snow removal at Whittiei,
precipitation records for which are
among the highest in the Territory.']
Who but our northern neighbors i
could better know the cost of
such a project?
| The fact that our largest ship
, ping concerns favor the port of
Seward will, undoubtedly have
some bearing on the situation. On
commercial company with a large
investment here is increasing it1
handling facilities. This one com
pany pays The Alaska Railroad 'r
the neighborhood of a quarter-mil
lion dollars a year for hauling it
products, a goodly portion of which
j are hauled no farther than Anchor
age.
Another fact to be considered ir
that as long as Alaska is a terri
tory and its status as a strategic
military area remains unchanged.
. the United States Army is going to
have a big hand in any develop- .
j j
ments. It seems hardly sensible o’
feasible to expect our government
! to “put all its eggs in one basket."
Let’s not cut off our nose to spite
our face, just for the sake of maybe
saving 70 cents on the purcahse of
a $400 refrigerator. i
In Your Interest
WILLIAM GREEN,
President, American Fed
cration of Labor, says:
“The practice of thrift
on the part of individu
als is a virtue which should be con
stantly emphasized and a policy
which should be collectively and
individually followed by working
men and women everywhere. Those
who practice thrift will be the di
rect beneficiaries of the pursuit of
such a policy. Our democratic form
of Government will be strengthened
and perpetuated through assistance
extended it by those who invest in
U. S. Savings Bonds.”
U. S. Treasury Department
Anton Holmboe, a Danish postal
c.loik, is credited with inventing
Ciiii.'dtnas seals as a means of get
tiny money to fight tuberculosis.
The cor e^t way to lift a puppy
is to put one hand under his chest,
holding his front paws at the same
time, while placing the other hand
under the hind quarters as the
weight is lifted.
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ON THE BAU.OT in the October 12 election there will he a referendum on "the nractiee of fishing by means of trapa
should be continued or.should be abolished.
permanently injure the Territory of Alaska.
SALMON
JOBS FOR ALASKANS
Everybody in the salmon industry wishes it could be a 12-month industry, em
ploying only Alaskans. But nobody can change a salmon’s habits or the weather. So,
only about 10,000 of the 20,000 people employed for a few months are Alaska resi
dents. The chief reason why ALL 20,000 employees are not residents is because there
are too few Alaskans available for the short season salmon are running.
But the ONE phase of salmon fishing which does lengthen the working season
is trap fishing.
To abolish traps, we believe, would amount to confiscation and would
TRAPS MAKE
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Alaskan industries which supply and maintain traps such as logging, manu
facture of wire netting, repair of tender and rigging scows, diving work and charters,
including patrol boat operations, are busy six to nine months of year employing
thousands of Alaska residents•
Confiscate traps and you shorten the working season and hurt Alaska indus
tries and residents of the territory who work in these industries.
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Moreover, confiscation of traps would mean the cutting off of the steady sup
ply of salmon to canneries. Many of these canneries would be forced to close, throw
ing more residents out of jobs.
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1 Vote on October 12 to keep Alaskans working.
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COMMITTEE OF ALASKA TRAP OPERATORS
VOTE TO CONTINUE SALMON TRAPS!
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