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The bill introduced by dele
gate Wicker-sham and providing
for full Territorial Government
for Alaska should he read with
e ire by everyone interested in
Alaska. The measure is framed
on the same basis as that under
which Arizona, New Mexico and
the other western territories
were admitted.
Tire platform of the Demo
cratic party in express terms,
promises to support the princi
pals set forth in >h s m risure.
Mr. Wilson, in his message to
Congress of Dec. 2, 1013. uses
lire following words: “A duty
faces us with regard to Alaska,
which seems to me very press
ing and very imperati ve: perhaps
I should say a double duty, for
it concerns both the political and j
nr iter a! development of the ter
ntoiy. ine people ol Alaska;
should be given the lull Terri- j
to rial iorm ol government, and
Alaska, as a storehouse, should
be unlocked.” I
Mr. Wiekersham’s bill w*s re
ferred by the Secretary of Com- j
merce and Labor, Mr. Redfield, i
to the Committee on Fisheries: |
The only reason l'or a reference ‘
to this committee seems to have;
been that there was a provision
in the bill providing that tlru peo
ple of Alaska, through the legis
lature, should have a right to leg-;
islate over the tisli and fisheries i
of Alaska. Inasmuch as the can
nery trust is well satisfied with
the intinitesmal tax levied by the
United States Congress against
them, the report of the commit
tee on Fisheries, was unfavor
able, as a matter of course.
The strangle hold of the trust
on tlie fisheries of Alaska is bet
ter known and appreciated by lo
cal men than by the Washington
buivauoeraey. We know that
the canneries are violating the
laws regarding fish hatcheries
daily; that under the present
system, it is only a matter of
time when this eource of untold
wealth to us and to posterity,
will become nil. And yet, the
committee in its report states,
“the taking over of the fisheries
of Alaska by the Territory -would
undoubtedly mean the appoint
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ment of local men to enforce tic
law and administer all the duties
pertaining to the industry. It
has been thought by some that
the appointment of men who are
more or less identified and link
ed with local interests is not as
conductive to impartial handling
of the situation as is the case
when men are brought in from
the outside.” What jokers these
federal wiseacres are. The peo
ple of Alaska, pioneers, pathfind
ers, men of virility and stamina
whose senses have been timed to
the highest pitch by an unceas
ing fight against adverse condi
tions in the struggle for exist
ence where the weak and unfit
have been compelled to step a
side and only the strong and al
ert have survived, are not com
petent to catch the men who are
robbing our children of their
birthright in their despicable
thievery, but must depend on
some weakling from the east or
south who obtains his job by re
ason of the fact that an uncle of
his controlled the vote in the ten
derloin of some city or whose
father ran a country newspaper
in Georgia.
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and have cut prices to such extent that it is going fast.
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