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Washington Newsletter
By Will A, Steel
Mrs. R. W. Ferguson, of Fair
banks, accompanied by her
young daughter, spent a few
days in Washington last week
with her friend Miss Henrietta
A. Mirick, who taught school in
Fairbanks ten years ago. Mrs,
Ferguson is enjoying her first
trip out from the north in the
past 30 years, and went to Cali -
fornia with her daughter who
was seriously ill, but who has al
most fully recovered and will
return with her mother to Fair
banks in the Spring.
The Postoffice Department has
suggested to the Delegate that
he submit the name of a suitable
person to serve as Postmaster at
Wrangell, the advanced age of
the present incumbent making
him ineligible for the office. The
name of B. Y. Grant, a young
and capable man who was high -
ly recommended by the patrons
of the office, has been submitted
and it is expected that he will
shortly receive the appointment.
Applications have been received
for the reestablishment of post
offices at Ugashik, Aniak and
Woodchopper. The Department
is looking into the necessity for
offices at these locations.
In answer to a request made
by the Delegate he has been ad -
vised by the Postmaster General
that an investigation has been
made as to the desirability of
having the mail service to Dill
ingham carried from Anchorage
instead of from Kanatak. The
change of base is practicable and
the contractor, the Alaskan Air
ways, Inc., has been granted
permission to provide the ser
vice from Anchorage, effective
November 1.
Major Malcolm Elliott, presi
dent of the Alaska Road Com
mission, arrived in Washington
.this week and expects to remain
| two months or longer. He will
[assist in the effort to have the
[Bureau of the Budget accept for
[the fiscal year of 1932 the same
[appropriation of $300,000 that'
was accorded the Commission
for the present year. Roads and
tiails aie very essential to the
further development of the Ter
ritory and the War Department
will have the cordial assistance
of Delegate Wickersham in try
ing to secure from the Budget
and Congress the appropriation
that is necessary for the Com
mission to carry out its program
for the coming year. Major El
iliott, as a member of the joint
|u. S. and Canadian Internation
al Highway Commission, attend
ed a meeting of the Commission
at Victoria on Oct. 19th, and was
'greatly encouraged because of
| the generally expressed opinion
that the route from Hazelton
British Columbia, to Fairbanks
was feasible and economically
advantageous. It is expected that
j another meeting of the joint
Commission will be held in
Washington early in January
next.
j Some people interested in ef
[ficient work in the Territoria1
Legislature have written the
Delegate saying that it is
doubtful whether competent as
sistance can be secured in the
[next session unless the per diem
' compensation of the Secretary
1 of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of
the House, and their chief as
sistants, is increased. At present
the compensation is but $8 and
$5 per day.
Word comes from Alaska that
! Judge G. J. Lomen is a passenger
on the last steamer trip from
Nome and that he will not return
to his northern Judicial duties,
as he is not a candidate for re
appointment. He had been re
appointed last winter but his
nomination was not acted upon
by the U. S. Senate.
| Carl Lottsfeldt, superintendent
for the Alaska Road Commission
with headquarters at Tacotna,
has been suspended from service
and his resignation asked for.
I He denies that there is sufficient
cause for this action and asks
! for an opportunity to refute the
charges that have been made
against him, which has been
granted by the Commission.
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Delegate Wickersham “sat in”
on Oct. 28 at the hearing before
tiie Tariff commission, which is
investigating the copper mining
industry to determine such facts
as may be relevant to the de
sirability of placing a tariff on
copper.
The Delegate has received a
copy of a letter written by Col.
O. F. Ohlson, general manager ol
ihe Alaska Railroad, in renly co
criticism of fur ranchers, par
ticularly with reference to ship
ments of live foxes by express
rather than- by freight, over the
| Railroad. Among other things
Col. Ohlson states:
“The Railroad came to the
conclusion that it was inadvis
able to accept the responsibility
of handling live foxes, mink and
ether valuable fur-bearing ani
mals as freight, owing to the
careful handling they require
and the high valuations placed
upon them by the shippers. As
such live animals when shipped
are usually intended for breeding
purposes, the owners value them
af prices considerably higher
than could be obtained for them
otherwise.
“As to the express rates, alleg -
ed to be seme 750 per cent high
er than freight, it may be stated
that the express rate on ship
ments of this character is lower
or but little more than the
freight rate would be, as the
following statement will illus
trate.
‘•The allegation tb&t the re
fusal to accept live foxes for
freight shipment has caused
rriany ranchers to pelt their
animals, close their ranches and
sfar.t new where no such drastic
rules are in force, is believed to
be without merit.”
In reply to an inquiry as to
whether or not a change should
be made from the present prac
tice of shipment the General
Manager states that it would be
inadvisable to make a change
from express to freight shipment
of fur-bearing animals.
The Grand Jury at Anchorage
recently submitted a report
showing the imperative need for
a new Federal building at that
town. The Chamber of Com
merce last week wired Delegate
Wickersham, asking for his help
in the matter and inquiring
whether the building is to be in
| eluded in the proposed budget to
be submitted to Congress at the
approahing session. After a visit
to the Treasury Department the
Delegate wared that $400,000 had
been agreed upon and allocated
as necessary for the Anchorage
building under the public build
ngs program authorized by Con
gress, and that the Anchorage
building is part of the one hun
dred and fifty-four million dol
lar allocated projects that Con
gress is expected to make appro
priation for at the coming
-ession. It might also be stated
"hat among the allocated pro
jects is one for Ketchikan, to
cost $400,000. The money for the
$450,000 Fairbanks Federal
building has been appropriated
and is available, advertising for
construction bids to be made in
January. All three buildings are
endorsed by the Department of
Justice.
The Bureau of Fisheries con
cedes that the Alaska salmon
industry has not been affected
by the general business depres
sion that seems to be prevalent
over the world. A tentative esti
mate of the pack for the 1931
season to Sept. 1 shows that the
total to that date was 5,335,461 -
cases, as against 4,839,500 case
in 1930 to Aug. 31 and 5,032,236
for the entire season of 1930.
It is of interest to note that
the output of red salmon in 1931
is almost double that of the pre
ceeding year and also shows a
fair increase over the average
for the 5-year period. This was
due primarily to the splendid,
runs in the important Bristol
Bay region, particularly on the
east side of the bay, where there
were good runs and escapments
in 1926, the brood year for a
large proportion of this season’s
fish. Excellent runs of pin a salm
on entered the waters of south
eastern Alaska, with the result
that despite curtailment opera
tions the production of this
species was well above the aver
age for recent years, although
it was substantially less than the
1930 output.
Comparing the preliminary
figures for 1931 with the average
for the 5-year period from 1326
to 1930, by districts, both south
eastern and western Alaska
show gains of approximately 6
per cent, while for central Alas
ka there is a decline of 11 per
cent. It'has later been estimated
that the total Alaska pack for
the 1931 season will be 5,440,000
which will include 1,680,
000 cases of Reds, 3,000,709 Pinks,
540,024 Chums, 170,000 Cohoes,
and 52,672 Kings.
Skins of fur-bearing land ani
mals to the number of 494,547
and valued at $2,128,148, were
exported from Alaska in 1930, a
report from the Alaska Game
Commission to the Biological
Survey, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, shows. This is $2,
385,715 less than the value of
the 1929 shipments, although
197,245 more pelts were exported.
The smaller return for 1930 re
sulted from a general decline in
the market value of individual
furs. The report is based on the
companies or. with postmasters
handling the shipments, who in
turn must forward them to the
illaska Game Commission.
The Delegate is endeavoring
to have the Geologial Survey
undertake the mapping of Ko
diak Island, in the belief that it
<vOuld lead to valuable mineral
development. Director Menden
hall states that this is one of
the projents that Philip S. j
Smith, Chief Alaskan Geologist,'
has urged and is one of several!
projects now under considera
tion for the next field season.
But in the absence of informa
tion as to funds and personnel
available for next season noth
ing definite can now be decided
on, altho it is gratifying to know
that it is the intention of the
Survey to map Kodiak Island as
soon as conditions will permit. ,
RAISES WAGES TO AID
RETURN OF PROSPERITY
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Everybody believes that the
way to restore prosperity is to in
crease the purchasing power of
wokers, but very few persons arc
doing anything about it.
An exception is Charles G.
Robin, president of the Robin
Lighting Fixtures Company of
New York, a contracting concern
who takes the position that
something more than lip service
to a sound economic principle is
needed to .get the nation on an
even keel.
Mr. Robin has announced that'
every employee will be given aiij
increase of $1 a day above the
union wage scale under which
his company has been operating.
The Robin company maintains
the five-day week and has an
agreement with the Internation
al Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers.
“I think the epidemic of wage
cutting has had a bad effect on
general economic conditions,”
Mr. Robin declared.
“The way out of the depres
sion lies in promoting consumer
purchasing power.”
Of course, Mr. Robin does not
pretend to claim that his indi
vidual action will lift the clouds
of depression and bring back
prosperity. He does insist, how
ever, that he has set an example
which, if followed by employers
generally, would make short
shrift of the “hard times”—and
in taking that view he has the
support of practically all econo
mists. —Exchange.
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There is but one answer to the
nresent situation—trim the over
head and don’t sell without pro-^
fit.—Colorado Editor.
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