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COURTS OF INJUSTICE
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A contemporary heads a re
cent murder trial “Much Evi
dence Barred Out.” The pris
oner in this instance was ad
judged guilty by the jury.
The government introduced
evidence to show that hair (one
hair) in the hand of the mur
dered was similar to that of the
nair of the prisoner at the bar.
. .“Immediately after the session
was. resumed,. Judge Harding
told the jury that he wished to
clarify his. former, instructions;
to them regarding the matter j
of hair.. Some parts of that tes- j
timony were entitled to be en
tered. as evidence, and to. be
considered by them as such..*.*
They weer cautioned to. disre
gard and not to speculate upon
j^ny other points in this testi
mony.” .
We have no quarrel with the
instructions of the judge but we
(an not but believe where the
life of a man is at stake, he is
entitled to present every shred
of evidence that will disprove
the charge. That the duty of
the government attorney is not
to convict in order to make a
record, but to establish justice—
ti e guilt or innocence of the ac
cused.
Throughout the entire coun
try our trial system is falling in
to disrepute just because of the
fact that justice is too oft times
aborted to satisfy the petty, pic
ayunish egotistical pride of the
attorneys.
Albert B. Fall was sentenced
to pay a fine of $100,000 and one
year in penitentiary to serve for
accepting and receiving a bribe
in the notorious Oil scandals of
ihe Harding administration. He
is appealing his case to the Su
preme Court Doheny, Sinclaire
and others charged with bribing
this unfortunate betrayer of the
trust of his fellow citizens, are
walking the streets acquitted of
bribing Fall. How can he be
guilty of accepting a bribe from
these same men who have been
acquitted of giving him that
bribe? Verily justice is not on
■y blind in the United States,
but it is cockeyed and prejudic
ed and the scales of justice are
gummed by men who should, in
many instances, themselves put
a few years behind the bars in
contemplation of their own be-j
trayal of their offices for sel-j
flsh interests.
GOOD AS FAR AS IT GOES
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“I believe in the United States
of America as a government of
ihe people, by the people, for
Ihe people; whose just powers
are derived from the consent of
the governed; a democracy in a
republic; a sovereign nation of
many sovereign States; a per
fect union, one and .inseparable;
established upon those principles
of equality, freedom, justice and
humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives
and fortunes. I therefore be
lieve it is my duty to my coun
”” love it, to support its con
stitution, to obey its laws, to re
spect its flag, and to defend it
against all enemies.”
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TROLLER’S TAX *
KETCHIKAN
It is not long since that we
queried the legislators as to
what they were going to do
about the tax on non-resident
trollers. We even intimated
that they did not have brains
of sufficient capacity to handle
the subject. So far, nothing ha?
been done about it, and further
more nothing can be done this
session about it, unless it is by
unanimous consent.
Those resident trollers who
voted out Peter Somer and Wil-j
liam Paul have not found any|
others to take an aggressive po-(
sitlon in the matter. To secure j
competent legislation for the(
fisheries you cannot turn to the
lawyer or newreporters unfamil-!
Lar with the real conditions in j
the industry. The needs of the
hshermen can beat be presented
by men who have worked under
'lie laws and regulations of the
industry.
MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS
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The Community Property law
proposed in the legislature met
.ome heavy reverses when Re
presentatives Boyle and Ziegler
tacked on some peculiar amend
ments. Ziegler who has had
experiences in the stormy wat
ers of matrimony proposed that
benefits of owning property
shall not benefit those who are
separated without divorce but
they may benefit if the parties
agree once again upon matri
monial waters—provided either
or both parties signify approv
al; another amendment provid
ed that parties concerned shall
elect whether or not the law is
to govern in their case; Boyle
wished to incorporate trap sites
as property rights. These pro
posals met with vigorous opposi
tion from the Women’s League
Getting into the Senate the
bill was amended to discard the
amendments and then the Sen
ate by a vote of 5-2 killed the
oill.
Under the present laws, Friend
Husband says to his Frau.
“What’s yours is mine; what’.'
mine, is mine.” That is the way
the majority under the leader
ship of Senator Dimond would
have it.
It will be well for the women
to remember the ticket support
ed by this publication favored
a fair, equitable law for women
as well as men. Many were
bunked into voting for the men
who now make it their pleasure
to laugh at the wishes of the
women.
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TRAP FISH
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United States salmon traps
and purse seiners in Puge*
Sound captured 78 per cent of
the sockeye salmon headed for
the Fraser River spawning
grounds during the season of
^ 930.—Canadian Fisherman.
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HESS SALES TAX
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Watching closelv reaction of the
Alaska editors to the proposed
gasoline and merchandise tax
introduced by Senator Hess, we
fail to find a single supporter of
the measure. There is little
doubt that the legislators will
pass it for it will mean just so
many political funerals.
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HELPING THE CANNING
INDUSTRY
The tax on fibre boxes was of
fered in the Legislature as a so -
lution to assist the lumber mills
out of their sloughs of despon
dency. The differential in trans
portation as between the two
containers—Alaska wood and
Washington fibre boxes—is ap-!
nroximately 12 cents. Which is
fhe fat that is pocketed by the!
brokers.
For several years, one of our
fading politicians stumped th'n
country talking transportation
costs and freight rates. It ap
pears that +his is the most op
portune time to bring alive this
all-important subject. Perhaps
some of our brainy legislators
will be a Moses to lead the chil
dren of Alaska out of the wil
derness of economic distress. It
appears to be their move.
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RABBI WISE HITS RACE
PREJUDICE
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Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New
York, recently in a sermon at
the Free Synagogue, urged a
speedy end of racial discrimina
tion which he said, bars many
young Jews from a means of liv
lihood. He warned, “If tens of
thousands of young Jews are
denied the right to enter lawful i
occupations they will be forced ij
into lawlessness to gain a liveli 1
■iood. This will be tragic to so- 1
ciety and will be infinitely more i
tregie to us as Jews.” i
His sermon was based upon >
Reywood Broun’s book, “Chris -;!
tians Only,” which he said, is ‘
mved only by “casualness” from 1
ocing a “most tragic indictment <
of American civilization.” v]
Dr. Wise deplored particular •
;y difficulties confronting Jewish
students in the field of medi- ^
cine.
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PRINCE RUPERT LANDINGS <
SUFFER AS KETCHIKAN GETS |
MAIN CATCH
With many Canadian boats ;
landing their first catches of the 3
season at Prince Rupert for the '
week of March 21-27 totalled !
279,800 pounds. This was still'
a good deal lower than normal
as there was only 45,000 pounds
of American fish landed during
• he week. Total landings for
;he season up to and including!
March 27 amounted to only
457,840 pounds as against 1,-|
056,200 pounds at a similar date^
last year. 1
In view of the fact that the'
United Pacific Fisheries, which
so far has handled all the hali
but that has been landed at
the port of Prince Rupert, is ;
paying 10c and 7c, the same
down price as is being paid in ,
Prince Rupert, for halibut in j
Ketchikan, doubts are expressed |
as to whether much American J
halibut will come into Prince ,
Rupert at all under the present j
arrangement. Certainly there
would seem to be no good rea- i
son for the American boats to
bring their catches here to re
ceive no more than they would
at Ketchikan.
Of course, the Seattle fleet. ;
has only just got to work follow
ing the settlement of the dis
pute between boat owners and
fishermen as to boat’s share. A
few weeks will have to elapse
before it can be ascertained just
what effect the new marketing
arrangement will have upon the
volume of landings at this port,
[it should not be long, either,
before returns are available on
shipments of fish that have al
ready been made co-operatively
so as the fishermen will have
some idea whether or not they
are better off under the new
marketing scheme.
Probably the most important
development in the situation'
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luring the week in question was
i conference between the old
ish buyers and boat owners on
he matter of marketing. While
10 definite announcement was
nade after the conference, the
neeting was seen by some as a
jossible first step toward the re
umption of competitive fish
mying at Prince Rupert under
he former system.—Canadian
fisherman.
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The shrimp pickers will be
jack on the job.
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Jack King will build a new
residence along the Scow Bay
road this spring.
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John Kolstrand will have a
Harris Type C carbide generator
when the Norco arrives in port
Saturday. He will manufacture
uis own acetylene gas at one
third the cost of shipping it up
in steel containers.
Mrs. Ole Husvik gave a card
party last Wednesday evening.
Three tables were used and priz
es were won by Mrs. Martin
Enge and Mrs. Peder Lund.
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MAY IOtk
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But she can’t possibly get a photo of you unless you send
it. So come in, “see the birdie”-then watch
Mother smile when you make the
presentation.
Arrange a sitting NOW and be ready for
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Look over the samples in our windows. Prices to
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The Open Forum
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April 17, 1931
hditor The ALASKAN:
!L)ear Sir:
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One word about poverty and
j plenty. T me it seems like
jpoverty and profligates, which
are made by Greed is America’s
curse. If we fight Greed instead;
of fighting any class ot people,
v/e will make better progress. I
The ysay ambition, intolerance
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and ignorance will destroy a na
tion. If we take close observa
tion, we will sec that Greed
breeds all three—ambition, ig
norance and intolerance.
Greed produces paupers and
multimillionaires which is un
just and unrighteous and di
rectly against all of God’s teach
ings and causes nations to be
cast into Hell.
Respectfully,
S. Rons.
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