IV.ORE SALMON COMPETITION
The Russians are going into
Thc production of commodities
on a large scale. They are em
ploying experts, scientists and
scientific methods to purchase
commodities on a scale that will
surpass anything that any na
tion has attempted in the past.
They are building large cities
where will be built automobile
from its smallest to its largest
oarts, completely assembled; it
s going into the production of
wheat and other grains in a
manner that makes the agricul
tural world tremble; its first
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and several other famous stars in a domestic comedy drama
which is reviewed as being highly hilarious.
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3 and 12
showing of lumber cutting and
delivery of the finished products
produced a wail in the United
States that reverberated from
one end of the land to the other.
Now the American canner is
“Ilit by Russ Competition” ac
cording to a Seattle papef and
all of which means it will have
its effect upon production of
salmon in Alaska. Says the story
in the metropolitan paper: “The
Seattle banker-.canne'' points
out that the Russian competi
tion in world markets had been
felt most in selling pinks and
chums. The higher grade of reds
have not been subjected to such
sharp pressure as yet, he de
clares, but even in this field
there has been a certain amount
of competition which has cut in
to the business formerly enjoyed
by American producers.
"In time, the situation pro
bably will adjust itself in one
way or another. For the present
we confront the fact that the
American market is the only
one which we can depend on. Tr
pile a big pack on too of the
supply now existing, with a cer
tainty that it would sell below
production cost, would be de
cidedly poor business.” So de
clares Mr. Calvert of Seattle.
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During the past week pint
salmon were being quoted at 8C
cents per dozen with no takers
During the early 1900’s up tr
1915, pink salmon were quoted ar
average from 67 cents to 75 cente
per dozen with the fresh pur
chased at from one-half tr
one cent per salmon and
an average of 17 to 24 the case
This year the salmon in the raw
cost the packers from 9 to 17
cents per salmon. It is thereforr
apparent to everyone interested
in this business that further
production on the already glut
ted market would be not only
foolish but an invitation for
further disaster.
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COOLIDGE ON BLOCS
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Calvin Coolidge through a na
tional newspaper syndicate says:
“Control of Congress by various
“blocs” is opposed to our system
cf representative government—
especially democratic “blocs.”
Some smart alec writers refer to
*he leader of a “bloc” as a “bloc
head.” But such flippancy should
be discouraged by sober-minded
men. ‘Tis naught but “the loud
laugh that spake the vacant
mind. (Oliver Goldsmith.) Coali
tions of Democratic and Progres
sive congressmen are especially
dangerous, because they threat
en the supremacy of Republican
leadership. This is an intolerably
thought. But it cannot last.
Whom the gods would destroy,
they first make mad. Rolling
stones gather no moss. There is
only one cure for the situation.
Get behind the best candidates.
These are inevitably members of
the Republican party. This is a
neculiarity of our system of gov
ernment. United we stand, divi
ded we fall. Many a mickle
makes a muckle.”
Naturally coalitions of pro
gressive Democrats and progres
sive Republicans are of special
danger to the leadership of the
conservative “bloc” of either the
i Democratic or Republican party.
I Control of Congress by the con
servative Republican party is
control of that function of our
government by a “bloc” which
becomes a dangerous control
j when it is allowed its way unop
posed. Continued domination by
the conservative element—eith
er Democratic or Republican—
is not good government. Too long
in power any party become cal
loused to the need and demands
of the electorate. Too soon do
men become drunk with power
and too soon do thev become
subservient to the wishes of the
money-bags of the country. The
“blocs” be they Democrats or
Republican with progressive
ideas force changes of govern
ment and their ideals tend to
ward better government and
their ideals force investigations
without which such as the oil
scandals would never have be
come public and in the end
would there have been greatei
betrayal of trust imposed in the
hands of a few men.
FISHERMEN ASK SUPPORT
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The halibut fishermen through
their organization, the Fishing
Vessel Owners’ Association has
gone on record as opposing the
ratification of the Fish Treaty
with Canada which would give
Canadian fishermen equal re
presentation with American
fishermen. They are opposed to
the idea of the commission tell
ing them where, when and how
they might fish. They feel that
the closing of the season the
first two weeks of November is
a discrimination against Ameri
can fishermen which only means
curtailment of production and
a lesser earning power. The pow
er placed in the hands of this
?ommission, it is further believ
'd, is too autocratic and too
broad and will thereby create
situations in that industry as
jnave arisen in the salmon in
dustry where one man is Lord of
ill Alaska.
However, there is much to be
■aid on both sides. Curtailment
Df production there must be
fise in another ten years many
)f these voicing objections now
will have no opportunity to fish
hen. Perhaps it might be well
■or the halibut men themselves
o get together to offer a pro
rram whereby the halibut may
)e conserved.
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>EACE AND GOOD WILL
ON EARTH
The millenium of peace and
>ood will on earth certainly
nissed Washington, D. C., dur
ng the Christmas tide. A battle
oyal between the Progressive
tepublican and the “stand-pat
ers” raged with the result that
he Republicans may lose con
rol of the House and Senate in
the next Congress.
Solicitor Russel and Chief Ac
ountant King of the Federal
-ower Commission were removed
rom office by that body. The
friends of these two men charg
ed that the Commission is mak
ing effort to turn the nation’s
ower resources over to the Pow
?r Trust.
Chairman Legge of the Farm
loard and John Simpson of the
Farmers’ Union of Oklahoma,
"Senator Elmer Thomas and
others had a clash wherein
Simpson and Thomas charge
that Legge admitted that the
Farm Board was holding down
he price of wheat and cotton.
Legge called his opponents “un
mitigated liars.”
President Hoover’s relief pro
gram called for an expenditure
of $700,000,000 for construction
work during this year but the
Democrats and Progressive de
clare that this “inadequate.”
The charge of scandal in oil
'eases made by Kelly and em
ployee of the Land Office was
aired and the Senate promises
an investigation. Blaine of Wis
consin with his committee is
probing Post Office leases and he
declares that the government
stands to lose $150,000,000 in ex
cess rentals during the next ten
years.
All of which sent “peace and
good will” kiting along the poli
tical highways looking for a bet
ter landing field than was pre
sented in Washington.
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APPLY THIS TO
ALASKA SITUATION
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A committee organized to al
leviate unemployment in Wash
ington, D. C., set forth in one
paragraph a situation that
should be studied in order to un
derstand the situation of the
resident fishermen in Alaska,
The paragraph follows:
“The committee believes that
it is not enough that wages and
consumption standards shall
keep pace with actual produc
! tion but that standards of living
, shall keep pace with the capa
: city of society to produce, so that
production may not outrur
purchasing power and thus
create a system of mass under
I consumption where many ar<
i still inadequately housed, mean
ly clothed and undernourished.’
Alaska Fisheries Support 29,28!
Persons engaged in the Alasks
fisheries in, 1929 numbered 29,
i' 283; according to the officia
! government records. Of - thi
number 13,216 were in South- j
eastern Alaska, 7,776 in Central;
Alaska and 8,291 in Western ‘
Alaska.
It is rather significant that of!
the persons employed in the
Alaska fisheries 5,365 or 18
per cent were Alaska natives.
This figure pertains to Indians
exclusively, and does not include |
the large percentage of Alaskan
residents of other races who
make their living from the fish- '
eries.
Of the total number of 29,283
engaged in the fisheries, salmon
canning provides occupation for
24, 271. i
It might be interesting if the
tabulator, of the above figures
published in the Pacific Fisher-,
man, would indicate what the J
per ' capita earnings of the na- ;
tives was. It is certain that a '
satisfied laborer does not raise
a lot of fuss over his existing
conditions but the laborer who
is underclothed and underfed—1
be he red, white or black—will
"oon let the world know of the
abuse he is undergoing. j
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TWO CHRISTMAS PARTIES
In Danville, Va., two outstand
ing Christmas parties marked
the recent holidays. One was for
the stockholders in the big cot
ton mills and the other was for
"he workers of those corporations
The Riverside and the Dan
Raver Cotton mills employ 4,000;
textile workers. These men have j
been on strike for three months
against wage cuts and for union;
recognition.
The company gave its stock-'
holders a Christmas present in!
the form of their usual $250,000
semi-annual dividend.
The United Textile Workers,
held a Christmas party for the!
7,000 Children of the strikers, j
Each youngster receiving two j
small toys and an orange as they 1
, filed past the union’s Santa!
Claus.
PAGE YOUR INDIAN DOCTOR j
Over in Saskatoon, Sask., last
week, Henry Gladstone, claim
ing to have psychic powers fo
cused his mind-reading ability
on the murder of one James Ma
Lachlan, a farmer, and furnish
ed information that aided police
in finding the body and securing
i a confession of murder from I
John Schumacher.
Gladston told the police that a
man had been killed after a fight
in a barn and that his body was
buried near a well. Schumacher
was grilled along these lines and
soon confessed the crime leading
the officers to the spot where
the body had been buried.
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HERE’S A CURIOS ONE
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In Vincennes, Ind.. recently a
housewife opened an egg while
cooking breakfast. This in it
self is not curious, but when the
housewife dropped the egg into
the pan instead of the yolk drop
ping a smaller egg about the
size of a quail’s egg dropped in
to the skillet.
LYNCHINGS LAID TO—
PROVERTY
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A national commission study
ing the causes of mob violence
declares that proverty and lack
of education are responsible for
;the lynchings. “Where many
men are living, year after year,
ion the fringe of heartbreak and
j hunger, they accumulate a for
midable mass of internal emo
tional tensions demanding satis
i faction. Furthermore in the ma
! iority of studies thus far com
pleted the communities in which
Ithe lynchings occured had less
than six months’ school terms.”
This national commission study
ing the causes of lynching made
public its report from New York
last week.
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A Chicago preacher preaches
. by day and at night he enforces
his preachments. He is a city
■ cop. “Do as I say” has ever
! been the doctrine of man..
-1 To me the Bible proves its
[ worth by the fact it. makes him
5] who obeys it more worthwhile.
H. E. Cawthon, Manager
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