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LOCKING THE DOOR AFTER
LOSING THE HORSE
Juneau Empire
The literacy bill that passed the
United States House of Representa
tives, with the amendment provid
ing that it shall not affect those who
qualified by voting at the last gen
eral election in the Territory, is a
lot like locking the stable after the
horse had been stolen. Hundreds of
illiterates voted in the First Division
at the last election—enough to elect
the Indian legislative ticket.
However, if the measure is the
best that can be secured from Con
gress it is better than no legislation.
The danger with it is that its ac
ceptance, if it should be passed by
the Senate and approved b ythe Pres
ident in its present form, would be
tha*- it would preclude the possibility
of getting a genuine literacy test
measure at a later date.
It looks as if the barn door were
not only shut and locked but that
ihe would be lockers of the door got
shoved into the stable and were
themselves locked in.
The bill as passed by Congress
is practically the same bill as was
passed by the last legislature thru
the help of men in favor of the plan
of the Empire to disenfranchise the
vote they could no longer control.
It will be remembered in the Sulzer
Wickersham contests that this same
"illiterate” vote was used and de
fended by Sulzer and his "friends.”
That so long as these votes were
friendly to the interests of Troy and
his bunch of non-“professional” poli
ticians, it was perfectly alright that
said vote should be cast. When
the “illiterate” vote awakened to
the fact that they were being made
a political football and without re
compense of fair -legisaltion, they
left the protecting arms of Clallam
Johnny, Stroller White and others
of their type of politicians, and went
on their own. ✓
The Indian electorate has no com
plaint to offer anent t he law as
passed this week. The Empire should
have none for they urged the pass
age of the New York and they have
11 in abreviated form and not as
broad specifically speaking. But
having gotten what it set its heart
most on, the Alaskan hopes that it
wil] now hold its peace.
Ouaged by the Joker in the liter
acy test bill, either the framers of
the measure feared being barred at
the polls or there was asuper-illiter
erate in the woodpile somewhere.
Anchorage Times.
The nigger-in-the-woodpile was
too evident to the lawmakers in
Washington to permit it to go thru
as the Alaska packers' attorney had
it written. In the Solid South from
whence sprung Clallam Johnny and
the white Stroller, the disen
franchisement of the negro was to
k^ep the Carpet Bagger out. They
tried to have a literacy measure
passed for Alaska that would keep
the carpet baggers in. Didn't work,
what.
CALLING NAMES
Not long since the Empire had an
editorial decrying the use of the
the term “Bankers Ticket.” We
note it still says “Indian ticket”
"which reminds us of a bully who in
sisted on making the rules of the
game and yelling “cheat” everytime
he got beat under his own rules.
Johhny Clallam evidently has forgot
ten the story of the Echo.
SCARING AWAY INDUSTRY
THROUGH HIGH TAXES
Every time that any talk of effort
to make a more fair distribution of
taxes the Fog Horns for the present
system whine that the pulp industry
they have been mid-wifing these
many moons may be abortioned and
added industry and taxes lost to the
Territory.
They do not advertise the fact one
iota that the tax on red salmon,
p nks and cohos in the state of Wash
ington is 1-2 cent per pound. Going
into simple mathematics we find
that the figures per case are as fol
lows: 40 cents for reds; for pinks
and for cohos.
The basic tax on reds in Alaska
is 10 cents; pinks, 4 1-2 cents; co
hos, 4 1-2 cents.
Oregon has a basic tax of 42 1-2
cents per case —difference of 32
1-2 cents per case that canning com
panies are willing to pay for the hot
ler summer climate—certainly not
for quality of fish.
The Premier Mine, that big Brit
art,ish mine ht Stewart, B. C., pays
an annual tax of $400,000 on their
net earnings of $1,500,000.
The Kennecott, the big Alaska
mine, with a net income of nearly
$7,000,000 for 1926 will pay les3
than $70,000. Perhaps it is because
copper is so much cheaper than
gold that their is such a difference
in these taxes.
Alaska fish traps numbering 674
in 1926 pay $200. per trap regard
less of the quantity or value of fish
caught. When fish traps are per
mitted in British Columbia, the tax
u $500. for the license,plus 1-2 cent
•’or ea?>h fish caught thereby. Based
on this same basis, if the average
U’ap in Alaska, catching 50,000
fish, were taxed, they would pay
ro the Territory $750. each.
The System and their Fog Horns
and political pewees don’t want a
fair system of taxation; they want
Alaskan to pay them for the prostitu
tion the resgurces of Alaska.
GERMANY CENSORS READING
Germany is establishing boards of
censorship throughout the Reich for
the purpose of protecting young per
sons from indecent literaturs. These
boards are authorized, to place any
look on the forbidden list, except
books of poiltical, social, religious,
ethical or philosophical tendencies.
The law provides boards of cen
sorship in various parts of the coun
try to consist of nine members each,
two of whom shall be child-welfare
workers and two teachers.
These boards are given power to
place on forbidden list books which
they consider indecent, making offi
cial anouncement of the fact. Re
quests for banning a book may be
made by the central authorities of
tl » State or by the State Children’s
Bureaus. No book can be put on the
forbidden list for reasons listed as
a hove.
Books placed on forbidden list by
board of censors must not be sold
or advertised through the mails, or
in public places; and must not be giv
en free of charge to any person un
der 1 8 years of age. National or lo
cal authorities are required to see
JLhat no publication on this list is
made accessible to children and
joung persons.
NEED FOR SHELTER HARBOR
Every year the need for shelter
harbor at Seward to accomodate the
smaller littoral manifests itself.
Voday a fleet of halibut boats, driven
from the banks by a severe storm
raging on the North Pacific, are
clustered about the governmentdock,
where they may rub and chafe again
st each other until weather condi
tions will enable them again to set
sail for the offshore fishing banks,
While the wind is offshore, small
craft may find refuge in the harbor,
but when the winds are sweeping in
from the ocean they are little better
off than if they were laying-to on
the rolling ocean.
Epics have been written about the
f.shtrmen of Gloucester, Mass., and
their wonderful courage, but the 1
greatest is yet to be written of the
Vikings who “go down to the sea”
j in the North Pacific and battle Ntp
j une, Posideon and the remaindtr of
j the mythical ancient gods for a liv
lihood °n the halibut banks.
The halibut fishermen and others
who pioneer the waters of the North
Pacific have asked little in the way
of navigation aids, being willing to
chance many hazards rather than
yield the pride of their dangerous
calling. It would.seem only reason
aole that attenion olf the government
should be directed to the construc
tion of a breakwater affording a safe
haven for these brave craft.—Se
ward Gateway.
TARDY VETERANS WARNED
OF FINAL BENIFIT LIMITS
The following general circular,
self explanatory, has been issued
from the headquarters offices of the
Alaska railroad, over the signature
of Norman M. Lack, acting assistant
general manager:
The following has been received
from the regional manager, United
States Veterans’ bureau, dated
Washington, D. C, January 24, 1927,
on the subject of United States gov
oiment life insurance:
“Attention is invited to the fact
that after July 2, 1927, no further
applications for the reinstatement
oi or original applications for, this
government insurance will be accept
This insurance has all the advan
tages of old line companies; at the
same time being lower in cost than
auy of them, as no commisions are
paid and other overhead expenses
are provided for by congressional ap
propriations arid are not chargeable
against premiums on this insurance.
It therefore behooves every veteran
to reinstate or convert his insurance
before it is it late.
“In order that all ex-service men
and women may be informed as to
their rights and the limited time
within which they must act to secure
their full rights to the benefits and
protection of goverment insurance,
your active co-operation and assist
ance is solicited.
“You are requested to call the at
tention of all ex-service men and wo
men within your department to the
facts in this case and urge them to
.'ake immediate action so that all
lights and privileges may be pre
served to them, and to their benefici
aries.
“Government insurance is safe
insurance. It is our duty to urge
the veteran to act.
“Information of a detailed charac
ter, personal assistance and advice
on this insurance and in executing
application forms will be gladly
furnished any ex-service person ap
p.jving to the Personal Service Sub
division of the Veterans' Bereau,
INCLUDE INDIANS IN
IMMIGRATION ACT
A bill that would exclude North
American Indians from all provisions
of the Immigration Act of 19.24 has
been taken under consideraion by A
the House Committee on Immigra
tion and Naturalization.
There was considerable discussion
m committee as to the possible in
terpretation of the term “North Am
erican Indians.” Some members
iuaintained that the Indians of Mex
ico and perhaps some of the Indians
of Central America, might be legal
ly included as North American In
dians.
The committee will take up later
in executive session this amend
nent to the Act of 1924 providing
iliat “North American Indians, of
any and all classes, are hereby ex
cluded from the provisions of this
Act.”
Where are the fog horns of the
Juneau Empire and the Chronicle?
Boys, page the Juneau Chamber of
Non-Political Clubs and the Spokes
men of the “hindependent party.”
It will be /a calamity if a hawlf doz
en *or more Metlakatla Indians be
come eilgible to citizenship under
this law.
The Department of Labor reports
:;hat there are approximately 110,
000 deportable aliens in the prisons
and other institutions of the United
State*.
INFORMATION OF JOHN D.
• .WHITE IS WANTED
I An appeal has "been received by
ithe Governor’s office, Juneau, Alas
j ka, for assistance in locating John
D. White. This information is great
\y desired by his family. He is light
complexioned, about 5 feet 5 inches
in height and rather heavy. He is
ielieved to be somewhere in Alas
ka. Any information regarding Mr.
White should be sent to the Govern
or’s office.
DR. NELSON TO RETIRE
Dr. E. W. Nelson, Chief of he Bu
reau of Biological Survey of the De
partment of Agriculture, will lay
aown his executive responsibility on
the 9th of May. This has been so
arranged in order that Dr. Nelson
may devote his entire time to the
assembling of information he has
gathered and rdunding out his work
in the field of science.
At the same time the Department
annouces the appointment of Paul
G. Reddington, assistant chief of the
Forest Service to succeed Dr. Nelson.
•-V. Nelson relinquishes the position
at his own request and remains in
ibe Service as Senior Biologist.
Dr. S. Hall .Young is .writing a
i- w book dealing with the mission
v.ork in Alaska
GOVERNOR IS APPEALED
TO REGARDING THE SEAL
MENACE IN THIS VICINITY
L. A. Olsen, "chairman of the lo
?ai industries committee of the
Wrangell Commercial Club this
week sent a petition to Gov. George
A Parks, regarding the seal men
ace in this vicinity. The petition
was signed by O. D. Leet, C. C.
Mundy and about thirty practical
fisherman. The petition was worded
as follows:
We, the undersigned, respect
fully petition that you incorporate
in your message to the forthcoming
legislature a recommendation for
the conservation of salmon through
some act of legislation designed
to bring about the extermination
of hair seals which have become
alarmingly destructive of salmon in
the Stikine River district.
Each one of us signing this pe
tition is identified with the salmon
industry, either as a practical
fisherman, or as a fish buyer, and
we know of our personal knowl
edge of the havoc being wrought
by the seals. Furthermore, we
would welcome an opportunity to
give testimony regarding oair
knowledge of the sea lmenace.—Sen
tinel.
Subscribe for the Alaskan.
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hours’ distance of most sections of
the territory it serves, and the daily
production of Frye’s 'Delicious”
Brand Hams is carefully regulated
by the daily demand.
That is why this popular Ham comes
to you with that delicious fresh
from-the-smoke-house flavor. This
delightful Northwest product is
"everything the name implies.”
AT TENTION!!
Boat Owners
We can take care of general repair in wood and caulking
and all the blacksmith work on any boat up to 100 feet in
length at
Petersburg Marine Ways
J. C. Holton & Ed. Walwick
FRYER MACHINE WORKS!
/ Petersburg, Alaska
OXY—ACETYLENE—WELDING
General Machine Work
ATWATER-KENT IGNITION
Agents !'• SCRIPPS And REGAL ENGINES
.Sunbeam Pipe Pipeless Furnace—Sunbeam Cabinet Heater
FRYER BROS.
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about noon.
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First Class Rooms
Reasonable Rates
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[ Fhe Very Choicest Beef
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We give full value for your
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Busy all the time.
There’s a^reosen why
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