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I time goes by, we expect to hear
more and more from the several
candidates their own candid
opinion of their qualifications
and then we expect to publish
our own.
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I FITTER OPPOSING THE
WELSH BILL
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Editor, The Alaskan,
Petersburg, Alaska.
Dear Sin
Certain Amendments intro
duced by Mr. Welsh of Cali
fornia, killed in the last Con
gress, reintroduced in this ses
sion in a different form, recom
mended and placed on the
j Calendar by the Committee on
Fisheries, has been sent to me
and I have looked over carefully
the proposed legislation.
As you have probably seen by
this time one section provides in
! particular that no fish caught
outside the limits of the juris
diction of the United States
shall be brought into the United
►States, or to Alaska, during any
closed season.
The other section provides
that anyone intending to oper
ate a floating cannery must first
report to the Secretary of Com
merce not later than Dec. 1, pre
ceding the year in which the
cannery is to be operated, nor
'hall such cannery operate in
more than one location.
Several leaders in the A. N. B.
have written to me about the
till and Hon. James Wickersham
lias sent copies of the bill. The
hill as worded is simple enough.
And I would oppose both of
these amendments on these and
other grounds that become plain
io anyone caring to study the
bill.
The new section (Sec. 9) while
appearing to have equal provi
sions for all canneries would
freeze out the smaller inde
pendent ones by forcing them to
operate in one place during th?
season. Larger companies arrive
at the same result as moving
the floaters by having canneries
strung all along the coast of
Alaska and having a large fleet
cf seiners and traps located at
[choice points.
as soon as one section, closes
the seiners are sent to the open
area to fish and then deliver the
load to the nearest cannery be •
’cnging to the same company.
Tne seiners are by the terms of
contract bound to sell to no
ether company as a rule, so
(that when there is a large run
of salmon and a chance to make
some money, a limit is imme
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dtately put on the seiners and
r.re obliged to bring smallei
amounts than they are capable
of bringing while the fish traps
alone are permitted to fish with
out limit.
It is evident that if there are
no independent smaller com
panies there is no chance what
ever for an independent seiner
i (one who is not bound by agree
iinent to fish for one company)
j to make any money.
In other words, the company
: seiner, who may owe money to
ja concern, or who has merely
I voluntarily agreed to fish for
jony one company, is now help
'less. He is limited, when therc
is enough coming from the traps,
or he may be stopped altogether
from fishing; he cannot sell to
other companies, nor will the
company even undertake to try
I to sell the fish to other canneries
for the fishermen.
This amendment would not
only kill the floaters but it will
snuff out the independent sein
ers who, even under the present
law had a very indifferent mar
ket for their salmon.
It is a matter of common
knowledge that the salmon run
comes at different dates and the
open seasons have been re -
gulated somewhat to conform
to those dates as is possible,
though those dates do not al
ways coincide every year, a
close approximation being ar
rived at by checking up on the
runs of previous years.
These smaller outfits having
r.o traps strung along the coast,
nor any mobile fleet of seiners
and large tenders, have in the
past been obliged to follow the
unpredictable run of salmon and
it cannot be known in advance
that a run of salmon will be n
Icy Straits, West Coast, or any
other place, since each and ail
of these places have their off
years. With all of the years of
Study the canners, the fisher
men, and the Bureau of Fish
eries have put in, these periodi -
cal runs and lean years by sec
uons are tar trom Demg predic
table and they all must be alert
to see where and what dates the
salmon will strike the shore.
Under these conditions it be
comes plain that any such a
mendment as that proposed by
t h e distinguished gentlemen
of the Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries will in ef
fect confiscate all but those
companies having several or
many canneries etc.
As to reports being necessary
for the information of the De
partment of Commerce, that
Department now has only to
say the word and these can
neries, or any other business
has no choice but to comply.
That provision in the White
Fish Law on 50% escapement
has done almost too effectively.
There are dozens of stream
watchmen who are constantly
on the watch to see that a suf
ficient escapement is effective.
Sec, 2. second paragraph of
the same Act is objectable, be
cause it would surely discrimi
nate against the American Fish ■
ermen unless the American has
an agreement, perhaps by treaty,
to have similar closed seasons
at the same dates, with the Ca
nadian Government. Otherwise
we shall have the unique posi
tion of looking on while Cana
dian boats fish our shores out
side the three mile limit while
such a law would compel us to
sit helpless.
Sincerely,
Frank G. Johnson.
President Grand Camp A. N. B
THE SPIRIT OF 76
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In 1786, taxes and hard tirm-s
j in the New England states was
j so burdensome that some of the
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i revolutionary heroes of Western
Massachusetts revolted. Mobi
' protested high salaries, aristo
cratic senate and confiscatory
I taxes. Armed themselves ai.a
I i.OOQ of them took possession of
| Worchester and prevented tne
1 holding of the supreme court
| which adjourned to Springfield.
i Tne mob followed but the mili
; tla intervened.
1 The army of Shay was at
tacked by a militia force of 4,00J
and chased over the hills. Three
j killed and one wounded, which
j ended this war. Some 150 were
1 captured and sentenced t o
death. They laid down their
arms. They were pardoned to a
man.
Believe it or not, you may read
this in American history.
You will also read in Ameri
can history that today there are
still men serving time in Furl.
Leavenworth, for having ex
pressed their conviction that the
bnited States had no business
going to war with Germany.
Banana Oil
From all indications, the De
mocratic party is smitten with
boils.
The Republican wheel horses,
according to some, are going to
be made cart horses.
“Hee Haw!” - For want of a
better campaign slogan, the Dt- |
mocrats go back to the element- \
ary sounds produced by friend I
jackass.
“If the Brotherhood, so and
so,” I would file. Well, the
Brotherhood so and so-ed andc
-ome of ’em did not file and in j:
some cases, too darned many}
filed. j'
The political warhorses are | •
off at an even start—’twon’t be i •
even long. What? You probably <
heard us the first time!
Tile political boil of the De- j
mocratic party now wants to!
icster the territory in the form j
of an auditor. Just imagine!
The Seward Gateway and The
Alaskan are agreed on onei
thing—the factional fight a -1
I gainst Auditor Cole is all wet. j
Attaboy Jensen, rip ’em in front jj
and we'll try the tomahawk from J
behind to trim ’em down to the \
democratic size.
Petersburg is pro-Ziegler f ar j
Delegate at this time—oh yes,
Dimond has a few friends—
darned few.
Delegate Wicker sham needs
only one vote to nominate him—
imagine such a fact after several
campaigns where he had to
light twice to be elected once
and then had. to make a third
fight to get his salary from Con
gress. Friends Troy and Connors
have lost their punch.
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HYDABURG
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The Presbytery and Christian
Endeavor convention has been
invited to come to Hydaburg this
coming spring. A letter from
Rev. Saunders of Juneau indi
cates that the invitation will
probably be accepted—especially
in view of the fact that no other
invitation has been made.
Indications coming from
Washington that a change is to
be made of postmasters in Hy
daburg, Samuel G. Davis has
! been recommended for that of -
fice. Sam is one of those few in
Alaska who can claim to be
‘ real American.” American or
his mother’s side through her
people who took root in Alaska
for hundreds of years before
any other civilization was
! known, he also is a direct de -
scendant of the famous old
fighter, Ethan Allen of Ticon
deroga fame.
Trapping in this section has
been not unlike other sections—
! furs not too plentiful and where
any luck was had in getting
pelts, the prices were not too
i hot.
Percy G. Morrison died re
cently in the Marine Hospital,
Port Townsend. Percy was a fine
; young, clean-minded citizen of
Hydaburg and his loss is a loss
to the entire community.
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