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“Judge Wickersham’s Record In Behalf Of The Fisheries.”
One of the great and success
ful battles that Delegate Judge
Wickersham fought for Alaska
was on the afternoon of Decem
ber 13, 1918. It was the occasion
for the consideration—and de
feat^—in the House of Represent
atives at Washington, of the
fisheries bill sponsored by chair
man Alexander of the Commit
tee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries.
. .Nearly an entire session was
devoted to the argument and
consideration of amendments
offered in .committee of the
whole. It was the last chance
the bill had for passage during
that session of Congress, and De
legate Wickersham, with all his
ingenuity and ceaseless energy,
kept the subject alive until in
despair Mr. Alexander made the
following statement:
“It is now about 5 o’clock. It
is evident that the consideration
of this bill cannot be finished to
day, and, of course, if it cannot
be finished today, the chances
are that it cannot passthe House
during this session of CongressJ
Under the circumstance I have
no disposition to prolong the
session, although I regard this
legislation as of the utmost im
portance, .and its merits have
been totally misrepresented on
the floor.. I move that the com
mittee do now rise.”
And the motion was agreed to.
This ended a long and bitter
struggle, as Delegate declared on
the floor of the House, ‘There is
an effort on the part of three
great corporations to get a mon
opoly and control of these fish
eries. They have had their lob
byists here for the past six years
to secure passage of this bill.
They are anxious to secure its
passage so that they may push
the small canneries out of busi
ness and secure for themselves
a monopoly. If this bill passes in
its present form they will be able 1
to do that.” At another period
Delegate Wickersham said:
. .“At this time neither the peo
ple of Alaska nor their legisla
ture has any jurisdiction over
the fisheries of Alaska except
the power of levying an addi
tional tax upon the output
thereof. But in the bill now be
fore the House it is proposed to
take away from the .people of
Alaska that right. So if this bill
passed as it is now drawn and
reported favorably to this House,
it will take away from the people
of Alaska and from the Legis
lature every shred of jurisdic
tion over these fisheries. We will
not be able to protect them. We
will not be able to prevent them
from being utterly destroyed.
And I want to impress upon the
House that it is within your jur
isdiction, and your jurisdiction
only, to protect the fisheries of
Alaska from monopoly and de
struction.”
The prohibition in the bill that
would take from the Territory
the only privilege that then ex
isted, is contained in section 22
as follows:
“That from and after the pass
age of this act the Territory of
Alaska shall not pass any law
that has the effect of repealing,
altering, or amending this act, j
nor shall the Territory of Alas-!;
ka impose any license fees or j.
taxes upon the business herein-'
before referred to, nor upon the
output thereof, <nor upon any !'
property, real or personal, used 1
In said business in said Territory, j i
and any such existing statutes
heretofore enacted by the Terri
tory of Alaska are hereby ex
pressly disapproved.”
The Alexander bill did provide
for a graded tax on canned sal
mon of 6, 5 and 4 cents per case.
There was a further provision
that the license fees and taxes
should go one-third to the Na
tional Treasury, and two-thirds
to the Territory of Alaska. Had
the bill passed, the revenue to
the Territory would have been
greatly reduced from what it
was then receiving, and much
less than it is now receiving
with the tax as high as 10 cents
per case.
. .But Delegate Wickersham was
not directing his opposition to
the bill entirely to the above
feature, for he said: .
“Now, Mr. Chairman, I want
to take up another feature of
this matter, because the question
of taxation is in my judgment
the smallest evil in this bill. I
want to talk to you about that
feature of the bill which gives
monopoly of the control and
ownership of these Alaska fish
eries to three great corpora
tions.”
After more discussion, Mr.
Cooper of Wisconsin, remarked:
“To put a short interpretation
upon it, the claim that these
fisheries are open to anybody to
have a site and secure it is pure
sham?” To which Delegate
Wickersham replied: “Yes; and
it is much purer sham when you
I know that these big canneries
have the maps already to file,
and all they are waiting for is
the passage of this bill to enter
into the ownership of the fisher
ies of Alaska.”
There were many interesting
passages in the controversy over
this bill that would prove inter
esting reading, but to publish
them would make a newspaper
article too long. Many peti
tions and protests from fisher
men of Alaska were received by
the Delegate, urging him to fight
the' bill. That Delegate Wick
ersham did lend a willing ear to
the protests of the fishermen is
evidenced by the strenuous and
successful fight he made in their
behalf. One of the protests was
from Ketchikan, dated October
10 1916,, and reads as follows:
..“We, the undersigned resi
dents of Southeastern Alaska,
being fishermen and otherwise
interested in the fisheries of
Alaska, do most respectfully pro
test against the passage of the
bill H. R. 17499, introduced
August 18, 1916, by Mr. Alexan
der of Missouri, and entitled “A
bill for the protection, regula
tion, and conservation of the
fisheries of Alaska by the great
corporations and will result in
great harm and loss to the peo
ple of the nation.”
Can anyone question but that
the fisheries question of Alaska
is as vital an issue as it was in
1916? And can anyone ques
tion the sincere interest that
Judge Wickersham takes in this
subject? And as a Delegate to
Congress again can there be any
ioubt as to the fight that Judge
Wickersham would put up in be
lalf of the fisheries and the peo
ple of the Territory who are con
cerned in this great industry?
3e has proven his worth in the
)ast and by his deeds he is
cnown and appreciated.
FRANK L. KNIGHT WILL BE
AN EFFICIENT TREASURER
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Those people who feel that
Walstein G. Smith has done
mighty well for himself, in
drawing salary for 17 years as
Territorial Treasurer, and should
now be willing to retire, have
reason to congratulate them
selves that his successor will be
a man of pleasing personality
and splendid ability. As presi
dent of the Anchorage National
Bank for years past, Mr. Knight
has well qualified himself for
the duties that will devolve up
on him as Treasurer and as a
member of the Banking Board.
His sound business judgment
and development vision, will fur
ther tend to add to his value as
a member of the Board of Terri
torial Road Commissioners. Both
he and Auditor Cash Cole will
be members of the Board of Ter
ritorial Road Commissioners.
Both he and Auditor Cash Cole
will be members of these two
important Boards, and as ma
jority members they will prove
important factors in dispens
ing the biennium appropriations
of from $300,000 to $400,000.
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WE HAVE WONDERED
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We have wondered why Ralph
Lomen wonted so assiduously to
secure passage of the “branding
law” for cattle and other an
imals in the Territory. We won
der no longer!
Says an old timer from Nome,
“the branding of reindeer means
nothing more than the licensed
stealing of reindeer fawn from
the Eskimos by the Lomen cor
poration. They make their big
round-up drives and brand all
reindeer, regardless. In the
States such practice was not
looked upon with favor by de
cent cattlemen and for such
practice many men checked out
on the noose end of a cattle
rope.”
The Lomen Brand
.The Lomen’s have put their
brand on the Nome division and
dictate who will or who will not
represent that electorate in the
Territorial Legislature. And in
that representation the Lomen’s
have taken mighty good care of
their own interests. They pass
ed a ship subsidy for their own
transportation company, $17,000
worth; they passed the animal
branding law, ostensibly for the
protection of those owning or
those who will own cattle in the
Territory; and they have con
consistently defeated the wish
es of the electorate of the First
Division by thwarting measures
proposed by First Division re
jpresentatives. And in all of their
j efforts they have had the sup
port of the Juneau Empire and
the Governor’s crowd.
It is therefore unseemly that
this governor should have con
trol and disposition of leases for
lands which will go to the Lo
mens and others.
GROVER C. WINN FAVORS
ALASKANS
Whenever occasion arose dur
ing the last Legislative session,
Representative Grover C. Winn
responded to every call that
seemed to favor the fishermen
of Alaska. He voted for Senator
Benjamin’s bill to increase
the license fee of non-resident
trollers. As the bill came from
the Senate it prescribed a fee
of $150, but as a member of the
Judiciary Committee, Mr. Winn
reported in favor of increasing
the bill to $250, which was ac
cepted by the House and later
elso by the Senate. When Mr.
Steel’s fisheries sanitation bill
was before the House Mr. Winn
voted for it, as did also Mr. Mc
Cormack, the only two members
from the First Division to favor'
this measure.
Representative Winn intro
duced House Bill No. 84, which
provided that after May 15, 1930,
no license for taking or catch
ing salmon or other food or
shell fish, in ony of the waters
I of the Territory, should be is
sued to any person WHO IS
NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNIT
ED STATES of the age of 18
years or over. It excepted those
persons who had declared their
intention to become citizens
and had been actual bona fide
residents of the Territory FOR
ONE YEAR immediately pre
ceding the filing of application
for license.
This bill was referred to the
Fisheries Committee, and when
Mr. Winn was informed that it
would be unfavorably reported
and afterwards defeated in the
House, he preferred that no ac
tion be taken. Mr. Winn is
strongly in favor of any meas
ure that would tend to protect
the resident fishermen of the
Territory and to build up and
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JOE ULMER HAS CINCH
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not saying much in this primary
election campaign He doesn’t
have to, for he has no opposi
j tion for the Republican nomina*
jtlon for Highway Engineer. Ke
will do his talking and work
along in the Fall, before he is
! elected on November 4th.
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VOTE
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right to vote or participate in
party primaries, has been upheld
I by the Supreme Court.
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