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WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
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Kome time in the immediate
pest a moral question arose in
this community and because of
cuv insistence that impersonal
justice rather than prejudice
and bias should prevail, we were
heartily condemned. We took
the rebuke knowing full well
that in the ordinary course of
human and inhuman events
other similar problems would
have to be faced.
Problem 1. A white man
breaks into the cabin of a na
tive woman in spite of her de
mand that he withdraw and be
sides breaking in the door he
attempts to assault her person.
Her daughter, a girl in her early
teens and on the school roll, is
witness of the attempted physi
cal assault by a man in a sen
suous drunken orgy. The case
comes up before the judge and
every effort is made by the good
Christian friends of the man to
hu -h the case up. Knowing these
to be the f^ks ir the case, what
’-oil'.-’ 'Tv dn toward securing of
iu'fi'-’e0 ~^nvc the case reversed
—suppose the woman and her
daughter were a white woman
an^ gw1 and the assaulter an
India" man—What would you
have done under the circum
stances above related?
Problem 2. Two Indian girls,
both m others of children by
white men, are taken during the
holidays into a cabin and there
filled with liquors o: whatnot
description. The man unclothes
the gills—chases one girl out in
to the night air without even
rouge on her face. She falls to
the ground, bumping her head
and between the liquor and the
bump she is unconcious. Her
litt'e boy. a little bit of a tot,
net even realizing her condition,
plaintively calls and calls his
mother. A passer-by hears the
cab and sensing a tone that was
of distress investigates and he
finds the above circumstances.
He takes the girl into the cabin
and there finds the other girl
sens clothes and the man gloat
ing in a sensuous orgy. Not his
first offense by any means. Had
these offenses against these girls
end against decency been pre
sented you what would your re
actions have been? Reverse the
circumstances—make the Indian
eb-ic white men and the white
man the Tndian girls in the case
—going through the same des
picable actions related. What
would the reactions of the com
munity—its decent citizens have
been?
These instances actually hap
r-pned nnd are of court record.
Not much has been said about
them. There has been more or
1oss of an effort to hush them
up in those moral channels
which should be most positive
n the demand for a full mea
nme of justice. Every man and
—omen has a citizen’s interest
n the moral tone of the com
munity. What will you do about
' ”ch problems—carry your own
"hare of them fairly and hon
estly demanding that justice be
dispensed with an even hand,
considering only what manner
of offense has been committed
rather than who the offender
or his friends may be? An offense
against the state is an offense
against the citizens of the state
rnd the responsibility must be
met, whether we face it square
ly or try to dodge it.
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A QUESTIONABLE CHANGE
“The Interior Department Ap
propriation Bill a? passed by the
House last v/eek provides for the
transfer of the educational and
health activities for the Natives
of Alaska from the Office of Ed
ucation to the Indian Bureau.
This will no doubt greatly in
crease the responsibilities of the
Indian Bureau and should result
in giving to the Natives of Alas
ka the benefits of the extensive
Indian Service organization in
the matter of health improve
ment, educational advancement
and social welfare.”—Chemawa
American.
Benefits Doubtful
I The leaders of the Alaska Na
tive Brotherhood are looking as
! kance at the proposed change in
administration of the education
al affairs of the Alaska Natives.
In the few years of efforts in
Alaska, the Bureau of Education
has accomplished more general
good among these people with
’ess question as to misuse of au
thority or abuse of funds at its
disposal than the office of the
Indian Bureau in the states.
opcnents of the transfer have
offered no tangible reason for
he transfer other than “improv
ing the service.”
The functioning of the Bureau
*»f Education has at times been
low due to the fact that it has
had considerable trouble in se
curing sufficient funds to take
’are of it' work. It has been re
garded in its efforts at times by
having men at its head who did
not, understand the Alaska Na
ives and who tried to establish
n Alaska, methods employed by
he Indian Bureau. But as it did
ts work, the Office of Education
Planned well and worked hon
estly and sincerely to accomplish
he most good. The main effort
T the Bureau of Education is
education and it is not limited
n its efforts to educating the
Tndians of Alaska. That is but a
very small part of its work in the
United States. It ts not primari
ly interested in building itself
;nto a huge machine—political
ly minded, at the exoense of
those it works to benefit.
Tile Indian Bureau has func
tioned for a century among the
“ndians of the states and its re
gime may well be said to have
been “A Century of Dishonor.”
Tt has committed every crime in
fhe calendar from petty lar
ceny to murder. Its punishment
I for criminals within its service
Ms been “transfer” with a pro
motion up or “Transfer” down.
Very seldom was an incompetent
representative of that depart
ment “fired” and only on the
rarest of occasions has a repre
sentative of that service been
"’ought into court for malfeas
ance in office. Not that it has
act had opportunity to do so—
Vo. It has not had the desire.
There is nothing that the In
dian Bureau can bring to the Na
ives of Alaska that is not bein^
accomplished by a much more
' fficient bureau. In the \ matter
"f health facilities, the Bureau
of Education is fast securing
proper facilities tc handle the
'situation as it should be—under
tandingly; as to educational ad
vancement, the plan of the Bu-i
reau of Education is -far superi
or to that of the Indian Dennrt
ment as evidenced in the great,
er number pf children entering
md graduating at the various
high schools. As to the social ad
vancement of these people, the
Bureau of Education has long
’ince learned that self-hdn
means more to these people
than any paternalistic system
that might be advanced by the
ndian Bureau. And its efforts at
"o-operating with the Alaska
Native Brotherhood and Alaska
Native Sisterhood along this'
fine with attendant results is in-!
dicativc of right policies pursued, j
The Indian Bureau will have
to improve several hundred per
f’ent in its efficiency to e^ual the,
evident results of the efforts of
the Bureau of Education. It is*
therefore poor policy switch j1
the work of the Bureau of Ed -1
ucation. and we regret exceed- 1
ingly this action of Congress
vhich leaves the educational 1
welfare of the Alaska native in 1
the hands of the Indian Bureau, '
vhich is today under fire of ai1
Senatorial investigation.
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BUYING POWER
“Better employment and in
creased buying power of wage
earners is fundament* to busi
ness revival”—William Green
President of the A. F. of L.
The political question in Alas
ka is an economic question. The
proper regulation of Alaska’s
fishing industry whereby resi
dent labor may earn a maxi
mum wage for his short seasonal
occupation is the question.
The last year of general fair
warnings by flshorrvm was ir
1918. Since then only in spots
have the resident fishermen
earned sufficient to get by dur
ing the winter months. You busi
ness men should ask yourselves
—are you satisfied with the net
income of your business during
the past decade? Are you getting
a fair return on your invest
ment?
Blind prejudice in the past has
prevented a solidified front of all
classes of resident citizens. Men
ordinarily levelheaded or should
be, have allowed themselves to
be petty pawns of a political
machine whose only desire is to
perpetuate itself at the expense
of the Territory and at the ex
pense of the resident labor class
and business men.
The average earnings of the
fishermen for the past ten years
will not reach $200 per man, all
of which is spent in Alaska. The
average earnings of the Cana
dian fishermen is $780 while that
of the English and Welch fish
ermen is $1980. The Canadians
have earned on an average al
most four times as much as the
Alaska fishermen while the Eng
lish and Welch have earned an
average of almost ten times as
much.
If the business of Mr. Business
Man of Alaska has been just or
dinarily fair in the past ten
years how much better it would
be if the fishermen were allowed
to earn equal to that of the Ca
nadians. How much better, still,
*f the regulations set forth by
Henry O'Malley having the con
sent of the Salmon Packers who
support the Empire political ma
chine and the federal brigade,
were so that the traps were a
^olished and the resident fish
ermen could earn on an average
of $1980 as do the English and
Welch.
We hear mighty little about
he production of food fish by
the English and by the Welch
and Scotchmen. We hear about
the wonderful packs put up in
Alaska. But we do not hear how
poorly the Alaskan fishermen are
paid as compared to the Cana
dian and English fishermen. And
it is out of the pockets of fish
ermen that you, Mr. Business
man, must get yours.
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THE NEXT YEAR
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Next year we expect to see one
of the hardest years financially
that, has ever been seen in Alas
ka. The financial panics and de
pressions, as a rule in the past,
were not felt until the year fol
lowing its effect upon the states.
This vear is one of financial de
pression all over the states; re
trenchment of operations and
there is dirth *_>f eirmloymert.
Next year we may expect this de
gression to hit the Coast of
Alaska with full force.
Today the cold storages are
obuck full of halibut and very
dttle of it moving due to the
lack of purchasing power in the
states; the salmon warehouses
ire full to overflowing for the
^ack of 1929 was not yet cleared
iut before the pack of 1930 was
out into the warehouse. The
prices of canned salmon dropped
to pre-war prices which would
oermit sale of the finished pro
duct, only at a heavy loss there
ore most of the canners are
molding their stocks in the hope
a raise in price. Already the
larger corporations . are talking
of retrenchment of operations
or this year and it is a fore
tone conclusion that but a
rery few of the small companies
an finance their operations as
nost of them are up against
he wall. This in turn means
urtailment of orders for lum- ,
ber from mills which in turn
throws out of employment many
loggers. Loggers, millmen, fish
ermen—salmon and halibut on
limited operation will mean a
f nancial depression as has never
been witnessed before in Alaska.
It has often been said by
members of the Alaska Native
Brotherhood that the people of
Alaska will never realize how
much the general run of citizens
of the Territory need to support
the Brotherhood in its program
until conditions get infinitely
! worse.
AFRAID OF THE JOB
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Any plans for the Harding
memorial at Marion, Ohio, will
await President Hoover’s word,
is the latest word from Hoke
Donithin, secretary and execu
tive officer of the Harding as
sociation. He added that the as
sociation will send no further
invitation to the President and
ihat no special meeting of the
organization will be held to dis
cuss the subject.
Coolidge dodged the dedica
cation of this memorial and now
Hoover dodges it. Who in Sam
Heck is agoing to unviel this
memorial to a president who ac
complished nothing to immor
talize his memory? Surrounded
by crooks of varying degree of
oolitical and social influence,
Harding sent himself to in early
grave for shame of his com
panions. Many a man can
squarely face his enemies but
falls a victim to the wiles of his
supposed friends. Too late Hard
ing saw his error. Let him rest
in peace.
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SALMON TREATY NEEDED
TO SAVE INDUSTRY
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This is the title of one of
Brisbane’s editorials in the Se
attle Times of recent date. Com
ing from a disinterested person
unrelated to the canning indus
try or to the fishermen it is well
worth passing along as mighty
good doctrine to follow:
Shall the waters of Puget
'Sound be completely “fished
out” right now, or shall steps be!
taken to perpetuate the fishing
industry of this region for all
time? That is the whole ques
tion involved in the salmon
treaty between Canada and the
United States, which is before
the Senate for ratification. Every
political string within reach of
certain fishing interests is now
being pulled to bring about re
jection of the treaty.
The highest authorities of the
Dominion and of our own gov
ernment; fisheries experts who
have studied this Northwest sit
uation and its developments for
many years, agree that unless
the pending treaty is ratified
and carried into effect, the fish
ing industry of Puget Sound is
due for early collapse. It can
survive only so long as there are
fish to be caught; and without
the protective measures and the
means of propagation provided
in the treaty, the supply, already1
running low soon must be ex
hausted.
Political oracles have been in
duced by seine fishermen and
their allies to denounce the,
treaty as inimical to the inter- |
°sts of the state. The people of!
Washington, and those who look j
this way for their supply of
salmon, are not much interested
in controversy between seiners j
and trappers; they don’t parti
cularly care who catches the fish
or who cans them. But they are
greatly concerned for the per
manence of the fishing industry
as a whole.
Political outcry against the
salmon treaty is the cheanest
sort of buncombe. No one is try
ing to abrogate the rights of
this state or of British Colum
bia. The two national govern
ments are trying to save all con
cerned from the consequences of
years of wastefullness and folly.
The treaty should be ratified
promptly.
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sides of every door of opportuni
ty.
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