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A SAD COMMENTARY
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In sharp contrast to the time
less than 20 years ago, when
king salmon swam by the mil
iions in the waters around Ket
chikan and were believed of no
commercial value, may be seen
in the market today when one
lish of mild cure size is worth
from live to $15.—Ketchikan
Chronicle.
Twenty years ago the fisher
man received seventy-five cents
for mild cure salmon, regardless
of how large it might be; he re
ceived twenty-five cents for the
red salmon under mild cure size
unless it was too small; he had
no sale whatsoever for white
king salmon if the buyer thought
he could load up only on the
reds.
Cause of Depletion
The United States Bureau of
Fisheries under Mr. Bower, Mr.
Ernest Walker and Mr. O’Malley
are to be blamed for this situa
tion. Their defense of the trap
system and the unrestricted de
struction of herring for fertiliz
er and its wanton destruction ol
all salmon life is the cause of
the present depletion.
It is true enough that the
fishing by trollers has become
more intensive but not suffi
ciently intensive to have caused j
such havoc as has been wrought j
under the protection of the Bu
leau of Fisheries and its ineffi
cient personnel.
How It Is Done
Traps are no respectors of the
Thousands upon thousands of
ycung king salmon are caught in
traps and thrown overboard as
unfit for food purposes, they
being too small to handle at a!
profit to the canners. Many,
more thousands of king salmon
are caught in traps and, being
most sensitive to bad handling,
roon becomes unfit for mild
core or any high grade pack so
they go into the cans as “dogs.”
No record of the catch of this
specie is made or kept by the
bureau of frauds. Rather they
raise the smoke that the fisher
men are destroying the king
salmon fishery and regulate
'.hem out of business while they!
protect the real ravagers of the'
industry.
The Herring Fishermen
Fishermen have observed the
operations of the herring oper
ators who come into our midst
for a few short months, milk
the territory of its riches and j
return to the states to build up|
communities at the expense of ;
the territory. These men dur-;
ing the past summer caught;
thousands of young king sal
mon which went into the reduc
tion plans and came out as oil!
and fertilizer. The larger or
saleable salmon went to the buy
ers on occasion These facts
are incontrovertible. For the1
bureau of frauds (fisheries) to!
attempt so to do would only be
tray their ignorance.
But for all of which Alaska
and its residents pay in decreas
ing population and heavier civic
obligations.
“KICK HIM OUT!” IS INDIAN
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Down in Nespelem, the Coun-I
cil of the Inchelium tribe of In
dians on the Colville reserva
tion passed a resolution dealing
'/1th white hunters who range
the Indian lands for bird and big
game.
“White man do no good. He ,
come here hunt, our game, catch -
our fish. We vote kick him out.’Vi
^aid the resolution which was i
sent to Washington, D. C.
The Alaskan Way
The Indian of Alaska so far
has asked no favor of the gov
ernment. Their hunting grounds
are but pleasant memories; their;
fishing streams closed to them
and they are made criminals by
a legalized system of blackmail'
indulged in by and between the;
United States Department of
Justice and the United States
Bureau of Fisheries.
Instead of selfishly working
only for the interests of the In-!
aian, the Alaska Native Brother
hood has sought to secure legis
-ation for and regulation of our
fisheries of general application.
The time may come when the
Indian through his organiza
tion will say, “the United States
officials of Alaska are a bunch
of legalized crooks who browbeat
and threaten poor fishermen to
plead guilty to charges of illegal
ashing and force him to plead
guilty to the charge when inno
cent.” Nor will there be ine bit
of exaggeration to the charge
is will be attested by virtually
every member of the law fra
ternity in Alaska.
MESSENGERS OF GOOD WILL
During the past few days were
in our midst a group of repre
sentative Salvation Army mem
bers of Alaska and their officers.
They came with words of cheer,
guidance and blessing—not only
to the Indian members and non
members of the community. And
there is no question but that an
immeasurable lot of good has
come of and through this con
gress. if only from the fact that
as hosts to the congress, the citi
zens expended every effort to in
sure the comfort, care and
pleasure of the visitors.
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THE TWELFTH COMMAND
The eleventh commandment
added to the scripture' by the
Christ was that man love one
another.
The twelfth commandment is
of the new civilization the child
of the furies of war: ‘Tastroyod
by German Fury; Rebuilt by
American Generosity” .ascribed
in stone on Louvaine library by
a small group of Americans.
After two thousands of years
the message of the Christ re
mains as a gift to man titr; is of
c benefit to him. How long will
the message of hate arointc! by
the fury of a war now dead 11
years last. What good all the
Geneva conferences and other
hates of a sick and demoralized
civilization?
CONGRESSMEN, TOO
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Says Eliot Harris in LABOR:
“Society” is tory, always and
everywhere; and the United
States is no exception. When
American “society” goes to Eng
land, it does not visit the miners,
the weavers, and other workers
who have built up the British
labor party with their sixpences
and their votes until, 30 years
from the time it was organized,
it rules the country.
Makes the Gods Laugh
“Society” isn’t interested in
these people; cares nothing for
their lives, their trials, their !
their lives, their work, or their j
:ack of work.
When “society” from this side
)f the pond goes to England it i
wrangles to be presented at •
'ourt. A good thing, too, when 1«
/ou stop to think of it. King «
George is a lot better democrat «
han some of my own country- (<
men within a mile of this desk,
and his humanness may be
catching. You never can tell.
But if the show which “soci
ety” is staging in Washington 1
these days doesn’t keep the godsj
laughing for a year, Olympus
lacks a sense of humor.
The upper and lower classes in:
America have little in common
except the spending habit and
dieting.
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What do we live for hat to
make the world less difficult for
each other?—George Eliot.
. . Hate never profits anybody.
Friends like books should he
few and well chosen.
If such men as Senators La
Follette, Wheeler, Morris, Borah
and others confronting the ma
rine and invisible government,
are radicals, then Jefferson and
others of Declaration of Inde
pendence fame were radicals.
It has come to pass in Ameri
can political history that when
patriotic men. with interest of
American government solely ntj
heart, whose political action
e xposes and checks grafting con
spiracies against the government
and insist that the government, is
not for the few. by the few and
of the few, are held, in contempt j
and sneered and scoffed at.
In youth a man’s dreams a”’1 j
the shadow of a substantial,; v l
which may come. In middle
they are a check upon the price!
which years have exacted. la da »
age they are the mirror of the j
hopes that yet remain.
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solitary room when the full moonj
is shining in upon you and you.1 J
lamp is dying out, and I will tell j
you how old you are and I shall \
know if you are happy.
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