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Reaching For Stars
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The Seward Gateway, speak •
mg editorially says “Alaska a
struggle toward the stars w;.l
some day attain us a place be
side the stars of sister states n
the union, but not before Alar
bans themselves get behind ti'***
•and of their adoption 100 pa
rent.” Yea and amen,, say wt
And our idea of getting behind
Alaska 100 per cent is to back
op the friends of Alaska and ;o
back down the territory’s en
emies. Among the enemies cf
Alaska we wou’d point to a ce -
tain brueau chief who continues
to preach“conservation” of Al
aska’s great fisheries resources
to resident Alaskans and to the
t nsuspecting far-off 1 aw mak
er;; and department heads if
Washington. At the same time
permits corporations compos
ed of non-resident stockholder *
to rape our fisheries by means
of illegal and unjustifiable con
cessions and special privilege:,
while Alaskans—fishe rmen, mer
chants, bankers and beggars—
stand idle but not altogether
mute. Forestry officials, who at
the behest of the timber associa
tiens in the slates would “con
serve" Alaska’s spruce and hem
lock, “for future generations,” at
ibf same time admitting that
Alaska’s timber is “ripe and ov
t r-ripe” and going back to earth
at the rate of more than 600,
000,000 feet each and every
year, leaving the present gener
ation jobless because of unfair
restrictions. Included also are
those who find it worth while
to spend thousands of dollars
annually to discredit Alaska’s
coal and Alaska’s railroad in
order to protect their own coal
market, and have almost suc
ceeded while that too numerous
class of Alaska’s enemies, her
own indifferent citizens, sleep
on. Among the friends of to<
territory we pin our faith and
r-rr hope first to that samrt
James Wickersham who was
able to put over the original idea
of a railway to develop Alaska s
coal in spite of those sane
coal barons of Pennsylvania
and West Virginia and who has
new an opportunity to intercede
lor us again. And lastly, to that
great and increasing body o;
Alaska’s “untamed” citizens who
have their eyes wide open and
who refuse to fall for the soft
soap, the whitewash, the suave
palaver of those who are pa-ri
.o peddle us our daily dose of
paregoric. One “old rebel” drop •
ped in on us today and handed
us a fairly representative bm
anonymous news clipping telling
of a Pennsylvania coal expert
v/ho will spend the summer in -
vestigating Alaska’s coal fields
in all districts adjacent to the
lailroad, particularly the Mata
.uaska field and making it clear
.hat the particular thing whim
brought him scurrying to Alas
ka was the attitude of the De
partment of the Interior which
is raid to he interested in t
development of such deposits as
will supply government vessels,
Southeast Alaska and Pacific
coast points with fuei suitable to
their needs. We have no idea
wThat it means, but we have no
manner of doubt as to what our
caller meant. Surely Washing
ton, Oregon, California, Chicago,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia
have dictated Alaskan policy too
long but they will as surely con -
c'nue so long as they are permit
ted to do so. Ours may be only
a voice in the wilderness but we
know it is not alone. Added to j
enough more like it, may we.
rot raise such a shout that it]
w:ll be heard even in Washing-|
ton? That contract for 3,0001
tons of coal for Chilkoot Bar
racks awarded to outside in
terests is nothing. How many
tons of coal are being imported
from British Columbia. Wash
ington and Utah every ytea*
v hile we save Alaska’s coal for
these poor “future generations? '
Won’t future generations in
Canada and the states need
coal? Or timber? Why must
rnty Alaska’! resources be “con
served?” Yes. Alaska’s pathway
to the stars is through cliffi
culties but Alaskans must climt
|iu.
What Of The Future?
Wandering along the water
f-c its of Alaska towns it is eas;
t o ;01 a cross section of opinion;
tel live to the fundamentals c
ec loinic conditions in the te:
rh i-y. Cha’ley Warner of Ju
in. u, operator of the Warnc
iV hinc Shops, recently declai
< ii Jiat this is the poorest yee.i
no has experienced in his bus
in' s since he started a numbei
of years ago. No engine work
no sale of engine parts, boat
fi ngs or equipment—busines;
; ul j plumb rotten and gene t:
the demnition boc-hoos. And thi:
hi a town which in the past twe
decades has rarely thought el
cf the fishermen or tl^eir need
where the “big mine” heretofo’*:
has furnished employment; an:
where federal officials a'id
tomcats parade along the polit
ical highways and dictate pol
icies in contravention to Un
needs of fishermen.
But Juneau is beginning to
realize that the fishing popula
tion is a population which makes
and spends money in the terri
tory, and when they are in fin •
ancial distress the rest of the
territory gets down in the mouth
loo, in spite of the notion that
“the mining industry is the only
real industry in the territory.”
Ketchikan is almost entirely
• dependent on the fishing in
' cystry for its wealth, but it-;
; iiarbor is a forest of masts and
1 IdJe trolling poles—and this is
July. The halibut fishermen
have tied up their boats; the
’ trollers have tied up their boats;
the canners and seiners have
had up the seine boats. Just
■ what will Ketchikan do next
• vunter when the bureau of fish
, -ries.closes up the trolling ses
. son?
Wrangell has been down in the
i mouth and even Petersburg,
which has been exceptionally
fortunate, is feeling the pinch
c / depression
What will our Chambers of
Commerce do about it? What
will the bureau of fisheries do
about it? What will the politic-.1
tomcati and bureaucrats do a
bout it? Where are all our
political wiseacres now? It is
not so easy to play Solomon
when things begin to go wrong
We suggest that more “yes
men” be elected to the next
legislature and more bonehead
legislation be passed whereby
the fishing population must bear
the brunt of taxes and discrim
inations. Juneau can easily get j
legislation to help the mineral
prospectors, but what have they)
done for th* fishermen?
Do Your Own Figuring
The last legislature ran out of
money long before it got through
its orgy of spending. It appro
priated a million and a half dol
lars, mostly for a lot of unneces
sary things, and failed to make
provision for some necessary
fhings. Five thousand dollars'
for an All-Alaska Chamber of
Commerce but it refused to ap-j
propriate three thousand fcr
necessary improvements on the'
Douglas public school. Tlie'
Douglas voters turned down
i.heir friends at the last election
; nd supported men who threw
I ho knife into the Douglas pre
position, so we are not wasting
sny sympathy, but we do not
Lolieve the appropriation for
such an organization was as
necessary as the appropriation
for a public school.
Remember that appropriation.
In the treasury at this time
there is less than $700,000,. New
do your own figuring and tell
us how the territory is going t,o
finance its affairs after that
money is gone and how long it
wPl last at the present rate of
expenditure of eighty thousand
a month. And the fisheries tax
won’t save us either. The Bristol
Pay pack is falling short and
that’s where the big pack of red
has come from in former years.
Then go ahead and elect such
political timber as Senator D a
mond and Representative Zieg
ln\ “bunkum program” artists,
and a few more “yes men” f y
tnem to lead around by their
noses. Yes, vote ’em in, boys
you know ’em.
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V’ANTS UNCLE SAM TO RE
FUSE MOTORS MADE BY PA\ -
CUTTING CORPORATION
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Voicing a demand that tin
War Department refuse to ac
cept airplane motors made by
the Wright Aeronautical Corpor
ation of Paterson, N. J., until me
company agrees to abandon
wage cuts now in effect in its
factory. Congressman F. H. Lu
Guardia of New York predicted
this week that the next session
of Congress would enact legis
lation requiring the payment j*
“prevailing wages” on govern
ment work of any nature.
The “prevailing wage” law
passed by the last session in
eludes only construction work
LeGuardia branded condition*
in the Wright factory as “shame
ful.” In the latter part of 1930.
tlie company installed a “speed
up” system and slashed wages
j of machinists and metal polish
er? 10 per cent.
The men were unorganized,
but when another cut was order
ed, they rebelled and went o.i
strike. This walk-out was later
celled off by the strikers.
Now, according to LaGuardir,
/ages are 25 per cent under
those prevailing for similar work
in the Paterson area.
After calling attention to the
fact that the company has W.r
'and Navy Department contracts
amounting to more than $6,000
000 for the fiscal years of 1931
and 1932, and that the firm is
making motors for 16 out of 19
air mail companies subsidized by
the government, LaGuardia said.
“Surely the government is in
a position in this instance to
compel this company to treat r.j
employes fairly and to pay the
prevailing rate of wages.”
Claims made by the Wrigh:
; management that prices paid by
j :he government were so low the./
wage cuts were necessary were
renied by LaGuardia.
“Such a statement is absolute
ly unjustifiable,” he declared. ‘ A
c mparisen of the prices paid
by the government with those
paid by private industries show.'
; that the government is paying
I more.”—Labor.
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I HOW ALASKANS LIVE
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The Director of the Census
has announced that there are a
total of 27,752 persons, 10 yearsj
old or over, having gainful oc
cupations in Alaska. Of that
number 24,898 are males anl .
2,854 are females. The whole j
number of gainful workers \s >
distributed by industry groups
as follows: 1.198 in agriculture,
•v87 of whom are engaged in gen • <
< ral farming, 420 in fur farming j
and 381 in reindeer farming in *
dastry; 5,034 in*manufacturing *
and mechanical industries, m jj
cmding 1,032 in food and allied i|
industries, 615 in building in t
dustries, 313 in independent t
Land trades, 289 in iron and \
steel industries, 226 in saw end \
planing mill?, 23 in other wood \
vrorking industries, 126 furriers, J
61. in clothing and other textile t
industries, 55 in printing, pub- t
lishing and engraving, 36 in au- %
tomobile repair shops, 25 shoe 13
George Washington Elected Com
mander-in-Chief 156 Years Ago
June 15, 1775, was a turning
point in the affairs of the thir
, teen colonies, and a red-letter
day in the life of George Wash
I ington, for on that day the
I Second Continental Congress,
[meeting in the State House in
I Philadelphia, unanimously chose
George Washington Commaud
c: -in-Chief of the Continental
Forces.
Examining the original Journ
al of Congress of that session,
wo read:
“Resolved that a .general be
appointed to command all the
Continental Forces, raised or
to be raised for the defense of
American liberty,
“That five hundred dollar;
‘per month be allowed for the
pay and expenses of the Gen
eral.
“The Congress then pro
ceeded to the choice of a Gen
eral by ballot, and GEORGE
WASHINGTON, Esq ! was una
imously elected.”
John Adams, delegate from
Massachusetts and destined to
Succeed Washington as Pres
ident of the United States al
most a quarter cf a century lat
'"r, was the strongest advocate cf
making the “Gentleman of Vir
ginia” Commander-in-Chicf. We
l ave his own words to prove
this statement:
“I had no hesitation to de
end snow-shoe makers, 14 tan
ners, 213 in other manufacturing
industries; 3 006 in transporta
tion, including 1,260 on steam
railroads; 1,746 were engaged in
| trade, including banking and in -
(surance, and fur dealers and
trading post dealers: 915 in puc
bc service; (a ratio of one to
30 1-3); 1.406 in professional
service; 6,099 in domestic and
personal service; and 374 in in
dustries not specified.
clare that 1 had but one gentle
man in my mind for that im
portant command, and that
a gentleman from Virginia
who was among us and very
well known to all of us; a
gentleman, whose skill and ex
perience as an officer, whose
independent fortune, great
'-alents, and excellent univers
al character would command
the approbation of all Ameri
< a, and unite the cordial exer
tions of all the colonies better
than any other person in the
Union.”
John Hancock, President ol
‘be Congress officially notified
Washington cf his election on
the next day; and the newly
chosen General, standing in his
place, made the following speecn
of acceptance:
“Mr. President.
“Though J am truly sensible
cf the high honor done me in
this appointment, yet, I feel
great distress from a consci-'
ousness, that my abilities and
military exoerience may not
be equal to the extensive and
important trust: However, as
the Congress desire it, I will
enter upon the momentous
. duty, and exert every power I
possess in their service and foe
support of the glorious cause
I beg thev will accept my
most cordial thanks for this
distinguished testimony of
their approbation.
“But, lest some unlucky ev
ent should happen unfavour
able to my reputation, I beg it
may be vemembered by every
Gentleman in the room, that
I this day declare with the ut
most sincerity I do not think
myself equal to the command
I am honored with.
“As to pay, Sir, I beg leave
t? assure the Congress, that as
t no pecun.ary consideration
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cnce of the Colonies the prize.
Many states, according to the'
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ton Bicentennial Commission,1
will celebrate June 15, 1932, asj
one of the feature days of the
two hundredth anniversary of
the birth of George Washington.
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The Juneau Cold Storage is
the only buyer in the market for
halibut and salmon in Juneau.
Halibut sold for 7-4 and salmon
runs 8-4-2 on the grounds. A 'd
even at those prices the buyer :s
not anxious to buy. The fishe -
man can’t sell his halibut if he
gets a load and if he gets a loa 1
of salmon, he can’t get anything
for it anyhow.
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