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EQUALii'l
I take no thought of my neighbors
birth,
Or the way he makes his prayer,
I grant him a white man’s place
on earth,
if his game is on the square.
.As he plays it straight
I’ll call him “Mate,”
Yvhen he cheats I’ll drop him flat.
All rank but this is a worn-out
lie—- *
For each man is as good as I—
And a king is only that.
“THE TAX BUGABOO’4
Under the above caption,the Alas
ke Weekly of Seattle, Washington,
says: “We can think of but one
possible thing which can prevent a
g^eat pulp industry for Alaska and
that is the unjust treatment of capi
tal already invested in other vital
industries in the territory.”
The Alaskan in policy boosts for
•any thing of benefit to Alaska. It
fails to see, however, the right of a
Seattle paper, even if it camou
flages its home port by assuming the
appelation “Alaskan.”
There are many things to keep
the pulp industry out of Alaska,else
said industry would have been estab
lished long since. The matter of
title to sites and power, the matter
cf getting strangle hold on timber
resources; the matter of transporta
ton; the matter of retroactive meas
ure by British Columbia compelling
the American investors in the pulp
industry in B. C. to use the' timber
lights granted them or have said
rights revoked; and no doubt other
good reasons could be pointed to.
The whine about “unjust treat
ment” is nothing more than the de
mand of cannery interests that the
present system of taxes be not
changed. Under the present system
the company operating the cannery
within the Annette Island reserve
pays to the Territory $1,800 case
tax; $1,200 trap tax which is refund
ed by the Territory to the people of
Metlakatla; tax of over $6,000 to
the people of Annette Island for fish
taken in or from the traps.
Ordinarily this company would
have paid to the Territory a little
over $3,000. Under the system the
company was more than willing to
pay more than $6,000 more for the
fishing rights which was an accept
ance of additional taxes equivalent
to twice the amount of taxes requir
ed by law.
As a matter of fact, the canneries
have never paid the same rate of
taxes that they pay in the States.
It is well to remember that our
school population is growing faster
than is the incoming population |
of the Ttrritory; that new build-[
insfs, maintenance and cost of opera
tion is quite a burden in some com
munities. The fair distribution of
taxes, in proportion to the systtm
taxes, as voluntarily entered in
to by the company,’ would permit
of a much more ambitious college
at Fairbanks and a mort even dis
tribution of school funds. With a
surplus indicated on hand, it would
be possible to give to the different
towns considerable more territorial
aid than at presen.
A fair taxation should not be
objected to, and a taxation based
on the Annette Cannery taxation,
■which was entered into voluntarily
could not be declared to be one that
will drive away possible investors.
WHOSE COUNTRY IS THIS?
There appears to be in the Senate
of the United States a misappre
b elision to tne effect tnat me im
migration net was passed in tne in
trest of ioreigu nations or of groups
in Liie united biates of foreign ex
traction. Tiie lact—or wiiui ougnt
to be tiie fact—is apparently lost
s.gnt of, tnat the law is aimed to
wiiat is best for the American peo
ple. "
With a dissenting voice, the Sen
ate voted to defer for a year, or
until June 1, 1928, the putting into
efiect of the national organs oasis
tor determining who shall. and wno
shall not be admitted to the United
Siaes. It is arbitrary, ft is not sus
ceptible of exact determination,
j But. it is a better basis than that of
the Census of 1890, which has been
UFed up to this time as a temporary
expedient pending the working out
of the national origins basis. This
temporary expedient also is arbit
rary and is not fairly representative
of the composition of America as a
whole.
On the 1890 basis, some countries
most notably Germany, the Irish
!• ree State, and the Scandinavian
countries, have been able to send
tv/ice as many of their people to the
United States as they could have
done on the national origins basis.
(j roups undertaking to represent
uie interests of those countries have
appeared to assert this favor as a
light hand and to demand that it
Oc continued. And the Senate, no
matter how much weight there
may be to the argument that nations*
origins basis has not been scientific
ally worked out, appears to have
yielded to the pressure of these hy
phenate groups.
A majority of the Immigration
Committee, Senator Johnnson report
ed favors the repeal of the national
j origins clause of the law. Whether
i or not that should be done depends
upon whether or not Congress can
w-.rk out a sound plan on the basis
of character and the needs of the
country and without regard to na
tional origin. In the meantime, how
ever, the law as it stands should be
administered in the interest of Am
erica. The national origins basis
should be put into effect on June 1
of this year, as provided in the law.
If the House will take the view ‘of
the situation, the action of the Sen
ate in the interest of the hyphenated
will be ineffective.—The Outlook.
BRITISH COLUMBIA FISH
Steady Increase in Country Where
No Fish Traps Permitted
All intellilgent . citizens of . the
United States, please take notice that
British Columbia uses no fish traps
and yet put up the largest pack of
salmon in 1926 in the history of her
fishing. .The pack was 2,064,922
cases compared to a pack of 1,747,
505 for 1924, the next highest pack.
DO FISHERMEN COMPLAIN
Do fishermen complain about not
| being able to make a living? Cana
dian fishermen are prosperous.
COMPARATIVE EARNINGS
Several boats that we know about
earned in British Columbia over
$1,000 per share. This gives to
leach man over $1,000 and to the
| boat and seine owner $5,000.
Page Ed. Morrissey and
John W. Troy
The earnings of Alaskan seiners
for 1926 was less than $100 per
share. This gives to each man $100
and $500. to the owner of the boat
and gear.
Businessmen, Answer Us
If you are indeed businessmen, O
ye Commercial Clubs of Ketchikan
and Juneau, is it not better busines
for each seineboat to earn$8,000 per
boat as in British Columbia, instead
of $800 as in Ketchikan? IT CAN
BE ONE, but you will have to pull
your necks outof the canneryman’s
collar.—Alaska Fisherman.
YOU CAN HAVE FRIENDS
It you don't contradict people too
much.
i If you don’t pry into the personal
I v if airs of the people you meet.
1 If you say a good word for things
I that you happen not to possess.
1 If you will assume a spirit of
i
j happiness and pleasure in whatev
er walk of life you happen to be.
In other words don’t be a kicker or
a knocker.
If you will turn a deaf * ear-~ to
most scandalous and “catty” talk.
If you will respect everybody’s
religious belief even if you differ.
If you will keep your attention
more upon others than upon your
self.
Sounds like a large sized order
fill but in proportion as you are
able to, . you will have friends
Selected.
ATHLETICS
Contributed
Another basketball season is clos
ing with few honors won for Peters
burg. Nevertheless, we believe the
work of the year has not been lost.
The fact that wide-awake progress
ive citizens of the town are sponsor
ing the erecting of a gymnasium, at
b'ast gives the Athletic Association
something to look forward to, with
hope of better success next year.
This is a move in the right direc
I tion.7 While a few may criticize the
movement, the fact remains, that in
athletics, there is a saving power. It
fosters cleaner boys, higher sense of
honor, leadership, self-control and
helps to establish character which
may be rendered more efficient
trrough mental discipline.
In four years, the Petersburg High
School has grown from four students
to an enrollment of thirty with a
good prospect of twelve entering
next fall from the present eighth
gi ade.
The foundation of this high school
was not laid in fogy unprogressive
ideas, and the organization of athlet
ics in the elementary school school
• our years ago has been a very pow
erful factor in the upbuilding of the
1 resent high school. It tended to
hold the boys and girls in school
which enabled the high school to
reach an enrollment which attract
ed not only the youths of Petersburg
but also of neighboring towns.
Let the work of athletics go on.
Again we say that it carries with it
I a saving power.
DID YOU KNOW
That Harvard University was
dedidated to the education of In
dian youth?
That Harvards charter reads that
the college is dedicated to “the ed
ucation of English and Indian youth
**** in knowledge and godliness.”
That the second building erected
at Harvard in 1654, was called
“The Indian College.”
1 hat Caleb Cheeshateaumuck an
Indian received his degree from
Harvard in 1665.
That Dartmouth College was an
outgrowth of the Wheelock Indian
fccnooi at Lbanon, Conn.
That Chief Occom visited England
and preached there to large audienc
es and thereby obtained 12,000
pounds, the largest contribution ev
<*r sent to the colonies for the foun
ing of an. institution for the propo
gation of Christianity among the
, heathen Indians. This institution
later became Dartmouth College.
That under its charter Dartmouth
College today will receive Indian
>outh without cost of tuition.
That Lieut. R. H. Pratt took a
group of Indians from the south,
held as prisoners, and founded the
famous Carlisle Indian School near
Harrisburg, Pa.
That his slogan, “ To Civilize the
Indian, Get him into Civilization;
Let him Stay, was the first real ef
fort of treating the Indian as human
beings.
That no better solution has been
offered by any educators or news
paper ment
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SURVEY NEEDED
Neil C. McGreggor stated that he
had employed” an engineer to survey
his lot and was informed that it
would be necessary to survey about
nine cit> blocks to determine the
exact location, as there was no re
cord of the subdivision survey. He
asked the Council if it would meet
w ith their favor to consider the |
fiont line of his property as estab
i.shed by the line of buildings on
Front Street and to measure the
corners established by other build
ings in the same block.
Motion was made by Allen* se
conded by Ohmer that Mr. McGreg
gor’s action in establishing the
boundaries of his lot as stated
above be approved. Motion carried.
INQUIRES BUILDING ORDINANCE
Mr. C. E. Swanson inquired if
the building ordinance the building
cf marquees as he contemplated
adding one to his building and if
any special permission of the Coun
cil was required, he would like to
have the Council consider it.
PREPARES FOR CAUCUS
The Mayor stated that it was
about time to have a caucus for the
purpose of nominating candidates
lor the next election and fixed the
time as Monday February 28 to
meet in the Old School Building.
DISCUSS EXTRA POWER UNIT
A discussion was had in regard to
j installing another unit at Blind
! Slough plant and the electrician
[ was instructed to obtain prices and
i submit an estimate cast.
William Worth advised that he j
intended to introduce a bill to the
legislature for* a reimbursement
of the expense of the smallpox epi
demic in 1919. It was his opinion
tnat he could get the bill drawn up
without any expense but motion
was made by Ohmer, seconded by
Euge, that he be authorized to em
ploy an attorney if necessary. Mo
tion carried. No further business be
' ing presented, the meeting ad
journed.
CAN A Elt Y MAN QUITS—ALASKA
Thomas S. Brain, on of the most
prominent cannery and trapmen in
this region, will desert the fish
1 usiness and Ketchikan after 15
years, it was made known today.
This item taken from the Chron
icle is only a reminder of how our
eannerymen friends come to us,
make a “cleanup” and take their
"poke” to sunnier climes, leaving
Alaska nothing but the pig in the
poke. . : >; •
it's the ideal “day opener" for all
the family—children as well as
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about noon.
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