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HENRY JUST PLAIN LIAR
Last summer .Henry O’Malley,
United States Commissioner of
Fisheries was asked by some for
ty boat owners to meet with
them in Ketchikan to discuss
fishery problems. The meeting
was scheduled for three o’clock
of a certain day. O’Malley’s re
ply to the fishermen’s request
for a meeting was that he HAD
to leave at two o’clock.
The matter was taken up with
Secretary of Commerce Lamont
and in a written statement to
the Secretary, Mr. O'Malley said
that he left at two o'clock in or
der to arrive at Anan to inspect
a fish weir there and to be able
TO MAKE THE TIDE THROUGH
WRANGELL NARROWS.
Travelling at nine knots, the
yacht of Ananias O’Malley would
arrive at Anan around between
eleven and twelve o'clock at
night. A couple of hours delay
in Ketchikan would still permit
his arrival at destination before
breakfast with no time lost.
Tide in Narrows
And now the Honorable Heinie
declares the reason he did not
stop over in Ketchikan to attend
the fishermen’s meeting was be
cause he had to make the tide
through the Narrows.
Since the Narrows was dredg
ed out we have seen the Admiral
Evans of the Admiral Line and
the Northwestern of the Alaska
Line plow their ways through
the Narrows at dead low water.
Ee it powered skiff, fancy yacht,
fishing vessel or big liner, the
tide matters not to the navigat
or in the Narrows. With the big
vessel Brant of the Bureau of
Fisheries it is hard to under
stand why it HAD to make the
tide through the Narrows.
It will be most interesting, if
not elucidating to Alaskans, if
beneficent trap protector, head
of the Bureau of Fisheries, would
fell how and why the tide in the
Marrows meant so much to him
As citizens living along the
banks of these Narrows we be
lieve that Henry is maligning
this scenic navigable highway
And in so doing is putting our
home port in a mighty poor po
sition as to harbor facilities.
The ONLY explanation that
Tiie ALASKAN can give Mr.
O’Malleys statement is that it is
a bald faced lie. Nothing more—
nothing else but.
ITERE COMES THE BLUSHING
BRIDE
. . So far, George Grigsby is
the only ‘blushing violet’ to de
clare himself capable of pairing j
with either James Wickersham
or John Rustgard. Whether]
George is kicking over the De-;
mocratic traces or not, we do!
not know. Certain it is the De
mocratic leaders do not believe '
him capable of carrying out a;
successful campaign. For un
dercurrent rumors persist in1
linking up “Tony” Dimond and
Mr. Ziegler as Democratic can
didates for the office.
George was in Congress for
two years by and through the
machinations of the Juneau
Empire and its Republican fed-'
oral henchmen. As a delegate’
he made a good chambermaid.
”Nuff sed.
WILL BE ADMINISTRATION
CANDIDATE
It is being reported that John j
Rustgard will make a trip (of- j
ficial, of course), to Washing-,’
ton with the view of lining up j<
federal support of his candidacy
for delegate to Congress. Re
cently he was in conference with
Mr. Lathrop, Republican Nation
al Committeeman who is report
ed as being enroute to Washing
ton.
What is meant by ‘administra
tion candidate’ is rather puzzl
ing to this publication. Does it
mean he is in favor of the pre
sent fisheries administration by
Henry O'Malley? of the present
pupmill favoritism by the For
.stry Bureau; of appointment
of non-residents to Territorial
official positions. Or just favor
ing anything that is not “undip
lomatic”?
TIIE TWO PARTY SYSTEM
Chairman Claudius Huston, in
i recent speech made in New
York, touched upon the rise of
the bloc system in the United
3tat.es and said that such group?
vere in opposition to the thots
)f the framers of the Constitu
ion, who, he said, wrote that
ocument in the belief that the
ountry should be governed by
i two-party system.
While we admit the presence
•f the two-party system, we af
firm that this system was not in
he minds of the framers of the
Constitution, but came into be
ng during the latter part of
Washington’s administration.
It is dangerous to argue from
what we think the framers of
he Constitution had in theii
minds. For example, their idea
of the Electoral College was
his—mat the people would
Ret their best men to this Col
lege and that these men would
'xercise their best judgment in
^electing a President of the
United States. This idea was
abandoned after the first three
: lections until now this College
is nothing but a meeting of mes
enger boys who register the vote
of their State as expressed in
tVe general election.
hope springs eternal
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District Attorney Leo Rover of
Washington, D. C., acting writh
toe approval of the White House,
is engaged in a campaign to
c‘ean up the National Capital
and demonstrate to the nation
mat the city actually can be arid
of gamblers and night clubs. It
said that the drive is not to be
confined to any single class and
there there will be no political
interference with prosecuting of
ficials.
Attorney Rover, even though
nopeful, has a bigger job on his
hands than he probably antici
pates. Had the? drive been re
stricted to “certain classes” no
doubt a mighty good showing
would be made. But when the
drive “is not to be confined to
cny class then the invisible
government will step in and the
showing will be but a poor farce.
FORTUNE IN SALMON FOR
SEATTLE IS MISFORTUNE
FOR ALASKA
“There was more than $25,
000,000 worth of canned salmon
stored on Seattle docks Thurs
day.
It was the bulk of the Puget
Sound and Alaskan packs and
spelled prosperity with capital
letters for Seattle. (Ed. Note_
Mot even spelled for Alaska).
A great many dollars from;
his immense fortune in tinned j
vealth will clink into Seattle!
Coffers. (Ed. Note—Alaska cof-l
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fers were milked dry to give Se
attle ‘that clink.’)
Seattle began getting its re
venue from this fortune a year
ago. Already Seattle has begun
to collect its revenue from the
harvest of 1930. During the year
jither directly or indirectly, ev
ery man, woman and child in Se
attle has benefitted from thi.
huge salmon industry. (Ed. Note
—Every man, woman and child
in Alaska has not benefittdd
from Alaska’s toll to Seattle.,
and many today are wondering
how they will get through the
winter season).
Boats Overhauled
When the fishing boats return
ed from the harvest waters last
fall they immediately went to
Seattle shipyards for repairs and
overhauling. Seattle men did
he work. (Ed. Note—There are
hipyards literally starving to
death in Alaska for want of
work and good mechanics who
are mere beach combers, drift
wood, for lack of work, while
1 those who harvest in Alaska get
c 11 their work done in Seattle).
While the shipyards worked on
-he stout vessels, the crews
scattered to all parts of the city
to live while boats underwent j
the overhaul. Engines, hulls and j
rets required attention. (While
the men went to all parts of Se
attle the Alaska business men
began to cast their eyes about
measuring up to see where they
could squeeze another nickle
out of the pauperized resident
Alaskans).
Late in the winter the boats
began to get their outfits for
Lie summer fishing season.
Clothing, food, gear and mach
inery were bought from Seattle
firms. (So that when spring,
time rolls around these men do
not need to buy anything from
local business, except a little!
Copenhagen, Star tobacco. Bull
Durham and perhaps a clean
pair of socks.)
Crews, composed mostly of Se
attle men, manned these ships:
on their voyages to Alaska and
cheir summer’s work on the fish
ing grounds. (Aliens being giv- :
en preference to residents on a !
I large proportion of the work.
Jin fact, Alaskans have had to
go to Seattle to hire out for jobs j
in Alaska).
A census of the city shows j
approximately 37,000 persons I
engaged in the fishing and allied
interests. (Ed. Note—Add 37,000
persons to the resident popula
tion and it will change economic .
conditions considerably. A part!
of that population would float i
Westward and make possible a
settlement in the Railroad re-1
gion that would be of great be-:
nefit to that Road and to the'
country. More business would
be done by every house and
more capital reinvested in the!
Territory instead of Seattle.
Ed. Note—A more prosperous;
Alaska v/ill mean a more pros
perous Seattle; transportation!
problems of the steamship lines
would be eradicated, greater
and more rapid turnover of cap
ital would follow, more would
build permanent homes and ev
ery town would feel more pride
in its citizenry, growth and de
velopment. All, if a part—good
ly part of that $25,000.000 were!
distributed among the fishermen
as their fair share in and from
production instead of leaving it'
in the hands of twenty or more:
trap holders. Think it over and!
ask yourselves if the Alaska Na
tive Brotherhood is working to'
your hurt when it demands |
a better w7age for all residents j
; and the elimination of O’Mai- ;
leyism from its one great indus-|
try. If the effort of this In-1
dian organization is hurtful,,
let us know and tell us where it1
may be improved. If it is right, i
then again let us know. It is j.
not improbable that we have a ;
bit of vanity that likes com
mendation as do others.
DIPLOMATIC DELEGATES
. /ihe most outstanding feature
was the present delegate’s un
diplomatic^ battle witri respect
to the fisheries, says the Gate
way of Delegate Sutherland s
oat lie to protect tne interests o,
nis consnuency. Perhaps the
Gateway prefers George Grigs
by’s diplomacy when the Jones
O'il discriminating against Al
aska was before Congress. In
stead of standing up and battl
ing for the Territory, George
hied himself to California where
he basked in the sun of that
State leaving no one to fight,
ror or even speak for the Terri
tory. As George himself said:
T knew Senator Jones was a big
man and I did not want to do
anything to antagonize him.”
I fit was undiplomatic of Dan
to stand before Congress to teh
It the real truth of the depreda
tions upon the fisheries resource
by the Canning Combine by and
vhth the consent of the United
States Bureau of Fisheries, then !
red blooded Alaskans want none j
of that kind of diplomacy which:
which would betray Dan’s own I
self-respect in order that he j
cringe like a fawning cur at the
feet of tin gods.
Dan . retains the respect of all
a iaskans because he refused to
be a servile coward and because
he served Alaska and Alaskans
as his conscience dictated re
gardless of all efforts at political
chastisement.
DANGER FROM WITHIN
Rev. Mark A. Mathews, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
of Seattle recently delivered a
sermon wherein he declared iliat
“America is suffering from the
enemies inside of the govern
fnent as much as from enemies
t utside of the government.
Years ago we drifted into the
erroneous habit of creating
squads and departments for the
enforcement of laws. We estab
lished the pink tea squad, the
green tea squad and the black
tea squad, and thereby trans
ferred responsibility for the en
forcement of law to the individ
ual and separate squads, reliev- I
ing the great majority of law
enforcing forces of the duty of
enforcing all the laws. That has
been detrimental and has caused ,
the lax enforcement of law.
* * : If we could restore the :
American people to their respect
for law as such, if we could make
them respect the Constitution
and rigorously and vigorously
enforce all the laws, we would
not need the Anti-Saloon Leag
ue or any other league to help
us enforce specific laws.
* * * The United States is suf
fering from enemies inside who
are double crossing each other,
inspecting and investigating
each other, lying about each j
other. The government suf-1
fers the law suffers and the na- j
lion suffers. Away with such. I
have no quarrel with any
specific league, Anti-Saloon
League, or any other league, if
it stays in its place, takes its
back seat and assists all the peo
ple in enforcing all the laws and
leestablishing dignity and re- j
spect for the majesty and power
of law. I call the nation, citi
zen and officers back to a sane
respect for law and its enforce
ment. without prejudice or fa
vor.
It is safer to hear and take
counsel than to give it.
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