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“Protection”
Back in 1928 Americans were
°ot satisfied with a full dinner
pail. We demanded leisure and|
{Treater participation in the,
things that make life worth liv-i
ing. Now we have leisure but;
it isn’t the sort we wanted. When;
the stock market crash came1
the great captains of industry!
wsured President Hoover that
wages would not be cut and we
tried to believe that. We thought
it was good medicine and it
would have been but the label
was deceiving Then the doctors
Prescribed a good, big dose of
protective tariff. We would sell
to ourselves We would all live
by taking in each other’s wash
ing. Vve had a ways been pro
tectionists, so we swallowed that,
too, and as a direct result of our
‘ariff we see Canada buying
b 10,000 000 less of American pro
ducts in one month and British
purchases drop $13,000,000 in the
■ time time. Such a policy closes
victories and increases the
• ieisme” of the workman but it
'ioesn t fill his dinner pail. We
still believe in protection but we
would stipulate that it be pro
tection for the many rather j
hran for the few. Lastly, it is j
lecommended that we bear our,
burdens with Chrisian fortitude.1
That is one commodity we have^
Pad altogether too much of. It
will not appease hunger or pay,
the rent. It will not buy shoesj
or bread. Chri-tian fortitude we
.rive but we want it buttered.1
We in Alaska want reasonable
laws and regulations that will j
nermit us to earn an honest liv-!
ing. Give the Alaskan fisher
man an opportunity to partici
pate in Alaska’s fisheries. It is
hard to exercise Christian forti
tude when Alaska’s fish are all
caug.’- t in special privilege traps
while the fishermen with their
boats and their nets remain idle;
when cannery iobor is imported
ny the boat load while resident
laborers stand and wait with
their families in want; And it!
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it not only fishermen who need
fortitude in this year of 1931. j
The merchant cannot extend
credit even to customers whom!
he knows to be horest and well
intentioned because he knows
the opportunity to earn is lack
. g, so he sees his business run
rlack with potential customers
everywhere for imported labor
aas mighty litt’e to spend in the
territory. And when we say
“merchant” we include along
With the grocer and the clothing
.nan, the butcher, the baker, the
coal dealer and those who sell
only service, the doctor, the
barber, the theater man and the
hanker. While the fish boats lie
idle the machmeshop man and
the merchant of gasoline may do
seme thinking, and the whole
salers in the states can hardly
remain indifferent. And our
commercial clubs, where are
they?
The need for sensible regula
tions does not stop there. When
the Forest "Service” by unfair
end discriminatory regulations
prevent the Alaskan loggers and
mill men from cutting and
marketing in competition with
Oregon and Washington the
300,000,000 ft. of over-ripe tim
ber which nature is wasting in
fhe Tongass an^ Chugach forests
this year and every year, all Al
askans will want to know why.'
Consider the timber associations
of the Pacific States. Compare
their available supply of spruce
and hemlock with ours and com
pare our production with theirs.
We are not raving against the
inevitable. These are matters
which can be corrected. Pol
itics? Yes, to Le sure. Make no
mistake, the formation of public
policy and the administration of
it thereafter affects your cash
register or your dinner pail 365
days in the year and no citizen
can escape responsibility.
“Truth Crushed to Earth Will Rise Again”
No public school in the state
of Arkansas can legally possess
vVebstcr’s Dictionary. The dic
tionary defines evolution and
gees so far as to say that man
is descended from a lower class,
/■•e anti-evolution law of Ar
kansas forbids the use of any
book that says such things. On
the same grounds, several other
works of ref°rence, including
the encyclopedia, must be kept
away from the ino.uiring youth
ul the state. Here is an ex
ample of the absurdity into
v ich we are led when we try
to restrict the free processes of
thought. And it may be that
the youth of Arkansas, like their
elders will not have their curi
osities aroused and will not care,
to find out for themselves what
it is ah about* and then, again,
it mav be that such unthinking
bigotry is partly the reason why
many Americans seem indif-j
fcrent to the churches. We can
be thankful that the church is;
not entirely dominated by such
leaders and that independent in
quiry after trihh is to some ex
tent allowable in other states, j
The Years Of Famine
In the fishing industry of Al
aska in the past there were
years of plenty Most of the
canneries which operated at a
loss did so more because of the
prodigality of 4 he owners, who
spent thousands of dollars in
foolish market plurges and oth
er wasteful manner. There is
no denying that canneries have
made money in the past, but be
i.eving that easy prosperity
would continue indefinitely, they
wasted instead of saving.
The economic situation in the
states will not permit of too high
cost of any commodity and
salmon is not an exception to
the rule, or halibut either for
that matter When prices get to
the point where certain foods
become a luxury such foods are
just not bought. And at the
prices demanded for salmon it
is not our belief that the public
in the states can absorb the
high cost of salmon, and the
same is true of halibut.
We are not familiar with the
costs of cold storage operation
but we think we can safely say
that salmon selling at 10 cents'
to the cold storage is not en-i
hanced in value up to 40 cents!
per pound just because it went1'
through cold storage, and the!
public under the present brand!
of prosperity, cannot and will!
not absorb salmon or any other!
food fish when equal food values]
are obtainable in meats at lesser
cost.
It is our belief then, that the
iqiddlemen, the brokers, should
also be willing to cut down on I
their profits in order to permit'
the producer the fishermen, to
make at least a living, which
is a bit more than operating ex
penses. At seven and three cents
for halibut the fisherman might,
as well hang up his gear and
*tay on the beach as to go out
risking his life to get fish out
of which he will not be able to,
make his operating expenses.
They Herd The Sheep
The political leaders of the
Democratic party met in Ju
neau this week to lay founda
ional plans for the next elec
ion, which will be next year
Out of this meeting comes the
following information:
“Piggy” Pegues of the Juneau
rmpire has promised the First
Division to Senator Tony Dimond;
of the Fourth Division, the of
fice of Delegate to Congress from
Alaska. He offers the attorney
generalship to George Grigsby, |
former candidate for delegate
to congress. The other offices j
are parcelled out probably at so
much per, to various other lesser
lights.
George Grigsby has a mind all
his own and it is not subject to
the boss rule or misrule of
“Piggy” of the Empire, the boss
of the Democrats and certain
misnamed Republicans of the
Territory. Says George, “I re
fuse to let any man dictate to
me what I shah run for or take
from my prerogative to run for
any office I might elect to file
for.” And foi which George
raises himself in our esteem, j
The closing days of the legis
lature saw a combination ten';
on leaving a clear field for
Senator Dimond to be the Dem
ocratic nominee for the office of
Delegate to Congress. But the
pressure put on Dimond in the
closing days of i/he legislature
were such that whether he vot
ed on the various measures or
not Dimond was making a re
cord which when properly pres
ented, to the voters will detract
from his vote securing power.
So it is being reported around
that Mr. Ziegler of Ketchikan
has aspirations to represent the
Territory in Washington and the
influence he promised to give
Dinnnd he ra<her expects to
me f. r himself. D irmg the clos
ing envs of the legislature
was stated that Zie*?l<. promis
ed to secure the Indian vote and
deliver it to Dimond but per
haps, since Ziegler has been
e’ected an Indmn chief of the
“Neetch-ka-kab” clan, he will
be able to tomahawk his way in
to Congress. T'hose who herd*
+he sheep have not heard the
?oats.
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Where Are We At?
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That the last legislature was
the supinest specimen of an ag- j
gregation of political jelly fish'
ever sent to Juneau is fast be- i
coming the general opinion of
the voters and not without rea-j
mn. The legislature appropri-j
^.ted a million and- a quarte-’j
dollars without change in the:
revenue bill. There is every in- j
dication at this time that there!
will be a dire shortage of funds j
in the treasury by the first of
the year. Unless corners .are cut
there will be insufficient on
hand during the next school year
to make refunds to the various
school districts for the operation
of the school. In fact, every
constructive program will havr
to be cut to +he quick or just
held up until more revenues are
received. The barest necessities
of governmental operation will
be met.
That is what comes of elect
mg spineless men to hold ma
jority control of the legislature.
We point to Senator Dimond and
Representative Ziegler as fair
examples of the kind of leader
ship which was so dumbheaded.
as not to know that unless they J
oassed a revenue measure tho.r;
appropriation bill was of no(
worth whatever.
'*Thpr» tbo money is no long-rj
available to meet the Pionee •
Pension fund, we will remini
the voters that their majority!
control of the last legislature i
made that condition possible. W'
have been hurt so much in the
past that it is a matter of indif -;
ference to us whether any more|
hurts are given, and it is rather
& sad joke to listen to men who
ooposed us politically are new:
whining for sympathy from us.;
We have been r *; r i ° "e* and honest
and fair in our efforts to secure
laws of general application Vi:
the territory. We have had r-J:
desire nor have we made any ef
fort to put our handr into ti«• '
territorial pie even though we!
have been accused . l trying tc
do so. We havf1 nad'j effor.. i:
prevent raids e.. this sane*
treasury in order that the Pio
neers might get all they were|
entitled to receive. So, by the
end of this year, when things
are going all wrong, don’t blame
us for the conditions which will
prevail, but like men, accept
responsibility for your own pol
itical acts.
Phone Off lie Phone Res.
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