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gear (seines and gillnets); like
wise the “1,500,000 cases from
British Columbia. The reports
that seine-caught fish (movable
gear) are inferior is false. The
[truth is that whenever fish is
condemned, the packer excuses
himself by blaming the seine
when more often it is .trap
caught fish.
A fellow citizen jumped me
stiff legged the other day and
demanded! “What are you try
ing to stop pulp mills coming to
Alaska for; don’t you know and
realize that we need pulp mills
and jobs for our jobless worse
than anything else?” We had
quite an argument. I told him
that if he was willing to guaran
tee that one half of the men em
ployed by the first pulp mill to
show up would be the unemploy
ed of Alaska, I would shut up
This he did not seem willing to
do, so I went on and explained
to him that I never had and
never will seek to prevent pulp
mills from operating in Alaska,
but that in opposing the pro
jected and partially completed,
gigantic pulp timber sales, I
em trying to prevent, before it is
too late, one of the rankest and
rot.tenest aborions ever put over
on a country and a people and
to prevent, as far as possible in
Alaskas future the very jobless
ness we are facing today. I want
to see the people harvesting
Alaskas timber crop tied to ancl
living on Alaska land. Not mere
ly a drifting bunch of trancient
laborers who, when the camp
shuts down have no home or
other means of employment.
He was hardheaded but I made
a convert. Now he thinks as
strongly as I do that these pro
jected and partially completed
sales are, on the face of them,
an outrage to the decency and
principle of a Democratic gov
ernment and that they can
stand good and reach comple
tion only by a prostitution of
Justice and equality. That they
are a betrayal, on the part of
the Forest Service, of the trust
imposed in them by the Ameri
can people and even if complet
ed as outlined, will never be al
lowed to stand without contest
fcr the lifetime of the agree
ment. In fact, by opposing these
sales and seeking to secure a
curtailment of the autocratic
power held by the Forest Ser
vice in Alaska, I consider that I
am seeking to hasten the day of
the pulp mill in Alaska and to
secure the safety of their tenure.
This may seem to be a state
ment at variance with the evi
dence, but we must remember
that before the large amout of
capital required to finance and
build a pulp mill in Alaska or
any other place is available and
willing to enter the field, com
mon sense tells us that the pro
moters must be assured of two
things. First—They must be able
to operate here and sell their
product at a profit, as cheaply
as they can from any other
available location with a suffi
ciently large supply of available
raw material—timber. Second:
They must be assured of a
source of supply from which to
draw their raw material free
from the control or interference
cf unfriendly interests.
Number one condition was
met and passed by the Alaska
Forest Service several years age.
Mr. Stuart, in his article in the
‘ Seward Gateway,” set the date
1920 as being the time when th
directing spirit of the Forest
Department realized that there
was danger of Alaskas timber
I entering competition in t h t
.worlds markets if left to the
[tender mercies of competing
[firms. This is substanciated oy
tne fact that in 1922 the average
(price paid for pulp wood b;>
I Atlantic coast mills was $19.Ce
i per cord. Considering the cost
I at which timber could and woulc:
{be delivered to mills in Alaska
iand the probabie freight charge
!from here to distributing point:
{we may safely say, for number
one: Proven!
Number two, is not so .simple!
When I say halt to the pule
sales, I say it with a perfec1
; comprehension of the fact that
[they have no doubt been ar
ranged as a bulkwark againsl
[any temporary tenure of contra
‘by unfriendly officials, but ever
■ so they strike so directly a!
Alaskas future development an.
[cut so deeply into the heart oi
the American tradition that the;,
lean not and should not be tol
erated by a fair minded people.
How any set of Governmen
officials, however highly place,
'and however deeply intrenchec
, behind civil service, can become
[so callus of their responsibility
j to the people and so blind to the
[injustice they are doing a coun
! try as large as the State o!
J Maine and as diversified in pos
sibilities as southeastern Alaska
when they seek to deny it to the
[occupancy of people and to the
'growing rotting of timber, that
[the greedy interests of the ver.
men who have been responsible
[for the worlds economic troubles
of today may be served, is be
yond me.
j No! The Forest Service peopl-:
know the answer. They knots;
that the pulp sales in Alaska arc
neither necessary or just. The
'know what the idea behind Na
tional Forest creation was in the
[first place; to prevent the ver
thing they have been guilty oj
lending their services to furth
er. If they do not know it, I re
commend for them a course ol
reading.
Bear Sanctuaries
The good people who mis
takenly believe they are right in
protecting the bear by asking for
reservations to be made of Chi
chagof! and Admiralty Islands
should be awakened before they
walk in their sleep too far.
We assert that the idea of the
“bear reservations” in Alaska is
not for the protection of brown
bear! It is for the purpose of
locking up huge, areas of timber
and minerals lands till that time
whep certain corporations may
open it at their leisure and bene
fit thereby. It is the surest way
of keeping Vox Populi from
making too strenuous objections
to the political chicanery of pay
tiiotic citizens.
Certain areas in the westward
section were made “game sanc
tuaries” and thereby the Lomen
Corporation got in and took con- j
tiol. It is an old game on a new
people. These game sanctuaries]
jure nothing but sanctuaries j
where public official and private
greed get together and parce
out lands, timber and resource
at the expense of the public. The
opposition to the “bear sanc
tuaries" must not be permittee
to die of inertia.
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Conserving Birds And
Bear
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(By Father Bernard R.
Hubbard, S. J.
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From Saturday Evening Post
July 30, 1932, Page 43.
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“A fortnight passed, and with
it an anxiety we never wish to
live through again. The Arctic is
friendly in spots and at times;
but not where we were.
Recent legislation has enlarg
ed the Katmai National Monu
ment boundaries so that now
they extend far up beyond Cape
Douglas. This means that trap
pers and fishermen trying to
earn a livlihood in these parts
have been evicted from their
cabins and holdings, and now
more than a thousand miles of
[inhospitable, mountainous coast
line without a human being
make the region more desertei
than ever. The food and shelter
of a trapper’s cabin have savei
more than one life in Alaska.”
Eonds—Money—Balapcing the Budget
By James R. Little
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I Bonds—are notes and mort
gages on property of the people
issued by their government so
that it can borrow from the
Bankers money the government
manufactures by authority of
the people and uu-o -»cr to the
{bankers, If the Government can
print a bond good enough to
borrow its own money on, why
not print the money and cut out
the bondsters?
Balancing the Budgets is a
Congressional title given to a
tax bill in depression years, that
i does tilings to Vie people instead
of doing things for them.
(Making the Fcop'e Poor by Law
i iij.e monopoly or opportunity
joy huge banking and corporate
(interests run by half a thousand
jbiilionaii s and multi-million
c. , es, who bleed the public white
and already own 90 per cent of
our national wealth. This bond
age and confiscation of the
property of the poor by the Shy
lccks of the Money Trust. The
People must end this unbearable
tax—burdens imposed by their
agents, the time-serving Demo
crats and Republicans in Con
gress and State Legislatures.
Stop also this endless and sense
j less thing called “Cycles of De
pression” Do you expect to see
'any better conditions so long as
'the Federal Reserve System
(keeps on taking money out of
| circulation at the rate of 200
jmillions in six weeks as it has
jrecently done? We are not an
•ixious to patch up this damnably
. rotten system so it will work—
but for the sake of millions of
unemployed and innocent chil
dren in distress, we would be
I criminals not to favor some re
lief if it can be had.
This Congress has followed
Hoover and the Bankers since
the first of last December. St i- j
tistical reports continue to show
the business thermometer going
down. March was the worst
month of the depression. They
have dished out moratoriums to
Europe, Doles to Bankers and
Insurance Companies and Rail
roads, but it hasn’t made enough
work to sail a pair of overalls. It
hasn’t added a car of freight,
started a factory or saved a
starving family.
Any fool out of a job knows
what the country needs is more
money among the people. Every
little business man knows it.
iThey blate about restoration of
Confidence and Credit. Go out,
i you Congressmen, among the
people and hunt for a little con
fidence; go out and hunt for a
little credit and see how much
lyour Demo-Republican game of
taking the people snipe hunting
is helping either you or them.
: You Congressmen balance bud
' gets to pay your salaries and
the Banksters interest, the
'bondsters pat you on the back
, and give you another big ban
quet—millions suffer and the
savings and homes of the people
vanish while you wine and dine
! under covers of the smoke
screen raised by a strumpet
| press. But the public is getting
wise. On with the fight folks! We
win if they inflate—they lose if
I they don’t. Liberty! Honest men
; and women. Vote from your neck
up—not from the neck down’
.Take your brain out of your
belly this November 1932.
; Republicans—Democrats
-Which?
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Voters, before long must choose
between candidates of two
'parties.
| “I will vote for the man” some
| say.
' This is dangerous doctrine be
cause the two parties this year
have directing minds.
i
I The situation among the Re
I publicans may be as bad as you
think with Wickersham, Rusi
gard, Keller heading the ticket,
'and pulling in different direc
tions, and we must admit that
Governor George Parks dees not
stand for the advancement of
the people of Alaska, and that
Judge Harding is famous for
nothing except his love for his
'family, and yet
What if the Democrats should
twin?
\ John Walker Troy of the Ju
neau Empire would be your next
1 governor; Jim Connors would be
> your collector of customs; and
; Jim McClusky would be the next
. United Slates Marshal.
[: Of one thing the Republicans
imay be certain—they will not be
| appointed to office—That is a
| Democratic promise.
IT CAN BE DONE
| It is time for Alaskans to bury
their personal feelings and face
the enemy that is destroying
them.
The political issue this year is
FISH.
The political leaders or the
public press must be judged by
! their contribution to the fight,!
; against the thing that is des- J
troying Alaska.
You who read—we are on the!
verge of success.
All that remains to be done is (
for the people to get together
down with fish traps and carry]
tile fight against Henry O’Malley.:
Taking tBull By The
Horns
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Two years ago, the plea of the
leaders of the Republican Party
in Alaska, was “harmony.” The
leaders of the Alaska Native
Erotherhood against their bet
ter judgement, entered into the
“harmony” program only to have
it made evident that “harmony”
meant the election of certain
candidates. William L. Paul and
C. T. Gardner and Walter P
Scott were thrown off the list
because there was not a real
honest effort at harmony. The
several candidates were pulling
for the ticket by primarily mak
ing it certain that regardless oi
the ticket their own election
was made certain.
Looking over the personnel of
the Republican Party in Alaska
this year we are wondering just
I what kind, of harmony there will
be.
First: The candidates are will
ing to receive the support of the
Divisional and National Com
mitteemen but are unwilling to
give full support in return or to
work in complete unity with
them. (Note we do not say “har
mony.”)
Second: So far no candidate
has made any declaration of is
sues—primarily because there is
no issue.
Third: Each candidate is ab
sorbed in his own individual
candidacy—regardless of the
ticket.
The “harmony” of 1930 was
nothing but a fake harmony.
That was soon made evident
when the several candidates were
elected. “Harmony” means
“Elect Me.” But when it comes
to actual, honest and practical
politics as it is played by the
major parties, the “harmony”
was nothing but bunkum—not
even “hokum.”
Here Is Harmony
We have contacted the several
fishing districts and we have
first-hand reports of the senti-jl
tnent of the people who earn ]
their livlihood by fishing for1 ^
salmon. They are in absolute
unity and harmony on the idea ‘
that ’
1. The Fish traps niust go.
2. Henry O'Malley must be re-.J
moved.
3. Divorce all Federal Officials :
from All Territorial Offices and
duties.
We will join in that harmony
tune and none other. It is a na
tural chord which the voting
public is asking for and it is the
only chord. Any o ,ier ‘harmony’
tune offered by the candidates
is spurious and will not be ac
ceptable to the voters.
Those who refuse to join in
that “harmony” chorus will
meet with defeat at the polls—
and it will not be “The Indian
vote” that will send the candi
dates to the sticks. The country
is at the turn of the roads—the
leaders are to point out the way
• -but the voters will follow but
one course. They are in no mood
for foolishness. They know what
[they want and they want it—
I NOW!
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DONOVAN HITS TAX SYSTEM
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1 J. J. Donovan, vice-president
jBIoedel Donovan Lumber Mills
| Bellingham Wn., hit the Wash
ington tax system in protesting
| to the county board of equaliza
tion against the high assess
ments against his company in
Clallam County. Mr. Donovan
said his company had to pay J
$300,000 in live years merely fo? !
the privilege of permitting its |
t.mber to stand in Crescent j
township. He intimated that I
Clallam County has not been
fair with his company and that
its logging operations in that
county may be abandoned. Mr.
Donovan declared the industrial j
insurance board at the present!
| is bankrupt as a result of ex-,
. travagant allowances during thej
past 10 years. He said his com- j
pany has been called upon to pay;
an extra $17,000 insurance as-;
sessment’and another of $30,000'
over the regular assessments. He'
told the board he intends to look
to the legislature next winter to I
make some correction in the in- ■
dust rial insurance situation.—1
jTimberman, Portland. j
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ILLITERACY DROPS
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Illiteracy has decreased about
2 per cent since 1920, but there
are still 4,293,753 persons—the1
urgest percentage being ‘‘pure
lative stock”—in this country
*,rho are more than 10 years of
>.ge and unable to read or write
a any language, according to U.
3. Census Bureau figures made
public last week.
Not all illiteracy is among th?
latives of Alaska.
Monte Bay Fool Hall
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Candy - Cigars - Soft Drinks
A place to meet your friend?:
Yakutat, Alaska
Ben Petersen - - Prop.
Juneau Melody House
R.C.A.-Victor
Records - Phonographs - Radios
Mail orders promptly filled
Sales FOLD Service
Hardware - General Supplies
Draying
Haines - - Alaska
Erick Oslund - - Proprietor
Carl Bjornstad
General Merchandise
Groceries
Shoes - Gents’ Furnishings
Haines - - Alaska
Hollywood & Beach
SHEET METAL - HEATING
PLUMBING - STOVE REPAID \
Sitka - Alaska
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Valentine Building,
Juneau, Alaska