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THE WORLD IS ROUND
They say the world is round
And yet I sometimes think it’s
square
So many little hurts wre get
From corners, here and there.
But one great truth I’ve found
in life, ,
While journeying on to rest,
The only folks who really wound
Are those we love the best.
The man you thoroughly despise
Can cause you wrath, ’tis true,
Annoyance in your heart may
rise
At things mere strangers do—
But these are only passing ills,
This rule all lives will prove,
The ranking wound that aches
and thrills
Is dealt by hands we love.
The choicest garb and the sweet
est grace
Are oft strangers shown,
But the careless mien and the
frowning face
Are given to our own.
We flatter those we scarcely
know.
And please the fleeting guest,
But deal full many a thought
mess mow
To those we love the best.
But love does not grow on every
tree,
Nor do true hearts yearly bloom.
And alas, for those who only see
That cut across the tomb,
And soon or late the fact grows
plain
To all through sorrow’s test,
The only folks who really wound,
Are those we love the best.
—TAYLOR HOLMES
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GOVERNMENT NOT PROTECT
ING ALASKA DEVELOPMENT
From Ketchikan Chronicle
Only a few days ago The
Chronicle brought to attention
the matter of a government ves
sel going through the port carry
ing lumber manufactured in the
states for consumption by the
government in Alaska. This we
viewed with apprehension in
that it appeared there was no
good reason why Alaskan spruce
or hemlock could not have suit
ed the same needs on the part of
the bureau of education.
Now, it appears tliere is an
other condition of consequence
and importance. During the past
few weeks permits have been
granted by the Forest Service
for the shipment of logs to the
stater, or elsewhere. We question
not the motive nor the reason.
Apparently, in the minds of
those officials in charge, there
was ample justification.
For many years it has been
the policy of the forestry bu
reau, as we are informed, to
look askance at applications for
shipment of logs from the Ter
ritory. This seems proper and
constructive. Alaska never will
be built if its raw products are
shipped to the states or else
where for manufacture. They
must be manufactured at home.
Alaskans generally should use
their every effort in preventing
the shipment of unfinished pro
ducts from the Territory, pro
vided, of course, that such ac
tion is in accord with the law.
Editorial note: There is no
legislative enactment by Con
gress which authorizes the For
est Service to refuse permit forj
exportation with the present con |
dition of Alaska’s timber. The
proviso is made that shipment |
of surplus timber shall be per-r
mitted but permits refused whenj
the supply is endangered. This
refusal to issue xport permits by
the Forest Service is a concoc
tion of their own without the
law and public policy.
While there must be general
objection to the shipment of
logs to the States or to Canada
to be manufactured, and wniie
it may be said that such regula
tions redound to Ine advantage
of the sawmills, it must not bt
forgotten that in Southeastern
Alaska there is not more than
one or possibly two mills flour
ishing. It may be said even
that such permission for ship
ment will aid the small loiger.
This is not true. The shipment
of logs will only hurt the loggers
and their operations whether
they be large or small.
If the 16gs are worth being
shipped out at great and waste
ful cost, they are worth being
manufactured at home that the
waste may be eliminated. And
it must never be forgotten that
a sawmill payroll in the states
or Canada never builds any
homes in Ketchikan or Alaska.
And we are for Alaska.
However, it occurs that there
is a field for development. Thru
out the country there is a de
mand by large companies of
communication for poles, tens
of thousands, of these poles, suit
ablefor use by the telephone and
telegraph companies. They are
not particularly valuable for the
manufacture of lumber. They
are, nuwever, suii/ciuie, aim we
efer particularly to yellow cedar
to the needs of the communica
tion system.
Let us develop this pole busi
ness to its extent but let us urge
the forestry service to protect the
'umber mills of Alaska, the de
velopment of work and payrolls
by keeping the natural resources!
;n the Territory until turned out,
the finished product.
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SALMON PACK SUBNORMAL
Henry O’Malley, United States
Commissioner of Fisheries, is
somewhat concerned with the
fisheries situation in the Bristol
Bay area. The salmon have not
been coming in and the situa
tion is so grave that he has de
clared a weekly close season of
120 hours in the hope that there
will be sufficient escapement to
insure future operations.
O’Malley is quoted in Juneau
as declaring the situation in that
area as being due to the poor
season of 1925. And what, pray,
caused the poor season of 1925?
Was it due to the seine opera
tions of resident Alaskans who
have not put up 5.0 per cent of
the total pack in many years and
in the past ten years have put
up only around 20 per cent of
the total pack? Hasn’t O’Malley
been in charge during these sev
eral years when depletion threat
ened? Has he given ear to the
complaint of fishermen that his
system of conservation was not
a correct theory nor proper prac
tice? And has he not “saved”
the fisheries by discriminatory
regulations which do not hurt
the trap system and only hurts
the fishermen and the resource?
The admission by O’Malley
that the situation in the Bristol
Bay area is grave is an admis
sion that his administrative pol
icy is and has been a failure.
When an executive in a large in
dustry makes a failure of his ad
ministrative policy, his services
are dispensed with immediately
and another secured in his place
to put that industry back on a
sound financial basis. Then why
keep O’Malley on the job when
he himself admits that his ef
forts have been and are a fail
ure?
HAS OWN BRAND
Mister Murray, superintend
ent of the Skinner cannery at
Kake in a recent conversation
with some fishermen in this port
said: “Tell Mr. --that the ”j
boat has a load of fish from my 1
raps. They are my fish.”
Which makes us wonder if the'
skinners have a special method
if branding salmon which enter
their traps and are thereby iden
tified when on scows or boats.
Too many times such skinners
have blackmailed or blackballed
fishermen for taking “fish from
my traps.” That without any
supporting evidence they accuse
fishermen of robbing “my traps.”
Yes! His fish. Get off the earth
you poor, ignorant slave. Leave
ms nsn aione ana Keep out oi
chennels where HIS fish run.You
poor sap, we only let you get
enough fish to keep you from
starving and you are such an in
grate that you fail to appreciate
our erenerositv to vou. Get out of
the way, Slaves. Your dreams
of liberty and equality are idle
delusions and the teachings of
Jefferson only for the Colonials.
Slaves!
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TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT
PROTECTION
On another column we reprint
an editorial from the Ketchikan
Chronicle. We urge our readers
to digest that brain storm of
“Peanuts” Morrissey. For it truly
is a brain storm.
“Alaskans,” he says, "general
ly should \ise their every effort
in preventing the shipment of
unfinished products from the
Territory, provided, of course,
that such action is in accord with
the law.”
While objecting to shipment of
uncut timber to the states or to
foreign markets “Peanuts” says
that “in Southeastern Alaska
there is not more than one or
possibly two mills flourishing.”
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Because discriminatory regula
tions by the Forest Service put
a crimp in their operations and
permitted the Coastal states to
grab certain foreign markets
which should have been taken
care of by Alaska timber and
lumber men. Further the regu
lations governing cutting oper
ations made it impossible for the
logger to operate at all and the
to operate on poor timber
The mills cannot flourish un
der the circumstances. There is
not a sufficient local demand for
local finished products and the
state and foreign markets re
quire top grade products which
naturally causes a glut on the lo
cal market of culled lumber. The1
local demand can be adequately
taken care of by any one of the
larger mills. The old Wrangell
mills virtually had monopoly on
the local markets until forced
into bankruptcy by bureaucratic
regulations, poor timber and in
ternal troubles caused by the op
erating losses. To make matters
worse, the canning industry is
turning to the pulp mills for
shipping boxes which throws out
of business a major industry of
the lumbering business.
Between the Forest Service re
gulations which have driven and
are driving timber operators out
of business and the lack of an
adequate market for finished |
lumber products, the industry isj
iacing a crises wmcn unless met .
immediately will finally close out ]
mills now bankrupt or on the
verge of bankruptcy. So the log
ger must turn to the foreign -
market for timber sales, and the “
mill operators must learn to say
“uncle” to the little tin gods of
the Forest Service and on bend
ed knee beg keeoers of our for
ests for permission to log and
dispose of our timber in order
that we can hire and fire our
men in camps, buy foods and
supplies from the stores and sub
scribe to the Chronicle and oth
er publications in Alaska instead
of driving our citizens to mills
and "camps on Puget Sound to
build up those mills and indus
tries.
Develop the “pole” business?
We won’t ridicule any scheme ev
en though such a scheme may
sound ridiculous. But let that
come as an addition to oppor
tunities right here at hand which
have been and are making that
ire making urgent calls. Do
:his rather than sell our birth
right for a mess of bureaucratic
turning the the pulp mills for
To him that hath shall be
given; to him that hath not, ev
en that which he hath shall be
taken away.—Bible.
FAIR ENOUGH
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Sonny boy came rushing into
the kitchen where his mother
was getting dinner. “Ma,” said
he, “do you love me”? “Yes, son”
was the reply ^‘Bright boy,
Then give me some bread and
butter.”
Pat Verney arrived in port on
the mailboat from Ketchikan.
He leaves on the Northwestern
for Juneau.
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Owing to the enormous production of new Ford Cars
-9700 per day. - we are authorized to pass on a re
duction in price of from $5 to $25 per car f.o.b. factory.
51 per cent of all the cars registered in the State
of Washington during the month of May were Fords.
This is only slightly over the average for the en
tire United States. THERE IS A REASON FOR IT.
Let us give You a demonstration.
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Passenger accom
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sels have been'
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You will find them
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