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LOUIS F. PAUL, - -- -- - - - EDITOR
C. O. PARKS,.BUSINESS MANAGER
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lishing Company at Petersburg, Alaska.
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Bristol Bay Fisheries Failure Not Unexpected
Tliis publication has always
contended that removal of the
fish trap system would give the
resident fisherman greater earn
ing power—hence greater spend
ing power. The fishermen have
realized the verity of this state
ment long since. The following
demonstrated fact may be at
tested to by any number of fish
ermen operating cut of Wran
gell.
In the first week of fishing in
the Point Ward district the flsh
innr nmme nwratrpri frnm t.Pn tl
twenty-five thousand salmon.
In the second week of fishing
the crews did not pay for the
gasoline they burned up trying
tr' find salmon. The first week
showed plentiful salmon because
the traps from Cape Chacon tc
Union Bay were not in opera
tion. The salmon, unobstructed
reached the “upper stream” dis
tricts. Immediately the traps
got into operation the salmon
did not reach the “upper stream’
districts; the fishermen could
net even pay or the salt the}
put on their foods.
While the fishermen put up
plaintif wails decrying the sys
tem which prevents them from
earning a decent living, those
who benefit most by the highe;
earnings of these people, idly sit
by waiting for the crumbs which
fall only occasionally from the
richly laden tables of the tra]]
operators.
It is well said that “ignorance
is the mother of prejudice, and
the saying is a demonstrated
fact, for the ignorance displayed
and the indifference, toward
this vital problem, makes it sc
much the harder to solve.
From The Pacific Fisherman
For March, 1921
“The pack of Red Alaska in
1919 was but 1,204,343 cases, and
that of 1920 probably larger. Not
since that of 1899 has the output
been as small. The packs fo:
the five years 1914 to 1918 in
clusive, averaged 2,269,350 cases
or nearly 100 per cent more thar
either 1919 cr 1920 produced. * *
The depletion of pink salmon is
even more marked. * * But more
serious still is the fact that from1
the spawning streams o Alaska
1922 more pronounced decreases I
may be expected. With fewer
fish to catch, fishing operations
have become more extensive and
intensive.”
And Charles D. Garfield had
this to say when secretary o'j
the Territorial Fish Commission
“There must be curtailment cl
rnni-oHnnc * * Timo QTlH f) PA 1 ft
has the attention of the author
ities, the people, and the pack
ers been called to the dangers of
overexploitation of the indus
try, but to no purpose. Blinded
by the increasing figures of pro
duction, Congress and the con
trolling Federal bureau in Wash
ington presented no reason for
arresting the frenzied fishing.
The people were misled by the
apathy of the authorities and
the cajolery of the packers; the
latter in turn ‘peddling’ to them
.*■ elves and worshipping a mys
terious fetish which would con
stantly bring on an unfailing
supply of fish, while behind ii
ill, caring naught for the future,
was a consuming desire to get
all they could before the supply
would fail. * * The tendency or
the packing industry is now to
ward the scrap heap with an
accelerated speed each succeed
ing year.”
Predictions Come True
The situation in the Alaska
fisheries is not improving very
fast under the law of 1924 and
administration of Henry O’Mal
ley. The Bristol Bay area where
cne the pack averaged two and
cne half million cases yearly, is
now on an average of less than
one million cases a year. While
the Bureau of Fisheries prints
glowing reports of improved con
ditions in the fisheries, it sends
out orders closing areas known
by Alaskans to have failed to
produce fifty per cent of its nor
mal supply of salmon.
When the Law is*Anarchic
(Editorial from the Washington, D. C, “News”)
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Wisely the Wickersham Com
mission on Law Observance and
Enforcement is looking “to the
inside of the cup” to discover to
what extent the law is being
fouled by the very courts them
selves.
Widespread and scandalous is
the lawlessness of the law that
the Kenyon subcommittee has
set about to.investigate, but it is
the opinion of this paper that
no where will the Kenyon prob
ers uncover such legal anarchy
as in the California cases of
Thomas J. Mooney and Warren
K. Billings.
Some Established Facts
We know, for instance , that
the five defendants in the bomb
ing cases were arrested on July
26 and held incommunicado un
til August 7, that they were den
ied benefit of counsel, that
Mooney complained of his illeg
al treatment before the grand
jury.
We know that witnesses were
coached, that they were given
free board and lodgings for
months, that they were promis
ed rewards and favors.
We know that Mrs. Edeau, one
cf the “witnesses,” was promis
ed aid in the release of her con
vict husband for testimony that
was so false that she was not
called again as a witness!
We know that the five chief
witnesses to convict both Moon
ey and Billings were either con
fessed or proved perjurers, and
that in the case of the Edeaus it
was known by the prosecution
that they were lying at the time
they testified. #
We know that innocent epsom
salts was called an ingredient
of explosives by a state “expert
witness” on the stand, that the
material evidence of the alibi
pictures of the Mooneys on the
Eiler Building roof was posses
sed but suppressed by the prose
cution, that the court and prose
cution saved from jail the per
jurer Oxman in his perjury trial
by closing his mouth when he
was asked if he actually was in
San Francisco at the time lie
•swore he saw Mooney and Bill
ings plant the bomb.
We know that Judge Franklin
Griffin, whom the people of San
Francisco have honored by five
re-elections, has cried out
against the Mooney case that
was tried in his court: “It was
one of the dirtiest jobs ever put
ever.”
We have from the very lips of
Prosecutors Brennan and Cunha
the cynical admission that they
tried Mooney and Billings not
on direct evidence but on their
reputations!
Conspiracy Is Charged
And we have it from Woodrow
Wilson’s Densmore Report that
district Attorney Fickert’s office
was in a conspiracy to convict
the innocent and free the guilty.
Here, indeed stands American
justice stripped of all pretense
of law, as savage and anarchic
as the mob. They in California
“have made a scare crow of the
law” and yet men and women of
America are asked to honor it.
If the Wickersham Commis -
sion fails to ihclude these cases
in its report on legal lawlessness
it will1 not only by its silence be
come a party to the California
conspiracy, it will make of its
report a sorry farce.
Editorial Note: The Wicker
sham Commission did touch on
this betrayal of American jus
tice and they condemned the
miscarriage of justice and abuse
of liberty in no uncertain terms.
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1Illegality of Traps
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The legality of traps in Alas
kas has been challenged not a
few times. The claim is set
forth that the trap is a special
privilege contrary to the law of
1924 which specifically provides
that fishing shall be general.
In Oregon last May, the gili
netters asked the courts for an
in junction against the Barbev
Fish Company to prevent them
from operating fish traps and a
fish dock in the Columbia Rive:
from Sand Spit Island. Recent
ly the courts held that the Bar
bey Fish Company could not
interrupt the “free drift” of the
gill netters so the obstructions
must be removed. The company
has appealed the decision to the
higher courts.
This case has a very important,
bearing on the trap issue in the
Territory where the law of 1921
specifically provides t^iat where
any gear operates, any other
gear might be operated. But un
der the regulations no seine or
other type of gear may be oper
ated withing 100 yards, any di
rection, from a trap.
Faith in the Country
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From the Seattle Times
Confidence of outsiders in an
industry or a region is best in
spired by evidences of confidence
on the part of those doing busi
ness within that region ar:l
therefore qualified to forecast it
future.
Falling into difficulties not
unrelated to the general depres
sion, the Cascade Paper Com
pany of West Tacoma has been
acquired by the Everett Pulp &
Paper Company.
The Everett concern, of which
William Howarth is president
and treasurer; A. H. B. Jordan,
vice president, and W. J. Pil<5.
secretary-manager, has a record
of success extending over a peri
od of forty years, during which
time its paper products have
achieved wide distribution along
the Pacific Coast and in more
distant markets.
Its executives ought to know
something of the future of the
paper and pulp industry in the
Pacific Northwest. Their pur
chase of the West Tacoma plant
is more eloquent than anything
they could say.
Incidentally, there is a dis
tinctly optimistic ring to their
statement .that they expect soon
to operate the West Tacoma
; plant, now closed down.
Within the last few years,
Sales
Every month in
the year.
1931 Sales Dates:
August 18
September 15
October 20
November 17
December 15
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Advances will be
made as usual
when requested
Transferred by tel
egraph if desired.
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Sales held
twenty million dollars has been
invested in the pulp and paper
industry in Western Washing
ton. On the whole, developing
business has justified the in
vestment. That the industry is
sound may best be judged by the
fact that these men engaged in
I it in this region to extend their
operations.
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Exception Taken
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As the Anchorage Times re
cently said, it is the privilege of
members of Congress and offi
cials of the national government
to travel as they please on junk
! et trips to Alaska, but that in -
vestigations of Alaska condi
tions might be more productive
of real results if investigators
would depend less upon bureau
i and fishing trust assistance in
traveling to and from the Terri
tory and in conducting their in
quiries.
The Seward Gateway differs
with the Times, more or less, and
believes that any mode of travel j
should be sufficient for congress-]
men who come to Alaska to
study at first hand, the problems j
of Alaska.
The objection of the Times to
the bureau-conducted tours of
congressman is sound. The sole
purpose of any bureau is to per
petuate itself and justify its
policies. To that end, every per
son of any official connection
who comes to Alaska under the
loving guidance of any bureau,
is going to look at Alaska con
ditions through the colored
glasses of the bureaus and those
glasses, seldom if ever are per
mitted to look into the dark and
dirty corners of Alaska. The
beautiful scenery, glaciers and
mountains are shown; the fine
capital and other show places
are to be seen; the fine modern
ly equipped cannery, all in the
finely colored picture as the
more fortunate see it.
But the squalor of the canner
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