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FREIGHT RATES
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Freight rates on .lumber .to
Japan ranged recently from $4
to $6 and rates now being quot
ed range from $5.50 .to .$6.50—
from Puget Sound Points.
Rates on timber from Alaska
to the Orient remain $8 to a B.
C. port plus additional rate to
the Orient.
Prices for Alaska hemlock in
the Orient range from $27 first
class to $8 third class making an
approximate average of $15.50 a
thousand. After paying freight
rate of $13. leaves only a margin
cf $1.50 a thousand to the ship
per.
Alaska has more hemlock tim
ber than can be used locally. Yet
on top of the discriminatory ton
nage rate the Forestry Bureau
sets up such regulations that the
timber may not be shipped out
df Alaska to foreign markets.
The Government is spending
millions to bring settlers to the
'territory. It hopes to build up
a farming country by hothouse
methods.
On the other hand, the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries is driving re
sidents out of the Territory by its
«;scriminatory regulations; and
the Bureau of Forestry is pro
tecting the forest industry of the
Coastal States by making harsh
and rigid regulations which pre
vent Alaska loggers from ship
ping to the Orient.
MAKING AMERICANS
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Restrictive immigration has
materially reduced the influx of
foreigners into the United States
but it has not prevented a situa
tion under which millions of
aliens on American soil know lit
tle or nothing about their adopt
ed country, its history and ideals,
and who have not taken the
trouble to learn the English
language. Immigrants have a
tendency to “colonizze” in large
cities or rural settlements, re
taining their old-world customs,
languages and standards of liv
ing.
The United States has shown a
remarkable capacity for absorb
ing and assimilating aliens, but
with the organization of the
country it is becoming more dif
ficult every year to Americanize
the foreign elements. Records
on naturalizzation point to the
need of increased activity on the
part of agencies interested in
naturalization.
When alien groups isolate
themselves to perpetuate their
native customs, and in some cas
es develop animosities toward
tne United States, they become
a dangerous element. Smooth
functioning of a democracy de
mands a reasonable degree of
homogeneity, and it is to the in
terest of all governmental units
and patriotic and civic organiza
tions to work to that end.
Conversion of millions of alien
whites of voting age into citizens
i.; an undertaking that needs
support of every citizen and ev
ery group interested in good gov
e* nment.—News-Miner.
GOOD AT PREACHING BUT
POOR IN PRACTICE
The above doctrine is mighty
easy to preach and not so easy to
live up to.
The very arguement used to
induce immigrants to forsake
old-country ideals, language and
habits is a system foisted upon
the Indian races of America. The
Bureaucratic reservation system
perpetuates Indian languages
r.nd customs; segregation of the
Indian brings forth all the evils
decried in the above article.
Why ask foreign immigrants
to get away from racial segre
gation and language yet compel
the Indian to remain under that
condition?
A TRIBUTE TO A MAN AND AN
OFFICIAL
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Washington, D. C.,
Dec. 17, 1929
Fditor The ALASKAN,
Petersburg, Alaska
Dear Sir:
I would like to add a few words
ef tribute to the character of
the late Fred E. Bronson as car
ried in your issue of December
6th. I would asy that no finer
nor more admirable character
has lived in the Northland dur
ing our generation. He exempli
fied in his years of residence the
ideal American citizen. Intense
ly patriotic and loyal to the in
stitutions and traditions of his
country, and to the precepts of
its greatest leaders, he never ex
alted his own patriotism by de
derogating that of others. Bron
son’s dignity of manner, com
bined with his geniality and
kindly disposition, were unusual
endowments of nature which at
tracted other men to him. His
rigid adherence to the laws in
the performance of his official
cuties was finely tempered by his
disposition to help those who be
came involved in customs vio
lations to take advantage of ev
ery measure of clemency provid
ed for the executive power.
Surely the people of Wrangell
will miss his neighborly presence.
Occasional visitors to Wrangell
will miss his familiar figure on
the wharf at arrival and depart
ure of boats. His familiars of
his own age must regret his de
parture from their group. The
friendly games they played with
him will not be so attractive
without his presence. Bronson’s
passing ''leaves a lonesome place
against the sky” at Wrangell.
Dan Sutherland.
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FROM ANCHORAGE TIMES
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“Down in Southeastern Alaska
recently a man fractured an In
dian woman’s skull, broke sev
eral of her ribs and otherwise
injured her because she refused
to give him money or reveal the
place where she had her money
hidden. He also threatened |
her Jife. For this offense he waS|
sentenced to a term of five
months in jail and fined $300;
which suggests that it is safer in
some sections of Alaska to com
mit a vicious crime of that sort|
than it is to possess a pint of li
quor. Or it may be that the of- i
fende in the case referred to was |
let off with a light sentence be- j
cause his victim happened to be i
an Indian woman.—Times. *
Had the assaulter been Indian
and the victim white this publi
cation presumes the same sen
tence would not be any differ- I
ent. For isn’t our court system I
cne that metes justice? Bull
ogny!
SHINNY ON YOUR OWN SIDE
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Down in Alabama is a law
which bars any candidate who
failed to support his own party'
ticket in 1930 but permits them
to vote for the ticket.
Senator Heflin who seeks re
election and Hugh A. Locke, can
didate for governor both stump
ed the state for Hoover are now i
compelled to file as independ
ents.
A similar law in Alaska pro
posed in the legislature would
have had the effect of forcing
voters to stay in their own part
ies. It did not taste good to the'
political racketeers so they turn
ed thumbs down on the proposal.
But the same gangsters do
not fail to play both ends to the
middle in the primaries and at
tempt to rip up the back of their
alleged primary candidate .
thank you in the name of the
tribe.”
JAIL” HEART
Alex Pantages, sentenced to a j
long term of retrospection and j
introspection, for having at
tempted to assault a young wo
man in his office last fall, now
comes before the court with an
army of doctors to show that un
less he is freed from jail he must
die of heart trouble.
The trouble with Alex is that
he thought his millions would
keep him out of jail. Now that
he finds it didn’t, he gets heart
trouble. Probably thinks that
insofar as his wife was let out on
parole, he would be allowed toJ
go free to continue his passion
ate and amorous assaults. But
the judge fooled him. Alex must
serve his time says the court and
good enough.
MORE BOATS THAN FREIGHT
Indicating the lack of demand
for deep sea tonnage several for
eign tramps have within the last
month been withdrawn from ser
vice and laid up at North Pacific
ports to await improved freights,
in other words, business offering
at present is insufficient to pay
expenses to home ports, where
layup charges are naturally less
than on this coast. This is a con
dition that has not obtained at
this season in many years and
emphasises the oversupplv of
tonnage compared with the
amount of cargo offerings.
The tramp carrier cannot be
charged with the demoralization
of rates in North Pacific trades.
For months tramps have been
j present only in small numbers in
| these waters and many of them
formerly operating trans-Pacific
have been withdrawn. On the
other hand the supply of liner
space has been so far in excess
of the amount of business avail
able that rates have constantly
receded until no one will venture
to state when bottom levels have
[been reached. Berth lines have
Liza was on the witness stand.
“Are you positive,” inquired
the prosecutor, “that you know
[where your husband was on the
night this crime was commit
ted.”
had great difficulty in booking
ireight for their vessels and
competition has been so keen in
all directions that concession;
have been repeatedly made. The
situation is unhealthy from any
viewpoint and has contributed in
no small degree to the general
depression in all offshore trades. *
— The Timberman, Portland, Ore
FROM THE PRESIDENT
The concluding paragraph of
President Hoover’s message to
Congress is herewith reprinted.
It is solid American doctrine, ev
en if it be somewhat idealistic
insofar as application is concern
ed from some of the powers that
be:
.. “The test of the rightfulness of
our decisions must be whether
we have sustained and advanced
the ideals of the American peo
ple; self-government in its foun
dations of local government;
justice whether to the individual
cr to the group; ordered liberty;
freedom from domination; open
opportunity and equality of op
portunity; prosperity and the
lessening of poverty; freedom of
public opinion; education; ad
vancement of knowledge; the
growth of religious spirit; the
tolerance of all faiths; the
foundations of the home and the
advancement of peace.”
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