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POLITICS AN1> THE ALASKA
INDIAN
Au interesUug political situation
has arisen in Alaska auecuug reli
gious work among the nouvea, in
il*e almost nuy years oi Trotestani
missions in this nor mem ueiu me
aid not attempt to vote ami naa no
nas never oeiore arisen. fteeeniiy,
nowever, partisan politics nave
pushed tins issue to me ioreironi.
As is inevitable in suck agitation
an element of bitterness nas been
injected, and the results must more
or less anect unfavorably tlie mis
sionary enterprises.
So long as tbe natives of Alaska
were under tile "inferiority complex”
mere was no poliUcal issue and
consequently no race problem. Tliey
naif of policies affecUng tneir own
interest in poliUcal candidaes. Tbe
very evident reason was mat they
were unprepared for tbe responsi
bilities of citizensbip Today, how
ever, it may be truthfully stated
that schools andmissions have large
ly attained their objecUves. The
natives are no longer uncivilized.
They speak our language, read our
books and papers, live in family
groups, engage in business, and live
as we do.
Having established their ability
to particpate in matters of govern
ment and to lift their voices in be
half of policies agecting their own
rights and interests, and especially
having had their competence recog
nized by the enabling act of the fed
eral government making them citi
zens and entitling them to vote, na
tives iiave appeared in numbers at
tne poling places. Itignt liere
trouble began, The inuian, primi
tive anu undeveloped, neediug tne
uumamtai'iuu consideration 01 ue
uevoient people uiu not awaken tut
interest or tne paruzun politician,
me Indian as a voter became im
mediately tne object ol Ins solicit
ous attention. kpithets intended
to rankie Iiave been used in tne
discussion but nave dad very iiiue
edect because the wise native as
well as tne wise winte man knows
mat in tne end trutn must prevail,
it would be most uniortunate it par
tizan and prejudiced agitation
snould bring about legislation in
Congress detrimental to tne pro
gress and rigdts of the native. This
is tde land of nis birtn, be bus
muck to contribute to the upbuild
ing of tde territory, and be should
be encouraged in bis ambition to
assume tne responsibility and exer
cise tde functions of citizenship.
Tde slogan of Sheldon Jackson
School is “Comjetent Christian Ci
Lizens.” Tbis school is trying to
teacb its young people that tde most
effective evidence is to become fit.
it das dad a large part in tde past
in preparing for citizenship and it
hopes to continue to be enlight
ening influence in the native life of
Alaska and to implant within the
hearts of its students that spirit of
toleration which is today charact
eristic of the better classes of na
tives, n their attitude toward intem
perate utterances.—New Era.
T1 LIDDING UP ALAhlvA
A * y \J L L 1a U iaui ^ lJ ltli5 f
monin in Dverett with. 3,6000 OOU
uoaid feet of piling lor Alaska fisn
traps has aroused considerable in
terest in shipping circles. The ves
sel is owned by the Pacfic American
fisheries of Bellingham and is the
former Shipping Board ship Bansa.
She was converted from a general
cargo ship to a vessel designed es
pecially for carrying piles from Pu
get Sound to hsh traps owned by
the pi natof Todd Dry Docks, Inc.,
early this year. Some doubt had
been expressed that the ship had the
carrying capacity claimed by the
designers but actual loading figures
obtained by RAIDWAY & MARIND
NEWS from James R. Meston, con
sulting engineer, who with W. C.
Nickurn, superintended the conver
sion, show the Mary D. carried on
her first trip all that had been ex
pected with space to spare.
When she sailed on March 24.
the ship had aboard 2,706 piling of
lengths varying from 50 to 115 feet
besides a small amount of miscel
laneous supplies. She could have
handled another 500 piles of the
shorter lengths but they were not
available.
The figures showing the number
of piles of each length as released
by Mr. Meston were as follows:
Length
50. ft -
55 ft.
60 ft.
65 ft.
70 ft.
75 ft.
80 ft.
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
ft. ,
ft. .
ft. .
ft.
ft.
ft.
ft.
No. of Piles
61
. 105
. 184
. 223
. 468
. 215
.. 156
. 177
. 189
. 135
. 391
. 148 |
. 159
. 95
Total . 2,706
The Mary D. will make but one
Railway & Marine News.
Those cannerymen and trapmen
who talked so loudly of the bene
lits of their depopulizing system
never make mention of such ship
aments of piling to Alaska as is here
quoted. Judging from the general
run of piling shipped on the Mary
D, The Alaskan takes it that there
is no timber in Alaska (in spite of
the heralded sale of timber to pulp
mills) and in these vast forest areas
it is impossible to get 60 foot pil
ing. Yet we have seen rafts of pil
ing running in average length of
100 to 125 feet.
The income that could be derived
from this one shipment if bought
jin Alaska would be $350,000. It
would not hurt fishing communities
like Wrangell or Petersburg to
turn such a sum looso among the
loggers. The only thing these con
cerns , however are possibly afraid
of is that this money would be spent
1 mostly in Alaska instead of Seat
tle.
When Alaska, now the greatest
salmon canning country in the world
follows the steps of Bellingham “the
greatest salmon canning city in the
world” then residents will awaken
to the fact that they have been sold.
And those who sold them out will
bp basking in the sunshine of Cali
fornia.
WHAT DID THEY ACCOMPLISH?
The legislative sessions are over
and now the question is being ask
ed WThat was accomplished by this
session just adjourned?
The first thing accomplished ac
cording to our mind is making the
canning interests realize that they
have an interest in the Territory
that is more than just dividends on
stock. That to retain the respect
and goodwill of residents Alaskan
they must give respect and have a
friendly consideration for those In
the Territory.
The next thing brought out by the
h gislature is the surprisingly low
interest accruing on capital Invested.
One operator proving that he had
earned only one and a half percent
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