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| Issue W ith Delegate Sutherland j|
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Of interest to those who have fol
lowed the allegations and fight being
made by Delegate Dan Sutherland
against the big cannery interests is
the following statement, made recent
ly, by an official of one of the con
cerns coming within the scope of the
delegate’s allegations. The commen
tary was occasioned by the reading of
the proclamation made by the Bureau
of Fisheries in creating a reserve in
Chignik Bay and which vitally con
cerned the Alaska Packers’ Associa
tion, the Northwestern Fisheries and
the Columbia River Fishing Associa
I tion. There appears to be some mer
it in the statement offered.
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Concerning the creation of die re
serve this move is in a measure coun
tenanced by the three concerns men
tioned on the ground that the limita
tion of operators conserves the fis’
supply in (the following manner: It
prohibits the indiscriminate fishing by
a multitude of concerns. With but
three plants allowed within the re
stricted area only a limited number
of fish are canned; with several con
cerns operating within that area it
would be only the matter of a few
short years before the supply would
be deplpeted to a stage beyond re
placement. The creation of the re
serve does not establish a monopolj
of the food fish supply, as allocated to
the big canning plants, for the reason
as above stated.
In the matter of investment the
narrator maintains that no little cor
porations or companies could pos
sibly make the investment requir
ed to establish and maintain a plant
of the proportions needed to pack the
amount of fish allotted to the large
concerns. The investments made af
ford a market for labor, even though
some of it is brought 'to the north
from the States; fishermen local to
the establishments are given employ
ment, with an average wage of $200
a month being paid to white labor;
the scale for natives being a trifle
lower; and extends over a period of
; at least five months. In addition to
absorbing the surplus labor other
! items of monetary distribution arc
mentioned, chief of which is the con.
-: struction of the plant which oftimes
J approach an investment of $300,000; a
sum far beyond the reach of the lie -
tie concerns. Food supplies to the ex
: tent of $150,000 are brought north,
; (although it is admitted that this
! money is not spent in Alaska, but it
serves to conserve that which is al
ready here) these two items alone
bringing the investment up to the half
million mark before a single source
of production is put into operation.
The revenue to the territory is con
siderable: Each employe, Orientals
included, pays to the territorial fund
five dollars school tax; every fisher
man pays five dollars license; the can
nery company pays a hundred dollars
revenue on every trap he uses and an
average of ten cents for every case of
fish he packs. In addition to the tax
ation mentioned those companies who
maintain stores and amusement places
for the employes pay to the territorial
government a store license, tobacco
license and other fees required of es
tablishments of this kind. The taxa
tion of a fair sized cannery will
amount to at least $6,000 a year.
The companies, it is asserted, are
deeply interested in conserving the!
food fish supply and maintains that
the supply is not being depleted, of
fering in substantiation that half a
million fish are all that is required to
keep the supply in perpetuity for any
certain locality. The escapement of
this number, and many more, is pro
vided for by all the cannery concerns,
who observe the weekly closed season
and also establish means of escape
for the surplus fish in the traps.
The assertion of the delegate that
Commissioner O’Malley and Dr. Gil
bert were acting as go-betweens for
the big interests is met with strenu
ous denial; it is the belief that men
of Dr. Gilbert’s stamp are above ap
proach by any interests—he cannot be
bought. That it was Dr. Gilbert’s own
statistics which established the half
million minimum of salmon for per
petuating the supply and in limiting
the output of the packing concerns
to 50,000 cases, whereas in 1922 an al
lowance of 75,000 cases was made.
It is admitted that the packing con
cerns are in the game for what money
can be made out of the venture but at
the same time it is realized that to
totally deplete the source of supply is
to deprive the companies of their
source of income.
In covering the class of labor brot
north it is stated that at times an un
desirable element makes its wa\
north but no insane persons, as al
leged. Compared to the number of
prospectors and miners of the inte
rior who are annually declared in
sane and taken outside, the number
so declared among cannery employes
is a negligible quantity; with ample
provision being made for their trans
portation to the states in the tax chat
is paid the territory—as compared to
revenue derived from the miner and
prospector.
In conclusion, the canneryman, who
was questioned as to what should be
done regarding the fishing business,
offered the following suggestions;
He believed in the establishment oi
reservations. In the event these be
not made the government should then
operate the canneries. The fish be
long to the government; the ocean
belongs to the government; let the
government run the canneries or sub
lease them with proper jurisdiction
exercised. The seal fishing on the
Pribilof islands is conducted by the
government, why not the salmon fish
eries?
UNALASKA NEWS
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UNALASKA, Apr. 30.—The first
ship of the year arrived here on April
2nd, the power schooner Emma C,
Capt. Fred Schroeder, coming in from
Attu. The island of Attu is the most
westerly point in Alaska, and lies
in a southwesterly direction from
here about 1,000 miles (as the crow
flies). Capt. Schroeder has a store
at Attu village and some fox islands
in that vicinity. He departed from
here last August, and since then his
friends have not heard from him. He
reports no sickness or accidents dur
ing the winter.
Four days later the Everett Hays,
Capt. A. C. Goss, arrived unexpectedly
from Attu. He left here September
10th last and was not expected back
until the latter part of the month. He
had 14 people on board when he ar
rived, among there being his mate,
Wm. Dirks and wife, and the Gardner
brothers, Nick and William, who have
been to the westward looking after j
their fox islands interests. Mr. Goss j
reports a quiet and uneventful winter
at Atka. He will make a trip to Uni
mak island and he returns will sail
south to Seattle to have deisel en
gines installed in his ship. He expects
to leave here for Seattle about May
first.
Mr. Cornwall, chief radio operator
and wife, will leave here on the
steamer Starr en route to Seattle.
Their many friends wish them bon
voyage.
Leon Anderson and Nick McGlashen
left here on the launch Frederick A.
for their fox islands in the vicinity of
Akutan. They had as a passenger
Mrs. Carrigan who sailed for Seattle
on the Victoria from Akutan.
The Victoria arrived here early this
week with the season’s supplies for
the whaling station at Akutan.
The A. C. company has a crew of
men, in charge of W. J. Moran, at
Dutch Harbor excavating for the foun
dations for two more 10,000 barrels
oil tanks. Mr. Elliot who was here in
It is reported that eight deaths have
charge of construction last summer
will arrive shortly with his assistants
to build them. The tanks are of wood
and when completed about July first
with a storage capacity of 40,000 bar.
rels at Dutch Harbor.
A strange thing happened here oe
Friday, April 13th. The tide which
was low at 9 a. m. raised six or sever
feet inside of a half hour and receded
just as fast, going out and coming iE
all day and until well into the night
It is the opinion of the people here
that a volcanic eruption occurred a1
the Bogoslof islands. The last time
they blew up was in 1911. They lit
about 65 miles from here in a west
erly direction.
A school election wras held here or
April 14. N. E. Bolshanin was electee
treasurer, Father Orloff, clerk, anc
Dr. A. W. Newhall, trustee.
Harry Jacobson, who purchased the
power boat Pettising, from parties ai
Unga arrived here on the 17th, ac
companied by William Anderson anc
Charles Rose. They report great, activ
ity among the canneries on the waj
here and also report that a strike
was in progress among the codfisher
men at Unga, which was later settled
the fishermen getting a raise.
C. E. Crompton, agent at St. George
island, accompanied by his wife anc
son, will leave for the south on the
first boat. Mr. Crompton, who sus
tained an injury last winter, is goin*
Outside for medical treatment.
W. C. Allis, who has been engagec
in the fur seal industry in this pan
of the country for the past fortj
years and who is considered the bes:
known authority on the habits anc
the handling of the fur seal, will ar
rive on the coast guard cutter Haide
in a few days to resume his positioi
as seal expert on St. Paul island.
H. D. Aller, who is associated witl
A. C. Proctor as agent at the seal isl
ands will arrive shortly to relieve
C. E. Crompton at St. George island,
occurred from the influenza at Kinj
Cove and Belkofski.
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