Exorbitant taxation cannot fail to react unfavorably on tbe fisheries industry and serve to
discourage capital available for other lines of industry from entering Alaska.
The fishing industry is Alaska’s greatest. Harm it and you harm Alaska.
The Canning Industry of Alaska
3N 1922 the total revenue derived from all sources of taxation by the territory of
Alaska amounted to $563,000. During that year taxes directly levied on the salmon
fisheries industry were as follows: Per case tax on pack, $216,000; Income Tax,
$21,000; Trap License Fees, $83,000; Gill Net License Fees, $7,400; Seine License
Fees, $5,000, or a total of $332,400.00. In other words, 59% of the entire revenue of
the territory of Alaska for the year 1922 was derived from taxation of the salmon fisheries.
Under the new graduated tax imposed by the last territorial legislature these figures will
be doubled for the years 1923 and 1924.
In addition to these territorial taxes the Alaska canneryman pays a federal tax of 4
cents a case and the usual corporation tax of 12}&% on the net profits.
There is a somewhat general feeling among those who have given the question no serious
thought that taxes are passed on to the consumer and that there is no limit to the amount
of taxes which may be assessed against a given commodity, without injury to those engaged
in the industry affected.
That is not the case. Small increases in taxation are generally cared for out of profit,
reducing profit rather than increasing an established selling price. Excessively large in
creases must necessarily be at least partially added to the selling price. There is always
a mark above which a price cannot be forced without cutting down sales and canned
salmon, owing to constantly increasing taxes, labor and supply costs, has just about reached
that mark.
It should be remembered that the approximately 60% of the territorial revenue which is
borne by the canning industry is made possible by the combined presence of the fish and
the cannery investment, that each is practically worthless without the other and that both
are entitled to protection from every standpoint of common business sense.
No just and reasonable tax, levied for the purpose of revenue only, has been or will be
protested by the Canning Industry.
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Dry Advocates in Germany
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BERLIN, Feb. 6.—The prohibition
issue is gradually becoming a live
one in Germany. During the cam
paign for parliament recently closed
the anti-liquor interests for the first
time tried definitely to compel par
ties and candidates to declare where
they stood. Most persons queried
were able, however, to sidestep the
issue without losing any* votes.
Among the demands put forward by
the German prohibition forces are the
following: An embargo upon all in
toxicating drinks imported from other
countries; immediate closing of all
saloons of a shady character; restric
tion of liquor production to the quan
tity essential for medicinal and reli
gious purposes; sequestration of all
breweries and distilleries; socializa
tion of restaurants and hostelries;
strict prohibition of the sale of in
toxicating drinks to boys and girls
under age.
Most German people favor the last
named of these demands, but on the
whole are skeptical as to the practi
cal:tv of prohibition. The st.iries
they lead about run runners and
boo/.e fighters in the United States
are cited as evidence that prohibi
tion cannot be enforced.
Mines Laid During War
Menace Baltic Shipping
AMSTERDAM,' Feb. 6—Twenty
thousand deep sea mines are slowly
rising to the surface in the Baltic and
adjacent waters and are becoming a
formidable menace to shipping, ac
cording to A. Flaes, Netherlands con
sular general in Hamburg.
In a report published here recently
Mr. Flaes says that during the war
60,000 mines were laid between Ber
gen, Norway, and the Baltic archi
pelago. Forty thousand of them
have been recovered in some way or
another; mostly, it is assumed, thru
the chains by which they were se
cured being gradually eaten away by
the action of the sea water.
The rest are still unaccounted for;
and they are reappearing gradually
in unexpected places. The consul
gives warning that the Baltic, the
Botlmian Gulf and the Finnish waters
will not be entirely free for a long
time to come.
Scientist Discovers Cause
Of Odors in Dutch Canals
ROTTERDAM, Holland, Feb. 7.—
An American once said that he could
face any death except by drowning in
a Dutch canal, and indeed the offen
sive smells from many of these canals
often make foreign visitors wonder
how the natives can bear to live in
such a perpetual stench.
These objectionable odors have now
been traced to the presence in the
water of a hitherto unknown micro
organism which its Dutch discoverer
Dr. L. Elion, describes in the German
Biological Journal. He has named
this organism the vibro thermodesul
furicans. He explains the vibro
needs oxygen for its existence and
describes how, by chemical action, it
liberates the sulphuretted hydrogen
which poisons the atmosphere of a
great many otherwise attractive and
picturesque Dutch town, especially in
warm summers.
According to Dr. Elion’s experiment
these bacteria thrive best in a tem
perature exceeding 70 degrees, Fah
renheit and are still active at 290
degrees, as well as during the hardest
frost.
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Milk of Cocoanuts Declared
Excellent for Young Babies
HONOLULU, Feb. 6.—Investigation
of the properties of the pulp of the
young cocoanut, has developed that
it contains all the constituents of
human mothers’ milk, and perhaps
may be used in the tropics to take
the place of mothers’ milk according
to statements made before the Pan
American Science Counsel here by Dr.
N. P. Larsen, of the Queen’s hospital
Honolulu.
It developed during the meeting that
several Hawaiians present had been
weaned on cocoanut pulp, but it was
believed that the announcement by
Dr. Larson was the first to be made
of tiie actual chemical properties of
the pulp and milk of cocoanuts.
It was pointed out that the milk of
the waterbuffalo, being five times as
lich as cow’s milk, might be added
to dehydrated pulp of young cocoa
nuts and serve in place of mother’s
milk in feeding children, when neces
sary. Deep interest has been taken
in the possibility of this dehydration, |
and several mainland scientists have j
been asked to experiment further and j
report to the Pan-Pacific Research j
Institution here.
Old English Silverware
1 Offers Good Dividends
LONDON, Feb. 6.—There is a great
boom at the moment in antique sil
ver over here, and genuine examples
of the art of the old English silver
smiths are at present fetching high
prices in the sale rooms. Quite re
cently a standing salt cellar which
weighed only ten ounces brought over
eleven thousand dollars, or fifty times
its weight in pure gold.
The keenest buyers are said to be
foreigners and colonials and quite
recently enormous quantities of fine!
old silver have been shipped to the '
j United States. Asked for the rea
son for the increased demand for old
silver, a well-known expert said that
it was an excellent investment. The
longer it was kept the more valuable
it became, and collectors were buying
it with that in mind. Faking in con
nection with old silver is very rare
nowadays, the expert added, as the I
penalty had been made so great that
what was to be gained from the de
ception was scarcely worth the risk.
Berlin Adopts American
Methods of Housing
BERLIN, Feb. 7.—Frame houses
modelled upon American patterns are
beginning to be popular in Berlin. A
whole section of wooden houses, a
sight hitherto unknown in large Ger
man cities, is springing up on the
extreme west end of the German me
tropolis.
The Germans have hitherto ridi
culed the idea of wooden houses. Any
thing that did not last through sev
eral generations did not seem worth
building to them. But touay eco
nomic necessity has driven them to
study the problem of the wooden
houses. To their surprise they find
that wood has stood the test of time
in America, where there are houses
dating back to Colonial days. They
are, therefore, trying out the wooden
house idea, which they find much
cheeper than store or brick construc
tion.
Another housing idea that the Ger
mans are taking from the United
States is the two, three and four room
apanment. These are designed on
American lines and are proving j opu
lar in Berlin.
Applicants for London Police
Force Represent Many Jobs
LONDON, Feb. 7.—Times have
changed since Gilbert and Sullivan
wrote the song in “H. M. S. Pinafore”
to the effect that a policeman’s lot is
not a happy one, or there would not
be so many applicants for the 1,000
vacancies every year on the metropo
lis police force.
Among the candidates for jobs this
year are solicitors’ and stock Brokers’
clerks, medical students, electrical en
gineers, schoolmasters, farmers’ sons,
professional golfers, soldiers and sail
ors. Successful candidates get three
pounds weekly during nine wreeks’ in
struction duties and ten shillings more
when passed as efficit
College Men Welcome
At Havana’s New Club
HAVANA, Feb. 7.—One of the most
cosmopolitan organizations in Cuba is
the University dub of Havana, which
recently celebrated its third anniver
sary, The club contains among its
30u members representatives of twen
ty nationalities and of almost 200 col
leges and universities in the old world
and the new.
The club was formed along the lines
usually followed by such organiza
tions in the United States. It re
quires a degree from an accredited in
siirution of higher learning as a pri
mary requisite for membership.
While the club’s chief purpose is to
keep alive love of alma mater among
its members and to encourage their
social and cultural life, it extends a
welcome to visiting college and univer
sity men from all over the world.
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jCJ^fand third Wednesdays of each
month; visiting brethren wel
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RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
C^=^2 8:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martineides,
N. G.; Clias. Lechner, Secretary.
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Meets the second and Fourth
Tuesdays of each month,
at the Fire Hall. Visiting
members are always wel
come. J. S. Bogart, Commander; L.
W. Olson, Adjutant.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.
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OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
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Mrs. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, N. G.
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