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Alaska's INewIv
Formed Retail
Merchants Assn.
By Howard Lyng
I have heard lately, w ith consid
erable interest of the newly form
ed Alaska Retail Merchants
Association, of its purposes and
aims and the reasons for its es
tablishment. This organization is
Territorial wide, embracing ev
ery city and community from
Ketchikan to Kotzebue. I have
been wondering, since becoming
informed of its inception, why it
has taken so long to perfect an
organization of this type.
While the original precept of
democratic government contem
plates legislative enactments bas
ed on the greatest good for the
greatest number, the fact re
mains that heretofore most of the
pressure brought to bear on the
Alaska Legislature has been
brought about by paid lobbyists,
petitions and telegrams, at the
instigation of minority groups.
It is a rather remarkable thing,
at least it was to me at the last
session of the Legislature, that on
my desk each morning was a
stack of 40 to 50 telegrams, peti
tions and letters all addressed to
; me as Speaker of the House and
j all coming from a handful of
| these highly organized minority
J groups. This procedure was re
peated on bill after bill.
All these communications are
read by the Clerk of the House
for the benefit of the members
and placed in the record of the
days journal, and have a con
siderable influence on the man
ner in which the vote goes, for
there are always some who mis
takenly accept the activities of
these minority groups as the
voice of the people back home. I
recite the foregoing merely to
! accentuate the part that organiz
ed groups play in the writing of
our laws, and as a prelude to an
explanation of what this latest or
ganization entails.
There is however a specific
difference between the Alaska
Retail Mrchants Association and
these so-called minority groups.
These latter only become vocal
and vociferous during legislative
sessions, and then only on be
! half of their particular pet lcg
| islative enactments. Between ses
sions they remain for the most
i part, dormant and quiescent, gird
■ ing themselves for the onslaught,
' when the next Legislature meets.
1 The Alaska Retail Merchants As
I sociation on the other hands rep
| resents all business throughout
the Territory —all classifications
of professional and commercial
employment—and is dedicated to
a policy of sane and logical de
velopment of our Territory. It,
is a step in the right direction
and fil's a long-felt need. This;
Association has formulated a ten
point program which constitutes
their platform and reason for
being—it is clear, incisive and
to the point. It embraces in brief
form and plain language a com
plete program looking toward
the economic and social better
men of the Territory—here it is:
|
“1. Every Alaskan has a right |
to make an honest living.
“2. We are opposed to the ris-i
ing tide of Federal and Territor-1
ial competition in private busi-'
ness. It kills jobs. It stifles per-1
sonal initiative and Alaska’s de
velopment. Keep Government
out of private business.
“3. The proposed 8% gross
gold tax is unsound.
“4. We are opposed to Secre
tary of the Interior Ickes’ plan of
dumping European refugees into
the Territory. Refugees furnish j
ed a great part of the Fifth Col-;
umn in Norway, Denmark and
Belgium.
“5. Priority for Alaskans in A11
askan employment. This is a bet- j
ter way to increase Alaska's pop
ulation than with European re
fugees.
“6. We do not favor the Terri
| tory going into the liquor busi- i
ness. To do so will jeopardize
$500,000 in tax revenue, and will!
bring back all the evils and vices
of the bootlegging era. It will
also bring a new horde of pol
itical office holders to the public!
trough. |
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eastern Alaska ports, the SS. Denali is scheduled to
sail from Seattle on August 22. September 1, 5 ptem
her 17 and October 1. Measuring 335 fed in length,
* 51 feet in breadth, and having a displacement of 6,180
The fourth in n series toils and a gross tonnage of 3.365 tons, the twin - lew
Alaska’s greatest fleet. SS. Denali accommodates 1/3 first class passengers.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
7. Roads develop a country.
! They encourage industrial and
| commercial growth. We advocate!
more roads and airfields through
lout Alaska.
3. With Alaska’s billions of
feet of timber standing idle, we
advocate starting the pulp in
dustry at the earliest possible
date. This would give employ
ment to thousands and build new
cities and homes.
9. We advocate the develop
ment of recreational areas and
tourist attractions as an addition
al source of income for the Terri
tory.
“10. More self-government, less
absentee control, is needed in the
Territory.”
The merchants and business
people of the Territory have or
ganized—above is their creed —
and a mighty good one. They
have organized to represent and
protect their vital business inter
ests, and to combat the rising
tide of governmental and other
unfair competition to private in
dustry.
Alaska is in the midst of an
accelerated growth, due princip
ally to the huge army and navy
construction program now under
way. To insure the Territory the
greatest benefits from this
growth, it is important that the
merchants and business men of
Alaska have an effective voice in
helping to form a sane and log
ical development program. They
can become a great constructive1
force in assisting in harmonizing!
the views of great numbers of
residents of the territory.
For too many years business
men as a class have neglected to
interest themselves in govern
ment. They have felt that govern
ment was essentially the pro
vince of the politician. Alaska’s
merchants and business men
have now realized that if they
are to say in business they must
become actively interested in Na
tional, Territorial and local gov
ernment, and in this age of or
ganized endeavor must speak
through their organization as a
united whole, for the old adage,
“in union there is strength” is
just as true today as when ut
tered by the great Lincoln many
years ago. I am quite sure that
the Retail Merchants Association
of Alaska will be of great value
and genuine service to the Terri
tory and its people.
Longshoremen For Alaska Rail
Road Hired in Juneau
Twenty longshoremen to work
for the Alaska Railroad at Se
ward were sought in Juneau at
the request of General Manager
Col. Otto H. Ohlson.
The men are being employed
through the offices of the Alaska
Territorial Employment Service
Ohlson made his request through
the office of Gov. Ernest Gruen
ing.
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Rooms 918-921 Alaska Building
Seattle, Washington
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