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NOME, ALASKA, OCT. 28, 1915.
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In the midst of all the discussion of
the so-called “seamans act” one cannot s
but be impressed with the fact that s
the principal opponents of that meas- <
i.'e are those who have at all times set 1
themselves in opposition to any meas
ure relating to traffic on the high seas
which threatened to lower their profits.
Lined up against the present measure
are to be found those who bitterly op
posed the projected ship subsidy some
vcars ago and who fought, through the
medium of their Influence with the
more powerful congressional leaders,
the shipping bill of the last congres
sional session. Throughout the years,
since the first attempt was made by
congress to take a hand in regulating
the sea traffic of the United States we
find the same Interests presenting a
hostile front toward any attempt to
bring about legislation affecting ship
ping, of any character whatever. Be
ginning with the first efforts of con
gress to safe guard the lives of the
traveling public by forcing the trans
portation companies to supply adequate
1 ifety appliances, down through the
whole list of measures affecting sea
commerce, we have witnessed the same
l ridency on the part of the shipping
companies to fight tooth and nail any
from of legislation which might bring
about changes In existing conditions,
regardless of their nature. At the least
sign of congressional Interference they
hnve raised a mighty howl, declaring
that the commerce of the nation would |
be either crippled or driven from the j
seas or that American shipping
would be compelled to take refuge un
der some foreign flag In order to exist.
This has gone on so long that the pub
lic have come to believe that It Is In
some degree true. And this In face ■
f|f the fact that whatever enactments
have been passed have In no degree
lesened the volume of American ,
commerce. Despite the perennial cal
mlty howl, American shipping has :
continued to Increase slowly but sure- !
1v each year and there has been lit
tle or no actual evidence that the op
! i rations of the shipping companies !
i ive l>een either restricted or hindered
I V anything that congress has done in
I providing for the proper conduct of
sea traffic and the protection of the
lives of seamen and the traveling pub
lic.
^ ear after year the shipping com
panies continue to pay dividends and
the only apparent effect of congressional
actions has been a general betterment
of the conditions of sea travel. Some
few shippings companies have made
good their threat to transfer their ves
sels to foreign register but the reason
for this lies largely in the fact that
operations could thereby be conducted
at a greater profit and not because of
operative laws instituted by the gov
ernment. This Is proven by the fact
that the greater number have con
tinued to remain under the American j
flag and to conduct business as usual.
And. the fact that they have con
tinued is the strongest argument that
legislation has had hut little effect In
either restricting operation or lessening
dividends. Yet in every case when
there appeared a prospect that congress
might do something affecting shipping
we have been told that it meant noth
ing less than a death blow to Ameri
can shipping and heaven and earth has
been moved to persuade the legislative
body to withhold their hand.
The seamans act is perhaps the most
important enactment relating to ship
ping of recent years as it Is not only
a relief and a protection to the men
who man the ships but also tends to a
oroper safe guarding of the lives of
those who entrust themselves to the
as travellers. There Is ample in
dication that there can be no reasonable
objection to this feature In the face
of the almost daily sea catastrophes.
Indeed the record of sea disasters dis
closes clearly the imperative demand
I for such enactments. Yet the shipping
Interests have seriously objected to the
provisions of the act requiring an in
crease of life boats and other safety
appliances and have most bitterly
fought the clause demanding that at
least seventv-five per cent of the
crews of vessels shall he able to un
ierstand the language and that forty :
per cent of the deck crews sahll he ,
above the age of eighteen years and l
3hall have at least three years active i
sea experience. All these are measures ■
if safety that are reasonable and justi- •
lied in every way and are designed i
solely for the protection of the lives !
f those who snil the seas whether in !i
ALASKA
NOTES
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..beau will put a tax un the mov
ing picture shows.
Tlie K.eunecoit mine is running to
capacity again and is shipping eight to
ten cars a day.
Tlie report* comes from Wrangell of
the drowning there of two fishermen.
Harry Cooney and E. Joslid.
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The building owned by Fred Cox at
Kuby, has been purchased by the Pres
byterian mission board and will be
converted into a church.
V\ iliiam Aiken, known in every part
of Alaska and Yukon as "Schilling's
Best,1' was married In Wippipeg re
eently to .Miss Patterson. The couple !
'will make their home in Juneau.
cBars are reported to be very plen
tiful in he vicinity of the Kennecott
ainc. Several monsters have been
killed near McCarthy, but so far no
person has been attacked by the brutes.
The Combs Lumber Company, of
Haines, has tiled a petition In volun
tary bankruptcy, with assets amount
ing to $2,341.99 and liabilities of $3,
193.40. The personal liability of M. A.
Combs totals $550 with no assets.. .
The new school at McCarthy lias
been eomplettd and is now open. Most
of the children of McCarthy have been
otu of school for more than a year
owing to the necessity of having a
change made in the government school j
districts.
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Ed Morrison, a miner working on the I
Ed Hllty claim, on Cleary creek, was t
killed when he fell into the sluice box 1
and was washed to the tailing dump
and buried in the mine waste. His body
has not been recovered. Other workers
tried in vain to help Morrison when he
was caught in the tail race, but failed
The water has a fifty-foot drop and has
great power, and the unfortunate man |
could not recover his footing when |
caught In the boxes.
the capacity of members of the crew
or ns passengers. The seaman have a
perfect right to demand provisions for
the protection of their own lives and
tlso the right to demand a decent wage
and decent treatment. The life of the
seaman is hard enough under the best
onditions and they are ns much en
titled to the protection of the law as the
passengers who entrust hemselves
to their care. The seamans
act grants to them all these
things to which they have every right
and license and nothing more and at
that, under the provisions of the en
actment they will not get but a tithe of
what is their due as followers of the
most dangerous craft known to man.
The seamans act Is a much needed
! measure of reform and cannot be said
to he greater in its demands than cir
cumstances and conditions justify. If
American shipping is to be driven from
the sea by enactments that give to the
seaman and traveling public a greater
measure of safety and also grants to
the men who daily risk their lives
amidst the tempest and the wave a
decent wage and decent treatment, by
jail means let it go. We opine, however,
I that shipping will he found after No
[vember 4 doing business as usual In
'spite of the terrific clamor now being
raised as to the disappearance of the
flag from the sens. etc. The shipping
npnny have at all times been going
out of business at the least hint of leg
islative enactment but in every In
stance they have continued as usual
and they will probably continue after
the seamans law become effective, de
spite their predictions of coming dis
aster as a result of the operations of
•
that measure.
Christmas greetings. Lomen Bros.
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The Seward city council is preparing:
to guard against any attempt on the
part of 1'ncle Sam to foist the expense
of supplying police protection to the
residents of the tract of land adjoin
ing Seward, which is soon to be sold
by the government’s real estate agents i '
When the government sold lots at
Anchorage all the purchasers of lots
were exempted from taxation on their
city property for a period of five years,
and a similar course is feared at Se
ward. It is expected that the Seward
council will take steps before the lots
|are sold to have an understanding with
the government’s agent regarding the
part the purchasers of lots are to take
in the upkeep of the city.
Superintendent R. R. Tinkham, of
the Sixteenth Tdghthouse District, with
headquarters at Ketchikan, is superin
tending the extensive work that Is be
ing done by his department at Cape
St. Elias and reports that they are
pouring the lost concrete for the walls
of the tower, fog signal, storage sys
tem and development. This year’s
work will does between October 1 and i
15 and by that time everything will be I
under cover for next season’s work. |
The light and signal will be in opera- 1
tlon next August. There are at present
35 men employed at Cape St. Ellas and
a buoy will be put In this fall off the
southeast rock at the cape, which will
contain a flash, a whistle and subma
ine hell.
The history of Nome, the minerals,
the birds and beast*, th* Eskimo and
the many other intersting features of
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