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(Continued from Patre One)
(By W. A. S.)
On May 6 the Tariff Commission
held a meeting in Washington on
hemp cordage at the instance of
the Mittett Line & Net Co., and
the Haram & Wicks Line Co., both
of Seattle. These firms furnish
practically all the hemp halibut
fishing lines used in Alaska, and,
previous to the tariff act of 1930
they were protected by a duty of
23y4 cents per pound or WA cents.
This was reduced by the new law
to 2\a cents, which the Seattle
manufacturers contended was a
mistake. The Commission recom
mended that the duty be increased
50 per cent, the highest within
their power, and the President has
approved the increase to 4% cents,
which will now be a law. The
investigation, which covered the
year 1930, disclosed the fact that
Italy is the principal competing
country. There they pay no duty
on the raw materials, as must be
done in the United States, and
thus have been able to sell the
finished product at less than the
cost to the Seattle manufacturers.
; The price to Alaska has been no
less, but the danger lies in Italy
getting all the trade.
* * * *
j A rather unusual interest in Al
I aska has resulted in every member
j of Congress receiving a copy of
! the book entitled, “Uncle, Sam’s
| Attic—the Intimate Story of Al
; aska,” by Mary Lee Davis, who
I formerly resided in Fairbanks. It
was a free will offering upon the
j part of H. Wendell Endicott, of
| Boston, and three associates named
i Gen. Robert E. Wood, of Chicago,
iJohn H. Howard, of Boston, and
Harold C. Keith, of Brockton. The
inspiration of this gift is explained
: by Mr. Endicott in a letter to the
! Delegate, in which he says: “My
first interest in Alaska was from
r
By the sack or carload
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the point of view of big game j
hunting, where I have enjoyed j
several of the most interesting j]
trips I have ever experienced; i
but it is impossible to go into that ■
country and not feel extraordinary ;
interest in that great Territory ;
itself. While I had read some- (
what of Alaska I had never hap
pened to get hold of a book that
gave what seemed to me a true ;
picture of today It was quite by
accident that I secured a copy of
Mrs. Davis’ book, ‘Uncle Eam’s
Attic’. My interest in Alaska was
so real that my immediate thought
was that I wished everybody could j
read that book, and I frankly I
wished that our Senators ana Kep-!
resenianves in Washington, wno
dn'ccuy aiid«»indiicei/iy nave to ao j
with the affairs of Alaska, might
have that privilege, for I thought
to them it would be of absorbing
interest and value. Tne three;
frienus meniioneu, wno have hunt
ed with me and who made trips
to Alaska, join in sending you a
copy of this book.”
# ■¥% '<• 7T
In line with a recent policy by
President Hoover, the Forest Serv
ice has ordered temporary restric
tion of sales of timber from the
National forests, as a means of re
lieving the serious depression now
confronting the lumber industry,
except where the value is less than
$500. Exceptions are made to sup.
ply the needs of already existing
sawmills which are dependent
upon the National forests for their
raw material, and also to furnish
domestic paper mills with raw
material needed to supply the do
mestic market with newsprint and
other wood pulp products. An in
quiry from Petersburg as to just
what this order means has brought
forth a letter to the Delegate from
the Acting Secretary of Agricul
ture, which contains the follow
ing information:
‘‘In issuing this order the De
partment had in mind the desira
bility of developing a pulp and
paper industry in Alaska as well
as elsewhere in the United States
as a possible means of ncreasing
employment. Sales to furnish raw
material to paper mills in the
United States, including Alaska,
may therefore be made as here
tofore. It should also be noted
that the order does not in any
way restrict the making of sales
i to individuals or industries which
'need only small quantities of tim
! ber, such as canneries or other
; industries in Alaska which need
[small quantities of piling or other
i forest products.”
i The Nushagak River Welfare
I Committee, through Carl R. Trow
bridge, secretary, sends a petition
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asking that by.monthly airmail
service be established to Bristol
Bay from Anchorage. It develops
that recently a star route contract
was given for a bi-monthly serv
ice from Kanatak to Dillingham,
beginning in October and to run-j
during the winter months. Inquiry
at the Postoffice Department
brings out the fact that not one
air mail contract has been made
in or for Alaska; that the con-'
tract referred to was given to the
Alaskan Airways of Anchorage,
who are privileged to carry the
mail from Kanatak to Dillingham
overland, as is customary, or by
airplane, as it is evidently the in
tention to do. As their base is
at Anchorage the Department
would have no objection to pick
ing up the mail there or at Sew
ard, providing the cost was no
greater,. It is realized that a much
better service could thus be ren
dered and the matter will be taken
up at once with the Seattle office
to see if they can arrange with
the Alaskan Airways to satisfy the
request of the Bristol Bay people.
The Department officials explain
that if airmail contracts were
given in Alaska the increased air
mail fees would be exacted and
only first-class mail carried. But
when a star route contract is serv
ed by an airplane company all
classes of mail are carried.
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