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OF SEWARD. ALASKA — ESTABLISHED August 19. 1904
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?gards your own relations to the
epartment which founded the
?indeer industry and administers
, at the present, and as regards
ie relation to the department of
ne Interior of the Swedish Luth
ran Mission, who received the
eer under contract from the gov
rnment. and in the final analy-|
s of the .spirit of the contract, at:
■ast. holds them primarily for
ie benefit of the Eskimos.
■Signed*
‘Very truly yours,
“ S' (Walter Sheilds)
“Supt. N. W. District.”
Here we find the Lomen Corpor
on playing Delilah to the Swed-;
h Mission Samson.
BETRAYAL OF PEOPLE
The foundation for wresting the
nnucer industry from those for i
horn it was introduced was laid j
i 1 SI2 by a Mr. Linderberger. j
fhcial correspondence reveals!
ot Big Business, lying in wait!
>r the opportune moment, step- ;
?a in and thru pulling wires with j
'ashington finally succeeded in
taking possible the acquisition of |
le Lutheran Mission herd referr-!
i to above.
'Extracts from a letter of Super
itendent Shields, to Chief of
laska Division, Bureau of Educa
on)
"Nome, Alaska, October 22. 1912.
“Mr. W. T. Lopp,
• Seattle, Wash.
Dear Sir;
DD REINDEER
Yesterday Mr. Linderberg called
: the office and talked a great
?al about the reindeer. Dr. Kru
sh and Mr. Johnson were pre
?nt. In this letter I shall try to
‘port the entire conversation as
osely as possible.
I need not refer to his former
:nnection with the reindeer in
ustry, or his influence over the
apps who came to the country
ith him. some of whom got deer
lrough loans from the Govern
lent and part of whom have se
ired deer through purchases from
>e original Lapps. (None of these
Ues have been approved). I need
ot draw attention to Mr. Linder
erg’s influence or his financial
anding.
Mr. Linderberg wishes to engage
i the business of exporting deer
roducts, frozen, fresh meat, can
ed, smoked, and jerked meat,
•ngues, etc. So far I had nothing
at approval for any plans he
ight have to prepare to handle
lat end of the business. But he
ill not undertake the business
ithout owning a herd of his own.
e said that the herd would serve
as his insurance for the success of
his enterprise and with a herd of
his own he would have that to
fall back on and he could not lose.
He would not agree with me that
the business was large enough
without owning a herd.
Mr. Linderberg admitted all my
arguments, but said that he want
ed a herd and that he was sure
that if he didn’t get into the busi
ness now that some bigger man
with more influence would grab it
in the proper way and would take
the matter up with you first and
then with department, or higher
up if necessary. What he wanted
of me was an expression of ap
proval to you. This of course I j
would never do. The reindeer!
business and the work we are do- I
ing. is entirely upset as soon as j
such “foreign” interests get in. I
am against anyone buying deer j
right to the end. We might as well j
quit when such is the case. How- j
ever, if it is a last resort, I would j
as soon see a man like Linderberg j
in the business as anyone. I should j
say that he has always been j
friendly and glad to help our work j
and I believe he is thoroughly in ;
sympathy with it.
It cannot be said too often, that
the reindeer business has long
passed the experimental stage. It
is a big business, and BIG BUSI
NESS is watching the development
of the industry, and will certainly
attempt to get control of it. I have
referred to this side of the mat
ter several times, but I believe
that Mr. Linderberg’s present at
titude justifies my referring to it |
again.
He referred to the matter of;
grazing grounds. I trust we will
soon get some action on regulating
the division of the grounds.
I feel sure that the attempt to
get options from Klementsen and
Nilima for the Government will
fail as I am sure from what he
said, Mr. Linderberg practically
holds such options himself, or else
controls the situation so that the
Lapps will not give options to other
parties. The whole matter of the
Lapp herds is now in a very loose
S state and has been so for years. It
j is very unlikely that anyone on the
I field will be able to regain any
! control without positive action by
; the Department.
; Mr. Linderberg stated that if
| everything else failed he might pre
; sent his old contract with the Gov
erment which gives him the right
to a loan of deer, or if that was
considered “outlawed” he might
easily secure an assignment of
their rights from other Lapps who
own deer. Mr. Linderberg has the
services of the best lawyers in the
country, and assured me that he
had looked into every side of the
matter. I do not attempt to out
line what I said to him, but I know
he left here considerably surprised
at the control we have of the
native owners, and without gain
ing any idea from me that he could
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ever hope to be allowed to buy deer
in Alaska, or to hold them if he
did buy them.
As he left, Mr. Linderberg assur
ed me that he appreciated our at
titude and our determination to1
keep the deer from the natives, j
but that he would not give the i
matter up but would take it up
“outside”, and he believed his en
trance into the industry under
regulations and under the control
of the Government would develop
the industry for the natives and
that as a last resort would put the
business into better hands than
if “some more powerful influence
secured the opening up of the in
dustry to Big Business”. He also
stated that he might bring the
deer business into politics if ne
cessary. This has been anticipa
ted, and doubtless the Alaska leg
islature will take up the reindeer
sooner or later.
(Signed)
“Very truly yours,
Walter C. Shields
Supt. N. W. District.”
It will be observed that up to the
year 1912 the reindeer industry
had proceeded steadily under gov
ernmental supervision and pro
tection until it had fulfilled the
primary object of its undertaking,
i e., to augment the food supply of j
the Eskimo and guard him against i
famine.
Thru this careful nurturing and
the educational system the indus- j
try and the outlook of the primi- j
tive natives had advanced apace;
by degrees the latter were being
weaned away from their wretched
mode of life, taught the white
man’s ways and his taste for a
higher standard of living. In this
process it soon developed that the
eskimo could not be weaned from
his life of. trapping and trading
and set to herd reindeer unless the
latter would guarantee him the
things he had been accustomed to
acquire thru trapping.
MARKETS NEEDED
It was then that men like
Sheilds, Lopp and Mozee cast about
to secure markets for the surplus
deer. Once these markets were es
tablished the native herd owners
would become independent if not
rich. As they cast off tribal re
lations for citizenships their herds
would become taxible, as would
their other tangibles, and the fed
eral government would eventually
be reimbursed for all moneys spent
in nurturing the reindeer industry;
what had been primitive peoples
would be set on the road to full
civilization, while at the same time
spreading this influence farther
afield and creating of the rigor
ous Arctic a modern section of the
nation capable of consuming its
manufactures and luxuries.
But here we find the insidious
stealth being practiced to thwart
the final consummation of a won
derfully practical departure in deal
ing with primitive peoples.
The whites of the Arctic did not
desire this changed condition. It
is history being repeated where
aborigines have come into con
tact with the white man: Keep
him ignorant and at the point of
starvation and exploit him. That
is what happened on the Western
prairies, and is happening thruout
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FORMER CABLESH1P HAS LARGE
NUMBER PASSENGERS ON
BOARD, FALSE PASS
P. E. Harris, pioneer cannery
man, accompanied by Mrs. Harris,
| their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Johnson, and
a party of friends, and relatives
who will spend six weeks at the
P. E. Harris cannery at False Pass,
are among those aboard the SS
Dellwood, former U. S. cableship,
now enroute Westward.
The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard,
with his companions and dogs, is
also aboard.
Two hundred and 70 people were
aboard the steamer when it left
Bellingham last week, including
passengers and crews for the three
Harris canneries.
The craft, recently recommis
sioned by Mr. Harris, is 332 feet
long and has a beam of 46 feet. It
has a capacity for 4,500 tons of
freight, 300 passengers, 6,000 bar
rels of fuel oil and 1,000 barrels
of diesel oil.
This is the second trip to Alas
ka this season by the ship. It will
remain at False Pass about six
weeks when it returns to Seattle.
It is not expected to stop at Sew
ard north or southbound.
Mr. Harris said he expects to put i
up a normal pack this summer.!
Mr. Harris recently paid a visit to j
Washington where he met the new |
fisheries commissioner, Frank T.
Bell. The latter is expected to make
a trip to Alaska this year.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs. P.
E. Harris, guests aboard the ves
sel are Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Noltner
of Portland; Mrs. S. A. Erickson
i and Mrs. L. B. Jacobs, sisters of
| Mrs. Harris; Mrs. Kent Allen, Mrs.
I Harris’s niece, and her daughter
; Miss Exie Allen and Mr. and Mrs.
i W. H. Harris.
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service wll be at that hour on
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