JUNEAU CHAMBER PLAYS TRUE
TO FORM
Attorneys For Herring Packers Still
Dominate Juneau Chamber of
Commerce
And Refuse Endorsement Petersburg
Protest Against Herring Ferti
lizer Plants
Along about 1913, Dr. Everman,
then with the Bureau of Fisheries
recommended that the use of her
ring for fertilizer be PROHIBITED
on the ground that such use would
exterminate the herring. He advis
ed IMMEDIATE action on the
ground that since there was but
ONE fertilizer plant in operation,
such action would not be opposed
by strong political force, whereas
if action were deferred until there
wore MANY plants, such a closing
order would be very difficult if not
IMPOSSIBLE.
The time of depletion has arrived.
Herring are gone from many
areas.
There are many plants in opera
tion with great political strength.
Far sighted business men thru
Chambers of Commerce in Petors
burg, Wrangell and Ketchikan, ex
pert fishermen in Klawock, Hyda
burg and Sitka are DEMANDING
the prohibition of fertilizer plants
for the very same reason that Dr.
Everman advised it.
The matter at last came before the
Juneau Chamber of Commerce, a
body long suspected to be under
the domination of cannery lawyers
and BUREAUCRATS.
wearing in mind tnat tills same
body advocated an “official investi
gation by the Bureau of Fisheries'*
in 1925, their recent action as re
ported in the Juneau Empire is en
lightening, and undoubtedly has the
approval of even Tom Gaffney of
Nome.
The report follows:
“CHAMBER ASKS HERRING . . .
STUDY BY GOVERNMENT'*
“Says information lacking on sub
ject and asks for scientific study/*
After a detailed discussion of
general phases of the herring bait
situation today, the Chamber of
Commerce by a unanimous vote
adopted a resolution urging a sci
entific investigation of the herring
question by the U. S. Bureau of Fish
eries. The resolution, which was
drafted by the Executive Commit
tee, was substituted for one adopted
several weeks ago by the Petersburg
Commercial Club and forwarded
here for action.
While discussion developed there
were several members who favored
adoption of the Petersburg pro
gram, after comparison of the two
resolutions, it was agreed that the
local program probably was best
fitted to the situation and the vote
for its adoption was without dis
sent.
Gives Matter Study
Reciting that the attention of the
Chamber had been called by the
Petersburg Commercial Club to “the
imminent danger to the halibut and
salmon industry arising from the
use of herring in the manufacture
of fertilizer and oil,” the resolution
adopted said: “This matter has been
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