FISH TRAPS OF WASHING
TON UNDER ATTACK
Prosecuting Attorney Charges
Waste.
Prosecuting Attorney Floyd
Harfield of Island County,
Washington, charges criminal
waste against the State Fish
eries Department of Washing
ton. This Department has long
been under the absolute in
fluence of the Seattle packers.
He said in part;
Your patrol winks at use
less and wholesale destruction
by traps, yet if a troller at
tempts to market salmon under
18 inches, your patrolmen ar
rest him and bring him to me
to prosecute. I have arrested
them, but, after visiting the
traps and witnessing destruc
tion there, I have sworn off,
never again, for me.”
It seems that Harfield had
complained to E. A. Sims,
chairman of the States Fish
eries Board about the whole
sale destruction of fish by the
fish traps. But Sims, replied
that it was up to the prosecut
ing attorney to arrest and fine
the operators of the traps. Hat
field replied that something
should be done by the state
Board itself to stop the des
truction of salmon by the traps.
“There has been a policy of
discrimination,” he said, “also
wanton slaughter of young sal
mon and failure to endorse
proper conservation methods
which makes it impossible for
me to cooperate with the De
partment and which will result
in complete destruction of the
industry, if it is not checked.”
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FISHERMEN CONTINUE
ORGANIZATION
Differences Over Uniting Trol
iers and Seiners Ironed Out;
Matter Taken Care of in By
Laws.
The Trollers met for their
second meeting in the Deep
Sea Hall last Monday night
with Tom Barnby in the chair.
After the meeting of April
26th, there was much discus
sion and some opposition among
the trollers to joining an or
ganization begun by seiners.
The discussion as started by
Simondson who felt that that
the trollers should go no fur
ther than to find out if the
trollers wished to organize.
He found support. T. Louis
however produced the argu
ment which turned the meeting
when he declared that if the
men did nothing that night,
the Union would go to sleep for
another year. “At least” said
he, “Let those of us who are
here organize, and we will have
something to work with. We
decided last meeting to or
ganize, what’s use talking about
that again. That’s going back
ward.”
Others supported him, but
the meeting lagged along. Eric
K. Johnson then moved that
they elect a new chairman.
This was after Barnby had
had a talk with Johnson. The
motion carried.
Allen Johnson was then elect
ed chairman, and Tom Barnby
took the floor. He injected
new life in the meeting, and
Johnson made good as chair
man.
Ole Wenabo, secretary ot the
Deep Sea Fishermen’s Union,
was invited to speak to the
meeting. He gave very good
advice which found more sup
port as the men talked about
his remarks.
He called their attention to
the fact that both trollers and
seiners were salmon fishermen.
“Why don’t you men ask for
a charter in the Salmon Fish
ermen’s Union. Then when a
man is a troller, he would be
governed by the by-laws of
the trollers part of the order.
When he becomes a seiner, he
is governed by seiners rules.
All you have to do is to keep
up your dues. Each class would
regulate its own class of bus
iness thru its by-laws.
“One big advantage you will
get will be in the matter of
national legislation. The charge
for this service is the payment
of 10% of your dues to the
international. For this you
will get the benefit of men like
Andrew Furuseth who are
trained in the work at Wash
ington.”
The motion was then made
and carried that the meeting
elect delegates to sign up mem
bers to join the Association.
These delegates were to col
lect the dues of $5.00 and send
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