SCRIPTURAL ADMINISTRA
TION OF FISH RESERVES
O’Malley Increases Pack in In
terests of Conservation
When Mr. 0‘Malley, United States
Commissioner of Fisheries announc
ed in Seattle last year that all laws
in fishery were suspended under ex
ecutive order and that the Depart
ment of Commerce was not com
pelled to recognize any law of Con
gress in its administration of the
Alaskan fisheries we were naturally
somewhat curious to know upon just
what basis of equity or justice the
regulations would be formulated and
since we have heard from many
of the Western fishermen regarding
the methods of O’Malley, Gilbert &
Co., Unlimited, in their efforts to
drive independent fishermen out of
the industry and turn the entire
fisheries over to the trust we have
concluded that these worthy friends
of the rich and powerful fish trust
must have searched the scriptures
for some doctrine with which to back
up their presentation of public rights
to the Trust.
It is quite possible that O’Malley
Gilbert & Co., Unlimited, have con
siderable knowledge of scripture and
of its application to selfish earthly
things and it may be that when
the reservation scheme of giving
away the rights of the Alaska peo
ple first occurred to them they were
even then prepared to present a
scriptural defense of their nefarious
plan.
Th language of St. Luke 19:20
when interpreted by secular mind and
selfish interest would seem to stan l
for a complete defense of the work
of the Department of Commerce and
the fish trust
“Unto everyone that hath shall
be given; but from him that hath
not, even that which he hath shall
be taken away from him.”
Throughout the Western section
men who were born and have lived
their lives in the Territory ha^'e
been refused permission to catch
salmon, and some few who have been
given permits are compelled to ii.-,h
under such restrictive rules and in
such designated places that they will
have to do their fishing in the sacred
precincts of the large packers and
of course, turn their product over
to them at such price as the can
ner may fix upon.
We have the original letters of
the Bureau of Fisheries to some of
these men wherein they are refused
the fishing privilege and wherein
those who received permits were cut
in their allotment for this season
while the published allotments to
the trust canneries show an im
mense increase over past seasons
with one single exception where one
cannery was cut from eighty thous
and to seventy-six thousand. In thus
reducing the allotment of the poor
and increasing the allotment of the
rich the text mentioned above is
followed literally and if the Bureau
and the Trust can present any other
defense of their outrageous grab
than the scriptural reference taken
literally we would be glad to learn
just what it can be.
Most certainly the Bureau and
the trust must drop the talk of con
servation after increasing the pack
limit approximately fifty-four per
cent over the pack of past years.
If figures were in the habit of ly
ing it is possible that the firm of
O’Malley, etc. might get away with
the job of fooling the American peo
ple but the figures are uncontrovert -
able and prove conclusively that con
servation had no place in the minds
of O’Malley or the exploiters when
the deal was put over whereby the
greatest natural food supply of the
American people was given to a few
residents of Chicago, San Francisco,
Portland and Seattle.
Senator Jones of Washington visit
ed the fishing sections of the Alas
kan Peninsula and the Aleutian Is
lands but learned nothing of the
actual conditions if piloted by Mr.
O’Malley or Doctor Gilbert. It is
up to these gentlemen to seek out
the resident fishermen of remote lo
calities in order that they may learn
just how the gospel of Saint Luke
is applied in the administration of
our fisheries for they will find those
from whom all rights of fishery,
natural and constitutional, have been
taken away and in the Chicago, or
Seattle office buildings they may
find those to whom all has been
given.
It has been said that “the devil
can quote scripture to suit his pur
pose” and therefore we see nothing
exaggerated or impossible in the as
sertion that O’Malley’s defense for
the trust may be the nineteenth
chapter, twenty-sixth verse of Saint
Luke’s Gospel.
THE FLAVOR LINGERED
“I once loved a girl that made a
foo] of me.”
“What a lasting impression some
girls make!”—The Simpsonian.
NO MORE FREE GARDEN SEEDS
For the past fifty years or more
Congress has appropriated several
hundred thousand dollars annually
for the purchase of garden seeds
which were distributed among the
constituents of Senators and Con
gressmen. For the past twenty-five
years Alaskans have had a share of
these seeds. They were distributed
from the headquarters of the Alaska
Experiment Station at Sitka, and
they have aided materially in pro
viding the luxuriant vegetable and
flower gardens for which Alaska is
becoming famous. The last Con
gress abolished free seed distribu
tion which order will also apply to
Alaska.
The Agronomist in charge of the
Alaska Experiment Stations desires
us to make this fact known to our
readers by this timely notice so they
can have time to send to seedsmen
for catalogues from which to select
seeds for spring planting. He ad
vises that our readers should act on
this information immediately- There
are numerous well known seed houses
in all parts of the country. Send
for catalogues now, so selections can
be made and the seed ordered soon
after the first of the year. Plant
ing should begin as early as the
ground can be worked.
Dr. Paul Burffund, Jr.
D. O. S. P.
Eyesight Specialist
Knox Bros. Ketchikan, Alaska
Codings’ Cash Store
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Telephone 188
Ketchikan, Alaska
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ALASKA