Secretary Davis suggests that, in
view of the failure of Congress to
fully understand the provisions of
the law of 1917 when that statute
was enacted, so far as it may re
late to the status of these people, the
act should be amended accordingly.
He further asks Congress to con
sider “the necessity for special re
lief for the wives and minor children
of aliens married at the time of
entry,, who entered the United
States lawfully, for permanent res
idence, prior to July 1, 1924.”
In view of the fact that all the
recommendations of the Secretary
of Labor are based upon his expei
ience in the administration of the
immigration laws during the InU
six year or more, they should rj
ceive the careful consideration of
the committees on immigration and
of both houses of Congress.”
Citizens Of Alaska
Dear Sir:
We ask you to read the accom
panying pamphlet on the restoration
of Representative Givernment in the
United States.
There is no section of our country
where representative government is
so much in peril of absolute subiner
gence in centralized autocracy as in
Alaska.
Do you know that Federal Bu
reaus and federal appointed officials
have a strangle hold on the ad
ministration of our territorial gov
ernment as well as on Federal Af
fairs?
Do you know that control of your
local government has been handed
over to federal appointed officials
by your elected legislative rep
resentative? Do you know that one
half of your members of the Alaska
House of Representatives in 1925
voted to lessen the power of the
people to 3elect their delegates to
Congress and their Attorney General
in an atempt to return to the old
caucus system of nominations and
thus place the selection of candi
dates with the appointed officials of
the Territory?
Do you know that the Attorney
General of Alaska the only terri
torial* official that your representa
tives have permitted the people to
select has been placed in absolute
control of federal officials? Do you
know that the office was originally
created for the purpose of defend
ing the rights of the Alaska people
in the courts? Do you know that
since the office was created the leg
islature has tied the hands of the
Attorney General until he cannot act
for the people without the consent
of federal officials? Do you know
that when the Department of Com
merce undertook to set aside fish
ery reservations for the benefit of
a few corporations the Attorney
General could not act in defense of
the rights of the people in the
courts because the Governor of the
Territory would not permit him to
do so?
Do you Know that all territorial
appropriations for the construction
of roads are controlled by federal
officials and that all allotments of
road funds are made by these of
ficials?
Do you know that, the territorial
road engineer whose salary and ex
penses are paid by the Territory is
selected by federal officials and that
he is responsible in the spending of
your money to these officials only?
Do you know that an aged res
ident of Alaska cannot be admitted
to the Pioneers Home at Sitka ex
cept by permission of federal offi
cials? Do you know that the trus
tees of the Home are responsible to
federal officials only? They receive
their appointments from a federal
official and neither the people of the
Territory nor their representatives
have any voice in the selection. An
aged Alaskan cannot receive a pen
sion except by consent of federal
officials.
Do you think that this condition
should continue?
PEOPLES LEGISLATIVE SERVICE,
Juneau.
The Herring Ferti
lizer's Side
In the interest of fairness, we re
print what a herring fertilizer plant
owner has to say about the use of
herring for fertilizer. We take it
from the Ketchikan Chronicle of
October 5th last:
Olaf Floe, manager and secretary
of the Northwestern Herring Com
pany at Port Conclusion, is in Ketch
ikan and has submitted the following
communication to The Chronicle re
lative to the recent protests against
the use of herring as fertilizer. Mr.
Floe cites that his plant has manu
factured herring meal for use as
poultry food and that the Washing
ton Poultry Association last year
took the entire product for distri
bution. He also said that the her
ring industry in the Chatham Strait
district represents an investment
of $3,000,000.
The communication follows:
To the Editor of The Chronicle:
Lately there has been a lot writ
ten about the fisheries of Alaska
in general and the herring fisheries
and fishermen in particular and es
pecially about the by products
plants.
Very few, if any, in the Terri
tory seem to know anything about
herring except that the herring is
caught, cooked up to meal and oil:
at least, that is the great predom
inating cry. Nobody has, as yet
made any intensive study of the her
ring fisheries.
First, what are the peculiarities
of the herring, their habits, their
food, their migration and when and
where do they spawn.
The principal occupation of her
ring after they are through spawn
ing is eating and looking for more
eats.
They, are of all aquatic species
the greatest eaters we know. What
Is their principal food? Their pria