(3) the abolishment of all regu
lations touching on gear. If no
“fish man” has been able to
point out anything fundamental
ly wrong with your proposal,
isn’t it time for O’Malley to do
something about it? If he has
even admitted to you that you
are on the right track, I will be
surprised.
. i Deneve mat in your proposal
you are on the right track and
foi' proof suggest that the Cana
dians enacted that principle into
law long ago, and that the
ALASKA NATIVE BROTHER
HOOD incorporated it in their
resolutions and sent, a copy to
the Secretary of Commerce in
1928.
. .1 believe that you single hand
ed could correct the situation in
Alaska. The danger is this—you
have started correctly, but you
may not follow it up either be
cause you will realize that the
job is hopeless or from a disin
clination to stir up a mess, in
other words from plain cold feet.
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CONGRESS PERMITS EXPORT
FOREST BUREAU FORBIDS
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Re: Export Logs Title 48 Sec. 421
This act was designed to per
mit log export; the only restric
tion is that it shall not endanger
the supply for local use. Con
gress could not) the Secretary of
the department administering
the forests was to be the judge—
not for the purpose of PROHIB
ITING export, but for the pur
pose of PERMITTING.
Certainly there is a condition
when log export was to be per
mitted.
An Opinion
The limitation for export is
that the LOCAL SUPPLY must
not be endangered, so that the
Secretary may limit the amount
to be exported. We are ready to
export and await this permission.
The Local Supply
. .What is the local supply? It
is every demand made locally for
any and all species of timber by
one having the ability to pay for
CANADIAN FISH & COLD STORAGE
COMPANY, Ltd.
PRINCE KUUERT, II. C., CA\A1>\
offer to the fishermen of Alaska the nice is of oht; niu^
highest prices for their lialihut and sat uoi .
We have recently reconstructed our :ce plant and now
produce only hard transparent ice which preserves the lish
one hundred per cent.
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KARL HANSEN
Is equipped to supply all the needs of fishermen at
reasonable prices.
Alaska Office: Seattle Office:
PORT ALEXANDER 1911 L. C. SMITH BUILDING
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the same within a reasonable
time.
When the local mills have so
much timber that they refuse
to buy any timber except from
their own logging outfits, the law
contemplates that timber may be
exported PROVIDING a limita
tion be placed so that the cal
culable future needs shall be
safeguarded.
. .If timber is offered by the log
gers at a reasonable price—a
price sufficient to cover the costs
and a reasonable profit—and the
mill refuses to buy except at a
reduced price, timber should be
allowed to be exported other
wise the law is used for a wrong
ful purpose not within the con
templation of Congress.
The Local Situation
The Petersburg Mill (150 miles
north from here) is shut clown,
though at best it is a three-man
mill. They are not buying.
The Wrangell mill has reor
ganized for the third time and is
buying spruce only, but not in
sufficient quantities to employ
small outfits that make Wrangell
their headquarters. No hemlock
is bought.
Ketchikan District
There are two mills here, of
which the Ketchikan Lumber
and Shingle Company, is virtual
ly broke and buying only in small
dabs, and even then only on long
term credit. One and two years
is not unusual.
The Ketchikan Spruce Mihs
owns its own logging camps and
does not buy from independent
loggers unless after inspection d
appears that the logs are excep
tionally good. This mill buys vir
tually no hemlock except when it
gets a special order for hemlock
ties for the Alaska Railroad.
But one independent logger is
strong enough in this district to
force the Ketchikan Spruce
Mills to buy, namely, Sawyer
Reynolds. Even so, Sawyer-Fey
nolds have a virtual corner on