THE
Alaska Fisherman
VOL. 5. NO. V '
MAY. 1928
20c. PER COPY
WILLIAM L. PAUL ON PULP MILLS
‘ I am heartily in favor of pulp
mills and paper mills in Ala3ka.
Every legitimate industry should be
developed in order that our popula
tion might grow. We must hasten
the time when by the force of our
great population alone, Alaska
wiii become a STATE, at which
time we will enjoy the fullest meas
ure of self-government.
WHAT I OPPOSE
“1 am opposed to discriminations
pr diced by the Forestry Depart
ment. Our local loggers are charg
ed $1.50 per M for stumpage,
while the same timber is offered to
pulp mill promotors for 60 cents
for hemlock and $1.00 for Sitka
Spruce
I am opposed to the practice of
the Forest Department which ac
tually started criminal action to
f^rce a free-born American citizen
off logged-off land within the For
estry reserve. In another instance,
the Forestry Bureau threatened
criminal action of trespass.
“i am opposed to the practice by
which the Forestry Department re
fus* s to allow citizens of the Unit
ed States to homestead free public
land where the land is either de
void of trees or has been l^^ed off.
WHAT I FAVOR
I favor the abolishment of the
Forestry Department and their ex
trajudicial authority, their man
government that knows neither law
nor 1u3tice. •
ABOLISH STUMPAGE TAX
“I favor the free' grant to any
logger or local sawmill of any and
all timber in Alaska as the market
demands it.
“The present practice of taxing
loccl loggers and sawmills the sum
of $1.50 to $2.00 per M discourag
es local development and places a
heavy tax on the pioneers of Alas
ka
“The government does not need
the tax.”
‘LET THE ENTIRE WEALTH
OF ALASKA BE USED FREE
FROM TAXATION BY THE FED
ERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE
GOVERNMENT OF ALASKA.
‘ ABOLISH BOTH THE FOREST
RY AND FISHERY BUREAUS.”
(Signed) WILLIAM L. PAUL.
Republican Candidate for the Ter
ritorial House of Representatives.