WRANGELL TO LOSE
CANNERY
It has been reported that the Alas
ka Packers’ Association has pur
chased a site at Charcoal Point, near
Ketchikan, and that the Company
is to move the Wrangell plant to the
new site. The procedure will be
somewhat as follows: After the end
of the present season the Wrangell
plant is to be dismantled and the
machinery installed in a plant to
be constructed at Charcoal Point.
Fred Heckman, manager of the Lor
ing plant is mentioned as the man
aged of the new cannery, and Cap
tain Schott of the Wrangell plant
will be transferred to Loring. The
Alaska Packers is reported to have
tendered their Loring hatchery pro
perty to the Territory, providing,
however, that the United States will
continue to give them credit on the
release of salmon fry in rebate of
taxes.
No mention is made of the fact
that after operating that hatchery
for about twenty years the great
salmon creek at that point is vir
tually barren of all fish. The as
sociation is more interested in se
curing a rebate of taxes than in
maintaining the run of salmon.
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CANNERY TAXES
The canneryman should not pay
any more taxes than is right.
He pays a total tax of $332,400 to
the Territory now according to the
statement of “The Canning Indus
try of Alaska.”
In addition to this, he pays a fed
eral tax of 4 cents a case and the
usual corporation tax of 12 M» per
cent on the net profits.
The canneryman says that he pays
about 00 per cent of the taxes of
this Territory; but he says nothing
about whether this is a fair tax or
not. The value of canned salmon
taken out of this territory annually
amounts to about $50,000,000. A
one per cent tax based on valuation
would bring this Territory a tax
income of $500,000. This is on a
basis of a ten mill tax
Suppose we taxed the canneries on
a valuation. They say that they
have an investment in Alaska
amounting to 70 million dollars. A
ten mill tax, which every one will
admit is very low, would bring the
Territory $700,000 in taxes.
“Exhorbitant taxation cannot fail
to react unfavorably on the fisheries
industry and serve to discourage
capital available for other lines of
industry from entering Alaska.”
Whenever the Canning Industry
will say to our Legislature, “Here
are our income tax reports for the
past ten years, look them over, and
be fair to us,” then we would say
to the Legislature, “The facts are
before you. Treat them fairly.”
EDUCATIONAL TRUST
FUND
It is well recognized that prog
ress of all peoples, particularly the
natives of Alaska, depends upon
their education. Every child who
fails to take advantage of schools
stands in his own light. The strug
gle to go through Grammar School
and High School will have to fall
upon the fathers and mothers, but
all the natives should join together
in helping the graduates of our high
schools to go through University or
Professional schools. All Camps of
the Alaska Native Brotherhood
should therefore keep in mind the
following resolution, which was
adopted at the Hoonah Convention
last November. The occasion for
the resolution was the fact that one
of our boys who is in his second
year at the Oregon Medical College,
did not return this year because he
lacked the necessary funds. This
misfortune must never be allowed
to occur again, and hence the reso
lution
Whereas the permanent success of
the Alaska Native Brotherhood de
pends to a large extent upon edu
cating its members; and,
Whereas there are some of our
young people who are struggling
for and others who will continue in
larger and larger numbers to want
a higher education and who will be
short of funds;
Therefore, Be It Resolved that an
Educational Trust Fund of the Alas
ka Native Brotherhood be created
for the above purpose by subscrip
tion of each local camp to the
Grand Treasurer, (the amount to
be decided upon by the Grand
Camp Council); and,
Be It Further Resolved that a
committee of three be appointed by
the Grand President, whose duty it
shall be to examine applicants for
loans, and to make necessary regu
lations thereto, both as to amount,
repayment and security.
Resolution Committee,
WM. L. PAUL, Chairman,
ANDREW POPE,
ELI KATANOOK.
MUSCLE SHOALS
An amusing speech was made in
the Senate on January 9th last
when Senator Norris addressed the
Senate on the subject of the Muscle
Shoals project. The basis for his
humor is found in the peculiar fact
that the administration bill has been
placed in the hands of Senator Un
derwood, the leading Democratic
senator, and certain so-called stand
pat senators, both Republican and
Democratic, are behind the Under
wood bill, which is being opposed
by Senator Norris of Nebraska.
“It makes very little difference
to me personally because these ma
chines have run over me so often
that 1 am as thin as the conscience
of a Democratic politician just be
fore election; and they have run
over me the other way until I am
as short as the memory of a Demo
cratic politician right after election.”
Senator Norris aroused both sen
ators and the gallery to gales <f
laughter when he described an im
aginary love feast attended by the
various elements that have been be
hind the Underwood bill. Refer
ring to the president, Senator Oscar
Underwood, Senator Pat Harrison,
Senator Judge Robinson and Sena
tor Tom Heflin, he said:
“This has been really a wonder
ful combination. There is Silent Cai,
at the head; Smiling Oscar, Happy
Pat, Jovial Joe and Me Too Tom,
all bound up together by the sacred
ties of fertilizer, five shoals with
but a single thought, five hearts that
beat as one. What a glorious time!
What a glorious banquet they could
have. Going into a banquet hall,
the dinner furnished by the electric
trust, the General Electric company,
the seasoning for the meats and
soups supplied in the shape of fer
tilizer by the Alabama Power com
pany, the liquid refreshments given
to them by the Republican national
committee. What a glorious jubilee
they could have!”
Scratching the Record — “Your
daughter talks a great deal, doesn’t
she ?”
“Yes, I think she must have been
vaccinated w i t h a phonograph
needle.” —New York American.
FOREST J. HUNT
Kodak Store
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