making any laws regulating
the fishing industry, which
leaves as the sole remedy your
power by the vote to tax traps
out of existence.”
There is no inference that
Mr- Paul favors “blowing up
the traps” if legislation should
fail. Rather he is making the
plea to fishermen that the strug
gle against the industry des
troying trap should be along
the lines authorized by law.
Direct action is never justified
unless conditions resembling
the tyranny of George III
should be present. This can
not be present so long as we
have manhood suffrage and the
secret ballot. Therefore the
appeal is made that fishermen
should save the fishing industry
and consequently their homes
and a decent living by the use
of the ballot. What true Amer
ican can point a Haw in that
line of procedure? We argue,
“Let the majority rule and so
that there shall be a majority,
let everybody vote.”
The Empire says, “Mr. Paul
is deliberately planning the
destruction of millions of dol
lars invested in Alaska.”
This is not true, and such a
statement could only come from
an absolutely depraved mind or
one blinded by prejudice, or
ignorance of our fisheries.
The abolishment of traps
would not mean the closing
down of our canneries. At the
present time, out of 90,000,000
fish caught 30,000,000 are caught
by seiners or gill-nets, so that
if all the fish now caught by
traps were to escape into the
creeks, we would still have
more than 30,000,000 fish to
pack.
However the seines and gill
netters would catch a portion
of what escape the traps. This
proportion would be about one
half of the former trap catch,
or 30 million. The total seine
catch would then be 60 million
salmon or enough for over
Four Million cases of salmon
This system would do two
things, 1st would guarantee an
escapement of 30,000,000 sal
mon to the spawning grounds
and 2nd would at once give
work to several thousand res
ident fishermen. We propose
as a part of our program to
place a tax on the non-resident
fishermen so high that it would
be to his interest to make Al
aska his real home, have his
family here, build towns here.
On this sure foundation, a
great Territory will be built.
WlFEUENCE~bF~THE DELEGATE
The Alaska subsidized press and
the “Independent” orators are
working overtime in the futile ef
fort to make the voters believe
that Delegate Sutherland is with
out influence in Washington, and
accomplishes practically nothing for
his constituents.
Just as one evidence of Dele
gate Sutherland’s standing among
his colleagues might be cited an
incident in connection with the
bill leasing the public lands in Al
aska for fur farming and other
purposes. The bill was up for
passage on the last day of the
session, July 3. But objection was
offered to its consideration, which
meant going over to the next ses
sion, Mr. Sinnott then offered the
following explaination:
“This bill was introduced by
myself as Chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Lands, at the re
quest of the Secretary of the In
terior. It was not reported out
of the committee until it had the
approval of the Delegate from Al
aska. It did not have his approv
al until he had taken the matter
up with the Secretary of the In
terior and amendments were in
corporated in the bill safeguarding
the interests of both the fisher
men and the Natives of Alaska.”
The objection was then witn
drawn and the bill passed. And
yet it has been reported that Dele
gate Sutherland was opposed to
this same bill, and in connection
with the Alaska Native Brother
hood as fighting the j’ust demands
of fox farmers. No wonder read
ers get sick of the lies in the
Subsidized Press.
SHELBY C. SHURICK
Physician and? Surgeon
Upstairs over U. S. Customs
Hours: 1 to 4 and 6:30 to 8
Sunday by appointment only
Telephone 57
Wrangell Steam
Laundry
M. 0. JOHNSON, Prop.
First Class Work
Telephone 28
TOURISTS CAN GET
ALASKA CURIOS and
MOMENTOS at
Skagway Drug Co.
PERRY HERN
Totems, Moccasins, Spoons
Skagway, Alaska
Sanitary Market
CHAS. A. GREENAA
MEAT MARKET
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Petersburg, • * Alaska
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ROY BAKERY
Also Has Fine Ice Cream
and Fruit
SITKA, ALASKA
We cater especially to
Fishermen
THE KNOX HOTEL
First class Dinner Room
64 Rooms. Hot and Cold Watei
in Every Room. Steam Heated.
American and European Plan
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.
C. M. & R. L. CARLSON
Optometrists Opticians
219 Commercial Bldg.
Phone Black 423
I
SITKA CAMP
ALASKA NATIVE
BROTHERHOOD
Meets 8 P. M. Mondays
President: Secretary:
Mark Jacobs A. Hope
Ketchikan Grocery
R. W. EDMONDS, Prop.
Redman Building, Phone 71
Night Phone—Green 233
Ketchikan, Alaska
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