less than it is now receiving
with the tax as high as 10 cents
per case.
.. But Delegate Wickersham was
not directing his opposition to
the bill entirely to the above
feature, for he said:
“Now, Mr. Chairman, I want
to take up another feature of
this matter, because the question
of taxation is in my judgment
the smallest evil in this bill. I
want to talk to you about that
feature of the bill which gives
monopoly of the control and
ownership of these Alaska fish
eries to three great corpora
tions.’'
After more discussion, Mr.
Cooper of Wisconsin remarked:
“To put a short interpretation
on it, .the .claim .that .these
fisheries are open to anybody to
have a site and secure it is pure
sham?” To which Delegate
Wickersham replied: “Yes; and
it is much purer sham when you
know that these big canneries
have the maps already to file,
and all they are waiting for is
the passage of this bill to enter
A a A A .4. A .4. .4. .4. .4.
Into the ownership of the fisher
ies of Alaska.”
There were many interesting
passages in the controversy over
this bill that would prove inter
esting reading, but to publish
them would make a newspaper
article too long. Many peti
tions and protests from fisher
men of Alaska were received by
the Delegate, urging him to fight
the bill. That Delegate Wick
ersham did lend a willing ear to
the protests of the fishermen is
evidenced by the strenuous and
successful fight he made in their
behalf. One of the protests was
from Ketchikan, dated October
10 1915,, and reads as fallows:
‘We, the undersigned resi
dents of Southeastern Alaska,
being fishermen and. otherwise
interested in the fisheries of
Alaska, do most respectfully pro
test against the passage of the
bill H. R. 17499, introduced
August 18, 1916, by Mr. Alexan
der of Missouri, and entitled “A
bill for the protection, regula
tion, and conservation of the
fisheries of Alaska and for other
CANADIAN FISH & COLD STORAGE
COMPANY, Ltd.
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offer to-the fishermen of Alaska the mer is of obfc .ling
highest prices for their lialihut and sat aoi
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purposes.” The said bill will re
sult in great harm and loss to
the people of the nation.”
Can anyone question that
the fisheries question of Alaska
is as vital an issue as it was in
1916? And can anyone ques
tion the sincere interest that
Judge Wickersham takes in this
subject? And as a Delegate to
Congress again can there be any
doubt as to the fight that Judge
Wickersham would put up in be
half of the fisheries and the peo
ple of the Territory who are con
cerned in this great industry?
He has proven his worth in the
past and by his deeds he is
known and appreciated.
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Benefit of Tax Payers
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In the 1927 session of the Leg
islature, Representative William
L. Paul introduced and had
passed in the House a bill that
materially increased the school
refunds to the various municip
alities of the Territory. This
bill was fought in the Senate
by Commissioner of Education
L, D. Henderson and was cham
pioned by Senator Steel, who
finally secured its passage in
amended form, but which in
creased the refunds to Ketchi
kan and Juneau from $20,000 to
$30,000, while the smaller towns
thruout the Territory received
an increase of 10 per cent. The
opposition by Mr. Henderson
made that bill of no benefit to
Petersburg but accepting the
amended bill as a step in the
right direction. In the 1929 ses
sion, Senator Steel secured the
passage of a much more liberal
bill in the Senate but the House
cut the refund. But when the
bill went to conference the re
fund to the larger cities was in
creased to $40,000 and there was
no further increase to the small
er towns.
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