surances that they will not be held
up right in the middle of their sea
son by a series of strikes. This has
been the erperience of some and
that is why the canneryman would
rather use the more expensive trap
system. The fishermen would have
to use the method of the Alaska
Fishei men’s Union of Astoria and
San Francisco. There they make
an agreement as to prices and en
ter into a contract befoire the sea
son begins, and then they each keep
their word. In that way the can
neryman knows what his fish will
cost him and he can sell his pack
in advance or borrow money on it.
From my knowledge of business, I
am sure that the canneryman would
rather pay 20 per cent higher prices
to seiners and abolish traps, if the
seiners could give them the assur
ance that some such plan as I have
outlined would be followed. The sol
ution of the fisheries problem is
largely in the hands of the men
themselves.
I am against the carpet-bag sys
tem of government. I thoroly hate
the system of government that hands
us over to some “Gentleman from
New York.” Therefore I am in fa
vor of the Controller Bill which will
seek to make at least three of our
high officials elective, to-wit: a sup
erintendent of Territorial affairs, a
Treasurer, and a Secretary of the
Territory.
I am in favor of making every im
portant official elective. To those
who disagree with me, I will say
that I believe that we have the right
to govern or misgovern ourselves.
But I have an abiding faith in our
citizenship and know that elective
officials will prove a great improve
ment over our present system,
therefore I favor electing the Com
missioner of Education, the Terri
torial Commissioners of Fisheries;
and would extend this principal to
Federal Judges and District Attor
neys if that were possible.
I believe in a decent Workmen’s
Compensation Law. Every business
should bear its own losses growing
out of its own employment whether
the loss is of machinery or lives.
If mines cannot be run without kill
ing 100 men each year, mines should
be compelled to support the widows
and orphans which are thus created
“by this necessity.” This principle
also applies to lumber mills, can
neries or stores.
Business should not pay just half
of the loss. It should pay all of it,
and so I would take care of the
hospital bill, the doctor bill, wood
en legs or arms, transportation to
the hospital, and the teaching of a
new trade where that is necessary,
as where the unfortunate has lost
both eyes, or legs. In other words,
I would not throw a man or a
widow or an orphan out upon the
street merely because a mill or log
ger or mine has got to kill 100 men
or more in order to( make money for
somebody.
I believe all citizens should be
taxed fairly and equally. There
fore, if you are not going to tax
a mine until it earns a net profit
of $10,000 I would not tax a can
nery, or a storekeeper, or a truck
driver, or a dentist or anybody else
unless and until he earns a net pro
fit of $10,000.
I am not opposed to anybody mere
ly because he can make a million a
year for I recognize that business
must be encouraged. But I do not
intend to sell the birth-right of my
children for a mess of potage. Cap
ital is entitled to a legitimate pro
fit, but when capital comes asking
for privileges, it must come “clean”
and tell the truth.
I believe that whenever a monopo
ly is created by law ,the public
should be informed the names of ev
ery person who holds one per cent
or more of stock or mortgages in
the monopoly; how much real cash
has been invested in the monopoly;
and what the net profits amount to.
Then we, who have created the mon
opoly or exclusive franchise, should
have the right to say to the monopo
ly, “you shall not be allowed to earn
more than 12 per cent or some other
figure, ar.d when you do, you shall
reduce your rates accordingly.”
The policy of taking care of our
aged pioneers must be continued;
but adequate appropriation must bo
made so that they shall not feed on
husks as during the last two years.
I am oposed to discrimination on
account of race, color, or previous,
condition of servitude in all matters
directly affected by law or public
institutions. I believe that if this
Territory is compelled to open up a
public school for any group of 12
white children, then this Territory
should be compelled to open up a
public school for any group of 12
children, white red, brown or black.
Likewise, if it is right for this Ter
ritory to support needy white or
phans, it is right to support any
needy orphan, white, black or brown.
Nor would I draw the line in regard
to the poor old people. Any law
that is drawn up excluding any class
of citizens is unconstitutional. There
fore I would be careful to draw a
law so that no court could throw it
out and thus leave our deserving
citizens in want.
I believe in developing the re
sources of this Territory. There
fore, this Territory should provide
free assay offices in each Division
of Alaska where prospectors might
get honest returns and information.
An engineer should be available who
can advise these prospectors. To
those who are afraid of the cost, I
would remind you that Governor
Thomas Riggs, assisted by the Ju
neau Empire and other “deserving
Democrats,” spent $27,000 of this
Territory’s money, giving $18,000 to
a Seattle lawyer, and got in return
a worthless pamphlet of 200 pages.
Also that this Territory has spent
over $250,000 for fish hatcheries,
and yet its most strenuous support
er cannot show that a single fish
has returned to any stream in Alas
ka as a result of fish hatcheries.
And furthermore, every stream in
Alaska where a hatchery has been
placed is today increasingly barren
of fish. The only thing that hatch
ery advocates can prove is that they
are very successful in hatching mil
lions of salmon eggs. But what be
comes of them?
The road building of Alaska is
run today primarily to provide jobs
for the “faithful.” The co-ordina
tion which takes the Territory’s
money and hands it over to army
officers to spend any where they
please should not be permitted. This
system results in undue favoritism.
Ir, is not mere accident that Juneau
ln<>- over forty miles of fine auto
mobile loads, while Ketchikan has
oniy six miles, and Wrangell only
two, and Sitka three, and Peters
burg one mile. The proposed road
from Juneau to Skagway should not
b^ allowed unless and until other
sections of this Division are given
their just proportion of roads.
I believe in the Declaration of In
dependence; that “Governments de
rive their just powers from the con
sent of the governed”; therefore I
believe that a literacy test for vot
ers is unAmerican. All the “gov
erned’ should have the right to be
represented under our form of gov
ernment, and this right should not
be denied under any pretext what
ever. Since the Couvi: has already
declared that Alaska cannot lawfully
'a'-s a literal test Lbl, I believe it
is the rankest dishonesty to talk
about electing men to the legisla
ture who will pass such a law.
The men with whom I am associ
ated agree with me in principle.
We might approach the problem
differently, but I have enough con
fidence in their integrity that I sup
port the following men without
qualification.
For Governor—Cash Cole.
Delegate to Congress—Dan Suth
erland.
Attorney General, John Rustgard.
Territorial Senator—F. J. Hunt.
Territorial Representatives—Chas.
Ferguson, William D. Grant, Perry
M. Hern, William L. Paul.
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Dr. Clark, acting secretary of the
Association of Pacific Fisheries, says
“conditions which cause previous
disturbances at the canneries will
be eliminated this year by an agree
ment signed by sixty companies.”
But that did not change the condi
tion at Wrangell and Loring where
the Oriental help tried to run the
towns with guns, blackjacks and
clubs.