fleet and trolling fleet were completely tied up for
lack of bait. Did tile fertilizer people care?
In 1926 the fertilizer people ground up enough her
ring to make 22,70S,SSI pounds of fertilizer. This
does not take into account the many thousands of
pound3 of herring which are destroyed on the grounds.
The Investment
Sixty-one plants operated in 1926.
The investment amounts to $6,80S,395, an increase
of exactly $700,000 over 1925.
Persons Employed
The number of persons employed was 2, 101 pract
ically all being hired IN SEATTLE.
Value of Output
The value of the output was $3,554,589.
Amount of Output
Scotch cured herring decreased from 33,925,975
pounds in 1925 to 15.629,230 pounds in 1926—50%
reduction.
Herring for bait decreased from 7,086,840 pounds
to 2,234,9 38 during the same period.
Herring for FERTILIZER INCREASED from 17,
172,027 pounds to 22,708,88 1 pounds.
Herring oil INCREASED from 2,351,1 52 gallons to
2,965,671 gallons during the same period.
Herring for FOOD DECREASED.
Herring for manure INCREASED.
Our halibut boats were tied up.
Our trolling fleet remained at anchor.
WHAT ARE YOIT GOING TO DO ABOt T IT?
TOM MARQUAM PRESS—JACK SCHOETTLER
EDITOR
A most curious situation exists in Petersburg.
This town is one of the strongholds of Dan Suther
land and yet many of these Sutherland supporters are
helping the Petersburg Press to exist by patronizing it.
'The Press was a Marquam paper. 71 praised him
and held him up to the good citizens of the town as
worthy of their votes. It recommended him to the
mothers of Petersburg as fit to enter their homes, tc
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be an example for their sons and daughters. This
man Tom Marquam, three times indicted for living
with a woman not his wife, was Jack Schoettler‘s
first love.
’ Jack's ideals should be understood. In place of a
conscience he has placed Ed. Locken, the banker. He
once, said, "I intend to stick close to where the money
is." He call3 his printing company, “The Viking
Press." Ha! Ha! He thereby insults the Scandina
vians by this form of sheep’s clothing. He thereby
says, "You poor saps, so easily fooled that I can do it
by a mere name." The mentality that will adopt a
fake name to show a fake sympathy for those people,
is the same mentality that is satisfied with an Ed.
Loeken in place of a conscience.
The pity of the Petersburg situation is that so few
are responsible for their troubles.
Without notice to Billy, a man who secured an ap
propriation of over $3000 for the town a year ago,
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the city electrician not only cut off the electricity, but
.tore out all the electric fixtures. Why was Billy
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singled out?
About a year ago, the same city council remitted
the overdue tax on the Petersburg Press’s plant? The
amount was very considerable. The act wa3 clearly
UNLAWFUL, but of course, Ed. Loeken must be obeyed
| Last Fall, The City Council shut oft the power of
the Scow Bay Saw Mill which act will probably bank
rupt the owner. This mill lias been instrumental in
keeping about twenty Petersburg men employed log
ging. And yet, Petersburg claims that capital and
employers are wanted in their district.
Ed. Loeken and hte tools are now directing their
opposition against Earl Ohmer, the one man who has
proven the greatest benefactor of Petersburg, employ
er of nearly 100 people in his shrimp plant nearly the
year round. Why? Because Earl refuses to kiss
Eocken’s foot, lie is hrs own man.
The trouble with Petersburg is Ed. Loeken. What
follows is as natural as a boil. Until the core is tak
en out, it will fester. Loeken has a place. It Jis in
(he bank. The bank lias a place. It is in the business
life. But when one man in a bank tries to bulldoze a
town, (rouble comes, and the community is hurt.
There is a way for ihe people of Petersburg to know’
what to do. They have confidence in Dan Sutherland
Let the people who belive in him refuse their support
to his enemies. Ts that hard? On the one hand you
have Tom Marcjuam, .lack Schoettler, Ed. Locken, and
on the other hand you have Dan Sutherland and his
friends.
Jf the “Viking Press” lives in Petersburg, you peo
ple of Petersburg will rue the day, and will put you
in the class of Juneau with its “Empire” and Ketchi
kail with its “Chroniclt” which vent their spleen on
the true friends of real Alaskans.
ANNONYMOUS LETTER.
We has just received an unsigned letter.
It asks if we are interested in the welfare of all the
natives of Alaska or in just the southern natives.
Then it goes on and makes many charges of bad con
duct on the part of exploiters.
We will answer the first question by saying that we
are interested in securing JUSTICE for all people
whether of high or low degree, and hence only to that