Seattle Man
Opposes Welch Bill
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A bill to require annual can
rery location reports was op
posed before the House Mer
chant Marine Committee by A.
Il Bradford of Seattle. The
measure, by Representative
Welch, Republican, California,
would provide no Alaska can
nery could operate unless it had
filed with the secretary of com
merce not later than December
1 of the preceding year a state
ment of the proposed location of
operations. No cannery would be
allowed to operate in more than
one location in any calendar
years.
Mr. Bradford interpreted the
till as a move in favor of shore
companies to put floating can
neries out of busine s. He said
the fishermen of his company,
exclusively Alaskan residents,
had been discriminated against
by shore companies who import
ed union fishermen from San
t rancisco.
He read letters from Alaska
fishermen, pleading with him 1o
continue his cannery as the only
one that had given them a
chance to earn a decent liveli
nood.
Representative Free, Repub
lican, California, defended the
shore canneries as having been
fair to native fishermen. He said
he based his assertion on a two
month personal investigation of
the situation.
Mr. Bradford also complained
only big companies canning red
salmon would know their plans
far enough in advance to report
December 1.
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to live up to his own epitaph.
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Canadians To Remove
Sockeye Restrictions
Because the American cnnners
of salmon have shown sufficient
power and influence to prevent
ratification of the international
salmon treaty which Canada his
sponsored and attempted to have
ratified for many years and be
cause of the refusal of the U. S.
Government to agree to closure
terms which would protect the
industry, the Dominion Govern
ment may remove all restrictions
protecting the Fraser River. The
Canadian authorities understand
that this means the complete
annihilation of the sockeye
fisheries at that river but they
propose to seed rivers further
north where the fish can return
v’ithout passing through Puget
found waters.
The destruction of the Fraser
River sockeyes will mean the
complete destruction of South
eastern Alaska and Washington
sockeye. The cheaper fish now
sells at 3 cans for a quarter in
Seattle retail houses which is
more than it costs laid down in
Seattle. The sockeye production
is the only hope of the industry
and it will be noted that opera
tions this year in Alaska arc
limited, at least 75 per cent to
canning of this species alone.
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Shipping Bill Would
Cripple Tourist Trade
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Passage of the Davis measure
now in Congress, amending the
coastwise shipping laws would
seriously affect the tourist traf
fic handled by Canadian owned
and operated steamship lines,
according to advices received
by the Chamber of Commerce
from Delegate Wickersham. The
Chamber recently directed its
Legislative Committee to in
vestigate the effects of the bill
and make some recommendation
cn the Chamber’s policy in re
gard to it.
The Committee wired the De
legate last Tuesday asking him
the status of the bill and its
probable effect on Canadian ves
sels in these waters if it should
be enacted.
In reply, Judge Wiekersham
wired: ‘‘Davis bill was favorably
reported by the Committee and
is strongly urged by eastern in
terests who are concerned with
Atlantic traffic without reference
to Alaska. It is feared that pas
sage of the bill would seriously
affect tourist traffic on Canadian
steamers and I am trying to in
duce its sponsors to exclude
Alaska from the operations of
the bill.”—Empire.
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is the inability to blush at shame
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