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VOLUME 7,
No. 5
JULY, 1930
20 c PER COPY
THREE THOUSAND FILIPINOS
There are about 3,000 Filipinos working in and
around Ketchikan in the various canneries.
They are hired because they are cheap.
One group said they would be paid $80. and
all living expenses for the season.
The Saw-Mills
Each spring, the Alaska sawmills import vir
tually all their labor from Seattle. In this way
the daily wage has been reduced to $3.60 and $4
per day.
Salmon Prices
The Pacific American Fisheries Company at
Petersburg offer the Kake natives 7c for Pinks and
9c for Chums. The Alaska Pacific Salmon Corpor
ation told these natives that they could not afford
to pay more than 4c for Pinks and 6c for Chums.
The latter may be right ,but how is the poor In
dian to know. The Pacific American Fisheries Co.,
is the largest and most successful salmon packer
in Alaska.
William L. Paul.