run was not general. While
there was a heavy run of her
ring in Southeast Alaska during
September, practically no fish
were packed as most of the
outfits had closed down early
in the month. The difficulty
of making a count suitable to
the buyers, has caused packers
in this district to turn their
attention to the manufacture of
oil and meal as a more profit
able enterprise. The total
Southeast Alaska pack to Sept.
30 is conservatively estimated
at a little over 10,000 half bar
rels and 500 full barrels, one
of the smallest packs in the
history of the industry.
Herring Market Active
The herring market still con
tinues strong, although there
was a temporary depression
late in September due to the
report of good fishing at Sel
dovia. New pack goods are be
ing moved out almost as fast
as received, recent sales of Sel
dovias being made at around
$35. With the exception of a
few odd lots, which are being
held for speculation, the Kodiak
pack has been entirely cleaned
up at prices ranging around
$32. Three or four carloads of
Southeast Alaska are -still un
sold, but are being moved out
gradually at around $9 and $10
for halves. Eastern buyers are
still in Seattle, but are plan
ning to return to New York
about the middle of October
after the Cook Inlet fall pack
has been completed.—Pacific
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“THE MENACE
An Open Letter
Editor ' Sitka Progress;
Your article of November
12th as above entitled written
by Eiler Hanson, an employee
of the Department of Agricul
ture, would have carried more
weight if it were a true report
of what I actually said. In
stead, the writer has written
his own views, changing to
suit his own purposes.
Allow me to review the
speech and the article.
“Paul slurred the American
Legion openly and brazenly.”
Mr. Hanson might better
have quoted my language and
let the reader determine for
himself if I slurred the Amer
ican Legion openly and brazen
ly. What I said was this;
“The American Legion for
political purposes, endorsed a
literacy test for voters. The
American Legion cannot square
that endorsement with the
Declaration of Independence,
that great document of Amer
ican liberties. It is in direct
conflict with the second para
graph; “We hold these truths
to be self evident that all men
are created equal, endowed
with certain inalienable rights
* * * that to secure these ends
governments were instituted
among men, deriving their
JUST powers from the CON
SttNT ot the '
Then I went on to suppose
(for argument only) that there
were 1000 illiterate natives.
“Are these natives not govern
ed? Of course they are. If
you take away the elective
franchise from them, will they
be GOVERNED with their
CONSNT? Of course not. If
you govern them without their
consent, will your power to
govern them be JUST?”
I then took exception to the
presumption of the American
Legion that they contain all
the 100^ Americans and pa
triotism especially since the
majority of that organization
in Sitka were not volunteers
but drafted men, and then I
claimed that patriotism was just
as much the motive of Indian
citizens as any other group of
men, and proclaimed the fact
that the ex-service men with
the longest term of actual ser
vice on the front line of France
were men of Indian decent, at
least one man with 18 months
in the front line trenches, and
another (of Sitka itself) of
three years in Europe.
He denounced Henry O Mal
ley, U. S. Commissioner of
Fisheries, as the crooked tool
of capitalists.”
The word “Crooked” was
not used .
“And accused Secretary of
Commerce Hoover of extending
special favors to the cannery
men.”
I said just that, but added
that this aid came thru the
orders and with the advice of
Henry O’Malley. My position
in regards to this question is
so well known that I need not
repeat it. Every fishermen on
Chatham Straits knows about
the case' of Saginaw Bay.
i took exception to the ethics
of the so-called “White Pres
byterian church of Sitka” in
advertising that Indians are
not welcome there as being a
discrimination totally foreign
to the doctrines of Christ. I
had in mind the situation of
last summer when the trustees
of that church refused to al
low the native children to hold
Sunday School services there
when their own building was
being repaired. Those eastern
friends who contributed two