ihat particular several fishery
through the regulatory powar
given to him by Congress wit1^
the express understanding that
this practice should cease. Ir.
his inordinate zeal to confer pri
vileges on a certain few of his
friends, the Secretary of Com
merce deliberately ignores, net
only the mandate of the com
mittee, but the letter and spirit
of the lav/ as well.
I dwell at some length on this
particular instance of special
privilege in Alaska fostered bv
the Secretary of Commerce for
the reason that several Members
cf Congress have been at Karluk
Rivcr, and one of them has, on
this floor, described the opera
tions.
The Great Seine
The operation of the great
seine at Karluk, dragging hun
dreds of thousands of fish to
land, as described on this floor
was indeed a sight to amaze be
holders. The giant winches re •
volved, the immense net move.:
shoreward, and gradually the
great mass of fish, several hun
dred tons, was struggling on the
beach—a wonderful spectacle,
indeed. The agents of the can
ning company and of the De
partment of Commerce were
there to explain the details of
of operation and to enlighten
the Members on the wonders of
monopolistic fishing privilege.
They did not explain that from
ihe swarming salmon that en
livened the adjacent ocean not
one singe fish could be taken by
any citizen of the United States
other than those who operated
the gigantic fishing appliances
Nor did they inform the visiting
Members that they held title to
all the land along the shore line
where gear could be operated
and that by subterfuge the De
partment of Commerce had so
regulated fishing that a humble
citizen of the United States
could not take a salmon into his
boat from any ocean waters
v.ithin or without the area
wherein the seine was operated
They could have told the Mem
bers that the canning company
controlled the land and that the
Secretary of Commerce control
ed the waters and through
manipulation of regulations by
the department a complete mon
opoly existed.
To Be Continued
The Essence of Stewardship.
By Beatrice Wilson, Sheldon Jackson School.
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“The earth is the Lord’s and
the fullness thereof, the world
and they that dwell therein.”
Doesn’t this verse fully and
concisely answer that every
thing we are and have belongs
to God? We know that God in
tlie beginning created the earth
and everything that exists on
the earth. Did you ever notice
that God did net make man the
sole owner over the things that
he had created? He gave the
things that he had created only
in trust and gave man the do
minion over all the things he
h^d created.
We say that time, talents,
money, service, and life belongs
to God. If you say that you own
everything you have and can do
anything you please with it, you
are really denying God and His
power over creation. You your
self have become self-centered
and lose partnership with God.
Ii the Bible we read that in the
days to conic we arc to give an
account of the things we have
h^d entrusted to us, to God the
sc’e owner.
We then acknowledge a re
sponsibility in taking care of
the things lie has entrusted to
oar care. Stewardship lies in
the fact that God is the possess
or of all things and we are plac
ed as stewards over God’s great
possessions
We are all debtors to God.
Then do we not owe him our
gratitude for a portion of the
things he has entrusted to us?
Give a portion of your time,
your talents, your money, your
service, your life and every
thing that you may own.
After God finished the crea
tion of the world, he set aside
the seventh day to be used for
rest, for the day of prayer and
worship to God. This did not
mean that he had put aside all
claim on the other six days. He
did it because he wanted us to
recognize that time belonged to
Him. Jesus Christ has redeem
ed all time and it belongs to
God. And we are to redeem the
time by our right kind of living
end by our services.
Are we not debtors to God in
the development of our talents?
God has given each person tal
ents. It may be a talent of
drawing, of music, of carpentry,
or many other things. If we
have any of these talents, why
not develop them and use them
to the best of our ability for the
services of God?
Are we not debtors to God for
the money that we earn? Mon
ey in a sense is a resource of na
ture gotten by human labor and
osed for human needs. Many
places in the Bible we read
about tithing, giving a tenth of
our incomes. It seems like a
very small portion after all of
life’s resources. But we are