with each other, and allow
buyers to come in and carry
that uncontroled competition
throughout the industry, no
one can advertise efficiently.
But pool your crops, as we
orange growers do, and every
dollar spent in advertising will
yield a direct benefit to every
raisin grower in the state. And
further more, by having con
trol of the crop, you can con
trol its distribution, and de
liver a standard quality that
will come up to what you are
advertising. Competitors can
not do that.” The raisin grow
er could not dispute the orange
man because his works proved
his word. Following that ad
vise, the raisin growers now
produce 200,000 tons annually
and distribute their crop
throughout the world.
Then the California Prune
and Apricot Association step
ped in line behind the Sun
Maid Raisin folks and now we
see the American Cranberry
Exchange a close fourth. Carry
ing the Banner of Co-operation
the Fruit growers marketed a
$60,000,000 dollar crop last
year; the Prune and Apricots
folks pocketed $18,000,000; the
Sun-Maid raisin sales amount
ed to $35,000,000 and the Cran
berry-merchant (thats the grow
er you know) brought home
$3,350,000.
And then these Californians
used to write back home and
tell their old neighbors on the
farm how it was done- And
they got the idea too. They
started to preach Co-operation
and last year we see eight of
their organizations, owned by
farmers marketing crops worth
$25,000,000. And all of them
sold their crops by advertising.
Advertising sells their entire
output, much of which would
rot in warehouses with out it,
and these producers have more
money to buy' the goods of
other producers.
In Alaska fish is the prin
ciple crop. The best year in
our mines was around $18,000,
000 but our salmon runs around
$35,000,000 under present com
petitive methods and the pos
sibilities of other fish are
limitless, IF WE ADVER
TISE THEM. But who ever
saw an advertisement of fresh
or frozen fish? Might as well
look for an advertisement of
spuds or onions, or fresh toma
toes. It isn’t done. Why, do
you ask? Because Alaska per
mits uncontrolled competition
to exploit her natural resources.
When I say ‘Alaska’ I, of
course mean the people of Al
aska. New York and Chicago
and Seattle fishmongers who
send their representatives into
the territory to buy our pro
duce for whatever they may of
fer would not be interested in
any attempt on the part of the
people of Alaska to control the
distribution of their produce,
standardize grades, establish
fair prices to the consumer as
well as the producer, advertise
and educate the people of the
states to use our goods and
bring this wealth back to the
territory, instead of distribut
ing it around New York,
Chicago and Boston.
In 1924 Seattle shipped some
six hundred cars of Fresh and
frozen halibut and salmon.
Four cities took over half of
it; New York, Chicago, Boston
and Kansas City; yet we have
forty or fifty million people
west of the Great Lakes who
could have eaten it all in one
meal and then starved for fish
the rest of the whole year
Wake up folks! A kind pro
vidence put a Pacific Ocean at
your back door and if you want
to see its resources developed
and the wealth brought back
home, Co-operation will do it
for you. When ever .you see
that word CO-OPERATION,
just fall in line and boost.
There is nothing obscure, or
mysterious about it. California
has broken the trail for you,
you know. The halibut men
of this coast are going to take
up the work very shortly here,
so don’t let the grass grow
under you. Get in and boost.
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F. H. Bold, Prop.
WILLIAM L. PAUL STANDS
ON HIS RECORD
If you approve of his record,
return him to the legislature.
The hght is made on Paul,
Let his record speak.
William L. Paul, Republican
candidate for reelection to the
Legislature, introduced the fol
lowing bills in the last Legis
lature ;
No. 2; An Act to abolish
Fish Hatcheries.
No. 17; “An Act to provide
liens for wages earned by
watchmen of property.”
No. 23; “An act to strikeout
the word “white” in the old
age pension act, and to pro
vide for the issuance of war
rants in the event the funds
for the payment of pensions
are exhausted-”
No. 24; An act to prohibit
the payment of Territorial funds
to members of the legislature,
during their term for which
they were elected. The object
of this bill was to make it im
posible for legislators to sell
their votes for the hope of
future reward. This act fol
lows the federal law.
No. 31; An act to impose a
license tax upon fish trap:;.
The principle was to tax traps
according to the catch instea 1
of a flat rate tax. This bill
passed but was vetoed by Gov.
Bone.
No. 32; An act to exempt
from execution all fish boats
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